Watched the first episode of Van Helsing, which claims to be inspired by the manga, HellSing? Is that correct? First episode was pretty good, but marred by uneven production. Most of the shots are tight, handheld, angled down — almost certainly to keep set costs down. Feels like a production from The Asylum, like Z-Nation or Sharknado with better actors and just a little more money. There is one panorama FX shot finally revealing an I Am Legend landscape, including wild deer running around town, so I'm happy they didn't try to just infer everything. I like postapocalypse and vampires, so I'm probably in.
Also finally watched the first ep of SyFy's grindhouse Blood Drive, a which feels a bit like Beyond Thunderdome's Bartertown meets Death Race 2000, except there are also girl Terminator robots, and the brunette makes a cop give her anal to get across the finish line alive. There was a lot happening. I'll watch it if it shows up on Netflix or Amazon in Japan, but probably won't spend money on it.