(Non-Spoiler Hellstrom Review) So, I finally got a chance to check out the new Helstrom show on Hulu, which is essentially the very last Marvel TV project to go through before Disney restructured and merged Marvel TV into the Kevin Feige led Marvel Studios. Even after watching it, its still somewhat weird this show even made it through to get out before Marvel TV got the kabosh, other than it simply had to have been far enough along that they just had to finish it off. Regardless, it was clear from the trailers that Marvel Studios was trying to distance themselves from this show and their greater MCU, as both in the trailer and in the show, there is zero mention of Marvel and doesn't even have the logo on either the front-end or back-end. Could it possibly take place in the MCU? I guess, as there really is nothing in it I'd say to contradict the rest of the MCU and it does take place fairly separated on the West Coast. The closest things I saw to any type of Marvel tie-in was seeing a Roxxon gas station in one episode and when Daimon would excercise demons out of people, around his eyes would got dark and crackly like we see in both Doctor Strange and Runaways.
With all that said, so what did I think of the show? Going in, I did not like the trailers. I'm not a big horror guy and the show looked very unappealing even though the Ghostrider arc in AOS was my favorite arc in all the show. Nevertheless, I gave it a chance and actually was quite into it at first. However, the show was really up and down from there. It started out good, got boring for a bit, then got good again, and then really went off the rails towards the end. I still ultimately really enjoyed the actors and characters in the show, but the ending was bad and way too not satisfying and open-ended to say the show was a good show. Ultimately, it was one of those shows with tons of great teases throughout only to pay off nearly none of them, especially for a show that will only run one season. Its really too bad and left a sour taste in my mouth. Regardless, I'm glad I gave it a shot and its up to you guys based on what I said whether or not you want to give it the same shot. I actually did like the tone of the show and really liked the main character Daimon. I found him to be a very charismatic likeable lead. They are clearly going for him to somewhat be the Constantine of Marvel, but with a drastically different personality, which I appreciated.
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