She has Hera's blood?
You're the second person I've heard speak highly of Kings, Jessica. When will it air?
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§ ita § - Mar 01, 2009 3:18:04 pm PST #7016 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
JenP - Mar 01, 2009 3:19:39 pm PST #7017 of 30001
That's true; I'd forgotten that. Cylon blood, Hera's special, her blood cells project. Eh, why not. I survived Summers' blood, I can survive this.
Jessica - Mar 01, 2009 3:19:47 pm PST #7018 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
NBC.com says March 15th at 8/7c.
Which I just realized puts it opposite TAR, ugh. (My DVR can record 2 channels at once, but I'd hate for anyone to have to choose!)
Juliebird - Mar 01, 2009 3:31:55 pm PST #7019 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Yeah, she did. Though... really? How'd she know?
You know, I didn't realize I was mystified by this until you mentioned this. I had just sort of assumed that she was hearing the communications between Boomer and the CiC, but it was confusing as to where she actually was and if the information we were hearing was just being overlaid onto her scene, or if she was hearing it.
le nubian - Mar 01, 2009 3:40:44 pm PST #7020 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
the ads for "Kings" are really bad.
I'm interested because I recognize a couple of the actors in the ads, but NBC fucked UP the promotion of the show unlike any I've seen in awhile.
quester - Mar 01, 2009 4:15:22 pm PST #7021 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Roslin shared the visions with Caprica, Athena and Hera and she did have Hera blood, but it has been quite awhile.
I think she was just tuned in enough to Hera and maybe still taking the vision inducing juice to sense when something was wrong.
Juliebird - Mar 01, 2009 4:16:43 pm PST #7022 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I'm really intrigued by the concept for Kings, what with the alternate-universe/modern setting and the Shakespearean story-devices. I was flashing on Baz Lurhman's Romeo + Juliet.
Consuela - Mar 01, 2009 4:17:27 pm PST #7023 of 30001
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The worldbuilding in this show is astonishingly strong. The writing is solid, the characters well-drawn, and the acting is good across the board. And there's really nothing else like it on TV right now.
Huh. I saw a note somewhere talking about it--I wonder if it was on John Rogers' blog, since ita saw it too.
That Ian McShane is on the cast speaks well for it, but the marketing is exactly not the sort of thing to get me to tune in.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2009 4:36:20 pm PST #7024 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Suela, that's where I saw the rec.
I was flashing on Baz Lurhman's Romeo + Juliet.
Richard III with Ian McKellen, for me, once I found out the premise.
the marketing is exactly not the sort of thing to get me to tune in.
Do you think explaining the alternate universe thing would turn off more people than on? Because it piqued my interest mightily. Before knowing that, I thought it was a story of an American soldier earning the indebtedness of a European monarch. And that wasn't doing the show many favours.
sumi - Mar 01, 2009 4:49:24 pm PST #7025 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I could tell it was an AU America thing from the ads.
I must be the market!