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.
Note to self: religion freaky.
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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Juliebird - Mar 01, 2009 4:16:43 pm PST #7022 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Consuela - Mar 01, 2009 4:17:27 pm PST #7023 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
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!
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2009 4:55:30 pm PST #7026 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
From those one or two NBC spots? How?
sumi - Mar 01, 2009 4:57:01 pm PST #7027 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Well, it looked like America - except it had a king.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2009 4:57:40 pm PST #7028 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I failed to get the "looked like America" thing. They all look like America. Or, well, Vancouver.
sumi - Mar 01, 2009 5:00:13 pm PST #7029 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
How many shows on regular tv aren't set in the USofA? Even Flashpoint seems to try to hide that fact that it's in Canada.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2009 5:02:33 pm PST #7030 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Flashpoint shows Canadian newspapers and the Toronto skyline. I was quite startled by that. But too many Americans for the accent to pervade.
In my head, NBC is more likely to make a series about an American soldier abroad than an alternate reality. The truth would never have occurred to me.
Dana - Mar 01, 2009 5:07:47 pm PST #7031 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Even Flashpoint seems to try to hide that fact that it's in Canada.
They call people Constable, and there have been other cues that they're in Toronto. It was startling, because usually they totally pretend to not be in Canada.