12-04-2018, 08:14 AM
Nightflyers
I caught the first episode of this new series based on a novel by GRRM. (This is one of the things he is doing instead of finishing Winds of Winter and Book 7) I was also interested in this project because it is filmed in a new film studio in Limerick. The studio is about a mile from where I used to live (I asked GRRM online whether they were going to use and of Limerick and it's environs for the show. He responded the show was set in space. He was polite enough to not add Moron)
It's a haunted ship. The whole crew is set up to fail. The worst part being that they have brought an angry telepath into to closed confines of the ship. They have to keep the telepath constantly sedated so he doesn't harm the crew. The crew also wants to kill him so that's not keeping the tensions down. And they are having a hard time keeping him sedated. He keeps waking up and harming the crew. It's like they decided to bring a bomb into the spaceship with the clock already ticking and there is nothing they can do about it.
There are electrical malfunctions throughout the ship and the angry telepaths defenders keep telling us there is no way the angry telepath can infect the electrical systems of the ship.
The film makers have also decided that spaceships shouldn't have very many lights for the passageways, going for ambience, I guess, rather than functionality. (Oddly the main hero of this show looks like the eldest son on The Haunting of Hill House)
The show airs every night this week (10/2) on SyFy. I'm recording. I will probably watch one more to see if it gets any better.
I caught the first episode of this new series based on a novel by GRRM. (This is one of the things he is doing instead of finishing Winds of Winter and Book 7) I was also interested in this project because it is filmed in a new film studio in Limerick. The studio is about a mile from where I used to live (I asked GRRM online whether they were going to use and of Limerick and it's environs for the show. He responded the show was set in space. He was polite enough to not add Moron)
It's a haunted ship. The whole crew is set up to fail. The worst part being that they have brought an angry telepath into to closed confines of the ship. They have to keep the telepath constantly sedated so he doesn't harm the crew. The crew also wants to kill him so that's not keeping the tensions down. And they are having a hard time keeping him sedated. He keeps waking up and harming the crew. It's like they decided to bring a bomb into the spaceship with the clock already ticking and there is nothing they can do about it.
There are electrical malfunctions throughout the ship and the angry telepaths defenders keep telling us there is no way the angry telepath can infect the electrical systems of the ship.
The film makers have also decided that spaceships shouldn't have very many lights for the passageways, going for ambience, I guess, rather than functionality. (Oddly the main hero of this show looks like the eldest son on The Haunting of Hill House)
The show airs every night this week (10/2) on SyFy. I'm recording. I will probably watch one more to see if it gets any better.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm