Ayelbourne wrote:
in other news: Has Incursion been discussed yet?
It's Starz' and Steven S. DeKnight's new show after Spartacus ends this season.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1665928.html
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Incursion follows a squad of soldiers fighting a war against an alien race, and each season the showwould be set on a different planet. "Grittily realistic combat, darkly complex characters and intrigue on a cosmic scale will permeate the tale of fighting men and women facing the pressures of war and an enemy unlike any ever seen"
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Premise sounds promising and I can absolutely see DeKnight pulling it off. |
I have mixed feelings. I like the idea of spending a whole season to explore and develop each planet; it's how I would've approached a
Star Trek series or similar premise given the opportunity, because you can't even begin to portray the diversity of an entire planet in just one hour. But I think the format would work better on a show dedicated to exploration and worldbuilding. If it's just one battlefield after another, that doesn't seem as interesting. I find war stories rather boring. And I'm so sick of dark-and-gritty for the sake of dark-and-gritty. It's been done to death by now. Let's see some optimism.