Kings

[PurpleBuddha]

Is anyone else here watching the new NBC show Kings?

I think it is off to a decent start, but am curious as to how people here may be reacting to it.

So, what do you think of the show?

 

[Trent Roman]

I love the dialogue, particularly when Silas is onscreen. Modern, yet different. And I like the rest of the show too; the contemporary setting allows it to engage with many issues I find relevant, while the alt. universe also allows it to be big-picture and unpredictable in ways a realist political drama couldn't.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[clint g]

I enjoy the show but I get the feeling that it wont last too long on TV and we may not get a proper ending.

 

[watermelony2k]

supposedly the 13 episodes of the season have already all been produced and made prior to airing of the show, and with an ending. How conclusive the ending is I don't know, but that much is pretty comforting to me already.

 

[species5618]

I only started watching it for Ian McShane, but it's grown on me since the pilot episode. Apparently the ratings are crap, and it's widely thought to be on the chopping block. Since all 13 episodes are apparently completed, I'm hoping at the very least we get to see them all aired.

 

[backstept]

yeah, I'm really enjoying this show

I think it's one of the better ones on at the moment . . .
maybe the ratings could have been better at a different timeslot, but oh well . . . I really do hope we get to see the story through to its end

 

[Ben Sisko3]

I'm adoring it to no end. If McShane wasn't enough to get me to tune in, Susanna Thompson, Wes Studi, Dylan Baker, Eamonn Walker, Brian Cox and Mark Margolis certainly would be.

 

[Mistral]

It's intelligent, interesting, well-written and very original. Oh, and I like it a lot. In other words-its doomed.

 

[Mr Light]

I didn't expect to like it, but I'm enjoying it. The fictional premise is interesting and the King is a fascinating character. The lead character is boring though. I don't even mind that there's hardly any action in the show, which is normally the kiss of death for me.

 

[backstept]

what I'm really interested in seeing is the repercussions of the emptying of the treasury by the King's Brother In Law
also the Queen is even more manipulative than Ellen Tigh!

 

[Anwar]

Heh, the Borg Queen finally found a husband.

As for William Cross, all his plans have been backfiring lately. Emptying the treasury just made Silas get the gold of King Vesper, turning the media on Silas just gave Silas a new wealthy ally and pretty much got Jack on Silas' side too, and the attempted coup nearly would've had him arrested for treason if not for General Abner.

 

[PurpleBuddha]

It's intelligent, interesting, well-written and very original. Oh, and I like it a lot. In other words-its doomed.

My thoughts as well.

 

[Checkmate]

I'm really enjoying it. It seems to be doing well on sites like Hulu.com, too.

I also noticed we got to see a map last night. I wasn't able to get a good look at it, but at least there's enough where we can start trying to puzzle out where Gath and Gilboa are. It kind of looked like the northwest of the United States or (more likely) somewhere near Israel. The climate just seems to be too off to be in the middle east.

 

[Thrall]

This show needed to be on HBO or Showtime. Not NBC. Network TV is the viewing habit of the average, American, moron. Intelligent genre shows have no place being on them.

 

[auntiehill]

^ Yup. My thoughts exactly. This is a cable-quality show on network TV. It's sure to be slaughtered by the brain-dead throngs who love crap like "American Idol."

But a thoughtful, creative, well-written, complex and well-acted program? Cancellation-city, my friend.

I LOVE this show, and I just adore Ian McShane. I think that pretty much guarantees that the show won't last.

But I'll watch every damn episode that DOES air.

 

[BigFoot]

I've really been enjoying this show from the pilot on. While I doubt we'll see more then one season, I do hope we at least to get to see all the thirteen episodes air.

 

[rramarr]

They're already airing the reruns on SciFi Channel (NBCU station) this weekend. A sure chopping block shows channel.

 

[Yoda]

Really cool show, but yeah, unfortunately doomed before it even aired an episode. Them's the breaks.

 

[HIj'Qa]

I liked this episode - more Wes Strudi then all the previous episodes combined. Obviously a step in the right direction.

SciFi is having a Kings mini-marathon [the four episodes that have aired so far] Thursday at 11pm to 4am. If it goes off NBC episodes will probably finish airing on SciFi. The late unlamented Moonlight is also getting a re-airing on SciFi.

 

[Roshi]

Every time I hear Wes Studi speaking I expect him to say "you're dressed like a male prostitute..."
King Silas is one hell of a character. But I quite dislike the actor they chose to portray David Shepherd. I feel he's on the verge of an emo-breakdown.