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JWBear
03-15-2009, 05:50 PM
Anyone going to watch this? (http://www.nbc.com/Kings/) The premise sounds interesting.
Alex
03-15-2009, 05:55 PM
I was planning to watch simply because Ian McShane is in it (this is the same reason I watched Death Race). Didn't actually pay any attention to the premise of the show.

Just thought it was a "travails of the political elite" soap opera but I've just now looked it up and am more intrigued.

Here's hoping that NBC has decided that "**********" is acceptable for prime time network television.
Alex
03-15-2009, 05:56 PM
Well, that doesn't bode well if it isn't even acceptable for LoT.
Not Afraid
03-15-2009, 06:13 PM
Well, I watched the "preview" and don't understand what it is about. That's my relationship with TV these days.
innerSpaceman
03-15-2009, 07:27 PM
Ian McShane would be my only reason as well.






If I watched TV.
Cadaverous Pallor
03-15-2009, 08:34 PM
The idea of a modern nation with kings with real power did intrigue me, but the commercials I've seen play up the temptations of power angle, and I'm really not interested in that.
CoasterMatt
03-15-2009, 09:25 PM
I think queens make for far more entertainment value.
Alex
03-15-2009, 09:39 PM
Made it 40 minutes in before turning it off. Will try to finish another night and see if I just wasn't in the mood for it.
BarTopDancer
03-15-2009, 09:54 PM
Oh. I thought this was a thread about hockey.

/backs away now.



Oh, um the TV show. Ya, interesting premise. Keeping with my "must make it through 1 season before I'll watch it" mantra I'll have to wait and see.
JWBear
03-15-2009, 10:08 PM
I made it through the whole two hours. Meh... I might watch to see if it gets better. Then again, I might not.
blueerica
03-16-2009, 11:24 AM
Kinda in-between on it. Was a decent first episode, though I'm not sure if it's going to be awesome or suck-tastic as the season wears on.
Strangler Lewis
03-16-2009, 12:59 PM
Didn't watch it. For some reason, though, the preview game me the impression that it was the biblical books of Kings set in modern day America. Not so?
Alex
03-16-2009, 01:06 PM
It's the Biblical story of David (from 1 Samuel, not Kings, I think) retold in a modern semi-America where kings still exist.

Though now that I think about it this doesn't bode well for the long-term participation of Ian McShane (he's the Saul counterpart) if they cover much ground.
JWBear
03-16-2009, 02:59 PM
Nor for his son...
Strangler Lewis
03-16-2009, 03:31 PM
Entertaining as Ian McShane is as a hardass, it sounds like gross miscasting, given Saul's ambivalence about the whole project.
Drince88
03-16-2009, 04:49 PM
I made it through the whole two hours. Meh... I might watch to see if it gets better. Then again, I might not.

That was kind of my thoughts on it.
Alex
03-16-2009, 08:19 PM
Went ahead and watched the rest. Somewhat more intrigued since they are apparently keeping God in the story as an active participant.