This is a new show starting mid March, I think the 15th. Our station just got a shitload of promo stuff, including the pilot, which I just finished watching. BTW, there will be spoilers.
It's pretty interesting. It's a retelling of sorts of the story of David, from the Bible. Yeah, I know. Weird. It seems to take place in this alternative history of the world. A young man in the military, David, destroys a tank, called a Goliath, and goes to the capital of the kingdom to meet the king. War, intrigue, heroism, sacrifice...all that shit, a lot very tied in to the story of David, down to him taking off his armor before fighting Goliath. Some of the allusions are a bit on the nose (David Shepherd, really?) and some are hidden unless you REALLY remember Sunday school (Goliath was from Gath and the enemy nation they are fighting, where the Goliath tanks are from, is Gath) but it really kind of works. I do wonder how far they are going to take the David mythos, because they've already somewhat strayed, what with the king's son and David not becoming fast friends. McShane is damn good as King Silas and the monologues he gets to give and the dictations to his scribe are cool. The kid playing David does a good job of portraying this noble, naive and nervous young man.
All in all, I think it's worth checking out when it airs. It was enough to make me stick around for the next couple of episodes at least. And, one of the highest compliments I feel I can pay a show...I wasn't bored.
It's pretty interesting. It's a retelling of sorts of the story of David, from the Bible. Yeah, I know. Weird. It seems to take place in this alternative history of the world. A young man in the military, David, destroys a tank, called a Goliath, and goes to the capital of the kingdom to meet the king. War, intrigue, heroism, sacrifice...all that shit, a lot very tied in to the story of David, down to him taking off his armor before fighting Goliath. Some of the allusions are a bit on the nose (David Shepherd, really?) and some are hidden unless you REALLY remember Sunday school (Goliath was from Gath and the enemy nation they are fighting, where the Goliath tanks are from, is Gath) but it really kind of works. I do wonder how far they are going to take the David mythos, because they've already somewhat strayed, what with the king's son and David not becoming fast friends. McShane is damn good as King Silas and the monologues he gets to give and the dictations to his scribe are cool. The kid playing David does a good job of portraying this noble, naive and nervous young man.
All in all, I think it's worth checking out when it airs. It was enough to make me stick around for the next couple of episodes at least. And, one of the highest compliments I feel I can pay a show...I wasn't bored.
