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Kings (TV Show)

post #1 of 16
3/13/09 at 8:40pm
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Anyone hear anything about this? It's supposed to premiere Sunday. The premise is that it's a retelling of the story of King David, set in the modern day in an alternate universe. Which sounds like the tits to me.
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post #2 of 16
3/13/09 at 8:47pm
I've seen a few commercials. It looks pretty good, at least decent enough to check out. I've set the DVR to record it, I'm optimistic it will be worth my time.
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post #3 of 16
3/15/09 at 4:57pm
southland sounds more interesting, kings just seems a bit too fantasized for me.
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post #4 of 16
3/15/09 at 5:18pm
anything with ian mcshane should be eminently watchable.
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post #5 of 16
3/15/09 at 5:26pm
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anything with Macaulay Culkin should be eminently watchable.

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post #6 of 16
3/15/09 at 9:18pm
Pretty intense so far.
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post #7 of 16
3/15/09 at 9:35pm
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I don't have time to watch it now and I don't have a DVR. I hope they put it online.
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post #8 of 16
3/15/09 at 9:42pm
shakespearhighschoolmusicalmacbethtwilight so far.
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post #9 of 16
3/16/09 at 9:14pm
It should have been grittier and rougher.. Seems a bit cheesy and forced at times. The military part was absolutely retarded (uhm.. they have tanks and we don't.. )
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post #10 of 16
3/16/09 at 9:18pm
You guys may have seen the only episode. Apparently ratings were horrendous.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/ar...GSCRO_BRF.html
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post #11 of 16
3/16/09 at 9:21pm
seemed too self conscious, like they know they are half competing with hbo/showtime and hqalf competing with desperate housewives.
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post #12 of 16
3/16/09 at 9:23pm
Advertising campaign was pretty sickwithit.
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post #13 of 16
3/16/09 at 9:33pm
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You guys may have seen the only episode. Apparently ratings were horrendous. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/ar...GSCRO_BRF.html
That's awful. It was a waste of two hours. Stupid plot, bad acting, etc. Just bad all around.
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post #14 of 16
3/16/09 at 10:36pm
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seemed too self conscious, like they know they are half competing with hbo/showtime and hqalf competing with desperate housewives.

Agreed. It was like they pushed too hard trying to get to HBO/Showtime quality. Network TV just doesn't have the resources to create the special effects needed to show things like war scenes and fake crowds. Everything that required special effects looked like it was taken from a movie released 25 years ago.
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post #15 of 16
4/6/09 at 5:07pm
Anyone keep watching? I caught the first few episodes last week.
I like it, but I have pretty low standards for TV shows.
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