Syfy Adapting GRRM's NIGHTFLYERS to Television

[tanita_mors]

Lost in Space, Origin and Nightflyers - all in one year. I love this type of premise, but seriously, did we need all three? I've watched the first two, and I'm looking forward to season 2 for both of them. Is this one worth my time?

 

[chamber-music]

I have not seen Origins but I have watched the other two shows. Nightflyers and Lost In Space are really different shows. I wouldn't even group them together. So far the only thing they have in common are people travelling in space and encountering aliens.

 

[_Superman_]

Nightflyers has been pretty good at least for me but that's because I didn't read the book.

 

[Teelie]

It's grown on me. I still think it could be better but the story is moving forward and they did surprise me with a few things in episode 8.

Spoiler

Everything to do with the spores was unexpected (the baby being infected, the doctor and Tessia being infected as well) and the Captain isn't even human but an android. Update: Cyborg apparently per episode 9. Watching 10 now.

 

[Teelie]

Watched the finale last night and it was definitely GRRM at the end.

Spoiler

Not everyone died in this but the Captain and Melantha are siblings of sorts. GRRM has an incest thing apparently. The Captain's also a genetic mistake on the part of his psychopathic mother who used her own DNA for Melantha. And what the hell happened in the end? D'Branin disappeared from that escape pod and will somewhere in the future return as part of the probe?

 

[Kaleb]

....and it's canceled

 

[NotNickFury]

Not too surprising, especially with David Ajala joining another series. This series was never really a ratings giant, but at the same time, I can't imagine a show like this could've gone on for very long.

 

[Teelie]

It isn't a surprise. The ratings and reviews for it weren't there. The show tried to do something different but it didn't do anything all that impressive.