Dominion Season 1: Coming June 2014 on Syfy

[ms_geekette]

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Based on characters from the 2010 film Legion, Dominion is an epic supernatural drama set in the year 25 A.E. when an army of lower angels, assembled by the archangel Gabriel, has waged a war of possession against mankind. The archangel Michael, turning against his own kind, has chosen to side with humanity against Gabriel. Rising out of the

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[therearewords]

This sounds kind of cool.
But SyFy channel.

[ms_geekette]

Yes, SyFy channel.

They haven't cancelled Defiance yet (as far as I know), so, maybe they are in a period of benevolence where they are not cancelling all of their shows willy-nilly.

Since they are filming in South Africa the scenery should be at least nice/striking. You could barely see it in the trailer, but it looks sorta District 9-ish, in a way. Also, *points to my icon* (which was also filmed in SA).

Haven't seen the movie it's based on, so I don't know if this is a big change or is just a continuation of the movie premise/location. (I am not really excited about angels, so I dunno if I will check this out or not...just posting due to the cast, really.)

[therearewords]

I wish angel shows would get Seraphs in more often, moody bastards. And go for the less Christian angle, possible.

[ms_geekette]

If a US show can slap a biblical bent to something, they tend to go that way, unfortunately. There was a Bible-based miniseries on cable that got ridiculous numbers for basic cable not too long ago (not Walking Dead #s, but somewhere in that ballpark), so they may be thinking that they could possibly grab a bit of that audience. The SyFy channel's ratings are generally not great, so anything that could give them a boost, they are going to go for it.

[ms_geekette]

Since Game of Thrones fans might not know Roxanne McKee by name alone, she played Dany's handmaiden Doreah who [Spoiler (click to open)]was locked in a vault in S2 with Xaro Xhoan Daxos by Dany - "Ducksauce" if you aren't up on character names, and is *presumably* dead, which is no surprise for GoT, lbr. She also was the recipient of Viserys' "sexposition" scene with extra-added dragon lore, and taught Dany how get her woman on top/missionary position on in S1. IT IS KNOWN.

[soul_amazinn]

Sounds interesting but I would care more if it were on another network. I don't really trust syfy channel. I always lose interest in their shows.

[ms_geekette]

Well, the guy who wrote and directed the movie it's based on is an Exec producer, so it's a bit different from most SyFy shows. Sony has some involvement, too, not just NBCUniversal/Universal/whatever they are calling their producing/studio arm now, so I dunno.

Sony's involvement alone might not keep SyFy from dicking around with it, but since they film on another continent, they might be able to keep them a bit more at bay than they might with a show filmed in N America. No idea. I just try not to get attached to SyFy shows, b/c the network is The Worst when it comes to giving shows the shaft. Thankfully the shows I like that air on SyFy are co-Canadian productions, so they can't just cancel them outright.

[chiigusa]

GILES AND DOREAH

[ms_geekette]

Giles and Doreah deserve a *way* better network than SyFy, but hey, it's work, I guess?

[chiigusa]

Ha, true. But I've liked a couple of the recent SyFy original series, so maybe it'll be good. I really liked the first season of Defiance and I'm giving Helix a go.

[ms_geekette]

Well, I mainly meant a network that wouldn't treat them like crap, ultimately. XD They have a looong line of cancelled shows in their wake.

I've been watching Helix, too. I think it's an official Canadian co-production with Showcase, so it's a bit more difficult for SyFy to put the cancellation hex on those shows, especially if they are doing well in Canada. Hooray for apparent Canadian law that requires a certain percentage of Canadian produced shows to air on all? networks! Huzzah! I've been liking their sci-fi shows especially, so hopefully Canadians will keep tuning in to help keep the shows alive. "Canada you are our only hope against SyFy."

I really wish another network would embrace science-fiction/fantasy programming fully, so SyFy can just air WWE and Ghost Hunters all of the time like they apparently want to. ;-P

[honeebs]

I'm so watching this. I like all things angels mostly fallen ones.