George R.R. Martin's NIGHTFLYERS (Cancelled)

[Aegon Spengler]

In my opinion his books are dramatically over-rated, and the show is superior, even if it has faltered at times.

Martin has clearly never touched a woman, as everything he's written regarding sexual interaction is laughably bad.

While the core story is excellent it's hopelessly mired in tedious mystery that rarely ever leads anywhere. He's layered his sub-plots so densely he's clearly become lost in them, as often they're developed only to vanish, leaving us to wonder what the point was. It's one thing to weave misleading story elements into your narrative, subtly over time, and quite another to simply write thousands of words about something that ultimately has nothing to do with the story.

All too often he splinters his narrative into another story altogether without contributing a single thing to the narrative. I would be fine with that if he adopted an anthological form, and if the splinters were compelling, but he hasn't, and they're not.

Put simply, he started strong but got lost along the way, and his prose is amateur.

When enough people call you a genius I think you go insane

also

lmao I love the show but it sure did falter there

Spoiler

 

[Loiosh]

When enough people call you a genius I think you go insane

also

lmao I love the show but it sure did falter there

Spoiler

I used "falter" specifically for them, although there are other weak moments.

That said, some of the very best scenes from the series weren't in the books.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Tried the first episode. I'm not really a big fan of the haunted space ship plot or Event Horizon type plot, so it is not that appealing to me so far. Will watch my other regular TV shows and will come back to Nightflyers if I still can.

Watching Nightflyers made me miss THE EXPANSE more though. God I love that show.

 

[Oeshon]

Hes never going to finish the books.

 

[Cole train]

In my opinion his books are dramatically over-rated, and the show is superior, even if it has faltered at times.

Martin has clearly never touched a woman, as everything he's written regarding sexual interaction is laughably bad.

While the core story is excellent it's hopelessly mired in tedious mystery that rarely ever leads anywhere. He's layered his sub-plots so densely he's clearly become lost in them, as often they're developed only to vanish, leaving us to wonder what the point was. It's one thing to weave misleading story elements into your narrative, subtly over time, and quite another to simply write thousands of words about something that ultimately has nothing to do with the story.

All too often he splinters his narrative into another story altogether without contributing a single thing to the narrative. I would be fine with that if he adopted an anthological form, and if the splinters were compelling, but he hasn't, and they're not.

Put simply, he started strong but got lost along the way, and his prose is amateur.

"Her cunt became the world"

Only thing i remember from the books lol

 

[Loiosh]

Tried the first episode. I'm not really a big fan of the haunted space ship plot or Event Horizon type plot, so it is not that appealing to me so far. Will watch my other regular TV shows and will come back to Nightflyers if I still can.

Watching Nightflyers made me miss THE EXPANSE more though. God I love that show.

Same and same.

 

[Clear Winner]

When enough people call you a genius I think you go insane

also

lmao I love the show but it sure did falter there

Spoiler

 

[Medulla Omoplata]

It looks terrible and I'm not even going to give it a try

 

[SammyPops]

Finish your books you fat fucker ... pos.

 

[Cole train]

GRRM was on Colbert's show promoting another book, Fire and Blood which is a history of the Targaryens. The 700 page book is the first of another series that he likely will never finish.

Lmao dude has time for a 700 page book that no one gives a fuck about plus other projects but takes years to finish the one people care about

 

[BJ@LW&WW]

show fucking sucks.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: February 19, 2019

George R.R. Martin's Space Drama NIGHTFLYERS Cancelled at Syfy After One Season

Nightflyers will not fly again for Syfy. The NBCUniversal-owned cable network has opted to cancel the expensive space drama based on the George R.R. Martin novella after one season. The cancellation arrives as one of its leads just booked a series regular role in a broadcast pilot.

Nightflyers was, without question, a big swing for Syfy. The series, based on Martin's 1980 novella and the 1987 film of the same name, followed eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath who embark on an expedition to the edge of the solar system aboard The Nightflyer — a ship with a small tight-knit crew and a reclusive captain — in hopes of making contact with alien life. But when terrifying and violent events begin to take place, they start to question each other, and surviving the journey proves harder than anyone thought.

Early in the process, Syfy brought in Netflix as a co-producer on what sources said was the most expensive drama the NBCUniversal-owned cable network has ever developed. Gretchen Mol (Boardwalk Empire) starred on the series, with Netflix having first-run rights to the show outside of the U.S. Netflix's involvement has helped the studio offset the costs associated with producing the ambitious space-set project. The Ireland-produced drama also received financial support from the government of Ireland through the minister for culture, heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Irish Film Board.

The project was fast-tracked after being put into development in May 2017 and picked up to pilot the next month. Netflix boarded in September 2017, helping to get the ambitious drama picked up to series. The cast was formally announced in January 2018 along with the official pickup, which is when Daniel Cerone was brought in as showrunner. Cerone exited the series two months later and was replaced by executive producer Jeff Buhler, who adapted the novella for TV. Author Martin was credited as an executive producer but was not heavily involved, given his overall deal with HBO and commitment to Game of Thrones and their multiple potential prequel series.

In a bid to eventize Nightflyers, Syfy set a binge model and released the entire series on Dec. 2 on its digital platforms and aired the series over 10 straight nights on its linear network. The series hit Netflix on Feb. 1 and, unlike the breakout success that became LIfetime's You, did not break out. The Dec. 13 season finale — which now doubles as a series finale — drew just 420,000 live viewers (down from 623,000 for the premiere).

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nightflyers-canceled-at-syfy-1188196

 

[loyalyolayal]

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Am I the only one who thought GoT was just okay? I stopped watching mid way through the second season, and just started watching porn instead. The porn had a better plot.

 

[loyalyolayal]

Am I the only one who thought GoT was just okay? I stopped watching mid way through the second season, and just started watching porn instead. The porn had a better plot.

That's like watching Breaking Bad and stopping before

Spoiler

offing Tuco

 

[Jack Reacheround]

That's like watching Breaking Bad and stopping before

Spoiler

offing Tuco

I couldn’t get into that either.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

I couldn’t get into that either.

What's your favorite TV shows?

 

[loyalyolayal]

What's your favorite TV shows?

The Real Housewives of (insert wherever the fuck)

 

[D Train]

The dude is a hack fraud

If he actually liked the books and cared about finishing the books he would have already

But this guy doesn't give a shit. All he cares about is the fame and the money

Dude is complete fucking sellout at every level

Honestly though, most people don’t LOVE their jobs. They are good at it and it provides an income so they do it. So in that sense, we are all “sell outs.” Maybe it’s the same for him. Dude is just trying to make a living. Plus he’s probably super rich so now he is not even really be motivated to work they here. But I bet most of us wouldn’t work super hard or very often if we didn’t have to. I mean, if I was rich AF I’d just be chilling doing whatever I wanted.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

RIP rip-off version of ‘Event Horizon’


lmao