[NBC] Kings - It's better than a goddamn blow job

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Originally Posted by Astrocreep

the priest tilting the picture was just to irk the king. it had no other significance. ya'll should realize this show is just a prime time soap opera and the king is like a poor man's al pacino which is pretty bad becuase al pacino is a poor man's al pacino already.

The priest, who is a stand in for the Prophet Samuel, tilting the picture allowed a distraction of the Queen that allowed the King to escape and go see his sick son and give blood to help save him which lead to meeting between Samuels and the King which lead to the King's mood about leaving his illegitimate family which I don't doubt will play into Silas' downfall eventually. So yeah, no significance besides all that...

[Dynalisia]

Originally Posted by Nebuchadnezzar

The priest, who is a stand in for the Prophet Samuel, tilting the picture allowed a distraction of the Queen that allowed the King to escape and go see his sick son and give blood to help save him which lead to meeting between Samuels and the King which lead to the King's mood about leaving his illegitimate family which I don't doubt will play into Silas' downfall eventually. So yeah, no significance besides all that...

Nice.

[Korioni]

It seems interesting to me that every detail in this show is entirely based on the unchallenged, unwavering belief that an interventionist god exists. Every character is possessed with absolutely no doubt. No exceptions. It's a little... annoying.

[Dynalisia]

I read somewhere that they are going to switch directors, replacing Francis Lawrence, known among other things from directing I Am Legend and Constantine, with some other guy. Considering that the high production quality and directing that Kings has enjoyed up till now has been one of the main things many of us love about it, do you guys think they will be able to keep up the good work so to say? Honestly, I'm not that sure about Francis Lawrence's credentials, but aside from the other aspects, like how good the screenplay was etc, I though the way both I Am Legend and Constantine were done was pretty good.

[Blank]

Originally Posted by Korioni

It seems interesting to me that every detail in this show is entirely based on the unchallenged, unwavering belief that an interventionist god exists. Every character is possessed with absolutely no doubt. No exceptions. It's a little... annoying.

Considering the source material, is this really surprising? :|

[Wombat]

Originally Posted by Korioni

Every character is possessed with absolutely no doubt. No exceptions.

On the contrary, the premiere mentioned repeatedly that no one wants to mention God anymore, and contrasted that to the king's repeated mention of him (which isn't surprising, given the divine mandate business).

Now, whether anyone will later challenge the king on atheist grounds is a different matter.

[mek]

Originally Posted by Korioni

It seems interesting to me that every detail in this show is entirely based on the unchallenged, unwavering belief that an interventionist god exists. Every character is possessed with absolutely no doubt. No exceptions. It's a little... annoying.

It's a political show. This is different from American politics how?

[Korioni]

Originally Posted by mek

It's a political show. This is different from American politics how?

A very good point.

[Frax]

I can see that much like most western politicians today, they have to put up a facade of absolute belief in 'god' so that the common people will find some common ground with the politicians. I don't know how well a major candidate would do in the USA if he was atheist or stated he didn't believe in god. Probably not too well I'd imagine.

[meStevo]

No faith is the same if not worse than too much faith when it comes to US politics. Would just be more fodder for 3rd party advertisements to tee off on. At least when you have faith it can be vague enough that more people sympathize/relate to the candidate so it doesn't become an obstacle to attaining office.

The show does the same thing I think... we haven't labeled anyone in the show any subset of some religion I don't think, have we?

[Antoine]

good episode today.

[Smocca]

I hate David. I hate his family. Hate his stupid mother and brother. I just fucking hate them and I'm afraid it's ruining the show for me. Knowing that this whole thing is predetermined to revolve around him pisses me off. He's worse than Peter in Heroes.

Other than that it was a great episode.

[Astrocreep]

so if David's home now belong's to Gash or whatever fuck its called. then how is King Sillyass still David's king?

[Gwen Rockpounder]

The handover isn't for another few months yet, technically he is still his subject. The meeting in the church at the end opens up a lot of plot possibilities.

David definitely has "Ted syndrome" though I watch despite him, not because of him.

[Antoine]

Originally Posted by Astrocreep

so if David's home now belong's to Gash or whatever fuck its called. then how is King Sillyass still David's king?

1) per above, the handover hasn't happened yet. his family could still relocate (though at this point, that looks unlikely), or even if they don't, they're still citizens of gilboa for a while yet
2) he can buy his own place in Shiloh to stay a citizen himself.

couple misc thoughts - the map they showed looked like the pacific NW, and i've been barely avoiding checking the King David wikipedia page because i don't want the story spoiled. if it's following closely so far, do we want to limit people's "theories" if they're just based off the biblical story in this thread?