Meticulolusly crafted steampunk fantasy with deep main arc and (so far) intricate yet logical subplots, awesome art direction, and solid actors who can remain in character in spite of their sometimes over-the-top speaking lines. The fantasy level is not as far-out as Carnival Row. The tone is confrontingly dark, there's blood and horror, but not sadistic gruesome like GOT, nor gore-p*rn like True Blood or Penny Dreadful. More like Outlander + Warrior Nuns + Altered Carbon.
Most importantly, the story-telling is A league, the unfamiliar (to me) actors are SUPERB.
The creators made clear from the get-go - this show is about WOMEN, and it also shows good men and bad women. Yet the story voice is definitely not preachy, definitely not PC - it's still obsessed with specific female body parts in any shape or size, non-white castings are at best token, but it also says what needs to be said within the Victorian world context. In short, it has the usual sexy offerings. Yet somehow, quite a few fragile white male idol cultists flooded the reviews with fake victimhood outrage...about? A big time bully king.
A story world of this scope is not created by One Genius Man, the serial bully king is kicked out of the production already anyway, and the show goes on, so why cry over spilled sour milk, seriously.. The joke is, these same anti-PC anti-woke crybabies also nonsensically attacked Ridley Scott and Ron Moore for (fill in the blank any story world aesthetic that resemble human civilisation progress).
One doesn't need to be an insider to know, unlike movie productions, TV productions are powered by A TEAM OF writer-producers - and occasionally big clout actors. So don't let the wah-poor-My-Precious-Male-Idol-Bully-King-is-so-victimized-by-feminists noise drown out the works of 100s of brilliant creative women and talented men of this show.
A very very watchable story world for enlightened women and men, with one of today's best English language assemble cast. Highly recommended.
Most importantly, the story-telling is A league, the unfamiliar (to me) actors are SUPERB.
The creators made clear from the get-go - this show is about WOMEN, and it also shows good men and bad women. Yet the story voice is definitely not preachy, definitely not PC - it's still obsessed with specific female body parts in any shape or size, non-white castings are at best token, but it also says what needs to be said within the Victorian world context. In short, it has the usual sexy offerings. Yet somehow, quite a few fragile white male idol cultists flooded the reviews with fake victimhood outrage...about? A big time bully king.
A story world of this scope is not created by One Genius Man, the serial bully king is kicked out of the production already anyway, and the show goes on, so why cry over spilled sour milk, seriously.. The joke is, these same anti-PC anti-woke crybabies also nonsensically attacked Ridley Scott and Ron Moore for (fill in the blank any story world aesthetic that resemble human civilisation progress).
One doesn't need to be an insider to know, unlike movie productions, TV productions are powered by A TEAM OF writer-producers - and occasionally big clout actors. So don't let the wah-poor-My-Precious-Male-Idol-Bully-King-is-so-victimized-by-feminists noise drown out the works of 100s of brilliant creative women and talented men of this show.
A very very watchable story world for enlightened women and men, with one of today's best English language assemble cast. Highly recommended.