The Nevers S01E01 Images Intro Amalia True & Penance Adair s World
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Laura Donnelly) and Penance Adair (
Ann Skelly) are ready to save Victorian London from the supernatural threats it s about to face while also looking to save those – mostly women- who ve developed special abilities as the result of a game-changing event. But to do that, they will find many a friend and foe over the course of Part One - and now, HBO is offering a new set of preview images (posted throughout the article) to introduce viewers to the angels, demons, and everything in-between who populate the world of HBO and series showrunner
Kicking butt in corsets and slaying with parasols, Victorian sci-fi drama âThe Neversâ arrives under, or at least alongside, a cloud: Creator Joss Whedon, who left the series in November citing exhaustion, has been the subject of multiple allegations since last summer of creating an abusive work environment on other projects, including by âJustice Leagueâsâ Ray Fisher and âBuffy the Vampire Slayerâsâ Charisma Carpenter and Michelle Trachtenberg.
But if this meant HBO faced an even taller order turning its ambitious new series, now helmed by showrunner Philippa Goslett, into a worthy successor to âTrue Blood,â âGame of Thronesâ and âWatchmen,â itâs one the cable giant has surmounted. Premiering Sunday, âThe Neversâ ably continues the networkâs tradition of making fantasy and sci-fi a prestigious television pursuit, this time in the splendor and grit of 1899 London.
Despite the showrunner change and writing credits by Jane Espenson, Kevin Lau and Madhuri Shekar, Whedonâs fingerprints are all over The Nevers (as well as the first episodeâs title credits as director, writer, creator and executive producer). The four episodes made available to critics bear the mark of a creator given infinite and inflated latitude, favoring lavish, indulgent sprawl over synthesis. The storylines balloon from an unexplained supernatural event that mark (mostly) women with strange, idiosyncratic talents to a forbidden sex club, a Jack the Ripper-style female serial killer, a deranged doctorâs cruel underground experiments, union strikes and the fate of the British empire, among other ideas. Itâs unfortunate, given the female action hero premise, that such thematic dabbling is occasionally absorbing in isolation but, as a chaotic chorus, canât muster the requisite charm to override the off-screen Whedon baggage.
The Nevers Is Entertaining But a Tad Overstuffed
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Who says a Victorian lady can t pull off a superhero landing? (Photo: Keith Bernstein/HBO)
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The Nevers HBO’s new epic fantasy series created by Joss Whedon, who’s no longer involved with the show can be overwhelming. “Victorian ladies with superpowers” is already a high-concept idea, but
The new HBO series The Nevers, created by Joss Whedon, posits a Victorian England in which some women are "touched" with special powers in a steampunk world.