BSG Producer Shopping Around 'Outlander' TV series

taosaur · 07-17-2012, 10:51 PM

http://io9.com/5926841/ron-moore-wil...into-a-tv-show

This series doesn't much look like my cup of tea, but then I didn't think I'd be into Game of Thrones before it aired, either, and ended up loving it (I think Peter Dinklage had a lot to do with that).

I'm not sure how much magic gets involved beyond the "Oops, I slipped through a time-henge!" premise.

xg4bx · 07-18-2012, 01:54 AM

good luck to them with it but personally, i got bored half way through the story description.

fjtorres · 07-18-2012, 07:50 AM

It sounds like a good fit at LIFETIME--they've been experimenting a bit over the past few years with non-traditional fare: BLOOD TIES, AGAINST THE WALL, etc.

RainingLemur · 07-18-2012, 11:26 AM

Eh, I can't say that this is something that interests me too terribly much. Good on them for trying to adapt novel series to live-action, though. Even if it's not for me.

whitearrow · 07-18-2012, 01:29 PM

Yeah, when I saw this, my first thought was that this was a strange fit for Ron Moore. These books are historical romance. There is no fantasy/scifi element besides the portal.

My second thought was that if he thought sci-fi fans included a significant percentage of entitled, nitpicky, impossible to please fans, he is in for an unpleasant surprise if he thinks the romance crowd is any better. (And they are far less savvy, as a group, about the realities of adaptation and TV production.)

07-17-2012, 10:51 PM	#1
taosaur intelligent posterior Posts: 1,562 Karma: 21295618 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohiopolis Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro	BSG Producer Shopping Around 'Outlander' TV series http://io9.com/5926841/ron-moore-wil...into-a-tv-show This series doesn't much look like my cup of tea, but then I didn't think I'd be into Game of Thrones before it aired, either, and ended up loving it (I think Peter Dinklage had a lot to do with that). I'm not sure how much magic gets involved beyond the "Oops, I slipped through a time-henge!" premise.

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07-18-2012, 01:54 AM	#2
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	good luck to them with it but personally, i got bored half way through the story description.

07-18-2012, 07:50 AM	#3
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	It sounds like a good fit at LIFETIME--they've been experimenting a bit over the past few years with non-traditional fare: BLOOD TIES, AGAINST THE WALL, etc.

07-18-2012, 11:26 AM	#4
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	Eh, I can't say that this is something that interests me too terribly much. Good on them for trying to adapt novel series to live-action, though. Even if it's not for me.

07-18-2012, 01:29 PM	#5
whitearrow Guru Posts: 808 Karma: 2260766 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Kindle Oasis 2	Yeah, when I saw this, my first thought was that this was a strange fit for Ron Moore. These books are historical romance. There is no fantasy/scifi element besides the portal. My second thought was that if he thought sci-fi fans included a significant percentage of entitled, nitpicky, impossible to please fans, he is in for an unpleasant surprise if he thinks the romance crowd is any better. (And they are far less savvy, as a group, about the realities of adaptation and TV production.)

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