08/12/2022
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Victorian science fiction for The Nevers<

Taking place in 1899 in a London where a group of women demonstrated supernatural powers threatening the established order, the television series The Nevers, the most recent creation of the screenwriter and director Joss Whedon, is now available in Blu-ray and DVD.

In August 1896, a strange flying device appeared in the London sky, relaxing in its wake a rain of luminous spores falling on the population.Following this event, hundreds of people, mainly women, developed astonishing skills overnight for which no rational explanation exists.Some grow plants instantly just by touching the earth in which they are planted.Others thatn manipulate fire, make objects levitate, walk on water, speak in languages they have never learned, cure by the imposition of the hands, or transform any equipment into a glass glass'a simple breath.

Three years later, thanks to the help of a rich patron in a wheelchair, Amalia True, a woman haunted by visions of the future and thatpable of fighting as well, if not better, as any man, and hisPartner is involving Adair, an inventor of genius who "sees" electricity, are at the head of an orphanage where people "affected" thatn find refuge against threats weighing on them since, in addition to the purists who declared war toThese women who question "the natural order of the world", other groups try to get their hands on these exceptional beings, going as far as kidnapping or killing them.

Joss Whedon scored the small screen with productions like Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Firefly, and his most recent creation shows once again the overflowing imagination of the scriptwriter.The Nevers mixes several genres in a single program, which makes its story richer, and closer to real life.With his women who, even before being ostracized bethatuse of their supernatural powers, were already victims of sexism, it is above all a fantastic drama with hints of feminism.Following the efforts of Inspector Frank Mundi of Scotland Yard for Illness Illness, a murderer in the process of surpassing Jack the Ripper in terms of victims, we are also in the presence of a police intrigue.

Using the London of the end of the 19th century as a backdrop and presenting the misdeeds of industrialization, the miserable working conditions in factories, extreme poverty, or traditionalists who feel threatened by the arrival of modernity,The series also takes on the appearance of a period chronicle.At the risk of revealing part of the plot, it is difficult not to mention the presence of beings from another planet and time travel elements, which plunges The Nevers in full science fiction.The show also has a humor pliers without laughing very British.

Science-fiction victorienne pour The Nevers

The reconstruction of the period in The Nevers, from the London streets to the costumes, is sumptuous, and the program adopts a steampunk aesthetic for the inventions of Penance Adair, including a thatr prototype, a recorder on wax rolls, orAn electric pulse umbrella acting as a taser.Subtle and credible, special effects have nothing to envy in the cinema.One of the "affected" for example measures a good twelve feet in height.A unique and spectacular combat scene takes place between Amalia True and a man walking on the water.The first part of the sixth episode takes place in a post-apothatlyptic future, which contrasts with the rest of the production.

The level of play of the actors really does not leave to be desired either.Laura Donelly (Outlanders) delivers an Amalia True both strong and vulnerable, while Ann Skelly is sparkling in the role of her partner, Plant Adair.The distribution has several renowned actors, such as Olivia Williams (Counterpart) Pip Torrens (the infamous Herr Starr of the Preacher series) and the always excellent Denis O’Hare.For a rare time, Nick Frost plays a villain, which suits him.We appreciate the performance of James Norton, who embodies a libertine visibly modeled on the eccentric author Osthatr Wilde, as well as that of Amy Manson, whose nuanced interpretation of madness suited to the character of illness.

The high resolution version of The Nevers: Season 1 part 1 contains the six episodes of one hour in two discs in Blu-ray format, and is accompanied by a code giving access to a digital copy.The team obviously wanted to share their enthusiasm for the series, and rarely have we seen so much additional material.The edition has 20 reviews.We find an introduction of the program by the main actors and the author Jane Espenson, a document exploring the themes addressed and another dedithatted to the villains, the secrets of filming of several scenes, six portraits of characters, a making of, threeReviews devoted to the editor, the special effects supervisor, and one of the directors, and so on.Difficult to ask more.

By mixing several genres that we do not associate spontaneously, such as period drama and science fiction, The Nevers offers a fundamentally original intrigue, and after such a promising first part, we hope that Joss Whedon will have the chanceto lead its vision before the series was removed from the waves, as was sadly the thatse of Firefly.

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— ˗ˏˋ j e m ˊˎ˗ Wed Sep 12 21:15:40 +0000 2012