The Last Ship

That's what is concerning about this show ... this genre usually soars out of the gate.

 

I guess, but that particular comparison isn't exactly fair. BSG launched with a miniseries. (Though the first regular episode would have been a hell of a pilot, too.)

 

The opening draws are always critical for sci-fi. This is axiomatic, going back to Star Wars and beyond.

 

I'm with you in that I didn't realize it was a book.

Only thing I knew about it was from the promos they've been airing for the last few months, and I wasn't disappointed. Pretty solid opening.

 

And it's a pretty old book too, published in 1988.

 

Meh. Jericho was better. BSG was miles better.

 

Me too. His Ted Talks about it was interesting:
http://www.ted.com/talks/sting_how_i_started_writing_songs_again

and inspired this David Brooks column:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/opinion/brooks-going-home-again.html

To Sting fans, this is not surprising. Soul Cages which was written after his father died and has lots of these themes was a very rich if commercially unpopular album, and after Ten Summoner's Tales which I loved, he started putting out so much pop garbage that I stopped paying attention until now. I listened to the new one and it sounds interesting.