To AMC's credit, I think what they saw was the show doesn't exist in the marketplace. They knew that there was a hunger for a martial arts show. They also knew that you have this strong tradition of martial arts cinema, so even though it's not branded by a novel or a comic book or an old movie or something, we do have the genre itself, which people love.
So the idea was that, some catastrophic event had happened. There was a long dark age and then out of that, 100 years ago in this world, seven barons… - Alfred Gough
So the idea was that, some catastrophic event had happened. There was a long dark age and then out of that, 100 years ago in this world, seven barons…
- Alfred Gough
And having those mystical elements you see in Asian cinema and certainly Asian martial arts cinema, it's something that we wanted to begin to introdu… - Alfred Gough
And having those mystical elements you see in Asian cinema and certainly Asian martial arts cinema, it's something that we wanted to begin to introdu…
As a network, they're not the network that usually picks things up after the first episode airs. They definitely have a methodology that they follow.… - Alfred Gough
As a network, they're not the network that usually picks things up after the first episode airs. They definitely have a methodology that they follow.…
Some of the key components, we wanted it to be so far into the future that you weren't talking about our time. I was joking that the AMC cinematic un… - Alfred Gough
Some of the key components, we wanted it to be so far into the future that you weren't talking about our time. I was joking that the AMC cinematic un…
To AMC's credit, I think what they saw was the show doesn't exist in the marketplace. They knew that there was a hunger for a martial arts show. They… - Alfred Gough
To AMC's credit, I think what they saw was the show doesn't exist in the marketplace. They knew that there was a hunger for a martial arts show. They…
I mean when you go to a network and say, "We want to make a martial arts series in the future." And give them the pitch. And by the way, the only way… - Alfred Gough
I mean when you go to a network and say, "We want to make a martial arts series in the future." And give them the pitch. And by the way, the only way…
Miles and I had been looking to do a martial arts show for some time. Our first two movies that we wrote were "Lethal Weapon 4" and "Shanghai Noon" w… - Alfred Gough
Miles and I had been looking to do a martial arts show for some time. Our first two movies that we wrote were "Lethal Weapon 4" and "Shanghai Noon" w…
We now live in a world both in film and television where everything is based on something. You point out, "Star Wars" was an original screenplay, "Ra… - Alfred Gough
We now live in a world both in film and television where everything is based on something. You point out, "Star Wars" was an original screenplay, "Ra…
They [movies] don't really have the cultural impact - other than "Star Wars," of course - that they used to because television is something that week… - Alfred Gough
They [movies] don't really have the cultural impact - other than "Star Wars," of course - that they used to because television is something that week…
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