![]() ![]() Much like Peter Jackson tried to create three sprawling epics from the 100-ish-page Hobbit, Buhler has tried to craft a Game of Thrones from a 30,000-word novella. One of the worst things a spaceship can be is crowded, and Nightflyers often packs in so many turns that even its best plots can barely breathe. This isn't exactly a bad thing, but it is a lot of things, which is emblematic of Nightflyers' greatest strength and weakness at the same time. The series tries on a lot of masks at once-locked room haunted house, hard sci-fi, space opera, body horror grossout-with only some executed in a satisfying way. Martin-borrows mightily from all those things, plus a healthy dose of Event Horizon, a smidge of Prometheus, and a salt bae sprinkle of Carrie. I've seen five episodes of Nightflyers and I can confirm the series-based on the 1980 novella by Game of Thrones author George R.R. There’s a lot of 2001, The Shining, and Ridley Scott’s Alien.” “We were not shy about pulling the themes and even some imagery. Earlier this year, at New York Comic-Con, Nightflyers creator Jeff Buhler ticked off a list of genre icons that influenced Syfy's haunted spaceship horrorshow. “We leaned heavily on the shoulders of the greats,” Buhler said. ![]()
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