novel series Ascension has just finished filming on its first few episodes , and we read a lot about it at Comic - Con on Saturday . It sounds extremely promising and got us excited for what ’s to occur .
The show takes place in an alternative world where the United State became convinced that there was a worldly concern - ending warfare add up in the ’ 60s . In 1963 , 600 men and women were put on a starship and sent to the closest inhabitable planet . Cut off from Earth ( the control panel was clear that the ship was not in touch with Earth , although they do transmit log back “ like a message in a bottle ” ) . The show starts just as the ship approaches the power point of no proceeds , 50 years in and therefore in the modern day , when the execution of a young woman make matter to “ unravel . ”
The only footage usable was in the grade of a black - and - white film from the ’ 60 , which we were told was played by the indweller of Ascension every yr as they fete their launch day . The footage showed a scientist with a German accent articulate that world ’s future survival is dependent on going into space . He unveil a good example of the ship , showing its sizing and scope . It dwarfs the model of the Eiffel Tower next to it .
The scientist , showrunner Phillip Levens said , who is “ a mash - up of Wernher von Braun and Dyson . ” Over metre , we ’ll learn that , to get his love project off the earth , the scientist had to make “ softwood with the devil . ” We will also meet the Logos of the scientist . Said Levens :
[ The projection ] is now run by his son , who does n’t quite sense that he can appraise up to his father . On the other hired man , he envies the people on the ship . He talks about his own son and he ’s befuddled and if he were on Ascension , his destiny would be assured .
The idea that he ’d have it away what to do if he was on Ascension is woven throughout the description of Ascension . It ’s a community where , by necessity , everything is planned . People are “ couple ” to be wed and when and how many children they have are project . The only jobs available are the one that serve the ship , and people can only chose among the line of work that they show the most aptitude for . Andrea Roth , who act Dr. Julia Roth , explained that we make out into the show just as her girl undergoes “ the Crisis , ” where they understand that they have no pick in their lives . She will have to watch her daughter maybe “ flow for someone she can never ever be with and will have to see every day . ”
The plaster cast we meet are of the first coevals accept on the ship and will conk out before they reach the major planet “ Proxima . ” And as they pass on the distributor point of no return , Tricia Helfer say there are “ guerilla terrorists ” who want to go back to Earth even though they “ do n’t even know if there ’s an Earth to come back to . ”
There function to be a fair amount of tension between Brian Van Holt ’s Captain William Denninger ( who Van Holt name as “ competent and confident ” but “ with a disconsolate side . ” ) and Councilman Rose , who , according to thespian Al Sapienza , “ want the senior pilot ’s chore and wants the captain ’s wife . ”
Part of the show will be showing how this community of multitude , who left Earth in the early ’ 60 before the intimate revolution or the Civil Rights Movement . Levens did say that the ship will be ethnically divers , as the melodic theme is that the project was headed by the most forward - thinking mass of the time . But , when demand , Levens state the programme was to play original music piece that were composed on Ascension , although he warned that it ’s hard to do that without making them “ really spoilt . ”
Helfer sound out that her character , as the married woman of the captain , is sort of the chief hostess . And as such , she ’s dressed up in very ’ 60s attire , longer nail , makeup , the whole whole kit and boodle . A lot of the cast stress how the indweller of this ship are , in a way , freeze in time . They “ bypassed a lot of things that happened on Earth , ” said Levens .
All in all , it sounds like a absorbing concept and one with a lot to mine and search . We look forward to seeing more from Ascension .
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