BBC Buys High-Concept French Sci-Fi Series ‘The Sentinels’

french sci-fi either ends up being a groundbreaking masterpiece or an absolute fever dream with zero in-between tbh. a ww1 steampunk super-soldier concept sounds unhinged enough to actually work though.

I thought this show absolutely ruled and hope to see more seasons.

Okay, this does sound quite interesting & fun, though no real date as yet for it airing. >In the UK, the BBC will launch it on iPlayer and BBC Four later this year.

kind of reminds me how they wasted Valerian on 2 actors with absolutly no charisma or chemisty between them.

This sounds absolutely amazing and now I need to watch the original French show somehow.

Watched the first episode. Looks good, but the narrative is a sluggish muddle that gets no assist from a banal music score (the anachronistic pop music insert, for instance, took me out of the show) and a slew of lowkey performances which are as murky as the plot. Maybe it improves?

>At the outbreak of World War I, Gabriel Ferraud – a gravely wounded soldier – is recruited into a top-**secret French military program** designed to create the **ultimate weapon**: **enhanced humans. After being injected with a mysterious serum, Gabriel gains extraordinary strength, speed, and resilience**. He joins an elite unit known as the Sentinels – augmented soldiers forged for the front lines. But as the war intensifies, Gabriel uncovers a terrifying truth that could alter the fate of the conflict. Nothing really new or unique about the story. We have seen several movies and TV shows about Super Soldiers: Captain America, Universal Soldier, Dark Angel, The Boys, The X Files (S08 & S09).

Oui oui

COOL! this sounds great!

I have found that other countries (i.e. not the UK) tend to be a little braver at stealing ideas from TRPGs and this sounds exactly like the Weird War materials (Dust Adventures, Achtung Cthuhlu etc.) that can be found floating around on the gaming scene. Looking forward to it. :)