Olympus

Sexy princess threatens to literally put a snake in our Hero's belly. Sadly, this
is like the pinnacle of subtle imagery for this show.

What the fuck is this shit?

Remember when I was talking about Dominion? SyFy's crazy angels vs. humanity SFXfest, and how it was bonkers but fun, even if the characters were a little bland and/or inconsistent? Imagine if the same creative approach was given to a Greco-Persian mythological mashup that kind of is to the unexpectedly awesome Immortals as Dominion is to Legion, except without the actual connection and deeply shit instead of rather more fun than it deserved to be.

Because oh my life this series is bad. Sub-Hercules CGI struggles with terrible actors to claim the title least convincing, and I've only really made it to Episode 4 - or possibly 3; it's that good - on the strength of Matt Frewer's turn as the perpetually disappointed-in-the-world Daedalus and because I'm trying to work out if Sonya Cassidy, as the Oracle of Gaia, is taking the piss or not (as a Brit in a Canadian/miscellaneously exotic cast, she may just automatically sound as if she's rolling her eyes with every line.) Either way, she steals every scene that doesn't have Daedalus in it, not that Tom York's Hero (he's credited as 'Hero' and called variously Athenian or mercenary, because apparently speaking his name would make you spontaneously combust) is putting up much of a struggle.

The plot is a paper thin quest narrative held together by chance (I'm sorry; destiny,) and the progression is constantly being delayed, both in production terms and in universe, by sex. Minos and Ariadne separately seducing the Oracle and Hero was basically a way to kill an episode, but at the same time King Aegeus is being distracted from a suicidal battle plan by the strategic application of sexy priestesses. It's so overwhelmingly gratuitous that it almost validates itself.

And yet, I still haven't deleted the rest of the episodes. Why? I don't know. It's not the boobs; there are more of those in Game of Thrones or, so help me, Penny Dreadful. The thing has a kind of train wreck compulsion to it, although I can't binge on it.

Come back, Dominion!