Netflix Kaos (1 Viewer)

[Adam Lenhardt]

Charlie Covell ("The End of the F***ing World") uses the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as a jumping off point in this Netflix series set in an alternate present day where the Greek pantheon of gods are still very much active participants in the affairs of man and the Abrahamic religions never stood a chance.

Jeff Goldblum stars as Zeus alongside Janet McTeer as Hera, Aurora Perrineau as Eurydice (or "Riddy" for short), Killian Scott as Orpheus, Nabhaan Rizwan as Dionysus, Billie Piper as Cassandra, and Stephen Dillane as Prometheus.

I just finished the first episode, and I'm definitely intrigued enough to keep going. The tacky world of Mount Olympus reminds me of what Baz Luhrmann did to Romeo & Juliet, while the passage to the underworld reminds me a lot of the vision of the afterlife from Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death.

 

[Sam Favate]

I opened this thread by mistake, thinking it was about Maxwell Smart's nemesis Siegfried and the other agents of KAOS.

Mount Olympus sounds intriguing though, although I can't stop hoping for the show about KAOS. ("Zis is KAOS! We do not shush here!")

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

Halfway through now, and I love it. Definitely my kind of crazy. And I am not even that well versed in Greek mythology. Highly recommended.

 

[bujaki]

And I thought it was the Taviani brothers classic from 1984 based on Pirandello's stories.

 

[NeilO]

I have heard great things about this series. I will have to find the time.

 

[Alex...]

Canceled

‘Kaos’ Canceled After One Season at Netflix

Netflix has canceled 'Kaos' after one season.

variety.com

 

[Malcolm R]

One and done. Such is seemingly the business plan of Netflix.

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

Sad to read that, especially since I thought the last episode tried to wrap up things too quickly and there were still some unresolved things I had hoped would be addressed in S02.