“So the idea was that, some catastrophic event had happened. There was a long dark age and then out of that, 100 years ago in this world, seven barons - these men and women - rose up and formed the new society. It's a feudal world, a part feudal barons and part warlord and part mob boss and they each control a huge resource so that there's an uneasy alliance, but they all need each other.” MenWorldNeedsYearsLongIdeasAgeDarkHappenedEventsThis WorldHugeMen And WomenResourcesYears AgoRoseSevenBossAlliancesDark AgesUneasyWarlords Author:Alfred Gough
“We liked the idea that it was a low-tech future. But everything always repeats the past. If you look today and look at something in the middle east where you got people getting beheaded it's like the crusades with Twitter. It's crazy, human nature does the same thing. In a way, even though you're in the future people wanted order so this sort of system rose up.” PeopleIfsWayHumansLooksDoeIdeasTodayWantedPastOrderCrazyMiddleHuman NatureLowsRoseEastRepeatsMiddle EastCrusades Author:Alfred Gough
“We now live in a world both in film and television where everything is based on something. You point out, "Star Wars" was an original screenplay, "Raiders of the Lost Ark," an original screenplay, "Ghostbusters" an original screenplay, "Back to the Future." All these things that people love were original ideas many years ago.” PeopleWorldYearsIdeasWarFilmLostStarsTelevisionYears AgoOriginalsScreenplaysOriginal IdeasArkFilm And TelevisionRaiders Author:Alfred Gough
“And having those mystical elements you see in Asian cinema and certainly Asian martial arts cinema, it's something that we wanted to begin to introduce - the idea of spirituality and the idea of there being something else out in the world besides people who are great fighters.” PeopleWorldArtIdeasWantedSpiritualityElementsFighterCinemaMartial ArtsIntroducingMysticalAsian Author:Alfred Gough