Inhumans

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/marvels-inhumans/theres-nothing-super-about-mar-66186.aspx

I had never heard of this within the Marvel Universe so had no preconceived notions but will take a look...

I expected to be on the side of the Inhumans but so far....I'm sympathetic to the humans who get to work in the mines because they aren't "special" enough. :P

It's just goofy enough to keep me watching to see what they come up with next. I guess the Inhumans on Agents of Shield are 'related' to the 'Royal' Inhumans in some way.....

Put this on the other thread too.

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/marvels-inhumans/marvels-inhumans-series-premie-66197.aspx

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/marvels-inhumans/marvels-inhumans-interview-iwan-rheon-66198.aspx



The concept of 'non-special' people working in the mines is related to some S-F themes in books written in the 50's. In those books society had a caste system whereby citizens at birth were classified according to abilities. This wasn't spelled out but at the top of the system were 'administrators/politician' types who lived lives of luxury and power. Immediately below them were the scientists/engineers who designed and kept things running. At the bottom were the 'drones/laborers' who lived and worked underground keeping all the systems running and never saw the Sun.

Cyril Kornbluth and Frederick Pohl were  the authors who wrote most of these....The Midas Plague and The Marching Morons are two titles that come to mind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_M._Kornbluth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Pohl

For some reason I have only been able to watch the first episode which I watched on the ABC app. The second episode is blocked and needs a code and a provider to watch. I have not been able to find a stream to watch on Kodi, yet. Which seems unusual because I can find almost anything on kodi. Not too impressed with the first episode, it's a little slow and boring. Hopeful it will get better.

That's odd, but I don't think I've ever used the ABC app. Anything on ABC I watch over the air from the local station. No problems that way. of course.