As ridiculous as this may sound, try not to bring bring any baggage onboard “Snowpiercer.” TNT’s long-in-the-works science-fiction series about a post-apocalyptic train ride carrying the last remnants of humanity (and all their pretty stuff!) bills itself as an adaptation of Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette’s graphic novels and Bong Joon Ho’s 2013 film.
But even though those stories send their titular trains down very different tracks, you don’t have to be familiar with either for expectations to burden the latest ride.“Snowpiercer’s” journey to television was a highly publicized debacle, including more than three years in development, two directors shooting and reshooting the pilot, a controversial showrunner swap, and a ping-pong between WarnerMedia networks.
“Snowpiercer” was originally your typical TNT series order.
Then, it was announced as the first drama to debut on a revamped TBS, and finally it rerouted back to what, after all that,
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