Theres lightness to the show, she says.
It also doesnt hurt to throw in a fair amount of ass-kicking.
Some of the inspiration for the show comes from her love ofAlien.
The fact that somebody gave me Ripley is key to me, she says.
The Quad, however, is not earth.
In my mind, this is a future colonized area, Lovretta says.
So who exactly are these awesome-gun-toting Killjoys?
Theyre technically called reclamation agents, Lovretta says.
They go out and reclaim things under warrants.
The way that some people call cops pigs, thats what Killjoy arose from.
And if you are a level 5 Killjoy, which is the highest, you assassinate whomever you want.
Thats why theyre called Killjoys because they can kill for joy.
Theyre kind of guys for hire, says actor Luke Macfarlane.
They are operating within this companys rules.
Their moral stuff is on top of the job that needs to get done.
Theyre not out to fight the system the entire time.
Theyre there to get the job done.
It asks you to be more expansive with your imagination.
Michelle Lovretta:Basically, it was bounty hunters in space.
I think a lot of us creators wanted to get back into sci-fi and outer space.
I have fun when I do it.
Tonally, what are you going for?
An interesting hybrid ofBuck RogersandBlade Runner.
What kind of mythology are you building and whats the main arc?
Davins character and Dutchs character have separate backstories that become a serialized arc.
We have a political arc thats playing out as well.
We have two entities in the quad that are fighting over it politically.
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