SEE: Its Not a Game of Thrones Replacement, It Stands On Its Own

The long-awaited Apple TV+ streaming service has arrived. While content is limited there’s enough to start to give people a feel for the future of the service. Apple TV or iOS users have already gotten a feel for the app as the TV app has been in place for some time. Set up much like the Movies section on the iTunes app, the UI isn’t quite as grand as Netflix, but is a step up from Hulu and Amazon.

User experience with the app can be overcome with a strong showing of original content as well as a large catalog of content. To start, Apple TV+ doesn’t have the media library to compete in the world of it’s competitors so they’ll have to turn to their original content and they brought in some pretty big names. Not too many people are hitting the Hollywood scene quite like Jason Momoa since his days on Game of Thrones. With Aquaman, Frontier, and even hosting Saturday Night Live he’s made quite the run this past year.

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Next on his list is Apple TV+’s SEE, but will it be as big as his other projects so far?

The first thing everyone brings up when it comes to SEE is the instant comparison to Game of Thrones, but the show itself is different. While the struggle for power might be there, the drama/sci-fi elements are a bit different. SEE is more post-apocalyptic imagining of a world devolving back into nomadic/survival days once the entire world loses the ability to see.

But the show is more than a virus that strips the world of sight. There are little intriguing plot points along the way that makes the show about more than just survival. The sci-fi element is thrown out in the first episode hidden in the verbiage and action. The tribe that attacks Baba Voss and the Alkenny clan are the Witchfinders. Without getting too far into the plot, their one purpose is as the name implies.

Momoa plays Voss, whose prime function is to use his size and strength to protect the Alkenny. Luckily for the audience, SEE uses more than brute strength to show off the shows fights between the two tribes. Of course, there is it’s fair share of violent brute strength. Just as well, it’s balanced with agile transitions in the scenes show combat that begs the question how they’re able to pull off some of those moves.

If Game of Thrones is the bar in which most fans will judge SEE, then the they’ll be greatly disappointed. It won’t be a show about the allure of dragons and white walkers. Howevver, it will stand on its own merit with its own intrigue. What will the Witchfinders find when they catch up with the Alkenny? If they’re hunting for them, why do they want them removed from the equation? Based on the trailer alone, what threats do the two children bring to a world without sight?

There are plenty questions we want answers to after the first episode of SEE. So does this mean Apple got it right out of the gate? It’s still uncertain, but they’ve got a good head start.