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Star Trek suuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccckkkksss
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@kirwan The thing is that even if TNG's first season was rough, it was developing interesting, appealing characters, and was set in a very well designed, and highly appealing universe - you wanted to live in it, it was a different vision to most of sci-fi, and it gave you a reason to care.
Also, although TNG was often over reliant on technobabble to save the day, at least they worked through a story that presented it as the logical conclusion to the episode. They didn't just have a character say "I know what to do", then jump to the conclusion or have a woman beat everyone up.
Seasons 3 and 4 of Enterprise were much better than this dreck, despite that show being pretty bad.
This is neither good nor trek. It's a bad JJ Abrams show with a high budget.
Come up to Warkworth tomorrow so I can continue insulting your taste.
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@tim said in TV Serieseseses:
@kirwan The thing is that even if TNG's first season was rough, it was developing interesting, appealing characters, and was set in a very well designed, and highly appealing universe - you wanted to live in it, it was a different vision to most of sci-fi, and it gave you a reason to care.
Also, although TNG was often over reliant on technobabble to save the day, at least they worked through a story that presented it as the logical conclusion to the episode. They didn't just have a character say "I know what to do", then jump to the conclusion or have a woman beat everyone up.
Seasons 3 and 4 of Enterprise were much better than this dreck, despite that show being pretty bad.
This is neither good nor trek. It's a bad JJ Abrams show with a high budget.
Come up to Warkworth tomorrow so I can continue insulting your taste.
I wear my bad taste as badge of pride.
I did consider coming up to the game, just too busy at work though.
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
Star Trek suuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccckkkksss
If I could like this post 1000 times I would.
TV show on the whole these days are far more sophisticated and plot driven with all sorts of twists and turns. Try to genuinely sit though an episode of Magnum PI, Knight Rider or the A Team to see exactly what I mean.
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@mn5 said in TV Serieseseses:
@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
Star Trek suuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccckkkksss
If I could like this post 1000 times I would.
TV show on the whole these days are far more sophisticated and plot driven with all sorts of twists and turns. Try to genuinely sit though an episode of Magnum PI, Knight Rider or the A Team to see exactly what I mean.
You forgot the Dukes of Hazard
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@taniwharugby yet more evidence you've been hacked by @MN5
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@mn5 said in TV Serieseseses:
@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
Star Trek suuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccckkkksss
If I could like this post 1000 times I would.
TV show on the whole these days are far more sophisticated and plot driven with all sorts of twists and turns. Try to genuinely sit though an episode of Magnum PI, Knight Rider or the A Team to see exactly what I mean.
C'mon bro, liking your own post
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Fargo S3
Some parts of this series was excellent, other parts less so...this, like the other series are based on a lot of dumb luck or bad luck as things transpire and things go from bad to worse.
Thought Ewan McGregor was good as the Stussy brothers, didn't realize he was playing both until ep 2.
Also thought Mary Elizabeth Winstead was good, she is pretty tidy too.
However I thought David Thewlis stole it with his role as the enigmatic Varga.
Interesting they still open with 'This is a True Story' then the 'True' fades out leaving 'This is a Story'
From Ethan Cohen:
"We wanted to make a movie just in the genre of a true story movie. You don't have to have a true story to make a true story movie."
Even so, Fargo did take inspiration from two real-life events. One, a General Motors Finance Corporation employee who committed fraud by playing around with serial numbers, as we see Jerry Lundegaard (William H Macy) do. The other was the murder of Helle Crafts, a Connecticut woman whose husband killed her and disposed of her body by putting it in a wood chipper. “Beyond that, the story is made up,” Joel told the Huffington Post.
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@bovidae Altered Carbon is next up for me after finishing Fargo!
Is that S1 of Taboo?
Started The Alienist, which is set late 19th century New York, about a serial killer preying on boys who work as 'girls' for the Cities elite....Daniel Bruhl, Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning.
Started well, but last ep I watched was a bit slow.
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Yep, S1 of Taboo. S2 has yet to be made.
I've got free Neon for a year so will make the most of it and watch the shows that interest me. I don't have Lightbox and refuse to pay for Soho so that limits what I can watch. I am keen to see The Man in the High Castle but I think that's only available on Amazon Prime.
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@salacious-crumb said in TV Serieseseses:
The Flair one was successful enough ESPN have already greenlit a 30-For-30 about Andre (in-production).
I mighta had my wires crossed. There actually is a new Andre the Giant documentary, it’s out April on HBO (not ESPN), and advance word is it’s awesome. Here’s the trailer:
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@salacious-crumb said in TV Serieseseses:
@salacious-crumb said in TV Serieseseses:
The Flair one was successful enough ESPN have already greenlit a 30-For-30 about Andre (in-production).
I mighta had my wires crossed. There actually is a new Andre the Giant documentary, it’s out April on HBO (not ESPN), and advance word is it’s awesome. Here’s the trailer:
What a legend. Amazing drinker.
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@mn5 drinking, what's the story there, not sure I've heard it mentioned before
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@mn5 drinking, what's the story there, not sure I've heard it mentioned before
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@mn5 drinking, what's the story there, not sure I've heard it mentioned before
I thought he was teetotal.
