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I don't understand why 10 episode seasons have any filler episodes at all.
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Jul 14, 2014 03:56
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the engineering officer reminded me of elliott rodger
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Jul 14, 2014 04:04
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Giving this episode an A just because one of the devices in the lab was made by Bio-Rad, who have the best commercials for scientific equipment ever. BIO-RAD SALUTES YOU
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Jul 14, 2014 04:39
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Boris Galerkin posted:I don't understand why 10 episode seasons have any filler episodes at all.
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Jul 14, 2014 05:31
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I rather liked it. It started off a little weird (why not have the power blow out before the title sequence?) but I didn't mind it was pretty much a bottle episode for the most part. Good way to set up the different character relationships and all for the most part moving forward. (Tex is a blast to watch). Dunno if I liked the flashback, seemed a little pointless overall just to pay off that one bit of that scene. But I'm sure that's enough. Can't wait for the  to begin.
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Jul 14, 2014 06:01
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This show is essentially Star Trek: Voyager. And I'm okay with that.
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Jul 14, 2014 06:08
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Sober posted:I rather liked it. It started off a little weird (why not have the power blow out before the title sequence?) but I didn't mind it was pretty much a bottle episode for the most part. Good way to set up the different character relationships and all for the most part moving forward. (Tex is a blast to watch). How they keep events of previous episodes relevant is pretty well done. The Chief Engineer got shot in episode 2 and is still recovering, other people have to do take over, system damage in episode 3 is missed and everything goes to poo poo in episode 4. I'm pretty sure Tex will be a huge problem at some point, he's either an American who was imprisoned in Gitmo and put on a PMC's outfit or somehow connected to the people behind the virus. quote:Dunno if I liked the flashback, seemed a little pointless overall just to pay off that one bit of that scene. It's good we got to see Babette from Boardwalk Empire again.
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Jul 14, 2014 07:05
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Josh Lyman posted:This show is essentially Star Trek: Voyager. So Tex is... Neelix?
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Jul 14, 2014 08:57
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I'm gonna be so mad when Tex is a villain or something goddamn it look what you did CeeJee, look what you did I am practically in tears
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Jul 14, 2014 08:59
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It's Camellia sinensis. 
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Jul 14, 2014 17:27
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If this wasn't a summer show, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't watch it. Also, I keep laughing out loud at scenes that, I think, are supposed to be very meaningful or even solemn. It's all just much too hammy. Is it just me? richardfun fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Jul 14, 2014 |
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Jul 14, 2014 17:52
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Cpt.Wacky posted:It's Camellia sinensis.
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Jul 14, 2014 18:04
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Combat Pretzel posted:British people being smug about tea. It's just a stupid thing to say if you actually know anything about tea. Camellia sinensis is the botanical name of the plant that all non-herbal tea comes from whether it's black, green or whatever. Differences in processing or the location it's grown is what makes the different types of tea. I'm really starting to hate this show for taking Rhona Mitra away from Strike Back.
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Jul 14, 2014 19:01
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richardfun posted:If this wasn't a summer show, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't watch it. No, it's not just you, but drat it, I want to join the US Navy now.
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Jul 14, 2014 23:52
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Sober posted:I'm gonna be so mad when Tex is a villain or something goddamn it I think he's CIA.
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Jul 15, 2014 02:26
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hollylolly posted:So Tex is... Neelix?  If Tex isn't a commando/nurse/engineer/historian/salamander by the end of its run, I hereby declare The Last Ship a commercial failure! (Oh, and Navy Nerd-turned-soldier is Neelix. Obviously.)
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Jul 15, 2014 02:52
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Octy posted:No, it's not just you, but drat it, I want to join the US Navy now. next week on 24 an
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Jul 15, 2014 03:12
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I'm loving this show for what it is ... a 60s/80s Cold War/Star Trek xover with Captain Pike. Luckily I don't know enough about the Navy to spoil the fun.
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Jul 15, 2014 03:35
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I'm enjoying this show despite how jingoistic it is. I was rolling my eyes pretty hard when they made the scientist who actually wanted to share information one of the bad guys.
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Jul 15, 2014 03:42
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I'm disappointed Rhona Mitra hasn't gotten to fire a grenade launcher yet. I suppose there's still time.
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Jul 15, 2014 05:15
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WarLocke posted:I'm enjoying this show despite how jingoistic it is. I was rolling my eyes pretty hard when they made the scientist who actually wanted to share information one of the bad guys. The jingoism, such as it is, is benign. The Captain just believes in a set of ideals that he associates with the United States Navy. And I don't think the scientist is portrayed as a "bad guy" per se. The show made his motivation clear and I suspect that much of the audience would agree with his desire to share information -- the Captain made a similar offer to the Russian captain. But his family is still in danger and because of his threats against the crew, he cannot be trusted to make decisions that are in the best interest of the crew or align with the Captain's mission.
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Jul 15, 2014 07:36
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The show is actually pretty good with character moments, and reasonably subtle ones at that, for all the overt TNT style emotional moments that are also featured. The acting is reasonably good too and they've done a pretty good job featuring lots of little minor characters to make it seem like the ship is full of life and not just the few leads and then faceless background crew. All that stuff does make it a bit more palatable when the action slows down and makes an episode like this actually interesting to watch.
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Jul 15, 2014 12:45
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I'm quite enjoying this for what it is and most of the techy errors go right over my head except for one small little thing. Unless I'm mistaken they seem to be measuring the vital temperature of the super essential scientific samples in Fahrenheit. I'm pretty certain that not even American scientists use Fahrenheit. Does anyone know what the US Navy uses? Stupid thing to be annoyed about but every time they mention 41 degrees it jars.
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Jul 15, 2014 16:07
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Cpt.Wacky posted:It's just a stupid thing to say if you actually know anything about tea. Camellia sinensis is the botanical name of the plant that all non-herbal tea comes from whether it's black, green or whatever. Differences in processing or the location it's grown is what makes the different types of tea.
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Jul 15, 2014 16:51
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Panorama posted:I'm quite enjoying this for what it is and most of the techy errors go right over my head except for one small little thing. Unless I'm mistaken they seem to be measuring the vital temperature of the super essential scientific samples in Fahrenheit. I'm pretty certain that not even American scientists use Fahrenheit. Does anyone know what the US Navy uses? Stupid thing to be annoyed about but every time they mention 41 degrees it jars. You're right, it is a pretty stupid thing to be annoyed about. She was talking to a bunch of Americans so she said "41 degrees Fahrenheit" so they would understand what she was talking about (not to mention the mostly American audience).
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Jul 15, 2014 17:33
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Panorama posted:I'm quite enjoying this for what it is and most of the techy errors go right over my head except for one small little thing. Unless I'm mistaken they seem to be measuring the vital temperature of the super essential scientific samples in Fahrenheit. I'm pretty certain that not even American scientists use Fahrenheit. Does anyone know what the US Navy uses? Stupid thing to be annoyed about but every time they mention 41 degrees it jars.
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Jul 15, 2014 17:37
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[quote="Patrovsky" post="432fini212268"] I'm disappointed Rhona Mitra hasn't gotten to fire a grenade launcher yet. I suppose there's still time. [/quote] She's definitely going to fire the big turret gun
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Jul 15, 2014 17:48
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By the way, renewed for season 2 more  vs.  !
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Jul 19, 2014 16:51
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Does that mean that the messhall guy who has to play chess with the evil doctor is Harry or Tuvoc?
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Jul 19, 2014 20:45
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Combat Pretzel posted:It was a joke. Rhona Mitra is British and she's being all smartsypants about green tea. Yeah, but the problem is she isn't being smartsypants. Of loving course it's camellia sinensis! That's not some rare and exquisite blend the captain's never tasted before; the cheapest loving lovely tea in a cafe is camellia sinensis because that's the plant we get tea leaves from! It's like giving someone some cheese, then when they go "Huh, this isn't cheese!" saying "It's a fermented dairy product; a fine gruyere!"
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Jul 19, 2014 21:04
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Alright, forgive me for being an episode behind but here are my thoughts on E3. I'm doing a 4/5 doubleheader this weekend. 1) The Russian captain just casually kills one of his men. So when our hero Captain American McFreedom flipped the Russian patrol boat that'd shot his divers, I was sure the Russian wouldn't care again. The looks of discomfort on his bridge crew's faces made me think for sure the Americans were trying to get them to mutiny. Would've been brilliant but nope. 2) After they U.S.S. Cole'd the fuckers, I thought they were going to pull off an incredible hostage rescue mission. Apparently not. I'm not sure how blowing one hole in a cruiser keeps it from shooting our heroes as they make their getaway. Or why Captain McFreedom didn't just light the Russians up when they had the advantage. The traitor scientist's wife (who they don't know for sure is even alive still) isn't more important than saving the vaccine from a nuclear-armed pursuer.e: oh yeahhhh "I LOVE YOU STAY AWAY FROM ME" DeusExMachinima fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Jul 19, 2014 |
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Jul 19, 2014 21:15
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This poster loves police brutality, but only when its against minorities!
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Well the Skipper said he wanted to run the ship like Big Navy is still out there. I'm not surprised they took the high road even though they were justified in retaliation. There's a big difference how our Navy and other navies operate. As much as I trash the Navy I saw a lot of good being done and met a lot of decent people. The thing is the captain knows that the Russians are after a cure just like he is so if he can get one he'd share it and there wouldn't need to be a conflict between them anymore. They are just trying to survive the best way they know how. Besides they have no idea how many people are left in the world and he isnt too interested in potentially killing off what little remains.
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Jul 20, 2014 01:05
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The_White_Crane posted:Yeah, but the problem is she isn't being smartsypants. Guess she's just messing with him then. Since he's a normal person and doesn't know that fancy word for tea. You know how those British like to tease.
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Jul 20, 2014 01:16
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ITT people mad about tea!
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Jul 20, 2014 01:52
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I'm just waiting for them to meet up with a stupidly-named Nimitz-class or something captained by some similarly Draconian admiral so we can roll our eyes properly. "Sir, I've got a coded signal coming in from a vessel two hundred miles away...it's the Pegasus!" You just *know* eventually they're going to run into another ship that's had to do ~unspeakable~ things to survive, too. It's just too irresistible for mediocre writers not to use in these situations. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Jul 20, 2014 |
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Jul 20, 2014 02:36
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DeusExMachinima posted:
In the last episode when they are all on the beach and he saw her sitting all alone I was ready to call bullshit that nobody was trying to swoop in and chat her up, end of the world not that many women left crap aside, but because thats how the boat operates. Then a guy shows up with a drink and I'm like 'ok theres the real navy'. Realism achieved.
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Jul 20, 2014 02:44
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Wouldn't you expect them using AM radio transmissions at this point, to see who's still alive? I'd figure the world's armies have something like this somewhere on their checklist, in case of snow in summer. I mean, AM radiowaves bouncing off the ionosphere (or whatever -sphere they actually do) and all that poo poo.
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Jul 20, 2014 03:01
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I love how this last episode was basically  Water
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Jul 20, 2014 04:29
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I genuinely like this show. I like the fact they just had a scene with a long haired grizzled PMC guy alone with the primary female character and he didn't do anything stereotypically creepy.
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Jul 21, 2014 02:07
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prezbuluskey posted:I genuinely like this show. I like the fact they just had a scene with a long haired grizzled PMC guy alone with the primary female character and he didn't do anything stereotypically creepy. Geez Tex no means no
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