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I heard that SyFy is trying to move back into actual sci fi stuff with some space shows next year, but I can't recall anything specific beyond one about a generation ship launched in the 60's.
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My only exposure to JMS is the incredibly lovely Superman run that completely misunderstood the character. The idea of legions of turbonerds praising his tv baby is baffling to me.
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Nov 18, 2014 22:06
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Big Mean Jerk posted:My only exposure to JMS is the incredibly lovely Superman run that completely misunderstood the character. The idea of legions of turbonerds praising his tv baby is baffling to me.  Also because it did arc-based TV in a way that not even very many modern shows have attempted. It didn't always succeed, but it's still really unique in just how committed it was to its arcs.
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Nov 18, 2014 22:19
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Big Mean Jerk posted:My only exposure to JMS is the incredibly lovely Superman run that completely misunderstood the character. The idea of legions of turbonerds praising his tv baby is baffling to me. My only exposure to Orson Welles is the incredibly lovely frozen peas advert. The idea of legions of people praising Touch of Evil is baffling to me
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Nov 18, 2014 22:23
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Go watch Citizen Kane to even that view of him out.
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My only exposure to the Seventh Doctor is Time and the Rani, why do people like The Curse of Fenric
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Nov 18, 2014 22:26
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grilldos posted:Go watch Citizen Kane to even that view of him out. I think the frozen peas thing is loving awesome and makes me like Orson Welles as much as any "serious" work he's done.
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Nov 18, 2014 22:26
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Snak posted:I think the frozen peas thing is loving awesome and makes me like Orson Welles as much as any "serious" work he's done. Me too but imagine if all you knew of Shatner was his Priceline commercials.
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Nov 18, 2014 22:29
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grilldos posted:Me too but imagine if all you knew of Shatner was his Priceline commercials. "What an adorable chubby-cheeked old man"
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Nov 18, 2014 22:32
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Snak posted:I think the frozen peas thing is loving awesome and makes me like Orson Welles as much as any "serious" work he's done. In case anyone is wondering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uWW--w4SRs Wait, no. This one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH1PJTY9AVA
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Nov 18, 2014 22:32
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grilldos posted:Me too but imagine if all you knew of Shatner was his Priceline commercials. I wouldn't know he was a sexist rear end in a top hat? I get what you're saying, but you keep picking terrible examples... What if you only knew Matthew McConaughey from Sahara?
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Nov 18, 2014 22:33
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Big Mean Jerk posted:My only exposure to JMS is the incredibly lovely Superman run that completely misunderstood the character. The idea of legions of turbonerds praising his tv baby is baffling to me. Babylon 5 is the only good thing JMS ever did.
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Nov 18, 2014 22:34
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OtherworldlyInvader posted:Babylon 5 is the only good thing JMS ever did. Umm no...  
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Nov 18, 2014 22:37
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I dunno man, witnessing JMS's lovely political views, tantrums, and ultimate walkout over the course of
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Snak posted:I wouldn't know he was a sexist rear end in a top hat? I get what you're saying, but you keep picking terrible examples... I had one example and it sounds like you're saying never seeing Shatner as Kirk would be just fine. Is that what you're saying? I guess you're right.
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MrL_JaKiri posted:My only exposure to Orson Welles is the incredibly lovely frozen peas advert. The idea of legions of people praising Touch of Evil is baffling to me  I've never seen Citizen Kane but Transformers: the Movie was terrible
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Nov 18, 2014 22:39
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Isn't there a show coming out about a generation ship launched in the 60's? That sounds interesting.
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Considering all the behind the scenes stuff between JMS and Michael O'Hare, I think JMS has earned a ton of latitude towards other things. I mean, seriously, go watch the interview he did after O'Hare's death. It's really touching how much he did for O'Hare to ensure that his mental issues didn't immediately tank his career.
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Tighclops posted:I heard that SyFy is trying to move back into actual sci fi stuff with some space shows next year, but I can't recall anything specific beyond one about a generation ship launched in the 60's. They're doing a number of "actual" SF series, including adapting Asimov's Foundation novels and James S. A. Corey's "Expanse" series (Corey being the pseudonym of George R. R. Martin's personal assistant and some other guy named Daniel Abraham). The Expanse books are pretty good, I'm cautiously optimistic.
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Is that guy who looks like Trevor Goodchild going undercover in the Ghostbusters supposed to be Egon?
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Vagabundo posted:Is that guy who looks like Trevor Goodchild going undercover in the Ghostbusters supposed to be Egon? Yeah. That never made sense to me either.
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A blonde Egon with a rat-tail, no less.
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Kira: "Now that you have another pip on your collar, does that mean I can't disagree with you anymore." Captain Sisko: "No, it just means I'm never wrong." About loving time! Edit: holy poo poo, they're doing the blood bit from The Thing, this episode is rad. I'm pausing the episode while I type this because going by the look on Bashir's face, if he didn't perform some quick sleight of hand to frame Eddington because he's really the Changeling I'll eat my hat. Rohan Kishibe fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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Nov 19, 2014 00:10
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Somebody better pick up that phone because I loving CALLED IT.
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Nov 19, 2014 00:47
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Talking poo poo about Babylon 5 is like a teenager thinking he's got all the answers and everyone should just be a libertarian. Disliking B5 is a sign of a feeble and underdeveloped mind.
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Prison Warden posted:Somebody better pick up that phone because I loving CALLED IT.  Mister Adequate posted:Talking poo poo about Babylon 5 is like a teenager thinking he's got all the answers and everyone should just be a libertarian. Disliking B5 is a sign of a feeble and underdeveloped mind. 
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Plus, B5's soundtrack had crazy synths that were all like dyrrrr, neer nerr duuun dun dunnn and it was lame and awesome all at once. The keyboards in our lovely "music lab" in high school had more realistic sounding brass than this show
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Synth? No no, my friend, Babylon 5 was scored by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
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HELL YES THE SON OF MOGH UP IN THIS BITCH
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I dunno man, witnessing JMS's lovely political views, tantrums, and ultimate walkout over the course of Hey man, if you want to skip out on one of the classic science fiction series of all times because of the showrunner's performance in a different medium twenty years later? That's on you. I'm just here to tell you that, despite a shaky first season, some poorly cast guest stars, a very '90s design aesthetic, and the occasional clunker of an episode, Babylon 5 still holds up twenty years later. It holds up as well as DS9, and better than TNG. If you're willing to take a pass on it because you're pissed about the man's politics or the way his Superman run ended? Well, there's nothing else I can do for you. 
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jng2058 posted:Hey man, if you want to skip out on one of the classic science fiction series of all times because of the showrunner's performance in a different medium twenty years later? That's on you. I'm just here to tell you that, despite a shaky first season, some poorly cast guest stars, a very '90s design aesthetic, and the occasional clunker of an episode, Babylon 5 still holds up twenty years later. It holds up as well as DS9, and better than TNG. Hell, I'd say it's more relevant to today than it was 20 years ago.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Synth? No no, my friend, Babylon 5 was scored by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Don't laugh, but I looked this up because of you. It was a mixture of synths and the "Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra", which was founded by the show's composer Christopher Franke in 1991
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Prison Warden posted:HELL YES THE SON OF MOGH UP IN THIS BITCH You are getting drat close to making me watch through DS9 again
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So no-one's going to comment on the irony of dismissing someone's work because they might be a bad human being in the Star Trek thread? Also yeah the stuff he did for Michael O'Hare was really noble in a way that television producers never ever are.
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Holy hell, Worf is suggesting poo poo to do on the bridge of the Defiant and Sisko is actually listening to him and telling him to fire at will and junk! Is this some kind of alternate dimension? Thinking on it, he's won every fight he's been in in this two parter. So bizarre.
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OtherworldlyInvader posted:Babylon 5 is the only good thing JMS ever did. Jeremiah was alright.
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Nebakenezzer posted:The geopolitical aspects of Mass Effect stop making sense at the end of the first game. The second game has Humanity under attack by a creepy unknown alien race, and the Citadel doesn't do anything about it. The third sees the two strongest military powers (Humanity and the Turians) attacked and invaded by space Cthulhu, and the Citadel...does nothing. It makes perfect sense as long as you believe that the alien governments are fallible. Ashley even predicts exactly what happens: when the reapers come the Asari and Salarians try to fob the brunt of the cost onto the Turians and Humans motivated by fear and denial. They should have honored their commitments but didn't. The Citadel Council is a failing collective defense organization. It's not implausible at all.
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Prison Warden posted:Holy hell, Worf is suggesting poo poo to do on the bridge of the Defiant and Sisko is actually listening to him and telling him to fire at will and junk! Is this some kind of alternate dimension? Welcome to DS9, Worf.
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OtherworldlyInvader posted:Babylon 5 is the only good thing JMS ever did. I really liked his Spidey up through Book of Ezekiel, before the constant editorial mandates broke his spirit and he never finished a run again. In other news, a buddy of mine (over a game of Eclipse) turned to me and asked if I had heard Ron Moore died. It turns out that Ron Moore did not die, so let's all be grateful about that.
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