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Baronjutter posted:I would be quite please if Sethtrek changed my opinion of his works and instant desire for punching when I see his face on screen, maybe the trailer was just really bad. Will certainly give it a fair shot because it's at least sounding better and better on paper. I wasn't impressed by the trailer either, but I think it really depends on whether or not it's able to hit the same sweet spot that Galaxy Quest did. Comedic science fiction can be great, but comedies about science fiction are generally pretty bad. It's got a shot at being decent if it's able to stay on the right side of that line. edit- I was even less impressed by Discovery's trailer, though 
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Where Silence Has Lease is one of the best episodes of TNG's entire run. I'm watching that now and it's good so far but there was one line that bugged me. They're looking at inky blackness on the viewscreen and Riker says "it's like staring into eternity." No, regular space is like staring into eternity. The display is like staring into jack poo poo.
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May 26, 2017 05:41
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Frakes has had pretty steady work as a TV director. IIRC producers on Star Trek praised him for always coming in on time and under budget.
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May 26, 2017 06:15
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To be fair regular space looks black from within a lit spaceship. You can't see the stars with the lights on.
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May 26, 2017 06:22
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Arglebargle III posted:To be fair regular space looks black from within a lit spaceship. You can't see the stars with the lights on. nah you can see the stars just fine with the lights on, our eyes can anyways. Cameras though have some trouble.
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May 26, 2017 06:37
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Tighclops posted:Which is the appropriate space show to be excited for? Did that get renewed? I've been hearing ominous things about it not pulling in enough ratings.
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May 26, 2017 06:39
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It was renewed before the season finished airing.
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May 26, 2017 06:42
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Yeah, it got renewed. It doesn't get the greatest ratings (although I'm not sure how it does by Syfy standards), but it gets good critical and audience reception, and probably helps Syfy get away from the "Sharktopus vs. Crocogator" reputation to a more "serious" network.
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May 26, 2017 06:43
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Netflix is also paying for distribution rights in every other country, so there are other economic realities at play.
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May 26, 2017 06:48
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It gave me a genuine scare when Nagilum's face appeared.
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May 26, 2017 07:52
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Jeb! Repetition posted:It gave me a genuine scare when Nagilum's face appeared. It's a great lo-fi effect because it's not quite human, but it almost looks child-like, reflecting how it plays with and torments the crew. It's unsettling and then you give it that voice to top it all off.
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May 26, 2017 08:00
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HORATIO HORNBLOWER posted:I'm gonna go ahead and call it now By which logic, The Orville will be the vastly superior show.
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May 26, 2017 08:22
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Studio 60 was atrocious and 30 Rock was bad.
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May 26, 2017 08:32
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Echo Chamber posted:Studio 60 was atrocious and 30 Rock was bad.  Studio 60 was way overly earnest. 30 Rock was perfect.
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macnbc posted:The thing I can't help but wonder about Orville is what the audience is supposed to be. Everything about it to me screams "very expensive passion project that Fox will quietly shutter after 12 episodes" You might be right. However, I think they're going to pull in those Seth MacFarlane fans, Trekkies who would otherwise not be watching Fox, and just people who like a good space romp. Considering how Guardians of the Galaxy is doing, I think they'll find a pretty good audience. But it's Fox so it all depends on their magic 8 ball.
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Echo Chamber posted:Studio 60 was atrocious and 30 Rock was bad. Next thing you know you'll say Parks & Rec was bad.
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May 26, 2017 10:16
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Echo Chamber posted:Studio 60 was atrocious and 30 Rock was bad. Yes, one of the greatest TV comedies ever was bad.
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The Bloop posted:Voyager should have had a clips show called The Trial of Captain Janeway and she should have ended up in that penal colony where she found Tom. Don't even need the clips. At the end of the finale it zooms out, the lights come up and we see the entire TV series were the recordings being played at Janeway's court martial. The entire court is looking at each other with sick, horrified expressions on their faces, and in unison the judges' panel shouts "guilty!" End Credits.
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May 26, 2017 12:01
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VitalSigns posted:Don't even need the clips. At the end of the finale it zooms out, the lights come up and we see the entire TV series were the recordings being played at Janeway's court martial. And then it Zooms out again and fades into a holo-grid and a young man exits to find fatter Riker and older Troi. "Jean-Luc, did you enjoy the Voyager holonovel?" asks Riker? "Who did you play as, son?" asks Troi. "Neelix, mostly."
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May 26, 2017 12:13
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And then Benny Russell takes the sheet of paper out of his typewriter, smiles and pulls the chain on the bare light bulb. "Nah, too many dames, it'll never sell."
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May 26, 2017 12:35
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Echo Chamber posted:30 Rock was bad. It's weird that you're on this comedy website when you apparently hate comedy and have no sense of humor It's not like anyone here said they liked Big Bag Theory or something, God
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And then we zoom out again to a snow globe with a little spaceship in it, and an autistic boy staring at it.
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Is it better or worse that the "Native American guy sends main character on a vision quest-type-thing" trope is subverted by the guy actually being a magical space alien? Does it event count as a subversion? I don't think I have the hatred for Wesley that most Trek fans do, but I'm not sure where I land on "Journey's End" - on one hand it pays off the setup of The Traveller, and it's kind of neat to actually have that continuity, on the other hand, I think I like Wesley more as a booksmart competent Startfleet kid rather then some sort of chosen one. Having him realize he doesn't want to follow in his father's footsteps seems like it would have played better if he showed even the slightest hint of it before the episode.
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May 26, 2017 15:11
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The Bloop posted:And then it Zooms out again and fades into a holo-grid and a young man exits to find fatter Riker and older Troi. "Jean-Luc, did you enjoy the Voyager holonovel?" asks Riker? "Who did you play as, son?" asks Troi. Powered Descent posted:And then we zoom out again to a snow globe with a little spaceship in it, and an autistic boy staring at it. Footage of the autistic boy and the snow globe are playing on a TV on a table in an open field A bunch of bald guys are sitting at the table Head bald guy speaks "We began in a fairytale and we came to life! But is this life reality? No! It is a TV series! Zoom back camera!" They tip the table over and walk away It's the Q Continuum
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Powered Descent posted:And then we zoom out again to a snow globe with a little spaceship in it, and an autistic boy staring at it. I don't think Yakko was autistic. (Animaniacs is the prime universe)
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vermin posted:Footage of the autistic boy and the snow globe are playing on a TV on a table in an open field Suddenly, we cut to Bob Newhart's character from the previous series waking up. "Honey," he stammers, "wake up. You won't believe the dream I just had."
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SomeMathGuy posted:Suddenly, we cut to Bob Newhart's character from the previous series waking up. "Honey," he stammers, "wake up. You won't believe the dream I just had." His wife isn't there, but he hears the shower running. He gets up, walks into the bathroom. Opens the shower door. Q turns to him and says "Morning."
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Sash! posted:His wife isn't there, but he hears the shower running. Confused, he looks in the mirror and sees Sam Beckett staring back at him. He runs down the stairs, out the front door, and pushes open the front gate, which squeaks slightly.
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A loud bass note sounds.
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Knock it off, I already feel old enough this morning.
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Powered Descent posted:And then we zoom out again to a snow globe with a little spaceship in it, and an autistic boy staring at it. In a flash of light, the autistic boy is replaced with John de Lancie, who looks at the camera and gives a knowing smile and a wink.
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And as the shuttlecraft takes off, a message below is spelled out in rocks: And then Moriarty says "well, that was terrible."
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And then comes the montage of dancing Japanese robots.
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I'm watching voyager for the first time. Three episodes in as of yesterday. It's not good. e: yeah nah. im stopping. i think i'm gonna pretend trek stops at ds9 and catch discovery when it slides out of CBS's hairy rear end. MLKQUOTEMACHINE fucked around with this message at 22:48 on May 26, 2017 |
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Voyager watch throughs are a rollercoaster. Step one: huh, Caretaker is even shittier than I remembered. Step two: So this first season is pretty bad, but there's more continuity than I remembered and some of the characters are growing on me. Step three: What the gently caress did I just watch? Step four: Ugh, Torres, Paris, and Kim spotlight episode, let's just skip ahead. Step five: shows still bad, but I hey, serial killer guy, evil clown, SUBSPACE SCISSION, and Warlord Kes were kinda neat. Step six: zzzzzzzzzzzzz Step seven: welp Kes is gone hot Borg lady seems OK though. Step eight: hey, it's Kurtwood Smith! Oh gently caress me it's just another time travel plot. Step Nine: every episode is a Doctor/Seven episode and I don't even mind. Step ten: OK, now I mind. Step eleven: hey it's Barclay. Hi Barclay. Step who cares, Paris just hosed a scaceship, Janeway's in love with a fake Irish stereotype, and the Doctor made fan fiction real. Step gently caress counting: Toooo maaaaany two-parters. Step.. you know what gently caress it, I'm just gonna pretend they died out there.
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Is enterprise worth watching or should I google "temporal cold war" and lol at whatever dumb poo poo follows.
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Enterprise is hamfisted post-9/11 science fiction done incredibly shittily. Just watch Galactica instead to scratch that post-9/11 depression itch since it's better in literally every way
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Regardless of how one thinks the ending of BSG went I will fight any one who thinks the first 4 episodes of Season 3 aren't some amazing television.
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Martha Stewart Undying posted:I'm watching voyager for the first time. Three episodes in as of yesterday. Hahaha, post of the week for sure.
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Kibayasu posted:Regardless of how one thinks the ending of BSG went I will fight any one who thinks the first 4 episodes of Season 3 aren't some amazing television. First watch through I didn't like the ending, but on the second watch I was like "wait, the ending is God did it, and they were outright stating right from the start that God did it, this is actually really clever". And yeah the whole New Caprica thing is just incredible.
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