Ann Arbor, MI
Quoted from trilogybeer:Stuck at home for a few weeks , maybe I’ll watch TROS .
If you like space horses you're going to love it.
Edit: not the cool kind of space horses though....if there are any.
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Quoted from TheLaw:If you like space horses you're going to love it.
Edit: not the cool kind of space horses though....if there are any.
If Space Horse Lore was built up more, like stables, trimming manes with lightsabers, Space Horse taming in the wilds of Naboo, shit like that could have only given this turd more structure!
Quoted from kvan99:I just watched the first season of Altered Carbon....pleasantly surprised. definitely underrated and under-advertised this is a great show....it's like a mix of Avatar and Bladerunner. Highly recommend.
Altered Carbon season one was phenomenal. There is a big drop off in season two, but it’s still worth a watch.
Give Travelers a shot. It’s three seasons and really good all the way through.
Calgary, AB
Quoted from TigerLaw:Altered Carbon season one was phenomenal. There is a big drop off in season two, but it’s still worth a watch.
Give Travelers a shot. It’s three seasons and really good all the way through.
IMO you can put that at Anthony Mackie's feet. They guy has as much energy as a dead fish.......in anything I've seen him in (including as the Falcon). He's just boring.
Here's hoping he doesn't kill Falcon and Winter Soldier series, but he's a lame duck IMO
Quoted from TheLaw:Edit: not the cool kind of space horses though....if there are any.
Looks like someone hasn't played Cosmic Gunfight... the very definition of cool space horses 
Quoted from Hobbypinball:IMO you can put that at Anthony Mackie's feet. They guy has as much energy as a dead fish.......in anything I've seen him in (including as the Falcon). He's just boring.
Yea; he was a step down for sure. I think the plot of season two was also a bit on the weak side though. The murder mystery of season one was very enthralling.
Quoted from TigerLaw:Yea; he was a step down for sure. I think the plot of season two was also a bit on the weak side though. The murder mystery of season one was very enthralling.
Agreed, Joe Kinnaman was definitely channeling the Deckard character in season 1, also the arc was so much better, child to soldier to rebel to detective. Second season was WTF!
I just heard about this Denis Villeneuve is remaking Dune and the rumors are it's going to be epic.....fantastic cast and production design. I'm guessing he's going to try and erase the failure of Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049 may have not been a commercial success but I think it is an excellent movie and a very well done sequel.
QSS
Quoted from QuickSilverShelby:Blade Runner 2049 may have not been a commercial success but I think is an excellent movie and a very well done sequel.
QSS
Blade Runner had a high bar for a sequel to clear, 2049 did ok. Not perfect, but ok.
Quoted from TheLaw:2049 was almost completely perfect. Little hickup with a pointless side story of a revolution.
Even Harrison didn't look like he hated to be there, and amazing feet.
Well....I've been a BR fan since I first saw the movie but the sequel failed to capture the magic of the first one. Btw, there were more than one pointless storylines in my opinion, the whole AI girlfriend character was not fleshed out and kind of pointless to the main character. why have AI GF when you can have one in the real? Also, the so called miracle birth main plot point was never explained...how did it happen or why doesn't happen in the first place? The Jared Leto character WTF was that? a Futuristic blind Samurai tech mogul...? Why is he evil? Tyrell's motivation was easy...he was a businessman trying to make money. The story would have been better if it was simplified just like the original, the original had a simple but grand story about mortality, love and machines experiencing consciousness...etc. It seemed to me that parts of the story was written just so Ford could reprise his role. The story would have been awesome if the plot twist with Joe never happened and he was who he thought he was.
Quoted from kvan99:Well....I've been a BR fan since I first saw the movie but the sequel failed to capture the magic of the first one. Btw, there were more than one pointless storylines in my opinion, the whole AI girlfriend character was not fleshed out and kind of pointless to the main character. why have AI GF when you can have one in the real. Also, the so called miracle birth main plot point was never explained...how did it happen or why doesn't happen in the first place. The Jared Leto character WTF was that? a Futuristic blind Samurai tech mogul...? Why is he evil? Tyrell's motivation was easy...he was a businessman trying to make money. The story would have been better if it was simplified just like the original, the original had a simple but grand story about mortality, love and machines experiencing consciousness...etc. It seemed to me that parts of the story was written just so Ford could reprise his role. The story would have been awesome if the plot twist with Joe never happened and he was who he thought he was.
Also Rutger Hauer, he was irreplaceable.
Like I said, it was ok. The visuals were close but the story could have used some further polish.
Quoted from TheLaw:2049 was almost completely perfect. Little hickup with a pointless side story of a revolution.
Even Harrison didn't look like he hated to be there, and amazing feet.
Perfect in environment and style, but empty with life, compelling characters, and any attachments to the prior work that felt natural and made sense.
That said, Dennis V. did as best as anyone could really.
The opening scene had some intensity and wonder, but I remember things drifting into the shadows of the prior film all too quickly. If they built on that first scene, in an entirely opposite direction that they did, and developed their own characters rather than dig up older one's that really didn't have much to work with, I feel a better direction would have been found. Marrying it to the past, in an empty way, oddly killed it for me....
Quoted from TigerLaw:Altered Carbon season one was phenomenal. There is a big drop off in season two, but it’s still worth a watch.
Give Travelers a shot. It’s three seasons and really good all the way through.
S2 of Altered Carbon was a travesty. Loved the first, hated the second. They destroyed the Kovacs character. Is that how the book goes??
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With such an award winning script; I was emotionally invested. 
This movie is a hoot! The special effects include a cardboard rocket, a cave-spider puppet, and slow-moving rock people. 8/10
I just watched Picard....omg, I had read it was weak but boy was it ever. Terrible story, they even brought all the old characters, and of course they ruined everyone of their legends,. including Jean Luc himself. To me these writers are tv drama writers like the ones for "All of us" and then somehow they end up writing Picard and Discovery...they're way out of their element. Star Trek, Star Wars are not family Drama shows...I hope these knuckleheads get that some time in this decade
Quoted from Pimp77:Is that how the book goes??
The source material is a murder mystery type during the first book, then in the sequels, the theme turns to Kovac's history & destroying society. The first season is as good as it gets.
Quoted from kvan99:I just watched Picard....omg, I had read it was weak but boy was it ever. Terrible story, they even brought all the old characters, and of course they ruined everyone of their legend,.including Jean Luc himself. To me these writers are tv drama writers like the ones for "All of us" and then somehow they end up writing Picard and Discovery...they're way out of their element. Star Trek, Star Wars are not family Drama shows...I hope these knuckleheads get that some time in this decade
This is a shame to hear. I was debating watching Picard but I've heard from several people that it was just terrible. It's the trend now. It makes me sick to think what ridiculous script they are going to do with Indiana Jones 5.
Speaking of ruining the classics.... woof. Looking forward to the Bugs cell phone jokes.
Why not just stream the entire Looney Tunes Vault Library instead? You can’t come anywhere close to matching Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, etc ....so why even bother?
Quoted from HoakyPoaky:It makes me sick to think what ridiculous script they are going to do with Indiana Jones 5.
Could it possibly be worse than IJ4? I probably shouldn’t ask, but they’ve at least got the benefit of a low bar.
Quoted from fosaisu:Could it possibly be worse than IJ4?
It would be hard with no Shia laboof.
Quoted from HoakyPoaky:You can’t come anywhere close to matching Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, etc ....so why even bother?
Hmmm, gonna respectfully disagree here.
I understand your point, and agree the new ones can't touch the OGs, but I'm all in to have a new cartoon with old style animation.
The voices being off is going to agitate me for awhile fo sho, but the style of animation out there annoys me even more.
Quoted from HoakyPoaky:This is a shame to hear. I was debating watching Picard but I've heard from several people that it was just terrible. It's the trend now. It makes me sick to think what ridiculous script they are going to do with Indiana Jones 5.
With that said it's not as bad as Discovery...SJW in this show eclipsed TLJ....the captain is an Asian woman, the main protagonist is an African-American woman, raised by Vulcans....which Vulcans you ask? Well, you guessed it of all the Vulcan families they chose Spock's family. Hold on it gets better. The Klingon warrior on par with Kahless is a Klingon woman of low birth that becomes...you gueseed it The Klingon emperor. . Had enough yet? How about a Gay engineer and his African American husband!? Wow, my head is hurting already but wait there is more...how about a mirror universe with a woman as the emperor of the galaxy, and as if that wasn't enough how about a bubbly fat redhead that always looks on bright side of spatial intrigue.....that along with a spore drive (Quantum Mechanics re written by a bay area hipster) thats basically a transporter for a whole ship etc...etc..GTFOH! Jackasses!
new disney + star wars series in the works
glad they are at least going to a different time line.
https://www.ign.com/articles/new-star-wars-series-disney-plus-leslye-headland
"it will be a female-centric series that takes place in a different part of the Star Wars timeline than other projects." Headland is reportedly attached as showrunner and writer on the new series."
Quoted from InfiniteLives:new disney + star wars series in the works
glad they are at least going to a different time line.
https://www.ign.com/articles/new-star-wars-series-disney-plus-leslye-headland
"it will be a female-centric series that takes place in a different part of the Star Wars timeline than other projects." Headland is reportedly attached as showrunner and writer on the new series."
Just saw that. Didn't see the female centric quote.
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/star-wars-series-leslye-headland-disney-plus-1234587493/
Quoted from HoakyPoaky:This is a shame to hear. I was debating watching Picard but I've heard from several people that it was just terrible. It's the trend now. It makes me sick to think what ridiculous script they are going to do with Indiana Jones 5.
It wasn't terrible, it just isn't like TNG. The whole serial thing never worked well for ST. Unfortunately, stand alone/anthology shows aren't really in (except Black Mirror).
The Platform..... this was quite an experience. One of those movies that really sticks with you. In some respects, it reminded me of The Human Centipede...not necessarily because the content was similar, it was more about my reaction to the content being similar. Check it out if you haven't already.
Quoted from kvan99:With that said it's not as bad as Discovery...SJW in this show eclipsed TLJ....the captain is an Asian woman, the main protagonist is an African-American woman, raised by Vulcans....which Vulcans you ask? Well, you guessed it of all the Vulcan families they chose Spock's family. Hold on it gets better. The Klingon warrior on par with Kahless is a Klingon woman of low birth that becomes...you gueseed it The Klingon emperor. . Had enough yet? How about a Gay engineer and his African American husband!? Wow, my head is hurting already but wait there is more...how about a mirror universe with a woman as the emperor of the galaxy, and as if that wasn't enough how about a bubbly fat redhead that always looks on bright side of spatial intrigue.....that along with a spore drive (Quantum Mechanics re written by a bay area hipster) thats basically a transporter for a whole ship etc...etc..GTFOH! Jackasses!
Sounds like cutting edge material right there.
Quoted from kvan99:With that said it's not as bad as Discovery...SJW in this show eclipsed TLJ....the captain is an Asian woman, the main protagonist is an African-American woman, raised by Vulcans....which Vulcans you ask? Well, you guessed it of all the Vulcan families they chose Spock's family. Hold on it gets better. The Klingon warrior on par with Kahless is a Klingon woman of low birth that becomes...you gueseed it The Klingon emperor. . Had enough yet? How about a Gay engineer and his African American husband!? Wow, my head is hurting already but wait there is more...how about a mirror universe with a woman as the emperor of the galaxy, and as if that wasn't enough how about a bubbly fat redhead that always looks on bright side of spatial intrigue.....that along with a spore drive (Quantum Mechanics re written by a bay area hipster) thats basically a transporter for a whole ship etc...etc..GTFOH! Jackasses!
This sounds like any modern show at this point.
No wonder I'm binge watching all 7 Police Academy movies..... 
Quoted from wesman:No wonder I'm binge watching all 7 Police Academy movies.....
A classic cry for help.
Quoted from Jason43:My biggest problem with Picard is that it wasn't about Picard. The character Stewart was playing was about as far from Picard as you could've gotten.
TNG was well thought out Sci fi. This show was mindless schlock.
Good point, that's why I said they destroy their legend. Also the cool thing about ST was that it was almost always based on sound science principles....the whole
Synth ban, prophecy and Zhat Vash crap was such a gimmick and cheaply cobbled together storyline ....again I think it was written by the crew of Modern Family or All of Us rather than a bonafide sci-fi writers. This crap started with the new Battle Star Galactica and then quickly infected everything from ST to SW.
Quoted from kvan99:Good point, that's why I said they destroy their legend. Also the cool thing about ST was that it was almost always based on sound science principles....the whole
Synth ban, prophecy and Zhat Vash crap was such a gimmick and cheaply cobbled together storyline ....again I think it was written by the crew of Modern Family or All of Us rather than a bonafide sci-fi writers. This crap started with the new Battle Star Galactica and then quickly infected everything from ST to SW.
Alex Kurtzman. Pretty much explains all the problems with this show
Quoted from Jason43:My biggest problem with Picard is that it wasn't about Picard. The character Stewart was playing was about as far from Picard as you could've gotten.
TNG was well thought out Sci fi. This show was mindless schlock.
That is just how it is today. A show like TNG could never work today. I think TNG is one of the best Sci-Fi Tv shows of all time(less TZ & OL from the 60's).
It will never be replicated. Even Deep Space 9 started to go into this direction, thankfully Voyager remained somewhat in the old mold.
Quoted from Methos:That is just how it is today. A show like TNG could never work today. I think TNG is one of the best Sci-Fi Tv shows of all time(less TZ & OL from the 60's).
It will never be replicated. Even Deep Space 9 started to go into this direction, thankfully Voyager remained somewhat in the old mold.
I also think TNG was the high water mark for Sci Fi TV, both DS9 and Voyager were also good, even though they had bigger budgets than TNG.
Quoted from Methos:That is just how it is today. A show like TNG could never work today. I think TNG is one of the best Sci-Fi Tv shows of all time(less TZ & OL from the 60's).
It will never be replicated. Even Deep Space 9 started to go into this direction, thankfully Voyager remained somewhat in the old mold.
The TNG movies also took it on that downward spiral.
Quoted from Jason43:The TNG movies also took it on that downward spiral.
That they did. The only TNG move that I ever halfway liked was Generations. The rest didn't have any quality of the series. I do believe that the TNG series retained it's quality all the way to the end.
Wow - just look at WiKI and never realized that Voyager and DS9 had just as many seasons as TNG.
Quoted from Methos:That they did. The only TNG move that I ever halfway liked was Generations. The rest didn't have any quality of the series.
Funny everyone involved hating making Generations and considers First Contact the first real TNG movie.
I personally like both a lot.
Series only got better until they dropped the finest series finale ever.
Well...hmm...yeah i guess it was better than Brisco.
Quoted from kvan99:This crap started with the new Battle Star Galactica and then quickly infected everything from ST to SW.
The new Battlestar Galactica was great (well, mostly great, the second season lagged at times and there was too much mystical religious mumbo-jumbo in the last season for my taste, but I enjoyed the ending). I'm not positive this is where you were going with your comment, but I don't really get all the butt hurt about Starbuck being a woman in the new version. It's a remake, they're going to change all kinds of things, add whole new characters, etc. Dirk Benedict was too old to play the part so it was going to be different regardless. They used the new Starbucks character, including the fact that she was a woman, to mostly good effect throughout the series. And anyone worried that the series would lack a strong male lead needn't have been, Commander Adama remained an epic (masculine) bad ass.
Quoted from fosaisu:The new Battlestar Galactica was great (well, mostly great, the second season lagged at times and there was too much mystical religious mumbo-jumbo in the last season for my taste, but I enjoyed the ending). I'm not positive this is where you were going with your comment, but I don't really get all the butt hurt about Starbuck being a woman in the new version. It's a remake, they're going to change all kinds of things, add whole new characters, etc. Dirk Benedict was too old to play the part so it was going to be different regardless. They used the new Starbucks character, including the fact that she was a woman, to mostly good effect throughout the series. And anyone worried that the series would lack a strong male lead needn't have been, Commander Adama remained an epic (masculine) bad ass.
Whaa? Ok, man, if you haven't already guessed it, I'm happy to report you and I have very divergent tastes in film and tv. As far as the butt hurt comment....I'm gonna give you a pass, cause I don't even think you understand my commentary about the dense, talent-less and oft regurgitated stories they're passing to us under the great banners of ST and SW nowadays. I'm happy you liked them, somebody has to pay these hack's salaries.
I enjoyed Picard for what it was.
But the real star that’s absolutely kicking it right now is Westworld!
I you want to watch a complete dud then sit through the 8 episodes or DEVS. This should have been an hour black mirror installment. Same blond chick that’s in Picard too.
Quoted from Jason43:Can't wait to not own tros on bluray
It's coming to Disney+ on May the 4th. Zero reason to buy. Even more reasons not to watch.
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