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11-21-2017, 10:24 PM | #376 | |
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I do remember them introducing the holodeck in TNG though. Other than the animated series, the holodeck in Discovery predates holodeck usage on Starfleet ships by 100 years. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Holodeck |
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11-21-2017, 11:06 PM | #377 |
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As I've said before, Lorca has saved this series for me. Far and away the most interesting character. Kind of reminds me of Admiral Kane from Battlestar Galactica.
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11-21-2017, 11:14 PM | #378 | |
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I can see how it's being forced in here. While I was always a fan of dystopian books and films I loved ST for the fact it wasn't. It was the possible best of our nature. It was us not nuking ourselves or depending on war to fund economies. JMO but it seems like it's taking a step back, and not forward... |
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11-21-2017, 11:42 PM | #379 |
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Of the current sci-fi shows that are still making episodes, here's how they rank for me:
1. The Expanse (pretty significant gap) 2. Westworld 3. Discovery 4. Killjoys 5. The Orville And after that is all the other stuff I don't watch or haven't gotten around to watching. If I choose to do so. It's great that there are plenty of sci-fi options out there. I don't really think there's a way that a sci-fi fan can be disappointed in the options for current TV shows in the genre these days. Remember that drought from when Battlestar Galactica ended up until around 2015? It was the worst I've ever seen. In the year 2017, sci-fi is on the rise. As low as the ratings are every time it comes on, SyFy is deeply invested in The Expanse and won't let it die (good news for fans). Killjoys has been renewed for two more seasons, at which point they'll write the show to its conclusion and not just drop it as an uncompleted project. The Orville has been renewed. Westworld has been delayed, but that was widely successful and will probably last for a long time. No clue how CBS measures ratings or success for their streaming platform, but I imagine Discovery will go for awhile, too. And if any of these REALLY gain traction the way Westworld has, we're gonna see even more options come out on different networks. Some good, some bad. But the point is... OPTIONS. Star Trek isn't what I wanted it to be. I watch an episode of Discovery, and I go, "ehhh. Compelling in spots, but **** these new Klingons." But I'm no longer dependent on Star Trek alone. I've got all this other stuff that's way better and can be thought of as successes unto themselves. |
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11-22-2017, 09:14 AM | #380 |
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I'd add Dark Matter to that list as well. Low budget, but unique story I thought. Also have to include Dr. Who. Seasons tend to vary in terms of quality, but still watch regularly.
Also very disappointed that Oasis wasn't (yet?) picked up by Amazon. Loved the pilot. |
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11-22-2017, 09:24 AM | #381 |
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Oh, and can't forget some upcoming shows ( Snow Crash, Ringworld, Lazarus ).
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/amaz...ld-1202576048/ I am totally psyched for these. SciFi TV shows are definitely much better and in greater number than the post Farscape/BSG years where we saw shows like Firefly get cut. |
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11-22-2017, 09:26 AM | #382 |
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I am an old Star Trek guy (remember watching them in B&W on Thursday nights). In fact, one of the kids that wrote a letter back then to not cancel the series.
I can overlook the inconsistencies - I am enjoying it. |
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11-23-2017, 09:47 AM | #383 | ||
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I had no idea this is set in a time frame before the original Star Trek. WTF? How are they going to explain all the differences? It seemed to me it was 100's of years in the future. They have totally screwed this up and now need to use some cheap alternative reality jump to fix their mistakes. How can you screw up a Star Trek this bad? |
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12-22-2017, 11:04 PM | #384 |
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Gonna put this here. Star Trek continues just put up for free download blu-ray and DVD disc images for their entire series, along with cover art. You can make your own DVD/Blu-Ray sets!
Download the good stuff here; http://www.startrekcontinues.com/downloads.html |
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01-07-2018, 10:20 PM | #385 |
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This show sucks.
I might be alone on this, but I never really cared for the mirror universe episodes. If I enjoyed what Star Trek did with them (a few of the DS9s were pretty good) it was nice to just have a small helping of mirror universe stuff. An entire half season of this garbage is dumb. I can also handle changes. I can handle lots of changes. The tone of this show is just... it's dumb. I ****ing hate it. |
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01-08-2018, 07:03 PM | #386 | |
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The look is off - the mythos is off. I can’t think of many TNG episodes that aren’t better. Sub Rosa maybe. |
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01-11-2018, 01:26 AM | #387 |
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Regardless of how you feel about the current series, if you're a fan of Star Trek in its earliest incarnation- you're doing yourself a disservice if you have Netflix and haven't watched Episode 4.1 of Black Mirror called "USS Callister".
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01-11-2018, 09:03 AM | #388 |
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That was a great episode. Enjoyed that very much.
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01-11-2018, 10:28 AM | #389 | |
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Excellent episode that deals heavily in ST lore but both is and isn't about that. Hard to explain but a must watch for Trekkies... |
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01-11-2018, 06:39 PM | #390 | |
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Got to agree with the others. Season 4.1 is a must see for all Star Trek fans. Twighlight zone Trekkie episode. Good TV. On the other hand this new Star Trek still sucks. Good guys become bad guys, bad guys become good guys? First season? Lame ass shit. They need to jump to a Parrell universe and take this shit show somewhere else. The fans have been screaming for the Federation v Klingons and we get this crap? Everyone associated with this travesty needs to be fired. |
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