It's almost certain that DC wants a bigger cut from a bigger network.
[TV] Talk about the last TV you watched, the catchall thread
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Bigger than CBS? Not on this planet.
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Somehow it totally slipped past me that Grimm season 5 started up back in OCTOBER (then went on hiatus again in January and then started back up AGAIN a few weeks ago) so now I'm playing catch up. "Eve's" blonde wig looks ridiculous. Makes her look like a who-she-used-to-be realdoll.
Supergirl "World's Finest" - Why can more team-ups be like that? Heroes that actually are excited about working together! Granted, it's unlikely Batman and Superman are going to have a "meet-cute"*, but it seems more likely they'd want to work toward a common good. DC, take a lesson from your tv shows, dammit!
(*Or would they?!?
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(*Or would they?!?
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Supergirl "World's Finest" - Why can more team-ups be like that? Heroes that actually are excited about working together! Granted, it's unlikely Batman and Superman are going to have a "meet-cute"*, but it seems more likely they'd want to work toward a common good. DC, take a lesson from your tv shows, dammit!
(*Or would they?!?
Working through season 7 of TNG, and at this point I can say with certainty that Data just has the worst luck.
e: Watching the episode Genesis. JESUS CHRIST LT BARCLAY
e: Watching the episode Genesis. JESUS CHRIST LT BARCLAY
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Troi: "I'll clear my schedule."
EDIT: No, really. That's her actual line (for those who haven't seen the episode).
--Patrick
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Watching the final episode,
I like how Riker and Beverly aged 50 years and Picard...grew a beard.
Patrick Stewart has practically reversed in age since TNG.
Good point.
Also, what a great sendoff for the series. Upset I put off watching it for so long, but also upset that it's over. Looks like just about every series is on Netflix, though, so maybe I'll give DS9 a try next. I've heard Voyager's pretty good too, though.
DS9 takes a few seasons to really take off but once it does you will ether completely fall in love with the tone difference of post-Roddenberry Trek or grow to hate the holes that others have poked in the world he built. It's really love it or hate it and I get why people hate it (even if they are wrong).
As for Voyager... when it it's good, it's pretty damn good but when it's bad it's THE WORST that Star Trek can offer and the time between good and bad episodes can be a single episode. Voyager had a lot of problems during production I won't go into but it's obvious that no one was on the same page.
I agree with @AshburnerX on both shows. I would also add that Enterprise, if you haven't watched it yet, is a decent show. Better than Voyager, though there's a lot of parallels to appreciate in them. Only thing that's annoying about Enterprise is the poorly-placed fan pandering.
It's also worth mentioning that Enterprise has two of the worst episodes of the franchise (A Night In Sickbay and Dear Doctor). Just... awful episodes.
The Mirror Universe episodes are the only reason to watch any of Enterprise, IMO.
Whoops, my mistake. Because of the title, I was mixing this up with "Shades of Gray."
My bad. Nothing the Star Trek franchise has ever done has been as bad as that episode. Even the Blade movies are better. All 4 of them.
--Patrick
I'm quite personally fond of the Andorian plot-lines, most episodes involving Vulcans, and the show's willingness to address that spaceships are actually in space (FUCKING SPACESUITS OMGOSH).
But yes, Mirror Universe for the win.
That episode was delightful. So much fun. Which is really a good way to describe Supergirl after a shaky start they've really found their way. I particularly love how much they show that Supergirl makes the world a better place just by existing. From her talking down numerous lawbreakers, helping fire and rescue, and even stopping a kid from being bullied. In the episode before last, Manhunter, there's a line about how people giving up trust in Supergirl caused a 41% rise in crime, which is astounding. There is nothing mean, hateful, or cynical about the character and it's incredibly refreshing.
You also get things like this,
...its a live action story about a Kryptonian superhero...who is nice? WELL *CLAP* I am going to watch all of this then.That episode was delightful. So much fun. Which is really a good way to describe Supergirl after a shaky start they've really found their way. I particularly love how much they show that Supergirl makes the world a better place just by existing. From her talking down numerous lawbreakers, helping fire and rescue, and even stopping a kid from being bullied. In the episode before last, Manhunter, there's a line about how people giving up trust in Supergirl caused a 41% rise in crime, which is astounding. There is nothing mean, hateful, or cynical about the character and it's incredibly refreshing.
You also get things like this,
which is one of the many great things about a particularly great episode.
That gif was one of my favorite parts of the episode.That episode was delightful. So much fun. Which is really a good way to describe Supergirl after a shaky start they've really found their way. I particularly love how much they show that Supergirl makes the world a better place just by existing. From her talking down numerous lawbreakers, helping fire and rescue, and even stopping a kid from being bullied. In the episode before last, Manhunter, there's a line about how people giving up trust in Supergirl caused a 41% rise in crime, which is astounding. There is nothing mean, hateful, or cynical about the character and it's incredibly refreshing.
You also get things like this,
which is one of the many great things about a particularly great episode.
We're a couple of episodes behind the US on Castle, and I'm now catching up. Currently on s8ep8.
This show still has occasional good episodes, and I like a lot of the characters, but seriously, most of the "bigger picture" episodes just plain suck. I don't know who or what happened, but ever since season 7 with the whole amnesia thing, the "bigger" story is complete rubbish that doesn't work in the established universe, doesn't work wit the characters, has loads of people act out of or even contrary to character,....Yuck. It seriously seems that they're written by another (team of) writer(s) who either don't know, or don't care about the characters at all. Not only is the Idiot Ball in constant play, a lot of character development is undone for plot reasons, and a lot of things are just off. The police doesn't work that way. The law doesn't work that way. The world doesn't work that way. The murderer apparently gets away with it but nobody cares because the whole murder was just a set-up for some useless advancement of other agendas.
This show still has occasional good episodes, and I like a lot of the characters, but seriously, most of the "bigger picture" episodes just plain suck. I don't know who or what happened, but ever since season 7 with the whole amnesia thing, the "bigger" story is complete rubbish that doesn't work in the established universe, doesn't work wit the characters, has loads of people act out of or even contrary to character,....Yuck. It seriously seems that they're written by another (team of) writer(s) who either don't know, or don't care about the characters at all. Not only is the Idiot Ball in constant play, a lot of character development is undone for plot reasons, and a lot of things are just off. The police doesn't work that way. The law doesn't work that way. The world doesn't work that way. The murderer apparently gets away with it but nobody cares because the whole murder was just a set-up for some useless advancement of other agendas.
Well, TNG had the same issue, I suppose, season 1 and 2 just kind of plod along until nearly the end and then season 3 starts giving you the business. From what I read a lot of the show's direction was getting hindered thanks to Roddenberry's Iron Fist of Vision and they had script and tone issues until he was too sick to work on the show.
It's starting to sound like production issues are just the name of the game with Trek, after reading about TNG's issues with Roddenberry and his various writers/producers/etc.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine was REALLY good last night, funny yet sad.
I think we've all had the same reaction to ice cream at some point in our lives. I honestly can't pick out a favorite moment from the episode there were so many good ones. Heck if I had to criticize anything from the episode it's that Lucy Lane was in it. Nothing against the actress, or the character in the show (yet), but Lucy Lane is horrible and I hate her.
Weyoun is totally my jam...
Right actor, wrong species >_>
Giving Trek a little break, decided to finally give X-Files a shot. I wasn't much into sci-fi/horror dramas when I was a kid so I never got around to watching it.
Next thing you'll tell me is that Dr. Sam Beckett isn't in charge of the Enterprise.
Ziggy says there's a 1.7 chance you're right.
I know Dean Stockwell did guest star, but I know enough to know whether or not anyone ever thought of trying to pull off some sort of crossover/callback (probably even having Archer say, "Oh, boy" at some point would've been enough).
...though it would've been an impossibility given the constraints of "Quantum Leap," since Sam could only leap into people who were alive during Sam's lifetime, and "Enterprise" takes place 200 years after the events of "Quantum Leap."
--Patrick
...though it would've been an impossibility given the constraints of "Quantum Leap," since Sam could only leap into people who were alive during Sam's lifetime, and "Enterprise" takes place 200 years after the events of "Quantum Leap."
--Patrick
But Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home... meaning he lived forever, so any time in the future is within his lifetime.
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Or you could go with Archer being his descendant, and that certain exception works both way.
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Or maybe he did eventually return, just very far in the future, and then changed his name and got put in charge of the Enterprise.
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Or i was just making a joke. Nah, that sounds too far fetched.