[TV] Talk about the last TV you watched, the catchall thread
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GasBandit
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Yeah, the first draft of the movie got an R rating, and they dialed back the language to get it down to PG-13.
I feel like reading on Harry Kim that his constant embarrassing pathetic misadventures might have a little to do with racism on the part of those in charge. Considering his character was the one supposed to be axed after the introduction of Seven of Nine and that he is the ONLY actor in Star Trek to ever be denied the chance to direct an episode after requesting to do so. Asian actors have always gotten short shrift in Hollywood and have faced IMMENSE behind the scenes racism and I'm guessing Garret Wang is no exception.
The fact that they had to dial back the language in Galaxy Quest in post is one of those “Why would they do that?” eye-rollers in cinema that’s so famous that even I’ve heard of it, like the horrible intro VO in Dark City, or the decision to populate a moon with adorable red pandas instead of the grizzly bears that were originally planned.
—Patrick
This is literally a throwback to the episode with Geordie and these same two Ferengi on TNG. They got trapped behind a wormhole trying to fuck him over and ended up where Voyager finds them. Yes, the concept didn't age well, but I appreciated them actually picking up that story thread and trying to do something with it.
No, I'm talking about the season 7 episode with the ferengi that hijack Barclay's hologram to steal borg nanoprobes. I liked the follow up to the next gen episode.
Oh right... that one sucks. I mean, Barclay saves it from being a TERRIBLE episode, but that's just a dumb turn with the Ferengi.
figmentPez
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I hate Barclay. He's annoying, whiny, selfish, creepy. I've hated him since the show's original run.
He makes sense as a non-starship bound engineer, but in space...that's ufcking crazy.
I love Barclay. He's the only sane person on any ship he's on and about the only major character whose flaws have any serious impact on their lives. I'm tired of EVERY Starfleet officer being made of iron and not breaking down when shit like being turned into a spider happens to them.
figmentPez
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What definition of "sane" are you using?
When any other Starfleet engineer “tries something,” you feel like what they are “trying” is from a point-and-click adventure game standpoint, where you just jam in all the items in your inventory one by one, sure that one of them will be the one that completes your quest. But when Barclay tries something, his attitude looks more genuinely IDontKnowIfThisIsReallyWhatIShouldBeDoingButIDontReallyHaveManyOtherChoicesSoMaybeYouShouldHoldOntoSomething than those other guys.
—Patrick
In the idea that he seems like the only person on-board bothered by the strange shit that ship constantly encounters. In the real world, a single tour of duty on the U.S.S. Enterprise should have given EVERYONE onboard PTSD within 6 months.
I heard him speak at a con maybe 10 years ago, from the sounds of it Voyager had a lot of behind the scenes meetings between actors and the writers, with some people getting their requests met consistently and some...not. It was a long time ago, but I'm pretty sure I remember him saying that there were a lot of things he would've liked to do that he never got a chance to because he wasn't a favourite of the people in charge.
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WOO-Psycho Pirate! GRANTED-I'm gonna have to wait a year to see my favorite psychic nutbar take flight, but that ending line-HOT DAMN!
South Park
Okay seriously, CAN SOMEONE GIVE MATT STONE AND TREY PARKER A GOTT-DAMN SCRIPT DOCTOR?! I mean come ON, what kinda bland ass finale was THAT?! Why not end it on something epic like Manbearpig, instead of a drawn-out fuck you to Amazon that honestly only needed to be one episode.
ALSO-weak ass excuse for not mentioning Garrison this whole season-WEAK!
Okay seriously, CAN SOMEONE GIVE MATT STONE AND TREY PARKER A GOTT-DAMN SCRIPT DOCTOR?! I mean come ON, what kinda bland ass finale was THAT?! Why not end it on something epic like Manbearpig, instead of a drawn-out fuck you to Amazon that honestly only needed to be one episode.
ALSO-weak ass excuse for not mentioning Garrison this whole season-WEAK!
Yeah South Park just needs to stay away from the topic of mental conditions,addiction and gender all together, they do not know what they're talking about with those topics and its just embarrassing.
There. All better.
To be fair, it seems they agree with you about that part...
Yeah, but WITH that, it gives off the vibe that they're dive-bombing their own show on purpose which is KIIIIIIIIIIINDA shitty if true.
I feel like I mentioned this before, but in an interview with Trey Parker and Matt Stone in...some magazine back in '97/'98, they were asked what they're grand plan was for the show, and they said they were "just going to keep going until they run it into the ground".
They said 20 years ago this was the plan. I don't know why anyone thinks that plan has changed.
They said 20 years ago this was the plan. I don't know why anyone thinks that plan has changed.
If you cracked a new beer each time someone mentions borg technology on Voyager, you'd be stone cold drunk in two episodes max.
"We need to do something or other."
"I can enhance it's somewhat or whatever with borg technology."
Fuck, it's incredibly hard to believe that some drone cut off from the hive mind of the collective would retain the God damn knowledge of the entire borg on it's own.
AND IT DRIVES ME CRAZY.
"Seven's trying to do something."
"Lock her out."
"She's applied some borg algorithm and I can't"
HOW? IN TWO SECONDS. DID. SHE. DO. THAT?
By tapping three buttons on the nearest display probably.
If I didn't have Pokemon Let's Go in my hands as I "watch" these, I would have stopped. Season 7 is like trudging through boring molasses and the creativity has tanked. Ferengi are a problem, klingons are a problem, Q is a problem. I get it. You guys have nothing creative left.
Oh, let's do a MUCH, MUCH worse version of the episode where Data's rights are on trial, but with the Doctor!
THIS is why I like Discovery. Discovery may be playing fast and loose with established canon (no worse than Enterprise haters, come at me), but at least it feels new and different. Fuck Voyager and FUUUUUUUCK The Orville.
PS: This post started with the first sentence. Then I just kept editing it till we have this mess here.
PPS: Holy shit, I just looked up the Orville and Branon fucking Braga is one of the producers. Fuck that guy SO hard.
"We need to do something or other."
"I can enhance it's somewhat or whatever with borg technology."
Fuck, it's incredibly hard to believe that some drone cut off from the hive mind of the collective would retain the God damn knowledge of the entire borg on it's own.
AND IT DRIVES ME CRAZY.
"Seven's trying to do something."
"Lock her out."
"She's applied some borg algorithm and I can't"
HOW? IN TWO SECONDS. DID. SHE. DO. THAT?
By tapping three buttons on the nearest display probably.
If I didn't have Pokemon Let's Go in my hands as I "watch" these, I would have stopped. Season 7 is like trudging through boring molasses and the creativity has tanked. Ferengi are a problem, klingons are a problem, Q is a problem. I get it. You guys have nothing creative left.
Oh, let's do a MUCH, MUCH worse version of the episode where Data's rights are on trial, but with the Doctor!
THIS is why I like Discovery. Discovery may be playing fast and loose with established canon (no worse than Enterprise haters, come at me), but at least it feels new and different. Fuck Voyager and FUUUUUUUCK The Orville.
PS: This post started with the first sentence. Then I just kept editing it till we have this mess here.
PPS: Holy shit, I just looked up the Orville and Branon fucking Braga is one of the producers. Fuck that guy SO hard.
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And that's a wrap on Voyager.
With a meager little crackle, instead of a bang. I can't believe how fucking mediocre the episodes leading to the finale were. Voyager ending was a mercy killing. The ending itself was a mercy killing (AND FUCK YOU, for trying to draw parallels and invoke nostalgia to TNG's INCREDIBLE finale by having future folk all dressed up in the All Good Things future uniforms). Why didn't future starfleet try to stop Janeway's obnoxious shattering of temporal law....oh that's right, future starfleet time cops are fucking stupid and make no sense.
With a meager little crackle, instead of a bang. I can't believe how fucking mediocre the episodes leading to the finale were. Voyager ending was a mercy killing. The ending itself was a mercy killing (AND FUCK YOU, for trying to draw parallels and invoke nostalgia to TNG's INCREDIBLE finale by having future folk all dressed up in the All Good Things future uniforms). Why didn't future starfleet try to stop Janeway's obnoxious shattering of temporal law....oh that's right, future starfleet time cops are fucking stupid and make no sense.