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Like I needed other reasons to hate Discovery. Ugh.
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TTerrible posted:Yeah, one of the comments mentions stuff being sold to the Discovery production. The final insult. Goddamn it.
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May 12, 2018 23:09
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well at least we can have more timeless, definitely-gonna-age-well moments like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bgMCNXzNtE
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May 12, 2018 23:15
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Were the expanse books ever sold in hardcover or only paperback?
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Willie Tomg posted:well at least we can have more timeless, definitely-gonna-age-well moments like this Or this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMP5OKXrwCQ
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May 12, 2018 23:24
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 The Expansebut lmao the amount of salt because some of the sets are going to Discovery.
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"Captain, we appear to have jumped into a non-poo poo universe." J\K you know they're going to use them in a super condescending way like that one TNG episode where they laughed at the primitives and their lovely nukes.
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Cojawfee posted:Were the expanse books ever sold in hardcover or only paperback? Theres hardcovers. About half of mine are hc and the rest are paperback, because I was careless. I should ditch them and get the hc to make my collection more uniform, but buying books I already own seems like a waste.
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:
..it's insanely poo poo dude. Even Star Trek dorks hate it.
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May 13, 2018 00:41
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Milo and POTUS posted:..it's insanely poo poo dude. Even Star Trek dorks hate it. That's how you know it's good. e: the Star Trek dorks hate this show too, or at least the ones that post in the ST and Disco threads
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May 13, 2018 00:49
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:That's how you know it's good.
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May 13, 2018 00:49
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Will I like Discovery if the only Trek I like is DS9
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Mu Zeta posted:Will I like Discovery if the only Trek I like is DS9 Thats really iffy. DS9 (and really all ST shows) was only good when it was going to war and Discovery seems like it knew this and said 'lets get straight to that'... but then swerves hard and blue balls you with non-war episodes.
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May 13, 2018 00:57
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:That's how you know it's good. This has not been my experience Anyway it sucks that STD gets The Expanse's stuff because STD is a laughably bad sci fi show with none of the qualities that made this one so awesome. Maybe it's better to go out on top, though.
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May 13, 2018 01:12
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Mu Zeta posted:Will I like Discovery if the only Trek I like is DS9 No, it's poo poo. I tried my hardest to give it the benefit of the doubt, but it's fundamentally flawed and stupid and lovely in almost every way and poaching sets from a superior show just seals the deal for me.
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May 13, 2018 01:25
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Hakkesshu posted:gently caress everything
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I wouldn't say *all* hope is lost, looks like there's still a chance (however small) that Amazon can pick it up. If you want them to, contact them here and let them know that you would support it.
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May 13, 2018 01:31
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:That's how you know it's good. Seth McFarlane made a more universally appreciated Star Trek show than the Star Trek IP holders. Discovery is in no way "good".
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EimiYoshikawa posted:No, it's poo poo. How is it poaching if the show is cancelled? Or do you think that studio lots have gangs roaming around stealing sets from each other at night? bring back old gbs posted:Seth McFarlane made a more universally appreciated Star Trek show than the Star Trek IP holders. Discovery is in no way "good". The Orville was super dire. That show should've taken The Expanse sets so it would have some that didn't look like poo poo.
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Discovery sucks rear end, Star wars does too, Go to Amazon, Buy the loving books
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spiderbyte posted:I wouldn't say *all* hope is lost, looks like there's still a chance (however small) that Amazon can pick it up. If you want them to, contact them here and let them know that you would support it. Can we move from the pleading to the threats phase? CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:How is it poaching if the show is cancelled? Or do you think that studio lots have gangs roaming around stealing sets from each other at night? It's better than whatever show you like
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I enjoyed Discovery enough. Though I think that was more for Thicccc as gently caress gingers though. I hate everything they did with the Klingons. Yea, lets take what is possibly the most popular alien race ever in sci-fi and completely strip out all the stuff that made them interesting and multidimensional and just make them theocratic warmongers. Not to mention making their ships all look like complete turds that look almost nothing like the classic ones.
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spiderbyte posted:I wouldn't say *all* hope is lost, looks like there's still a chance (however small) that Amazon can pick it up. If you want them to, contact them here and let them know that you would support it. There's a facebook post on the last page or the one before by the guy who is apparently the prop master for The Expanse (his name is on IMDB as a prop master, so it seems to check out). He said they already tried to shop it around and everyone passed and the sets are being taken down.
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The latest is that Netflix hard passed because they've got a ton of content coming already, Amazon has expressed interest in the show in the past and that's who everyone's pinning their last hopes on. Sets will begin to be struck Monday or Tuesday, starting with the non-essential stuff and probably ending with the Roci at the end of the week.
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bring back old gbs posted:Seth McFarlane made a more universally appreciated Star Trek show Orville is the best Star Trek since DS9
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I've never had a show I was super into cancelled. Is this how Firefly fans felt? Except for an actually good show instead?
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:The Orville was super dire. That show should've taken The Expanse sets so it would have some that didn't look like poo poo. i think you just have terminally poor taste god bless
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May 13, 2018 02:18
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Sometimes I'm disappointed and then I remind myself that BSG also only got 3 seasons.
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The Orville sets look the way they do because they are hardcore trying to homage TNG. It looks out of date and weird for a reason. I friggin love The Orville and hate Discovery, but the truth is Discovery is popular enough to be renewed so some people out there like it. Might as well give it a shot, because opinions on it vary wildly.
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hailthefish posted:Sometimes I'm disappointed and then I remind myself that BSG also only got 2 seasons and the cylons totally had a plan 
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twistedmentat posted:I enjoyed Discovery enough. Though I think that was more for Thicccc as gently caress gingers though. I hate everything they did with the Klingons. Yea, lets take what is possibly the most popular alien race ever in sci-fi and completely strip out all the stuff that made them interesting and multidimensional and just make them theocratic warmongers. Not to mention making their ships all look like complete turds that look almost nothing like the classic ones. I didn't love the Klingon redesign, but I understand wanting to bring the alien makeup more in line with modern quality expectations, and it's not like it's the first time Klingons have had a big makeover. I agree about the ships, less because they didn't resemble the classics than because they were completely forgettable. It probably didn't help that a lot of the space scenes were pretty dark, with action that was difficult to follow. Also, they went a loooong time as a two-dimensional "honorable warrior race" with almost no variation beyond Worf--and he didn't get a whole lot of character development until DS9. I thought that Discovery's Klingons seeing the Federation as homogenizing cultural imperialists (an occasional theme in DS9 too) was actually a pretty good angle. One thing that bugged me throughout the season was that the plot hinges on an amazing new technology that I guess everyone completely forgets about within a decade, when TOS takes place. Then again, forgetting about incredible new inventions the second you set them down is Star Trek as hell, so maybe that was the show trying to fit in 
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Re: Orville: meh. The comedy/earnestness balance feels off. Most episodes are pretty traditional Trek-type stories, but not especially good tellings of those stories. It comes off as rehash-y fanfiction, which I guess makes sense, given that the whole thing is basically a vehicle for Seth McFarlane to live out his Star Trek fantasies. Discovery tried to distinguish itself by being all dark and edgy with frenetic pew-pew. The Orville overshot in the other direction with low-budget morality plays. I watched both full seasons, though, so I guess I'm part of the problem.
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May 13, 2018 02:59
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Striking the sets this soon isn't unusual at all.
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Discovery has objectively one of the best first seasons of any Trek show, only TOS and arguably DS9 are better. At any rate I think damning Disco over the cancellation of the Expanse is pretty silly.
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Hakkesshu posted:gently caress everything 
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Guess I’ll be picking up the books now. How close are they to the show? Am I going to feel like I’m reading a screenplay of something I’ve seen before, or am I good to start with book one?
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hailthefish posted:Sometimes I'm disappointed and then I remind myself that BSG also only got 3 seasons. Just to be clear: BSG had about as many episodes as The Sopranos so this is a dumb argument.  Anywho, just came in again to say the cancellation is HOT GARBAGE CAT! 
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