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Red posted:Really? I thought the social media planet was way worse. Social Media Planet would have been a pretty good episode of Sliders. As an Orville episode, it was only okay. It's not one of the better ones but I didn't hate it either.
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Powered Descent posted:Social Media Planet would have been a pretty good episode of Sliders. As an Orville episode, it was only okay. It's not one of the better ones but I didn't hate it either. The social media one was so banal; at least the astrology one was a good concept with mixed results.
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Mar 1, 2020 22:44
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Red posted:Really? I thought the social media planet was way worse. Naa that episode at least is vaguely going along with something that happens in China. I'd have preferred they didn't make LaMarr so totally impossible to empathise with during it though. He's still the worst character.
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Mar 2, 2020 01:27
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Red posted:Really? I thought the social media planet was way worse. Social media planet was ok. After watching it while chugging Pabst Blue Ribbon and smoking a doobie, you think "Eh, than was fun. Maybe I'll take a walk in the park tonight instead of spending my usual six hours on Facebook." Then, when you think the episode over the next day, you realize that a society like that would actually be a dystopia.
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Mar 2, 2020 01:32
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just realised looking at that pic that talla's hairstyle is so they can spend half the amount of time on makeup. nice.
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Mar 2, 2020 02:33
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I always got the impression that Astrology Planet was a Halston episode that got fudged when she left the show. It just does not hang together at all and with no Talia introduction they just cobbled something together.
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Mar 13, 2020 20:24
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i've barely been able to pay attention to the last couple of episodes after the kaylon 2 parter. it's weird, cos during that whole two parter i was like 'this show is getting good man' then immediately after i stopped giving a poo poo for some reason. like i was watching the two kellys episode at work and i just turned it off halfway through. kelly's been kinda boring all season and it was just such a rote plot. and man am i done with moclan culture. i watched that whole episode but it was a snoozer, too. although i am finding it funny how utterly awful clyden is every time he is featured. the man doesn't have a single redeeming trait. maybe i miss the comedy. cos without it, this is really just ... well it's kinda boring. i'll finish off the last couple at some point. large_gourd fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Mar 13, 2020 |
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Mar 13, 2020 21:46
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2 Kellys is the second to last episode and the finale continues from it directly
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Mar 13, 2020 22:18
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Yeah and the last episode is "We put Star Wars in your Star Trek and it rules, actually" The music, set design, space battles etc. all feel extremely SW in that episode.
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Mar 13, 2020 22:54
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The Orville's lovely alternate universe where everything goes wrong is literally just Star wars and that's amazing
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Mar 13, 2020 22:57
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I hope every season finale moving forward is a tribute to another iconic sci-fi IP.
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Mar 13, 2020 23:00
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Gynovore posted:Social media planet was ok. After watching it while chugging Pabst Blue Ribbon and smoking a doobie, you think "Eh, than was fun. Maybe I'll take a walk in the park tonight instead of spending my usual six hours on Facebook." Then, when you think the episode over the next day, you realize that a society like that would actually be a dystopia. At the same time, these shows always overplay how easy it is to get negative scores, but IRL people seem fairly undiscerning. I can think of plenty of things that going by their reception online would be universally reviled laughingstock material, but the general human public loving loves it anyway. And think of some miserable, hateful, piece of poo poo person you know. That person deadass has a cadre of people who at their funeral will swear up and down they were a "good person."
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Snow Cone Capone posted:I hope every season finale moving forward is a tribute to another iconic sci-fi IP. Season 3: The Day The Earth Stood Still Season 4: Time Trax Season 5: Battlestar Galactica (rebooted version) Season 6: Battlestar Galactica (1970s disco version) Season 7: Battlestar Galactica (re-rebooted version) Season 8: The Beast of Yucca Flats
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Ed gets really religious and preachy and the season 8 finale is just Andromeda.
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Mar 14, 2020 00:46
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IMO if we're going for "final season goes out in a really dumb way" then save BG2k4 for Season 8
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Powered Descent posted:Social Media Planet would have been a pretty good episode of Sliders. As an Orville episode, it was only okay. It's not one of the better ones but I didn't hate it either. It was a worse version of Black Mirror episode that was worse version of a Community episode.
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In terms of success, would Stargate be the next most popular SciFi franchise? Babylon 5 apparently has a lot of media too, but I've never heard good things.
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Beachcomber posted:In terms of success, would Stargate be the next most popular SciFi franchise? Babylon 5 apparently has a lot of media too, but I've never heard good things. What cesspools of bad opinions have you been spending your time in ? Babylon 5 has an epic story, cool characters, great space combat, intrigue on a galactic scale, and some of the best episodes of any SF show ever made. It's a shame it just dropped off of Prime, or you'd have 110 episodes of sheer indulgence to look forward to.
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Mar 14, 2020 10:23
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I think the questino is what series drew the most eyeballs and spinoffs, not what series is the most "critically acclaimed".
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Mar 14, 2020 10:29
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Babylon 5 is really great.
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Mar 14, 2020 10:38
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mllaneza posted:What cesspools of bad opinions have you been spending your time in ? Babylon 5 has an epic story, cool characters, great space combat, intrigue on a galactic scale, and some of the best episodes of any SF show ever made. It's a shame it just dropped off of Prime, or you'd have 110 episodes of sheer indulgence to look forward to. No no no, I Iove core B5. I was talking about the add-on movies and Legend of the Rangers and Crusade and whatnot.
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Beachcomber posted:In terms of success, would Stargate be the next most popular SciFi franchise? Babylon 5 apparently has a lot of media too, but I've never heard good things. In terms of commercial success, definitely: seventeen seasons and three movies is the closest you get to Trek's longevity. Stargate was probably behind BSG in terms of broad cultural impact, though. Galactica changed the face of science fiction (though your opinion of the merit of those changes may vary).
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MikusR posted:It was a worse version of Black Mirror episode that was worse version of a Community episode. One of the weaker Communities, even, although I enjoyed the pulp future-y aesthetic of the upvoted.
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Zurui posted:In terms of commercial success, definitely: seventeen seasons and three movies is the closest you get to Trek's longevity. Stargate was probably behind BSG in terms of broad cultural impact, though. Galactica changed the face of science fiction (though your opinion of the merit of those changes may vary). I mean Doctor Who should be in the mix somewhere.
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Mar 14, 2020 15:18
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In the most recent Family Guy, Peter fired Meg from the show and told she could either choose to go American Dad or The Orville. She chose American Dad.
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Mar 14, 2020 18:57
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Its Meg.
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socialsecurity posted:I mean Doctor Who should be in the mix somewhere. The OP said "next most popular." In just about every measurable way Doctor Who is as or more influential and successful than Star Trek. (Sorry nerds, but it had to be said.)
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Mar 15, 2020 01:06
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Wow, just goes to show how far Trek has fallen. Sad!
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Beachcomber posted:No no no, I Iove core B5. I was talking about the add-on movies and Legend of the Rangers and Crusade and whatnot. OK, fair enough. It takes a lot to make up for LotR.
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Son of Sam-I-Am posted:Wow, just goes to show how far Trek has fallen. Sad! Read this as a Trump tweet and was not disappointed. mllaneza posted:OK, fair enough. It takes a lot to make up for LotR. For 0.68 seconds, I read this as Lord of the Rings and we were gonna fite.
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Zurui posted:The OP said "next most popular." In just about every measurable way Doctor Who is as or more influential and successful than Star Trek. lmao I can't tell if this is serious I mean, maybe in England, but in the US everyone at least can identify Kirk Spock and probably Picard as well as the Enterprise The average person maybe has heard of Dr Who. Sure, nerds know it, but not the average joe
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Dr Who is that one where r2d2 is evil and can talk but he turns the switch from evil to good with a magic screwdriver
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Outside of Freedomland Doctor Who is at least as popular as Trek. Everything everywhere is eclipsed by the Stars War, though.
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Nah China hated the Star War So does everyone now the star war over and they cancelled the new ones There's a good Star War show but only 10 episode
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The Bloop posted:lmao I can't tell if this is serious Doctor Who has been referenced on the Simpsons a lot. The one with the long scarf is pretty well known. https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2017/12/31/a-perfectly-cromulent-guide-to-doctor-who-references-in-the-simpsons/
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John Wick of Dogs posted:Nah China hated the Star War Um, Clone Wars is now in its 7th season and more than 10 episodes....
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Mar 15, 2020 05:59
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In the 80s and 90s DW was obscure nerd poo poo in the US but since 10 it's very mainstream. The casting of a new Doctor makes headlines in regular news outlets.
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Astroman posted:In the 80s and 90s DW was obscure nerd poo poo in the US but since 10 it's very mainstream. The casting of a new Doctor makes headlines in regular news outlets. It's a weird pissing contest but a new doctor gets 5 second coverage or clickbait articles that algorithms feed to nerds. The death of Nimoy clearly eclipsed all US coverage of every doctor combined. Shatner's eventual death will eclipse even that, and not because of TJ Hooker or Denny Craine
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Astroman posted:In the 80s and 90s DW was obscure nerd poo poo in the US but since 10 it's very mainstream. The casting of a new Doctor makes headlines in regular news outlets. It is weird that my memory of Doctor Who was an old fan book with B&W photos and a dusty old Dalek figure, and me explaining to my friends why I was wearing a long scarf on Halloween, and then 2005 happened...
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