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| MaddyRZ:
Dark Matter, The Expanse, and Altered Carbon. Doctor Who was a nice show, but not anymore. For me it was the casting. After 50 years of the Doctor being a male character, I didn't see the point in changing it given the narrative. Jodie Whittaker is an amazing actress no doubt, but Doctor Who is a role that not anyone can play given the long history of the show. There's no progression in the show storywise. |
| 5U4GB:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on March 17, 2023, 06:23:31 pm ---Plot line: a group of random political prisoners steal the most powerful fighter spaceship in the galaxy. Later they find an omniscient computer. Each episode they still manage to get themselves into scrapes with vastly inferior opposition forces. --- End quote --- You're not watching it for the sophisticated plot, you're watching it for Paul Darrow and, for a lighter note, Michael Keating. It also contains a lot of things that later became common in other series like longer story arcs rather than one-episode set pieces, the creators of several later series were big fans of Blake's 7. Also that characterisation is vastly oversimplifying it, the same to some extent would hold for about half the Star Trek series: Powerful spaceship(s), powerful computers, and they still get into scrapes etc. |
| 5U4GB:
--- Quote from: mendip_discovery on March 18, 2023, 10:52:05 am ---As a brit I have to recomend Red Dwarf. Science no so much but there is some clever filming. They solve who the man on the grassy knowl was. Episodes such as Back to Reality where before its time. --- End quote --- Oh, and then you can't miss Hyperdrive: "They've shot the captain.... they've shot first officer York... now they're turning their guns on me, I wonder what they'll do next?". Or the Queppunian Doom Ray: "I now have a weapon of unimaginable power… The DOOM RAY! Watch! As my DOOM RAY disintegrates him.... in under 3 days... And then, when it's had a week to recharge, it's your turn!". Not to mention the Lallakiss Battle Song. |
| 5U4GB:
--- Quote from: coppice on April 19, 2023, 03:25:01 pm ---Its incredibly hard to make a story flow if you are going to be accurate. Its would be tool long, and too complex. You just have to give the author some licence. --- End quote --- Consider an accurate movie rendition of some space manoeuver: Ensign X: Initiating Womble manoeuver. Crew sits there flapping their hands over panels with random lit symbols on them. Time passes Ensign X breaks wind. More time passes. Ensign X: Well, that's the end of my shift, can I get anyone anything before I turn in? Ensign Y: Nah, all good, thanks! More time passes. Ensign Y sneezes. Several more hours pass. Ensign Y leaves at the end of the shift. Several more hours pass. Ensign X returns for their next shift. Ensign X: How's it going? Ensign Z: So far so good, another two days to go. Ensign X: Yup. More time passes. Not exactly riveting viewing is it? I mean, it's cheap to produce and all, but I don't think it'll hold onto its audience. |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: 5U4GB on May 03, 2023, 01:02:55 pm --- --- Quote from: tggzzz on March 17, 2023, 06:23:31 pm ---Plot line: a group of random political prisoners steal the most powerful fighter spaceship in the galaxy. Later they find an omniscient computer. Each episode they still manage to get themselves into scrapes with vastly inferior opposition forces. --- End quote --- You're not watching it for the sophisticated plot, you're watching it for Paul Darrow and, for a lighter note, Michael Keating. It also contains a lot of things that later became common in other series like longer story arcs rather than one-episode set pieces, the creators of several later series were big fans of Blake's 7. --- End quote --- Surely you mean Jacqueline Pearce or Glynis Barber. --- Quote ---Also that characterisation is vastly oversimplifying it, the same to some extent would hold for about half the Star Trek series: Powerful spaceship(s), powerful computers, and they still get into scrapes etc. --- End quote --- Star Drek had equally (or more) powerful opponents. Always hated the "global reset" requirement (notably missing from ST: Discovery) though. B5 Rulez. Hope there's good news later today, and that the WGA strike doesn't get in the way. |
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