Honestly, Enterprise just never really grabbed me. But that's okay.
Bonus fact - Enterprise is, of all the TV and Movie properties of Star Trek, the only Star Trek property that's almost entirely excluded from Star Trek online. I think the only things it gets are a few text mentions, and maybe an optional costume in the store. Even the new movie timeline is in there, albeit only recently added.
The show did a great job at setting up interesting questions. It did a terrible job at answering any of those questions.
Also, ALSO, fuck you for continually harping on the inability to communicate with the enemy and then never actually doing anything with that plot point.
Human photosynthesis, which could have been an interesting plot point, was instead used as an excuse to show naked girls and/or put the protagonist in stereotypical harem scenarios. "OH NO I ACCIDENTALLY PEEPED AT NAKED LADIES AND NOW ONE IS PUNCHING MY FACE HUR HUR I'M SO AWKWARD."
Anyway, I'll probably watch season 3.
There's a bear because Tsutomu Nihei likes them for some reason. I'm pretty sure that all of his mangas (Blame!, Biomega, and Knights of Sidonia) have a talking bear in them. I know that Biomega and Knights of Sidonia do, I'm not sure about Blame!
Knights of Sidonia lost me the minute a space station designed for deep space travel had to make a turn and burn maneuver, and they didn't have a viable system for ensuring ship integrity, or that people are given adequate options for securing themselves, like maybe having hard points on all surfaces.
But seriously like ship design 101, make sure your structure is adequate for intended shock and sustained loads.
Oh my god, don't get me started about that. Was this ship even meant for space travel?
And they were surprised every time a gauna changed course to match their lumbering space dick, even though repeated encounters should have taught people that these things are capable of maneuvering or developing the ability to maneuver.
It's like everybody forgot how to live in space for some reason.
Yeah, now that I've watched a few more episodes of Enterprise, and I am done with it. That show has some real issues with women, to a lesser extent with people of color, and an undercurrent of manifest destiny/white man's burden in so many of the episodes that it is impossible to deny or ignore. Over it. Moving on.
So I still haven't watched AoT. Is this supposed to be an endorsement? Because if AoT has the same problems as KoS, I'm inclined to skip it. I only have room in my life for one show full of egregious bullshit.
Yeah, now that I've watched a few more episodes of Enterprise, and I am done with it. That show has some real issues with women, to a lesser extent with people of color, and an undercurrent of manifest destiny/white man's burden in so many of the episodes that it is impossible to deny or ignore. Over it. Moving on.
You are missing out, the fist season is kinda weak but after that it gets really good.
Also important to note, some of the characters actually develop as time goes on. Like W. Bush :-p
You are missing out, the fist season is kinda weak but after that it gets really good. Also important to note, some of the characters actually develop as time goes on. Like W. Bush :-p
Nah, it is actively making me upset, so I am not missing much. My time is limited and I am not going to wade through offensive material to get to potentially less offensive material.
Yeah, now that I've watched a few more episodes of Enterprise, and I am done with it. That show has some real issues with women, to a lesser extent with people of color, and an undercurrent of manifest destiny/white man's burden in so many of the episodes that it is impossible to deny or ignore. Over it. Moving on.
You are missing out, the fist season is kinda weak but after that it gets really good.
How many times do we have to shoot this stupid argument down? If something is bad at the beginning and then "gets good" it's worse than something that is good the whole way through. There is enough media already existing on earth that you can watch/read/listen to things all day every day without ever having to suffer through even one second of not-good. If something sucks for even one second, switch to something with 0% suckage ASAP.
How many times do we have to shoot this stupid argument down? If something is bad at the beginning and then "gets good" it's worse than something that is good the whole way through. There is enough media already existing on earth that you can watch/read/listen to things all day every day without ever having to suffer through even one second of not-good. If something sucks for even one second, switch to something with 0% suckage ASAP.
Alternatively (though I will not be doing this in the case of Enterprise), if someone is really interested, they can skip to the part that reportedly "gets good" and take it from there. I've done that with a few shows and, particularly, upon re-watching shows.
Yeah, now that I've watched a few more episodes of Enterprise, and I am done with it. That show has some real issues with women, to a lesser extent with people of color, and an undercurrent of manifest destiny/white man's burden in so many of the episodes that it is impossible to deny or ignore. Over it. Moving on.
You are missing out, the fist season is kinda weak but after that it gets really good.
How many times do we have to shoot this stupid argument down? If something is bad at the beginning and then "gets good" it's worse than something that is good the whole way through. There is enough media already existing on earth that you can watch/read/listen to things all day every day without ever having to suffer through even one second of not-good. If something sucks for even one second, switch to something with 0% suckage ASAP.
I still give things the "first four" rule, personally. I have a hard time brooking anything that has a "first season" rule.
Fortunately, something like Star Trek tends to have loads of skippable content. Episodic shows can be useful like that - omit the stuff you don't like, and the stuff you do like still mostly makes sense.
I also do the "first four" for just about anything. But I will never press on through something that's painfully bad unless there is broad consensus that it is worth it.
I guess it doesn't start until next week officially but The Night Of on HBO seems promising. It's apparently based off of another miniseries that ran on BBC One I believe.
There's 5 episodes out so far, but I've only watched the first and second. The second one is starting to solidify that the show will be consistently good unless it takes a hard turn at some point. So far reviews of the following episodes have been pretty damn positive. The first episode's themes of racism were a bit heavy handed, and they've smoothed out a bit more in the second episode too. So that's good.
How many times do we have to shoot this stupid argument down? If something is bad at the beginning and then "gets good" it's worse than something that is good the whole way through. There is enough media already existing on earth that you can watch/read/listen to things all day every day without ever having to suffer through even one second of not-good. If something sucks for even one second, switch to something with 0% suckage ASAP.
Well what has 0% suckage? Especially if it's something new, anyone would really be unsure of whether a show will turn to total bullshit in the next episode or not? Perhaps a show based on premise you really like, but haven't seen much alternatives for, has a few off episodes somewhere in there, but otherwise satisfies. What if the pilot sucks terribly but the actual show is great? If one is regularly looking for new series to watch are there really enough guaranteed 100% grade A nonsucky shows out there?
If someone is busy and a show turns them off completely then no problem to drop it, but sometimes ones expectations and the show's language and vision and the execution of the creative team and the production have to all sync up.
And like Star Trek: Whatever, I can watch a random episode just fine, while if I were to try and watch a season in order, I'd be ready to warp myself into deep space without a suit.
How many times do we have to shoot this stupid argument down? If something is bad at the beginning and then "gets good" it's worse than something that is good the whole way through. There is enough media already existing on earth that you can watch/read/listen to things all day every day without ever having to suffer through even one second of not-good. If something sucks for even one second, switch to something with 0% suckage ASAP.
Well what has 0% suckage? Especially if it's something new, anyone would really be unsure of whether a show will turn to total bullshit in the next episode or not? Perhaps a show based on premise you really like, but haven't seen much alternatives for, has a few off episodes somewhere in there, but otherwise satisfies. What if the pilot sucks terribly but the actual show is great? If one is regularly looking for new series to watch are there really enough guaranteed 100% grade A nonsucky shows out there?
One of the great reasons I don't bother with anything new. And there's more media in the world than just TV. I have a limited amount of time in life that I occasionally choose to spend consuming entertainment media. I only choose things that I'm very confident are A++. I'm rarely wrong, and have come nowhere close to running out of supply. The queue is loooong. If you are consuming so much media that your queue is not long, rethink your life.
I got turned on to Cleverman way back during NAIDOC week, but never got around getting through it until this weekend. The aboriginal legends they talked about during the interview got me hooked on the program. In years prior, I've watched several series of Underbelly and rather enjoyed it. So, Australian peeps, which of your shows should we be watching?
Cosmos Pretty cool but I feel sorry for Neil de Grasse Tyson, having to explain / argue evolution for an entire hour to people who should have learned the theory before they were 10.
Been watching the last couple seasons of Banshee. The third season does kind of have some weird "savage warrior indian" sort of stereotypes in it which is eh but still a good season. One of the new groups of antagonists in the fourth does seem kind of strange for a series mostly dealing with forms of organized crime, but it still manages to work. And man it has some great gore by the way. It doesn't happen too often but its great when its there. Definitely more laughing at its outlandishness rather than wincing in empathy or disgust, and I much prefer the former since I'm not into torture porn.
Cosmos Pretty cool but I feel sorry for Neil de Grasse Tyson, having to explain / argue evolution for an entire hour to people who should have learned the theory before they were 10.
I went into that show hoping to learn some stuff, and then his dulcet tones put me to sleep. Having to rehash the basics likely didn't help.
Been watching the last couple seasons of Banshee. The third season does kind of have some weird "savage warrior indian" sort of stereotypes in it which is eh but still a good season. One of the new groups of antagonists in the fourth does seem kind of strange for a series mostly dealing with forms of organized crime, but it still manages to work. And man it has some great gore by the way. It doesn't happen too often but its great when its there. Definitely more laughing at its outlandishness rather than wincing in empathy or disgust, and I much prefer the former since I'm not into torture porn.
Banshee is a completely over the top ridiculous show but it's great and underrated.
Labor Standards Inspector Danda Rin This is a show that I only found because one of my favorite bands did the soundtrack for it, but it has a very Bayside Shakedown feel to it; definitely a B or B+ to BS's A.
Dofus Same creators and universe as Wakfu, but none of the serialized storytelling. It's this ex-adventurer cat guy who runs a shop selling magical items telling the story of how he got each item when he used to be the most awesome cat guy adventurer.
It's pretty good so far. There's a few things that I'm not too keen on but the core story has been just interesting enough to keep me going.
I don't much care for the 80s pandering that happens on occasion. It was pretty strong the first couple episodes but has backed off some. And I feel like it has a few too many sort of cliches from the era that it's trying to recollect. Especially things like the lame Jr high bullies. But the part that seems hardest for me to get over is how idiotic the "bad guys" are. I thought they were just going to ignore it but they're just blatantly pointing out how dumb they are.
I had heard that the Star Wars Rebels cartoon was good so I finally started watching it. I'm about mid-way through the second season and it's really good. The first season starts off a little slow, but this is a great show and much better than the Clone Wars cartoon.
One Mississippi I enjoyed watching One Mississippi from Amazon. It is a dark humour (and at times absurdist) show of how people deal with loss or death in the family (and how your image of that person may or may not be true).
It centres around a radio show host who has overcome breast cancer and has to go home and turn the life support off for her mother.
Atlanta Pretty great real world humour with real world modern topics told through the lens of an educated African American. There is a continuity between episodes and a realism which may or may not cause some discussion in your house based on who you watch it with. At the same time the show will do a South Park with characters, like a recent episode allowed them to deal with the topic of Justin Beiber without hiring him, just having a black actor play him as if the star was always black. I really like the writing of this show, I also loved the commentary (which is not narrated but implicit in the story telling).
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Bonus fact - Enterprise is, of all the TV and Movie properties of Star Trek, the only Star Trek property that's almost entirely excluded from Star Trek online. I think the only things it gets are a few text mentions, and maybe an optional costume in the store. Even the new movie timeline is in there, albeit only recently added.
But seriously like ship design 101, make sure your structure is adequate for intended shock and sustained loads.
And they were surprised every time a gauna changed course to match their lumbering space dick, even though repeated encounters should have taught people that these things are capable of maneuvering or developing the ability to maneuver.
It's like everybody forgot how to live in space for some reason.
I get pissed everything the douche noble got put in charge. Apparently this is a future where Scientology put an end to all they Psychologists.
Also important to note, some of the characters actually develop as time goes on. Like W. Bush :-p
Fortunately, something like Star Trek tends to have loads of skippable content. Episodic shows can be useful like that - omit the stuff you don't like, and the stuff you do like still mostly makes sense.
It's almost never worth it.
https://medium.com/maxistentialism-blog/star-trek-deep-space-nine-in-82-5-hours-10acde591fd2#.j3r7gbh4u
If someone is busy and a show turns them off completely then no problem to drop it, but sometimes ones expectations and the show's language and vision and the execution of the creative team and the production have to all sync up.
And like Star Trek: Whatever, I can watch a random episode just fine, while if I were to try and watch a season in order, I'd be ready to warp myself into deep space without a suit.
Pretty cool but I feel sorry for Neil de Grasse Tyson, having to explain / argue evolution for an entire hour to people who should have learned the theory before they were 10.
Dustin is my fav. He has the best lines.
This is a show that I only found because one of my favorite bands did the soundtrack for it, but it has a very Bayside Shakedown feel to it; definitely a B or B+ to BS's A.
Dofus
Same creators and universe as Wakfu, but none of the serialized storytelling. It's this ex-adventurer cat guy who runs a shop selling magical items telling the story of how he got each item when he used to be the most awesome cat guy adventurer.
I don't much care for the 80s pandering that happens on occasion. It was pretty strong the first couple episodes but has backed off some. And I feel like it has a few too many sort of cliches from the era that it's trying to recollect. Especially things like the lame Jr high bullies. But the part that seems hardest for me to get over is how idiotic the "bad guys" are. I thought they were just going to ignore it but they're just blatantly pointing out how dumb they are.
I enjoyed watching One Mississippi from Amazon. It is a dark humour (and at times absurdist) show of how people deal with loss or death in the family (and how your image of that person may or may not be true).
It centres around a radio show host who has overcome breast cancer and has to go home and turn the life support off for her mother.
Atlanta
Pretty great real world humour with real world modern topics told through the lens of an educated African American. There is a continuity between episodes and a realism which may or may not cause some discussion in your house based on who you watch it with. At the same time the show will do a South Park with characters, like a recent episode allowed them to deal with the topic of Justin Beiber without hiring him, just having a black actor play him as if the star was always black. I really like the writing of this show, I also loved the commentary (which is not narrated but implicit in the story telling).
Here's them rapping about it.
Here's the first episode.