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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2021 1:22:35 GMT
Yeah, I mean, that was the thing with the Prime Directive. It was originally developed as something to kick against, rather than as a piece of unswerving dogma. Part of those old Wagon Train Western influences of how to stay compassionate in a universe that couldn't give a damn about what the characters wanted. Something that Season 3 of TNG is going to tackle extremely well in places. With everything that happens since TNG's second season and its follow-ups, I've gotten in the habit of reinterpreting those early statements as: "We're not conquerers, the Federation is not an empire." That feels like a more believable worldview from Riker and Enterprise crew at that period in time. That's not a bad reinterpretation of Riker's comments, or similar ones made by Picard and others in "Pen Pals." I think if we put the pieces together from on-screen evidence, we can make sense of it. After Star Trek VI, there was a long period of relative peace. The Klingons were allies, the Romulans spent a century minding their own business. The Federation became complacent, it began to believe its own PR, and that was reflected in the officers, like Riker, who came up never knowing serious conflict. Those who had seen real action, such as O'Brien's time in the Cardassian border conflicts, don't voice that kind of talk. The Borg changed that starting in "Q Who" and certainly by Wolf 359. A necessary attitude adjustment, because I cannot see that lackadaisical version of the Federation being successful against the Dominion. They found that frontier spirit again, though at a hefty cost. Quantum Leap: "Disco Inferno" - Despite the title, not a lot of disco. Mostly stunt men and a hefty dollop of country music. Go figure. Poor Sam remembers a sad truth about his older brother... Blackadder: "Captain Cook" - I'll take my rat sauteed, thank you Baldrick. Series 4 is the best, but as always, I have to start preparing myself to be depressed by the end. Star Trek TNG: "The Ensigns of Command" - Basically the Data equivalent to Spock's character development in "The Galileo Seven." It paints a distinctive image of a Federation that's maybe three or four times its size to that in the 23rd century. Enough that there's a proper disconnect between the loud ramparts out on the frontier and the quiet gardens at home. I think also it was a sentiment that let those officers escape from the problems of their past. Riker had what happened on the Pegasus and Picard had his problems at home in France, to name a few. It was a comfortable blind they could operate behind as representatives of the Federation. When the Borg came with the promise of assimilation -- personal affairs becoming everyone's business -- it dredged all that back up. It's one of the things I'd wished they'd tackled in one of the post-DS9 Voyager seasons. The disconnect between the Wolf 359-fresh Federation and that of the Dominion War. A culture clash of who they were vs. who they'd become. It would've been cool to see Janeway and her crew become one of the groups involved in beating those swords back into plowshares. Reigniting that spirit of exploration, while tackling their own wounds and the wounds of a battleweary Starfleet ("Where you see troop movements, we see a ceremony for the honoured dead. Where you see refineries for weapons platforms, we see a centre of commerce for interstellar trade. Where you see the clenched fist, we see the open hand. It can't be what it was, but that spirit of friendship and exploration is still out there, waiting to be discovered.").
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Post by tuigirl on Jan 17, 2021 10:03:38 GMT
It paints a distinctive image of a Federation that's maybe three or four times its size to that in the 23rd century. Enough that there's a proper disconnect between the loud ramparts out on the frontier and the quiet gardens at home. I think also it was a sentiment that let those officers escape from the problems of their past. Riker had what happened on the Pegasus and Picard had his problems at home in France, to name a few. It was a comfortable blind they could operate behind as representatives of the Federation. When the Borg came with the promise of assimilation -- personal affairs becoming everyone's business -- it dredged all that back up. It's one of the things I'd wished they'd tackled in one of the post-DS9 Voyager seasons. The disconnect between the Wolf 359-fresh Federation and that of the Dominion War. A culture clash of who they were vs. who they'd become. It would've been cool to see Janeway and her crew become one of the groups involved in beating those swords back into plowshares. Reigniting that spirit of exploration, while tackling their own wounds and the wounds of a battleweary Starfleet ("Where you see troop movements, we see a ceremony for the honoured dead. Where you see refineries for weapons platforms, we see a centre of commerce for interstellar trade. Where you see the clenched fist, we see the open hand. It can't be what it was, but that spirit of friendship and exploration is still out there, waiting to be discovered."). Well, for all the avoiding of the topic in DS9 and Voyager, they surely do A LOT of overcompensation now in the Picard series. You barely recognize the quasi- fascist organisation in charge as Starfleet...
But I totally agree. It would have been great for the overall story line if we had some proper home coming stories for Voyager. Showing all the aftermath of both the war and about what has changed and how difficult it is to re-integrate into a changed society.
But that was the ongoing issue with Voyager- It was completely missing that red thread, that ongoing story arch, the sense of progression. For all I know, they could have flown in circles in their little corner of space. It was too much to expect they would change that approach in the last few episodes.
And as much as I like that penultimate episode where the Doc incapacitates the whole ship and does some awesome Matrix style fighting with Tuvok, that is only short term fun. There is no real trade-off, not even a little one, since the Doc does not even get punished. That penultimate story tells you everything you need to know about Voyager. At some point, they just had given up on the ship and the crew and made the whole thing just a fun playground for Bob Picardo (who I adore, but the series could have been so much more).
I got myself the Voyager books right after Endgame as well as the series by Kirsten Beyer, and from what I heard, it deals with some of the issues you mentioned. I am curious to find out more. Now I just need more time to actually sit down and do the reading....
However, I am REALLY happy that we get more and improved Voyager episodes now in the form of "The Orville" (since it is done by the same people). They recycled some of the plots from Voyager episodes and completely changed them around. Since I am currently doing a re-watch, I was really impressed how clever some of the writing and changes were. Plus, we get ongoing story arches and season 3 promises to become even more serious and the story lines even more involved. I cannot wait.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2021 20:55:35 GMT
It paints a distinctive image of a Federation that's maybe three or four times its size to that in the 23rd century. Enough that there's a proper disconnect between the loud ramparts out on the frontier and the quiet gardens at home. I think also it was a sentiment that let those officers escape from the problems of their past. Riker had what happened on the Pegasus and Picard had his problems at home in France, to name a few. It was a comfortable blind they could operate behind as representatives of the Federation. When the Borg came with the promise of assimilation -- personal affairs becoming everyone's business -- it dredged all that back up. It's one of the things I'd wished they'd tackled in one of the post-DS9 Voyager seasons. The disconnect between the Wolf 359-fresh Federation and that of the Dominion War. A culture clash of who they were vs. who they'd become. It would've been cool to see Janeway and her crew become one of the groups involved in beating those swords back into plowshares. Reigniting that spirit of exploration, while tackling their own wounds and the wounds of a battleweary Starfleet ("Where you see troop movements, we see a ceremony for the honoured dead. Where you see refineries for weapons platforms, we see a centre of commerce for interstellar trade. Where you see the clenched fist, we see the open hand. It can't be what it was, but that spirit of friendship and exploration is still out there, waiting to be discovered."). Well, for all the avoiding of the topic in DS9 and Voyager, they surely do A LOT of overcompensation now in the Picard series. You barely recognize the quasi- fascist organisation in charge as Starfleet...
But I totally agree. It would have been great for the overall story line if we had some proper home coming stories for Voyager. Showing all the aftermath of both the war and about what has changed and how difficult it is to re-integrate into a changed society.
But that was the ongoing issue with Voyager- It was completely missing that red thread, that ongoing story arch, the sense of progression. For all I know, they could have flown in circles in their little corner of space. It was too much to expect they would change that approach in the last few episodes.
And as much as I like that penultimate episode where the Doc incapacitates the whole ship and does some awesome Matrix style fighting with Tuvok, that is only short term fun. There is no real trade-off, not even a little one, since the Doc does not even get punished. That penultimate story tells you everything you need to know about Voyager. At some point, they just had given up on the ship and the crew and made the whole thing just a fun playground for Bob Picardo (who I adore, but the series could have been so much more).
I got myself the Voyager books right after Endgame as well as the series by Kirsten Beyer, and from what I heard, it deals with some of the issues you mentioned. I am curious to find out more. Now I just need more time to actually sit down and do the reading....
However, I am REALLY happy that we get more and improved Voyager episodes now in the form of "The Orville" (since it is done by the same people). They recycled some of the plots from Voyager episodes and completely changed them around. Since I am currently doing a re-watch, I was really impressed how clever some of the writing and changes were. Plus, we get ongoing story arches and season 3 promises to become even more serious and the story lines even more involved. I cannot wait.
I get the impression sometimes that among the 21st century shows there's a strong impulse to do a straightforward mirror universe series. Just a... no-holds-barred wickedly evil Trek with the Terran Empire. I wonder if Blake's 7 would scratch that itch...? Voyager's a good example of characters I really liked and a premise I adored, but individual stories that just left me kind of cold, yeah. I think how it got treated kicked off the myth about TNG being completely standalone, as well. The thing was, though, that first sequel series was serialised. It had character development and ongoing story arcs, but it was closer to the X-Files/video-cassette model of the era. If you were a longtime viewer and knew the continuity, great. If you didn't, the story would still make efforts to accommodate whatever gaps there might be. And, if there was a desire to continue that, but still be accessible, Voyager was an easy fix. Do a hybrid of TNG and DS9 by having ongoing arcs that go for a season, take a break, then start a new one the year after. Season 4 -- wrecking the ship in the Year of Hell. Season 5 -- finding a kindred spirit in the Equinox. Season 6 -- helping the Pathfinder project linking back to Earth. Season 7 -- returning and rediscovering home. (I should really look into those continuation books... ) Oh, The Orville was one of those shows that snuck up on me. I wasn't expecting to care about the characters as much as I did, so when the two-parter came around and they threw off all pretense of being a parody, it was really intense. It's part of that same group as Brooklyn Nine-Nine where it's really good at being an action-adventure drama when you least expect it. Plus, it has a lot of nice little nods to other Trek-similar shows, too. The Battle of Tarazed, mentioned in one of the episodes, is a war that happened in Andromeda with another Federation-like group called the Commonwealth. It's got a lot of heart to it. I'm definitely looking forward to wherever it decides to go next.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jan 18, 2021 11:31:45 GMT
Batwoman S02E01... wow... NCIS LA S12E09... If people were whinging about a certain CGI in "The Mandalorian".. wait till you get a load of this monstrosity at the end of this episode. !
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jan 18, 2021 11:52:33 GMT
Monster Episodes 1 & 2 ScandiNoir series that was too slow and spent too long on non-essential things in my opinion. Also no one was really likeable
Finding Alice Episode 1 Bittersweet Drama about Grief and Secrets.
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Post by grinch on Jan 18, 2021 12:42:15 GMT
The Mandalorian
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Post by grinch on Jan 18, 2021 19:43:46 GMT
The Mandalorian
Series 2, Chapter 13.
Must admit I’m probably lacking a lot of context from The Clone Wars but I really liked Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka. I also presume that we’re due the live action debut of a certain Star Wars literary figure considering he’s directly mentioned by name?
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Post by polly on Jan 19, 2021 6:32:40 GMT
I get the impression sometimes that among the 21st century shows there's a strong impulse to do a straightforward mirror universe series. Just a... no-holds-barred wickedly evil Trek with the Terran Empire. I wonder if Blake's 7 would scratch that itch...? Voyager's a good example of characters I really liked and a premise I adored, but individual stories that just left me kind of cold, yeah. I think how it got treated kicked off the myth about TNG being completely standalone, as well. The thing was, though, that first sequel series was serialised. It had character development and ongoing story arcs, but it was closer to the X-Files/video-cassette model of the era. If you were a longtime viewer and knew the continuity, great. If you didn't, the story would still make efforts to accommodate whatever gaps there might be. And, if there was a desire to continue that, but still be accessible, Voyager was an easy fix. Do a hybrid of TNG and DS9 by having ongoing arcs that go for a season, take a break, then start a new one the year after. Season 4 -- wrecking the ship in the Year of Hell. Season 5 -- finding a kindred spirit in the Equinox. Season 6 -- helping the Pathfinder project linking back to Earth. Season 7 -- returning and rediscovering home. (I should really look into those continuation books... ) Oh, The Orville was one of those shows that snuck up on me. I wasn't expecting to care about the characters as much as I did, so when the two-parter came around and they threw off all pretense of being a parody, it was really intense. It's part of that same group as Brooklyn Nine-Nine where it's really good at being an action-adventure drama when you least expect it. Plus, it has a lot of nice little nods to other Trek-similar shows, too. The Battle of Tarazed, mentioned in one of the episodes, is a war that happened in Andromeda with another Federation-like group called the Commonwealth. It's got a lot of heart to it. I'm definitely looking forward to wherever it decides to go next. Voyager definitely left a lot of potential unfulfilled. They turned out some fine episodes, but it could have been so much more. For that reason it was my least favorite series up until the new ones. It's a show that desperately needed continuity, and didn't get it. To their credit, they did give it an honest try one time - the Kazon/Michael Jonas/Seska arc from the first two seasons. The problem is that it was mostly awful. Voyager found its footing (so much as it ever did) when it became the Borg show. Some tighter storylines - like making Year of Hell an actual year and more importantly not undoing it - would have gone a long way. Blackadder: Series 4, Episodes 2-3 - The triumphant return of Bob, and the tragic demise of Speckled Jim. While this series is my favorite, I'm coming around to the idea that it's a good thing they called it a day when they did. More than ever, I'm noticing how Blackadder's insults have been refined to a distinct formula of "That is the worst X since Y did Z." Star Trek TNG: "The Survivors" - The first stinker of Season 3. 20 minutes of plot spread out to 45 with endless, needless dialogue and exposition. Barf. Quantum Leap: "The Americanization of Machiko" - It's always hard when people don't accept you. Worse still when it's your own family. Hell, my parents didn't come to my own wedding, so Machiko, I know that feel. And yet, everyone in these Serious Issues episodes are treated like human beings and not villainous cartoons. Even Rusty the brat has a reason why he acts like he does (who I note is wearing a Toledo Mud Hens jersey. Corporal Klinger would be ashamed.) I've always enjoyed Quantum Leap for its optimism, and for its humanity. That is getting harder to find on TV. There's a lot of misery. This sour attitude that permeates everything. Maybe someday hope will be fashionable again.
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Post by tuigirl on Jan 19, 2021 7:21:08 GMT
I get the impression sometimes that among the 21st century shows there's a strong impulse to do a straightforward mirror universe series. Just a... no-holds-barred wickedly evil Trek with the Terran Empire. I wonder if Blake's 7 would scratch that itch...? Voyager's a good example of characters I really liked and a premise I adored, but individual stories that just left me kind of cold, yeah. I think how it got treated kicked off the myth about TNG being completely standalone, as well. The thing was, though, that first sequel series was serialised. It had character development and ongoing story arcs, but it was closer to the X-Files/video-cassette model of the era. If you were a longtime viewer and knew the continuity, great. If you didn't, the story would still make efforts to accommodate whatever gaps there might be. And, if there was a desire to continue that, but still be accessible, Voyager was an easy fix. Do a hybrid of TNG and DS9 by having ongoing arcs that go for a season, take a break, then start a new one the year after. Season 4 -- wrecking the ship in the Year of Hell. Season 5 -- finding a kindred spirit in the Equinox. Season 6 -- helping the Pathfinder project linking back to Earth. Season 7 -- returning and rediscovering home. (I should really look into those continuation books... ) Oh, The Orville was one of those shows that snuck up on me. I wasn't expecting to care about the characters as much as I did, so when the two-parter came around and they threw off all pretense of being a parody, it was really intense. It's part of that same group as Brooklyn Nine-Nine where it's really good at being an action-adventure drama when you least expect it. Plus, it has a lot of nice little nods to other Trek-similar shows, too. The Battle of Tarazed, mentioned in one of the episodes, is a war that happened in Andromeda with another Federation-like group called the Commonwealth. It's got a lot of heart to it. I'm definitely looking forward to wherever it decides to go next. Voyager definitely left a lot of potential unfulfilled. They turned out some fine episodes, but it could have been so much more. For that reason it was my least favorite series up until the new ones. It's a show that desperately needed continuity, and didn't get it. To their credit, they did give it an honest try one time - the Kazon/Michael Jonas/Seska arc from the first two seasons. The problem is that it was mostly awful. Voyager found its footing (so much as it ever did) when it became the Borg show. Some tighter storylines - like making Year of Hell an actual year and more importantly not undoing it - would have gone a long way.
I totally agree with you there. Voyager only started to become better in the later half of the third season. But it still remains a series of no consequences which is stuffed with much too much improbable technobabble. Plus, sadly, the producers had given up on most of the crew.
And of course they completely ignored their own premise. If the show was done today, it would be much darker, though, and I doubt I would have as fond memories for it as I do now. Because when Voyager is good, it is really good. Sadly, when it is bad, it is extremely so.
Re-watching the series is pretty much frustrating.
After I finished watching all the good bits, I am now going through the rest, and have been working through the really bad episodes of Voyager (which I have seen last 20 years ago, if at all).
Favorite Son- I made it about halfway through. Cannot remember having ever watched this, but can pretty much guess how this is going to go. Not sure if I should bother to continue.
Threshold- yep, this is not very good. I can remember even back in my youth, I got whiplash from shaking my head about the non-science. And about Tom and Janeway turning into mudpuppies. I can only guess that one of the writers had this as an incoherent nightmare and accidently wrote it down.
Darkling- back in my day, it made me cringe. It still makes me cringe. I actually like stories where main characters turn evil and cause a little run-around. But this one causes a deep feeling in me of "Fremdschämen" (feeling embarrassed for someone on their behalf). But I still like the ending with the recitation of the Hippocratic Oath.
Fury- I saw this yesterday for the first time. I think I refused to watch it back in the day. And I actually did not think it was too bad, looking at it from a detached distance. Yes, the return of Kes could have been handled better, but I just watched it as a story about a person with dementia lashing out at her former friends and family. And in this, it halfway works. Also, the slightly touched angle of euthanasia (with Janeway killing the murderous Kes) gets a whole new dimension when looked it this way.
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Post by polly on Jan 19, 2021 8:02:47 GMT
I totally agree with you there. Voyager only started to become better in the later half of the third season. But it still remains a series of no consequences which is stuffed with much too much improbable technobabble. Plus, sadly, the producers had given up on most of the crew.
And of course they completely ignored their own premise. If the show was done today, it would be much darker, though, and I doubt I would have as fond memories for it as I do now. Because when Voyager is good, it is really good. Sadly, when it is bad, it is extremely so.
Re-watching the series is pretty much frustrating.
Ron Moore has told some interesting stories about his brief tenure on Voyager after the conclusion of DS9. He was writing a B'Elanna episode and asked what they were doing with the character. And the response from the established Voyager writers was, "Eh, do whatever you want." That was one of the first red flags that made him think maybe something was wrong with that show.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2021 9:28:04 GMT
I totally agree with you there. Voyager only started to become better in the later half of the third season. But it still remains a series of no consequences which is stuffed with much too much improbable technobabble. Plus, sadly, the producers had given up on most of the crew.
And of course they completely ignored their own premise. If the show was done today, it would be much darker, though, and I doubt I would have as fond memories for it as I do now. Because when Voyager is good, it is really good. Sadly, when it is bad, it is extremely so.
Re-watching the series is pretty much frustrating.
Ron Moore has told some interesting stories about his brief tenure on Voyager after the conclusion of DS9. He was writing a B'Elanna episode and asked what they were doing with the character. And the response from the established Voyager writers was, "Eh, do whatever you want." That was one of the first red flags that made him think maybe something was wrong with that show. Shame, really, as the three episodes he worked on felt really solid. They weren't DS9 episodes with a Voyager finish, they felt like they were specifically crafted for the strengths of the show. I rather liked Moore's idea for shifting the show into the same sort of territory as Battlestar Galactica by having a Voyager fleet. I think that had a lot of potential and it needn't be as bleak as the reboot series ended up being. You could carry your continuity along with you. The participating ships having joined up for this, that or the other reason (as pariahs, part of promises or personal gain). Voyager could both find conflict and have conflict brought to them. There's a line from the last Seska story with Janeway -- "I'm not just a captain, I'm also the leader of a community." -- which I'd have liked to see them tap into more. See her wrestle with the pressures of a Starfleet vessel and the expectation of civilian transports that had come along for the ride.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jan 19, 2021 11:44:49 GMT
Ray Donovan Season 7 Episodes 1-4
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Post by tuigirl on Jan 19, 2021 17:15:20 GMT
Ron Moore has told some interesting stories about his brief tenure on Voyager after the conclusion of DS9. He was writing a B'Elanna episode and asked what they were doing with the character. And the response from the established Voyager writers was, "Eh, do whatever you want." That was one of the first red flags that made him think maybe something was wrong with that show. Shame, really, as the three episodes he worked on felt really solid. They weren't DS9 episodes with a Voyager finish, they felt like they were specifically crafted for the strengths of the show. I rather liked Moore's idea for shifting the show into the same sort of territory as Battlestar Galactica by having a Voyager fleet. I think that had a lot of potential and it needn't be as bleak as the reboot series ended up being. You could carry your continuity along with you. The participating ships having joined up for this, that or the other reason (as pariahs, part of promises or personal gain). Voyager could both find conflict and have conflict brought to them. There's a line from the last Seska story with Janeway -- "I'm not just a captain, I'm also the leader of a community." -- which I'd have liked to see them tap into more. See her wrestle with the pressures of a Starfleet vessel and the expectation of civilian transports that had come along for the ride. Ah, so this is where the idea for that re-boot book series comes from. I have not started reading yet, but from what I gathered from the blurbs, Voyager returns to the Delta Quadrant leading a whole fleet.
I am getting more and more curious about the book series...
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Post by polly on Jan 20, 2021 6:30:02 GMT
Shame, really, as the three episodes he worked on felt really solid. They weren't DS9 episodes with a Voyager finish, they felt like they were specifically crafted for the strengths of the show. I rather liked Moore's idea for shifting the show into the same sort of territory as Battlestar Galactica by having a Voyager fleet. I think that had a lot of potential and it needn't be as bleak as the reboot series ended up being. You could carry your continuity along with you. The participating ships having joined up for this, that or the other reason (as pariahs, part of promises or personal gain). Voyager could both find conflict and have conflict brought to them. There's a line from the last Seska story with Janeway -- "I'm not just a captain, I'm also the leader of a community." -- which I'd have liked to see them tap into more. See her wrestle with the pressures of a Starfleet vessel and the expectation of civilian transports that had come along for the ride. Carry your continuity with you is a great way to handle it. Well put. We did get a Voyager fleet for all of one episode (Season 7's "The Void"). It wasn't lack of ideas, it was lack of, well, carrying them forward. Ron Moore understands character, and he's good at examining what makes a show tick, and I think that's why he could write to Voyager's strengths. I suppose his star has fallen somewhat thanks to BSG's controversial ending (which, while not perfect, I didn't understand the furore over). If we can ever get rid of Alex Kurtzman and I could pick a dream team, it would be Moore, Nick Meyer, and Ira Behr. And DC Fontana, if I could somehow raise her from the grave. Star Trek TNG: Season 3, Episodes 4-5 - Isn't it amazing that when Ron Moore makes his writing debut, the characters suddenly gain depth of feeling, common sense, and question the status quo. It's almost like they're believable people all of a sudden. What's not so believable is how poorly Trek tends to handle religion and spirituality. Klingons and Bajorans have their beliefs explored. Even the Ferengi do. But humans? No, that gets the "We've outgrown such superstitions" treatment, Kirk and Pike notwithstanding. Religion being less prominent, I believe. But almost completely absent? I don't buy it. Blackadder: "Private Plane" - Lord Flashheart returns for one last hurrah. This leans more on the womanizing thing than on him being an utter lunatic as in Series 2, but it's still a very funny and welcome return. It's good to have a character who can turn up every once in a while and shake the show by the scruff of the neck. He's like the Blackadder equivalent of Q.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jan 20, 2021 11:17:10 GMT
Traces Episode 6
Tin Star Season 3 Episodes 4-6
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Post by doctorkernow on Jan 20, 2021 21:29:12 GMT
Hello again Mrs Peel...
We're needed... Yes, I've been thoroughly enjoying dipping into the Avengers on Britbox on a free trial. what a strange, strange place Avengerland is. Escapist, suspenseful, full of derring-do and sinister villains, the Avengers is like nothing else. Unfortunately, Honor Blackman's episodes are not available, so I've mainly been watching the Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee episodes. The black and white episodes are generally more serious. The colour episodes really use colour to create a fantastical world, in which Peel and Steed endeavour to save the UK from the nefarious schemes of various evil doers.
It is also great for actor spotting. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Yootha Joyce, Charlotte Rampling, Anneke Wills, Roy Kinnear, Bernard Cribbins and so on. Favourites include The House that Jack Built, Murdersville, The Joker (brrrr, creepy), Return of the Cybernauts, Who's Who and You have just been murdered.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jan 21, 2021 2:38:03 GMT
Mrs Fletcher Episodes 1&2
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Post by polly on Jan 21, 2021 6:06:38 GMT
Quantum Leap: "What Price Gloria?" - We finally get the episode teased at the end of Season 1 - Sam's first leap into a woman. His date night getup reminded me of Clark Griswold's trapped in the attic outfit. Blackadder: "General Hospital" - Probably my favorite episode of the season. Probably because poo-poo is funny. Probably. Star Trek TNG: "Booby Trap" - For the first time ever, the holodeck is actually helpful.
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Post by doctorkernow on Jan 21, 2021 15:38:18 GMT
Hello again. Loved Quantum Leap, an interesting concept with two lovable main characters. I was rather disappointed with the final episode, I wonder if anyone has any alternative endings?
Blackadder, ooh yes, particularly Blackadder Goes Forth a funny yet ultimately poignant reminder of the futility of war and the sacrifices made by ordinary soldiers, some of whom were only teenagers. General Hospital is a great episode. I liked all the Blackasdders and enjoyed Miranda Richardson's portryal of Liz I as a shrewd yet spoilt, slightly psychotic lady hilarious.
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Post by grinch on Jan 21, 2021 16:00:11 GMT
The Mandalorian
Series 2, Chapters 14-16
A dodgy bit of CGI aside in the final episode I really enjoyed these final three episodes. The sky’s the limit for the next series although I can only presume it’ll delve further into the Mandalorians as a culture and how they operate.
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