📺 The TV Thread: What're You Watching?

[Muiredach]

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has been pretty great so far, there's odd bits of awkward dialogue, and the writers take liberties at times with resolving situations, but by modern standards it's pretty great. Maybe 7/10 general overall rating, but 9/10 compared to most of the shit produced today.

I'm still angry about the utter trainwreck that is Starfleet Academy, that gets a straight 2/10 from me whether based on modernity or by past values.

 

[Lank72]

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has been pretty great so far, there's odd bits of awkward dialogue, and the writers take liberties at times with resolving situations, but by modern standards it's pretty great. Maybe 7/10 general overall rating, but 9/10 compared to most of the shit produced today.

I'm still angry about the utter trainwreck that is Starfleet Academy, that gets a straight 2/10 from me whether based on modernity or by past values.

Been watching the former, have the latter ready to watch, seems like it can go either way for people with Star Trek at the minute.

There were some great plot lines in 'The Michael Burnham Show' as I like to call it, but otherwise ruined by over-focus on one character.

It felt like Strange New Worlds did a better job of spreading things out a bit to various characters.

Let's see how the Academy fares for me; sounds like it could be a Stargate Universe

 

[Fiddlesticks]

I'm still angry about the utter trainwreck that is Starfleet Academy, that gets a straight 2/10 from me whether based on modernity or by past values.

Ive enjoyed watching all the youtubers going mad about starfleet academy.
Dont think I have watched an epsiode.
Funny they put a livestream of a toy spock sitting on a chair and it got more views.

 

[Muiredach]

There were some great plot lines in 'The Michael Burnham Show' as I like to call it, but otherwise ruined by over-focus on one character.

Couldn't agree more, frankly I don't think the actress was ever good enough to be lead on a Star Trek show. "The Burn" could have actually been an incredible plot line, until the actual explanation for it became stupidity embodied.

It felt like Strange New Worlds did a better job of spreading things out a bit to various characters.

I quite liked the first season, infact I don't mind it being part of canon - the last season was god awful to the point where I quit watching, just like I finally gave up on Discovery after season 4. Pretty much all Star Trek after Enterprise ended in 2005 has been sub-par IMO.

sounds like it could be a Stargate Universe

You leave SGU alone, if we'd seen a third season and they continued the tone shift, I think it would go down as one of Sci-Fi's greats The only good thing there is that it was left on the perfect cliffhanger to continue the story with aged characters.

Now we know Stargate is continuing, and filming in England, I really hope Martin Gero pulls off the new series I just hope Joseph Mallozzi and Brad Wright are given the opportunity to input too, because then I know we're in safe hands.

Ive enjoyed watching all the youtubers going mad about starfleet academy.
Dont think I have watched an epsiode.
Funny they put a livestream of a toy spock sitting on a chair and it got more views.

I've only watched Academy through critical YouTubers so far – because everything I've seen enrages me Alex Kurtzman will be the death of Star Trek if he's not careful.

 

[Fiddlesticks]

Alex Kurtzman will be the death of Star Trek if he's not careful.

I think its a dead parrot.
Like Dr Who its going to need a few decades to decontaminate. We struggle to tell very good stories at present.
Change is acoming

 

[Muiredach]

I think its a dead parrot.

I'm definitely getting old and grumpy, because I yearn for the good ol' days.

 

[Lank72]

I yearn for the mines

And I wish Stargate Universe had left me alone!

 

[OldBloke]

I stumbled upon this the other day.

The Darjeeling - Netflix

A rumbustious, mad group of tab and opium abusing brothers go in search of their mother. Dark, black, surreal and funny. It is very warming to the soul. I know some of the country they travel through, and their means of transport ... places dear to my heart. If you have Netflix give it a try, it made my day

 

[MC Overgrow]

Total shutdown today so I have prepared for a sofa day with the dog and will be watching
Dr strangelove & Eyes wide shut with a bit of 20/20 World Cup in between. For medical relief I will be vaping some Atomic sour grapefruit and HS Alchemy with a little bit of non medical hash to keep me glued down on the sofa.

 

[Fiddlesticks]

I am looking for recommendations for black and white movies made before the 2nd world war?
Watched a ton of them and I dont mind how low budget/obscure they are.

 

[MC Overgrow]

This evenings viewing to keep me away from social media..

Das Boot (1982) German with subtitles. To test out the new spectacles I picked up yesterday…

 

[StationeryWilbury]

 

[MC Overgrow]

 

[StationeryWilbury]

 

[JR52]

Just watched the new peaky blinders film on Netflix it is not a bad ending if you have seen the other 6 series

 

[Muiredach]

Life throws some weird curveballs at me sometimes, yesterday Himesh Patel, someone I went to school with at Prince William in Oundle (we're the same age), was cast as the new 'Fox Mulder' in the X-Files reboot. A genuinely nice guy, but still, so unexpected.

Ryan Coogler's X-Files reboot sets Yesterday's Himesh Patel as co-lead

Yesterday star Himesh Patel is set to co-lead Ryan Coogler's upcoming The X-Files reboot pilot opposite Danielle Deadwyler. Read more at Empire.

www.empireonline.com

I've incidentally been rewatching X-Files lately, it's sincerely a cinematic masterpiece compared to most modern slop.

 

[S.O.H™]

 

[Fiddlesticks]

Im strangely addicted to live nest camera's on YouTube as is the chick time of season
Choices are:
Czech stork

American Bald Eagle (chicks hatched)

Welsh Osprey

Edna the TV freaked me out as a child
Cant watch it.

 

[S.O.H™]

Edna, a t.v pmsl? That's funny and pretty obscure.

 

[MC Overgrow]

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