Posted on 12/04/2013 12:35:59 PM PST by Kartographer
“THE WORLD BEYOND” WAS MY FAVORITE
Jericho might have been saved if the plot went faster. Like bringing in the Texas secession sooner.
Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles was mediocre, but their last cliff hanger destroyed the whole premise of the shows.
Dark Angel died when they brought in all the non-human looking genetically enhanced people. A trench digger who looks like a mole, engineered from a project worth millions of dollars per person created - instead of an automated trench digging drone? It lost all feasibility.
Invasion, too, needed to move faster. The townspeople seeing the lights falling from the sky should have taken place sooner. It was glacial in pace, and too much mystery too slowly revealed loses the modern audience.
Caprica was dense, and the mob in ancient/future society intertwined with AI and monotheist terrorists hit subjects all dealt with heavy-handed.
The best episodes of Dollhouse, in my opinion, were the unaired episodes (available on Amazon instant video) where the mind-wipe has been turned into a weapon. And it is the original Dollhouse that gives sanctuary and hope and an eventual solution.
Terra Nova probably failed because the bad guys are evil industrialists. When the plot twist isn’t multiple routes in or that they ARE altering the future, but bad guys want to mess up the new Eden, you’re a classic trope with no interesting story to tell.
Farscape was running out of plot lines and ways to get the secret out of the astronaut. The follow up movies to say what happened to Areyn and the baby were farcical but sufficient. Another season would have been warped.
The Firefly movie was what I wished the show had been.
The British Survivors 2000s edition was fair. The first season was geared toward survival. The second season, with the evil corporate group that knew of the pandemic and now studies the survivors, was pathetic.
They should have done a Babylon 5 movie on the Telepath Wars.
Tripods 1 and 2nd seasons are on Youtube. It’s surprisingly good for a UK kids show.
Which makes the ongoing “Torchwood” gayfest all the more disappointing.
A reality show like this:
I’d like to see a series set in the future about the certain global economic collapse that leftist policies will bring about. It’ll have it all—kooks with nukes, wierd science, gender-bending madness, hybrid monstrocities, jihadis gone wild—all set in an Escape from NY backdrop.
could easily be set in Detroit of today plus a few special effects, LBGTA parade videos spliced in and a few actors. Especially after the bankruptcy goes through.
Great one!
True. I’ve been in for 8 months now, and it’s truly amazing. The EVE Rubicon update delivered some nice features. Good times...
I loved UFO!
They left out Crusade? It was a B5 spinoff. My brother bought me the first/only season on DVD. I still watch it.
Never watched another show.
I actually got into SGU... but when they would turn things into some stupid soap opera or some agenda push for the one asian clamlicker on the ship.. I would just groan.
I moved during season 2 and lost track of how everything turned out.
I hope the fat geeky kid got to bone that Chloe chick.
I’ll be in my bunk...
Homo propaganda... I just mentioned that in my previous post. That was offputting to me too.
The books are great.
Eureka
Fringe
Something tells me you like Firefly. :)
Jayne arguing with Mal about a job...
Jayne : "I want no part of this job. We don't know anything about these clients."
Mal : "They're whores."
Jayne : "I'm in."
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