Scifi TV Discussion Thread

[Tarsonis]

It's a reoccurring pattern, isn't is?

He starts off with "I hate X even though I've never seen it cause I know it's shit."

Few episodes in "See, I was right, it's shit, wasting my time."

~1/2way point "Ok, I guess it's not that bad..."

~3/4's through or finishing up the show "*sigh* Alright, it was pretty good."

I can't be the only one that notices it, right?

I think you're the only one still paying attention.

[Ameriganastan]

Anyway, yeah, I don't like Malcolm. I can see this show is trying to shoot for gruff badass, but he's just kind of a mopey dick who is rude to everyone. I mean a lady is trying to teach you sword fighting to save your ass, and you respond by calling her a whore. The same day you compared your mechanic to a sheep walking on its hind legs because she wanted a dress. Like, am I suppose to like this guy? Cause it ain't working.

[Tarsonis]

Anyway, yeah, I don't like Malcolm. I can see this show is trying to shoot for gruff badass, but he's just kind of a mopey dick who is rude to everyone. I mean a lady is trying to teach you sword fighting to save your ass, and you respond by calling her a whore. The same day you compared your mechanic to a sheep walking on its hind legs because she wanted a dress. Like, am I suppose to like this guy? Cause it ain't working.

People like him in a "he's an asshole, but he's our asshole" way. He's a classic Whedon insecure male that hurts the people closest to him cause he can't handle his feelings, but at the end of the day you know he's in your corner and got your back.

[Ameriganastan]

Anyway, yeah, I don't like Malcolm. I can see this show is trying to shoot for gruff badass, but he's just kind of a mopey dick who is rude to everyone. I mean a lady is trying to teach you sword fighting to save your ass, and you respond by calling her a whore. The same day you compared your mechanic to a sheep walking on its hind legs because she wanted a dress. Like, am I suppose to like this guy? Cause it ain't working.

People like him in a "he's an asshole, but he's our asshole" way. He's a classic Whedon insecure male that hurts the people closest to him cause he can't handle his feelings, but at the end of the day you know he's in your corner and got your back.

Yeah, unless he ditches you to a bunch of hillbilly kidnappers and has to be convinced all episode to come back for you...

[Tarsonis]

People like him in a "he's an asshole, but he's our asshole" way. He's a classic Whedon insecure male that hurts the people closest to him cause he can't handle his feelings, but at the end of the day you know he's in your corner and got your back.

Yeah, unless he ditches you to a bunch of hillbilly kidnappers and has to be convinced all episode to come back for you...

Man I don't even remember that episode beyond them trying to burn River at the stake I really just watch The Train job, Out of Gas, and Ariel. oh and serenity.

[Ameriganastan]

And done. My final opinion is a big fat meh. Average show with forgettable characters, a supremely unlikable lead, some truly boring locations (Did they have to use the same stretch of desert for every planet?) and most assuredly not worth the mountains of hype people give it.

[Tarsonis]

And done. My final opinion is a big fat meh. Average show with forgettable characters, a supremely unlikable lead, some truly boring locations (Did they have to use the same stretch of desert for every planet?) and most assuredly not worth the mountains of hype people give it.

K

[Stellar Colonies]

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[Tarsonis]

You know what's never brought up? The Voyager episode "Timeless" where The Doc is just casually walking around holding Seven's cleaved open skull.

[Myrensis]

So I hear Paramount is selling Star Trek NFT's now, and here I thought they had run out of holes in the corpse to desecrate.

[Mettaton-EX]

i think agnes jurati is one of my favorite characters in any star trek show tbh

[Tarsonis]

i think agnes jurati is one of my favorite characters in any star trek show tbh

Allison Pill is pretty dope

[Tarsonis]

I full heartedly attest that DS9 is the best of all Trek, yet for some reason I find Voyager to be the most rewatchable.

[Twilight Imperium]

i think agnes jurati is one of my favorite characters in any star trek show tbh

Allison Pill is pretty dope

I like everyone more or less but I think it's especially fun that Dr. Jurati is basically a normal person among these hypercompetent Starfleet weirdos and it's stressing her out.

[The Huskar Social Union]

The last thing i expected to see when watching the Halo series was the Master Chiefs fat ass but here we are.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Overall the Halo series is.... okay so far, but ive only watched three episodes and feel like i need to see more before i can form a proper opinion overall. Its got some things in it that i like and some things that i dont care that much about.

I like how the show has not shied away from the brutality of the Covenant or the darker aspects of the UNSC and the Insurgents (though i think so far its done a bad job at showing the scale of the conflict with the Covenant). The designs of the weaponry and vehicles are all top notch and match the games almost perfectly with a few slight changes here or there like the Elite armour which i dont mind, but the warthogs, the covenant dropships, the marine armour etc all look very very good.

When it comes to the chief himself he is... also okay. He is not the same as he is in the games, but i think the Actor is doing a decent enough job, but he is one of the main things i need to see more of in more episodes to come to a proper conclusion about him. Halsey, Cortana, Kwan etc i all quite like though, think they are doing a good job.

Thee story overall is a bit eh but its not bothered me as much as it has a lot of people. Ill just watch more and see how i feel at the end of the season.

[Twilight Imperium]

Overall the Halo series is.... okay so far, but ive only watched three episodes and feel like i need to see more before i can form a proper opinion overall. Its got some things in it that i like and some things that i dont care that much about.

I like how the show has not shied away from the brutality of the Covenant or the darker aspects of the UNSC and the Insurgents (though i think so far its done a bad job at showing the scale of the conflict with the Covenant). The designs of the weaponry and vehicles are all top notch and match the games almost perfectly with a few slight changes here or there like the Elite armour which i dont mind, but the warthogs, the covenant dropships, the marine armour etc all look very very good.

When it comes to the chief himself he is... also okay. He is not the same as he is in the games, but i think the Actor is doing a decent enough job, but he is one of the main things i need to see more of in more episodes to come to a proper conclusion about him. Halsey, Cortana, Kwan etc i all quite like though, think they are doing a good job.

Thee story overall is a bit eh but its not bothered me as much as it has a lot of people. Ill just watch more and see how i feel at the end of the season.

I think my main beef with the Halo show so far is pacing - we're three episodes out of nine in and what exactly has happened? Maybe I'm a relic of 90s style nonserialized sci-fi but I remember a time when more than one plot beat happened per episode.

The show does do a good job of setting itself up as an MCU sequel though -

first we had America's Ass, now we face the Master Butt. Praise!

The character work is pretty good though, and it's interesting seeing everyone's motivations fan out on the backdrop of increasingly-authoritarian Reach politicking.

[The first Galactic Republic]

Halo is alright. I know lots of fans are up in arms about the changes, but I suppose I’m just used to adaptations messing with things. I also went in with no expectation so, eh.

I like the focus on civilian life and the UNSC’s militarism, but I agree with the pacing, and I think this rediscovering Chief’s memory plotline is kinda dumb. It’s also a change that feels very forced, since I’m pretty sure regular Master Chief remembers his childhood and the truth of the Spartan program.

There aren’t any changes I can’t live with, but a lot of them feel unnecessary. Why replace Blue Team if Chief still has three other Spartans with the same roles? It’s also like the strange Covenant woman is sidelining the actual Prophets, maybe because it cuts down on screen time for the expensive alien CGI?

[The Huskar Social Union]

Halo is alright. I know lots of fans are up in arms about the changes, but I suppose I’m just used to adaptations messing with things. I also went in with no expectation so, eh.

I like the focus on civilian life and the UNSC’s militarism, but I agree with the pacing, and I think this rediscovering Chief’s memory plotline is kinda dumb. It’s also a change that feels very forced, since I’m pretty sure regular Master Chief remembers his childhood and the truth of the Spartan program.

There aren’t any changes I can’t live with, but a lot of them feel unnecessary. Why replace Blue Team if Chief still has three other Spartans with the same roles? It’s also like the strange Covenant woman is sidelining the actual Prophets, maybe because it cuts down on screen time for the expensive alien CGI?

About Silver team, one of the theories ive seen on reddit a few times is that Reach will get glassed at the end of the season by the Covenant and that Silver team will probably die in the process, thus setting up the events of Halo: CE in the second season, or at least whatever this shows versions of that will be.

So if that does happen then maybe Blue Team could be introduced at a later date or something.

[Tarsonis]

Halo is alright. I know lots of fans are up in arms about the changes, but I suppose I’m just used to adaptations messing with things. I also went in with no expectation so, eh.

I like the focus on civilian life and the UNSC’s militarism, but I agree with the pacing, and I think this rediscovering Chief’s memory plotline is kinda dumb. It’s also a change that feels very forced, since I’m pretty sure regular Master Chief remembers his childhood and the truth of the Spartan program.

There aren’t any changes I can’t live with, but a lot of them feel unnecessary. Why replace Blue Team if Chief still has three other Spartans with the same roles? It’s also like the strange Covenant woman is sidelining the actual Prophets, maybe because it cuts down on screen time for the expensive alien CGI?

About Silver team, one of the theories ive seen on reddit a few times is that Reach will get glassed at the end of the season by the Covenant and that Silver team will probably die in the process, thus setting up the events of Halo: CE in the second season, or at least whatever this shows versions of that will be.

So if that does happen then maybe Blue Team could be introduced at a later date or something.

and then we find out this show is actually just a prequel to Red vs Blue

[Twilight Imperium]

maybe because it cuts down on screen time for the expensive alien CGI?

This was my assumption, also nobody wants to see the Prophet of Regret's booty.

[The Huskar Social Union]

About Silver team, one of the theories ive seen on reddit a few times is that Reach will get glassed at the end of the season by the Covenant and that Silver team will probably die in the process, thus setting up the events of Halo: CE in the second season, or at least whatever this shows versions of that will be.

So if that does happen then maybe Blue Team could be introduced at a later date or something.

and then we find out this show is actually just a prequel to Red vs Blue

Do you ever wonder why we're here?

[HC Eredivisie]

Spike TV finally aired all of Enterprise's season 1 episodes so you'd think they'd continue with S2. They did, starting with episode 2 and skipping the second part of 'Shockwave'. So without commercial break we saw Archer looking out over a destroyed San Francisco in the 29th century and then him having dinner with Trip and T'Pol on the Enterprise as if nothing happend.

and then we find out this show is actually just a prequel to Red vs Blue

Do you ever wonder why we're here?

Well yes, but I don't understand what that has to do with this so called Halo.

[Tarsonis]

So in episode 6 they pulled a Balter and Six relationship with the The Borg Queen and Jurati, and now in Episode 7, James Callis is introduced as new antagonist of sorts. Coincidence? I Think Not!

[New haven america]

For anyone curious why Ten Forward was called Ten Forward, it's because it was on the 10th deck of the forward hull section of the ship.

Current "ST" writers don't know that, so I'm just spreading the message for the rest of the community.

Also, Io is a volcanic hellscape that is probably the last place humans should go. This bugged me about Babylon 5 too.