TV shows you are - or will be - watching.
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I very nearly started this, but read a few few reviews saying similar. Pleased I swerved this.I started to watch the Sky1 drama "Cobra", which has a promising premise (how does the government cope with a prolonged nationwide blackout?) and cast (Robert Carlyle, Richard Dormer). Unfortunately, the show spends a suprisingly huge amount of time on stuff like the PM's chief of staff's love life or the quesion of if and how to cover up the PM's daughter's involvement in her best friend's drug overdose death instead. Yawn.
Switched to the new series of "Father Brown". Jolly good comfort food television which neither overpromises nor underdelivers.
I got to episode 8/9, and then gave up. Apparently they spend 100 days in there!? No thanks, I'm out.
I also tried The Witcher and after a promising start, gave up on this also. No idea what was going on half the time, people and places with names so ridiculous you have zero chance of knowing who is who and where is where.
Wayne
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No Picard for me on political grounds.
I've never been into Star Trek, so not sure if I should give this a go or not...
Holyzeus
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Hhhhmmm, think you need to be a TrekkieI've never been into Star Trek, so not sure if I should give this a go or not...
Koiguchi
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That is Trekker, kinda like magazine and clip.
The newer the trek, the further the wrong direction it goes.
There are now to different sets of star trek folks. The original time line (Kirk,Spock,McCoy) VS everything that happened after JJ Abraham's ruined the story forever.
I watched the original ones as they came out. In black and white. I did not know there were red shirts until 1973, was overseas in the Army and saw it in color.
What is out now is pure rubbish.
The newer the trek, the further the wrong direction it goes.
There are now to different sets of star trek folks. The original time line (Kirk,Spock,McCoy) VS everything that happened after JJ Abraham's ruined the story forever.
I watched the original ones as they came out. In black and white. I did not know there were red shirts until 1973, was overseas in the Army and saw it in color.
What is out now is pure rubbish.
Holyzeus
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You say Trekker, I say Trekkie
Pattorashu
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Definitely a strong divide between Trek fans.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqQW0xKU0PM
Star Trek debate always reminds me of the episode of Futurama!
I'm glued to the Witcher on Netflix right now. Really well done IMO, especially for a show based on a book series that already has 3 fairly massive games associated with it.
Star Trek debate always reminds me of the episode of Futurama!
I'm glued to the Witcher on Netflix right now. Really well done IMO, especially for a show based on a book series that already has 3 fairly massive games associated with it.
owlman
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That is very true! I grew up with The Next Generation myself, and I have a hard time recognizing the new stuff as Trek at all. Sadly, this kind of includes "Picard" as well; at least I wasn't entirely happy with the premiere story-wise.
I do recommend "The Orville" as a rather faithful keeper of Old Trekness.
Erm...
Not sure that is 100% correct Didn't Star Trek have one of the first interacial kisses between Kirk and Uhura?
Pretty sure that was a hot social topic in 60's America.
I've seen all the various iterations of Star Trek and I like all of them, even the new films.
Having gay characters in Star Trek is a non issue. Not really sure what the fuss is about.
However, I literally spat my drink out when with ginger one from Discovery said 'fecking Awesome'.
Swearing on a Starship??
I'm sure Kirk would have stepped up to discipline her the dirty bastard.
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owlman
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Social topics (hot or otherwise) are the entire point of Star Trek. And of science fiction in general, for that matter.