Author Topic: The Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, and Superhero Genre (Read 422398 times)

ABX · « **Reply #1675 on:** January 30, 2018, 05:55:32 pm »

Quote from: kevindavis on January 19, 2018, 01:10:57 am

The reality is this, who knows what our future will be like?

Will it be like The Expanse?
Will it be like Firefly?
Will it be like Star Trek?
Will it be like Babylon 5?
Will it be like The Orville?

Who knows..

We seem to be going the way of Idiocracy.

Joe Wooten · « **Reply #1676 on:** January 30, 2018, 10:02:27 pm »

Quote from: AbaraXas on January 30, 2018, 05:55:32 pm

We seem to be going the way of Idiocracy.

Agreed.....

Formerly Once-Ler · « **Reply #1677 on:** January 31, 2018, 02:23:03 pm »

Sorry for the foul language.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #1678 on:** January 31, 2018, 11:09:49 pm »

I wonder when the SyFy channel will go away.

Ghost Bear · « **Reply #1679 on:** January 31, 2018, 11:24:27 pm »

Quote from: kevindavis on January 31, 2018, 11:09:49 pm

I wonder when the SyFy channel will go away.

I wonder if there is something that is causing you to wonder that...

ABX · « **Reply #1680 on:** January 31, 2018, 11:45:20 pm »

Quote from: kevindavis on January 31, 2018, 11:09:49 pm

I wonder when the SyFy channel will go away.

Their ratings do seem to be having issues.

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/syfy-tv-show-ratings-updated-33879/

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #1681 on:** January 31, 2018, 11:52:07 pm »

Quote from: Ghost Bear on January 31, 2018, 11:24:27 pm

I wonder if there is something that is causing you to wonder that...

It seems to me that a lot of shows have been streaming either on Amazon, Netflix or CBS All Access..

Suppressed · « **Reply #1682 on:** February 01, 2018, 11:08:34 pm »

Quote from: Once-Ler on January 31, 2018, 02:23:03 pm

Sorry for the foul language.

It's fake. L.F. doesn't have an account.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #1683 on:** February 02, 2018, 01:26:01 am »

Meh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itqq9hzLapk

Formerly Once-Ler · « **Reply #1684 on:** February 02, 2018, 04:36:19 am »

Quote from: Suppressed on February 01, 2018, 11:08:34 pm

It's fake. L.F. doesn't have an account.

That is too bad. It was funny. Thank you for correcting me and the record.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #1685 on:** February 02, 2018, 06:13:05 pm »

EXCLUSIVE: SEE ONE OF RICHARD HATCH'S FINAL PERFORMANCES IN WEB SERIES PERSONAL SPACE
http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/exclusive-see-one-of-richard-hatchs-final-performances-in-web-series-personal-space

Free Vulcan · « **Reply #1686 on:** February 06, 2018, 10:19:34 pm »

Been watching Altered Carbon on Netflix. It's fairly creative, generally good presentation and dialogue, has it's moments, and is sometimes even profound.

Still, the writing and directing needs to be a bit tighter and more focused. It tends to flop around aimlessly too often for me, and there's way too much blood and nudity.

ABX · « **Reply #1687 on:** February 06, 2018, 10:22:50 pm »

Speaking of Netflix, they dropped the 3rd Cloverfield movie early. Watched it last night. It was very interesting and a different view of the Cloverfield incident. I won't give too much away but it is a bit more Aliens and Event Horizon versus how the first Cloverfield movies were.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #1688 on:** February 12, 2018, 02:44:23 pm »

Spoiler Alert:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARbHXtx94fU

ABX · « **Reply #1689 on:** February 12, 2018, 05:00:53 pm »

I binged watched the entire new series Altered Carbon on Netflix on Friday and Saturday. It is really good, no matter what the critics say. It is a good cross between Blade Runner and The Matrix. Yes, it has some plot holes, yes, some of the character development is not well done, but the world creation is great, the CGI is excellent, and the story/concept is good.

Just a note, this isn't for children. This would be a hard R rating, a lot of nudity and sex. Nothing that offends me (albeit, I'm not one to be offended by anything) but some may be turned off by that.

ABX · « **Reply #1690 on:** February 12, 2018, 05:02:37 pm »

sneakypete · « **Reply #1691 on:** February 12, 2018, 05:43:50 pm »

Quote from: AbaraXas on February 12, 2018, 05:00:53 pm

I binged watched the entire new series Altered Carbon on Netflix on Friday and Saturday. It is really good, no matter what the critics say. It is a good cross between Blade Runner and The Matrix. Yes, it has some plot holes, yes, some of the character development is not well done, but the world creation is great, the CGI is excellent, and the story/concept is good.

Just a note, this isn't for children. This would be a hard R rating, a lot of nudity and sex. Nothing that offends me (albeit, I'm not one to be offended by anything) but some may be turned off by that.

@AbaraXas

Thanks for the review. I have it saved for later viewing,but now I will bump it up a few notches. Finished Ripper Street this week,and got caught up on Shameless.

Ghost Bear · « **Reply #1692 on:** February 12, 2018, 05:54:38 pm »

Quote from: AbaraXas on February 12, 2018, 05:00:53 pm

I binged watched the entire new series Altered Carbon on Netflix on Friday and Saturday. It is really good, no matter what the critics say. It is a good cross between Blade Runner and The Matrix. Yes, it has some plot holes, yes, some of the character development is not well done, but the world creation is great, the CGI is excellent, and the story/concept is good.

Just a note, this isn't for children. This would be a hard R rating, a lot of nudity and sex. Nothing that offends me (albeit, I'm not one to be offended by anything) but some may be turned off by that.

Spouse and I watched the first episode of "Altered Carbon" Saturday night. We both enjoyed it. It has some intriguing world-building and SF concepts. However, both of us found the episode too "dense" to watch more than one episode at a time. We needed to watch something lighter to decompress afterwards. But, we'll keep watching it.

Free Vulcan · « **Reply #1693 on:** February 17, 2018, 02:00:30 am »

Season 4 of Z Nation just popped up on Netflix.

Formerly Once-Ler · « **Reply #1694 on:** February 18, 2018, 12:35:13 am »

Gefn · « **Reply #1695 on:** February 18, 2018, 03:28:25 am »

There's a new SF cartoon series that just launched on TBS last week called "Final Space".

Pilot episode is free on iTunes. I downloaded it will watch it tomorrow I think

Machiavelli · « **Reply #1696 on:** February 19, 2018, 02:43:47 am »

Why canâ€™t Star Trek: Discovery commit to serialized storytelling?

Chaim Gartenberg
The Verge
February 13, 2017

Quote

Star Trek: Discovery has staked a lot on the idea that it was telling a different kind of Star Trek story â€” a tighter, more plotted-out version of Trek instead of the crisis-of-the-week style of earlier shows, which were designed to meet the needs of cable syndication. But Discovery â€” which just wrapped up its first season on Sunday â€” didnâ€™t embrace long-arc storytelling. The creators and writers divided the season and its story into disparate pieces, and crammed them so full of flashy plot twists and reveals that the series rarely reached beyond hammering home its core conceit: that war is bad, and morals are good.

And boy, does Discovery want its fans to feel the weight of that motto. The showâ€™s cycling plotlines looped from the pilot (almost unrelated to the larger story), to the nearly standalone middle episodes, to the larger Klingon war arc, the Mirror Universe detour, and then the slightly different second Klingon war plot. And throughout, the writersâ€™ room seemed willing to try any tactic to get that central point across. But by shattering the season into fragments of stories, Discovery ended up with characters who barely changed over 15 episodes. They spent the whole season going through the same motions in whatever Mad Libs scenario a given episode required.

More

This is not Trek. It's an abomination.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #1697 on:** February 21, 2018, 04:01:40 pm »

â€˜Lost In Spaceâ€™: Netflix Remake Gets Premiere Date & First Look
http://deadline.com/2018/02/lost-in-space-netflix-remake-premiere-date-first-look-1202297639/

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #1698 on:** February 25, 2018, 01:00:05 am »

Here is a quick recap on The Expanse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEQame19KVY

It comes back on April 11th.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #1699 on:** March 02, 2018, 02:33:54 am »

http://www.mormonthink.com/glossary/battlestargalactica.htm