The Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, and Superhero Genre

[kevindavis007]

The Expanse Season 4 Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jc76QrX5Vg

[Free Vulcan]

‘Babylon 5’ Reunion 2020 — Is It Happening?

Rumors of a Babylon 5 reunion had the internet in a frenzy on Sunday (October 13) as reports claimed that PTEN confirmed a revival of the popular sitcom for 2020.

UPDATE 14/10/2019 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

Can you believe it's been 26 years since Babylon 5 first aired?! (26 years, 7 months, 22 days to be exact.)

https://en.mediamass.net/culture/babylon-5/reunion.html

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

‘Babylon 5’ Reunion 2020 — Is It Happening?

Rumors of a Babylon 5 reunion had the internet in a frenzy on Sunday (October 13) as reports claimed that PTEN confirmed a revival of the popular sitcom for 2020.

UPDATE 14/10/2019 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

Can you believe it's been 26 years since Babylon 5 first aired?! (26 years, 7 months, 22 days to be exact.)

https://en.mediamass.net/culture/babylon-5/reunion.html

Curious they refer to it as a 'sitcom'.

I didn't make it through an entire episode, but I never got the impression from others that it was supposed to be comedy.

[Ghost Bear]

‘Babylon 5’ Reunion 2020 — Is It Happening?

Rumors of a Babylon 5 reunion had the internet in a frenzy on Sunday (October 13) as reports claimed that PTEN confirmed a revival of the popular sitcom for 2020.

UPDATE 14/10/2019 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

Can you believe it's been 26 years since Babylon 5 first aired?! (26 years, 7 months, 22 days to be exact.)

https://en.mediamass.net/culture/babylon-5/reunion.html

Sitcom? 

My first thought on reading the headline (before I got to the update) was, how can they have a reunion, half the main cast are dead. 

[Smokin Joe]

Curious they refer to it as a 'sitcom'.

I didn't make it through an entire episode, but I never got the impression from others that it was supposed to be comedy.

Sitcom? Either they didn't see the show, or their autocorrect jumped up and bit them in a spot the editor didn't look.

[sneakypete]

Sitcom? 

 

@Ghost Bear

I'm betting the money men,the cast,and the writers are not real happy with that one.

[Ghost Bear]

@sneakypete you're probably right about that. The show did have it's funny moments, but comedy wasn't the focus of the show...


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[catfish1957]

Star Trek Piccard Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FySrgrKJguE

I am afraid to watch, as I am almost 100% sure Roddenberry, Jr. and Patrick Stewart are going to make this a SJW Puke-fest

[240B]

The Expanse Season 4 Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jc76QrX5Vg

The Expanse Season 4 Release Date, Trailer, Cast, and Other News
With The Expanse season 4 coming at the end of the year, we've got all the news surrounding the show's move to Amazon Prime Video.

https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/the-expanse/273399/the-expanse-season-4-release-date-and-other-news

[Snarknado]

Anybody here tried the 2005 Charlie Jade on Prime - similar premise to Counterpart? I watched 3 eps and would have continued except the frenetically jerky camera work gave me a raging headache.

[kevindavis007]

Anybody here tried the 2005 Charlie Jade on Prime - similar premise to Counterpart? I watched 3 eps and would have continued except the frenetically jerky camera work gave me a raging headache.

I tried to watch it when it was on the SciFi channel.. Blech..

[kevindavis007]

Check this movie out:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hIkU69-RBI

[kevindavis007]

FYI, the last season of The Man in the High Castle is now streaming.

[Gefn]

FYI, the last season of The Man in the High Castle is now streaming.

Hurray!!!! Pass the 

[Snarknado]

FYI, the last season of The Man in the High Castle is now streaming.

Someday I'm going to check that out. I wasn't impressed with the book but from what I've heard the show sounds pretty good...

[sneakypete]

Someday I'm going to check that out. I wasn't impressed with the book but from what I've heard the show sounds pretty good...

@Snarknado

I tried to watch the first season,but kept falling asleep.

Maybe I will give it a chance again?

[Ghost Bear]

@Snarknado

I tried to watch the first season,but kept falling asleep.

Maybe I will give it a chance again?

@sneakypete , I would suggest you give it another try. As I recall, the first season had a slow build to a pretty good finish, and the second season kept building from there. By the middle of the second season I couldn't stop watching it.

[sneakypete]

@sneakypete , I would suggest you give it another try. As I recall, the first season had a slow build to a pretty good finish, and the second season kept building from there. By the middle of the second season I couldn't stop watching it.

@Ghost Bear

Thanks for the tip! I can trudge through the slop if I know there is a reward at the end.

[verga]

Someday I'm going to check that out. I wasn't impressed with the book but from what I've heard the show sounds pretty good...

@Snarknado, @sneakypete The first half of the first season is confusing as all get out, but after that I loved it. Wife and i binge watched it.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

I have read that there are 2 unique American art forms.  Jazz and Comic Books.  I like them both but I'm a comic nerd above all and I see Superheroes as modern day American myths.  I started reading comics in the late 60's and I grew up watching Batman with Adam West, Wonder Woman with Linda Carter and the Hulk with Bill Bixby on TV.  I saw Christopher Reeves fly and Jack Nicholson bring the Joker to life.
A decade later live action films would bring Blade, Spiderman, the X-men and ultimate Batman film "The Dark Knght!"
A decade later Marvel would release the greatest Super Hero movies of all time including Iron Man, Avengers, Captain American Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America Civil War, Thor Ragnarok.  Avengers infinity War, and Avengers Endgame.

Also during this time Marvel produced some of the greatest Super Hero Television with Daredevil 1 and 2, Jessica Jones, and the Punisher.

Sadly some of the worst dreck ever created has also been produced in the last 10 years.  The DC TV universe is mired in woke, and their feature films are a mixed bag of mediocre (Aquaman, Suicide Squad)

Marvel's Phase 4 announcements leave me unimpressed.  Other than the next season of "The Boys" on Amazon I'm not seeing much to look forward too for superhero fans.

What say you?

[Smokin Joe]

I have read that there are 2 unique American art forms.  Jazz and Comic Books.  I like them both but I'm a comic nerd above all and I see Superheroes as modern day American myths.  I started reading comics in the late 60's and I grew up watching Batman with Adam West, Wonder Woman with Linda Carter and the Hulk with Bill Bixby on TV.  I saw Christopher Reeves fly and Jack Nicholson bring the Joker to life.
A decade later live action films would bring Blade, Spiderman, the X-men and ultimate Batman film "The Dark Knght!"
A decade later Marvel would release the greatest Super Hero movies of all time including Iron Man, Avengers, Captain American Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America Civil War, Thor Ragnarok.  Avengers infinity War, and Avengers Endgame.

Also during this time Marvel produced some of the greatest Super Hero Television with Daredevil 1 and 2, Jessica Jones, and the Punisher.

Sadly some of the worst dreck ever created has also been produced in the last 10 years.  The DC TV universe is mired in woke, and their feature films are a mixed bag of mediocre (Aquaman, Suicide Squad)

Marvel's Phase 4 announcements leave me unimpressed.  Other than the next season of "The Boys" on Amazon I'm not seeing much to look forward too for superhero fans.

What say you?

It's always a game of 'Can you top this' in the superhero genre, but when once straight characters turn gay, well, you lost me. The 'wokeness' is a definite no-go. Marvel reached its pinnacle with Stan Lee, and I doubt there will be another. His superhumans were ultimately, human, too. That is part of the allure they hold for budding Homo Sapiens, and adult forms of the species alike. Unfortunately, The Rat has reared, and I doubt the genre will be the same--along with the Star Wars franchise. While spinoff marketing has ever been important, my guess is that with Disney the creativity will drop and the merchandising will step to the fore.

While "The Boys" is a mite disturbing considering the whole conditioning of the reader/viewer to see superheroes as, well, heroes, it is a fresh twist on the topic and gets points for being creative, even if chewing at the feet of a previously iconic class of character. 

[kevindavis007]

Well, I binged watch The Man in High Castle, and it was good. In the final episode, there are more questions than answers.  I'm not going to say anything more.

[kevindavis007]

Here is another trailer of The Expanse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFdzpVt5rbk, it starts December 13th.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

It's always a game of 'Can you top this' in the superhero genre, but when once straight characters turn gay, well, you lost me. The 'wokeness' is a definite no-go. Marvel reached its pinnacle with Stan Lee, and I doubt there will be another. His superhumans were ultimately, human, too. That is part of the allure they hold for budding Homo Sapiens, and adult forms of the species alike. Unfortunately, The Rat has reared, and I doubt the genre will be the same--along with the Star Wars franchise. While spinoff marketing has ever been important, my guess is that with Disney the creativity will drop and the merchandising will step to the fore.

While "The Boys" is a mite disturbing considering the whole conditioning of the reader/viewer to see superheroes as, well, heroes, it is a fresh twist on the topic and gets points for being creative, even if chewing at the feet of a previously iconic class of character.

@Smokin Joe
Thanx for the reply

[Smokin Joe]

@Smokin Joe
Thanx for the reply

Rational posts deserve rational replies. You're a smart guy, so why not talk about things other than politics?

There is always common ground among intelligent people, sometimes broad, sometimes narrow, but there, nonetheless. 

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Rational posts deserve rational replies. You're a smart guy, so why not talk about things other than politics?

There is always common ground among intelligent people, sometimes broad, sometimes narrow, but there, nonetheless.

@Smokin Joe
There are many forums to talk about comic books and jokes.  Unsurprisingly I come here for the politics, and I come here because my NT opinions would not be tolerated at TOS, and my center right opinion would not be tolerated on a liberal forum.  I also come here because of thoughtful posters like yourself, it's lightly moderated, and even more participant moderated.  This allows me to explore my opinions in the relative safety of people who will understand my experiences as a Republican for almost 30 years.

I saw your post on the Ben Carson thread, and I agree intelligent people can find common ground.  Thank you for the compliment and of course I return it to you.  You're an asset to this forum. 

[Smokin Joe]

@Smokin Joe
There are many forums to talk about comic books and jokes.  Unsurprisingly I come here for the politics, and I come here because my NT opinions would not be tolerated at TOS, and my center right opinion would not be tolerated on a liberal forum.  I also come here because of thoughtful posters like yourself, it's lightly moderated, and even more participant moderated.  This allows me to explore my opinions in the relative safety of people who will understand my experiences as a Republican for almost 30 years.

I saw your post on the Ben Carson thread, and I agree intelligent people can find common ground.  Thank you for the compliment and of course I return it to you.  You're an asset to this forum.

Thank you for your kind words. We all have some part to play.

[Sighlass]

Wonder Woman - Bloodlines...

Boring and same old storyline... crude animation compared to previous offerings. Don't bother... watched it with my brother (who likes the Superhero line)...

[Free Vulcan]

'Mars' on Netflix is pretty darn interesting. Unique format, toggling between 2016 and 2033. Very intriguing to watch.

[sneakypete]

Wonder Woman - Bloodlines...

Boring and same old storyline... crude animation compared to previous offerings. Don't bother... watched it with my brother (who likes the Superhero line)...

@Sighlass

I didn't even like the comics when I was a kid,but I was a HUGE fan of Linda Evans. She was indeed a "Wonder Woman". I would get a little dizzy every time I saw her in that costume.

[sneakypete]

'Mars' on Netflix is pretty darn interesting. Unique format, toggling between 2016 and 2033. Very intriguing to watch.

@Free Vulcan

Thanks for the tip. I have been eyeing it and been tempted to give it a click,but passed on to other things. Now I will give it a try.

[kevindavis007]

@Free Vulcan
@sneakypete


I already saw Mars that is on Netflix.  Just be warned the 2nd season is nothing more than Green Propganda bulls**t.

[EasyAce]

@Sighlass

I didn't even like the comics when I was a kid,but I was a HUGE fan of Linda Evans. She was indeed a "Wonder Woman". I would get a little dizzy every time I saw her in that costume.

@sneakypete
You mean Lynda Carter, no? 



This was Linda Evans . . .

[Free Vulcan]

@Free Vulcan
@sneakypete


I already saw Mars that is on Netflix.  Just be warned the 2nd season is nothing more than Green Propganda bulls**t.

@kevindavis
@sneakypete

Yeah I swerved into that last night, not long after I posted. Sad. First season was great. Now I just want to choke out the Marta character. What a haughty, pompous asshat.

[sneakypete]

@sneakypete
You mean Lynda Carter, no? 

 

@EasyAce

Yes,I still get a little dizzy when I hear her name,or think about her getting out of that swimming pool during the first tv "battle of the somebodies or something". In fact,I watched it several times before someone told me who it was. For some reason I was having trouble seeing her face.

[sneakypete]

@kevindavis
@sneakypete

Yeah I swerved into that last night, not long after I posted. Sad. First season was great. Now I just want to choke out the Marta character. What a haughty, pompous asshat.

@Free Vulcan   @kevindavis

That does seem to be the way this evil old world is turning,doesn't it?

Noticed how there are a lot of commercials now with black male and white female couples? I saw one a couple of days ago that had 3 different "happy couples and their kids" coming out of a store after shopping,and in every case the father was black,the mother was white,and they were all mixed race kids.

Then I started to notice how common that scenario was in other commercials,too. NEVER a white husband and black wife,and it now seems to be getting rare to see a black husband and black wife,or a white husband and white wife.

To ME,this seems to go beyond marketing a product,and into the "marketing an image and lifestyle" territory.

BTW,if some of you want to call me a racist because I see what is happening and comment on it,go ahead. I flat don't care what you think.

[EasyAce]

@EasyAce

Yes,I still get a little dizzy when I hear her name,or think about her getting out of that swimming pool during the first tv "battle of the somebodies or something". In fact,I watched it several times before someone told me who it was. For some reason I was having trouble seeing her face.

@sneakypete
Like you said, the costume made you a little dizzy. 

[Snarknado]

All that twirling would make anyone dizzy...

[truth_seeker]

Dr. Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff, in their book "The Coddling of the Americann Mind," state their belief that current 18-19 year old colllege freshman, are only as mature as 13-15 yr. old just a short time ago.

I will posit that interest in cartoons, and fantasy make believe inform me that many never grow the Ef up.

And that lack of growing up is at the root of drug/alcohol addiction,, school shooting violence, online hostile and profanity laced  misbehavior, etc.

 

[sneakypete]

Dr. Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff, in their book "The Coddling of the Americann Mind," state their belief that current 18-19 year old colllege freshman, are only as mature as 13-15 yr. old just a short time ago.

I will posit that interest in cartoons, and fantasy make believe inform me that many never grow the Ef up.

And that lack of growing up is at the root of drug/alcohol addiction,, school shooting violence, online hostile and profanity laced  misbehavior, etc.

@truth_seeker

It is my OPINION the core cause of that is both parents working,and nobody bothering to take the time to teach the children right from wrong,or to monitor what they are doing and correct them.

What can you really expect from children that raise themselves other than anarchy and rebellion?

[truth_seeker]

@truth_seeker

It is my OPINION the core cause of that is both parents working,and nobody bothering to take the time to teach the children right from wrong,or to monitor what they are doing and correct them.

What can you really expect from children that raise themselves other than anarchy and rebellion?

Don't forget, the parents teachers and school admin, can't strike the child.

And another factor is that a juvenile parent will want to be friends, not an authority figure.  IOW parent wants to be liked, instead of respected.

[sneakypete]

 IOW parent wants to be liked, instead of respected.

@truth_seeker

You are much more optimistic than I am. From what I have seen,most parents want to be left alone to live their lives without being bothered by the rug rats.

[Smokin Joe]

@Free Vulcan   @kevindavis

That does seem to be the way this evil old world is turning,doesn't it?

Noticed how there are a lot of commercials now with black male and white female couples? I saw one a couple of days ago that had 3 different "happy couples and their kids" coming out of a store after shopping,and in every case the father was black,the mother was white,and they were all mixed race kids.

Then I started to notice how common that scenario was in other commercials,too. NEVER a white husband and black wife,and it now seems to be getting rare to see a black husband and black wife,or a white husband and white wife.

To ME,this seems to go beyond marketing a product,and into the "marketing an image and lifestyle" territory.

BTW,if some of you want to call me a racist because I see what is happening and comment on it,go ahead. I flat don't care what you think.

I'm not gonna call you a racist. I noticed the same thing a couple years ago, and it has only become more common.
The other thing I see missing, and they've been AWOL for a long time, are intelligent straight white male characters who aren't patently evil.

[Smokin Joe]

@truth_seeker

It is my OPINION the core cause of that is both parents working,and nobody bothering to take the time to teach the children right from wrong,or to monitor what they are doing and correct them.

What can you really expect from children that raise themselves other than anarchy and rebellion?

That's part of the picture. Let them get a job at an earlier age, working alongside people who are supporting their families and dealing with adult life, and they just might mature some and develop a little common sense.
But instead, they aren't even allowed to run the french fry machine until they are old enough to think they know everything, and that everything is the mush they had stuffed in their heads in school by SJWs and assorted nitwit liberals, more often than not.

[sneakypete]

I'm not gonna call you a racist. I noticed the same thing a couple years ago, and it has only become more common.
The other thing I see missing, and they've been AWOL for a long time, are intelligent straight white male characters who aren't patently evil.

@Smokin Joe

Seems like all the "loveable sidekicks" or years past are all homosexuals now,too.

[Smokin Joe]

@Smokin Joe

Seems like all the "loveable sidekicks" or years past are all homosexuals now,too.

Yeah, and suddenly, there are no 'Green Lanterns, etc. in my house.
If the producers want to market to the 1-2% alphabet people, let them have that market, they don't need mine.

[sneakypete]

Yeah, and suddenly, there are no 'Green Lanterns, etc. in my house.
If the producers want to market to the 1-2% alphabet people, let them have that market, they don't need mine.

@Smokin Joe

Well,"those people" ARE the producers and the writers.

[Smokin Joe]

@Smokin Joe

Well,"those people" ARE the producers and the writers.

Well, they don't need my money. They aren't marketing to me. 

[Free Vulcan]

@Free Vulcan   @kevindavis

That does seem to be the way this evil old world is turning,doesn't it?

Noticed how there are a lot of commercials now with black male and white female couples? I saw one a couple of days ago that had 3 different "happy couples and their kids" coming out of a store after shopping,and in every case the father was black,the mother was white,and they were all mixed race kids.

Then I started to notice how common that scenario was in other commercials,too. NEVER a white husband and black wife,and it now seems to be getting rare to see a black husband and black wife,or a white husband and white wife.

To ME,this seems to go beyond marketing a product,and into the "marketing an image and lifestyle" territory.

BTW,if some of you want to call me a racist because I see what is happening and comment on it,go ahead. I flat don't care what you think.

@sneakypete

It's what I call 'the breakdown'. Cloward-Piven is the more formal term. Basically keep blending and blending till society is on big indistinguishable, dysfuntional mess. Breakdown family, race, ethnicity, sex, patriotism, hetero anything, religion - anything that people ground themselves in.

Create a cultural vacuum, weaken all resistance, and send in the globalist collectivist overlords.

[sneakypete]

@sneakypete

It's what I call 'the breakdown'. Cloward-Piven is the more formal term. Basically keep blending and blending till society is on big indistinguishable, dysfuntional mess. Breakdown family, race, ethnicity, sex, patriotism, hetero anything, religion - anything that people ground themselves in.

Create a cultural vacuum, weaken all resistance, and send in the globalist collectivist overlords.

@Free Vulcan   

Thank you for reminding me of Cloward-Piven. I had forgotten all about it.