TV/Movies Megathread

[CountDeMoney]

Of course, that's the problem with retconning sci-fi to fit a backstory, regardless of the universe.

Hell, the Catholic Church did a better job than either Star Wars or Star Trek.  Granted, it took 500 years or so, but the Church didn't have to work around George Lucas' or Gene Roddenberry's fuck ups, either.  They would've just been tried and burned. 

[mongers]

I finished watching the James Burke Documentary "The Day the Universe Changed" from 1986.  The premise is that as science developed mankind's view of the universe and our role in it changed.  At the end of the final chapter he gives a little speech about how the people who went against the grain had a rough time of it (argue with the church and you were a heretic, argue with the state and you were a revolutionary, argue with the educational establishment and you were a fool), but with the computer (and the internet, though he didn't mention that) he expressed hope that many disparate views would be able to arise.  These, in turn, would allow for a broader perspective.  So I thought, "Huh, I guess that didn't work out.  Better luck next time."



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Still a genius or at the very least a great communicator and enthusiast*.   



* Gave up spending an extra few seconds trying to think of the word for someone who encourages enthusiasm in others.



Incidentally if you have the time check out the beginning 15 minutes of the first episode of 'Connections', it's somewhat spooky.

[frunk]

The shoehorned ending [spoiler]kinda destroys the whole "If this is a consular ship, where is the Ambassador?" premise of Episode IV.[/spoiler]

True.  I'm curious to know what the re-shoots changed.

[Ed Anger]

I liked the Vader boarding scene. Assrape ahoy!

[CountDeMoney]

I liked the Vader boarding scene. Assrape ahoy!

Just lost his shit, too. 

A Christian don't go around a village cutting off heads and shit.

[katmai]

The shoehorned ending [spoiler]kinda destroys the whole "If this is a consular ship, where is the Ambassador?" premise of Episode IV.[/spoiler]

True.  I'm curious to know what the re-shoots changed.

Part of it was lead characters surviving the planet or so i've read.

[CountDeMoney]

Part of it was lead characters surviving the planet or so i've read.

Seriously?  The whole thing about these "Star Wars Stories" is they were supposed to be one-off products. Fucking Disney.

I would say I hope the Millennials get their childhoods raped as fucking hard and wide as our GenX kiddie puckernuts have by the Hollywood Industrial Complex, but they'll never notice because their faces will be buried in their little autism machines, not answering the fucking phone.

[Ed Anger]

 

[Eddie Teach]

* Gave up spending an extra few seconds trying to think of the word for someone who encourages enthusiasm

Motivator.

[Admiral Yi]

Cheer leader.

[The Brain]

Enabler.

[Savonarola]

Still a genius or at the very least a great communicator and enthusiast*.

Yes, it's a great series.  The ending was amusing because it seems so wrong from our current perspective; but that will change in time too.

Incidentally if you have the time check out the beginning 15 minutes of the first episode of 'Connections', it's somewhat spooky.

The technological trap, right?  It's what every doomsday prepper hopes for.

[Zanza]

Did anybody watch The Ozarks on Netflix? It's billed as the new Breaking Bad.

[11B4V]

Did anybody watch The Ozarks on Netflix? It's billed as the new Breaking Bad.

It's pretty good. Similar but different.

[Ed Anger]

American Greed - Art Schlichter.

Seedy's favorite Colts QB.