Some Great Shows...

well, its Feb over here in Aussy land, and thats the time when old tv shows and some new tv shows both occupy the tv set at the same time. Repets are only on channel 7 (and if you dont know.. i hate channel 7 because they own the rights to both futurama and family guy, and they dont show it because they think they wont get enough ratings... and then they do show it at 12:00 at night, and they dont get ratings because its way too late at night...)

anyway... I love E.R. and its bloody death covered Emergecy Rooms and theaters... but a new show has come on too... Battle Star Galatica (well, the mini series was just on)... and instantly i loved the fighting scenes, even though at times they dont render the scenes as real as they could get (aka when they are in the storm cloud in outter space). but i love how they zoom in and out really fast, and make everything look either small or big purposly (something that was really had on models to do really fast).

but i also hate some new shows... LOST!!! WTF!!! there are soo many things wrong with this show... i didnt think it was that great, was a bit boaring...

so, tell me... because i couldnt find any threads on descussing tv shows (any tv show) (i bet you that someone will proberly find one directly under this thread knowing me luck), i decided we need a thread where we loosly talk about tv shows... and movies, if you want to. :D

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Originally Posted by chris-harry

well, its Feb over here in Aussy land, and........

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Really? And what month do you think it is for those of us in the U.S.A.?

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Really? And what month do you think it is for those of us in the U.S.A.?
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Ummm, (scratch_head.png) "beF" ??

:D

True ... "Lost" was a disapointment, especially repeating the first episode on the very second night (ha).

Slooooow plot. Hope the TRex eats em all up.


jm

yep... people in me physics class said its great... but i laughed and said... "HAHAHA you must be kidding me..." but they wernt really kidding... :oops:

now... lost is boaring....and also... channel 7 repeating Desperate House Wifes... now thats something that is soo sopie and desperate, thats its (i'm sorry to say this), kinda funny in a bad way... man, how many times did channel 7 show the first eppisode??? well, they are short for money (mainly because they were doing some big mistakes like underestamation of ratings for some shows, so they took them off.... opps...)...

Did you see the last episode of Voyager ... The quadrant is safe ... (grin)


jm

nup... sorry never heard about that show... whats it about?

Crieky (sic)

:eek:

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Star Trek ... Voyager is the name of the ship. Captain Jane Hatherway (i think) ... Lost in the delta quadrant ... they got back here in the last episode with Borg hot on their heals ... top episode. In Syd it was on at 12:00 PM Channel 9. "7 of 9" totally cool (grin)
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Here on Argentina (south America) we always watch the new shows one or two years later, thanks to the net I can watch as you Battle Star Galatica (don like it) Star Trek Enterprise (It's a pity the cancellation) and my favourite for the moment Stargate Atlantis!! I Love that show and I'm waiting for June where begins de 2nd season.

If not for the net ... love torrents 8)

hey what about all the tech shows. the old ones i miss... i think it was tech help 911 with leo laport and the screen saver which is getting all kinds of messed up now becasue of g4. i remember the days when yoshi did his cool mods now its kevin rose and his gril freind sara whom takes the spot light now. The oldent days of tech tv were so so nice. now that g4 has reared its ugly head in the way we all have to suffer with video game shows. Tech tv was ment for only tech shows! not video game shows... how lame do they have to get? I still say g4 should have never bought out comcast for tech tv! its just so sad!

i take it someone hates G4... :D

anyway... being in aussy land, we also dont get the good shows until two years later... which brings me to star gate... my friends absolutely love it... i to tell you the truth only watched it a couple of times, but never reallly got into it because of its late time (due to dumb ass chanel 7), and because of its aquard time...

but two shows i really loved... and still love....

FUTURAMA AND FAMILY GUY!!!!

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Originally Posted by Seyyapc

Here on Argentina (south America) we always watch the new shows one or two years later, thanks to the net I can watch as you Battle Star Galatica (don like it) Star Trek Enterprise (It's a pity the cancellation) and my favourite for the moment Stargate Atlantis!! I Love that show and I'm waiting for June where begins de 2nd season.

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Che Seyyapc (said gnarvaja while sipping his mate), the 2nd season of Stargate Atlantis is on its 3rd episode today. That's not 2 yeas!

--GN

Howdy gnarvaja,

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favourite for the moment Stargate Atlantis!!
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I guess that would be the same as "Stargate SC - 1" ... thats what it's called over in .au

Excellent show ...

What makes good sci-fi ???, i guess, authenticity, believable plots etc ... Not the easiest of things to do.

I have a problem though, with the type of show where, where ever they go ... the humans always think "their OK, every one else is an alien" (grin)

The better ones don't seem to do that ...

a top time-wast, isn't it

:)


jm

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Originally Posted by gnarvaja

... the 2nd season of Stargate Atlantis is on its 3rd episode today. ...

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On what planet is this? They might be starting to film the second season, but they certainly haven't aired any of it.

so... while we are all talking about star gate... whats star gate about???

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Originally Posted by jjmac

I guess that would be the same as "Stargate SC - 1" ... thats what it's called over in .au

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Wrong on two counts. There is a show Stargate SG-1; I doubt very much that it's renamed to Stargate SC-1 for AU.
Stargate Atlantis is a different show.

Thanks Harry Kuhman, for pointing that out, it was bugging me...

StarGate - and I think, the #1 was the fact that it was the "first" stargate found, not sure on this ( I dont follow SG1, but a friend does ), it could also be, the #1 was designated because it ( possibly ) was the first stargate that was actually working, and could still "connect" to the "other" stargates. If I recall correctly, they dont even know how it works, or if it broke, how they would fix it - the premise, on the idea, that a "stargate" could just "dissapear", and not be usable anymore :?: ( I think )

This show, following from his acting career in McGyver, has, probably, put the name "Richard Dean Anderson" in the anals of TV Career Actors, for years to come... ( IMHO )

As for Balltestar Galactica...

Sorry... This one does fly for me...

Considering I grew up with the "original" Battlestar series, I have to point out a small fact... actually, a few....

The boy had a robot dog, called "boxie" - not in the new series...

Starbuck was a MAN, not a girl - so, either the new series is "playing" off the idea this lady is his "daughter", funny, "Starbuck" in the old series was more of the "one night stand" kinda guy, so "daughter" doesnt fly... OR... between the old series and the new series, Starbuck got a MAJOR sex-change...

But, these are my views, your milliage may vary, and, no expressed, or implied, warrantee... ( you break it, you buy it )

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Originally Posted by Cuddles

StarGate - and I think, the #1 was the fact that it was the "first" stargate found,..........

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The show producers elected to add the SG-1 to the title. Their motive is not just using the Stargate name is unclear to me, but maybe they were just trying to distinguish it from the movie. The SG-1 term comes from the designation of the "team" of people who go through the gate. Richard Dean Anderson's team of 4 people was the first team as was designated SG-1. In the stories there are other teams as well, designated in increasing numbers (a patch showing SG-22 was seen on a recent show). Sometimes the actors cross over into the SG-1 stories, but usually the show just focus on the SG-1 team that it is named for. Starting season 8, RDA was promoted and is no longer part of the team, but somehow they still come up with an occasional need for him to go through the gate.

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Originally Posted by chris-harry

so... while we are all talking about star gate... whats star gate about???

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Not an expert, I dont watch it much, but... here is my best shot...

Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis, are two sperate "stargates" ( a stargate is a large "ring" with cryptic hyroglyphics around the outside of it, possibly from the alien civilization who created them, and of which, we dont know who they are, or where... possibly, when one of there worlds was dieing, they used a stargate to escape death? But, we dont know this )

The premise of the shows is to use a "stargate" to connect with another "stargate" - to traverse space, posibly even time - to the other location. I.e. SG-1 can "connect" to "atlantis" and people, or things, can be "transported" to both locations and back...

From what I know about the shows; they can find "new" stargates, and explore them, or use "old" "known" stargates to do things there... Its kinda like the whole "Star Trek" thing, except they dont need a ship to go there. From my "vast" non-knowledge of the shows, I am not even sure if they can "control" the stargates, or if they can "randomly" just connect where they want, without "human" intervention, thus adding a sense of "new-ness" to the show; e.g. "Where are we going today?"

From what I can tell, Stargate SG1 located the Stargate Atlantis, and now has "spawned" off a second series on its own... Again, kinda like the Star Trek - Next Generation and Star Trek - Deep Space 9

Correct me if any of my details are wrong, I dont propose to be a "follower" of SG's

[QUOTE]Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis, are two sperate "stargates" ( a stargate is a large "ring" with cryptic hyroglyphics around the outside of it, possibly from the alien civilization who created them, and of which, we dont know who they are, or where... possibly, when one of there worlds was dieing, they used a stargate to escape death? But, we dont know this )
[/QUTOE] limited knolege... (and word vocab), wernt the aliens the ones resposible for creating that time machine that didnt really work... and then it like kept sending them back ten hours or something... and they died out...

correct me if i am wrong... this is the only full episode i watched...

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Originally Posted by gnarvaja

(said gnarvaja while sipping his mate), the 2nd season of Stargate Atlantis is on its 3rd episode today. That's not 2 yeas!

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I doubt that because the are filming the 2nd season now but on the good point SCI FOX show the first episode the last thursday and later teken.

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Originally Posted by Cuddles

I am not even sure if they can "control" the stargates, or if they can "randomly" just connect where they want, without "human" intervention, thus adding a sense of "new-ness" to the show; e.g. "Where are we going today?"

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The can control where to go, Stargate SG-1 have a list of possible adresses, the same goes on the show Stargate Atlantis. However your saying is correct with "Where are we going today?" , because they explore the big list of directions.

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Originally Posted by chris-harry

wernt the aliens the ones resposible for creating that time machine that didnt really work... and then it like kept sending them back ten hours or something... and they died out...

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The ancientes but sorry I can't tell more ... spoilers..

well i dont care about spoilers... i dont know about the others... but i'm sure everyone saw that eppisode...

BECAUSE ITS EVIL!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:


Battle Star Starts tonight...

There was a big plant taking over the star gate base in the last eppisode over here... me friends absolutely loved it that i had to endure a whole day listening to this plant grow (and who said watching the grass was boaring), and this captin guy turning off the lights...

Of course i didnt get to see it... but i needed to contribute something... i havent been doing that lately :( :oops: I feel like a kinda free loader.

I might watch it next time it is on... Or just borrow the first couple of seasons from me friend, but i proberly wont be able to watch them... got a whole heap of dvd's to watch, like the first season of big bouncing boobs i mean alias... and me matrix trillogy

Harry Kuhman wrote:
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I guess that would be the same as "Stargate SC - 1" ... thats what it's called over in .au
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Wrong on two counts. There is a show Stargate SG-1; I doubt very much that it's renamed to Stargate SC-1 for AU.

Stargate Atlantis is a different show.
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(grin), ok, ok, Thats what i ment :roll: heh heh ...

So, there's another one too. Uha, thanks for the correction :)


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If I recall correctly, they dont even know how it works, ...
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I think thats the point, know one knows how it works except for some long gone ancient race.


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or if it broke, how they would fix it ...
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(grin) heh heh :roll:

If it ever needs re-installing :roll:, well ..... nope , wont go there, (grin)



Cuddles wrote:
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chris-harry wrote:
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so... while we are all talking about star gate... whats star gate about???
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There's the plot answer above, and then there's the other answer...

It'll grow on you though ...


jm

aww come on... tell us... trust me manything grow on me you will understand if you saw whats living in me hair...

me and me friend were talking about this when I said this; (relatively)...

What makes a good SFX (like star gate), is that they have a main theam... and from that main theam they stread out and develope something new temperarily (most of the time, yes there are some exceptions to this)... also, just add in a splash *splot* of smart humor...

for example (back to star gate), They have the main theam "There is a star gate, and they use it to travel to places.", and then the developement theams apon that like "They get attacked by a plant", "Time keeps on repeting" etc (the story line)... at the same time, they have a dangerous threat, and some thing cool (like brain slugs (opps from futurama))...


we got onto that because we were talking about BSG, when i said that battle star is just starting to repeat itself... and it doesnt have smart humor... it only relies on the battles... but there is too little people to do too many battles anymore... they need to start visiting different plannets... start growing the pop so then they can have KICK ASS BATTLES IN SPACE!!! AND I MEAN REALLY KICKING ASS!! *STARTS swinging foot around*...

anyway... thats my...

Million $0.00000002 (sadly its all i have :sob:)

In other words, creatively written by people who believe, and like what there doing. Much of whatever is going to be considered "good", easily become very subjective. And just as easily become irrelevant. Unless that is the obvious purpose, then you have the classic "retro" category.

So, as a stand by to those concerns, which may fluctuate, or go through cycles ... ie; i guess most people have had the experience with a show they like a lot .. that you can just tell that they have changed their writers. Not always for the better.

The stand by thing i was about to mention though ... it's something that distinguishes the Star Trek type of Sci-Fi ... attention to detail, and authenticity.

Witness the difference between, say, an early Star Trek and Star Wars. In the later a mention is made of "having done the Orion run in under 10 parsecs" where in Star Trek, Spoke once answered a question concerning how far away something was with "approximately 1.342 parsecs Captain" (the 1.342 is just out of the air).

Point being, Star Wars didn't work for me, because i could rest with a par-sec being used to denote "speed/time", where its' usage in Star Trek, as a measure of distance was quite reasonable. Especially taking it to 3 decimal places, rather than 4. Thats also quite reasonable.

That may sound a little pedantic, but Star Trek and similar types will always pay that extra attention to detail. For me, the Star Wars expression disturbed my flow, and so, just wrecked any enjoyment i otherwise might have had.

SG-1 is good like that. I like the way that the humans have now become just another race of aliens, in a very big universe, rather than thinking everyone else is strange except for them. And the inclusion of Tilk (may have got the name wrong there), the way he expresses a continual bemused, but not quite surprised response to the various habits/ways of the humans around him.




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There's the plot answer above, and then there's the other answer...
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I caught myself about to launch into a, probably long rant on psychological archetypes, and how they find expression in movies etc ... but held it back at the last minute :) ... I figured it would probably be enough to bore Godzilla to distraction, so i didn't :)



jm

any way... good point(s)...

lets move on... the next star wars is coming out (the last too didnt have anything as good as the originals... lets hope the next one is A HELL OF A LOT BETTER!!!! GRRRR)...

Battle star, the other night... was ok... it was fairly ok...

anyway... Who has been watching Desperate House wifes...

some of its funny. but rather strange???

your opinions???

"Phantom Menace" episode 1, was on the other night. Enjoyed it a lot. Mainly the race scene. The critter eating the apples with his tounge was good too.

Desperate House wives !!!, very strang c-h (heh).

"The Last of The Dogmen" was on last night, good. About a 'Shiane' (spelling ??) tribe found by a bounty hunter in Northern USA.

I can't knock Desperate House Wives really, i have been known to watch "Teletubs" in the morning at times ...

The greatest all time show though, has to be the "Rocky & Bullwinkle" sketches ... including "Rodger Ramjet"


What did you find strange ?


jm

not at all...

In Phantom Menace, you should see/hear the pod racing on me tv...

*dribbles from the shear excitement*, with the base just rumbling... the visual effects... wow... its.... breath taking...

Atlantus star gate... was on last night... didnt get to see it.. aww... so can someone go threw it with me... quickly please... :D much appriciated... :D

anyway, just been watching babylon 5, up to the third season (the graphics do get better, real better... or either i just get use to it)... anyway... its old, some of the stuff is korney, but its great... anyone wanna talk about it (please no spoilers for me... PLEASE!!)...

how cool was it when the centari attacked the narn homeworld... now that was a good scene.. :D:D

i like Kosh... hehe... he looks soo cool in his suit...