Yes, it's borderline comically implausible. The first episode started with the caption that an alien spacecraft crashed, and the debris has finally reached, and started falling on the earth. The polar opposite of the many books written on how everything in Star Trek is theoretically possible.
EDIT: For the past couple of decades, sci-fi shows haven't done well at all on prime time network television. Most were cancelled, leaving us diehard fans hanging. Perhaps the producers, and NBC are banking on a show which is more drama than sci-fi.
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"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
I'm of the general opinion that decent shows should stay off network television due to too much interference from the top causing excessive safety and not enough risk taking.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
^^ Had Seinfeld premiered in today's climate, it would've been canceled after only a few episodes. It was originally on Wednesdays, as a lead-in to Night Court. It didn't take off, becoming one of the highest rated sitcoms of all time until NBC moved it to Thursdays, their powerhouse night of comedy at the time.
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"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
I remember watching that first season of Seinfeld and yeah, no one else was watching it.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Twin Peaks, first season, is on Canadian streaming, Crave. Huge David Lynch fan - Blue Velvet a top 20 movie for me. Looking forward to the season.
What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
SPOILER ALERT
First of all, I've only ever read one Stephen King novel (The Shining) and I don't know how this show compares to the novel so I can only base my reaction to the show.
I will say that, overall, I thought it was fine, if a bit anticlimactic. I didn't like the beginning after the cop and PI got killed; both were likeable characters. But I could live with it.
There was one thing that was never explained or shown, however, that kinda bugged me. After it kills someone, why does it feel a need to transform again? Or, perhaps a better question is why does it transform back to its original form? Which raises another question: between transformations, why does it look like the disfigured guy in the hoodie when it's not human in the first place? I can assume it needs a physical form to do what it needs to do but why is the default the hoodie guy?
As for how things were wrapped up, why did Ralph keep cutting off Holly and the entity and not let them talk? It seemed like a prudent thing to do to get to know as much about it as possible.
Why did they even try to kill it? If it's taken a physical form and can't be killed, as Ralph concludes, then wouldn't trapping it in the cave be the best solution to containing it?
The biggest head scratcher was the DA getting the video of "Claude" after trying to abduct the kid and the DA then reopening the investigation of the Peterson kid murder. By that I mean, wouldn't Claude then become suspect #1 to the DA? They never showed the state cop explaining anything to the DA. And if he had, then what is the DA going to think?
And why show the epilogue of Holly dreaming about Jack?
While it had some problems - and I did feel a need to watch it again right after finishing it - it didn't just shit the bed in the final episode the way a lot of shows and miniseries have.
So, what was your reaction/assessment?
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
That's because almost all of them have sucked.
This.
Seinfeld was almost cancelled. It only survived because of one of the execs at NBC:
The show premiered as The Seinfeld Chronicles on July 5, 1989. After it aired, a pickup by NBC seemed unlikely and the show was offered to Fox, which declined to pick it up. Rick Ludwin, head of late night and special events for NBC, however, diverted money from his budget by canceling a Bob Hope television special, and the next 4 episodes were filmed. These episodes were highly rated as they followed summer re-runs of Cheers on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m., and the series was finally picked up. [NBC research showed that the show was popular with young male adults, a demographic sought after by advertisers. This gave NBC an incentive to keep broadcasting the show] At one point NBC considered airing these episodes on Saturdays at 10:30 p.m., but gave that slot to a short-lived sitcom called FM. The series was renamed simply Seinfeld after the failure of short-lived 1990 ABC series The Marshall Chronicles. After airing the remaining four episodes of its first season [in] the summer of 1990, NBC ordered thirteen more episodes. Larry David believed that he and Jerry Seinfeld had no more stories to tell, and advised Seinfeld to turn down the order, but Seinfeld agreed to the additional episodes. Season two was bumped off its scheduled premiere of January 16, 1991, due to the outbreak of the Persian Gulf War. It settled into a regular time slot on Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. and eventually flipped with veteran series Night Court to 9:00. [Wikipedia]
One of the all time great moments of Seinfeld was when Kramer came back into Jerry's apartment, slapped his money down on the counter, and announced he was out of the contest... 10 minutes after they made the bet.
My favorite moment/line of the show was in "The Subway" episode, when the woman tried to swindle George and left him handcuffed to the bed in the hotel and his question to her as she was leaving: "Will I see you again?"
BTW, I've seen that assertion before. That episode, "The Contest", aired on Wednesday in November of '92. They didn't move the show to Thursdays until the first week of Feb in '93, five episodes later. It already had an audience by then but that's when it took off.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Watched the documentary “Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel” on Netflix last night. The story is interesting, but what might have made a decent 90-minute doc. Is dragged out over 4 episodes full of filler. The whole “internet sleuths” portion of the show was way over bloated and just goes to show how many idiots there are out there. The fact that a totally innocent person was cyber bullied to the extent that he was is also disturbing. In the end it is a sad tale of a girl dealing with mental illness that could have been told much better IMO.
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
My response to people complaining sci-fi shows are basically the same show: for that matter, police procedurals are basically the same show. Military shows are basically the same show. Hospital shows are basically the same show. Lawyer shows are basically the same show. Primetime soaps are basically the same show. Reality shows are basically the same show. And so on......
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
Some shows on Netflix due to be released or have another season coming, all of which I'm thrilled about:
Formula 1: Drive to Survive. Will be released on the 19th, 12 days from now!
Dead to Me. Another season coming.
Emily in Paris. Another season coming.
Locke & Key. Another season coming.
Warrior Nun. Another season coming.
Still no word on Altered Carbon, I Am Not Okay With This, or Umbrella Academy.
Another season of Stranger Things is coming but I don't know if I'm onboard or not.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Love Altered Carbon
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Interviewer of reprobate ne'er-do-well musicians of the long-haired rock n' roll persuasion at: www.velvetthunder.co.uk and former scribe at Classic Rock Society. Only vaguely aware of anything other than music.
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I liked the 1st season of "Dead To Me" but then, like it seems that a lot of Netflix series do, it started spiraling into more and more absurd situations that detract from the characters and the main story line. At least that's how I perceived it. Maybe I'm just a crotchety old man. I tried with the last season, mostly because I love Linda Cardellini, but no dice.
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