My least favorite star trek. I actually stopped watching it but my wife was sort of into it and wanted to continue so occasionally we watch it but I`ll be
glad when it's over.
I know that star trek has never been too "hard core" science fiction, that is leaning more toward the fiction and less toward the science but this new show just makes me cringe when they bring up fantasy elements like "time crystals".
Also there was one episode where (forgetting almost all of the details here) there was something going on far away and they said it would take them years to
get there but I did the math in my head given they're at warp 5 (which in an earlier episode they used so I know they have warp 5 at least) it would have taken about a month which in space travel terms is a short hop.
Oh, and one scene where one of the bridge crew said "The computer thought we were upside down". I was thinking... what the hell does "upside down" mean in
the context of space. and why would the computer care anyway?
I try to disregard all that kind of stuff and focus on the story but it's really taxing my ability to suspend disbelief.
I know a show like this has to balance realism with telling a story line but the one area were they opted for more realism was with Klingons actually speaking Klingon in the absense of a universal translator (no starfleet person
around) but that`s one area I would prefer they just speak english because I know they`re speaking Klingon but we're the audience and the whole story is told for our benefit.
at this point. Most of the rest of
cast are better written at least.
at this point. Most of the rest of
cast are better written at least.
including the woman with the red hair
who they try to make "chatty" but its
like her monologues come out of the
beginners guide to writing annoying
sidekIcks. she doesnt even say much
either, just rattles it all off to make
it try to sound like a lot but it falls
flat and uncomfortable, has the be the
biggest "why are you here" character in
discovery, and this is discovery so
that's saying an awful lot
I'm okay with the Klingon as long as there's non-english subs.
My biggest issue is the character development for the lead character is absolutely absent. Time after time after time this character just does
what they decide is best, completely ignoring the chain of command or anything resembling an honor code. It's probably the only thing that's consistent in her character. She's like the a concentrated abstraction
of everything wrong with youth in someone who should have learned better
at this point. Most of the rest of the cast are better written at least.
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You take that back. Tilly is the best character in Discovery, and I will fi anyone who disagrees!
You take that back. Tilly is the best character in Discovery, and I will fight anyone who disagrees!
including the woman with the red hair
who they try to make "chatty" but its
like her monologues come out of the
beginners guide to writing annoying
sidekIcks. she doesnt even say much
either, just rattles it all off to make
it try to sound like a lot but it falls
flat and uncomfortable, has the be the
biggest "why are you here" character in
discovery, and this is discovery so
You take that back. Tilly is the best character in Discovery, and I
will fight anyone who disagrees!
I also like Tilly in Discovery.
Ha, i mean she's no riker or spock that's for sure. her command would be
Re: Re: Any thoughts on Disco
By: Mantrid to Bob Roberts on Wed Jan 06 2021 12:01 am
Ha, i mean she's no riker or spock that's for sure. her command would b
It would be good to quote the part of the message you're replying to so we h some context to what you're talking about. Who is the "she" you're referrin to?
Nightfox
flat and uncomfortable, has the be the
biggest "why are you here" character in
discovery, and this is discovery so
that's saying an awful lot
flat and uncomfortable, has the be the
biggest "why are you here" character in
discovery, and this is discovery so
that's saying an awful lot
Just pretend it's not a Trek show and it's actually called "Gays In Space", then it's pretty good.
That's a little stretch. Discovery is the anti-Trek in that the episodes follow a season-based arc instead of a per-episode wash, rinse, and repeat formula everyone got use to.
Just pretend it's not a Trek show and it's actually called "Gays In Space", then it's pretty good.
Re: Re: Any thoughts on Disco
By: Phigan to Mantrid on Sun Jan 17 2021 04:08 pm
flat and uncomfortable, has the be the
biggest "why are you here" character in
discovery, and this is discovery so
that's saying an awful lot
Just pretend it's not a Trek show and it's actually called "Gays In Space then it's pretty good.
That's a little stretch. Discovery is the anti-Trek in that the episodes follow a season-based arc instead of a per-episode wash, rinse, and repeat formula everyone got use to. I find Discovery an enjoyable and engaging sto that is giving each character more depth as the seasons go on. Calling it "Gays in Space" is a stretch. Haven't you thought that maybe in the future people will stop looking at each other as straight or gay but instead fluid?
Dream Master
Didn't Deep Space 9 do season arcs too?
Also, Star Trek: Picard is doing whole-season arcs too.
I watched one or two seasons of DS9, didn't care for it. Star Trek: Picard is doing whole-season arcs and they are more enjoyable than individual episodes.
Re: Re: Any thoughts on Disco
By: Dream Master to Nightfox on Mon Jan 18 2021 10:20 am
I watched one or two seasons of DS9, didn't care for it. Star Trek: Picard is doing
whole-season arcs and they are more enjoyable than individual episodes.
Lately there have been times when I've felt tired of pretty much every TV show these days do
whole-season story arcs. You can't miss an episode and jump in anywhere anymore. And you
either watch the whole season or nothing. Episodes can often end with a cliffhanger.
Nightfox
Phigan wrote to Mantrid <=-
Just pretend it's not a Trek show and it's actually called "Gays In Space", then it's pretty good.
Dream Master wrote to Phigan <=-
That's a little stretch. Discovery is the anti-Trek in that the
episodes follow a season-based arc instead of a per-episode wash,
rinse, and repeat formula everyone got use to.
Mantrid wrote to Phigan <=-
ha, honestly if something was called "gays in space" i'd expect
something a lot more disco, like buck rogers turned up to 11, nothing below fabulous would be allowed
Mantrid wrote to Dream Master <=-
where's the exploration, the dilemmas, the character development, even
DS9 managed very nuanced and multilayered characters even thought it
was a very action-packed series around war (look at sisko's gradual
slide into being a war criminal versus quark's observations on the real ethics of humanity when their backs are against the wall)
Enterprise played with season-long story arcs with the Xindi story.
Re: Re: Any thoughts on Disco
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dream Master on Mon Jan 18 2021 04:57 pm
Enterprise played with season-long story arcs with the Xindi story.
That was probably my least favorite season of Enterprise. Knowing the whole season was going to deal with the Xindi, I got a bit bored with the storyline after a little while, and I wanted to see something different.
And Nog recuperating at Vic's. Loved that story.
enterprise was ran by some very disorganized confused people.
it took so long to get its footing. they constantly changed the theme song around to appease tv guide's complaints.
they ended it horribly with a holodeck episode.
Dream Master wrote to Nightfox <=-
Re: Re: Any thoughts on Disco
By: Nightfox to Dream Master on Sun Jan 17 2021 10:16 pm
Didn't Deep Space 9 do season arcs too?
Also, Star Trek: Picard is doing whole-season arcs too.
I watched one or two seasons of DS9, didn't care for it. Star Trek: Picard is doing whole-season arcs and they are more enjoyable than individual episodes.
Nightfox wrote to Dream Master <=-
Re: Re: Any thoughts on Disco
By: Dream Master to Nightfox on Mon Jan 18 2021 10:20 am
I watched one or two seasons of DS9, didn't care for it. Star Trek: Picard is doing whole-season arcs and they are more enjoyable than individual episodes.
Lately there have been times when I've felt tired of pretty much every
TV show these days doing whole-season story arcs. You can't miss an episode and jump in anywhere anymore. And you either watch the whole season or nothing. Episodes can often end with a cliffhanger.
Other shows played better without one (albeit the inclusion of season-ending cliff-hangers):
ST: Voyager
ST: TNG
Or any show really
I'm not fond of the new Picard series. I really tried to enjoy it.
And I thought they only changed the theme song maybe once or twice.. I don't remember constant changes in the theme song.
Nightfox
Re: Re: Any thoughts on Disco
By: Dream Master to Phigan on Sun Jan 17 2021 06:37 pm
That's a little stretch. Discovery is the anti-Trek in that the episode follow a season-based arc instead of a per-episode wash, rinse, and rep formula everyone got use to.
Didn't Deep Space 9 do season arcs too?
Also, Star Trek: Picard is doing whole-season arcs too.
Nightfox
Re: Re: Any thoughts on Disco
By: Phigan to Mantrid on Sun Jan 17 2021 04:08 pm
Just pretend it's not a Trek show and it's actually called "Gays In Space then it's pretty good.
ha, honestly if something was called "gays in space" i'd expect something a more disco, like buck rogers turned up to 11, nothing below fabulous would b allowed
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calcmandan wrote to Nightfox <=-
Lately there have been times when I've felt tired of pretty much every
TV show these days doing whole-season story arcs. You can't miss an episode and jump in anywhere anymore. And you either watch the whole season or nothing. Episodes can often end with a cliffhanger.
I'm with you there brother. I miss the terminal episode. Though,
honestly, some shows play better with an arc. It does bug me that
they always end with a cliffhanger:
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-
And I thought they only changed the theme song maybe once or twice.. I don't remember constant changes in the theme song.
i binge watched it last month. they changed it about 4 times.
sometimes it was little changes of tempo.
On 01-17-21 18:37, Dream Master wrote to Phigan <=-
That's a little stretch. Discovery is the anti-Trek in that the
episodes follow a season-based arc instead of a per-episode wash,
rinse, and repeat formula everyone got use to. I find Discovery an enjoyable and engaging story that is giving each character more depth
as the seasons go on. Calling it "Gays in Space" is a stretch.
Haven't you thought that maybe in the future people will stop looking
at each other as straight or gay but instead fluid?
On 01-17-21 22:16, Nightfox wrote to Dream Master <=-
That's a little stretch. Discovery is the anti-Trek in that the episodes follow a season-based arc instead of a per-episode wash, rinse, and repeat formula everyone got use to.
Didn't Deep Space 9 do season arcs too?
Also, Star Trek: Picard is doing whole-season arcs too.
On 01-18-21 08:10, Mantrid wrote to Phigan <=-
ha, honestly if something was called "gays in space" i'd expect
something a lot more disco, like buck rogers turned up to 11, nothing below fabulous would be allowed
On 01-19-21 08:28, Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-
I thought the first couple seasons were alright, and I thought season 4 was pretty good (though ending it like they did with the holodeck
seemed a little weird).
And I thought they only changed the theme song maybe once or twice.. I
My favorite "reset" nitpick is when a ship survives a battle and has received 87% structural damage and will require a tow to the next starbase, then is magically in tip top shape by the next week. Voyager would piss me off because of this. I recall one episode where the Hirogen turned then entire ship into large multi-deck holodecks for hunting down and reviving crew members over and over, then the next week the ship didn't appear to have been gutted and modified. I imagine if the Borg transform a ship into their technology, it can't be reset to defaults easily either.
I think the axe fell queskly, so they had to throw that last episode together. It was a disappointment, after season 4 being so good. Enterprise really found its feet in season 4, and season 5 and beyond could have been really good, with the Earth-Romulan war firing up (from other Trek sources) around 2155-2156, which is immediately after season 4 ended.
Gamgee wrote to calcmandan <=-
calcmandan wrote to Nightfox <=-
Lately there have been times when I've felt tired of pretty much every
TV show these days doing whole-season story arcs. You can't miss an episode and jump in anywhere anymore. And you either watch the whole season or nothing. Episodes can often end with a cliffhanger.
I'm with you there brother. I miss the terminal episode. Though,
honestly, some shows play better with an arc. It does bug me that
they always end with a cliffhanger:
Breaking Bad
I didn't think this ended with a cliffhanger. Walt is dead, and Jesse gets away. His later doings are chronicled in the movie "El Camino".
Better Call Saul
Not over yet. I believe a new season is about to start, or will be opening on Netflix, soon. Need to check on the status of this...
Nightfox wrote to calcmandan <=-
Re: Re: Any thoughts on Disco
By: calcmandan to Nightfox on Tue Jan 19 2021 03:43 pm
Other shows played better without one (albeit the inclusion of season-ending cliff-hangers):
ST: Voyager
ST: TNG
Or any show really
Some shows (including the above mentioned) had 2-part episodes. Those were the days when they had to say "To be continued..." at the end of
the episode, because episodes were usually stand-alone stories. Star Trek: Enterprise had 3-episode story arcs a couple times.
Phigan wrote to Mantrid <=-
Re: Re: Any thoughts on Disco
By: Mantrid to Tracker1 on Sun Jan 03 2021 04:32 pm
flat and uncomfortable, has the be the
biggest "why are you here" character in
discovery, and this is discovery so
that's saying an awful lot
Just pretend it's not a Trek show and it's actually called "Gays In Space", then it's pretty good.
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By the time Enterprise came out, I was burned out on star trek. Having grown up with it, and at one point, there was not a single hour of the evening where there wasn't a star trek playing.
I may give it a shot at some point.
My biggest issue is the character development for the lead character is
absolutely absent. Time after time after time this character just does
what they decide is best, completely ignoring the chain of command or
anything resembling an honor code. It's probably the only thing that's
consistent in her character. She's like the a concentrated abstraction
of everything wrong with youth in someone who should have learned better
at this point. Most of the rest of the cast are better written at least.
I used to have a supervisor who liked slogans, such as "learning by doing," and "do it right the first time." I tried to explain part of learning is the bitter sting of making mistakes, and doing things right the first time doesn't prove you're learing anything except you haven't made a mistake yet. He had nothing to throw back at me.
And they made her #1. Shes a freaking Ensign and now she's second to the Captain. It makes no sense! The other bridge officers are like happy and smiling that she got the job. Oh, I'm sure they're thrilled that their
years of starfleet career just got overlooked so some chatty redhead could run the ship.
On 01-19-21 20:56, Nightfox wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Yeah, it would have been interesting. Also, I've heard rumors that
there were plans to give the NX-01 Enterprise a refit, which would give
it a secondary hull, making it look more like later Enterprises with a bigger hull and saucer section.
On the other hand, there are some other long-running shows that I haven't watched in years, such as
The Simpsons and South Park..
On the other hand, there are some other long-running shows that I
haven't watched in years, such as The Simpsons and South Park..
Awww. Give South Park another shot. Maybe try "The South Park Pandemic Special" on HBOMax.
I burned out on the Simpsons awhile ago. They still get recorded but the number of episodes waiting for me keeps growing and growing.
Awww. Give South Park another shot. Maybe try "The South Park Pandemic Specia
" on HBOMax.
I burned out on the Simpsons awhile ago. They still get recorded but the numbe
of episodes waiting for me keeps growing and growing.
Nightfox wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Yeah, it would have been interesting. Also, I've heard rumors that
there were plans to give the NX-01 Enterprise a refit, which would give
it a secondary hull, making it look more like later Enterprises with a bigger hull and saucer section.
Yeah, it would have been interesting. Also, I've heard rumors that
there were plans to give the NX-01 Enterprise a refit, which would
give it a secondary hull, making it look more like later Enterprises
with a bigger hull and saucer section.
I didn't know if that was canon or not, but have seen images of the refit.
Nightfox wrote to calcmandan <=-
Re: Re: Any thoughts on Disco
By: calcmandan to Nightfox on Wed Jan 20 2021 02:23 pm
By the time Enterprise came out, I was burned out on star trek. Having grown up with it, and at one point, there was not a single hour of the evening where there wasn't a star trek playing.
I may give it a shot at some point.
I've never felt burned out with Star Trek. I've always liked it and
never really felt like I got tired of it.
On the other hand, there are some other long-running shows that I
haven't watched in years, such as The Simpsons and South Park..
I think I aged out of South Park and the Simpsons (which started when I was in high school mind you).
I never got into the simpsons but my wife used to check every week for new episodes, but that stopped around 2008. I haven't seen South Park since about then.
We cancelled cable in 2010. Cancelled Netflix in 2017. Talking
about cancelling Prime at the moment. We got nice antenna for broadcast tv but neither
of us watch that at all. Too many ads and most broadcast shows suck butthole.
I buy most dvd's at goodwill. And for anything fresh, there's putlocker and redbox. Yeah we're weird.
I never got into the simpsons but my wife used to check every week for new episodes
but that stopped around 2008. I haven't seen South Park since about then. We cancel
cable in 2010. Cancelled Netflix in 2017. Talking about cancelling Prime at the
moment. We got nice antenna for broadcast tv but neither
of us watch that at all. Too many ads and most broadcast shows suck butthole.
Arelor wrote to calcmandan <=-ep
Re: Re: Any thoughts on Disco
By: calcmandan to Nightfox on Sat Jan 23 2021 06:38 am
I never got into the simpsons but my wife used to check every week for new
isodest
but that stopped around 2008. I haven't seen South Park since about then. We
cancel
cable in 2010. Cancelled Netflix in 2017. Talking about cancelling Prime at
hebutthole.
moment. We got nice antenna for broadcast tv but neither
of us watch that at all. Too many ads and most broadcast shows suck
My father is a big Prime fan, or used to be. Turns out their catalogue
is going to worse. It is getting harder to find movies that are better than "bus" quality, and when you do, they want you to pay more.
* Bus Quality is the quality you may expect from a movie they play
during a bus trip.
Bus Quality is the quality you may expect from a movie they play during a bus trip.
I can relate. Netflix was like that from the beginning. Just a bunch of... old movies and tv shows. We're currently looking into cancellation of Prime. She uses amazo
LOT. I mean, TONS. but i suggested we look at our orders and see if they all qualify for free shipping. And if they dont, why not merge orders so they do. And even th
is it so bad to pay for shipping once in a while considering we pay $60+ a year for membership?
Wife would spend forty-five minutes flipping through album art. Then shut the tv off and pick up a book. Quite the bookworm she is. Amazon's more-or-less
the same.
I get better results with my library's streaming library (who buys titles on request) and putlocker (seemingly has everything including movies at the theater).
Anyhoo.
Daniel
Bus Quality is the quality you may expect from a movie they play during a bus trip.
I don't think we even get movies on bus trips here. :(
* SLMR 2.1a * You radiate cold shafts of broken glass!
This sort of film would NEVER make it through an ordinary distribution chann I think they are cramming all the junk in online streaming services because those are the only ones that will take it. On the other hand, regular distribution avenues (cinemas, optical media) are going to hell becuse peopl prefers cheap junk.
My father is a big Prime fan, or used to be. Turns out their catalogue is going to
worse. It is getting harder to find movies that are better than "bus" quality, and
when you do, they want you to pay more.
channel. I think they are cramming all the junk in online streaming services because those are the only ones that will take it. On the other hand, regular distribution avenues (cinemas, optical media) are going to hell becuse people prefers cheap junk.
this is by no means unique to prime though; Adam Sandler is doing very well for himself and his friends through Netflix, I don't know what blackmail material he has on them but he has turned netflix into a family cashcow for someone who in my opinion ranks among the dross filler material of steven seagal ----------------------
But 6$, 8$ there, there is so much that people will be willing to pay for, it's just back to what cable is and that's why people left cable.
well for himself and his friends through Netflix, I don't know what
blackmail material he has on them but he has turned netflix into a
family cashcow for someone who in my opinion ranks among the dross
filler material of steven seagal ----------------------
This sort of film would NEVER make it through an ordinary
distribution channel. I think they are cramming all the
junk in online streaming services because those are the
only ones that will take it. On the other hand, regular
distribution avenues (cinemas, optical media) are going
to hell becuse people prefers cheap junk.
After the last Prime film I have watched, I can just say I
would be deleting my Prime account if I had one.
WHAT A PILE OF SMOKING CRAP.
This sort of film would NEVER make it through an ordinary
distribution channel. I think they are cramming all the junk
in online streaming services because those are the only ones
that will take it. On the other hand, regular distribution
avenues (cinemas, optical media) are going to hell becuse
people prefers cheap junk.
I am glad I have a pile of DVDs from the golden era, because
the future of cinema (and of creative work in general) is
bleak as heck.
... here in Spain, ALSA buses come with a tablet per
passenger with access to an internal library of books,
movies and music.
They used to have "good" B-movies, so while the things they
had were nothing to write home about, at least you didn't
get bored during the trip. Now they have started bringing
cheaper European junk and most of it is terrible.
On 1/27/2021 7:20 AM, Arelor wrote:
This sort of film would NEVER make it through an ordinary
distribution channel. I think they are cramming all the
junk in online streaming services because those are the
only ones that will take it. On the other hand, regular
distribution avenues (cinemas, optical media) are going
to hell becuse people prefers cheap junk.
I think you dramatically underestimate the amount of crap to make it
throuh "ordinary distribution" prior to COVID... there was a LOT of it.
For every one of your "golden" DVDs, there are half a dozen movies that
were a hot mess.
After the last Prime film I have watched, I can just say I
would be deleting my Prime account if I had one.
WHAT A PILE OF SMOKING CRAP.
What was the film you watched? Is it Guns Akimbo with
Radcliffe?
I am glad I have a pile of DVDs from the golden era, because
the future of cinema (and of creative work in general) is
bleak as heck.
One thing I like about the earlier films is that the scripts
were actually very good and jam-packed with quick and smart
dialog.
I am not prepared to declare that the future of cinema is bleak,
but there sure are some adjustments and testing of the market
going on.
Hello Arelor!
** On Wednesday 27.01.21 - 08:23, Arelor wrote to Dumas Walker:
... here in Spain, ALSA buses come with a tablet per
passenger with access to an internal library of books,
movies and music.
They used to have "good" B-movies, so while the things they
had were nothing to write home about, at least you didn't
get bored during the trip. Now they have started bringing
cheaper European junk and most of it is terrible.
You spend a lot of time on these busses?
A while ago, I saw a meme someone posted that said something like "Some genius will probably end up bundling all the streaming services together and basically re-invent cable."
On 2021-01-27 3:42 p.m., Nightfox wrote:
A while ago, I saw a meme someone posted that said something like "Some genius will probably end up bundling all the
streaming services together and basically re-invent cable."
Sadly that guy is going to get slammed down by the majors players. I remember a firm that use to give live tv over the net. and they are a
model that was solid in a way it had a little tuner for each subscriber,
so in a way it was not illegal sharing etc. They got shot down.
Sad, but that's going to be hard when the content and the distribution
is owned by the same player. They are talking about monopolies, that
should be one that should looked into. Should a media owner also own the cable/cell/telephone network to broadcast it's stu
Ogg wrote to Arelor <=-
I just started trying out "The Expanse". The audio isn't very
good - hard to make out what some of the actors are saying - but
maybe it gets better.
I appreciate that "The Expanse" is on it, it's probably the only thing
I've watched on that service in a while. The music? never used it.
Sadly that guy is going to get slammed down by the majors players. I remember a firm that use to give live tv over the net. and they are a model that was solid in a way it had a little tuner for each subscriber, so in a way it was not illegal sharing etc. They got shot down.
I believe that was Aereo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aereo
The service was never available in Canada, but because of them we ended putting up our own antenna. We're not too far from the US border so we get all the usual US channels like Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC & even CW along with all of the Canadian networks like Global, City TV, CTV & CBC.
I was surprised when we first got it how clear everything is being over-the-air HD. We later bought a Tablo OTA DVR and now we can watch over-the-air TV on our Apple TV & also on any mobile device, even when we're not home.
The problematic monopolies are _horizontal_ monopolies. If I only own a hardware store, but I have the only store in town, my
suppliers must compete among each other in order to offer me the conditions I prefer, but the end user is stuck with the screws
I decide to supply to him.
Ogg wrote to Arelor <=-
I just started trying out "The Expanse". The audio isn't very
good - hard to make out what some of the actors are saying - but
maybe it gets better.
I had a real hard time with Battlestar Galactica's audio - specifically Starbuck. The actor was playing a sort of low, monotone, almost mumbly tone that made it hard to hear her; I have a sound bar with a "dialog enhance" feature I'd need to use just for that show.
I just started trying out "The Expanse". The audio isn't
very good - hard to make out what some of the actors are
saying - but maybe it gets better.
I had a real hard time with Battlestar Galactica's audio -
specifically Starbuck. The actor was playing a sort of low,
monotone, almost mumbly tone that made it hard to hear her;
I have a sound bar with a "dialog enhance" feature I'd need
to use just for that show.
I believe that was Aereo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aereo
..so we get all the usual US channels like Fox, CBS, NBC,
ABC & even CW along with all of the Canadian networks like
Global, City TV, CTV & CBC.
I was surprised when we first got it how clear everything is
being over-the-air HD. We later bought a Tablo OTA DVR and
now we can watch over-the-air TV on our Apple TV & also on
any mobile device, even when we're not home.
Supplement this with a streaming service or two and I'm not
missing paying for cable at all.
After the last Prime film I have watched, I can just say
I would be deleting my Prime account if I had one.
WHAT A PILE OF SMOKING CRAP.
What was the film you watched?
Guns Akimbo was stupid and it is never going to win a
meaningful award, but you could tell it had a soul. ...
Hello Arelor!
** On Thursday 28.01.21 - 05:41, Arelor wrote to Ogg:
After the last Prime film I have watched, I can just say
I would be deleting my Prime account if I had one.
WHAT A PILE OF SMOKING CRAP.
What was the film you watched?
Guns Akimbo was stupid and it is never going to win a
meaningful award, but you could tell it had a soul. ...
OK. But what do you call "A PILE OF SKOKING CRAP" above? Give
us examples.
Re: Cancelling Prime
By: Ogg to Arelor on Thu Jan 28 2021 09:19 pm
Hello Arelor!
** On Thursday 28.01.21 - 05:41, Arelor wrote to Ogg:
After the last Prime film I have watched, I can just say
I would be deleting my Prime account if I had one.
WHAT A PILE OF SMOKING CRAP.
What was the film you watched?
Guns Akimbo was stupid and it is never going to win a
meaningful award, but you could tell it had a soul. ...
OK. But what do you call "A PILE OF SKOKING CRAP" above? Give
us examples.
Well, in this case, the film that qualified as A PILE OF SMOKING CRAP would be "Timetrap".
i think tenet was a horrible movie. and they spent all that time working on the screenplay. i hated it.
Re: Cancelling Prime
By: Arelor to Ogg on Fri Jan 29 2021 04:37 am
Re: Cancelling Prime
By: Ogg to Arelor on Thu Jan 28 2021 09:19 pm
Hello Arelor!
** On Thursday 28.01.21 - 05:41, Arelor wrote to Ogg:
After the last Prime film I have watched, I can just say
I would be deleting my Prime account if I had one.
WHAT A PILE OF SMOKING CRAP.
What was the film you watched?
Guns Akimbo was stupid and it is never going to win a
meaningful award, but you could tell it had a soul. ...
OK. But what do you call "A PILE OF SKOKING CRAP" above? Give
us examples.
Well, in this case, the film that qualified as A PILE OF SMOKING CRAP would be "Timetrap".
i think tenet was a horrible movie. and they spent all that time working on the screenplay. i hated it.
Warpslide wrote to Ennev <=-
I was surprised when we first got it how clear everything is being over-the-air HD. We later bought a Tablo OTA DVR and now we can watch over-the-air TV on our Apple TV & also on any mobile device, even when we're not home.
Arelor wrote to Ennev <=-
The problematic monopolies are _horizontal_ monopolies. If I only own a hardware store, but I have the only store in town, my suppliers must compete among each other in order to offer me the conditions I prefer,
but the end user is stuck with the screws I decide to supply to him.
Arelor wrote to Ennev <=-
The problematic monopolies are _horizontal_ monopolies. If I only own a hardware store, but I have the only store in town, my suppliers must compete among each other in order to offer me the conditions I prefer, but the end user is stuck with the screws I decide to supply to him.
Hardware store == government subsidized telecom infrastructure. The US government paid to build a telecom infrastructure over their rights of way with tax dollars, then built a system with single incumbent vendors. Then had the audacity to charge for the infrastructure they inherited.
... Back in the stream that feeds the ocean that feeds the stream.
Arelor wrote to calcmandan <=-ol
Re: Re: Cancelling Prime
By: calcmandan to Arelor on Tue Jan 26 2021 01:26 pm
I can relate. Netflix was like that from the beginning. Just a bunch of...
d movies and tv shows. We're currently looking into cancellation ofye
Prime. She uses amazo
LOT. I mean, TONS. but i suggested we look at our orders and see if they all
qualify for free shipping. And if they dont, why not merge orders so
they do. And even th
is it so bad to pay for shipping once in a while considering we pay $60+ a
ar for membership?the
Wife would spend forty-five minutes flipping through album art. Then shut
tv off and pick up a book. Quite the bookworm she is. Amazon's more-or-less
the same.
I get better results with my library's streaming library (who buys titles on
request) and putlocker (seemingly has everything including movies at
the theater).
Anyhoo.
Daniel
After the last Prime film I have watched, I can just say I would be deleting my Prime account if I had one.
WHAT A PILE OF SMOKING CRAP.
This sort of film would NEVER make it through an ordinary distribution channel. I think they are cramming all the junk in online streaming services because those are the only ones that will take it. On the
other hand, regular distribution avenues (cinemas, optical media) are going to hell becuse people prefers cheap junk.
I am glad I have a pile of DVDs from the golden era, because the future
of cinema (and of creative work in general) is bleak as heck.
Nightfox wrote to Ennev <=-
Re: Re: Cancelling Prime
By: Ennev to Arelor on Wed Jan 27 2021 11:00 am
But 6$, 8$ there, there is so much that people will be willing to pay
for, it's just back to what cable is and that's why people left cable.
I agree. The idea was to cut costs, but with different shows being on different streaming services, you might end up spending close to the
same amount of money.
A while ago, I saw a meme someone posted that said something like "Some genius will probably end up bundling all the streaming services
together and basically re-invent cable."
Re: Cancelling Prime
By: MRO to Arelor on Fri Jan 29 2021 05:32 pm
i think tenet was a horrible movie. and they spent all that time
working on the screenplay. i hated it.
Tenet rocked! The movie was amazing.
Brian Klauss <-> Dream Master
i think tenet was a horrible movie. and they spent all that time
working on the screenplay. i hated it.
I just checked IMDB and read it has 7.5 points over 10.
I guess this comes to show that IMDB rankings are not worth a roll of toilet paper.
When I lived over in Silicon Valley, I played with the idea of Kodi+terrestrial HDTV, and it was pretty intriguing.
Now that I'm on the coast, I've tried with an indoor amplified HD antenna and I can't pick up any channels at all.
I came pretty close to cutting the cord and going with internet plus Roku; there are a couple of options to get local TV on Roku now.
I shop around online for what I"m looking for. More often than not, amazon isn't the cheapest even including shipping.
And for aviation stuff, forget about it. They're not even the cheapest regarding They books. And that's their core business.
Anyway...
Daniel
Re: Cancelling Prime
By: Arelor to MRO on Sat Jan 30 2021 06:16 am
i think tenet was a horrible movie. and they spent all that time
working on the screenplay. i hated it.
I just checked IMDB and read it has 7.5 points over 10.
I guess this comes to show that IMDB rankings are not worth a roll of toilet paper.
oh yeah, there's a whole weird group of people that are users on imdb. it's like people that are obsessed with wikipedia years ago.
i dont trust any of those ratings.
When I lived over in Silicon Valley, I played with the idea of Kodi+terrestrial HDTV, and it was pretty intriguing.
Now that I'm on the coast, I've tried with an indoor amplified HD antenna and I can't pick up any channels at all.
That's how it started with us, a small basic indoor antenna
which only got us one station. tvfool.com said we could get
more stations, but of course we needed to get the antenna
much higher..
..Now we have a mast attached to the side of the house and
two stacked antennas, one pointing to Toronto and the other
to Buffalo. We could get about 27 channels in total, 22 are
actually watchable after you filter out any of the religious
stations & the shopping network.
Well, in this case, the film that qualified as A PILE OF
SMOKING CRAP would be "Timetrap".
i think tenet was a horrible movie. and they spent all that
time working on the screenplay. i hated it.
I just checked IMDB and read it has 7.5 points over 10.
I guess this comes to show that IMDB rankings are not worth
a roll of toilet paper.
OK. But what do you call "A PILE OF SKOKING CRAP" above?
Give us examples.
Well, in this case, the film that qualified as A PILE OF
SMOKING CRAP would be "Timetrap".
Specially bad because they purchased a lot of positive
reviews in IMDB.
I'd watch Guns Akimbo ten times in a row than suffer
Timetrap again.
Other films that qualify as A PILE OF SMOKING CRAP in Prime
would include the Project Philadelphia remake and
Checkpoint.
Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I came pretty close to cutting the cord and going with internet plus Roku; there are a couple of options to get local TV on Roku now.
Interesting. I have a Roku Stick, and I'm curious to look into that.
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
So in essence you have firm that does as the government says. Or, in
some cases, the government says what the company tells them to say
because that way they politicians get a salary worth many kilobucks
once they retire.
They become so inter-mingled that at some point you can't see where the government ends and the corporation begins.
Other films that qualify as A PILE OF SMOKING CRAP in Prime
would include the Project Philadelphia remake and
Checkpoint.
I can't find "Project Philadelphia", but I remember the version
of Philadelphia Experiment" as a 1984 film; there was a remake
of that in 2012 as a TV movie. The lead actor (Michael Par�) in
the film version plays a new role in the TV version?
There were two free ones we tried - NewsOn, and Locast. Locast looked a lot better, but they don't serve our local area. I could set up my VPN to a San Francisco endpoint, but that was a lot of work. I was going to set up a routing table in my firewall to route only specific IP ranges through the firewall (including locast) but I ended up negotiating an attractive rate with basic cable through Comcast and kept the local channels.
Arelor wrote to calcmandan <=-
Re: Re: Cancelling Prime
By: calcmandan to Arelor on Fri Jan 29 2021 07:47 pm
I shop around online for what I"m looking for. More often than not, amazon isn't the cheapest even including shipping.
And for aviation stuff, forget about it. They're not even the cheapest regarding They books. And that's their core business.
Anyway...
Daniel
If you have been following the thread for a while, you may have already read this, but if you haven't:
Amazon has awful conditions for sellers. If you are a selelr, it is
very difficult to put stuff up there for a fair price unless it is Chinesse crap that you can pump out in high quantities. Amazon's page promotes products that are cheaper than their competitors, so if you
want to sell something good that is not priced in the Chinesse tier, Amazon is a poor platform. They will promote the Chinesse crap over
your material. So you either go somewhere else to sell or sell at an overcost to compensate (if you are selling low quantities you cannot afford Amazon plans that favor economies of scale).
Interestingly, many people I know are leaving Amazon (as customers) necause Amazon is trying to become a Chinesse Bazaar, but there are
better Chinesse Bazaars... Sure Lightinthebox or Aliexpress sell mostly shit, and have slow delivery times, but they outprice Amazon if you
only happen to want Chinesse junk.
gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken
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= Synchronet = Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL
tried to play one. I wondered if I actually have to physically be in that area (or try using a VPN).
No I haven't been following the thread because I download qwk packets every few days and thi
thread is LOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG.
Yes I'm quite aware of how Amazon has turned out. My wife happens to order from amazon but i
mostly used books from mom&pop sellers and makeup products.
Ogg wrote to Arelor <=-
When VHS films were my main option, I used a copy of Leonard
Maltin's TV/film guide to plan my viewing before I visited my
local video store. Most of the time his ratings of 4/5 and 5/5
were excellent films!
On 02-01-21 08:15, calcmandan wrote to Arelor <=-
Yes I'm quite aware of how Amazon has turned out. My wife happens to
order from amazon but it's mostly used books from mom&pop sellers and makeup products.
I have ordered from aliexpress in the past and regretted it. It wasn't
the time to deliver, but the quality of the item.
The only exception to the case, in my experience, has been 3x3 rubik
style puzzles. The products in aliexpress are the same products sold in the US across most sites (including Amazon) selling these products. I
get them for pennies on the dollar. I cube alot and often give them out
to friends and family as their interest grows in the hobby.
Nowadays, if I need something now, I go out and get it. If it's parts
for my plane, I have to go to the sellers specializing in it online. Amazon's not my destination.
I lived across the street from one of those independent video store where they hired people who loved movies. I still remember some of the movies rented from the "employee's picks" section of the store.
Re: Re: Cancelling Prime
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Ogg on Mon Feb 01 2021 07:18 am
I lived across the street from one of those independent video store
where they hired people who loved movies. I still remember some of the
movies rented from the "employee's picks" section of the store.
I found some of the greatest porn through recommendations. Damn teenage years. Now, I'm old. :)
When VHS films were my main option, I used a copy of
Leonard Maltin's TV/film guide to plan my viewing before I
visited my local video store. Most of the time his ratings
of 4/5 and 5/5 were excellent films!
I lived across the street from one of those independent
video store where they hired people who loved movies. I
still remember some of the movies rented from the
"employee's picks" section of the store.
I found some of the greatest porn through recommendations. Damn teenage years. Now, I'm old. :)
... and some things never change? :-)
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