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Star Trek Discovery is the perfect example demonstrating how the common denominator for all of these projects is TIME.
I just finished re-watching Star Trek Voyager a few days ago and you can't help but notice how many "small" scenes are peppered through the series - each serving to cement our understanding of the characters' relationships. Character development is a classic dilemma faced by feature films. It must happen quickly and demonstrably. I have enjoyed Star Trek Discovery, but it will never compete with any of the 26 episode-per-season Trek series because the characters are still sketches. ... |
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It's strange. They clearly have much more budget to get production values up, and can avoid many of the "well, we couldn't afford to build this set" workarounds, and yet… the end result doesn't really feel as good. To me. It's a bit like video games: much more impressive graphics, sure. And celebrities doing voice acting. OK. But… the gameplay? Did the actual gameplay get any better? Nope, all the tech actually distracts from it. |
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
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So should I start watching WandaVision now? I have to admit, I didn't even start to watch it based on the earlier comments in this thread.
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And I am a fan of BB and Saul so I am used to a slow burn, but so far WV is like an adult with a sparkler on Guy Fawkes. In the rain. Angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress |
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Mr. Vieira
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You paint a picture |
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Rocket Surgeon
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Kind of.
I could have used 5-10 minutes of that at the end of the first three episodes, so I guess my complaint is more about pacing than content now. (I wonder if this would have been more palatable if they released it all in a single drop than a single episode per week like this.) |
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UK productions are much better at this, where shows like Fleabag hone in on a single character's perspective... |
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Space Pirate
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The Expanse hit its season finale this week. It was a slow, deliberate build this time around. Felt smaller. Next season is set to be nuts though.
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WandaVision:
NOW ARE YOU HAPPY? Jeez, some people have no sense of pacing. |
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Nothing quite like packing 2 minutes of story into 68 minutes of chaff
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Selfish Heathen
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So, regarding that cameo at the end of yesterday's WandaVision, does this mean…
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I heard that's been in the works, but who knows. Would've been nice if all that could've been worked out years ago, although those MCU/Avengers movies would've gotten pretty jam-packed and dense! Those last two nearly killed my eyeballs to death..."well, by all means, just put every-damn-body that's ever lived into one movie, why dontcha? I think you left out President McKinley and that the guy who poured the concrete at Hoover Dam."
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nod... possible reference to alternative universes being in play...
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Definitely that. Absolutely, positively, definitely that.
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Interesting.
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I already saw that, try again. And you left out the part about the Hardy Boys being the reason anyone even knew to look for Hans at that location. Superman was heading to Fort Knox before he got that email.
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
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Did you guys happen to see the latest trailer for Falcon and Winter Soldier? That looks really good. Of course trailers almost always make it look good, but it doesn't look like it will be a slow starter at all. I appreciate the humor that has been shown in it rather than all the action. Don't get me wrong, action is good in a "super hero" show... but make me laugh too.
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Did not know that was coming out so soon.
The Captain America story line has always been my favorite, so this extension is definitely interesting to me. |
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So I finally got caught up on WandaVision and it was an interesting ride. At least I knew going into it that I might have to be bored for a bit. I was glad for the warning too. My old kids watched it as released and kept telling me to watch it. It will be cool to see how the finale goes!
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"Hehe, Bohner" Another red herring was Anya the Vengeance Demon, who I was sure would be a key player. Alas, she just wanted to hug her daughter again. Great, fun show. I'm sure I'll give it a rewatch fairly soon now that I can do a day-binge. So it goes. |
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Did the season start out slow? Without a doubt.
Did it get better as the season progressed? Without a doubt. Was the season actually that good? Or was is because of the past history and the Marvel multiverse that had people raving about it? If I was thinking about recent TV shows that I thought were excellent then I would suggest Dark, though it is made by zee Germans so it is subtitled... Angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress |
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I really enjoyed the series overall. Some of those post credit scenes would have been missed by me if my kids didn't let me know they were there.
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A new clip from Falcon and Winter Soldier.
I'm really looking forward to this show. I hope it is half as funny as the clips make it. |
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Final Trailer for The Falcon and The Winter Soldier is up. More and more interesting...
The lineup for Marvel Phase 4 didn't really pique much of my interest when it was announced, and tbh WandsVision sounded silly as fuck. But wow, I really, really enjoyed it, especially the earlier episodes before it got all Marvel-y. You know what I mean. The 'Making of' episode that aired last week is worth a watch imo. The first episode, "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience", really was. Practical effects and all! Pretty fun to see how they put it all together, and in such a tight timeframe as well. Excited for F&WS now, and very much looking forward to Loki's series. So it goes. |
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Yeah, I'm pretty excited too. My kids are bouncing off the walls already waiting for Friday. We don't get to watch it until late Friday though. My daughter has dance and my son and I will wait for her to get back before we watch it.
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