Is anyone else irked that the new “standard” season length is 5 seasons, usually of 12 or so episodes? I know there was a lot more fat to trim back in the old days, but I do miss the 7x23 (ish) structure
(I feel…) One thing really missing from modern shows is the room for characters to breath, stand out, and develop (not just emote, but really change). They seems to be efficiently cutting away all the chances for shows to explore minor characters, chances for different show runners to direct episodes, chances for writers to explore a stupid little plot that experiments a little and takes some risks, etc. But who am I kidding? I just want Cheers, but set in Quark’s bar with Morn, O’Brien spitting facts, Dax, Harry Kim helping tend bar for some reason, and occasionally Troi with either Worf or Riker dropping by like Fraiser and Diane.
Sometimes science fiction tells you something about the people who produced it. Other times, readings of of science fiction tell you something about the people who read it. This essay is ambitious but doesn't ever pause to justify its stark claims about particular works and doesn't quite hold together to the end.
I'm torn. More For All Mankind is good, but the Soviet stuff we've seen already is a big bummer for me. (not to get into spoilers) Generally I like a paranoid thriller, but not if my faves are tied up in it!
I remember an old Superman comic. Trapped under a red sun, Supes is powerless, but his Kryptonian supersuit is still indestructible. Supes is bruised and battered but his clothes stay immaculate.
[iirc, the supersuit is made of Kryptonian tech and was originally blankets used to swaddle in infant Kal-El]
I wonder if this was the reason for my dislike of the costumes in one of the marvel Thor movies. Just remember them looking like a cheap cos player outfit made from plastic.
This was the whole ethos of the first Star Wars films - Lucas made a point of getting everything look worn, to the point of having a term for it: the "used universe". Exemplified by C-3PO's whole look, Luke's clothes or even Han Solos's sweaty shirt.
It's a shame he seems to have completely forgotten this when it was time to make the prequels...
I'd argue it wasn't forgotten in the prequels. Most of the characters and plot revolves around and is supported by very large well funded organizations (Republic, Trade Federation, ect) which means the clothing and equipment they have is less likely to be worn down. The same can be seen in the original trilogy with the Empire, storm troopers and imperial ships are well polished and not "used".
They might add Ben Bova’s Grand Tour, Iain M Banks’ Culture, Anne McAffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern, and Harry Harrison’s Stainless Steel Rat series to the list.
Nope, I’ve been tricked enough times by that domain. They’ll just repeat the click bait headline for one paragraph/sentence. Then a full screen ad or three. Then they’ll explain what Star Wars is. Then an ad. Then they’ll explain what The Mandalorian and Grogu are. Then an ad. Then they’ll rephrase the click bait title as a question. Then an ad. Then they’ll finally get around to doing a bad job of plagiarizing a mediocre reddit comment thread, but word it as a hypothesis. That usually takes a sentence or two, but sometimes they just skip this part. Then an ad. Then some non-committal conclusion. This conclusion can usually be reused for any similar articles about the subject, in this case Star Wars. Then more ads of equal or greater screen scrolling than the length of the entire article with ads that you just read.
the star trek original series phaser was well done. most everything is part of the type1 that is detachable with a plastic cover that just had a bit of led to make it a type2. The high end lightsabers were nice but pricey. Had a power outage and a green one lit up things pretty good but you could look right at it and not be blinded.
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