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Spielberg's Taken

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-see dept.

A few people submitted asking for an open discussion for Spielberg's Taken miniseries that premiered last night on SciFi last night. I watched it, and I gotta say I dug it, and set Tivo up to snag the rest of it. I wish that they were spacing it out a bit more (in terms of scheduling, not in terms of leaving the Earth's atmosphere ;) What do folks think?

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  1. Oh great, Slashdot likes it.. by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... that means it'll be cancelled soon.

    1. Re:Oh great, Slashdot likes it.. by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      "well given that its a miniseries, it'll be off the air due to natural causes soon enough."

      Well I'm glad you were around to clear that up. I apologize to everybody who thought my joke was funny.

  2. What do folks think? by tmark · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was absolutely Taken by it.
    (cymbal crash)
    Thank you, I'll be here all week.

    1. Re:What do folks think? by cybermace5 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Cymbal crash, eh?

      I thought it was "BU-DUM-CHING!" or just (rimshot).

      But then, a cymbal is kind of like a gong. So maybe you were going for more of an Oriental atmosphere. Sort of like your comment was the wisdom of an ancient Zen master.

      "Meditate on this my students, and learn the wisdom I speak. Why did the boy throw a clock into the air?"

      Four hours pass....

      "Students, you have meditated long enough, and the answer will be revealed. It is because the boy wanted to see time fly."

      GONG: BWAAASSSHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh......

      "Thank you. I will be here all decade."

      --
      ...
  3. i can't believe it by tps12 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I watched it, and I gotta say I dug it, and set Tivo up to snag the rest of it.

    So you'll watch it without commercials, the Sci-Fi Channel will lose money on the show, and in a few months you'll be running a story about how a group of fans are raising money to keep it on the air...incredible.

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    1. Re:i can't believe it by Java+Pimp · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm not gonna steal programming...

      I'll set up my VCR timer to tape it. And I already broke the Fwd button off my remote! And set a timer lock on my refrigerator so I can't make a sandwich during commercial breaks. I know every time I watch a commercial $0.07 is automatically drafted from my wallet and given to sci-fi cause I know the advertizers didn't already pay them for the air time. I don't want to see sci-fi lose any money now.

      I wonder... since skipping commercials is stealing, is it also stealing to watch the commercials with no intention of buying the product? I mean really, for the advertizers to get my money, I've got to buy the product, right?

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      Ascalante: Your bride is over 3,000 years old.
      Kull: She told me she was 19!
  4. Well obviously, though they may take our lives ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 4, Funny
    They can never take
    our freedom!

    If that isn't a sci-fi premise, I don't know what is.

  5. Ohhh sure .. by SuperDuG · · Score: 5, Funny
    You all mod the "Steven King Dead at 55" posts to -1, but you publish "Spielberg's Taken" on the front page???

    wait ... taken was the name of a show ...

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    Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
  6. Glad it was on, ... by r_j_prahad · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... it cured my insomnia.

  7. Re:WHO TOOK HIM!?! by erat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who cares who took HIM?

    I want to know who took his PRESENTS. I mean, every time the show returned from a commercial break, the "Steven Spielberg Presents Taken" newsflash would pop up.

    Poor guy, it being Hannukah and all (okay, YOU try to spell it...).