ok, ok, sorry about generalizing.
I'm just trying to say there are more important things in life than tv. Family might be one of them, maybe not. It depends on the individual.
If a tv show IS more important than anything else to someone, i think they're crazy but more power to them. Whatever makes someone happy is fine whether i understand it or not, but this farscape thing is trying to reach people who are only casual fans. A tv show just isn't going to be a big deal for these people.
and now that i'm preaching to nobody, i'll shut up.
Is television really THAT important? I mean, farscape is entertaining and all, but that's all it is. Entertainment.
Aren't their more important things to worry about? I'm not saying it's impossible to care about a tv show, just that there's things out there that matter a lot more. You know, like that group of people that lives in your house and pays all your internet and cable bills and feeds you coffee and pixie stix all day? That's your family, give them money, they deserve it more than hollywood.
From the commercials it reminds me of outlaw star. Naked girl in fetal position found in box by a couple outlaws with a hightech space ship.
But, who am i to argue with a bunch of buffy fanboys who think joss whedon is the second coming of shakespeare? Jeez, they'd give him credit with inventing the wheel of they could.
So, i'll just wait and see if it sucks or not.
but, i had stuff to do. Anyway, I am from the U.P., Ishpeming actually, and Charter is horrible. Bresnan was worse, but Charter is still bad and since this is all we can get, we're stuck.
And by the way, not all towns here are population 57. I live in a town of about 10000. Sure, it aint huge, but it's helluva lot bigger than 57. And, only people older than 40 say "Eh" after everything...everybody else just wants to get the hell out of here, too many trees and nothing to do. I mean, one club in the radius of about 100 miles, covering around 50000 people total...that's just sad.
What about the CGI? The monsters in the tv commericals looked terrible. I mean, why is this movie's budget so high if almost no effort was put into the special effects? Besides the bloated salaries of Sonnenfeld, Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Danny Elfman there should be 30 or 40 million dollars floating around somewhere.
It's a fleecing of america I tell you, and I'm not going to stand for it!
ok, you got me, i'm just gonna download porn...sorry
You think we have a generation gap now, think about 30 or so years after this being implemented, if it is(probably not though).
You: "Just a minute Tommy, I'm listening to Weezer in my car right now"
Tommy: "When with your who in your what?"
You: "Um, just go outside and play"
Tommy: "What's an outside?"
You: "You've never been out of the dome? God, I need a cigarette!"
Tommy: "I don't know what a cigarette is, but you shouldn't take Bill Gate's name in vain!"
Actually, bottlerockets are illegal here too. I have to get them at an indian reservation about 60 miles away. The sad thing is, that's the stuff with the biggest "pop" anywhere near here...boy, celebrating our "independance and freedom" sure is fun with sparklers!
Ok, i apologize about thinking you were a flamer. I only restated what i said because I didn't think it got through to you. I disregarded some of your statements, but you also disregarded some of mine, so i figure we're even. Anyway, I've seen maybe 40-50 episodes, which is about a half or third of them all. My sister loves the show, and i gt stuck watching them since i've got nothing else to do. Anyway, most of the endings I've seen DO end that way, but maybe i'm getting the bad apples. Who knows.
Well, that's enough of that. I've gotta stop putting this much time into discussing why i dislike this, oh well. Anyway, i still don't like the show;-) and that's the end of that.
I was wondering: Since the internet has become so important in not just peoples lives, but in business, economics, politics, etc., is it just a priviledge or is it now a right to have it? I'd appreciate if somebody would answer! thanks
You think acting the same way in every show and movie you are in is a good thing? It's called not having any range, and-or ability. Also, tv characters are supposed to be realistic. Ever hear of Archie Bunker? One of the most famous television characters ever? He's a snapshot of an entire way of thinking. He represents millions of people and is three dimensional. He has reasons for his beliefs, even if you or i disagree with him. Xander? He says one liners. He complains a lot. He gets into arguments while inbetween plot points. He is COMIC RELIEF, and not a good one.
And, when i said snappy one liners, i meant the kind of Bob Patterson. The forced, time chewing kind.
Again, on delivering all your lines the same way: Not a good idea! This is a bad thing, always was a bad thing, always will be a bad thing. Maybe John Wayne can get away with it, but that willow chick aint no john wayne.
Also, the show is done one season at a time? Yes. But, why do most of them end with the always forced arms-cross, back-to-other-actor, staring-at-the-screen speech about love, destiny, friendship, hope, blah blah fricking blah. It's a cliche' my friend, and cliche's aren't good. Cliche's are unoriginal, and they make up this entire show. I'll stick with my anime', thank you very much.
Ready for the next guy to flame me to get modded up as always! Huzzah!
Is it writing? Acting? Editing? Any of these things? I really don't know, but Buffy just doesn't entertain me in any way, and I'll tell you why.
I'll start with a technicality first. Buffy rarely kills vampires any more, it's all ghouls and zombies and the like.
Second, the acting is absolutely terrible. I can't remember his name, but the tall guy with the shifty mouth that's friends with buffy needs serious acting lessons. He's from the Ben Affleck squint-squirm-mumble and act-threw-your-teeth school of acting. Then, you've got Sara Michelle Gellar, who just sticks out her chest instead of getting into character, and her magical friend Willow who says every line with the same delivery, no matter if it's comical or dramatic it's always the same.
Third, the writing is not good. Now, this is a tender subject because of the huge creative control from the creator and his love of the show, but his ego is just getting in the way. The snappy one liners after a vampire skewing were campy at first, but every character vomiting at least 6-7 of those things every episode for half a decade? Give me a break.
This isn't a fourth since it's still about creative control. The movie was better. I know the creator got pissed that Donal Sutherland kept rewriting lines, but they were funny and unforced. The creator (sorry, i forgot his name and am too lazy to find it) throw dialog around that nobody outside of a television show would ever say. The movie had a few, and these few were from the creator.
Fourth, what's with the geek patrol villians? I thought/.ers hated when hollywood got the geek image wrong, yet you buy this stereotype? I don't expect a tv show to be as realistic as the sugar in coffee, but we've gotta draw a line somewhere.
Last, but not least, to try and give my point a little boost, we all know bruce campbell right? He's got the campy, kitschy, cult-movie/tv-show down to pat. Now, compare his works to this show. I'll take brisco any day, thank you very much.
And, that's my rant. I'm ready for the karma abuse!
So, people already have to pay extra to buy products that have logos on them and whatnot, so are we going to have to pay extra to see movies that are filled to the brim with advertisements? And will old movies that are being peckered with digital product placements going to raise in cost for us too? The golden gate bridge toll was just raised to 5 bucks so why not.
Odd, for the life of me I can't think of one major world religion with that tenet. Most religions are not cessationist.
It's not in writing, but it's the common belief among xians. For more common beliefs not exacly as they should be, check out 'touched by an angel' (I think that's the name) and other angel shows. Everyone knows we've each got a guardian angel protecting each of us..
In my opinion, moby just had his 15 minutes in the spotlight, and it's starting to ride out. He's still making great music, but a lot of the people that bought his albums are fickle, and the real fans of his are buying his music. The same thing is happening with fatboy slim, the same thing happened with the prodigy, and now its happening to moby. It's really sad actually, and i hope he gets more of the sales he deserves.
Actually, Wolverine has had his skeleton ripped out from his body. Magneto did it, but a bone skeleton later grew with claws intact. It was really bloody too:)
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ok, ok, sorry about generalizing. I'm just trying to say there are more important things in life than tv. Family might be one of them, maybe not. It depends on the individual. If a tv show IS more important than anything else to someone, i think they're crazy but more power to them. Whatever makes someone happy is fine whether i understand it or not, but this farscape thing is trying to reach people who are only casual fans. A tv show just isn't going to be a big deal for these people. and now that i'm preaching to nobody, i'll shut up.
Is television really THAT important? I mean, farscape is entertaining and all, but that's all it is. Entertainment. Aren't their more important things to worry about? I'm not saying it's impossible to care about a tv show, just that there's things out there that matter a lot more. You know, like that group of people that lives in your house and pays all your internet and cable bills and feeds you coffee and pixie stix all day? That's your family, give them money, they deserve it more than hollywood.
From the commercials it reminds me of outlaw star. Naked girl in fetal position found in box by a couple outlaws with a hightech space ship. But, who am i to argue with a bunch of buffy fanboys who think joss whedon is the second coming of shakespeare? Jeez, they'd give him credit with inventing the wheel of they could. So, i'll just wait and see if it sucks or not.
Is it anything like Neil Stephenson's work? It sounds a bit similar.
but, i had stuff to do. Anyway, I am from the U.P., Ishpeming actually, and Charter is horrible. Bresnan was worse, but Charter is still bad and since this is all we can get, we're stuck. And by the way, not all towns here are population 57. I live in a town of about 10000. Sure, it aint huge, but it's helluva lot bigger than 57. And, only people older than 40 say "Eh" after everything...everybody else just wants to get the hell out of here, too many trees and nothing to do. I mean, one club in the radius of about 100 miles, covering around 50000 people total...that's just sad.
Actually, the winner cheated. They used a 2. Oh man, i kill myself.
What about the CGI? The monsters in the tv commericals looked terrible. I mean, why is this movie's budget so high if almost no effort was put into the special effects? Besides the bloated salaries of Sonnenfeld, Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Danny Elfman there should be 30 or 40 million dollars floating around somewhere.
It's a fleecing of america I tell you, and I'm not going to stand for it!
ok, you got me, i'm just gonna download porn...sorry
You think we have a generation gap now, think about 30 or so years after this being implemented, if it is(probably not though). You: "Just a minute Tommy, I'm listening to Weezer in my car right now" Tommy: "When with your who in your what?" You: "Um, just go outside and play" Tommy: "What's an outside?" You: "You've never been out of the dome? God, I need a cigarette!" Tommy: "I don't know what a cigarette is, but you shouldn't take Bill Gate's name in vain!"
Actually, bottlerockets are illegal here too. I have to get them at an indian reservation about 60 miles away. The sad thing is, that's the stuff with the biggest "pop" anywhere near here...boy, celebrating our "independance and freedom" sure is fun with sparklers!
Screw bottlerockets, i want me one of them!
Ok, i apologize about thinking you were a flamer. I only restated what i said because I didn't think it got through to you. I disregarded some of your statements, but you also disregarded some of mine, so i figure we're even. Anyway, I've seen maybe 40-50 episodes, which is about a half or third of them all. My sister loves the show, and i gt stuck watching them since i've got nothing else to do. Anyway, most of the endings I've seen DO end that way, but maybe i'm getting the bad apples. Who knows. Well, that's enough of that. I've gotta stop putting this much time into discussing why i dislike this, oh well. Anyway, i still don't like the show ;-) and that's the end of that.
Thanks, that was all stuff i hadnt thought of before. I appreciate it :)
I was wondering: Since the internet has become so important in not just peoples lives, but in business, economics, politics, etc., is it just a priviledge or is it now a right to have it? I'd appreciate if somebody would answer! thanks
You think acting the same way in every show and movie you are in is a good thing? It's called not having any range, and-or ability. Also, tv characters are supposed to be realistic. Ever hear of Archie Bunker? One of the most famous television characters ever? He's a snapshot of an entire way of thinking. He represents millions of people and is three dimensional. He has reasons for his beliefs, even if you or i disagree with him. Xander? He says one liners. He complains a lot. He gets into arguments while inbetween plot points. He is COMIC RELIEF, and not a good one.
And, when i said snappy one liners, i meant the kind of Bob Patterson. The forced, time chewing kind.
Again, on delivering all your lines the same way: Not a good idea! This is a bad thing, always was a bad thing, always will be a bad thing. Maybe John Wayne can get away with it, but that willow chick aint no john wayne.
Also, the show is done one season at a time? Yes. But, why do most of them end with the always forced arms-cross, back-to-other-actor, staring-at-the-screen speech about love, destiny, friendship, hope, blah blah fricking blah. It's a cliche' my friend, and cliche's aren't good. Cliche's are unoriginal, and they make up this entire show. I'll stick with my anime', thank you very much.
Ready for the next guy to flame me to get modded up as always! Huzzah!
Is it writing? Acting? Editing? Any of these things? I really don't know, but Buffy just doesn't entertain me in any way, and I'll tell you why. I'll start with a technicality first. Buffy rarely kills vampires any more, it's all ghouls and zombies and the like. Second, the acting is absolutely terrible. I can't remember his name, but the tall guy with the shifty mouth that's friends with buffy needs serious acting lessons. He's from the Ben Affleck squint-squirm-mumble and act-threw-your-teeth school of acting. Then, you've got Sara Michelle Gellar, who just sticks out her chest instead of getting into character, and her magical friend Willow who says every line with the same delivery, no matter if it's comical or dramatic it's always the same. Third, the writing is not good. Now, this is a tender subject because of the huge creative control from the creator and his love of the show, but his ego is just getting in the way. The snappy one liners after a vampire skewing were campy at first, but every character vomiting at least 6-7 of those things every episode for half a decade? Give me a break. This isn't a fourth since it's still about creative control. The movie was better. I know the creator got pissed that Donal Sutherland kept rewriting lines, but they were funny and unforced. The creator (sorry, i forgot his name and am too lazy to find it) throw dialog around that nobody outside of a television show would ever say. The movie had a few, and these few were from the creator. Fourth, what's with the geek patrol villians? I thought /.ers hated when hollywood got the geek image wrong, yet you buy this stereotype? I don't expect a tv show to be as realistic as the sugar in coffee, but we've gotta draw a line somewhere.
Last, but not least, to try and give my point a little boost, we all know bruce campbell right? He's got the campy, kitschy, cult-movie/tv-show down to pat. Now, compare his works to this show. I'll take brisco any day, thank you very much.
And, that's my rant. I'm ready for the karma abuse!
I guess this guy fry's the most! hahaha...wow, week old nostalgia sure feels funny.
So, people already have to pay extra to buy products that have logos on them and whatnot, so are we going to have to pay extra to see movies that are filled to the brim with advertisements? And will old movies that are being peckered with digital product placements going to raise in cost for us too? The golden gate bridge toll was just raised to 5 bucks so why not.
No sir, I don't like it...err, actually i do, i like it very much.
Odd, for the life of me I can't think of one major world religion with that tenet. Most religions are not cessationist.
It's not in writing, but it's the common belief among xians. For more common beliefs not exacly as they should be, check out 'touched by an angel' (I think that's the name) and other angel shows. Everyone knows we've each got a guardian angel protecting each of us..
Just to clear it up, moby hasn't made a techno album in 10 years. thank you
In my opinion, moby just had his 15 minutes in the spotlight, and it's starting to ride out. He's still making great music, but a lot of the people that bought his albums are fickle, and the real fans of his are buying his music. The same thing is happening with fatboy slim, the same thing happened with the prodigy, and now its happening to moby. It's really sad actually, and i hope he gets more of the sales he deserves.
Actually, Wolverine has had his skeleton ripped out from his body. Magneto did it, but a bone skeleton later grew with claws intact. It was really bloody too :)