Those who mindlessly consume anything Trek were excited when it was announced Abrams was going to direct.  Armageddon?!  He sucks.  Has he done anything good?  I have been calling it “JJ Abrams’ Star Trek babies” to piss off the sheep.

Just because 'Lost' is better than almost everything else currently on the TV doesn't mean it's "good."

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Zookeeper wrote:

And while we're talking TV, nobody better say anything bad about House!

House and Law and Order reruns are all I'll watch on TV (ok, Flight of the Concords, too).

House is my man-god. He is the greatest TV character, ever.


Speaking of Star Trek, I use to watch Boston Legal. James Spaders' closing arguments made that show the best thing on tv (except for House, or Law and Order).

Zookeeper wrote:

80% (minimum) of all Trek movies suck.

I’d put that at 70%, but I liked the first one.

phoQ wrote:

Zookeeper wrote:

80% (minimum) of all Trek movies suck.

I’d put that at 70%, but I liked the first one.

The first one is very underappreciated.  I think it's the best of them, in some ways.

phoQ wrote:

jesusluvspegging wrote:

The first one is very underappreciated.  I think it's the best of them, in some ways.

jesusfuckingluvspegging you rule!  It had the best production, trippy pre-digital effects, and less hammy acting thanks to director Robert Wise.

It was the most real-science-fictiony of them.  I love that sequence at the beginning where they fly you past the Awesome Fucking Ship for several minutes.  All the other movies have tried to recapture the magic of that flyby scene and all the other movies have FAILED.

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From Macleans-

"The first thing detectives from the Toronto police sex crimes unit saw when they entered Roderick Cowan's apartment was an autographed picture of William Shatner. Along with the photos on the computer of Scott Faichnie, also busted for possessing child porn, they found a snapshot of the pediatric nurse and Boy Scout leader wearing a dress "Federation" uniform. Another suspect had a TV remote control shaped like a phaser. Yet another had a Star Trek credit card in his wallet. One was using "Picard" as his screen name. In the 3 1/2 years since police in Canada's biggest city established a special unit to tackle child pornography, investigators have been through so many dwellings packed with sci-fi books, DVDs, toys and collectibles like Klingon swords and sashes that it's become a dark squadroom joke. "We always say there are two types of pedophiles: Star Trek and Star Wars," says Det. Ian Lamond, the unit's second-in-command. "But it's mostly Star Trek."

jesusluvspegging wrote:

phoQ wrote:

jesusluvspegging wrote:

The first one is very underappreciated.  I think it's the best of them, in some ways.

jesusfuckingluvspegging you rule!  It had the best production, trippy pre-digital effects, and less hammy acting thanks to director Robert Wise.

It was the most real-science-fictiony of them.  I love that sequence at the beginning where they fly you past the Awesome Fucking Ship for several minutes.  All the other movies have tried to recapture the magic of that flyby scene and all the other movies have FAILED.

Agreed on all counts...

fortinbras wrote:

ptah13 wrote:

fortinbras wrote:

So a giant boat wheel has been under the island for ages and when you turn the boat wheel it moves the island...this is good writing?

You are either not smart enough or not smug enough to get "Lost".

(please imagine above enclosed in sarcasm brackets)

I'm thinking "Lost" has the greatest peer-pressure inspired fan base of all time. I bet if you gave 1/2 the Lost audience truth serum, you'd find most of them only watch it because everyone else says how great it is and they want to seem "hip".

The early parts of the series were good...but then they gradually started changing the prime steak that was Lost to elephant shit, now that its completely elephant shit, dedicated fans still insist it tastes good.

Actually, that's happened to a lot of good shows, over the years. There are many-a-series that would have been more epic had they gone 1-2 seasons and then quit rather than cannibalize themselves.

I'm going to take off the Ptah helmet for one sec and say that it isn't fair for me to crap on something I've never seen. Some smart folk seem to like the shit out of the show so what the fuck do I know, eh?

As far as Star Trek goes, I really think there were some brilliant episodes of Next Generation... The one where Picard lives an entire life in his mind and the one where they kept repeating time comes to mind.

The repeating one (where they hit some other ship and the explosion causes them to revert back to a day or so earlier) was first watched at my house by a bunch of tripping folk who thought the tv was busted or something. We were playing cards and only had it on in the background. I vividly remember my cousin saying, "dude, I swear that show keeps repeating itself" so we stopped and, when they went back again we were like "whoa!".... They did it so that each repeat happened on a commercial, which really made for a cool experience the first time you watched it.

Ok I'm babbling like some trekkie. I liked the original series ok. It was way ahead of it's time. I liked some of the Next Generation (although about 1/2 of it bored me to death), the rest I never caught on to.

Ok, Ptah hat back on.

You all are a bunch of felchwizards and pootie-pushers.

edit: man, when I removed the helmet my grammar and spelling got even worse!!! EGAD!!!

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jesusluvspegging wrote:

phoQ wrote:

jesusluvspegging wrote:

The first one is very underappreciated.  I think it's the best of them, in some ways.

jesusfuckingluvspegging you rule!  It had the best production, trippy pre-digital effects, and less hammy acting thanks to director Robert Wise.

It was the most real-science-fictiony of them.  I love that sequence at the beginning where they fly you past the Awesome Fucking Ship for several minutes.

Yeah, that was the problem.  Several minutes.  They put more effort into pretty scenery shots that were dragged out too long than into an exciting Start Trek script.  In other words, it was not what anyone was looking for when they went to a Star Trek movie.  Wrath of Khan was and rocked because of it.

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Zookeeper wrote:

Will there be zombies?

We can only hope.

AladdinSane wrote:

ptah13 wrote:

I'm thinking "Lost" has the greatest peer-pressure inspired fan base of all time. I bet if you gave 1/2 the Lost audience truth serum, you'd find most of them only watch it because everyone else says how great it is and they want to seem "hip".

Couldn't the same be said about "Mad Men" freaks?

I liked Mad Men before it was cool.  It actually reminded me of Crime Story, the series that ran from 1986-1988, which was set in the 60s, because of it's attention to detail with the set.  Also, I like the idea of showing what executives did back in the 60s...drink and smoke in their offices and have sex with their secretaries while the bored wives sit in the suburbs and try to figure out why they are so damn unhappy.

fortinbras wrote:

George Orr wrote:

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/i … saster.jpg

George, did you see it?

'Course I did; that's why I posted it.  I expect to see a lot more of this pic on the interwebs after this movie's release.

P.S.  Chekhov could backwards-read?  Bit of a surprise, that.

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JJ talks about the lens flares