I’ve been enjoying watching Star Trek Continues. I hope you have, too. Have you been watching it? Or have I just been posting the videos here for no good reason? I’m thinking for some of you, the latter. Oh, well. I enjoy it.
So, what about you? After all, it’s Friday Night Open Thread, and it’s actually your turn to direct the conversation. What would you like to talk about? Got a link? Something to share? Let’s do it.
Who wants to start?
Breaking News: The Vegas Sheriffs Dept. came out with yet another timeline on the shooting! Is it time to say Keystone Cops?
So… Has anyone tried making a continuation of STTNG?
It went on too long as it is.
I read that as The Sting on my first pass. I know there was a Sting II, but it didn’t measure up to the original in any way.
Oct 13 Happy Birthday US Navy!
http://www.military.com/video/forces/navy/2017-navy-birthday-slideshow/5599208505001
Any Stargate SG-1 fans here? If so, what are your thoughts on Stargate: Origins?
I miss the talent and many voices of Mel Blanc…David Letterman not so much…….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeAM1vwEcFg
Dwight David Eisenhower (originally named David Dwight Eisenhower) was born October 14, 1890. He was a fine man, an outstanding soldier, and a great President.
I like Ike.
“Have I just been posting the videos here for no good reason? I’m thinking for some of you, the latter. “
Ok, with that comment, you shamed me into watching this episode. And then I watched the others.
I’ve never enjoyed pastiches in the past. I’ve had bad experiences with all Sherlock Holmes tributes (except “The Seven Percent Solution”) and an even worse experience with one homage I read to P. G. Wodehouse. No one ever has the touch of the original. No matter how big a fan, no one will ever be another Shakespeare.
But this series breaks the mold. In return for a forgivable suspension of disbelief (since the actors aren’t the actors you’re familiar with — which, after all, you knew going into it), the production values capture any of that lost ground. The characterizations are perfect, as are the pacing, the timing, the direction, the lighting, the costumes, the music, the props, the makeup, the dialog, the storylines, the special effects — every detail.
You look for errors and don’t find them.
The best praise I can give is: it gives the viewer the exact feeling they had when watching an episode of the original series for the first time. Surely that is what the producers were aiming for.. All I can say is “job well done.”