Silo? (Not solo?)

It’s gotta be next year, the show doesn’t have enough staying power to miss a beat. The last season was more environmental dangers than plot furtherance. (You’re not going to drown in the water Miss Starring Actress, and we all know it…)

Can someone (*honestly) remind me what the hook was of Hijack for there to be a season 2?

(Honest question, I remember there were unanswered questions but for the life of me I can’t remember what left dangling. It wasn’t 100% wrapped up but it was close.)

Watched it seasonally since S1 and enjoyed it but hit a wall at S6. Been meaning to finish it. Has some good high/epic-fantasy in there though. (Which I am a sucker for.)

Reminded me of Netflix’s Voltron series which I also quite enjoyed. Nothing too complex but it had something going for it.

Ditto, apparently. Save I’m dark-dark brown. (And grey…)

Always went with “Marcus from Babylon 5” though as an example.

I liked their take on Kirk. They didn’t do a 1-1 mimic, he’s his own thing.

I think if they’d tried to emulate Shatner it wouldn’t have landed, but this works.

Be curious to see the “new” guys’ approach.

Couldn’t get a straight answer from the reddit sub last time I tried. They just has to whinge and moan and bitch.

Do I watch it BEFORE or AFTER I rewatch Tron: Legacy? (A movie I personally enjoy.) Or is there an even better placement?

Never seen the show, got it on my hard drive for years now. Been on a backburner.

I liked the first couple seasons of SNW. Spock Amok had me in stitches and Pike is the captain we’ve needed for a while now.

Lower Decks is… frighteningly good as the seasons progress. Their ability to target and poke fun at Trek-tropes was better than any YT channel I’ve seen, yet they respected the source material and mimicked it with commensurately great ability. I was torn between laughing and crying while they did laps around DS9. (DS9 being my fav trek.) And I was genuinely surprised they got Jolene Blalock back given I thought she hated the franchise after her time in it. Even if the humour was more miss-than-hit for me early on in the series.

SGU was weird and originally felt like a BSG knockoff, but I loved their big sci-fi hook and wish we got to know what it was. (BIG spoiler for it below. It’s an old show but still. If you haven’t seen it don’t click.)

That said, most of SGU, aside from the early eps when critical offline systems were important, didn’t really land with me. High concept; poor execution.

Prodigy was the Voyager continuation we apparently all needed but didn’t know. (At least I didn’t.) Was glad to hear a lot of familiar voices in S2, reprised.

Just as an aside, recommendations of good Japanese dubs (not a big fan of subs despite being a fast reader) are always welcome too.

I rather liked Prinze as Kanan in Rebels. (Also just enjoyed it in general.)

Clone Wars has an (IIRC official) episode guide I used the last time that was pretty good to get past most of the filler. Last few seasons were amazing for the most part.

The show has plenty of issues but I’m sticking with it. I’m not blind to it’s faults nor do I hate it outright.

The ending to 5p1 was quite the ride. Good entertainment.

I think the Honest Trailer for it nailed a lot of the critiques, like the lengthy exposition dumps, but it’s not as trash as it’s made out to be. There were still some subtle takes in the show.

Gargoyles

Been meaning to rewatch that for a long while now.

I do love me some Keith David. Despite seeing (hearing…) him in many roles before he’ll always be Commander Anderson from Mass Effect to me first though. Dunno why, but it’s the most memorable role for some reason. (For me.)

♫ Master Cylinder ♫

takes you off the Valentine’s Day cards list

But +1 for honesty.

I was a lil shit then so I’m sort of glad I wasn’t on usenet to embarrass myself but at the same time I feel like I missed out on something great I could’ve been in on. Having JMS there and bare to answer any questions would be amazing. (I say this as someone that’s had him answer my Q’s in reddit AMA’s a couple times. So at least I got that.)

/envy

I used to be a big proponent of the binge-release. But as time moves on I find myself more appreciative of the weekly releases lending itself to conversation. Particularly for the mystery-box shows.

Now I think of release format as a part of the artistry of the show itself. Arcane for example, releasing in segments of three by three and knowing ahead of time that that was how it’d be released, was a canny and smart way to do it. Similarly certain shows released (Like they used to) the first two episodes as a longer intro to the show then going to weekly is a smart idea too.

IMHO, it should be part of the showrunners consideration how a show is released, rather than up to the company that’s releasing it. It’s an artistic choice that can dramatically change how the show as a whole is perceived.

Stop staring at my halo!

Three piece, six ninety nine!

I’m going to need more. Like a whole box more…

Ditto. Was even teeing up the “causality” word but they used it too. Nice to see.

and the fact that it doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb, is a testament to her pulling off the role well.

See, I’m not sure about that. Shouldn’t she be acting a bit strange?

I do get what you’re saying, she’s not doing it poorly which would stick out in a wholly different way. But it feels bland whereas it could be… I dunno, something more. I think the closest we’ve got to what I’m trying to describe is the we/I pronoun thing. There ought to be some janky mannerisms to her, no?

Smart informed people can be manipulated as well.

It’s a flaw in how our brains have evolved. (Evolution is such a random bitch of a force, just look at me anthropomorphize her while typing on a QWERTY keyboard specifically designed to slow me down!)

We need to account for it instead of using it against ourselves.