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    2022 TV Discussion Thread

    in MOVIES & TV

    Posted · Edited by Johnny Sorrow

    I love Letterkenny, but I had my doubts about "Shorsey". 
    Holy shit. It's fucking amazing. I love it and the soundtrack is awesome. I'm finishing it tonight in one binge. Great stuff.

    Edit: I just finished it. "Shorsey" is one of the best shows out there and might be a candidate for best first season of a show in forever. It's just fantastic.

    The All Encompassing Star Trek Thread

    in MOVIES & TV

    Posted

    21 hours ago, Craig H said:

    Well, that takes care of one thing. OH, my other big issue. Holy shit, what in the hell did they do with the designs for the Klingons? They all look like literal poop people. Their costumes suck, the makeup is fucking terrible, and the overall look and sound of them is more like Louis Gossett Jr. in Enemy Mine than typical Klingons. Plus, the subtitles whenever they speak are horrendous. All caps, a serif font, the letters are spaced out too much for each word, and the dialogue doesn't stay on screen for long enough. Everything with them is a mess. 

    Yeah, the Klingon stuff in S1 is rough. The new makeup looks a lot better in S2 when they let them have hair and beards,  it's wild how much it helps. 

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    The All Encompassing Star Trek Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Johnny Sorrow

    Anson Mount could carry a show on his shoulders and haircut, and it's so great that he doesn't have to. I love the supporting characters already after one episode. 
    It does looks a little like there might be some ST Discovery "Here's the bridge crew who have no stories or developed characters " problems, but I'm ready to be proved wrong on that. Cause the first episode was really great. 
    That's wild, since first episodes of Star Trek shows have never been great. 

    The All Encompassing Star Trek Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Johnny Sorrow

    Man, I cried tears during the Picard finale and the first ep of SNW. Honestly, I don't care about continuity in Star Trek because Star Trek has never cared about continuity in Star Trek. Trills had lumpy heads at first. Dates of future events can be changed. Ferengis were once "a threat" with energy whips. Did Quark and Rom ever once have an energy whip? Klingons used to be white guys in brown face and Romulans could only travel at impulse speeds. Picard this season hand waves away "ol' mama Picard" from that shitty TNG S1 ep where they're hallucinating by Picard saying he used to like to remember her as an old woman offering him tea. No one ever told Worf he stunk as Head of Security and can't open doors. There's not a set of sliding locked doors Worf can open, but he always tries.  And they never once said, "Data keeps getting taken over by outside forces and he takes over the ship a lot. " How many chances does he get?  Why does Jellico have a kid who still draws pics with crayons? Did Mrs. Jellico have a miracle baby or is Jellico on his third marriage with a problematically younger wife? Who cares?

    And how can you not have cried at the conclusion of the Q/ Picard story? It was clear since "Tapestry" that Q actually loved Picard, and this wrapped that up. Allison Pill leaving the show with the Borg babyface turn was tremendous. I loved it. I assume Rios is gone from next season as well and I'll miss them both.

    Star Trek evolves. Not being enslaved to minor continuity is why Trek continues to evolve. 

    The new Trek show that really plays with continuity and a shared universe is Lower Decks. It's not only fucking hilarious and totally Trek, it scratches all the nostalgia itches without seeming like fan service. The deep references are so much fun and when it gets to serious adventure, it kills. 

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    Wrestling Podcasts - 2022

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

    Posted · Edited by Johnny Sorrow

    I mean, you do you bro. But speed listening to podcasts seems like something Lore would do to prepare for the next time he fucks with Data. " Brother, you tipped your hand when I knew you listened to Rogan. All it took was one guest appearance."

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    WWE TV - 4/25 - 5/1/2022

    in WWE PROGRAMMING

    Posted · Edited by Johnny Sorrow

    12 minutes ago, Eivion said:

    Drew/Sami was solid.

    Raquel had a decent squash match.

    Naomi/Shayna was nice while it lasted. Feels like they could have a pretty good longer match. Dug the post match beatdown.

    Woods/Holland was solid. Kofi/Sheamus was decent but short. Post match attack was fine.

    These Lacey Evans promos are alright though it feels weird building her up as a big face with Charlotte about to lose the belt to Ronda and no other noteworthy heels on Smackdown right now. 

    The Beat the Clock stuff is always a waste of everyone involved and needs to die a horrible death.

    Uhm, he is dead.

    I sorta figured but who cares?. Since when does that stop Vince? Hire an actor. It's been a month of that guy being the biggest heel on Smackdown. 

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    WWE TV - 4/25 - 5/1/2022

    in WWE PROGRAMMING

    Posted · Edited by Johnny Sorrow

    I hope they bring in Lacey Evans' POS father at this point. They can have him ask for forgiveness,  and then double cross her and become a heel manager for whoever she fueds with. The Anti- Al Wilson.

    DC TV (2022)

    in "COMIC BOOK" MOVIES & TV

    Posted · Edited by Johnny Sorrow

    While I'm super bummed that Legends won't get a final season, at least the last two eps of Season 7 sort of work as a wrap up. The second to last ep showed us their post Legends lives, and the cliffhanger sort of works as a wink and a nod. They're about to go to Time Jail, and that's the DCW shark jump right? A jail season? And the last scene sorta had them all go, "Here we go again!" 

    It still stinks that two shows that really meant a lot to Queer youth get canceled. And it's especially frustrating that Legends was creativly peaking and gets canceled while Flash limps along and hasn't been good since pre covid.

    2022 Movies Discussion Thread (v.2.0)

    in MOVIES & TV

    Posted

    5 hours ago, The Comedian said:

    I was worried about this. I loved The VVitch but was not crazy about The Lighthouse. It seems like Eggers is taking a hard turn away from subtle story-telling and towards SYMBOLISM~! of the heavy-handed variety.

    Also everyone keeps referencing Conan but I got way more of a "proactive Hamlet" vibe from the trailers...

    Amy Richardson on the Unspooled pod yesterday called it " Hamlet Conan." 

    WWE TV - 4/18 - 4/24/2022

    in WWE PROGRAMMING

    Posted

    8 hours ago, For Great Justice said:

    Kevin Nash about to come in hot 

    Also, if I know the internet like I think I know the internet, how on earth does Paul Wight have 2.5x the searches of Mandy Rose? 

    It's the small but rabid fanbase behind #RenewTheBigShowShow. 
     

    The All Encompassing Star Trek Thread

    in MOVIES & TV

    Posted · Edited by Johnny Sorrow

    The version of Picard's mom we saw in TNG was some sort of weird vision from season one. And who's to say Robert just wasn't there during Picard's dream state as a little prince? 

    Strict continuity has never really been part of Star Trek, especially TNG. There are loads of examples. Off the top of my head, when they introduced the Trill in TNG the symbiote was fully the personality of and in control of the host and when DS9 came along with Jadzia it wasn't.  

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