dc20willsave Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 For the record, if this is even half as good as the play, Meryl is getting an Oscar nomination out of it and it's going to fill the Supporting categories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 I was down the pub last night with some mates and got talking to this italian guy who is a friend of a friend. Firstly, big movie buff, secondly, huge Buffy fan. However I knew he was solid when I mentioned that our site did big Saw reviews exposing how anti-intellectual those movies are. His response? "Why? Saw deserves only your silence". Couldn't have put it better. Also managed to convince a friend to check out Veronica Mars. Good night out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Am I the only one that ended up cheering for Mora Grisham in The Wizard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Arnold Schwarzenegger is in talks to star in the Toxic Avenger remake but not as Toxie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 What...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 He'd be great as the mayor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 He'd be great as the mop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I think I can say with all confidence that Fringe is the greatest sci fi TV series of all time. Holy shit! There isn't anything better written on TV except maybe Breaking Bad. John Noble is amazing. And I actually like Joshua Jackson on this show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I think I can say with all confidence that Fringe is the greatest sci fi TV series of all time. Holy shit!Better than Thunderbirds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 It certainly could use a little bit more shitty marionettes, but yes. Just barely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I think I can say with all confidence that Fringe is the greatest sci fi TV series of all time. Holy shit! There isn't anything better written on TV except maybe Breaking Bad. John Noble is amazing. And I actually like Joshua Jackson on this show.I'm two episodes in, and this is my new show to exercise to.What's funny, Des, is as I was watching Fringe today, I kept thinking of you, because John Noble is clearly channeling his inner Vincent Price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Absolutely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Des, you are more enthusiastic about Fringe than anyone else I know who has watched it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I really do think Fringe is the best Sci-Fi series that has aired in the paste 20 years with the potential exceptions of Battlestar Galactica or Deep Space 9. It really helps that it doesn't feel like the myth arc is ever being phoned in and that the twists to the plotline is planned out. The last season isn't the greatest ending but it's entertaining and smart enough that it really does work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 I've watched all of Fringe but I've never considered it on that level. It's a solid 3/5 show that reuses a lot of tricks from Abrams previous shows (the main storyline from the end of season 3 through season 4 is almost entirely a retread of a major plotline in Alias). As for best sci fi, I'd put Battlestar, DS9, Farscape and Firefly ahead of it. It's a Sliders level show, fun to watch once but nothing I'd revisit later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 *cough*Babylon 5*cough* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Watching Space Seed again. What an utter badass Bones is- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 I fucking love McCoy. He's my favorite Star Trek character of all time, because he tells it like it is, he's the best there is at what he does, he takes his work super seriously, and he has absolutely zero time for anybody's shit. Hell, the man's about to die here, and what does he do? He tells Khan the best way to kill him. So cold and so badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Agreed. He's also the only cast member who is in the future and doesn't seem happy about it, which is great. Star Trek would be an unbearably saccharine notion of the future without Bones. He's right up there with Ben MF'n Sisko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 McCoy was clearly born to be a frontier doctor, not an astronaut. He should have been born in 1827, not 2227. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 He's a really interesting character. He's a Southern gentleman (more pronounced when he's either been drinking or is under the influence of something), but they don't make him a saint - they obviously toned it way down, but in Season One he's not just gently ribbing Spock for his Vulcan-ness. He's outright racist towards him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Which is odd, considering Gene Roddenberry saw Starfleet as a hippie-like utopia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 I assume that was a part of why it got toned down. Roddenberry also had a whole "the human race is awesome" thing happening, and McCoy was an effective mouthpiece for that. However, Spcok/McCoy will never be equaled. Spock saying something to get under McCoy's skin and then refusing to acknowledge that he is getting any degree of satisfaction from McCoy's rage only serves to enrage McCoy even more. None of of the spinoffs managed to get a relationship that even came close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 I truly believe neither character would have been as interesting without the other. On their own, Spock and McCoy are interesting characters but the way that they bounce off of each other, the way they inhabit the world together ups it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 I assume that was a part of why it got toned down. Roddenberry also had a whole "the human race is awesome" thing happening, and McCoy was an effective mouthpiece for that. However, Spcok/McCoy will never be equaled. Spock saying something to get under McCoy's skin and then refusing to acknowledge that he is getting any degree of satisfaction from McCoy's rage only serves to enrage McCoy even more. None of of the spinoffs managed to get a relationship that even came close. They tried with Pulaski/Data but it came off like Pulaski was bullying a guy with Aspergers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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