Looks like Amazon is doing away with The Expanse

[BoomerD]

LOL fuck right off old man. 🤣

Nah, I’m right and you know it. The characters are too forced…”spoiled little jewish NY kid doctor “ forced to work in Alaska, overbearing former astronaut trying to run the town, semi-tough female pilot….just too stereotyped.

 

[BoomerD]

If you mean Star Trek Voyager, that is next up on my list. I rewatched DS9, and am finishing up next generation. I am in season 7.

I finlly watched ST-Voyager…wasn’t impressed. The Neelix character was cartoonish at best, Kate Mulgrew just didn’t come off as a Federation starship captain…but 7 of 9 :swoon:

 

[BoomerD]

I have the Firefly box set too. Some shows I will not trust to streaming.

Firefly was hilarious. Too bad it didn’t get more than one season.

 

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Nah, I’m right and you know it. The characters are too forced…”spoiled little jewish NY kid doctor “ forced to work in Alaska, overbearing former astronaut trying to run the town, semi-tough female pilot….just too stereotyped.

And then it proceeds to rehab the stereotypes, that's the whole point. Except Maurice, remind you of someone?

Joel grows and changes, as he in turn influences the residents. There are also some fairly cerebral episodes if you let them be. Adam Arkin is a great character too. The story arc with Chris and his bro is pure comedy gold to me.

Expecting me to change my mind about a show I have such warm feels for isn't going to happen. Chris anchors a couple of seasons *chef's kiss*

 

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I finlly watched ST-Voyager…wasn’t impressed. The Neelix character was cartoonish at best,

Now we have common ground. I'd have shoved him out of an airlock sooner than later.

Kate Mulgrew just didn’t come off as a Federation starship captain…but 7 of 9 :swoon:

Her husband had my namesake. And she was a coffee addict. My kind of woman, would wife.

 

[lxskllr]

If you mean Star Trek Voyager, that is next up on my list. I rewatched DS9, and am finishing up next generation. I am in season 7.

Yup, Trek. I watch Trek series in order for a single series, but not necessarily in franchise order. IOW, I start at the first episode, and watch every one til I get to the end, and I don't mix others in while I'm watching. I do make an exception for new Trek, and I'll mix those in, but they're kind of segregated in my head. The golden years of Trek ended with Enterprise. Not to say there hasn't been fantastic new Trek, but it's just /different/, and the seasons are so short, you can't watch so much it scrambles the different "worlds",

I watch that way for two reasons. It makes me watch episodes I'm not that excited about, and they all have something to offer, even if they aren't great. It also makes the good ones last longer, when there's Bs & Cs to flesh it all out. I also want to get lost in a single world. Each series has it's own "groove", and jumping around makes it harder to get in that groove.

I guess there's three reasons. I also don't want to get in the habit of watching the "greatest hits". When you do that, you can tend to overlook good episodes that don't make the A tier. It's like music, and especially digital music. It's easy to just play the tracks you want to hear. Back in the day, you had to listen to a whole vinyl side unless you wanted the huge hassle of dropping a needle in the middle, and even with cds, it's kind of a PITA to listen with a remote in-hand to skip around. Digital makes it too easy to hear the premium tracks, and you can overlook good stuff that doesn't come immediately to mind.

Back to tv... I don't watch a ton of video, and I keep fairly sizeable breaks between viewing sessions, so the old shows stay fresh. I don't mindlessly watch anything. When I commit to watching, I want to really watch, and I want to get the most enjoyment out of it that I can.

 

[K1052]

I finlly watched ST-Voyager…wasn’t impressed. The Neelix character was cartoonish at best, Kate Mulgrew just didn’t come off as a Federation starship captain…but 7 of 9 :swoon:

Continually exhausted by her incompetent subordinates while grasping a hot cup of coffee for dear life? Perhaps the most relatable ST character in history.

 

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Yup, Trek. I watch Trek series in order for a single series, but not necessarily in franchise order. IOW, I start at the first episode, and watch every one til I get to the end, and I don't mix others in while I'm watching. I do make an exception for new Trek, and I'll mix those in, but they're kind of segregated in my head. The golden years of Trek ended with Enterprise. Not to say there hasn't been fantastic new Trek, but it's just /different/, and the seasons are so short, you can't watch so much it scrambles the different "worlds",

I watch that way for two reasons. It makes me watch episodes I'm not that excited about, and they all have something to offer, even if they aren't great. It also makes the good ones last longer, when there's Bs & Cs to flesh it all out. I also want to get lost in a single world. Each series has it's own "groove", and jumping around makes it harder to get in that groove.

I guess there's three reasons. I also don't want to get in the habit of watching the "greatest hits". When you do that, you can tend to overlook good episodes that don't make the A tier. It's like music, and especially digital music. It's easy to just play the tracks you want to hear. Back in the day, you had to listen to a whole vinyl side unless you wanted the huge hassle of dropping a needle in the middle, and even with cds, it's kind of a PITA to listen with a remote in-hand to skip around. Digital makes it too easy to hear the premium tracks, and you can overlook good stuff that doesn't come immediately to mind.

Back to tv... I don't watch a ton of video, and I keep fairly sizeable breaks between viewing sessions, so the old shows stay fresh. I don't mindlessly watch anything. When I commit to watching, I want to really watch, and I want to get the most enjoyment out of it that I can.

Could not agree more. I savor the old shows like a good meal. Never skip a course.

While I had a nostalgia gasm over the last season of Picard, I don't like the new shows much. Not even Strange New Worlds. They lack the soul, if that makes sense.

Enterprise is heavily underrated IMO. Bakula was a pimp.

 

[lxskllr]

Janeway's fucking awesome. The only thing that keeps her from being my favorite captain is Picard. If I were being assigned a ship, and didn't get on the Enterprise, I wouldn't feel too bad about serving under Janeway, and Voyager's a fantastic ship. Fast and sleek, with enough luxury you aren't roughing it like you would on the Defiant.

 

[BoomerD]

And then it proceeds to rehab the stereotypes, that's the whole point. Except Maurice, remind you of someone?

Joel grows and changes, as he in turn influences the residents. There are also some fairly cerebral episodes if you let them be. Adam Arkin is a great character too. The story arc with Chris and his bro is pure comedy gold to me.

Expecting me to change my mind about a show I have such warm feels for isn't going to happen. Chris anchors a couple of seasons *chef's kiss*

Nh, you like what you like. I was hoping I was wrong…so far, mid-way through Season 1, my opinion hasn’t changed.

Now we have common ground. I'd have shoved him out of an airlock sooner than later.

Her husband had my namesake. And she was a coffee addict. My kind of woman, would wife.

Again…you like what you like. She was in a show in the 80s…Ryan’s Hope IIRC, just something about her has always been a turn off for me.

Speaking about stupid ST characters…the doctor-ish character in ST: Enterprise should have been teleported into space first episode.. hell, most of that cast was terrible…except for Jolene Blalock…and she overplayed her part. (But great tits)

 

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Speaking about stupid ST characters…the doctor-ish character in ST Discovery should have been teleported into space first episode.

That show is trash IMO

. hell, most of that cast was terrible…except for Jolene Blalock…and she overplayed her part. (But great tits)

She was Enterprise not Discovery.

 

[BoomerD]

That show is trash IMO

She was Enterprise not Discovery.

Um…yeah…that’s what I said…

 

[K1052]

Janeway's fucking awesome. The only thing that keeps her from being my favorite captain is Picard. If I were being assigned a ship, and didn't get on the Enterprise, I wouldn't feel too bad about serving under Janeway, and Voyager's a fantastic ship. Fast and sleek, with enough luxury you aren't roughing it like you would on the Defiant.

Janeway violated the temporal prime directive because she thought she didn't get the ship home fast enough and destroyed almost the entire Borg Collective in the bargain (which Picard S3 made cannon). Her captain's log is an admiral's worst nightmare but it's hard to argue with the results.

 

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Janeway violated the temporal prime directive because she thought she didn't get the ship home fast enough and destroyed almost the entire Borg Collective in the bargain (which Picard S3 made cannon). Her captain's log is an admiral's worst nightmare but it's hard to argue with the results.

Since I am about to rewatch, I'll ask this. Does she ever cheat on Mark? My memory says yes, but it's highly unreliable of late.

 

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Um…yeah…that’s what I said…

Sneaky bastage.

 

[K1052]

Since I am about to rewatch, I'll ask this. Does she ever cheat on Mark? My memory says yes, but it's highly unreliable of late.

She flirted a couple times if I recall but didn't actually boink any aliens until after she got the letter that he was married

 

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A quick comment about The Expanse: Amos needed more episodes exploring his damage. Dude was cold but loyal.

 

[BoomerD]

A quick comment about The Expanse: Amos needed more episodes exploring his damage. Dude was cold but loyal.

Agreed. He was seriously damaged. I liked him.

His explanation of “the churn” made perfect sense.

 

[lxskllr]

Amos was unusual. First look, and you think he's just dumb, but he isn't. He's pretty bright, but a bit /off/. I liked him.

 

[K1052]

A quick comment about The Expanse: Amos needed more episodes exploring his damage. Dude was cold but loyal.

He was not without his own evolution. He started the series as extremely inflexible with a really fixed worldview. Exposure to Holden over time shifted things.

 

[BoomerD]

They SHOULD have killed Naomi Nagata off early in the series. A whole lot of the problems they faced were her making.

 

[K1052]

They SHOULD have killed Naomi Nagata off early in the series. A whole lot of the problems they faced were her making.

Eh she saved their bacon a lot of times due to being apparently the only person who really understands the ships they are flying and general science things. The endgame is also her own personal design which works.

 

[sdifox]

We used to spend a lot of time at the public library when my boy was growing up. Have not been there in years. Really should get down there and see what they have for bluray. We all need to do our part for film and game preservation.

On a completely different tangent: Northern Exposure is on Prime now. I have the box set I got off of Ebay years ago. One of my favorite TV shows. You can see where the writing starts to go down, but before that? Goddamned magic.

Err they don't have a website for you to reserve stuff?

 

[JTsyo]

I don't get it. Amazon has the rights to The Expanse, they made it. Are they signing away the rights to some other service?

 

[sdifox]

I don't get it. Amazon has the rights to The Expanse, they made it. Are they signing away the rights to some other service?

Season 1-3 were made by SyFy