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What Is Your Favorite TV Show?
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eclark1894
Visionary
Sliders starred Jerry O'Connell, who invented a "sliding" device that took you from parallel earth to parallel earth but each earth had a few things different You might be born a woman on your home earth but on another earth you were born a man, or on another earth they lost WW2 or the American revolution. Or something just significant enough that it changed the way that earth developed. It was also the lead-in for the X-Files, another favorite show of mine.
I remember Sliders well...loved the original cast but when it lost cast members it lost some of its shine.
I recently have been watching the Shannara Chronicles via ITunes not sure if Eventine in it is also the Professor from sliders I'm hopeless with actors I only ever remember character names.
I recently have been watching the Shannara Chronicles via ITunes not sure if Eventine in it is also the Professor from sliders I'm hopeless with actors I only ever remember character names.
eclark1894
Visionary
His name is John Rhys-Davies.
frogimus
Adventurous
Ive been wanting to watch that. One of my favorite book series. Now if they would do Dragonlance...
Oh my wouldn't that be fantastic...would also enjoy some of Mercedes Lackeys stuff transfered to a series.
I'm enjoying Shannara...only just bought it last night and we're 3 episodes in so far but really enjoying it. The CG work is magnificent! It's been a while since I read the books so I'm not sure how close it is to the originals. I would love for them to do the first book in that series with Shea and Flick also...
I'm enjoying Shannara...only just bought it last night and we're 3 episodes in so far but really enjoying it. The CG work is magnificent! It's been a while since I read the books so I'm not sure how close it is to the originals. I would love for them to do the first book in that series with Shea and Flick also...
Yes, I recognized him immediately. Jerry O'Connell, however, was so young in that photo, I didn't recognize him at all, and had to look closer.
oh SHE'S favorite of mine from way back...
and I don't generally like parallel universes... no wonder I didn't watch Sliders....
good to know! I'll look forward to it on DVD!
Zaarin
Brilliant
I started a conversation then forgot about it.
(His name is Garak, just plain, simple Garak--or Elim Garak, as we later learn. )
). And then there's Ensign Forgettable; the "Korean" guy played by a Malaysian actor. Oh, and the alien--the feeble attempt to merge Quark and Guinan into a single character and failing. There's also the fact that it asks me to sympathize with the Maquis, and after DS9 that's something I simply cannot do.
My issue with TNG is, at its heart, Roddenberry. With no disrespect intended towards a man who created such a wonderful franchise, Roddenberry did not understand good storytelling. He wanted to show this perfect, happy, sunny future of humanity in which all threats come from outside; frankly, that's incredibly boring. The most typical Roddenberry episode I can think of is the episode in which, immediately after being told his mother died, a very small child calmly says, "Thank you for telling me, captain. May I go back to my lesson now?" Roddenberry was so obsessed with showing this perfect humanity, it makes most of early TNG really boring. There are more human episodes later on (after Roddenberry's death), but it was too little, too late. What I love most about DS9 (aside from the characters and the writing) is the way it undermines that "perfect" future: one of my favorite moments in DS9 is Sisko's monologue in the two-part episode "Maquis," where he says that "it's easy to be a saint in paradise." (You can check out that speech here; mild profanity warning.) DS9's characters were much more flawed and therefore much more human. I also appreciate that DS9 approaches religion with much more respect than other Trek franchises; as a religious person, TNG's hardcore atheism is at times a trifle abrasive.
I think the Borg were great in "Q Who?" and "The Best of Both Worlds," but they went seriously downhill after that. You can only defeat an "all-powerful" enemy so many times before it starts to look bad. "Descent" is the worst, and it doesn't help that I already don't like Lore.
Still, despite all of that, I have to admit my single favorite episode is from TNG: "The Inner Light" is just a masterpiece of storytelling.
Ronald D. Moore was my favorite Trek writer, so Babylon 5 is on my list of shows to watch.I always thought Deep Space 9 was the best Trek show ever, and I'm old enough to remember the original series, and yes, I recognized your avatar, though don't ask me his name, as the memory stinks the older you get.
Of course, as good as DS9 was, Babylon 5 was still my favorite Sci-Fi show back in the day.
(His name is Garak, just plain, simple Garak--or Elim Garak, as we later learn. )I loved Picard and Data; I liked Riker when he wasn't being a total misogynist jerk. But I found Geordi a little boring (he had his moments, but most of the time...), Crusher just exuded incompetence (not the fault of the actress, personally--just a dull character), Pulaski was a mild improvement but only lasted a season, and Troi--let us not speak of that abomination.
I hated Voyager. I really liked Janeway (let me rephrase: I really liked Kate Mulgrew), but the writing was inconsistent at best and there wasn't a single other likable character. I really wanted to like Chakotay, but he was a giant walking stereotype. Tuvok was abominable (most emotional Vulcan ever). I wanted to shove Paris out an airlock. The half-Klingon engineer (forget her name) was just angry. My only real memory of the Doctor was his DS9 appearance, where I also wanted to shove him out an airlock (don't mess with my favorite character
). And then there's Ensign Forgettable; the "Korean" guy played by a Malaysian actor. Oh, and the alien--the feeble attempt to merge Quark and Guinan into a single character and failing. There's also the fact that it asks me to sympathize with the Maquis, and after DS9 that's something I simply cannot do. My issue with TNG is, at its heart, Roddenberry. With no disrespect intended towards a man who created such a wonderful franchise, Roddenberry did not understand good storytelling. He wanted to show this perfect, happy, sunny future of humanity in which all threats come from outside; frankly, that's incredibly boring. The most typical Roddenberry episode I can think of is the episode in which, immediately after being told his mother died, a very small child calmly says, "Thank you for telling me, captain. May I go back to my lesson now?"
Roddenberry was so obsessed with showing this perfect humanity, it makes most of early TNG really boring. There are more human episodes later on (after Roddenberry's death), but it was too little, too late. What I love most about DS9 (aside from the characters and the writing) is the way it undermines that "perfect" future: one of my favorite moments in DS9 is Sisko's monologue in the two-part episode "Maquis," where he says that "it's easy to be a saint in paradise." (You can check out that speech here; mild profanity warning.) DS9's characters were much more flawed and therefore much more human. I also appreciate that DS9 approaches religion with much more respect than other Trek franchises; as a religious person, TNG's hardcore atheism is at times a trifle abrasive.I think the Borg were great in "Q Who?" and "The Best of Both Worlds," but they went seriously downhill after that. You can only defeat an "all-powerful" enemy so many times before it starts to look bad. "Descent" is the worst, and it doesn't help that I already don't like Lore.
Still, despite all of that, I have to admit my single favorite episode is from TNG: "The Inner Light" is just a masterpiece of storytelling.
Garak was an awesome character..your avatar always makes me smile.
I loved all of the Trek shows (Enterprise was my least favorite). I hear what you're saying, but I think that in looking at all of Voyager, there are flaws in all the characters - I don't think they were presented as too perfect. I had trouble warming up to some of them, but overall, I just enjoy all of the series. They're things I can watch over and over!
Watched Babylon 5 and while I think it's a great series, I have the same personal quibble with it that I did with DS 9 - I don't like when a really negative storyline drags on and on endlessly, and both had that happen at some point. But that's just me.
"The Inner Light" was an awesome episode!
I loved all of the Trek shows (Enterprise was my least favorite). I hear what you're saying, but I think that in looking at all of Voyager, there are flaws in all the characters - I don't think they were presented as too perfect. I had trouble warming up to some of them, but overall, I just enjoy all of the series. They're things I can watch over and over!
Watched Babylon 5 and while I think it's a great series, I have the same personal quibble with it that I did with DS 9 - I don't like when a really negative storyline drags on and on endlessly, and both had that happen at some point. But that's just me.
"The Inner Light" was an awesome episode!
Of course, how could I forget Garak! :headdesk:His name is Garak, just plain, simple Garak--or Elim Garak, as we later learn.
frogimus
Adventurous
One thing about B5 is that the entire storyline was written before the first episode was made. No backtracking, adjustments, or other stuff you get on some shows. Yes, some episodes were filler. But it was a premapped journey to a specific conclusion.
What I would like to see is a show where Terrans don't end up being the alpha race.
What I would like to see is a show where Terrans don't end up being the alpha race.
And ... if no one has mentioned this yet, he was Gimli in Lord of the Rings
And ... he's Welsh