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Baltar
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More than that, B5 is a totally cheesy show in just every respect, and I don't mean that in a good way. The acting and dialogue are some of the worst I've ever seen. Yeah, yeah, I know it has some grand plot running over the entire show, but it appears to be utterly soulless. It is pretty clear that whoever is responsible for the writing in the show is poorly socialized and poorly educated (or at least doesn't let any education transfer to the writing). I have trouble seeing how any 'grand plot' resulting from the same ilk being worth my time.
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Lukipela
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Well, if a show claims to have an underlying story that will tie in, I'd give it 5 or 6 episodes to see if it picks up. Of course, the "How many episodes" question is directly tied into the "How awful did you think the first epsiodes you watched were", which is pure opinion. For all I know, you might feel much more strongly about television shows than me in general, meaning that if I had your level of commitment I might not watch more than 3 episodes either. Since that's just a wee bit hard to measure, the conjecture is pointless.
So to reiterate, when I wrote my previous post, I was thinking 5 or 6 epsiodes, but in light of this I'd have to say there really is no guideline.
Objectively though, I'd say that someone watching fewer episodes of something because of their low pain threshold or whatnot are less able to make a serious judgement about the series as a whole. Thus, saying I watched one epsiode and made the logical conjecture that the entire series is utter crap can be a very inaccurate statement.
In conclusion, if you haven't watched more than a "few" episodes of something, while you are certainly entitlted to your own opinions, maybe you should not be so eager to give such harsh critique to the series as a whole, and rather let those better fit to do so handle it?
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« Last Edit: May 26, 2005, 06:19:31 pm by Lukipela »
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What's up doc?
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Deus Siddis
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"Objectively though, I'd say that someone watching fewer episodes of something because of their low pain threshold or whatnot are less able to make a serious judgement about the series as a whole."
Oow, the hate is swelling in you now. . .take your weapon. . .strike him down with it. . .
Hehe, I never knew B5 was such a hot topic. And Luki, behind the veneer of euro intellectualism, you have the heart of a true berserker. I like it.
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Deus Siddis
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Well you're actually quite lucky, you could have a veneer of american intellectualism (which is worse) or you could be entirely evil (like me).
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Death 999
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We did. You did. Yes we can. No.
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As for the graphics in B5, remember when it was produced. CG was still in its infancy. I'm not surprised that people could do better in their spare time, with the tools available now.
I'm not fanatic about the show. Heck, I can cringe at Gray 17 is missing just as much as anyone else... but the show points well enough that I can see where it was aimed, and I like what I see.
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star trek. too bad its been cancelled 
firefly. why, god, why? again, cancelled.
stargate. i watch it when i can.
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yes i did. very well done i might add. the gorn was a little over the top but all in all one of my favorite enterprise episodes.
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Baltar
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It was a bittersweet moment learning Enterprise had been cancelled, but only because of my fondness for TOS and TNG. Star Trek should have stopped with the conclusion of The Next Generation. Everything since that point used 'Star Trek' in name only and dispensed with its original mission. From the sounds of it Enterprise tried a few times but the piss poor writing quality prevented it from meeting the standard.
And yeah, I caught the mirror universe 'remake'; it was an abyssmal pile. It had no connection with the series at large and just stumbled along from one cliche and crappy 'twist' to the next. Oh and ending on a cliffhanger--(sarcasm) BRILLIANT!!! (/sarcasm) It only proves how aimless the whole effort was. Oh wait, they just wanted to needlessly rehash an element of the old series and nothing more. mission successful I guess. Woohoo! What a waste of two hours.
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