SyFy's ode to Firefly ? Killjoys and Dark Matter
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UPDATED: Friday, January 29, 2016 00:24
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Originally posted by GWEK:
I'm not watching DEFIANCE, but I would characterize DARK MATTER as "good" and KILLJOYS as "entertaining with potential to be more." Neither is anywhere close to the level of FIREFLY but both are watchable. They are, say, LEVERAGE to FIREFLY'S HUSTLE.
Leverage is like the episode 'TRASH' , over and over !
Great stuff.As for the Sci-Fi stuff, I really WANT to like Killjoys, but so far, they're ... idk how to put it, but using too many shortcuts ? Holes in their stories and plots. It really WANTS to be Firefly, but it's so far below the bar, I've given up all hope.
Dark Matter is still intriguing, w/ so many unanswered questions... locked big metal doors, unexplained dead kid in the cargo bay, who wiped everyone's memory, and the big one....
Who'll hook up w/ the cyborg chick, ala DATA and Lt Yar , from STNG ?
Yeah, c'mon !!
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.
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So, Defiance, Killjoys, and Dark Matter.
I think I saw an ad for one of them.
Should I put them on my watch list? Or are they not worth it?
Considering we usually have differing opinions of shows and movies, I'd say go ahead and watch 'em.
I'll take your Fireflyfandom reference as a no.
Any differing opinions?
Sounds like the yes-no thumbs are currently:
Defiance 1-2
Killjoys 2-1
Dark Matter 2-1
Thanks for the input.
Any more?
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SyFy doesn't have shows ... they have 'excuses' to run near-endless strings of commercials and show promos. And their only good property, The Twilight Zone, is butchered with edits. How can they edit time-honored classic episodes without hanging their heads in shame.
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
SyFy doesn't have shows ... they have 'excuses' to run near-endless strings of commercials and show promos. And their only good property, The Twilight Zone, is butchered with edits. How can they edit time-honored classic episodes without hanging their heads in shame.
I agree. That's near criminal.
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.
" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall
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Last night on Firefly...sorry, I mean Dark Matter, our intrepid crew board a mysterious derelict freighter only to find cannibalistic Reavers.
They aren't naming their episodes, just numbering, but it could easily have been called "Bushwhacked."
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
SyFy doesn't have shows ... they have 'excuses' to run near-endless strings of commercials and show promos. And their only good property, The Twilight Zone, is butchered with edits. How can they edit time-honored classic episodes without hanging their heads in shame.
For every actual commercial last night there were at least three promos for other Syfy shows. Can they not get advertisers to invest in these time slots, or is it they just don't care enough to make more money so they can afford better shows?
I wish they'd lose their contract for broadcasting Twilight Zone so that TV Land could pick it up. They don't do it with all their shows, but certain ones are allowed to go past a 30 minute or hour slot with minimal edits.
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In fairness, Syfy's not the only cable channel that butchers classic tv. MeTV airs original Star Trek episodes every day and entire scenes are cut out. They also edit Batman, Wonder Woman, Lost In Space, and Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. I guess they figure that their younger viewers won't know the difference, and their older viewers won't remember what's missing. The funny thing is I have the uncut, commercial-free dvd sets for Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and many others, and I never watch them. But when they're on tv I can't resist.
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Last night on Firefly...sorry, I mean Dark Matter, our intrepid crew board a mysterious derelict freighter only to find cannibalistic Reavers.
They aren't naming their episodes, just numbering, but it could easily have been called "Bushwhacked."
The quarantined planet w/ the botched 'pharmaceutical ' research facility made me LOL.
Funny, the derelict ships both met w/ the same fate too.
And I also noticed the " episode " numbering, instead of naming. I guess that sort of coincides w/ giving numbers to the members of the crew, instead of them having names ?
Wonder if they plan on sticking w/ that through out the season, and then ( should they get another ) they'll start naming them next season, as well as start calling crew members by their names.
Curious, although not all that interesting.
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Bushwhacked - The Killjoy version.
Yep, sure enough, that's what it looks like we've got , judging from the preview of the next episode ! ( # 5 ) A Glitch In The System
Abandoned , derelict ship ? - Check
Treasure hunting ? - Check
Dead (?) crew ? - Check
" We're not alone ! "
I had no IDEA how accurate the title of this thread was when first posted, but holy crap!
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