Worst piece of go-se series either mercifully canceled, or painfully given lots of time for suckage
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 21:03
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Here's one: The Prisoner- given too long to suck, or brilliant mindf**k finale?
I go with the latter.
The not-a-number Chrisisall
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Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Here's one: The Prisoner- given too long to suck, or brilliant mindf**k finale?
I go with the latter.
I thought you LOVED The Prisoner, Chris?
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Quote:I DO!!! But I must accept that others might have a different opinion.
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
I thought you LOVED The Prisoner, Chris?
The laughing Chrisisall
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Oh owww. Starhunter...cough. Just when I thought...that...I'd totally suppressed it...
*thud*
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Hello,
As a Trekkie, I must say that I felt both Voyager and Enterprise were given too long a life. In both cases there was a change of direction part-way through which made improvements to the series, but not (in my opinion) enough to make the enterprise worthwhile. Both series are now just lessons in wasted opportunity.
The final season of TNG was also largely superfluous and poorly written. The 'crew devolves into animals' bit was almost as bad as Voyager's oft ridiculed Threshold episode. The series finale was fairly well done, but otherwise the final season of TNG had too-few bright spots. I think if you removed half of the TNG last-season episodes you'd have a strong season. I'm glad they didn't try to stretch it out any further.
DS9 started out fairly weakly, but went through nearly continuous improvement as it progressed. Seasons 3+ were particularly strong. (There were some dark spots, of course, and the final season's Ezri Dax character was a mistake in my opinion.)
Babylon 5 had a similar trajectory of improvement from Seasons 1 to 4, starting weak and strengthening as it went. Season 1 was almost homework so that you could enjoy Seasons 2-4. Then Season 5 was just extra 'bonus material' of dubious value.
I think it's no coincidence that DS9's greatest strides came with the adoption of a series arc once they encountered the Dominion. This is the same quality that made Babylon 5 stand out. (Seasons 2-4 of Babylon 5 had progressively greater percentages of 'arc' stories. Season 1 had the fewest number of arc stories, and was largely episodic.)
I would like to say that Star Trek TOS was cancelled too soon, but in retrospect I wonder if we haven't benefitted from its cancellation. If it had run its course, would anyone have bothered to revive the universe later?
--Anthony
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Quote:The final ep, however, was a masterpiece IMHO.
Originally posted by AnthonyT:
The final season of TNG was also largely superfluous and poorly written.
Just sayin'.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Hello,
The season finale was fairly well done. Its inequities were largely in the FX/art direction/combat scenes, actually. Because those scenes were such a small part of the episode, I can forgive it.
There was also a bit of illogic with the anti-time vortex thingy, but that also wasn't actually the point. It was just a stand-in for Picard making a leap past a previous threshold of understanding.
The best Q/Picard episode was the one where Picard dies of a heart-attack, though. That episode ought to have won an award.
--Anthony
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Quote:ST/SF at it's best, yeah.
Originally posted by AnthonyT:
The best Q/Picard episode was the one where Picard dies of a heart-attack, though. That episode ought to have won an award.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Dark Angel (*ducks head in anticipation of a barrage of verbal stones*). I thought the show's concept could be cool but I watched the first few episodes and couldn't get passed the lame dialogue (something like, "Because of my cat genetics I get horny 2 times a year", and "Are you a slaya' from the himalayas?").
(ETA: not that it is the worst series, or anything. Just that it was disappointing based on Chris's absolute high recommendations...)
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Quote:It was "Are you a playa playa from the Himilayas?"
Originally posted by Malachite:
"Are you a slaya' from the himalayas?").
Futuristic hip-hop lingo, my man. She put it on to sound dopey before slugging that ape.
BTW, ducking was a good idea.
My cat DNA wanted to more than toss verbs. J/K- to each their own.
The laughing Chrisisall
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