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Grand Wizard Wakka said:
He meant it suggestively. "Mmmm, yeah, fuck @JamesFargo..."
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Very troubling stuff
 
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Exceptionally Exceptional said:
Agreed, they need to watch this shit and relay to us just how bad it is while making fun of it in hilarious ways for our benefit.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. And the many need to watch the few talk shit on NuTrek.
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I actually liked their TNG reviews better. I'd like more of that sort of thing.
There's not much to discuss with Kurtzman Trek, is there? It has no redeeming value whatsoever. It's not even "so bad it's good". Other channels have already covered these shows to death anyways.
 
Travoltron said:
I actually liked their TNG reviews better. I'd like more of that sort of thing.
There's not much to discuss with Kurtzman Trek, is there? It has no redeeming value whatsoever. It's not even "so bad it's good". Other channels have already covered these shows to death anyways.
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The hate reviews are cool but episode-to-episode are not as interesting as discussions on good Trek. I would really like some DS9 stuff.

Grand Wizard Wakka said:
Maihar'du
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I shit on the Ferengi episodes quite a lot. But I do really like the various Ferengi characters and especially Maihar'du and Grand Nagus Zek. These two are great. And Wallace Shawn absolutely kills it as Zek. He's perfect for the role and seems to be having a lot of fun. Reading his thoughts on the role confirm as much. The man just wants his beetle snuff!!
 
Mike Stoklasa said:
And Wallace Shawn absolutely kills it as Zek. He's perfect for the role and seems to be having a lot of fun. Reading his thoughts on the role confirm as much. The man just wants his beetle snuff!!
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Wallace Shawn rocks! "Never go in with a Sicilian when death is on the line!"
 
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, season two, episode one, The Copper Beeches

Alright so this episode is pretty wild both in terms of the mystery itself and because you've got the debut of a young Natasha Richardson as Violet Hunter and Mr. Diplomatic Immunity himself, Joss Ackland as Jephro Rucastle. I really like this adaptation of Doyle's original story; like most other entries in Granada's Sherlock Holmes it is reasonably faithful to the source material. For the uninitiated, we have Jeremy Brett as the quintessential Sherlock Holmes (sorry Basil Rathbone and Grand Moff Tarkin fans, Brett is the best Holmes); he really shines in this episode as he vacillates between feelings of rage-filled dread at the prospect of the days of "great cases" being past and his realization concerning the honorable role that Ms. Hunter bequeaths to him in determining how she should handle a very odd situation that has appeared before her. Despite at first being dismissive of the idea of "giving advice to young ladies from boarding schools", Holmes finds himself embroiled in yet another great case.

And acting opposite Brett's Holmes, we have David Burke as Dr. Watson. Now, you'll find great debate over which Watson was better in the Granada series; after season two Burke stepped aside and was replaced by Edward Hardwicke. I feel that both did an excellent job at playing the good doctor and brought different strengths to the role. And the peppy and upbeat nature of David Burke's Watson is the perfect contrast to Holmes' dour and fatalist attitude at the start of this episode. We begin with Sherlock flying into a fit of rage at John over his characterization of the detective's cases. But Watson is having none of it and attempts to put Holmes in his place, though rather unsuccessfully. Next we see the arrival of Violet Hunter who has come to Holmes for advice on a strange but lucrative job offer she has received: to be governess for the son of the Rucastles and to be paid £120 per year and to cut her luxuriant hair and to, on occasion wear an electric blue dress that Mrs. Rucastle is quite fond of.

After a very detailed explanation of the facts, Ms. Hunter decides that she will take the job. Upon being questioned by Watson after Ms. Hunter leaves, Holmes posits that "I should allow no sister of mine to accept such a situation." From there we are taken on a made-for-television adventure in the episode's remaining 35 minutes. Joss Ackland plays a jovial-yet-menacing Jephro Rucastle as the story unravels and while he is no match for Sherlock Holmes, the ride is very fun.

This is an excellent episode of the Granada series of Holmes adventures and I highly recommend it. With that said, this probably isn't the episode to start off with if you're interested in the show. For that I would recommend the first episode which is titled A Scandal in Bohemia. If you like the show from there, watch them in order. Though if you want a curated list of the best order in which to watch the show after this, you can send me a message and I'll fill you in.

 
Mike Stoklasa said:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, season two, episode one, The Copper Beeches

Alright so this episode is pretty wild both in terms of the mystery itself and because you've got the debut of a young Natasha Richardson as Violet Hunter and Mr. Diplomatic Immunity himself, Joss Ackland as Jephro Rucastle. I really like this adaptation of Doyle's original story; like most other entries in Granada's Sherlock Holmes it is reasonably faithful to the source material. For the uninitiated, we have Jeremy Brett as the quintessential Sherlock Holmes (sorry Basil Rathbone and Grand Moff Tarkin fans, Brett is the best Holmes); he really shines in this episode as he vacillates between feelings of rage-filled dread at the prospect of the days of "great cases" being past and his realization concerning the honorable role that Ms. Hunter bequeaths to him in determining how she should handle a very odd situation that has appeared before her. Despite at first being dismissive of the idea of "giving advice to young ladies from boarding schools", Holmes finds himself embroiled in yet another great case.

And acting opposite Brett's Holmes, we have David Burke as Dr. Watson. Now, you'll find great debate over which Watson was better in the Granada series; after season two Burke stepped aside and was replaced by Edward Hardwicke. I feel that both did an excellent job at playing the good doctor and brought different strengths to the role. And the peppy and upbeat nature of David Burke's Watson is the perfect contrast to Holmes' dour and fatalist attitude at the start of this episode. We begin with Sherlock flying into a fit of rage at John over his characterization of the detective's cases. But Watson is having none of it and attempts to put Holmes in his place, though rather unsuccessfully. Next we see the arrival of Violet Hunter who has come to Holmes for advice on a strange but lucrative job offer she has received: to be governess for the son of the Rucastles and to be paid £120 per year and to cut her luxuriant hair and to, on occasion wear an electric blue dress that Mrs. Rucastle is quite fond of.

After a very detailed explanation of the facts, Ms. Hunter decides that she will take the job. Upon being questioned by Watson after Ms. Hunter leaves, Holmes posits that "I should allow no sister of mine to accept such a situation." From there we are taken on a made-for-television adventure in the episode's remaining 35 minutes. Joss Ackland plays a jovial-yet-menacing Jephro Rucastle as the story unravels and while he is no match for Sherlock Holmes, the ride is very fun.

This is an excellent episode of the Granada series of Holmes adventures and I highly recommend it. With that said, this probably isn't the episode to start off with if you're interested in the show. For that I would recommend the first episode which is titled A Scandal in Bohemia. If you like the show from there, watch them in order. Though if you want a curated list of the best order in which to watch the show after this, you can send me a message and I'll fill you in.

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Errr...did you post in the wrong thread?
 
I'm a few episodes into season two of Enterprise and I'm still not seeing a lot to hate here, to be honest. My theroy is at the time it came out TNG, Deep Space Nine and Voyager had all ended within the last 5-6 years, and so far Enterprise doesn't break a lot of new ground with regards to storytelling besides being a prequel, so it would have come off as just more of the same at the time it aired. However, I'm watching it in 2022 when Nu-Trek exists, so more of the same is exactly what I wanted when I decided to watch it.

It's very clearly early 2000s stylistically, the bad CGI, coming up with any excuse to show tits, the war on terror shit, etc but that's when I was finishing up high school and going on to university, so that stuff just kind of makes me nostalgic instead of turning me off the show. I could see someone who wasn't alive or even who was a small child at the time being turned off by that shit.

The biggest issue is the characters. I like Trip, Archer and Dr. Phlox. They try to develop Malcom, but he's still a pretty weak character. Everyone else is just sort of there. No one has any real arcs or development.
 
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Never Scored said:
I like Dr. Phlox.
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It's always a pleasure when John shows up in a series. He has a lot of TV roles, but none of those shows are exactly winners.

I'm intrigued by his sympathy for Berman and Braga. He insists that Enterprise Unchained would have been dope. (From what I've read, the showrunners had a genuine fight on their hands to stop the network from forcing live modern bands into the mess hall.)
 
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JamesFargo said:
It's always a pleasure when John shows up in a series. He has a lot of TV roles, but none of those shows were exactly winners.

I am intrigued by his sympathy for Berman and Braga. He insists that Enterprise Unchained would have been dope. (From what I've read, the showrunners had a genuine fight on their hands to stop the network from forcing live modern bands in the mess hall.)
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Don't tease me with a Star Trek/Limp Bizkit crossover.
 
JamesFargo said:
It's always a pleasure when John shows up in a series. He has a lot of TV roles, but none of those shows were exactly winners.

I am intrigued by his sympathy for Berman and Braga. He insists that Enterprise Unchained would have been dope. (From what I've read, the showrunners had a genuine fight on their hands to stop the network from forcing live modern bands in the mess hall.)
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Because he's probably a cunt bts and they were the only people willing to put up with his shit. ENT is still the only long term role he's had.

Which is a pity because I kind of liked his tard act on that one episode of SG1.
 
Vancouver Terry Bollea said:
Which is a pity because I kind of liked his tard act on that one episode of SG1.
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He showed up on Angel and had two lines before being quickly dispatched.

Of course he had a cameo in Twin Peaks, too. A lot of Lynch actors have only one scene. It's kind of a motif. (Hey, kids, it's Captain Ransom!)

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