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Old February 21st 18, 04:38 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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In article , PeterN
wrote:

Last year there was a Star Trek exhibit on the Intrepid. It combined the
original with the Next Generation. I was told that most of the actors
were nice, regular guys. William Shattner was charging for his
autograph. I leave the name for that, up to the readers.


most of them do that. they know the fans will pay, so why not.

He also got
paid for his appearance.


of course. they don't work for free.
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Old February 21st 18, 05:48 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Mayayana wrote:
"Tony Cooper" wrote

| They come up with a formula and
| then the viewers watch each week specifically to
| see another rendition of the same formula.
|
| Which is basically the same thing done with just about every US prime
| time show.
|

That's what I mean. Whether it's American or British,
a series is the same. The worst are nearly the same plot
every time: Hero gets into trouble. Things look bad.
Near the end, with 1 second before the bomb goes
off, hero saves the day. Show ends with a few witty
quips over drinks.




I guess you never saw “Breaking Bad”, or “The Wire”.

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Old February 21st 18, 06:00 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:48:54 -0600, Savageduck
wrote:

Mayayana wrote:
"Tony Cooper" wrote

| They come up with a formula and
| then the viewers watch each week specifically to
| see another rendition of the same formula.
|
| Which is basically the same thing done with just about every US prime
| time show.
|

That's what I mean. Whether it's American or British,
a series is the same. The worst are nearly the same plot
every time: Hero gets into trouble. Things look bad.
Near the end, with 1 second before the bomb goes
off, hero saves the day. Show ends with a few witty
quips over drinks.




I guess you never saw Breaking Bad, or The Wire.


"The Americans". Just the opening sequence is worth the price of
admission, at least for viewers of a certain age.
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Old February 21st 18, 06:02 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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On 2018-02-21 04:48:54 +0000, Savageduck said:

Mayayana wrote:
"Tony Cooper" wrote

| They come up with a formula and
| then the viewers watch each week specifically to
| see another rendition of the same formula.
|
| Which is basically the same thing done with just about every US prime
| time show.
|

That's what I mean. Whether it's American or British,
a series is the same. The worst are nearly the same plot
every time: Hero gets into trouble. Things look bad.
Near the end, with 1 second before the bomb goes
off, hero saves the day. Show ends with a few witty
quips over drinks.




I guess you never saw “Breaking Bad”, or “The Wire”.


Soo... You're done with that passing novelty thingy called the internet
and are back in the couch watching the box?
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Old February 21st 18, 06:21 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Bill W wrote:
On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:48:54 -0600, Savageduck
wrote:

Mayayana wrote:
"Tony Cooper" wrote

| They come up with a formula and
| then the viewers watch each week specifically to
| see another rendition of the same formula.
|
| Which is basically the same thing done with just about every US prime
| time show.
|

That's what I mean. Whether it's American or British,
a series is the same. The worst are nearly the same plot
every time: Hero gets into trouble. Things look bad.
Near the end, with 1 second before the bomb goes
off, hero saves the day. Show ends with a few witty
quips over drinks.




I guess you never saw “Breaking Bad”, or “The Wire”.


"The Americans". Just the opening sequence is worth the price of
admission, at least for viewers of a certain age.


Add to the list “Fargo” (the Fx series), “Justified”, “Ozark”, and
“Sicario”. Also True Detective (series 1 -series 2 was unwatchable).

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Savageduck
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Old February 21st 18, 06:21 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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android wrote:
On 2018-02-21 04:48:54 +0000, Savageduck said:

Mayayana wrote:
"Tony Cooper" wrote

| They come up with a formula and
| then the viewers watch each week specifically to
| see another rendition of the same formula.
|
| Which is basically the same thing done with just about every US prime
| time show.
|

That's what I mean. Whether it's American or British,
a series is the same. The worst are nearly the same plot
every time: Hero gets into trouble. Things look bad.
Near the end, with 1 second before the bomb goes
off, hero saves the day. Show ends with a few witty
quips over drinks.




I guess you never saw “Breaking Bad”, or “The Wire”.


Soo... You're done with that passing novelty thingy called the internet
and are back in the couch watching the box?


For good stuff I have been there all along. I am actually a bit more than
an internet guy.

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Savageduck
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Old February 21st 18, 06:26 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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On 2018-02-21 05:21:55 +0000, Savageduck said:

Soo... You're done with that passing novelty thingy called the internet
and are back in the couch watching the box?


For good stuff I have been there all along. I am actually a bit more than
an internet guy.


Soo... You're trying to hide that you always been a telly junkie at
heart... Oki!
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Old February 21st 18, 06:47 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:21:54 -0600, Savageduck
wrote:

Bill W wrote:
On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:48:54 -0600, Savageduck
wrote:

Mayayana wrote:
"Tony Cooper" wrote

| They come up with a formula and
| then the viewers watch each week specifically to
| see another rendition of the same formula.
|
| Which is basically the same thing done with just about every US prime
| time show.
|

That's what I mean. Whether it's American or British,
a series is the same. The worst are nearly the same plot
every time: Hero gets into trouble. Things look bad.
Near the end, with 1 second before the bomb goes
off, hero saves the day. Show ends with a few witty
quips over drinks.




I guess you never saw ?Breaking Bad?, or ?The Wire?.


"The Americans". Just the opening sequence is worth the price of
admission, at least for viewers of a certain age.


Add to the list Fargo (the Fx series), Justified, Ozark, and
Sicario. Also True Detective (series 1 -series 2 was unwatchable).


The Americans was the only show I've ever binge watched. The same
might happen with Fargo one of these days. I'm a bit like Mayayana
with this sort of thing. Watching television is hard, so I need a
compelling reason.
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Old February 21st 18, 03:18 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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"PeterN" wrote

| That may be true, but it was leading in a sociological way. It had
| people in highly responsible roles, regardless of their sex, race, or
| religion. It had interracial kissing, which was considered taboo at the
| time.
|
Also, the ideal of helping democracy everywhere while
avoiding cultural interference. Of course that was idealism,
not an accurate portrayal of American industrial imperialism.
But it was a good message.

And the "lifestyle" model was revolutionary. It was
basically a benign socialism brought about by the fruits
of technology. And they had Siri before anyone had
imagined the idea. It featured ubiquitous computing.


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Old February 21st 18, 03:31 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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"Whisky-dave" wrote

I prefered Deep Space Nine but I heard
americans (generalisong here) didn;t


I didn't. But I guess by then I had grown up and
wasn't watching much TV. The problem for me
with DS9 was that the sci-fi was all but gone.
They'd pulled a George Lucas on Star Trek, turning
it into a silly, PC, kiddie show. (Though not quite
so bad as Star Wars, which is more like high school
cafeteria with a Milky Way theme, to the tune of
non-stop crescendo.)

But worse was the acting of the Cisco character.
What was that supposed to be? Did he think he
was doing Shakespeare in a large theater that
required shouting and hyper-enunciating all lines?
I could imagine him proclaiming, "I do not like
mustard on hot dogs!" with all the force and drama
of giving an ultimatum to a planetary leader who's
just fired the first shot in a pending war.

To be fair, though, the acting wasn't great in
any of the series. It was TV, after all. (But yes,
I find "7 of 9" positively captivating.


 




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