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How political-correctness ruined the Pirelli calendar
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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How political-correctness ruined the Pirelli calendar
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”. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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How political-correctness ruined the Pirelli calendar
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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How political-correctness ruined the Pirelli calendar
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? -- teleportation kills |
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How political-correctness ruined the Pirelli calendar
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). -- Regards, Savageduck |
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How political-correctness ruined the Pirelli calendar
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. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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How political-correctness ruined the Pirelli calendar
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! -- teleportation kills |
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How political-correctness ruined the Pirelli calendar
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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How political-correctness ruined the Pirelli calendar
"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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How political-correctness ruined the Pirelli calendar
"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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