New season talk type thread thing.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 20th, 2010, 6:01

Burn notice tomorrow.

Post by **deject** » January 20th, 2010, 6:07

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Burn notice tomorrow.

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » January 21st, 2010, 18:39

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Human Target seems decent enough, not particularly great but watchable.

too much other stuffs need watching...

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 21st, 2010, 18:55

I appear to have fallen out with all the CSIs, so I'm finding lots of room for extra shows

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 21st, 2010, 19:47

How Earth Made Us
This started the other day, the first of five. Lovely to look at and quite interesting. It focuses on how the geology, climate, environments, etc. of the Earth have shaped human society and evolution.

More importantly ...

Newswipe Season 2 started on Tuesday. First of six.

Post by **HereComesPete** » January 21st, 2010, 21:44

How Earth Made Us was rather good. But I also found that he flitted about like a crack riddled mayfly. He barely touched on some of the awe inspiring wonders that Earth has created before buggering off around the world to point at something else that was mind boggling.

Still bloody good though.

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » January 21st, 2010, 22:44

Did anyone watch Archer or whatever it is?

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » January 23rd, 2010, 16:31

I saw most of the first 2 Archers. /shrug

There's a new show on Starz (a pay cable channel if you didn't know) called Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Looks like something that definitely needs to be

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » January 23rd, 2010, 17:11

Archer's not bad, but imho it's borderline South Park humour.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 28th, 2010, 6:43

tinterwebs wrote:ABC has ordered two more episodes for Castle this season taking the total number of episodes for Season 2 to 24.

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » January 28th, 2010, 10:59

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This I like

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » January 28th, 2010, 14:11

I watched the first episode of Spartacus: Blood and Sand. It seems to be Spartacus (1960) done in 300 style with lots more blood splatter. The first episode should have been called Spartacus: Blood and Tits which I quite liked...

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 29th, 2010, 1:47

mock the week started last week. so there.

edit: and apparently milton jones has gone mental, fucking genius.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 29th, 2010, 5:59

drunken mind dump:

CSIs: bored
psych: meh, decent, but slow
24: passable, but samey
chuck: still entertaining
bones: same old
house: decent enough
ice pilots: like ice road truckers, but with planes.
castle: still good
human target: silly action fun, entertains
burn notice: awesome
no reservations: when do I get my shellfish tower?

Post by **fabyak** » January 29th, 2010, 7:19

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:mock the week started last week. so there.

edit: and apparently milton jones has gone mental, fucking genius.

I didn't realise he wasn't mental! Will be watching this soon though as it's an awesome show

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 29th, 2010, 7:48

fabyak wrote:I didn't realise he wasn't mental! Will be watching this soon though as it's an awesome show

He's got more mental. is good.

edit: observe

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNDlrVarS2Y[/media]

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » February 3rd, 2010, 14:49

Anyone watching Caprica?

Set 58 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families - the Graystones and the Adamas - as they grow, compete, and thrive in the vibrant world of the peaceful 12 Colonies, living in a society close to our own. Entangled in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the creation of the Cylons, the two houses go toe-to-toe, blending action with corporate conspiracy and sexual politics. Caprica will deliver, intrigue, political backbiting and family conflict in television's first science fiction family saga.

I've watched the first 3 episodes and its kept my interest. Nawt awesome, but pretty good. Eric Stolz is the main toon and I've always liked him as an actor. The cylon cgi is pretty good. The newness factor is still in effect.

I didn't watch BSG so can't comment on comparisons.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » February 3rd, 2010, 16:25

I've not got around to watching Caprica yet, but I've got issues with the timescales.

The Cylon war mentioned as being 40 years before BSG, and lasted for 12 years (according to this.) which leaves a six year gap from when Caprica is set (58 years before BSG according to the blurb).

Caprica is going to show how the Cylons were created and by my reckoning, 6 years isn't enough to produce enough Cylons and Cylon ships to be anything more than a small rebellion, let alone enough to wage a full on war with 12 planets, considering they had their own ships and apparently didn't commandeer any battlestars or similar.

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 3rd, 2010, 16:53

buzzmong wrote:and by my reckoning

So you've got a galactic megalomaniac manual on what steps to take to produce cyborg ships/fleets/armies and how long each step is going to take with considered notations on future technology speeding manufacture but increased compexity of design always being ahead if the manufacturing curve and the inherent problems that arise for space faring despots who try to do too much too fast?

Does it mention the reapers in there?