TV Series Thread

[Mr.Obvious]

The new atla netflix teaser trailer actually looks pretty nice.

Let us hope it can bring the Balance.

[Blackleaf]

The new atla netflix teaser trailer actually looks pretty nice.

Let us hope it can bring the Balance.

The creators of the original show were brought into the project, but they quickly realized they were just there to give the show the appearance of legitimacy. Their input was ignored, and so they left. I doubt this show will be any good.

[drunkenshoe]

I've been watching Mandalorian. I liked it.

[Mr.Obvious]

The creators of the original show were brought into the project, but they quickly realized they were just there to give the show the appearance of legitimacy. Their input was ignored, and so they left. I doubt this show will be any good.

Well, I know, but they weren´t the only people involved in making the original. They are not the end all of the discussion.

Now look: it may yet flop big. Very good chance of that.
But... sofar, on the very limited data, it looks pretty damn nice.
If one piece can do it, it must technically be possible.
Will it be better than the original? Probably not. Am I going to give it a chance. Probably yes.

[Blackleaf]

Well, I know, but they weren´t the only people involved in making the original. They are not the end all of the discussion.

Now look: it may yet flop big. Very good chance of that.
But... sofar, on the very limited data, it looks pretty damn nice.
If one piece can do it, it must technically be possible.
Will it be better than the original? Probably not. Am I going to give it a chance. Probably yes.

Wasn't the author of One Piece heavily involved in the creation of the live action show?

[Mr.Obvious]

Wasn't the author of One Piece heavily involved in the creation of the live action show?

Yeah, but again, they aren´t the end all of things.

[Hydra009]

Well, Loki season 2 was certainly something.  Not quite sure what, but definitely something.  They certainly have the timey wimey stuff on lock, though the plot is such a tangled mess that I'm not quite sure if it'll ever become perfectly linear again.

[Blackleaf]

Yeah, but again, they aren´t the end all of things.

Maybe the involvement of the original authors isn't required for a good remake, but it's definitely a bad sign when those authors are there, and they end up leaving because all of their input is ignored. If the people making the show were actual fans, they wouldn't be using the original creators as figureheads.

[the_antithesis]

So, I just finished re-watching Space Academy

A show from the mid-seventies that I haven't seen in forty years. It was kind of fun seeing what scenes jogged an ancient memory, but overall the show is dog shit, but kind of interesting dog shit. It has rather impressive effects for a mid-70's children's show, but it's still obviously low budget.

Space Academy stars Jonathan Harris (Lost In Space's Dr Smith) as Commander Gampu. I think somewhere I'd read that his character was originally going to be "grandpa" and a patriarch of a spacefaring family before the concept changed.

The only other noteworthy actor that I'll cover here is Pamelyn Ferdin as Laura. She has a voice that's like a white hot poker right through my skull, but familiar. Where had I heard that voice before? Then I remembered, the episode of the Brady Bunch where Jan gets the brown wig. Jesus christ, how did I remember that? She was also the voice of Lucy in several Peanuts specials.

The shows are kinda like Star Trek where they start in a typical day and then they encounter something and then have to solve the problem. It is low budget. They have, like four sets? I think? The bridge with hallway, the planet soundstage, maybe one or two more which is probably the bridge redressed. One episode had aliens that were flashlight spots on the wall. Another tried to pass off smoke from a smoke machine as some kind of alien force. The show is heavily plotted as solutions seem to come out of nowhere for no reason. It's written for children, but it still doesn't gel. In one episode, character made note of the lessons they learned, and they got none of that shit from the plot.

Overall, it's pretty cringeworthy. Sadly, it only lasted 15 episodes. The real mystery is why when Harry Potter was big and every imaginable school setting was being greenlit that Space Academy wasn't rebooted? Guess no one else remembers this shit.

But this isn't the end of the Space Academy. Oh, no. There is a spin-off that I'm rewatching now...

[Mr.Obvious]

Maybe the involvement of the original authors isn't required for a good remake, but it's definitely a bad sign when those authors are there, and they end up leaving because all of their input is ignored. If the people making the show were actual fans, they wouldn't be using the original creators as figureheads.

True, and that is by and large not a good good thing.

But i´ve watched the teater. Don´t know if you have or not. And for now, it does look good.

I reserve all rights to later hate it and want to kill it with fire.
But on this first step, they have not faltered.

[Hydra009]

Aw Jeez, the latest episode of Rick and Morty was one of the most action-packed of the whole series!