Thursday stuff

[yendi]

Hey, Enterprise was cancelled! Sci-fi TV in general, and the Trek universe in particular, just took a giant step forward.

Yeah, sorry if I don't mourn. But much as I like Scott Bakula (I mean, I own the OCR of Romance/Romance, even) the show just stinks, stank, and stunk. Five years is more than Popular, Firefly, Wonderfalls, Special Unit 2, Keen Eddie, and Karen Sisco got combined, so yeah, no mourning here.

We caught the season finale of The Venture Brothers last night, finally. Loved it.

I also caught the Discovery Channel special Pompeii: The Last Day. The latter managed to be simultaneously fascinating and cheesy, as it combined some interesting history and science (as well nice effects in their recreation of the eruption) with actors portraying citizens of Pompeii (and Pliny the Elder, who died when he left Naples to investigate the eruption). It was weird, but it worked. The final third, in which a geologist talks about the real possibilities of another eruption, and the people who won't move to avoid it, was equally engrossing. I'm pretty sure it was a BBC documentary first, so I suspect that a bunch of you had already seen it.

In other news, my KoL character is up to level 8, and once I finally got me the Hide of the Walrus skill, I was able to finish up the Goblin King, the Cyrtp, and the Baron Rof L'm Fao quests.

In sports, looks like the last vestiges of hope for an NHL "season" (which, I'd assume, would have lasted five games before the playoffs began) have been dashed. And in baseball, Carlos Delgado, already someone I respect more than most pro players (he's one of the few who's taken an active stance against the war), has also signed one of the smarter contracts I've seen.

Finally, your dumb marketing moment of the day: There was a commercial on the other night for Son of the Mask. Instead of highlighting, or even mentioning, Jamie Kennedy or Alan Cumming (both of whom, y'know, have associations with extremely successful franchises), all we got was "From the director of Cats and Dogs." Um, yeah. Because you want to brag that you've got Uwe Boll's long-lost twin? Lawrence Guterman directed what may be the worst movie of the last ten years, and you fucking boast about it? The movie that's the career lowpoint for not only Jeff Goldblum, but also for fucking Jon Lovitz? Sheesh.

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[anneball.livejournal.com]

Did you see Amazon's new offer - pay $79/a year and get unlimited 2-day shipping? I thought sure you'd have that up here.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/104-1419709-4246301

[sirinek.livejournal.com]

Does that apply to everything Amazon sells? What if I buy another 21" monitor from them? :) Those beasts weigh 70 lbs!

[yendi]

I think they have exceptions listed in the fine print. But all books, DVDs, and software are covered.

[yendi]

I'm still contemplating it. It's a nice deal, but I'm not sure it's worth it for us (since we're usually happy with the $25 for week-long shipping). That said, we need to see how many gift and other orders we place.

[luis-mw.livejournal.com]

But, but...

Will they have time to explain why the Klingons went from being all wrinkly and ridged to being slightly orange with pointy eyebrows?

Will they be able to explain how the Suileban (sp?) never survived to OS/TNG/DS9 etc?

Or how the weapon thingy that destroyed a big stripe of earth, the insect/lizard/walrus alien thingies and those big sphere-like objects never made it to the future either?

Or how starship technology degenerated by 200 years in appearance in the same time it took the Klingons to lose their ridges?

Will Archer wake up in the shower with crewman Daniels (or whatever the time-traveller was called) and realise it was all a horrible dream.

Will anybody ever devise a punishment suitable for the creation of the suckiest theme tune ever?

Will I never get the chance to be locked in a de-con chamber rubbing gel all over a scantily clad T'Pol?

[yendi]

As to the last, now that Jolene Blalock has all this free time, I'd imagine that she'll either spend it taking acting lessons, hitting the con circuit, or renting herself out for recreations of exactly that scene.

[creentmerveille.livejournal.com]

But much as I like Scott Bakula (I mean, I own the OCR of Romance/Romance, even)

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I knew there was something extra special connecting us. ;) I have that recording too... :) and I agree about Enterprise.

[yendi]

Woohoo! You bought the other copy that was sold!

[losgunna.livejournal.com]

Actually, Jason has it as well!

Of course, he was also in a version of it in college :)

[envoy.livejournal.com]

Which episode was the season finale for the Venture Brothers? Is that the testicular tortion one?

See, the thing about the Star Trek franchise is that if there's not one being made all the people who made the Star Trek episodes will go find work on other shows. Star Trek was kind of like the bottom feeder of the SF media world, the consumed much of the 'suck' toxins in the pool, now that it's gone the other fish will start to taste funny.

[yendi]

The finale was "Return to Spider-Skull Island," and was the one that begins with everyone dressed as a character from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I can only hope that Berman and co continue to push for more Trek, and allow talented folks to create good genre stuff at other networks.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

I've seen the last several episodes of Enterprise, and it's actually watchable now, with Manny Coto at the helm. But it was too little, too late.

Of course, the lesson the Paramount suits will draw is not the correct one, "Berman and Braga can't do Star Trek," but rather "people are tired of Star Trek."

So instead of getting a new series by new, better people, we'll get nothing at all.

[yendi]

Of course, the lesson the Paramount suits will draw is not the correct one, "Berman and Braga can't do Star Trek," but rather "people are tired of Star Trek."

Unfortunately, you're probably correct.

[lunza.livejournal.com]

Five years is also longer than STTOS got.

[yendi]

Heh. Good point.

[rhapsody-98.livejournal.com]

I hated Cats And Dogs for the sole reason that the cats didn't win.

I <3 Mr. Tinkles.

[yendi]

Elayna won a Mr. Tinkles talking doll, and it scared her. :-)

[dragontdc.livejournal.com]

I liked the theme song. It was appropriate to use more contemporary rock/lyical style instead of the sweeping Goldsmith overtures, I thought.

And Jolene Blalock was serious eye-candy.

And Bakula made an interesting captain.

But other than that, suckage abounded. I would much rather have seen them stick with the original developmental timeline. There's still a chance for them to do an "Enterprise" that's closer to the book "Enterprise" where we get to see the original ship under Christopher Pike. And we meet Kirk's father, who served on a Starbase. Of course, now they can't call it "Enterprise".

I like to see a Star Trek universe based show, though. Maybe they'll do one based on the "Final Frontier" books, set in the late STTNG era but focusing on Mackenzie Calhoun, a former planetary warlord turned starfleet captian, and his very quirky crew.

[yendi]

I adore the FF books, and there's been a huge push for them to be adapted for years, but it won't happen, according to Peter David himself a number of times. Not unless Berman and his ilk are finally kicked off the franchise and someone with vision comes on board.

[nishar.livejournal.com]

Thank GAWD that Star Trek travesty is going away. The only thing half way decent about that show was the cute gal playing the vulcan got a few VERY sexy spreads in Maxim.

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

ESPN is a bad choce for hockey news. They have been trying to declare the season dead since sometime near the middle of last season, in hopes of getting more time slots for extremem poker and worlds strongest man shows. tsn.ca has people who actually like and understand the sport, not that it matters at this point. But when it comes back, I reccomend tsn.ca for your hockey coverage needs. I make a point of writng my cable company every year and telling them I don't want ESPN as part of basic cable, at about the same time we send the order for the NHL center ice package.

[theatresm.livejournal.com]

I was so sick of Enterprise (except for the Gratuitous Porthos Sightings) that I acquired me some ST:TOS bought two seasons for the husband's Christmas and birthday (and my mom got him Season Three).

Which doesn't mean TOS didn't have plenty of stinkers, but at least they were far more original stinkers.