Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-23 (Tuesday) Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:09:59 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 89 Message-ID: References: <1441761902.735659245.952214.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <239i2jh8gr0e233nh8drblg9r8s7tk5rbn@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 03:09:57 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c3c97740001092c3748d8d112a068e04"; logging-data="2770486"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19EdTHVpni2+bUgT9iNcb9o" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:F/3edRFm76VPIl52U/TwlXcj340= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <239i2jh8gr0e233nh8drblg9r8s7tk5rbn@4ax.com> Bytes: 4736 On 4/24/2024 8:50 AM, shawn wrote: > On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 07:21:26 -0700, anim8rfsk > wrote: > >> Ian J. Ball wrote: >>> Still catching up on grading (getting there...) >>> >>> >>> >>> What did you watch? >> >> >> Hey, thanks for asking! >> >> Awful stuff. Who is surprised? >> >> ORBITAL REDUX (Freevee) >> >>From 2018 comes this mini series (eight episodes) of many episodes, >> starring mini super cutie Yasmine Al-Bustami. >> >> Each installment begins with the statement: >> THE EPISODE YOU ARE ABOUT TO WATCH WAS FILMED WITH A LIVE AUDIENCE IN A >> SINGLE TAKE >> NO RESETS >> NO RESTARTS >> NO DO-OVERS >> >> This is demonstrably not true, especially in the pilot given that there are >> inserts of a CGI spaceship and shots of hands working controls and such >> that I bet were shot separately and put in later. Also, there are post >> edits where they removed language and such. >> >> Basically a two person Space series that takes place on one set (or >> possibly two, but I think they just revamped the main set after the pilot) >> with about the production values of Mystery Science Theater 3000. >> >> The IMDb proudly proclaims, that people who liked this also like THE ARK, >> which should tell you everything you need to know about the writing and the >> science. >> >> Two people in an earth/moon shuttle, carrying helium three an improbably >> short way into the future from now. >> >> Wackiness ensues. >> >> The secondary creative is named Lillian Diaz-Przybyl. If you can trick her >> into saying her name backwards, she’ll be sent home. >> >> The blurbs all say that the show was interactive, although I have no idea >> how that would possibly be, and that the CGI effects were done live and I >> don’t believe that either. >> >> Remember the Supergirl “writer“ who said that it didn’t matter if you wrote >> a good script as long as you put in lots of woke messages? This is that >> script. > > I thought that was a rarity. Then yesterday I was watching a Youtube > video about yet another person who cut by Disney who is suing the > company because she lost out on millions of dollars because they > cancelled the show she was supposed to run and cut some other projects > she was supposed to be involved with. She couldn't accept that the > Acolyte didn't have a good reaction with the fans and so Disney made > the decision to save money by cutting the project. They also cut back > on the other projects they had planned to have her involved in because > she wasn't seen as the money maker they thought she would be. > Partially because she was focused on DEI over story. > > > Then we've got Mindy Kaling attacking fans who were upset with the > VELMA show because of the DEI agenda they followed where they changed > many of the original characters. She went on to attack the fans that > didn't support the changes they made. I don't understand why these > people can't see why people would prefer characters remain the same > over the years when there's no story reason for a change. It's like > the changes the BBC has been making to classic Shakespeare stories > with black actors being added to the productions even though they > clearly would not have been part of that world at that time. > > Any way, here are her words so you can judge for yourself. > But apparently she doesn't feel Inclusiveness includes punctuation. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.