OT: Capitals Cinema Club: TV and Movies

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Squid game 2 is pretty bad compared to season 1.

That said I’m trying to finish it before NFL starts tonight

 

[BobRouse]

Ahh man truly some great in that sci-fi series. Adama transmitting in the clear that he is taking command of fleet after all the colonies have been nuked and their forces clearly routed.

Still love 33 the episode after the mini-series. 4th season gets some weird and the finale a bit contreversal but all things considered still a great series overall.

This decision still haunting in S1:

I loved that 2 part intro series. In the beginning when they flew the colonial vipers overhead to the old theme brought back sweet nostalgia.

Watched half the first season and while it was good I lost interest. Maybe need to get back on it

 

[usiel]

I loved that 2 part intro series. In the beginning when they flew the colonial vipers overhead to the old theme brought back sweet nostalgia.

Watched half the first season and while it was good I lost interest. Maybe need to get back on it

I think the wide opinion is 2nd season was best over all so something to look forward to if you get back to it.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I loved that 2 part intro series. In the beginning when they flew the colonial vipers overhead to the old theme brought back sweet nostalgia.

Watched half the first season and while it was good I lost interest. Maybe need to get back on it

Yeah you’re definitely sleeping on that….it’s great.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Ok Horror fans….Last Straw on Shudder is a nice little sleeper.

 

[Kalopsia]

I loved that 2 part intro series. In the beginning when they flew the colonial vipers overhead to the old theme brought back sweet nostalgia.

Watched half the first season and while it was good I lost interest. Maybe need to get back on it

I had the same experience when I gave it a shot about a decade ago. Should've been right up my alley cause I love interstellar sci-fi and the whole Anabasis-style withdrawal after a catastrophe and trying to save what you can trope is one of my favorites (Side note - anyone else here read the Lost Fleet series? Not high literature but an example of this setting/trope combination that I enjoyed). Part of it was that I'd heard so many people say the ending sucked which made it harder to enjoy the ride, but also the whole time I felt like I was watching Mormon fan-fiction. Nothing against Mormons in particular, but I found it kinda off-putting.

 

[usiel]

I had the same experience when I gave it a shot about a decade ago. Should've been right up my alley cause I love interstellar sci-fi and the whole Anabasis-style withdrawal after a catastrophe and trying to save what you can trope is one of my favorites (Side note - anyone else here read the Lost Fleet series? Not high literature but an example of this setting/trope combination that I enjoyed). Part of it was that I'd heard so many people say the ending sucked which made it harder to enjoy the ride, but also the whole time I felt like I was watching Mormon fan-fiction. Nothing against Mormons in particular, but I found it kinda off-putting.

<raises hand on the Lost Fleet series> Mormon thing though that is new to me what was the hot take?

 

[Kalopsia]

<raises hand on the Lost Fleet series> Mormon thing though that is new to me what was the hot take?

Oh, I kinda thought that was common knowledge. The original creator Glen Larson was Mormon and included a lot of stuff from Mormonism in the series. From the wikipedia:

Glen A. Larson, the creator and executive producer of Battlestar Galactica, claimed he had conceived of the Battlestar Galactica premise, which he called Adam's Ark, during the late 1960s. As James E. Ford detailed in "Battlestar Galactica and Mormon Theology"... the series incorporated many themes from Mormon theology, such as marriage for "time and eternity", a "council of twelve", a lost thirteenth tribe of humans, and a planet called Kobol (an anagram of Kolob), as Larson was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[1][2]

Maybe I wouldn't have noticed it if I'd gone in blind, but it was something I read beforehand so I knew to look for it.

 

[usiel]

Oh, I kinda thought that was common knowledge. The original creator Glen Larson was Mormon and included a lot of stuff from Mormonism in the series. From the wikipedia:

Maybe I wouldn't have noticed it if I'd gone in blind, but it was something I read beforehand so I knew to look for it.

I have a crap ton of military sci-fi stuff on my kindle that is generally midlling writing but overall story arcs or different takes on things generally I can move pass the obvious mono racial/culture aspects. The BSG related stuff is admittedly a bit of a trip. Not surprised by much these days.

Jeez the credits he has on TV I feel was my growing up.

I wonder if B.V. Larson is related. Love the Undying Mercenaries series.

 

[Kalopsia]

I have a crap ton of military sci-fi stuff on my kindle that is generally midlling writing but overall story arcs or different takes on things generally I can move pass the obvious mono racial/culture aspects. The BSG related stuff is admittedly a bit of a trip. Not surprised by much these days.

Jeez the credits he has on TV I feel was my growing up.

I wonder if B.V. Larson is related. Love the Undying Mercenaries series.

Ooh, I'll have to check that one out. Military sci-fi/fantasy is my guilty pleasure and the synopsis for that one sounds perfect for me. I'll queue that one up for when I finish Gaunt's Ghosts.

 

[usiel]

Ooh, I'll have to check that one out. Military sci-fi/fantasy is my guilty pleasure and the synopsis for that one sounds perfect for me. I'll queue that one up for when I finish Gaunt's Ghosts.

James McGill character has given me so many laughs the last few years.

 

[HTFN]

Ooh, I'll have to check that one out. Military sci-fi/fantasy is my guilty pleasure and the synopsis for that one sounds perfect for me. I'll queue that one up for when I finish Gaunt's Ghosts.

excuse me?

edit: oh I thought there was some TV series that I had just somehow missed completely. Those stories rule for that, I had The Founding and it's got so many really compelling settings/themes, plus I love how you can read a few Imperium stories without turning into a fascist yourself thanks to the way they're framed as outsiders.