I tried watching the first ep of thatbit of a yawnfest, fed up of all these supposed sci-fi shows turning into drama soaps
I want some big fuck-off robots or aliens fighting on distant planets in made-up galaxies, not humans bickering over petty shit
(I want some big fuck-off robots or aliens fighting on distant planets in made-up galaxies, not humans bickering over petty shit
Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips.,
Mon 3 Oct 2011, 21:19,
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They try to make up for it with fantastic CGI. But it doesn't work. I have tried to watch Dr. Who recently, and last about three minutes before I am compelled to turn it off.
I'll take the old Who, without the flashy computer stuff any day.
That's really cool about Happytoast. Yay.
(I'll take the old Who, without the flashy computer stuff any day.
That's really cool about Happytoast. Yay.
cowcat Bituminous squeegee,
Mon 3 Oct 2011, 21:34,
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Took me about four minutes to turn overA quick blast of the crappy incidental music usually does it, if nothing else does. Just so cliched and loud. Loved the incidentals from the 70's episodes though; all that wonderful garde stuff.
CGI is only ever any good when you can't tell it's CGI, otherwise, just make a rubber suit!
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Mon 3 Oct 2011, 21:45,
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CGI is only ever any good when you can't tell it's CGI, otherwise, just make a rubber suit!
Brains are pretty good at filling in the gaps without all of the fancy computer stuff. I know I'm perilously going into old grumpy man territory.
But I was watching a Buster Keaton film last night. The lightning was just a frame or two of a jagged line drawn on the film. But it worked.
Or in Citizen Kane, if you look at the snow, and leaves falling, in some scenes, you can tell they're just drawn on the frames.
I think my gripe is partly due to what the cgi stuff is telling me, even if it's subliminal. That my brain isn't good enough.
(But I was watching a Buster Keaton film last night. The lightning was just a frame or two of a jagged line drawn on the film. But it worked.
Or in Citizen Kane, if you look at the snow, and leaves falling, in some scenes, you can tell they're just drawn on the frames.
I think my gripe is partly due to what the cgi stuff is telling me, even if it's subliminal. That my brain isn't good enough.
cowcat Bituminous squeegee,
Mon 3 Oct 2011, 21:54,
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Get off my lawn you rotten kids *shakes fist*Been grumpy for many years me!
The one I always remember is the final scene at the end of the first episode of "The Ark in Space", the bit where Harry opens a cupboard and the big insecty thing comes out... cut to end credits. That had me absolutely cacking myself as a kid, so much so that I didn't watch the rest of it at the time, even though I knew it wasn't real and it was just a rubber suit. Looking at the CGI stuff now, there isn't anything I think would have had the same effect on me.
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Mon 3 Oct 2011, 22:09,
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The one I always remember is the final scene at the end of the first episode of "The Ark in Space", the bit where Harry opens a cupboard and the big insecty thing comes out... cut to end credits. That had me absolutely cacking myself as a kid, so much so that I didn't watch the rest of it at the time, even though I knew it wasn't real and it was just a rubber suit. Looking at the CGI stuff now, there isn't anything I think would have had the same effect on me.