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WCDT: 2001-2005 (29 Aug-2 Sept 2011)
Wagimawr:
Somebody needs to go watch First Contact again.
Insurrection wasn't bad either, was basically episode-quality at film length.
--- Quote from: wrwight on 03 Sep 2011, 20:19 ---I did absolutely love the reboot ST movie though. I thought it was true enough to the original spirit
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Absolutely agreed. Clearly I need to stop hanging around full-on Star Trek fans, cause those jerks don't like ANYTHING. :p
wrwight:
I don't know about worst movies ever created. I generally enjoyed them, but I will say while I loved TNG the series, and didn't get a lot of TOS the series (that seems a bit redundant, and at the same time a little repetitive), the first 6 movies were pretty tough to follow, and TNG movies didn't really hold up as well. Then again not all of the first 6 were that great either, they just average out pretty well.
You know, it's been a while, maybe I should just have a Star Trek movie marathon. That sounds like a good way to avoid socialization for a day or two.
Spectreofwar:
--- Quote from: Wagimawr on 03 Sep 2011, 22:51 ---Somebody needs to go watch First Contact again.
Insurrection wasn't bad either, was basically episode-quality at film length.
--- Quote from: wrwight on 03 Sep 2011, 20:19 ---I did absolutely love the reboot ST movie though. I thought it was true enough to the original spirit
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Absolutely agreed. Clearly I need to stop hanging around full-on Star Trek fans, cause those jerks don't like ANYTHING. :p
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Eeeeeehhhhhhhhhhh, First Contact started really well. Then they went back in time, and I wondered why I was watching it.
Insurrection didn't do anything for me, but Nemesis was full of enough space-eye-candy for me to watch it (though believe me, I rolled my eyes plenty of times during that one, too). The reboot? Yeah, that was pretty cool, and I look forward to the next instalment.
P.S. YMMV, as this is also coming from someone who actually thought Star Trek V was worth watching, if only for the novelty of the idea. Own it? HAH, yeah, I won't go that far.
HiFranc:
--- Quote from: gangler on 02 Sep 2011, 18:02 ---[...]
I'm gonna have to check out some of the other stuff. There were some very cool characters there. I know it's not entirely on topic but that was just a great watch.
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If you're interested in examining issues around AI I have three book recommendations (all fiction):
Society of the Mind by Eric L Harry: A Bill Gates like figure is having problems with his main computer. It's so advanced he calls in a psychologist to help troubleshoot it.
Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett: Commander Vimes has 2 murders and 1 attempted murder to solve. Is there a link? And why are golems behaving oddly?
The Wind from the Sun by Arthur C Clark: A collection of short stories -- each with a sting in the tale. At least two of the stories (of the ones I remember) cover AI.
In films there's:
2001: A Space Odyssey and the sequel: 2010.
Bicenntennial Man is worth a look.
War Games -- I found it scarier than Terminator because there is no malice.
D.A.R.Y.L. : A strange young boy is found wandering alone.
Series:
You may want to look up the series Time of Eve.
Throg:
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 03 Sep 2011, 22:44 ---Can we all agree the TNG movies were some of the worst movies ever created?
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YES.
As far as I'm concerned, the entire Star Trek oeuvre is the worst sci-fi ever created. Not the concept, but the execution. A batting average of about two good episodes per season, with the rest being wretched, cheesy hogwash, is pretty bad. Why does the monotone exposition and leaden dialogue appeal?
With the possible exceptions of Wrath of Khan, and Undiscovered Country. See? Still the same average of two out of twelve. (And some of DS9 went into Babylon 5 territory, but as far as I'm concerned that's all the vision of Ron Moore.
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