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I'm one of the few who though the Borg were creepier and more intriguing in Q Who? than anywhere else in Star Trek. The interior sets of the Borg cube looked so creepy in Q Who?, like a really twisted mix of machine and wet, dripping organic material (which reminded a lot of the alien nest in Aliens). It was a little disappointing to see them drop the organic stuff in the set design and go strictly with the machine elements in future episodes and on Star Trek: Voyager.
If you're still watching TNG, I would be very curious to see what you think of the series finale, All Good Things. To date, I still consider it the finest television finale I've ever seen and the best episode of the show, just above Yesterday's Enterprise.
It's also in HD on Peacock! I'll have to give it another look. I actually own the first two seasons on DVD, but this upgrade in visual quality has me intrigued. This isn't a great show, but it brings back a lot of fond memories that I have of growing up and watching sci-fi in the 90s on TV.
Star Trek: TNG, The X-Files, Sliders, Earth 2, The Outer Limits, and SeaQuest were all shows I grew up watching back in the early to mid 90s.
I love this movie. It has its corny moments and moments of poor dialogue, but it really delivers the sense of awe, wonder, and exploration that I look for in science fiction. It's a terrific film with likable characters, imaginative visuals, and a wondrous score from Ennio Morricone.
I like Renee, but I have to agree, she absolutely pales in comparison to Sasha Peralto. Sasha is much prettier and has the far better body. Her face and breasts are perfection! They both have a sex scene with the same guy in this flick and the guy has a noticeably massive erection in his scene with Sasha but none with Renee.
1. All Good Things
2. Yesterday's Enterprise
3. Timescape
4. Parallels
5. Q Who?
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7. The Survivors
8. Lower Decks
9. The Inner Light
10. First Contact
I would have to go with Michael Piller. TNG seasons 3-5 was best stretch of TV Star Trek ever (and for me personally, I thought seasons 6 and 7 were nearly on par). That being said, I didn't realize Piller was the showrunner for the first two seasons of DS9 and Voyager. I thought those were easily the four weakest seasons of Star Trek, so it seems like his overall run in Star Trek was something of a mixed bag.
I love Lonesome Dove, and News of the World is certainly not on the same level, but I thought it was worth watching. As a fan of Westerns starved for new entries in the genre, it was a solid film that delivered fine acting, beautiful scenery, and enough effective drama and emotional investment to make it worthwhile.
That CGI was pretty bad, but it was such a brief moment I can't say it really affected the movie that much.
I thought he delivered a fine performance in this film. He wasn't as good as, say, Christian Bale in Hostiles, but he fit the film well and carried the film admirably.
That's definitely not Mandarin. I can speak some Mandarin and that's definitely not the language. I'm guessing it's Cantonese.
Sasha looked jaw-droppingly amazing in this flick. She has the most beautiful face and amazing body I've ever seen. I seriously envied the guy who got to rub sunscreen all over her fantastic breasts.
It's a great movie as well. Hope you like it.
It was a pretty solid movie. It's well-acted, boasts beautiful scenery, features a standout action sequence, and has a number of effective emotional moments. I'm a huge fan of Westerns, so this was always going to be up my alley. But I kind of wish it was directed by someone like, say, Scott Cooper, who demonstrated an amazing eye for visuals and pacing in the Western genre with Hostiles. I've never been a fan of Paul Greengrass, who seems more comfortable with frantic action thrillers than a more deliberately paced adventure drama such as this. I can almost feel him straining to keep from resorting to his shaky cam style throughout this film.
It's one of the best scores ever composed for a TV miniseries. Some other other great TV miniseries scores include:
Lonesome Dove (Basil Poledouris)
North & South (Martin Phipps)
East of Eden (Lee Holdridge)
Band of Brothers (Michael Kamen)
The Pacific (Hans Zimmer, though primarily for the great main theme)
Dinotopia (Trevor Jones)
I agree this was a fantastic film. I actually think the reason it was denied any nominations was due to the fact that it was distributed by a fledgling film studio whose only previous releases were 47 Meters Down and Friend Request. Entertainment Studios just doesn't have the clout to get Oscar recognition.
I bet if Hostiles had been distributed by one of the major studios, say Warner Brothers, it would have gotten at least 3 or 4 Oscar nominations.
I came to this board to post the same thing. Basil Poledouris' score is amazing. Night Mares, Captain Call's Journey, and especially Farewell Ladies are some of my all-time favorite pieces of music. Poledouris was probably the most underrated composer of his generation. I also loved his score for Robocop, Starship Troopers, Quigley Down Under, and The Twilight Zone episode A Message from Charity.
For another fantastic frontier score, you should check out Max Richter's score for Hostiles. The piece Never Goodbye is the most soul-piercing music I've heard in years.
(Spoiler warning) I'm a big fan of the episode, but even I will acknowledge its flaws, the most obvious of which is that once Picard become Kamin, the rest of the episode should have stayed entirely on Kataan until the very end when Picard awakens. Constantly cutting back to shots of unconscious Picard on board the Enterprise interrupts the momentum and intrigue and takes away a lot of the mystery, especially when we find out what happened to the planet well before Picard does.
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I thought this series made for okay junk food entertainment. It was too teen-oriented, but it was watchable enough. Definitely doesn't hold a candle to either the 60s or 80s version, but it's better than the 2019 reimagining, which has been a massive disappointment and is quite possibly the worst anthology show I've ever seen.