Pretty simple I hope. The kit is 1/3rd of the old "3 Piece Adversary Set." I've already made one of them about 3 years ago:
(https://i.imgur.com/ARHHiXf.jpg)
This wasn't captured, rather, the designed licensed from the Ferengi and used as a mining vessel (I think that's what it was.... in my mind, the little pincers are for cutting up asteroids or something and the little stripey thing on top can detach to do.... whatever ...have I mentioned back story is not my strong suit? ;D).
This BoP will certainly be captured, however, and painted up with glorious Federation colors.... white, lots of blues and some red here and there... the wing panels will be fun.. I'm going to fetch just about every shade of blue I have to make a sort of... uhh.... mosiac-ey looking type of effect.
Like with the Marauder above, all the effort and time will be wrapped up in the painting of it. There's a grand total of 9 parts and I plan to paint it in a way that hides seams because a lot of it needs to be painted prior to assembly for various reasons so... I won't even be dealing with a lot of PSR so gluing and all that could well take less than 10 minutes. Hell, it may take longer cleaning up the sprue gate remnants than it will be putting it together. ;D On that note, the Marauder above was even LESS parts and it took about 3 minutes to build. ;D I digress......
More to come soon I hope. After I'm done with the cleaning up of the burrs and stuff from removing the parts from the trees, I'll get right into paint. Might not even prime... the white I will use has primer in it and so long as I clean the plastic up just before I paint it should go down without a hitch.
Q'pla!
Ok, this has me interested.
That Ex Ferengi ship came out nice as well
Nice! :lol:
Great idea, one I was toying with at the beginning, but getting hold of a BoP kit in the UK for a reasonable price is nigh on impossible.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
What the hell is it with Star Trek kits?!? I guess there's less of them, in general, but I can hop on eBay and find an old Mustang or something for $4 but if I want an old Star Trek kit I better be prepared to pay through the teeth. This is the main reason I haven't been building Star Trek stuff. Every time I go to look at kits I get sticker shock.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INTEREST!!! Starting the painting today after all me chores and stuff. :lol:
Sci-fi kits in general I think, probably the licenses hike the prices up. But even some of the none licensed stuff such as from Pegasus Hobbies can be expensive. It doesn't help over here in the UK that the vast majority are imported which jumps the price up again.
Quote from: TheChronicOne on January 14, 2021, 12:23:20 PM
What the hell is it with Star Trek kits?!? I guess there's less of them, in general, but I can hop on eBay and find an old Mustang or something for $4 but if I want an old Star Trek kit I better be prepared to pay through the teeth. This is the main reason I haven't been building Star Trek stuff. Every time I go to look at kits I get sticker shock.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INTEREST!!! Starting the painting today after all me chores and stuff. :lol:
Collectors.
Build your kits, damn the (photon) torpedoes.
As for THIS kit.... well, It's all painted in base colors. 4-5 parts are in primer grey and the rest in white. The white went down beautifully and I'm happy as hell with it.... Now it's all a matter of brush painting. I remember when I started this part on the Marauder it took days. This time I have better brushes and I've honed my skills. I can detail paint much better these days so I'm hoping things speed along. I dragged out a bunch of paints last night to use for the "mosaic" on the wings. Other than a red striped running down the side, I haven't thought much about how to paint the rest aside from the engine vents (I guess they are...). But, see, that's the fun part. I'll wait until after I've painted the rest of the stuff then inspiration will hit. Things could potentially take off at this point. The transfers won't be here for another couple days at minimum so the plan is to get the painting knocked out by then.
(https://i.imgur.com/5bvFmEV.jpg)
So, is the coffee getting you there? ;)
It did but it's starting to wear off here 6 and whatever hours later. Time to recharge the dilithium crystals a wee bit I suppose. ;D
I've been trying all sorts of different coffee lately.... ever since I got a new Mr. Coffee about a month or so back. It's been a roller coaster ride. To top it all off, I STARTED my journey with Death Wish coffee. :o ;D My tolerance has gone up since then but still.... trying so much different stuff makes it difficult to dial in so I that I'm neither over-amped nor lacking "energy."
I tried a new one the other day that was a chicory blend....... Jury is still out on that one, at first I thought I liked it because the taste was different. Then, upon further review, I was a little less impressed because it was like a 2X4 was steeped in with it. Of course, I take all mine black with no alterations but this one might be a good one for some cream, sugar, and hazlenut or something but I haven't put any extras in my coffee since 2005. ;D
"Coffee. Black."
I'll stick with my pint mug of tea thankyou :cheers:
TCO, you're going to want to add sheet styrene to the joint between the engines and wings to eliminate the gap, as well as fabricate an engine section, and separate the "shields" from the grills and fabricate a mount for them on the wing. I used my Generations model as a guide. I've built two, so speaking from experience.
Quote from: TheChronicOne on January 16, 2021, 06:35:38 PM
It did but it's starting to wear off here 6 and whatever hours later. Time to recharge the dilithium crystals a wee bit I suppose. ;D
I've been trying all sorts of different coffee lately.... ever since I got a new Mr. Coffee about a month or so back. It's been a roller coaster ride. To top it all off, I STARTED my journey with Death Wish coffee. :o ;D My tolerance has gone up since then but still.... trying so much different stuff makes it difficult to dial in so I that I'm neither over-amped nor lacking "energy."
I tried a new one the other day that was a chicory blend....... Jury is still out on that one, at first I thought I liked it because the taste was different. Then, upon further review, I was a little less impressed because it was like a 2X4 was steeped in with it. Of course, I take all mine black with no alterations but this one might be a good one for some cream, sugar, and hazlenut or something but I haven't put any extras in my coffee since 2005. ;D
"Coffee. Black."
White coffee, tastes like hazelnuts, 2×-3× the caffeine and far less bitter. Doesn't need creamer except to cool it down, lol
Dude!!! Thanks!! I was wondering about what to do w/ the gaps. I've built this one in the past and it always irked me that if you don't position it just so you can see right through the middle of it. lmao I'll definitely button it up.... glad you said something. (OH and here's another funny story about these kits, I glued the the nacelles on the Romulan one inside out like a dipshit HAHAHA!! ) ;D
Quote from: TheChronicOne on January 17, 2021, 12:38:19 PM
Dude!!! Thanks!! I was wondering about what to do w/ the gaps. I've built this one in the past and it always irked me that if you don't position it just so you can see right through the middle of it. lmao I'll definitely button it up.... glad you said something. (OH and here's another funny story about these kits, I glued the the nacelles on the Romulan one inside out like a dipshit HAHAHA!! ) ;D
But only the real STGeeks(tm) would know the difference - we'll never tell (or care too much either). ;)
I like the small BoP kit, I started one a good few moons ago and really must finish it one day... he says... :rolleyes:
The prices, well... apart from Paramounts'
pound of flesh extortion licensing fees, they're now all OOP as far as AMT or whoever goes.
Hence the collectors' prices. :banghead:
Maybe Round2 will start up with them again at some stage, who knows? They have the TNG Romulan craft in their range, but not the other 2 from the old Adversary kit - it seems they've split them up, as they did with the Enterprise 0/A/D and B/C/E sets.
Supprised you don't just have the stand with the label on it saying that the ship is cloaked?
Gondor
Oh God... I hadn't considered that. It would be hilarious and people would be forced to accept it. ;D
Not much done on this yesterday but I did put styrene sheet onto the "thingies" that needed it so we won't have gaps in the thing. A bit of refinemnt and paint and we'll be right back where we were which is to start brush painting.
Quote from: Gondor on January 18, 2021, 05:49:32 AM
Supprised you don't just have the stand with the label on it saying that the ship is cloaked?
Gondor
That's actually one of the display options given in the larger-scale BoP kit! ;D :o
One of the few instances I've seen of
intentional assembly instruction humour from a major manufacturer.
HAA!!!!! That's awesome...... Is that the recent one with the landing gear? I've been wanting that one.
No, it was the AMT kit back in the day.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/amt-ertl-8230-klingon-bird-prey--135350
Though I hadn't realized it had been re-released - they note the later boxings have new parts, so it could now be with added landing gear?
Quote from: Rick Lowe on January 19, 2021, 03:38:08 AM
No, it was the AMT kit back in the day.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/amt-ertl-8230-klingon-bird-prey--135350
Though I hadn't realized it had been re-released - they note the later boxings have new parts, so it could now be with added landing gear?
Just checked the link you gave and your correct about the latest two boxings haveing the landing gear
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/amt-664-klingon-bird-prey--142358
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/amt-949-klingon-bird-prey--1014645
These are the two boxings, just so you don't get the wrong ones.
Gondor
Quote from: Gondor on January 19, 2021, 08:34:18 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on January 19, 2021, 03:38:08 AM
No, it was the AMT kit back in the day.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/amt-ertl-8230-klingon-bird-prey--135350
Though I hadn't realized it had been re-released - they note the later boxings have new parts, so it could now be with added landing gear?
Just checked the link you gave and your correct about the latest two boxings haveing the landing gear
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/amt-664-klingon-bird-prey--142358
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/amt-949-klingon-bird-prey--1014645
These are the two boxings, just so you don't get the wrong ones.
Gondor
Cheers :thumbsup:
Slowly getting paint on. I did the corrections to the engine things as well.
(https://i.imgur.com/M1oyOgT.jpg)
I've done little with this but with the deadline approaching and renewed enthusiasm I am back to work. I finished the upper panel-work and have started on the bottom. The bottom panels will be all red so that will help speed things along. I will use two varying shades, however, so it will have a bit more depth than just using all the same tone... or... hue.... tint.... whatever'n the hell the proper term is. :o ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/WJiORkX.jpg)
Painting those tiny panels isn't the easiest thing I've ever attempted. :rolleyes: I'm glad to be beyond the toughest of it. In fact, the stuff on the bottom will be applied using markers, so even though I'm not finished with the panel work completely, I'm definitely "over the hump."
I plan to finish that tomorrow and then move into getting the rest of it painted. I hope the speed picks up at this point!
Great work Brad C.
:thumbsup:
Thanks! And I just realized that I think I want to just leave those.... uhhh... engines are whatever they are that grey color, which is just my primer.
I'll be back to work on this one today... I plan to get all the red stuff on the bottom done, at least.
Trying desperately to get this done. This is all about the paint and the paint is tedious. I'm somewhere over 90% done, however, and have started a bit of clear coating and assembly.
(https://i.imgur.com/EUY6a5e.jpg)
Earlier.
(https://i.imgur.com/NtUYBGO.jpg)
One problem I have is that it's so small finding space for any transfers is difficult. Especially after having painted a bunch of area..... good thing is I've found enough room for at least a couple red stripes/with Starfleet delta and hopefully I can add a bit more. I never planned on putting a name on it so that helps but it's looking like this will have very minimal actualy "markings" and most everything will just be paint work.
Cool! :thumbsup:
"Engage!"
"Engage" Yeah, bruh!!! I'm watching TNG tonight as luck would have it. lmao I love Picard. ...... I do not love the Series, 'Picard.' :angry: ;D (seriously, it sucks really bad)
Thanks, I'll avoid it then. :thumbsup:
Quote from: TheChronicOne on February 14, 2021, 01:07:07 AM
"Engage" Yeah, bruh!!! I'm watching TNG tonight as luck would have it. lmao I love Picard. ...... I do not love the Series, 'Picard.' :angry: ;D (seriously, it sucks really bad)
I enjoyed Picard. They have taken Star Trek away from the shiny pristine clean universe it usually lives in and taken it to a dirty used one more akin to that of Star Wars or Firefly.
I just don't like dark, depressing, ultra violent, war fight fight fight war war kill kill kill kill suicide suicide suicide suicide suicide kill murder depression dark broody depressing depressing films. It's a personal thing to me. What I liked about Star Trek (up until recently, although I do enjoy Disco and Lower Decks for sure! ;D ) but elements of Disco and ALL of Picard almost is this miserable place that tells us rather than working out our problems and maturing as a race we've learned nothing and the space we inhabit is just a miserable and mismanaged as possible. Also, the thing with Picard is so much of it made no sense and the characters were poorly written and had the depth of a kiddie pool.
There's an hour and a half long review of it all by Red Letter Media as "Plinkett" that pretty much nails everything I think about it. I particularly like the last 15-20 minutes or so because he sums it up and really drives home the point that this... isn't Star Trek and by god, it's not Science Fiction by any stretch. Throwing poorly written drama into space does not a Science Fiction programme make, and I like Science Fiction. And I liked Star Trek because it gave me hope instead of making me want to off myelf. Just my opinion, though! ;D And I certainly don't bemoan folks that are into the gritty dark stuff.... it's just a personal preference of mine that I don't like. I hated Stargate Universe for the same reason.
Y'know, I think you've put into words the feelings I have about a lot of the current crop of 'SyFy'. And modern TV in general.
Once Upon A Time, Sci-Fi was supposed to be a hopeful, 'look at what we can become'-type of thing, but the trend and quest for 'Realism' has had this effect that I'm not entirely happy about.
While I agree that sometimes Humans Will Be Humans, surely if we've lasted long enough to get out into the wider universe then we've learned to work together and put aside petty squabbles.
Particularly if there are bigger and badder threats that we need to work together to overcome.
Having said all the above, I loved 'Firefly' and bemoan it's loss, so at least I've got inconsistency going for me... ;D
Wow, pontifical much for a Monday morning? :rolleyes:
It's a fun little diversion from the topic. I love thread drift, honestly. ;D I love Firefly, too! Not sure what it is, but.... it has its dark elements but it's just general "brighter" in mood and tone and even visually.... The characters were fleshed out and lovable and the bad stuff mainly came from outside threats rather than from within whereas in a lot of the current Sci Fi stuff... like you said... there ARE no "good guys. " Even the "good guys" are "bad" and everyone is deceitful, treacherous, suicidal, depressed, drunken, high on drugs, scheming, backstabbing, etc. type of people. I have problems with depression and this stuff makes it worse...
It's a lot like the whole "murder porn" phenomenon. Like.... a show over here, 48 hours, it's all about death and gloom and... the whole production is sullen and downtrodden and I while I do find such things interesting (I also admit to liking crime procedurals... in large part because the episodes are standalone and there isn't heavy arcing) I normally have to turn it off and try to find something more hopeful to watch. This is becomming more and more difficult as time passes. I find myself watching a lot of the same old stuff I have a million times before but I'm getting burned out on it all and it's to the point where I can't ever find decent Sci Fi to watch and just shows in general are partially the same. I've resorted to sitcoms and stuff. Found some good ones, though! Bob Heart Abishola, Young Sheldon, The Neighborhood.. are three of my favorites. :lol:
Yeah, I agree. I like watching some of this stuff, admittedly, but a steady stream of it, where there aren't any (or many) redeeming qualities to the characters? And where the 'good guys' have the ethics of a certain Orange Buffoon? Nuh - count me out.
There is a time and place for 'This has to be done, I'm not comfortable with it, but if not me then who?' but when 'knock them off to get them out of my way' is the default mode of a character? Nope.
If I want Dark And Gritty, Real Life Drama I will watch the evening News.
If I want an escape from all that, I will go and watch something like Planes or Shrek, or read a Louis L'Amour or Georgette Heyer. Formulaic, yes. Ticking all the boxes, sure.
But it's meant as an escape. Real life has enough of that sort of stuff going on that I don't need it intruding into my leisure time.
Hear, here! ;D
With less that three hours to spare, I finished the BoP. It gave me some hell right at the end when I was putting it all together and adjusting the wings up and down... something or other was prying the fuselage halves apart if I put them in the landing configuration. I had to trim the hinges prior to installation as well. But.. still, this landing configuration problem occurred so I had to do some clever clamping and gluing.... I also did some late filing with the large wood file to help matters and by time it was done, it all works pretty well! The transfers were a bit rough, as well, because they are so tiny but I found places to put markings so thank God for that. lmao ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/M28Ysav.jpg)
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I'll have to sift through these and determine which ones I like best, then post them in the finished builds thread, and that should be the finish the whole affair.
Q'pla!!
OH yeah.... size reference! Even completed the whole thing is held in the palm of your hand!
(https://i.imgur.com/6QKsgQX.jpg)
majQa'! yISaH! :thumbsup:(with ribbed forehead)
Cute Li'l thang, as I mentioned before.
Just thinking, you could have named it the "USS H.M.S. Bounty"...
no?
Ah well, it had to be said... ;D
I had the Bounty in mind at the end when I started to put decals on. ;D Hell, that's not a bad idea, really...... perhaps the back story to this could be "instead of letting it sink to the bottom of San Fran Bay and remain there, Starfleet retrieved it and made this." Genius!!!! Good job, now we have a back story, and a damned good one at that. Fits the era, too.... "movies era" is what I was going for as that's the time that makes the most sense and also fits the Starfleet markings I used.
Fantastic. You've done an excellent job there Brad C.
:thumbsup:
Re Picard and Sci Fi in general, if we all liked the same things then life would be much more boring. Trouble is some people take it personally when you disagree with their tastes.
I do though have to disagree with Ricks statement that "Once Upon A Time, Sci-Fi was supposed to be a hopeful, 'look at what we can become'-type of thing". There has always been darkness and light in Sci Fi. War of the Worlds and The Time Machine both spring to mind as examples of the dark side.
Quote from: zenrat on February 15, 2021, 01:33:07 AM
Fantastic. You've done an excellent job there Brad C.
:thumbsup:
Re Picard and Sci Fi in general, if we all liked the same things then life would be much more boring. Trouble is some people take it personally when you disagree with their tastes.
I do though have to disagree with Ricks statement that "Once Upon A Time, Sci-Fi was supposed to be a hopeful, 'look at what we can become'-type of thing". There has always been darkness and light in Sci Fi. War of the Worlds and The Time Machine both spring to mind as examples of the dark side.
Agree with that, having had a while to think on it. Yeah, the Dystopian was/is a staple. The Rugged Individual Triumphing Over Impossible Odds or somesuch...
I guess I am speaking from the perspective of what I think it (Star Trek) should be - as it was originally intended to be.
And like model making, sci fi is a large enough hobby/genre to cater for all tastes.
And you're right too, they're our own personal opinions and not worth getting bent out of shape over.
Quote from: TheChronicOne on February 14, 2021, 11:05:23 PM
I had the Bounty in mind at the end when I started to put decals on. ;D Hell, that's not a bad idea, really...... perhaps the back story to this could be "instead of letting it sink to the bottom of San Fran Bay and remain there, Starfleet retrieved it and made this." Genius!!!! Good job, now we have a back story, and a damned good one at that. Fits the era, too.... "movies era" is what I was going for as that's the time that makes the most sense and also fits the Starfleet markings I used.
Glad I could help again. :thumbsup:
And it's only a paint job... if Section 39 (or whatever they call themselves this Financial Year) decided they needed something for the odd covert op, that's their vessel right there... ;)
That's come out very well mate and I'm still trying to grasp how small it is :unsure:
Some great photos in there as well.
As for Sci-Fi ? When I was reading it a lot, eons ago, my favourites were the likes of the Skylark and Lensman books by E E Doc Smith. Guess I'm on the soft side of the genre ;D
Thanks y'all! I thought a little more about it myself and I think maybe my displeasure isn't with the dark situations in general but dark people and needless displays of self inflicted misery. In War of The Worlds, the situation was dire but we didn't have miserable emo people roaming the streets weeping, story arcs about who is having sex with who and who is cheating and doing soap opera stuff and blowing their brains out. The darkness came from an outside place and was meant to be vanquished, not glorified.
Conflict and typical second act bouts of hopelessness are natural. The thing with a lot of modern science fiction is that it focuses so heavily on all this "woe is me" stuff that it straight up isn't sci fi. It's weepy emo soap opera set in space... Stargate Universe is a prime example of this. Suddenly it was about 5% sci fi and NOTHING like the glorious Science Fiction that Stargate SG1 was. SG1 had tons of dark situations but it wasn't internalized and it came from outside threats rather than self inflicted. They explored and did science. SGU was 95% drama of the human conflict type and everyone was back stabby and suicidal and people cheating on their spouses and blah blah blah. Like I said though, I do not bemoan people for liking the dark gritty suicidal soap opera stuff but it's just not for me.
I also do not like country music.. .... ..... ;D ;D ;D
Lovely little thing. :thumbsup:
I like the colours you've chosen, sets it apart from the dull Star Fleet schemes.
I'm not much of a Star Trek fan but i do like the movies and the ships. The Bird of prey has always been one of my favorite ships and although i'm not a fan of many colors, i like what you did with it. :thumbsup:
I watched every episode of SGU in hopes of it getting better towards the end but it got so boring with all the drama around the characters. I can take a bit of it but still, it becomes boring after an episode or two. No wonder people lost interest and the show got cancelled.
That's brightened up my day! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Mossie on February 15, 2021, 03:00:47 PM
Lovely little thing. :thumbsup:
I like the colours you've chosen, sets it apart from the dull Star Fleet schemes.
Thanks! It's certainly flashy but I think it worked out pretty well. One more to go with this treatment, the big Romulan warship. :wacko:
Quote from: DogfighterZen on February 15, 2021, 03:17:37 PM
I'm not much of a Star Trek fan but i do like the movies and the ships. The Bird of prey has always been one of my favorite ships and although i'm not a fan of many colors, i like what you did with it. :thumbsup:
I watched every episode of SGU in hopes of it getting better towards the end but it got so boring with all the drama around the characters. I can take a bit of it but still, it becomes boring after an episode or two. No wonder people lost interest and the show got cancelled.
Cheers!!! I just couldn't keep with it... I got about 3/4 of the way through and they spent the vast majority of the time wallowing in despair and everyone was screwing each other over and all the sullen suicidal crap just got way old. I kept hoping to see some science fiction... some exploring... some... anything that wasn't soap opera emo drama but it never came. I like Eli well enough and he at times would get down to some sciencey stuff but even he fell prey to all the weepy moping and suicidal stuff and that's about the time I gave up. I was like, "Well, there goes the sole scientific element of the show..." :banghead:
Quote from: Glenn Gilbertson on February 15, 2021, 03:57:26 PM
That's brightened up my day! :thumbsup:
Thank you!!! Glad to hear that. I like bright nice happy colors on stuff that shouldn't have them. Fun to look at. ;D
Quote from: TheChronicOne on February 15, 2021, 04:14:30 PM
Quote from: DogfighterZen on February 15, 2021, 03:17:37 PM
I'm not much of a Star Trek fan but i do like the movies and the ships. The Bird of prey has always been one of my favorite ships and although i'm not a fan of many colors, i like what you did with it. :thumbsup:
I watched every episode of SGU in hopes of it getting better towards the end but it got so boring with all the drama around the characters. I can take a bit of it but still, it becomes boring after an episode or two. No wonder people lost interest and the show got cancelled.
Cheers!!! I just couldn't keep with it... I got about 3/4 of the way through and they spent the vast majority of the time wallowing in despair and everyone was screwing each other over and all the sullen suicidal crap just got way old. I kept hoping to see some science fiction... some exploring... some... anything that wasn't soap opera emo drama but it never came. I like Eli well enough and he at times would get down to some sciencey stuff but even he fell prey to all the weepy moping and suicidal stuff and that's about the time I gave up. I was like, "Well, there goes the sole scientific element of the show..." :banghead:
Ya! Eli was my favorite character too. :thumbsup: But he was doomed since the moment he fell in love with that other guy's chick... ;D
I'm still hoping for more of the Orville series. I really enjoyed what they have produced so far.
Uh, pretty and colorful! :thumbsup:
I can watch Stargate any time. Love the humour and McGuyver is excellent. Even when they replaced him with the cast of Farscape (also excellent). However I can't take any of the spin offs like Atlantis or Universe.
Farscape I found particularly good because it had so many Australian and Kiwi actors in it. It's nice occasionally to see a universe that does not have an American accent.
Quote from: zenrat on February 16, 2021, 02:01:42 AM
Farscape I found particularly good because it had so many Australian and Kiwi actors in it. It's nice occasionally to see a universe that does not have an American accent.
Agree, though I really should sit down and watch the thing in it's entirety... :banghead:
The thing about the accents is that, though we hear them every day IRL, we're so used to TV sounding American that it's a bit jarring to hear an 'ordinary' accent on there.
I love Farscape! The Dominar is my favorite, so funny. ;D My favorite episode was when they were all back in time in 1984 I think..... they went to Florida and were squatting in an empty house or whatever it was. Farscape has some dark moments in it at one point where what's her name is alone off on that planet and she kind of gives up. Not surprisingly that arc wasn't a favorite but at least it was short lived. They also did some pretty messed up stuff to Pilot. :o ;D
Agreed on Stargate! I love that one and like you said, even after Mac was gone it was still good. As stated previously (and I take every opportunity to say it regardless lol ), I hated Universe, but I liked Atlantis. it was a bit rough to get started because I was fresh off of 11 or whatever seasons of SG1 but eventually I started to care about what happened to the characters and started to look forward to the next episode. When that happened I knew I'd enjoy it so re-started the series so I could properly watch the 5-7 episodes that I barely paid attention to as it played in the background on my first play-through.
Here's an old school Sci Fi show that has since gone from Streaming unless you pay through the teeth: Sliders. I really loved that one. Also.... Quantum Leap. And here's one that may be more obscure. It only lasted one (two?) seasons and met a too-soon demise thanks in large part to having a terrible time slot: Space, Above and Beyond. 1990's I thought it was damn good. Space Marines and "Chigs."
Quote from: kerick on February 15, 2021, 09:49:55 PM
I'm still hoping for more of the Orville series. I really enjoyed what they have produced so far.
I love Orville!!! They're working on Season three... everything is just seriously bogged down but they're filming and it'll be on its way soon. It's been a wait, that's for sure....
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on February 16, 2021, 12:11:17 AM
Uh, pretty and colorful! :thumbsup:
Thanks!!! Ain't that something?? I'd like to eventually make other stuff like it. I'm doing a Romulan one soon but if I could get my hands on some of the other alien races ships it would be neat.
Sliders was interesting, again what I saw of it. One of the things that puts me off though, is apparently they did have them getting back eventually but because of some change made while they were away (oiling a squeaky gate of all things, IIRC) they didn't realize and kept on travelling. Also because the love interest 'couldn't breathe on our Earth' - what?
S:AAB was also an interesting concept. Sort of a modernized Aliens for a new generation.
Not convinced they'd have highly- and expensively-trained pilots acting as grunts, but there you go.
'Every Marine is a Rifleman/woman' - ok, but only if you are out of other options.
QL was also interesting, didn't get into it myself but remember Sister watching it regularly.
I guess when it comes down to it, unless I know it's going to end where I think it should, I really don't want to make the sort of time investment required. (NuBSG is a case in point).
Of course, that also means I have to make the effort to sit down regularly and watch X-number of hours on DVD...
Ah well, it means more time that I can use to annoy people on this forum... not intentional, just one of the 'bonus features'...
True enough. :wacko:
Here's one: X-files. I love it! I have the whole box set of the DVDs. I bought them all before it was readily available on streaming.... I look at the box set the way "preppers" look at buried food in the woods; if the day ever comes all my streaming goes down... well, I have my DVDs! ;D My scenario is far more likely, but I digress...... X-files..... it was so difficult to really grasp the overall picture after awhile...you know, the smoking man and all the Bees and weird Russian guy and everything... it got so weird, confusing, and muddled by the end that it was basically nonsensical but considering what X-Files was, it ADDED to the appeal of the show in my opinon. It lended to the idea that things were constantly being manipulated from the outside. Been considering a re-watch of this one as it's been about 10 years. Also, I've never seen the recent series they did.
Ever watch Lexx Brad C?
Yeah, Sister loved X-files to bits and pieces, but even back then the 'Dark Conspiracy(s)' really peeved me off and I wasn't ever a fan.
Now Tremors, on the other hand... good TV series and I am still trying to work my way through the movies.
Still annoyed they pulled the new series just as everything was ready to go!
Quote from: zenrat on February 17, 2021, 03:01:13 AM
Ever watch Lexx Brad C?
Never did! I remember it being around but I might not have had it on my cable or whatever. I wonder if it is on one of the streaming places?
Quote from: Rick Lowe on February 17, 2021, 03:30:35 AM
Yeah, Sister loved X-files to bits and pieces, but even back then the 'Dark Conspiracy(s)' really peeved me off and I wasn't ever a fan.
Now Tremors, on the other hand... good TV series and I am still trying to work my way through the movies.
Still annoyed they pulled the new series just as everything was ready to go!
All them conspiracies drove me nuts. I gave up on trying to keep track of it all....... and..... the truth of the matter is none of it made any sense anyway and they were making it all up as they went along and readily admitted that it was a mess. ;D
Haven't seen the Tremors show.... The first two movies are pretty damn good but all the ones after that were cheap crap and I just assumed the series would be, too, but I'll give it a shot. :mellow:
Quote from: TheChronicOne on February 17, 2021, 12:58:20 PM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on February 17, 2021, 03:30:35 AM
Yeah, Sister loved X-files to bits and pieces, but even back then the 'Dark Conspiracy(s)' really peeved me off and I wasn't ever a fan.
Now Tremors, on the other hand... good TV series and I am still trying to work my way through the movies.
Still annoyed they pulled the new series just as everything was ready to go!
All them conspiracies drove me nuts. I gave up on trying to keep track of it all....... and..... the truth of the matter is none of it made any sense anyway and they were making it all up as they went along and readily admitted that it was a mess. ;D
Haven't seen the Tremors show.... The first two movies are pretty damn good but all the ones after that were cheap crap and I just assumed the series would be, too, but I'll give it a shot. :mellow:
It's worth a look, IMO. It's very much 'Monster of the Week', but given that, it's still fun.
It depends what you're expecting: Epic? Not even close... A Fun way to spend 40 minutes or so each time? I think so.
The characters even get fleshed out a bit over the course of the series, so that's nice.
And no 'Big Reset Button' at the end of each show.
I didn't mind Movie 3, and #4 the Prequel was ok for setting up some of the later town denizens.
Haven't watched #s 5-7 yet, but they're on my list.
"Ah, Burt, Man - I really liked that Truck!"
Hmmm!! This prequel sounds interesting. I would like to check that out. The towns folks were all pretty interesting and I especially like the gun nuts people. I would like a set up like how they had their house and all their guns. :wacko:
In other news, I've found good leads on where to watch both Lexx and the Tremors tv show. :thumbsup:
That's good - have fun with them! :thumbsup: