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Author Topic: You should Watch "BRIGHT"  (Read 11351 times)

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #40 on: December 28, 2017, 05:46:53 pm »
The Waltons, MASH and Star Trek TNG, and those are just off the top of my head.  Every hour long drama on tv owes a dept to those three shows btw....

TNG?  Nah.  TNG was far too "adventure of the week".  DS9 was miles ahead of it in terms of both storytelling and character development.



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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #41 on: December 28, 2017, 06:08:46 pm »
Mission: Impossible.

Now THAT was a show.




TNG?  Nah.  TNG was far too "adventure of the week".  DS9 was miles ahead of it in terms of both storytelling and character development.

I'm not gonna help kick off a which trek was better argument, but let me just say: "Babylon 5".

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #42 on: December 28, 2017, 07:06:55 pm »
Yes and both Babylon 5 and Ds9 wouldn't have existed without TNG.  TNG started the whole weekly plot with underlying character development and ongoing subplots, which is the formula most dramas use these days.  The only thing that doesn't are serialized dramas, but they still use a similar format. 

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #43 on: December 28, 2017, 08:59:18 pm »
Best show ever?

You obviously never watched "Sledge Hammer!"

"No, it's not a silencer. This little doodad is my own invention. I call it a loudener."

I liked Farscape.
I thought first season was pretty darn good and the show seemed to know how to have fun.
but they dragged the split Crichton thing too long and i lost interest.
may pick it up again if it's still on netflix.

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #44 on: December 28, 2017, 11:15:33 pm »
I spent my holiday week watching reruns of Happy Days. My favorite episode is the one where the Fonz uses waterskiis and a ramp to fly over a captured Selachimorpha.
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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #45 on: December 28, 2017, 11:53:47 pm »
Well judging by what suggestions you guys have made maybe theres not that much difference between our old TV!

But you have basically proved my point about the limited TV pre 2000.

It was mostly sci fi, sit coms or comedy.

Sci fi was a niche market but you had Trek and Dr Who.
Sitcoms were mostly junk with a few exceptions.
Comedies yeah there was a few only fools and horses was shear gold.

Only other good series I can think of is Sharpe.

Thats pretty much my lot!!

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #46 on: December 29, 2017, 06:22:02 am »
Three Stooges

F Troop

Twilight Zone
« Last Edit: December 29, 2017, 11:30:58 am by Mike A »

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #47 on: December 29, 2017, 10:50:35 am »
I spent my holiday week watching reruns of Happy Days. My favorite episode is the one where the Fonz uses waterskiis and a ramp to fly over a captured Selachimorpha.

 ;D  :cheers:

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #48 on: December 29, 2017, 01:34:54 pm »
found sledge hammer! on youtube.
it still hold up for my immature knuckle dragging sense of humor.

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #49 on: December 29, 2017, 02:22:14 pm »
Yes it does.

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #50 on: December 30, 2017, 04:53:45 am »
Nothing they create today will ever be better than the old shows.
(there's too many to list here)  Also TNG was the best Star Trek.





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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #51 on: December 30, 2017, 09:46:26 am »
I disagree. There are excellent shows being produced today. I just don't think shows from the past should be dismissed so easily.

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #52 on: December 30, 2017, 11:28:14 am »
The new Black Mirror season is pretty good....



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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #53 on: December 30, 2017, 03:04:04 pm »
The new Black Mirror season is pretty good....

Need to look these up!
Loved the old seasons!

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #54 on: December 30, 2017, 03:55:01 pm »
Your favorite _______________ sucks. It’s kinda what we do here.
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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #55 on: December 30, 2017, 08:32:48 pm »
I wasn’t crazy about season 3, but enjoyed season 4.

 :cheers:

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #56 on: January 02, 2018, 08:41:53 pm »
Just watched Bright today. It was Ok. They could have left the bird seed stealing fairies out of it.
I have watched a few of the Black Mirror episodes. Most are pretty good. The metal head (I think that was the name, with the robot dogs) one was real good I thought, but didnt like the way it ended.

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #57 on: January 02, 2018, 10:41:20 pm »
I don't like Black Mirror. While interesting content it's too raw for my palette. I have no stomach for cruelty. The very first one turned me off completely - I've checked out a few others but nothing I saw made me want to get me back into it.

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #58 on: January 02, 2018, 11:41:05 pm »
It reveals many disturbing things about British people.  And far too many episodes have a twist along the lines of, “surprise! You’re a digital clone!”  But I still like it.

 :cheers:

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Re: You should Watch &quot;BRIGHT&quot;
« Reply #59 on: January 03, 2018, 03:28:35 am »
It reveals many disturbing things about British people.  And far too many episodes have a twist along the lines of, “surprise! You’re a digital clone!”  But I still like it.

 :cheers:

Let me correct you there:

It reveals many disturbing things about human kind.

And yeah it does....

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #60 on: January 03, 2018, 07:38:36 am »
Eh, yeah. No.  Those hang ups are uniquely your own.


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Re: You should Watch &quot;BRIGHT&quot;
« Reply #61 on: January 03, 2018, 09:07:52 am »
Eh, yeah. No.  Those hang ups are uniquely your own.

Considering where you are from I would seriously disagree with that LOL

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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #62 on: January 03, 2018, 04:25:36 pm »
Watched Bright and I dug it, sequel is on it's way: https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/03/netflix-bright-sequel/

I like Black Mirror as well, the first episode of season 1 was rough but they got progressively better each season. The last part of season 3 and all of season 4 were great.

If you want to be disturbed watch the Voyeur documentary on Netflix now, pretty twisted.  ;D
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Re: You should Watch "BRIGHT"
« Reply #63 on: January 03, 2018, 11:33:00 pm »
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