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- z1rra
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Re: Virtuality
only one chick was hot...and it really didn't have any real possibilities...was just a matter of time before someone figured out the atlantis-style how to make the journey 10 times shorter or just scrap because i can't imagine this thing anything else as a soap opera. especially with the tv motifs.
- Orlando
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nivalis wrote:totally unrelated but, z1rra, where is your avatar from? i saw that picture in another forum not long ago and that cat is cute.
Come on, don't say you didn' watch it.
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- z1rra
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it's from shrek...third movie i think yeah, 2nd, not third, my bad
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nivalis wrote:heh, no i haven't seen any shrek, should i?
Yes
...where did I put that rat's ass I could give?
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- Orlando
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I love it, but it's probably because of the polish dubbing
- z1rra
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shrek is fun...at least for the 1st time. though it's nowhere near as good as robin hood: men in tights
- h3ctic
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Re: Virtuality
bleh, I was saving this pilot for the weekend to come,,,but now.... dev/null
- Moze
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why oh why the fuck must every new series have a damn gay or even worse a gay couple in it? Yeah i get they have the need to be equally respekted, but CMON, it is not funny, nor interesting, just plain ugly to watch, not everyone thinks watching gays having fun eating salad is actually FUN. The only gay i can think of that in fact is cool must be the gay black dude in True Blood. Back to the Pilot, kept me entertained for about the whole episode, tho as serveal have stated, not enough sexy ladies, and the crew was generaly boring. (who the fuck takes a cripple with them in space?)
- kabapy
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not that great , need to see more !! Too Much SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP
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- BlackBox
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I actually enjoyed th pilot. The circumstanced for the airdate were bad, so it might not be picked up, but I wish it would. It gave me a little the "Dark Star", "Silent Running" and "Space Odyssey" feeling, while at the same time "Sunlight" and "Big Brother" (yes the awful shows around the world) come into my mind. These sorta sci-fi shows you either love or hate. If you are more on the laser Star Wars kind of scifi you hate this show. If your're more on the mentioned "Dark Star" "Sunlight" kinda scifi - you'll love it. The theme has also some potential: - Earth is the living hell like in "The Day After Tomorrow" - The Space´ship´ is more like a gigantic space station with alot of space for everyone - The virtual reality with the strange bug and omnipotent killer is a fresh idea - The people are not isolated from earth because the are at the same time stars in the self made reality show So this should be interesting Maybe we see this revive next year...
- theConundrumm
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meh
i'm going to eat your brains and gain your memories...
- fjarle
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BlackBox: Hate to break your mold, but I'm lukewarm to this Thing is, it sort of changed character in the middle of the pilot. The first parts were extremely focused on the confessionals and the dynamics between the characters. Pretty boring in and of itself, imho. But as the pace slowly picked up things started looking better. This could become either a mediocre thing, or it could become awesome. I get the feeling that there's enough space to move storywise for this show not to be plain ole boring. Oh, and the feeling I got from this... 2001 A Space Odyssey. HAL9000 anyone?
- theConundrumm
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yeah, i had to ignore the 2001 refrences, lest i see the show as being pretentious, thus stopping me from enjoying it to its full... unfortunately that was the least of it's problems... [HAL pic above is my phone screensaver ]
i'm going to eat your brains and gain your memories...
- pablo-pancho
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The show kinda reminds me of Kim Robinson's novel "Red Mars". However I didn't like it so much. Some concepts were promising but "bigbrotherisation" totally spoiled everything for me. Maybe it is too early to judge, after all that was just a pilot but I won't be devastated if they don't pick it up. If they do - I'll give it a chance.
- colinsp
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Watched the first 20 mins and then gave up on it. I won't be wasting any more bandwidth on this which is a pity as I was waiting for a new decent SciFi series.
- fjarle
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To me it looked like the Big Brother part was toned down quite a lot in the last half of the show. If they keep that aspect in the background this series might get good. If they don't it's doomed to being mediocre. Will watch a couple of more eps to find out where it's heading.
- marco1475
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Gotta love the fact how nobody reads the previous posts ... I knew that people were self-centered, but I (foolishly) thought they might want to not only share their opinions, but also read the opinions of others Oh well. So here it is again for the cheap seats: THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE EPISODES OF VIRTUALITY.
"We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go." -- Colonel Tigh
- BlackBox
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marco1475 wrote:Gotta love the fact how nobody reads the previous posts ... I knew that people were self-centered, but I (foolishly) thought they might want to not only share their opinions, but also read the opinions of others Oh well. So here it is again for the cheap seats: THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE EPISODES OF VIRTUALITY.
This is only half-true. The only fact right now is that Virtuality was not picked up by Fox. This was even clear before the pilot aired. So that raised the question why they aired it anyway. And they didn't advertise it and they aired it in the death slot. The only reason I - and many others on the webs - can think of is that Fox would like to give other networks the chance to follow the internet chatter and may pick it up. So long story short - there is a small chance Virtuality is picked up by another network and we get some more episodes. But that won't happen until next year.
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- marco1475
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BlackBox wrote:marco1475 wrote:So here it is again for the cheap seats: THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE EPISODES OF VIRTUALITY.
This is only half-true. The only fact right now is that Virtuality was not picked up by Fox. This was even clear before the pilot aired. So that raised the question why they aired it anyway. And they didn't advertise it and they aired it in the death slot. The only reason I - and many others on the webs - can think of is that Fox would like to give other networks the chance to follow the internet chatter and may pick it up.
Sorry, you are wrong. For one, Virtuality was advertised. Actually plenty for a programme in late June. And yes, there is a very very very small chance that Virtuality will be picked up by another network, but it is so small it is not even worth discussing. However, since you brought it up, here are the reasons (some of which are taken from this wonderful article: Virtuality canceled? [tvbythenumbers.com]): Shows dropped by a network get picked up very seldom by another network. In the few instances this has happened it was either because the show went from a "major" network to a cable network owned by the same company (think a switch from NBC to USA) or to the network owned by the production company's parent. Virtuality is produced by Universal, which owns NBC, USA, and Syfy. It is very clear that FOX has no interest whatsoever on Virtuality - the numbers it posted were abysmal, nobody watched it, and they already gambled once on a high-brow sci-fi show (Dollhouse). The fact that Virtuality had lower numbers than Dollhouse among other things makes sure that FOX won't touch it with a 10-foot pole. So Virtuality can either go to NBC, USA, or Syfy. NBC won't take it - they are struggling financially, they had to drop other, self-produced shows that were better, they have the new Leno show five-days a week that wreaked havoc with their programming, and they aren't very sci-fi friendly. USA is very similar - pretty full slate with the crumbs off of the NBC table and not really sci-fi friendly. The only logical choice for a network would be Syfy. However, as the article described, Syfy already has a show run by Ron Moore (Caprica) that is dabbing into virtual reality and is similarly themed. While the two shows might diverge over time, at the beginning they are almost identical and that will make it a very hard sell. Lastly, the last thing Syfy wants is for their showrunner to be torn between two shows and do two half-assed things instead of one good one. So Syfy will pass on it with the biggest probability. Syfy could eventually want to wait one season before airing new episodes, but that would mean producing them now and fronting the money to Universal immediately - otherwise the actors and crew will be lost to other shows/projects, etc. And do you think they will bank a lot of money on a show that got good reviews but abysmal ratings and might have a good internet buzz now? Internet buzz is very fleeting - it won't wait another season. And airing it now would damage Syfy's main show vehicle - Caprica. As much as I would like the show continue, because god knows there isn't enough good sci-fi on nowadays, I just don't see even a remote chance of another network picking it up. But then again, miracles do happen - see Dollhouse. But I am afraid we've used up our supply of miracles for this year ...
"We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go." -- Colonel Tigh
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You are absolutely right in any way Tnx for the detailed reasoning.
- marco1475
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Thanks. I am going after that "tl;dr Award" no matter what
"We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go." -- Colonel Tigh
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Good luck
- Orlando
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Best wishes!
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