ENT was basically watered down TNG for its first two seasons. Some of the time it was good (eg "Carbon Creek"), some of the time it was bad (eg "Precious Cargo"), but most of the time it was stultifyingly mediocre. Season 3 tried something different, but it was only in season 4 that ENT found its true voice.
And it was Manny Coto who was responsible for the upswing in quality. I'm generally skeptical of prequels, but at least Coto fully bought into the premise of ENT being a prequel show, and showed us how various aspects of Trek lore came to be. I think his stint running that final season may have been his best work.
Or watered down VOY. The first two seasons had its gems (Cold Front, Shuttlepod One, Carbon Creek, Minefield, Future Tense, Regeneration are a few) but the series imo didnt get good until its 3rd and 4th seasons, largely due to Coto and Sussman taking over.
Not me for sure. I read a lot of comics as a kid, but they were 100% marvel. Someone told me I’d enjoy the show, so I gave it a shot and thought it was fun (mostly).
I’ve been having a hard time even getting through the released episodes of season 4. The second half of season 3 and season 4 so far have not had the charm of the first couple seasons.
Work for everyone but the biggest corporations. Write for the smaller studios while the big ones starve. When small studios are making record profits while Paramount runs out of material, they’ll be more eager to negotiate.
Maybe that specific plan won’t work, but the WGA will think of something. They’re not stupid.
Good idea. Maybe the writers could also take a stab at forming their own studio? And in the meantime, I guess they could get day jobs. The studios are going to be losing plenty of money here too, this strategy could easily backfire for them.
Notice how you don't hear the WGA complaining. This whole story is just producers trying to placate their investors, and not really doing a convincing job of it. Writers are used to going way longer than 5 months between gigs. I'm a little surprised we aren't seeing producers in the streets, begging for handouts.
I was at a gas station a few days ago and the videos were all out of sync. It was a horrible cacophony. I was glad I was just running in for a drink and not pumping gas for a few minutes surrounded by that.
Eh, I like it sometimes. Renting a movie digitally costs $5+, renting that same movie from Redbox costs ~$2 and I don’t need to give up my info to some online service. it’s a little annoying going there physically, but I also have the option of ripping it from the DVD and watching it later (legality may vary, YMMV).
So online rentals are more expensive and less privacy-friendly. That’s enough for me to favor Redbox.
I was going to make some comment about how long it would be to come out ahead since I would also have to buy a Blu-ray player, but turns out the cheapest ones are like $35, and probably even less used. So it would be like 12 movies for it to make sense.
I’d still rather just hit a button on my phone and have it play than have a separate player and have to go get discs.
I frequently see them in places where people of lower income shop. I guess because they can’t afford a setup for a streaming service or don’t know how to do it? I’m not sure. It seems like it would be more expensive.
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