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  • L Lost User

    any comments on the Phillip K Dick's Electric Dreams? (planning to binge watch later)

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    R Giskard Reventlov
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    Yes - it was ok; a little confused but well done. None of his stories read that well so translating them for video is always going to be difficult.

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      No, Steven Seagal and Danny DeVito are still making movies...

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      Lost User
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      Havn't seen any DeVito lately, Steven Seagal though, he's getting bigger. (lit!)

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      • R R Giskard Reventlov

        I wonder if they spotted that? Star Trek Discovery. Watched it. Very underwhelming. Why did they have to change the Klingons? Again? What purpose does that serve but to disconnect the universe continuity. Further, it was all FX and action and oddly placed flashbacks. Not great, bit boring. Still, might be better when they get to the Discovery and Jason Isaacs - a great actor. Still think The Orville is better.

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        Tim Carmichael
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        Didn't get a chance to watch it last night; my wife has a meeting to tonight I do not need to attend. I will try to watch it and then make a determination. If it is better than Star Trek: Voyager, then that is a start.

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          I don't think it is: I think it's a offshoot, of a reboot, of a remake, of a remake. It's bound to be different from the original, if only because our user interface technology has vastly surpassed the Original Series UI of clunking individual switches, and having anything worse than ours would be totally unbelievable1. And having aliens that look a bit less like a human in yet another rubber mask has got to be good - the original Klingons didn't even have rubber masks! :laugh: Mind you, I haven't seen it yet, except for trailers. 1 - unless it had "iStarFleet" on it, in which case I'd prefer the clunky switches, please.

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          David ONeil
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          OriginalGriff wrote:

          the Original Series UI of clunking individual switches

          Wonder if a spoof of this would work? A bigger and badder switch for everything! Could call it Star Trek Clunkery. :laugh:

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          • R R Giskard Reventlov

            I wonder if they spotted that? Star Trek Discovery. Watched it. Very underwhelming. Why did they have to change the Klingons? Again? What purpose does that serve but to disconnect the universe continuity. Further, it was all FX and action and oddly placed flashbacks. Not great, bit boring. Still, might be better when they get to the Discovery and Jason Isaacs - a great actor. Still think The Orville is better.

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            Rick York
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            I refused to watch it. AFAIK, all future episodes will be on-line only from the CBS site and I am not going to sign up for that just to watch this show so I'll pass.

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              (By accident?) I watched The Orville - a knockoff series. A good starting scene is followed by two more episodes of near complete predictability and childish dialog. What comes to mind?     Millennials, this is for you!

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              charlieg
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              So it wasn't just me? Lots of funny once dialog replicated three or four times. I give it maybe 6 episodes, and it's done. Sort of an unfunny Galaxy Quest.

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              • R R Giskard Reventlov

                I wonder if they spotted that? Star Trek Discovery. Watched it. Very underwhelming. Why did they have to change the Klingons? Again? What purpose does that serve but to disconnect the universe continuity. Further, it was all FX and action and oddly placed flashbacks. Not great, bit boring. Still, might be better when they get to the Discovery and Jason Isaacs - a great actor. Still think The Orville is better.

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                Orville is pretty bad. STD was okay, but how long before they kill of Yeoh?

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                • R R Giskard Reventlov

                  Yes - it was ok; a little confused but well done. None of his stories read that well so translating them for video is always going to be difficult.

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                  Munchies_Matt
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                  Total Recall and Running man, werent they Phillip K Dick books originally?

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                  • L Lost User

                    any comments on the Phillip K Dick's Electric Dreams? (planning to binge watch later)

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                    Wasnt that Bladerunner?

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                    • R R Giskard Reventlov

                      I wonder if they spotted that? Star Trek Discovery. Watched it. Very underwhelming. Why did they have to change the Klingons? Again? What purpose does that serve but to disconnect the universe continuity. Further, it was all FX and action and oddly placed flashbacks. Not great, bit boring. Still, might be better when they get to the Discovery and Jason Isaacs - a great actor. Still think The Orville is better.

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                      Nathan Minier
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                      I was looking very forward to watching it... But instead, I have Oprah and 60-freaking-Minutes taped. The epitome of "who cares"!

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                        Orville is pretty bad. STD was okay, but how long before they kill of Yeoh?

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                        R Giskard Reventlov
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                        Oops!

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                        • M Munchies_Matt

                          Total Recall and Running man, werent they Phillip K Dick books originally?

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                          R Giskard Reventlov
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                          Total Recall: Mr Dick Running Man: Stephen King

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                            Total Recall: Mr Dick Running Man: Stephen King

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                            Munchies_Matt
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                            "We wil remember your dreams for you, wholsale" wasnt it? Bloody good film though. Arnie was classic in it! :)

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                              Wasnt that Bladerunner?

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                              R Giskard Reventlov
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                              Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - most of his books and stories are not that great - hard to read and a bit silly but the underlying themes are what sets him apart.

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                              • M Munchies_Matt

                                "We wil remember your dreams for you, wholsale" wasnt it? Bloody good film though. Arnie was classic in it! :)

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                                R Giskard Reventlov
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                                Yup and spot on. He has made some great films, Arnie. Terminator I & II, Predator, Total Recall, Last Action Hero, True Lies, Twins. He's in pre-prod for the Terminator reboot - Untitled Terminator Reboot (2019) - IMDb[^]

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                                  Yup and spot on. He has made some great films, Arnie. Terminator I & II, Predator, Total Recall, Last Action Hero, True Lies, Twins. He's in pre-prod for the Terminator reboot - Untitled Terminator Reboot (2019) - IMDb[^]

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                                  Munchies_Matt
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                                  I was working in a cinema in st albans when terminator 1 came out. Christ, that was a long time ago!

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                                    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - most of his books and stories are not that great - hard to read and a bit silly but the underlying themes are what sets him apart.

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                                    Munchies_Matt
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                                    Yeah, wondered if he had got the name of the book wrong. Bit of a dull film though.

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                                      I was working in a cinema in st albans when terminator 1 came out. Christ, that was a long time ago!

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                                      R Giskard Reventlov
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                                      Really? I lived in London Colney for a while - nice place.

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                                      • M Munchies_Matt

                                        Yeah, wondered if he had got the name of the book wrong. Bit of a dull film though.

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                                        R Giskard Reventlov
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                                        Electric Dreams is a new TV series... Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (TV Series 2017– ) - IMDb[^]

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                                          Really? I lived in London Colney for a while - nice place.

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                                          Munchies_Matt
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                                          Just down the road towards potters bar isnt it? I used to live off London road st albans, round the corner from the Odeon when i was at hatfield uni doing engineering. The cinema was an evening job, it was a good laugh actually, still chat to some of the people I met there. And watched a lot of films, many many times, out of india, water, terminator etc. We used to rent rooms with a farmer on lord brockets land up in welwyn, that was nuts. But a good laugh, tractor racing through the woods! A lot of fun.

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