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You need to give Dr. Horrible a try, Jello.

 

I like the style, I'm quite a fan of action packed schlock, but I'm very aware that it's simply not Star Trek at all. As Nick said, it's STINO.

It's actually kinda sad to realize that Star Trek simply doesn't exist anymore. I can imagine this new style sticking around for quite some time, in both movies and television. It might be decades until actual Star Trek comes back.

 

TNG (from about the second season on) and DS9, at least, are vastly better than anything you'll find in TOS, so you shouldn't have many problems there.

We shall have to guide you back upon the proper path.

 

Jello, watch Dr. Horrible right this minute. It's only an hour; no excuses.

 

I'm a big fan of Whedon's work, which is why I'm sad to say I only liked Dr. Horrible, instead of falling in love with it like everyone else seemed to. I think this might be because I'm a soulless husk that doesn't like musicals (which is kind of strange, considering I've had a lifelong obsession with music; I think it's the fact that most musicals seem so fake, manufactured and dereft of any musical personality).

That said, every scene with Captain Hammer in it was gold.

 

It's definitely the most political Star Trek, and my personal favorite of the lot (and referenced in CK2!).

 

Yeah just ignore that, it is pretty stupid.

Very much so and expands in all kinds of directions.

DS 9 later gets these uniforms, which are pretty nice as well.

 

"There are already too many characters! I knew who these ones were and now they are dead!"

(I'll admit I've just started to read the books now and this was exactly my thought watching the series...)

 

The old one or Friendship is Magic? If the latter, give it a try. It's surprisingly intelligent, and far better than most other drek that passe for cartoons these days.

 

Cool, seeing Murray win at Wimbledon. Not least as he's grown up a lot from the idiot he was a few years back!

Instead, he went to Oliver Reed's Gladiator school and learnt a key lesson:



"Win the crowd."

 

Name another show (besides Futurama) that uses an equasion on relativity as a chalkboard gag, or has Q from Star Trek show up, basically as himself? Or besides Buffy to have a snobby fashion princess shown to be likable and heroic, not just an antagonist. Or have crazy catchy songs that are more than just jingles?

 

Following his completion of his studies at this school, he then sought out the tutelage of Master Lendl....

 

I actually watched a short youtube documentary on the whole Brony movement, just trying to figure it out. It was fairly interesting, but I never did find out what it is that inspires such intense interest. While the show has decent enough writing, from what I've seen, I've always felt that it falls more under "good writing for a My Little Pony show", rather than good writing period. I think it's more a testament to the sad, sad state of American animation (why are the Japanese the only people who seem to see the narrative possibilities the animation medium provides?) that Friendship is Magic can stand out as one of the better written cartoons.

That said, according to the documentary, the show did do a David Bowie reference. And not radio friendly everyone-knows-that Bowie: weird Bowie. That's really cool.

 

So when are they going to give the Friendship is Magic treatment to the Rainbow Brite franchise?

 

This video, and the urging of a friend, are what got me into watching it.

 

Ah, the joys of watching HBO's John Adams while housesitting for my folks. Resting on the couch, cool drink in hand, Labrador Retriever laying on the floor next to me. I must confess, after all the stress I have been under at the office lately, this is EXACTLY how I wanted to end my Independence Day weekend.

--Adm. Nick

 

Yeah people should just watch Avatar the Last Air Bender instead if they want good cartoon shows.

 

And Archer.

Different kind of cartoon, granted.

 

Somehow this is so silly that I have been laughing for 5 minutes straight