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Naomi calling in a favor (S4, E10)
It's a silly movie but the visuals are stunning.
I hope Season 3 is much better than its 1st episode
Do you think Mother was insane?
I'm struggling with the first 5 minutes
It takes a rare talent to mess up a good story
What was the point of the pile of chairs and furniture?
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I thought he was great in "Titanic," but even more impressive in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" Playing someone who's mentally challenged is much harder than playing a cute, cocky young man when you're already a cute, cocky man, and he really pulled it off, IMO.
I find it so forced it was distracting.
I find plenty of flaws in this show, but on this issue, I might cut them some slack. This is mission #24 to Alpha Centauri, and they probably found from the first 23 missions that nothing went wrong and they were just on a cruise ship to a colony with no side adventures, so why bring along guns, unless you're planning on shooting at other passengers?
Ben Adler: I like your theory that his mind is somehow merged, partially or whole, with Scarecrow's. I keep thinking we haven't seen the last of either Ben or Scarecrow.
Why is that engine so important? No idea. Maybe 1) it is one-of-a-kind, or one-of-a-few, or 2) the robots or their owners believe other species have no rights to it, either because they're really possessive, or it's the "this technology is too powerful to fall into the wrong hands" attitude. Though clearly humans aren't abusing it. But they are abusing Scarecrow.
The logical point that really bothers me is that Will's robot was very concerned about helping Scarecrow while the latter was dying. However, he had ZERO INTEREST in helping all the robots that came to attack the Resolute, including Scarecrow. And he didn't do anything to mediate between the two sides, even if he'd fail. Made no sense at all.
And re: the robot crash on Earth. I think it was just an accident, and he was off on a mission of some kind. Maybe had a ship malfunction, or was shot down by an enemy we don't know about, or spilled his coffee on the keyboard--just an accident, IMO.
That sounds like a lot more satisfying story.
I have to think it's not where Dean Cain wants to be in his career. It must be grating to him to see up & coming youngsters like Chris Pratt nabbing lead roles in movies which he never got in his prime, and now he's doing infomercials.
Good one!
I guess I'm here to complain too because I wanted to like it, but it was a letdown. It wasn't terrible, and I will watch a season 2, but with low expectations. (I don't know the books or games.)
I read a critic's review that was so savage I decided to skip the show, then a friend persuaded me to give it a try. I'd give it a 5 or 6. Reading comments on Reddit from lovers of the books and/or video games, they seem a little dismayed by the many changes plus the poorly executed timeline juggling, so maybe they'd rate it 6-8. All that's to say I think that "9" is totally bogus. Wait until real people catch up with IMDB, and the number will drop.
Yenn is played by a Brit, according to Wikipedia: "Chalotra was born in a British-Indian family. Her father is of Indian descent while her mother is English. She grew up in Lower Penn village in South Staffordshire, UK"
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