Quintus 5,399 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 It's not English financed is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,493 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hale & Pace broke Finland? Learn something new everyday.British TV is surprisingly popular here. Comedies and murder mystery shows especially.Have you seen them in "Survival"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 It's not English financed is it.You are thinking Red Dwarf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 No, what I meant was the reason I watched it is because it wasn't English financed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,493 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Not sure what you are getting at. Can you elaborate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 English sci-fi typically looks shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yeah! Because it's all about the visual style. The ideas behind them are irrelevant in sci-fi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I agree, in sci-fi, image is (almost) everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Have you seen it Alex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I couldn't finish it, twice. Might give it a third spin though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I've seen parts of it through the years, on rare TV showings. It looks both inspired and silly. Much more the Boorman of Excalibur then of Deliverance, I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Yeah, Boorman in a Fantasy/sci-fi mode tends to be a little bit campy. I must say, many years ago, I saw Excalibur with mattes on Dutch TV and it looked really amazing. It changed my whole opinion on this movie. The HD version sucks.Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 English sci-fi typically looks shit!ALIEN, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, KRULL, DREDD, OUTLAND, FARENHEIT 451, INCEPTION, QUATERMASS AND THE PIT, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD TOMORROW. EXITENZ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Many of those are Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 How are you defining Hollywood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 How are you defining them as "English".Lee was talking about TV sci-fi anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 British tv sci-fi and fantasy always looks cheaply produced to me, Sharky. The sets, costumes, lighting and special effects appear to be allocated the same budget as prize money on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. Compare the Beeb's Merlin, or Atlantis to Game of Thrones to see what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Sorry, didn't realise you were talking about TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Lee, what US tv sci-fi does meet your aproval then? Apart from quite recent and fancy stuff like BSG.There simply isnt a lot of TV sci-fi around that looks breathtaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I didn't see BSG (yet) but I can tell it's high end, which is rare, even for US stuff. For example: the pilot of Falling Skies looked like shit - and that had Spielberg attached to it. Another was Revolution, which screamed tv production values. Joining BSG as being more convincingly produced or visually polished US sci-fi is Lost, The Twilight Zone, Firefly's outer space scenes looked the part, I thought Star Trek Voyager was quite nice back in the day and the prematurely cancelled Jericho felt more like an indie movie than tv. It's also a shame that Under the Dome is so tragically awful, because the effects work is actually pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Voyager looked very good for its day and still holds up well. Same for DS9 which ran at the same time. Shows like Charmed and Farscape never really cut it effects wise.Was LOST really sci-fi? It certainly didnt seem ver SFX heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Well its pitch was certainly sci-fi and it looked quite expensive. Forgot to mention any X-Files episodes which weren't about aliens, they looked decent and pretty moody actually. And the deck of Next Generation Enterprise always looks very believable, in the later episodes (after Picard bulked up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Picard bulked up?The most recent few series of Dr. Who has had episodes that looked very good visual and SFX wise, but I guess they never have the budget to sustain that level of quality throughout a series.Also, the way British TV shows are lit and shot just seems different, even if they do have a budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 It is different, I agree. Really, really obviously different. It's like everything has to be lit to the max. Shadows aren't allowed, unless it's a dark and 'scary' scene.Look at Picard before Riker grew a beard and then look at him after. He's a skinny runt in the first season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I'd rather forget the first season ever existed to be honest.BBC "original drama" is all about making look as clear as possible. Like you said. They look more digital too then shows like GOT. Which looks like it could just as well have been shot on film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Where GoT is now it looks like a bonafide movie production. Didn't in the first season, but that's expected.Sherlock looks uncharacteristically BBC made btw. It's a real looker. But again most British drama looks like Eastenders 'gritty' and nowhere near as polished as Breaking Bad, or Mad Men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Sherlock relishes in its digital video 1080p-ness. It works great for that show.But again most British drama looks like Eastenders 'gritty' and nowhere near as polished as Breaking Bad, or Mad Men.Just you wait! Danny Dyer is on Eastenders now! It's going places! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Danny Dyer, oh god. I've seen him in it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 It only needs Guy Ritchie as the regular director and Eastenders will finally be the show it always should have been! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Sorry, didn't realise you were talking about TV. So you can't read either ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Where GoT is now it looks like a bonafide movie production. Didn't in the first season, but that's expected.Well it is HBO. Just look at The Pacific. I've never seen such a waste of high production values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Yeah, Band of Brothers was very well produced and a bit groundbreaking really. Haven't seen Pacific, heard it wasn't up to par. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Haven't seen Pacific, heard it wasn't up to par.Didn't make it past 4 or 5 episodes. It was hard to put my finger on why it wasn't good. Some of it was scripting, some of it was following separate people so you never really felt connected, and some was due to the setting in that it never changed. I really wanted to like it, and was very excited for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Yeah I wanted to bail after about 3 episodes but made myself finish. I thought the structure, writing, and acting were simply bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,624 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Wake me up when we talk about Star Wars again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 You should have that as your epitaph. Mr. Brown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Wake me up when we talk about Star Wars againJust go to the last score thread. Mr. Brown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,624 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Well, I don;t mean Prequel bashing discussions poping up in just about every random thread, but this is the main Episode 7 thread.And I'm reading stuff about Star Trek TNG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 At least it isnt hobbits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,624 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Well, Picard and hobbits is on the same annoyance level to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 A lot of things annoy you though. Watch:Fellowship of the Ring score > Star Wars scoreSee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Avon calling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Is this for real?https://twitter.com/TheJackSack/status/444554499848302592 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Svar Wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 It's got to be a parody of Se7en. Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 It's only a logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Don't you mean it's only a 7ogo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 It's only a logo.And not even necessarily real....Wait I forgot where I was for a second.It's gotta be real, and it sucks, which means everything about the movie will suck! SafeUnderHill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Is this for real? https://twitter.com/TheJackSack/status/444554499848302592 S7WARS S CLUB 7 WARS Mr. Brown and Quintus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Lupita Nyong'o has met with J.J. Abrams.Basically non-news at this point, but the rumors I'm seeing are that it's either for the Obi-Wan descendant or a Sith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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