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In our latest podcast, we give some suggestions on what to watch right now since everyone is stuck at home. The coronavirus is running rampant across the world. Everybody is home. Streaming entertainment is at an all-time high. So what are we watching during this global pandemic?
First I caught The Orville a Star Trek Parody by the Creator of The Family Guy Seth MacFarlane.
The Premiere episode was decent and I know I need to give another shot --but on first impressions it was underwhelming. I love The Family Guy --but Seth's live action efforts so far have fallen short of what he can do in Animation. I was hoping that this Star Trek Parody was going to be like Galaxy Quest or at least have some of the Family Guy style humor. The premiere episode disappointed in that respect. I just expected more. Of course a premiere episode has a lot of story building and character introductions so I will definitely give this show a couple episodes more to see if things pick up. I hope they are able to establish more of a sense of humor in the upcoming episodes as this first episode just felt like a watered down version of what I hoped for.
I also watched Star Trek Discovery. What in the hell happened to the Klingons?? They look like some cheap reject version of contestant on Sci Fi channels Face Off. Supposedly this Trek effort takes place in the original Star Trek universe of William Shatner and the universe of the current Trek films. What a strange decision? Why Reboot the Franchise to then do a show in the old universe. If this is supposed to be in that universe why make the Klingons looks so different??? Who knows. The first episode itself was decent. A crew of on a Federation Starship heads out to check on a relay station that has taken damage and stumbles across a bunch of Klingons. A good start for a Star Trek series as the episode literally ends with a bunch of Klingons showing up for a fight.
The problem with this series is that after the first episode it will be heading to CBS Streaming only. The first episode only wasn't compelling enough to sign me up for a whole new subscription service. So I guess I will not be watching the first of this series until it hits DVD or Netflix. I would probably watch more episodes if it remained on CBS, but not being a Trekkie I'm not willing to pay for this one show.
I watched the first episode of the new FOX sci-fi show
Minority Report the other day and really enjoyed it.I heard the ratings were not that good and
this saddened me---because I believe the show has a lot of potential and fear
it getting cancelled too early. 2
Episodes in I decided to revisit the movie as well which is basically a
springboard for the show.Here are my
thoughts on both the movie and the show.
Minority Report :The Movie 9 out of 10 2002
I loved this movie.It is probably my favorite movies that Tom Cruise has been in.A big factor in my loving the movie is that
it was directed by my favorite director Steven Spielberg who as far as I'm concerned can do no wrong. Another factor is
that it was based on a Phillip K Dick story.Some of the best sci-fi movies have been based on Phillip K Dick stories
such as Blade Runner and Total Recall…..This movie belongs in that great class
of films.
The plot is kind of like the plot for Logan’s Run--in that the main character is a cop that
ends up on the run himself.In Logan’s
Run the main character is a cop that has to hunt down anyone that runs once
their lifespan has been scheduled to expire.In Minority Report the main character played by Tom Cruise is a cop that
arrests criminals before they commit crimes based on a program called
Pre-Crime.Pre-Crime relies on three precognitive
telepaths that are able to see murders before they happen.The problem is all of a sudden his name shows up as a murderer and he runs knowing that he doesn’t plan to
murder anyone.The movie follows him as he tries to prove
that he is innocent and uncovers some things about the program that throw the
whole program into doubt.
The movie has a fun and exciting plot with some solid
action sequences.The look at the
future is visually appealing and some of the concepts from this2001 film feel like they are starting to
happen already.Speilberg is one of the
best there is and as usual delivers a good film with a satisfying ending…. If you like Sci-Fi and Spielberg this film is a must see.
Here is the trailer for the film
The TV Show:
The TV show is off to a great start with a story that
jumps off from the film years later as Pre-Crime has been abolished.The Precogs that were sent to live a normal
life at the end of the film are now the center of this TV show.The story follows one of the Precogs (played by Stark Sands) that has
taken upon himself to try and stop the murders.He secretly teams up with a cop (played by Megan Good) and together they try to solve crimes
together. Megan Good is excellent as the cop and Stark Sands (interesting name) plays socially awkward well as Dash. This is a typical fish out of
water cop team up story like Castle or Sleepy Hollow with he interesting
twist being the Precogs themselves.There
is an interesting background story involving the 3 Precogs that I hope the show
gets around to revealing.The show
feels like a natural extension of the movie incorporating many familiar
elements. This isn’t a reboot –but instead
a cool sequel that makes use of the cool elements from the film. Check the show out while you still can
