Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
the one guy has this cheap plastic prop on his arm and the other guy asks what it is but he doesn't answer
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
this is our alien i guess. which they said wasn't really male or female but they refer to as he anyway
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
okay, everybody go watch the intro because the performance of the narrator in the intro is fucking hilarious and you need to experience it
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
okay was it actually written by gene roddenberry? because if it was oh boy there's gonna be some insufferable yet vapid preachiness and just so much sexism
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
the alien Da'an begins his speech to the crowd by making hilarious parseltongue noises
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
omg they used a clone tool to make it look like they had a huge crowd 😆
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
this sequence goes on for several long, LONG minutes where the alien is giving this scifi boilerplate speech abut how they came to earth and cured diseases and ended world hunger and so forth
while this sniper guy is getting ready to shoot them
standard stuff you've seen millions of times
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
so the sniper aims at the alien and then this guy blocks the crosshairs, i mean he's very clearly and obviously blocking the target, the sniper instead of waiting for a clear shot just fires anyway and hits the guy who was in the way
🤷
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
then the guy with the plastic prop on his arm fires a very cheap effect at the building where the sniper is and blows up part of it
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
oh man they're gonna use green screen a lot, aren't they?
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
i hate cop protagonists. they're boring. they're always written the same way. they may as well all be the same damn character and mostly they are boring af
so our protagonist is a cop and he works in this generic cop place where generic cop stuff is going on and has generic cop dialogue with this other guy
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
so the alien is here to touch us
also his (that's the pronoun they're using so that's what imma go with) name is Da'an and they are pronouncing it as two syllables
i don't why i'm annoyed by that but i am
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
someone thought the name William Boone was really cool, they say it multiple times in the intro and they're said it multiple times outside of the intro
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
oh yeah William Boone is gonna be a mary sue isn't he?
constant, awkward use of a protagonist's full name is never a good sign on that front and now his wife is saying shit like this
i'm gonna hate william boone, aren't i?
i mean i already kinda do cause he's looks like archer so
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
so the assassin from earlier follows boon'es wife and rams her car and makes her crash but they couldn't afford to actually crash a car i guess so she just throws her arm up and they cut away to this while you hear tires screeching and a crash
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
someone just asked how long it would be before the wife got fridged...
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
so now that his wife is dead William Boone is free to work for the aliens and this lady takes him in her cheap ass cgi chip
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
oh here we go
star trek embarassed itself every time it brought up evolution and there's no way this is going anywhere good
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret Sounds like something Earth would do honestly.
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret ...I wonder if the aliens being neither male nor female was one of the reasons I found them so interesting...?
They remind me of the Changelings from DS9.
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
is this in the beginning of every episode or just the first?
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
as much as I don't like the character of Lwaxana, I have nothing but positive emotions towards Majel Barrett
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret I was about to say "Of Course she is. It's a Roddenberry show."
... but I don't recall seeing her in Andromeda.
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@apLundell
She was an executive producer on Andromeda though.
@Taweret
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret You ever notice that desk-bound police detectives are the only characters who still wear suspenders?
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret This is the show where all the heroes carry video phones right?
I remember the prop clearly, it's in two halves and they pull it apart and there's a screen in the middle that must have been rolled up.
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@apLundell @Taweret I wear them at weddings. AMA.
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret why does this look like a screenshot from a ps2 game
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
almost as cool as [protagonist name from the crabs book]
re: Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret
William Boone
William Boone
riding through the land
William Boone
William Boone
(something something hand?)
re: Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret any bets on how long she lasts until she gets fridged?
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret Such an old-fashioned looking police station for a futuristic sci-fi.
They must have just already had that set laying around.
re: Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret NOT EVEN THE FIRST FUCKING EPISODE, OH MY GOD DAMN
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret
I love it, a tombstone with "my wife" on it.
This show just gets it tee emm.
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret
That and they can just have the image of the tombstone projected over him whenever they need to remind us his wife is dead
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret I love how in SciFi from the 90s has user-interfaces where you had to wave your arms around.
When I worked in the industrial VR industry around 2010 clients would routinely tell us that they wanted a user-interface "Like in minority report".
We always had to explain to them that holding your arms out in front of you all day is not super comfortable.
re: Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret I'm trying to read the labels on this and... it looks like there's one that says "ENGINE"? is there also a "CHANGE OIL" indicator?
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret
and Lwaxanna's maiden name had to be shoed in too? :)
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret
This is high quality
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret That's hilarious.
At least with Andromeda you can tell they had money for the pilot episode, it doesn't get hilariously low-budget until episode 2.
re: Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret oh god why does he look so *smarmy*??? eeewewwww and then "I wish only to touch your species" DID YOU SERIOUSLY COME ALL THE WAY HERE JUST TO GET OFF ON TOUCHING HUMANS. GROSSSSS
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret
Short for da'an'ie'el
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret I'm picturing that name as belonging to a guy actually named Dan who really wants to be an elf
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret "I wish only to touch your species. I wish to touch your hair, skin, and also your teeth. Be not afraid, this is not a weird sex thing. It is simply my mission in life to touch as many species as possible and experience their many textures with my hands. After touching your species I also wish to touch the furry, scaly, and feathery surfaces of earth's many animal species. Then I will leave you and go to the next planet."
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret They've barely begun with the green screens, Just wait until they get up to the Talon ship.
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
"Don't worry, The paramedics are here, and they've brought laptop computers from the 80s."
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret ok, now I believe Gene wrote it
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret I mean, Majel didn't get a lot of non-Gene work.
re: Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
@Taweret ... what is that guy even doing? preparing to give the alien a blowjob? I mean that seems to be the purpose of this whole little shindig but I thought it was more metaphorical than that
Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict, let's see how bad it is
this very cgi ship flies over the crowd and lands and this lady is inside and she sure is in front of some green screen. boy is she