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Offline tp4tissue

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This is not Scifi
« on: Wed, 17 December 2014, 13:05:31 »
Ascension.. Scyfy channel miniseries, Tp4 just watched the first 2 aired episodes.

There's like.. NO geek stuff in it at all..  it's just young girls walking around being pretty + 1 Tricia Helfer..




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Re: This is not Scifi
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 17 December 2014, 13:08:17 »
Agreed, the show didn't deliver what I wanted it to.
People in the 1980s, in general, were clearly just better than we are now in every measurable way.

The dumber the reason the more it must be done

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Re: This is not Scifi
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 17 December 2014, 13:14:53 »
ST is the only real scifi...

Equal parts science and fiction and phaser fire.

The attractive females are an added bonus.
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Re: This is not Scifi
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 17 December 2014, 17:05:53 »
I think they opted for this series, because it's cheap to make.... they don't have HBO stacks for the CGI and costumes..

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Re: This is not Scifi
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 17 December 2014, 17:33:18 »
It is just an space soap opera.