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star wars is too woke i like the show about the socialist utopia rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They went heavy on Bush doctrine apologism during the xindi storyline though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think it was more of a 'this is a great opportunity for metaphoric storytelling' than 'let's celebrate the Bush Doctrine' though.

I think it failed, but that's another issue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I got a lot of "we're facing an exitensial threat, therefore the ends justify the means" out of the 3rd season. It seemed really out of place in a star trek show. Maybe it wasn't an implicit endorsement of the Bush doctrine but it sure smelled like one to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's been so long that I'd have to watch it again, to be honest. To me, the only good season of Enterprise was Season 4 when Manny Coto took over and just made it a season-long tribute to TOS. Ironically, Coto is a Republican. That said, he also made another terrific short-lived sci-fi TV show called Odyssey 5 with Peter Weller. I highly recommend its one season despite the cliffhanger ending.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

RoboCop huh? Sounds interesting, I'll have a look. Thanks for the suggestion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No problem. It was part of Showtime's sci-fi block which also had a pretty good post-apocalyptic show called Jeremiah, which showed that Malcolm Jamal-Warner had range beyond sitcoms. Showtime axed all of their sci-fi shows and it died. Stargate SG-1 was the only one that got saved by moving over to the Sci-Fi Channel, I think because it was being co-funded by Canada.

I wish he'd continued to story in a book or something. Everyone I've recommended it to has liked it. Looks like all of the episodes are on YouTube. Here's the pilot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWGbfQOFN60

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Jeremiah was a masterpiece, and had the unintentionally funniest theme song of any show ever ("it's hard to breathe when the whole world.... Faaaarts")

That one at least got a proper ending.