Newsgroups: bit.listserv.i-amiga
Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 15:03:41 EST
From:         BBOWLES <bbowles@IUS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re[4]: DeepSpace9

BBOWLES writes:

>>          I apologize to all the other I-Amiga users out there, but it
>>          really steams me when someone gets on here and criticizes
>>          something they have not even watched yet.  How anyone could
>>          decide they don't want to watch the show based on the
>>          "Teasers" is beyond me!

>           Well, since the "Teasers" are supposed to display the best
>           part of a show and get you to watch it and the "Teasers"
>           for Space Rangers looked ludicrous with lousy special
>           effects (certainly not even close the to the level of
>           sophistication of either TNG or DS9) I have made the
>           determination for myself that the series is going to
>           "suck".

            Gee, I bet your glass is always half empty!

            I'd be delighted to be proven wrong and if I hear
>           that it was good I will happily watch it.

            Well, it wasn't Star Wars, but I thought it beat the hell
          out of Knots Landing!  The space sceens were weak, but
          that may improve with better ratings.  Looking back at the
          first season of TNG, I can see how much a show can improve.

>           The more GOOD  sci-fi the better.  I
>          just don't think CBS (or NBC or ABC) are capable
>          of it.  The major networks are in trouble and I
>          fear Space Rangers will be another example of why.  NBC
>          in my area has resorted to putting on half hour long
>          infomercials in the middle of a Saturday afternoon for
>          example, is that hurting or what?

           We don't have that problem here.  The local CBS afiliate
          elected to put on four hours worth of local news (you wanna
          talk trouble try watching these Bozo's try to come up with
          three hours and fourty five minutes worth of sound bites and
          filler).

>           The DS9 "Teasers" have made me want to watch the series
>           more and more and I can't wait until tommorrow night.  I
>           have not seen any Bab V "Teasers", but the graphics I've
>           seen posted have sparked my interest enough to at least
>           watch it.  Graphics does not a show make though, and the
>           type of plots as far as I know have not been alluded to
>           yet.  I AM willing to give that one a try.

            Great, but I've seen "Teasers" for what I thought were
          great movies only to find that the only interesting parts of
          it were all condensed into that 30 second promo.  A good
          editor can do wonders with a bad show, and a bad editor can
          make a good show look like trash.  It's like the old saying
          "You can't judge a book by it's cover" of at least you
          shouldn't.

>           BTW, I happen to like Bambi, it was a good movie, but I
>           thought we were talking sci-fi and trash TV?  How'd Bambi
>           come into this discussion?

            Well, I like Bambi too, I used it as a suggestion because
          it was the tamest show I could think of.  I restate my
          position that it really ticks me off when someone condems
          something without giving it a chance.  Watch the show, give
          it a week or two,  if you still don't like it fine, but try
          it before you decide you don't like it.

          I don't mean to make this a personal attack on you, just
          humor me and give your spinach a try before you turn your
          nose up at it, you just might like it.  personaly I would
          rather watch a turkey like "Plan 9 from Outer Space"  than a
          top rated "Murphy Brown"  JMHO ;-)
                                                Brian Bowles
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