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So who actually upscaled the show?  HBOMax or fans?  I know fans have been using AI, like ireactions for Sliders episodes, for DS9 and VOY to what I'd say are uneven results.

Yes, a group of fans rebuilt the TOS sets pretty much close to the original specs years ago, and used them in the Star Trek New Voyages/Phase II web series.  They also leased them out to other fan productions, all located out of Ticonderoga, which is WAY upstate New York.

Well I'm not sure where else the writers can go?  Particularly on series that must have stories told in 10-15 episodes.  That's what streaming is these days, and how they've adapted Trek to it.  Picard clearly intentionally mirrors Discovery's third season in that way.  Picard especially, how they kind of turned it into Firefly meets Blade Runner, and Discovery which seemed to be an homage to Terminator.  Also, not for nothing, but in Picard's case, the late 24th century was nothing but galactic destruction brought on by writers of TNG, DS9, and the 09 movie.

I finally got a chance to catch up on Picard, Short Treks, and most of Discovery.  All I would say is that I've thoroughly enjoyed what has been done.  Yes, certain things are a bit dumb or annoying but overall they've been great.  Many fans bitch nonstop about Burnham or other characters, but I feel like these are mature characters doing mature things.  Hugh of Borg and Seven of Nine I felt had magnificent returns in Picard, as did Riker/Troi, and even Data.  It just all felt right.

PS: I cannot bring myself to watch Lower Decks or Prodigy whenever that comes out.  To me Trek is not slapstick comedy or children's toons.  ST:TAS was I felt mature (for the 70's) and serious.  In fact, I wish someone would reanimate that show using the original audio.

is there a talk show he has not hosted?

Late reply, but often this happens in customs, they open to make sure item is what it's supposed to be.  They're supposed to repackage it but well......

The vaccines may wind up being largely ineffective due to dramatic hesitancy/refusal mainly in MAGA-ville, but also heavily in the Deep South among all residents.

I got 2 of Moderna a few weeks ago.

PS: I never realized Limbaugh was being slightly lampooned in Prince of Wails.

Funny you should say TV, because Warner's actually offered Snyder to do a mini-series, but he decided just to do the 4 hour job.  He really has no place in either medium.  Great points on Superman, as he has been largely pointless since Man of Steel.

Torme was into black comedy not science fiction, certainly not to what would have satisfied John Rhys-Davies.  Doubt that has really changed much.

Very cool interview (in total) but I could listen to this man for days.  He felt he "mismanaged" the show.  Complained at how they would get great scripts from young UCLA/NYU kids, he'd offer them to the producers who refused to "let anyone into the writing process."  Said the purpose of TV show crew was to assure you have a job for "the next season."

Gave an anecdote about how Prof Arturo was an important figure on television, in terms of science, and should not have been made into a joke.  That was something that often happened to him.  Writers had very little experience with science ficiton, didn't even watch any.  Also began describing atomic bomb dynamics, followed by joking about how bad the science was in Last Days, "our upside down Twister," and the dual neutron stars from The Exodus.

PS: the other interviews were done by film critics buffoons, no Sliders mentions.

Ah well I recalled reading it, but obviously thankful he's doing good.

What episodes or scripts that Tracy read or saw from S3 really isn't relevant.  The only "key" continuity points from that season included the following....

Sliding radius changes (Double Cross), as well as Logan St. Clair introduced.
Arturo is shown to be ill (The Guardian).
Original timer bye-bye, new timer introduced (Slide Like an Egyptian).
Arturo might be cured? (Desert Storm).
Maggie introduced/Arturo dies (The Exodus).
Smarter Quinn returns, laments having given Kromaggs Sliding (The Other Slide of Darkness).

Whether "Wrong" Arturo is dead or not won't matter, as Torme could just "find" the original one lost during PTSS.  The Sliding radius I'm sure makes sense to have as a larger one, but who knows?  Which timer gets used, who cares?  Again I cannot see Maggie/Smarter Quinn/Kromagg origin or anything on Sci-Fi making it into Tracy's notebook, since he didn't do it in the first place.  There's just not much he would have to worry about.

Let me say that there is zero chance on this or most other worlds that Tracy Torme has any intention of "filling the void" from ANY work done following his loss of input/control on the series.  He's made that clear I think over the years, and normally swears he's never seen most of it either, which I do believe.  When he's quoted as saying "the passage of time," he likely just means to explain what these people have been doing/where have they been for 25 years?  With the stopping off point likely being some point in Season 3, but more than likely simply Vancouver.

Whether the exact story is close or not, I am completely on TF's side of the road on this.  You have to start with a modern day story, and at least a partially NEW cast.  In their travels, the story re-introduces Jerry O'Connell's Quinn, and then whoever else signs on.  You can also establish their 25 year backstory/gap in flashbacks as you go.  The goal is to sell this to an audience that likely has never seen nor remembers the original show very well. 

One scenario I guess would be like The Guardian, where you might reboot with a young Quinn and company, who run into the older versions.  I'm not in huge favor of this though it could work.

Actually they moved to Kenya this time!  They were supposed to go there last year, but the pandemic delayed it quite awhile.  Wonderful woman.  She paints all the time and IG's those.

That stinks!  Honestly the ones I'd most like to see upconverted are the low res BTS stuff. 

This may require more technical tweaking than PnP but I've seen nice results from 320x240/15fps stuff upscaled using DAIN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS4JNfnEEcA

Some of those looked really great.  Frankly I didn't think the quality on the Comet TV web feed was that bad, while the Peacock isn't great.  It's really down to the bitrate on a lot of these.  If they had released a BluRay it would be perfect.

Any chance you can upscale "Cry Like a Man?"

The Philadelphia Experiment

Guys, the Electoral College meets when, mid-December?  Then you have the holidays and whatnot when Congress is in recess.  Nobody in Congress has any interest in modifying that schedule, trust me.

can you believe this is NOT Chuck Norris?

https://twitter.com/NunesDrag/status/13 … 1454375938

Damn, too bad it's not Demolition Man, and we could vote for this guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_P-0I6sAck

I agree on both points with TF.  Twitter/Facebook can toss anybody they want, it's their platform.  Similar to Christian baker who refuses to make a wedding cake for same-sex marriage, which the Supreme Court upheld. 

Monopoly is a tougher argument only because by definition, Google and Apple are competitors and not single monopoly.  Also, in the past, Microsoft got into trouble for including IE and Office with the monopoly Windows OS, which Word Perfect and Netscape sued them for.  Don't recall how that resulted, but the latter two are out of business.  That being said, there are plenty of apps which Apple/Google prohibit from their stores. 

The solution is for Parler to sue, and see where the courts take it.

Arrest them all, put them on trial, whatever.  There must be a reckoning for all this.  Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley must resign from the Senate.

Meanwhile, 4,000 people died of COVID in the United States yesterday.

He is STILL Tweeting about the election fraud!!!!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta … 2595885058

He should be arrested for inciting a riot immediately.

This piece of shit Trump has incited a riot!!!!!!  They are rioting into the Capitol Building in Washington.  Police had guns drawn.  The DoD is refusing to send in the National Guard.

If you can't write enough for 8-10 Netflix episodes you shouldn't have a show.  I think Lucasfilm on D+ will be fine.  You're going to have shows which are part of this mini-Mando universe, and shows which are not (like Obi-Wan).  I don't think there's too many spins-off, and frankly you need to have several new seasons a year to justify having the service.  Each series will be 10 or less, likely 8 or less, with some rumor Boba-Fett may only be 4.  Even with the use of that new set technology they have, which allows for quicker, less costly work (few location shots), each show is costly.  Building sets, costumes, etc, can be reused, but I think the streaming model has always been about shorter, quicker arcs.

Here again, I wouldn't be against a post-ROTJ Skywalker mini-series, but I don't think the technology is good enough, nor that Hamill would do it, but who knows?  I know they've tried to get him for a Luke animated series several years ago. 

PS: I encourage all to watch the Disney Gallery for Mando S1, it's extraordinary.

Trump is completely full of crap.

Wow, great stuff!  So weird to see alternate Sliders footage as after 25 years just rarely see it.

Ha ha.  In reality, the premise sounds basically the same as Counterpart, although I'm sure much cheesier.

The solicitor general of the state of Texas refused to sign the lawsuit.  Sen Ben Sasse suggested the AG of Texas, an accused crook, is simply doing this to be pardoned by Trump.  The Republicans have become post-democracy, not to mention this lawsuit is as anti-states' rights as you can get.

The last time a state sued another, the Supreme Court took 15 months and still threw the case out.  They denied the PA case today, it's as over as it was a month ago.  This one will go adios as well, it has no merit.

Trump will use the $170 million he has raised to fight in court in order to sustain his political whims for the next several years.  Beyond that who knows.  If Biden has COVID out of play and economics are moving up by the mid-terms, what would Trump even have as a slogan then?  He's failed to win 47% of the vote, twice, and his results have mostly been due to the simple aspect that people do not like him one bit.  That won't change.  2-3 years of him and his family bitching about their legal issues, crying the election was rigged?  People are already sick of hearing it.