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Oh cool, so Trump and Ellison got to snatch up Warner Bros. This will be great for everyone.
Trump mehh, but it's a continued problem that oligarchs like Ellison's family control more and more. That said, beyond CNN and to some extent HBO, what even IS Warner Discovery anymore? The studio is a wreck. Discovery is just reality trash.
The Buffy news stings, as I was really looking forward to that.
Firefly I saw, it's cool. I think one issue is that it's likely to be very low budget, and probably wind up looking like that Supernatural anime, which may be aesthetically good but lacking. i.e. the best animated shows are the ones where something actually happens on screen. I felt this was evident with X-Men '97, which featured so many more still shots than the original series had. And the original was hand drawn.
Overall, I really don't know if either property is ever truly what it was without Joss. He might have been a tyrant at times, but these were HIS brainchildren.
There's tons of this AI-generated muck on YouTube. It's not involving any kind of IP, or else it would probably get taken down. However, while it looks clean, the movement and speech of the people in it is downright terrible.
Where the "value" might be is in recording dialogue from actual actors, written by actual humans, and then having AI animate the thing, so that they "look" like the original thing. Again, you'd be sued for trying it, but that's something of interest. But probably still several years away PLUS those models are not cheap to use.
Tariffs struck down. Trump flips out, announces more tariffs! Will I get a refund from the old ones???
Well they cast David Boreanaz, who might well be the only modern actor who could pull off the looks. Goes without saying, I'm been a huge fan of his, so we shall see.
Kari just recently had some kind of hospital stay, but seems to be alright now.
Anyone bother watching Dark Matter (Apple TV) from a couple years ago? Has multiverse all over it, although they went a bit too far paradoxically and the story became nearly unfollowable. Stars Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly, I saw it on the plane couple weeks ago.
Well, the bodies are piling up in clashes with ICE agents in Minneapolis. As federal agents continue to shoot protestors to death. Meanwhile, Nero was in Davos babbling utter nonsense about Greenland. Truly depressing times, but entirely predictable.
As a Rockford MEGA fan, this makes no sense to do, but that won't stop them. You're talking about a vehicle that was entirely created back then around the personality of James Garner, not to mention his eccentric co-stars. In one sense, I do miss the old Stephen J. Cannell styled shows, but I don't see how anyone could emulate Garner. IF they go through with it, I suppose the only thing I would find interesting would be placing the show BACK in mid-1970's LA, which I always had a grand fondness for, on screen.
Made me watch this interview now. blehhhhhhh. Well I didn't think it was that bad, just dumb. Conan as he always did took a number of her flat comments and improved some zingers. Far from the "worst interview of all-time," that's for sure. I mean, there's Vince McMahon vs. Bob Costas in the ethos, after all. Kari was always pretty ditzy in public, that's for sure. Anyway, I found the segment awkward but Conan produced several good laughs. idk what she was trying for there, but bombed, oh well.
PS: You're braver than I to listen to her on a podcast. I tried once eons ago, and it was unbearable. She rambles and just doesn't stay on subject and speaks over people. I will say, when she did the Chiller convention over a decade ago, we met her and she was a bit goofy but very sweet, at the table. Later on, she was at the bar all night, and seemed to be enjoying herself with other attendees and was the "life of the room" along with Nicole Eggert....
The thing about Conan's old NBC show was that they LIVED for the zany, and I wouldn't be surprised if the entire interaction wasn't per-arranged.
I watched the entire series, it's been quite a journey, given how long they took. I enjoyed the final season, it was a bit dumb story wise, but honestly, how many times can you have the same villain to defeat. At least Buffy got a new big bad each season. The 80's nostalgia I felt was a little more visible this season. Ironically the "12 children" at the heart of it were effectively my age at the time, which was funny.
Oh I know that Putin doesn't care about how many Russians die, but there aren't an unlimited number of Russians to fight for him. Maybe they only lost the worst of their fighters, but I have to think that losing 250,000 soldiers would risk whatever fight Putin has in mind next. Whatever military hardware was lost would have to be replaced. Training hundreds of thousands of new soldiers takes time.
So even if Putin gets total victory in Ukraine, isn't he weakened for whatever is next?
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Interesting article came out that was trying to spin Trump's physical deterioration as nothing. But it ended up increasing speculation that the guy isn't doing well. What I can't understand is that a stubborn man in his late 70s who refuses to take care of himself and is popping all kinds of pills, eats like a pig, and never works out is still walking around. Even with being a) rich and b) president, Trump said himself that he doesn't listen to his doctors' medical advice. So when his lead doctor is telling him he's the healthiest person he's ever met and he's eating like he's 17, does having the best medical team in the world help?
So is Trump's body surviving just to make me angry?
Well, the war over there has largely become a stalemate, and result in dueling bombings largely done with drones. Very nasty stuff, but I don't think the casualty rate has gone up much.
I seriously ignore ALL talk of Trump's health. Is he alive? He's like a cockroach.
I know I sound like a broken record here, but I just can't get myself too worked up about this. Trump won. The people who voted for Trump are going to have higher costs for goods and healthcare and lower wages and less jobs and the same level of taxes, and they don't care. The "America First" and "No New Wars" people don't seem to care. The only person who seems to care is Marjorie Taylor Greene. I know Trump's approval rating is low, but he has a rock-solid floor that will support him no matter what. And as long as that floor consistently votes how Trump wants in primaries, no one is going to turn against him.
It's just very depressing. We're not even a full year into this, and he's got so many more fights he wants to start. He owns Congress, he owns the courts, he owns the police, he owns the military. It's Trump's world, and we have to live in it.
The polling is terrible on this, and yes, many people do care about it. Because this jackass is talking about annexing Greenland, capturing other South American leaders, and wiping out the rest of the Iranian government. At some point, where does it end?
Slider_Quinn21 wrote:We used to give the president the full 8 years, but we aren't doing that anymore.
If we have fair elections in 2028, not great for JD Vance. And it might mean that incumbents don't have the same protections they used to have either.
Actually, the Clinton/Bush/Obama run of two term presidents is an outlier. It's the most consecutive two-termers the US has ever had.
The outlook for Vance would be grim regardless. Incumbent VPs are almost never elected president. GW Bush is the only VP more recent than Martin Van Buren to win as incumbent.
I'll use my "James Carville" voice here, but I really think they're cooked. One of the things that the Cajun, and now I have become a lot more settled on, is that these national elections do not really change that much a year or more prior. The processes, largely economic, that drive voter sentiment, tend to come well in advanced. When Carville was screaming about NOT nominating Bernie Sanders in early 2020, he knew why. Biden led Trump solidly throughout 2019 and into 2020, despite fading in the early heavily-Left Democrat primaries. That was despite a seemingly strong Trump economy. Obviously COVID factored in, and Trump being an imbusel during that.
GOP will be in serious trouble, because every metric is against them. 2028 won't be much better if Trump continues as is. Granted, a good part of that is NOT his fault, nor was Biden's, and is simply the result of a variety of factors which is out of the government's control. A.I. will be a major source of that, as well as climate disruptions. Without question, idiot's tariffs will exacerbate these things by denying alternatives.
As for Ukraine, look Putin doesn't care what the costs have been to Russians. He runs a police state in which he is unlikely to be challenged. Despite Trump's worthless attempts at seeking a peace deal, I personally do not see Vlad doing it. Trump's son and other friends have formed a number of private equity groups seeking to leverage things such as mining contracts and oil exports, in Ukraine and other places. In Ukraine, they are hedging that there will be a deal and they will waltz in.
Just wanted to give a thought on the horrible loss of director Rob Reiner and his wife. Mr. Reiner was a highly passionate man, and from literally EVERY single account I've seen or read, was a wonderful boss and artistic collaborator. He had one of most diverse runs of film from 1984-1993, making a half dozen or more films across so many genres that were nearly all major hits.
Our own Jerry O'Connell gave several emotional comments on the death, owing his entire career to Reiner hiring and directing of his chubby younger self during Stand By Me.
I pray that the subsidies will be restored. I'm worried about America.
I wonder what would happen if America invaded Canada. Would Grizzlor and I have to fight each other on the Slidecage set and throw cans of Impact Cola at each other? Of course, Slider_Quinn21 is secretly a Canadian spy.
Well, we tried to invade twice during wartime (Quebec 1775 and War of 1812) and failed. Also encroached on British Columbia during the post-Civil War times but Canada agreed to build the Canada Pacific railway, and BC elected to remain.
Grizzlor wrote:Jim_Hall wrote:John Rhys-Davies said there will be at least one or two more Sliders reunions in 2026.
Hope one of theme is in the Northeast!
I had him do a video for us for the petition. He didn't elaborate further into the dates unfortunately. The only thing I see so far is John appearing in Nashville in February. https://youtu.be/Hy6TIknlXXE?si=YMrnu5_PGshYGaI9
Quite alright. I keep well abreast of the Convention news around here. JRD is appearing in Pittsburgh this weekend, for instance. God Bless John, he's usually at several cons a month. Jerry will be in Red Bank, NJ, for the Stand by Me tour he does with Corey and Wheaton.
I still feel like they will have to relent on the ACA subsidies. They have no other plan, and this baloney about sending people money to BUY insurance will never fly.
On perhaps the most insane front, we are now bombing Venezuelan cocaine cartels and threatening to illegally depose the dictator there. While Trump pardons a Honduran former president and convicted cocaine trafficker. I feel as though this may be the biggest story to come. What is this lunatic doing? An invasion of Venezuela is not even popular with MAGA.
John Rhys-Davies said there will be at least one or two more Sliders reunions in 2026.
Hope one of theme is in the Northeast!
Trump getting along with Mamdani is so bizarre to me. Did Mamdani charm him out of his element? Is Trump up to something? Is it all theater?
It's mostly theater, but in the end, matters little. The Mayor's Office only has yay much control of the city. Basically the individual departments. The City Council makes most of the rules, and they are complete lunatics. Trump will continue to hammer him on New York's violent crime, which the Mayor really can't do a lot about given how the prosecutors and judges seem to be unable to find a violent crime serious enough to jail someone over.
For his effort, the meeting was a good success for Mamdani, because first, Trump (regardless of rhetoric), 1000% legitimized him as something besides "whacky Socialist" simply by having him in the Oval Office. Mamdani then smartly refused to endorse a DSA primary challenge to Hakeem Jeffries. He also committed to retain the current police commissioner.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/24/us-news/j … ish-james/
As for Donald. Well, his revenge prosecutions of Tish James and James Comey appear to have ended, with Judge tossing them, with Comey's (statue of limitations) having expired. The reason was simple, Trump fired the US Attorney who wouldn't charge Comey, and appointed a bimbo who would. Except that the Law requires Senate confirmation of those roles. Prior to then, the district court has jurisdiction over who presides. This was ironically exactly how Trump lawyers got his Florida documents case dismissed last year. This opens the door to also get the morons he appointed around the country without confirmation to leave as well, including Alina Habba, his old lawyer, who was ridiculously appointed US Attorney in NJ, and has only been interested in Trumpian cases.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tru … 51684.html
In even bigger news, Trump it seems has no choice now but to agree to extend ACA subsidies for TWO YEARS! Faced with utter disaster otherwise, his and the GOP's repeal Obamacare narrative has failed AGAIN. Democrats who chastised Chuck Schumer may want to have those apologies ready. Why did this happen? It was obvious, the GOP has NO EFFING PLAN that would keep 20 million people insured, and with a midterm bloodbath coming, I'm sure they spent the last few weeks begging Trump to reverse course.
LOL, well that's more of a two-sport event than a combined game like "Mind Games" or my all-time favorite, Baseketball. And ouch.
It's a true crime podcast, so it's edited and such that way. The podcast features an interview with Allison, but it's not hers, she's merely the primary subject.
She also appeared on Michael Rosenbaum's show, which I felt was a fairly good interview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajZ1V-VnLNI
I have watched all the documentaries on this NXIVM fiasco, from The Vow to Seduced, now these. Each one delves deeper into the darkness. However, one thing I took away from all of them, is that almost every single person went in WILLINGLY, and were all eventually victims to some degree. They were often broken people, preyed on, often unsuspectingly. The primary villain remains Keith Raniere. Look, I think the whole self help thing is pointless, and this group was mostly fleecing customers like any other. If you wish to be indoctrinated with this baloney, be my guest. When it became a serious problem was when Keith began shifting to actual coercion, all to achieve his psychotic sexual predilections. Resulting in (mainly women) pledging various levels of God-like devotion to him, leading to committing crimes themselves. As I said, the subjects were all fully gung ho on this group, right up until they weren't. Family members and outside persuasion did nothing. One thing I got from Allison's comments, was similar to others, they truly did not understand or even question what was going on. They understand it now, but at the time, they were in trance-like obedience to Keith, who had entirely designed it this way. There's an entire story about the Mexican branch of NXIVM which has yet to be covered as well, which I've read may have had worse abuses than anywhere else. But they involve wealthy and connected Mexican families, and down there, they control the press and law so you won't hear about it.
On Allison specifically, she's remorseful, and seems to have taken her time in jail and experience at large to wish to now help those who have been incarcerated or abused, by obtaining higher degrees and certifications. She's still on probation, but has already been doing a number of these things. Her husband is a reformed white supremacist who has become a community activist. Unsurprisingly, one could point to much of her problems back to an episode of sexual exploitation as a young girl, as well as an abusive boyfriend years later. Keith used that to bend her fears and emotions at his will. Again, it's easy to sit here and scoff at all of this. But psychological manipulation of vulnerable people is a very real thing. Many many lives were seriously damaged by this monster. I don't believe in lives destroyed. These people were good people, before then, and they all have the capacity of reform and to get a second chance. I don't know if Ms. Mack would ever appear on screen again, and honestly don't care. She seems well, and is contributing to society in a way I would never find myself doing.
The whole thing is nuanced and not pretty. And sadly, not unique or rare.
Well, Stargate has the good fortune of being owned by MGM, which Amazon bought several years ago. Ironically, despite it's long term success and multiple spin-offs, I can say I've barely watched any of them. Which is rare for me, a science fiction show I haven't seen. I think that was mainly due to not having Showtime during the 90s, so I couldn't see it, and when they moved to Sci-Fi, I was still so annoyed at the Sliders treatment that I wouldn't watch anything on there!
I'm not saying MAGA or GOP won't be conducting funny business, but Trump himself, why would he care? These I feel are his primary objectives moving forward....
1. continue to make billions off the Presidency and international relationships for his company/family.
2. garner any kind of international/media praise he can, such as parading around as Mr. Nobel of Peace.
3. imprint "Trump" on whatever he can, be it airports, ballrooms, football stadiums.
4. exact REVENGE on those who attempted to put him away or take his business. Tish James, Comey, Swalwell, Smith, etc., already finding that out. Hmm, not a good thing to have "James" in your name is it?
5. deport anyone and everyone he possibly can, that isn't white.
6. continue with this baloney economic protectionism (tariffs), as he truly believes this is the root of all America's issues economically.
Democratic Congress really won't affect much of any of that, and he already has no reason to fear (LOL) impeachment. The creep is on easy street from here on out. The Democratic Party HAS to stay on message. ONLY speak about affordability, housing, healthcare, schooling, groceries, heating, what families actually have to spend money on. Stop cozying to these tech cretins and their A.I. garbage. Stop spending all their time on the fringe issues that MSNBC wants to cover, and for God's sake, stop trying to "get Trump." They MUST approach 2026/28 as they did 20 years prior, when they framed George W. Bush as the historic disaster his Presidency was. Now it's Trump's turn, and they just have to frame what people largely already know, that he's a LOSER.
I agree that it would be illegal, but I struggle with understanding who would stop him. Congress has decided to be impotent. The federal courts have been an okay firewall (they recently forced Trump to fund SNAP), but the Supreme Court has gone out of its way to give Trump whatever power he wants. And even when they disagree with him (potentially, on tariffs), Trump has already laid out the groundwork to de-legitimize them or bully them into obedience.
Trump runs the FBI, and their leaders are loyalists
Trump runs the military, and their leaders are loyalists
Trump has de-legitimized the media, and the media leaders are Trump loyalists
The people can still protest (for now), but the Republicans are trying to de-legitimize those. And even internally, I've heard younger people are getting tired of the protests because they don't accomplish anything. Whether its Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, or No Kings...there's great support and huge showings but what has changed?But maybe you're right. Maybe he wouldn't go so far as to simply cancel elections. I don't know. But I shouldn't have this little faith.
You have actually made the case for why Trump will not cancel midterms, or likely even get involved. He has discovered that he can act like a king, and will never receive actual blow back or have anyone stand up to him. His priority is to get a ballroom, a football stadium, a library, etc, built with his name on it.
The gerrymander was a flop, and Trump's destruction of the economy through tariffs will hand 2026 to the other party. Not to mention inflation, healthcare premium explosions, and his token revenge politics. But that matters little to him. He can have anyone do whatever he wishes, then PARDON them after the fact. The Congress and the Supreme Court have become largely irrelevant. The latter has one last attempt at relevancy should they correctly decide against Trump's bull crap "emergency" use of tariffs. It's too late for international aid, healthcare access/costs, housing/energy costs, grocery prices, foreign investment, and hard working immigrants. But if he can be stopped on the tariffs, at least the economy has a chance.
I doubt I'll have time to listen for awhile, but there are a growing number of podcasts covering Sliders, which is really amazing. Given how long it's been off the air, and I have to presume most of these people never saw it when it aired.
Wasn't there a contest once from Acclaim to do something with the comic books? Granted it likely went unfulfilled given it's early cancellation.
One addendum was that Cleavant began pondering how they (on a reboot) could solicit "independent" story ideas. JRD then lamented and explained how the WGA works and writers' rooms work, and largely crapped on that. It was an intriguing discussion, but certainly reminiscent of the ones Informant used to have on the series of Sliders forums. About how artistic ideas are shuttered by this (at one time Ivy League boys club).
Again, I think that fans just have no faith in ANYTHING coming out of WB/DC at this point. Is the studio being sold again? If so, will that change the direction AGAIN? Which was what I was getting at. How and why do you the viewer wish to get so invested in the content, if it's going to be shelved or flushed every few years? It's sort of the dilemma that Marvel has, which has been reticent to reboot major characters. Odd considering Sony did it with Spider-Man and the X-Men multiple times with success.
Thanks for the links. Great to see that SLC did indeed professionally edit and release that panel video!
St. Louis was pretty similar to the first one, but I think there's a lot more open honesty from Cleavant and John about the BTS on the show, and the process of bringing a series to TV. Great panel and watch.
Even with my confusion sorted, I don't really understand why the team was so celebratory at the end of Season 2. They had strong moral objections to Rick Flag, but nothing they did seemed to actually oppose him.
At the same time, I'm not in a position to stop my government from doing anything they want, so that part does sort of ring true. I would say the end of Season 2 suffers from needing the Salvation prison to be left open as a plot point for SUPERGIRL, MAN OF TOMORROW, LANTERNS, etc.
Well, the members of ARGUS who showed clear dissatisfaction with Flag Sr. left to join Checkmate. You got the sense that they would become a foil for ARGUS, and eventually attempt to defeat Flag. Hence the celebrating. The finale's ending was not well received, because, it was a cliffhanger and now Gunn says he's not doing another season.
PS: Was very cool to see a band I'd actually seen (over a decade or so back) Foxy Shazam get the theme song on this season. They were one of the openers for Panic! at the Disco in 2011 in NJ. LOL.
Looks like the X-Files/Ryan Coogler stuff is getting the ball rolling
I just don't know what demo you can sell that show to now? Who still even faintly believes in the supernatural or UFOS? Maybe whacked out online addicted MAGA or the like, who are hooked on phony AI videos, and drown in conspiracies? I cannot imagine Coogler would be the one for THEM! Leave it buried.
I'll be honest, I really ignore the outer plot on that show. For me it's about the characters and the loopy stuff they do, similar to The Boys. What you all wrote about, frankly, is "news to me!" Over my head. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing...
I did binge through Peacemaker's season 2, which of course featured the parallel "Nazi" world with doppelgangers and such. Fantastic work by all involved. Of course, Gunn was noncommittal on the show's future, though I suspect characters will play a run in the Lanterns show.
I loved it. I'm someone who has heard EVERYTHING these guys have said about the show. But there was a lot there from their own backgrounds and such that made it very enjoyable. I was very enthused to hear them admit they were at the con to begin to drum up interest in a return of the series! I've been telling Jerry he should be doing these cons for awhile now.
Yep, that's the YouTube guy I spoke to yesterday. I'm at work but will watch when I get home.
PS: FanX themselves often post professionally edited panels but it can take weeks.
I found a guy on YouTube who uploads panel videos he takes at FanX. He confirmed he DID record Sliders. I think he records every panel there, so hopefully it won't be too long a wait. From what I gather, seemed like the three of them sat there taking questions from the audience.
They all look pretty great!
Any word on anything they discussed?
No word yet. Hoping the con posts the panel after editing in the next weeks.
Who would be your non-terrible choice?
What I would want is simply impossible, because DCU exists (like Marvel or Star Wars etc) simply to produce content. I have to say, having these properties gobbled up by giant corporations and assigned studios to themselves has probably run its course. It used to be that a Warner Bros would produce all kinds of movies. A Batman or Superman film would simply be ONE or TWO of all those dozens and dozens of movies the studio made. They now exist as their own units, and the needs to show revenue is simply too much.
Cool photos I've found so far...
I didn't "not" like it, there just wasn't anything to grab onto, for me. But I'm really kind of "over" movies, especially the way they're produced these days, and more especially super hero films. They're fine as a flash/bang, but the substance has gone. Moreover, you look at what can be done in a longer form on streaming, with Peacemaker or The Boys, or example, and it's just so much more watchable. They can actually get through a story, rather than cram into one showing. Beyond that, I personally think Gunn was a terrible choice for this new DCU. He hasn't made a good film in since GOTG2. I think Supergirl will be a massive flop, the actress chosen was another questionable one. He's good at irreverent and amateurish, and I guess that's what Warner Bros is fine with him doing now. Just don't think it works both ways. You can have a comedy with some drama/action, or an action/drama with some comedy. Is that what DCU is now? Just a bunch of dumb comedies? The only way to get a serious movie is to have unrepentant violence like The Batman? When arguably their biggest hit lately has been The Pengiun, a mob show, which is far more drama and intrigue than action or bloody.
Jerry is a "pro" at hosting these kind of things, so it will probably be quite a gas. JRD usually gets very bombastic during them as well. As I said, I do not think these guys have EVER publicly spoken about the series, at once. I would temper expectations though, because these ARE actors, and they all kind of have a shtick that they fall back on. At this point, I'll take ANY notoriety for the old girl.
Given the location and the brevity in time, I haven't heard of any of the "online" fans I know of making the trip, which is unfortunate.
Ironically, my friends and I were chatting about that video the other day. Had Rick Beato not been involved, I probably would have questioned it's validity. The singing voice is incredibly realistic. We share a lot of Beatles stuff, videos in particular, and have checked out all the AI done around them. It's usually terrible. The singing sounds like a person doing it, but it's missing a lot. This "Sadie Winters" definitely sounds the part, but the lyrics are pretty bland and redundant. I guess it makes sense, it's kind of the level of songwriting which an amateur musician might come up with. Something that largely copies from what's out there already, which is how most musicians begin.
Please note the Jerry will only be signing items related to Sliders at his table during the event
That's interesting/odd, that he's only touching Sliders. Rebecca joked to me that he doesn't even have an "agent for these things." I've yet to figure him out on this stuff. He is also touring later this year with Corey and Will from Stand By Me https://www.standbymelive.com/, doing one of those movie with Q&A and VIP Meet and Greet add-on's.
Ooooh that will be cool.
Have they really not reunited at any sort of convention?
Not formally, no. Jerry and JRD was just a backstage thing. This is Cleavant's first convention (as a paid guest), and may well be the first one he's every done, period. To be honest, this may be the first time the three of them have been in the same room since John was written off after The Exodus (and his infamous Christmas Party) early in 1997. Sabrina moved to Rome as we know, a few years ago. Had she still been up in Vancouver, maybe they could have convinced her to join, not sure.
https://x.com/fanxsaltlake/status/1970186403016515698
https://x.com/MrJerryOC/status/1969943306772922668
Well it's official, the first EVER Sliders cast reunion, albeit way out at the Salt Lake City FanX show! Jerry, Cleavant, and John Rhys Davies are all attending! I'm so bummed this came together literally in the last week or so, just too little time for me to organize a trip. I hope they do more. Also hope that the panel is broadcast after wards to YouTube.
Saturday Sep 27, 2025 5:20 pm
TeamUp - SLIDERS TRIO Photo Op :: Photo Ops Booth-B
Cleavant Derricks, Jerry O'Connell, John Rhys-Davies
Saturday September 27, 2025 :: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Sliders Reunion :: Grand Ballroom
Cleavant Derricks, Jerry O'Connell, John Rhys-Davies
I watched this new Superman on HBO Max last night. It was about as convoluted and indecipherable as The Flash was. Or perhaps The Suicide Squad (2nd one). The plot, very easy to follow. Everything else? The characters were simplistic buffoons, that made those in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory look like Rhodes Scholars. Every interaction was cheap, hollow, cliched and dumb. Clark/Lois couldn't be more fake, and why in the heck are the Kents two utter bumpkins from The Ozarks?? It felt written and directed by someone in the midst of a speedball high. Was there ONE shot void of CGI, I truly wonder?
Corenswet played a decent Superman, almost everyone else was quite forgettable. Luthor crying at the end was eye rolling. I don't read comics, but I've seen almost every Superman franchise (beginning with the old Kirk Alyn/George Reeves), to Chris Reeve, Dean Cain, Tom Welling, etc.). I skipped Routh. Also saw the SyFy Krypton show, DC's Titans, and of course, Superman TAS (played by Tim Daly). So I'm not sure if there's elements of fan service or whatnot that I'm missing in this thing? Though tough to tell, given how much "backstory" was essentially crapped out onto the screen at once. I normally find Gunn movies enjoyable, but I have no desire to watch it again.
Gunn has been VERY good at a certain style in the genre, the tongue in cheek, shoot em up, comic book blockbusters. GOTG, Suicide Squad/Peacemaker, and let's not forget my favorite, Super with Rainn Wilson. Superman is normally more of an "epic" style of comic book blockbuster. I've yet to see this one, but everything said and leaked sounded like the Snyder/Goyer film.
I certainly would fall into the category of wanting to see Gunn continue as head of DC, and only do his universe, rather than having that AND The Batman (Reeves) goes away because frankly I just think this is the wrong atmosphere/time to be releasing these dark and hopeless films.
Coyote vs. Acme, the infamously canceled Warner Bros project, has been revamped under Gunn for release, which is great. I only wish he may do the same at some point for Batgirl, because I think it would have been good, and Keaton played a major role and I want to see it!!!!
I don't know that Roddenberry was puritanical. His obsession with the planet Risa is certainly telling.
He was puritanical when it came to his view of what Star Trek should be. His way or the high way, and it often stood entirely in the way of common story telling. If they'd left it up to Gene, the show would have been canceled after one season, and never brought back. Same for TNG. Gene's vision of the future was utopian but also too stringent and unrealistic.
Enterprise Season 4 is (I think) the only live action Trek I haven't seen. Help me understand what the explanation was.
That's funny, because it was probably the first case of Trek fan service, which has come around several times since. I personally enjoyed it, but I think the Enterprise cast were miserable with it. SNW is very very high on fan service.
Slider_Quinn21 wrote:Did Spock have any romantic entanglements in TOS? Because he seems to be quite the player in SNW hah.
Another shift in tone this week, but I think DMD is right about TOS. Even the other series did a bit of that from time to time. And like I said, no matter what the genre, I think the show does a good job.
I just got back from Trek to Vegas. One of the panels included David Gerrold, the writer for, "The Trouble With Tribbles," among other TOS and TAS episodes (and Sliders' "New Gods for Old"). He discussed how he got submitted the outline for Tribbles, hired by Gene L. Coon to write the episode, and generally his career with Trek. One interesting note was that Gene Roddenberry was away during the development and filming of Tribbles. When Roddenberry returned and saw the finished product, he was livid. He did not want a comedic episode of Trek. Ever. He felt comedy would turn Trek in to a kids show. Coon, obviously, disagreed. It directly led to Coon leaving the series.
So it sounds like Roddenberry wouldn't have been too keen on the shifts in tone, either, even though some shifts were present in TOS.
BTW, Gerrold literally wrote the book on how to write for Star Trek. The Trouble With Tribbles: The Story Behind Star Trek's Most Popular Episode gives the whole story of the episode's development and was cited by several of the writers at the convention as being instrumental in their getting started as writers.
Gerrold is a legend as was Gene Coon. Roddenberry was a complete lunatic. His rigid and puritanical views about Trek's future portrayal would have resulted in extinction. Thankfully there were plenty of people around who knew how to write television. Spock, like Kirk, McCoy, and even Scotty, were given several "romantic" stories during the series, because that's how you wrote television. Nimoy was a huge hit with women during the 60s and 70s.
As for SNW, it's an okay show, it's not great. It's almost like a collection of short stories that you assemble into a book and sell it. Ironically, Simon and Shuster did exactly that 30 years ago, and called it Strange New Worlds! I had that book, ha ha. I have yet to get around to the current season, but I've seen some blurbs and whatnot.
The problem Trek has is that they just don't generate many new fans anymore, really haven't in a long, long time. The movies did, but those were obviously separate from the TV stuff. Next Gen, DS9, somewhat Voyager, they not only had Trek diehards watching, they had very large crossover/casual viewers. You can't get that anymore, not with streaming, to the same extent. Trek has buried itself into a corner, where they no longer write stories for the sake of doing science fiction, but have become this bizarre form where they have to follow this Biblical formula whereby characters/canon are the focus. It used to be that canon was kind of used as in-jokes on the newer shows. Often, the studio wouldn't even allow them to broach it. So those writers wrote their own shows and didn't worry about it. Enterprise was the first victim of being shoehorned, and it's only gotten worse.
Alien: Earth has been well received by many friends of mine who are Alien fans. I won't have time to watch it for awhile. It's a franchise for which you simply cannot take ANY canon seriously. It's as valid as Friday the 13th's! At the end of the day, it's a horror franchise just the same. The films which tried to move it into some other realm failed. And I loved Prometheus, but it just didn't work. So I am not surprised that a return to suspense/horror is well received.
Malcolm Jamal-Warner tragically drowned at a beach in Costa Rica on vacation. He was known as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, but later guested on Season 4's My Brother's Keeper. That episode is generally not held in very high regard. The premise was very interesting, later to be covered by Michael Bay's awful The Island, which itself was sued by two different sources having claimed to write "that story."
I met Mark Snow at The X-Fest 2 outside Chicago a few years back, got his CD signed, very nice guy. He had a fairly long and successful career on TV and film, beyond simply the X-Files theme, which frankly was a stroke of genius as those compositions largely made the show. It gave the episodes, combined with Vancouver's climatic gloominess, all that was needed to be supernatural.
I was a big fan of the show, but I'm not sure I wish to revisit it. Hasn't aged well in some respects, and tbh younger me probably believed in things like aliens and ghosts and whatnot, whereas I do not at all now. A big pull towards it was living through Mulder's quest to find his sister and uncover the truth about his family. That wound up being revealed in a completely haphazard and ill-conceived way, and obviously once you've lived through it, the curiosity is gone.
CBS as an entity is likely on life support, ditto NBC and ABC, and FOX/CW are basically kaput. I do not see much light in the future of Star Trek to be honest, which is unfortunate. SNW has been very good, and hopefully continues to be on its way out. But like HBO Max, Paramount + has no money. And it's debatable whether soon to be new owners Skydance (UK) have any interest in doing anything about it. There's likely to be a split up following the merger, where the TV carcass (like WB Discovery) goes to dust.
I saw that posted, as usual, I'm out on the town during one.
Wow, 30 years. It's interesting because technically my real, hardcore Sliders fandom goes back to around the fall of 1997, even 1998, when Sci-Fi acquired the rights to the reruns and aired them in order for what seemed like 2 years, many times over. I'd watched the Fox run here and there but not intently. The presence of JRD, being a massive Indiana Joneser, was what drew me to the show. When he was canned, I remember hoping (and getting my wish) that the show was punitively canceled. Only later as I said, did a multi-time rewatch really endear the show to me. It became my favorite science fiction program. In many ways, it's lack of mainstream success kept it as kind of a guilty pleasure. This was also while joining the old MCA and Sci-fi boards and having a multiverse of craziness on those for the better part of a decade.
Sadly this anniversary comes with Sliders having far less hope for a future return, and just one year after the death of its creator. I do hope someone wises up and realizes the incredible story telling that could be done.
a) I do not know you or anyone else's personal characteristics here. If someone said it, I'd forget or confuse with someone else. It's something that does not enter my mind, as I don't hold anything for or against anyone for any belief or persuasion. My intention is never to insult or chastise anyone here directly.
b) Post I made was to continue to complain about why and how the Democratic Party has lost its way with the majority of the voting public. Identity politics have left the Democratic Party in a bad way. Trump is the backlash to that, this adherence to the rules of identity. Don't dare break them. You'll be ostracized. Canceled. Paralyzed from doing simple things like incarcerating violent criminals. Oh well, enjoy four years of MAGA.
c) My thoughts were to protect young girls and women, who remain the most frequently victimized part of society, mostly by men. I'm not backing down on barring biological men (post-puberty ages) from women's sports. Particularly at the high school or collegiate level. There are competive fairness concerns as well as physical injury concerns. Anyone born male has inherent biomechanical advantages and those can be dangerous, just as an NFL linebacker would pose a risk to someone like me, who is not a pro. Is it right or fair for trans women to be forced to compete in men's sports? I'm really not sure what the ideal answer is, but I DO know that competitive sports particularly contact sports for women and girls, should remain solely for biological women and girls. Joe Biden's administration thought differently. They lost.
d) I bashed "Drag Queen Story Hour," again, to some an innocuous idea, to others it was another instance where "normies" felt Liberals may have lost their minds. I myself, have no problem with it. If parents are informed, and given the choice to opt out, fine. The kids really don't think about or care who's reading the dumb book. They'd probably rather it be a Russian CGI YouTube character they all love. HOWEVER, if you all don't think parents are unnerved by this stuff, you're not listening out there. There is a larger argument in society about how to deal with potentially transgender children, which I am not touching with a 20 foot pole. That one is as hot button as that volcano supposedly ready to pop off the coast or Oregon.
e) Final one about the number of transgender women in women's prisons. I had the thought in there, which I saw a bunch of times on-line and elsewhere, that was probably attributed to a UK study. A study that showed very high percentages of trans women in female prisons, were convicted sexual offenders. Not in the United States, because they don't largely allow mixing of genders in a prison, there are very small numbers of trans women in women's jails. The studies also show that people who were born male, retain the same statistical pattern regarding criminality as those who remain "male." Don't blame me, it's the Y-chromosome. https://committees.parliament.uk/writte … 18973/pdf/
f) I did fail to mention that trans women are at risk in men's prisons as it is, which I did know was the case prior. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/ … t-2016.pdf That being said, if you put a male convict in a female prison, you'd be run out of town. Advocates for women simply don't view violent trans women as all that much less harmful than a violent male inmate. How is this an attack on transgender people? How is that an attack on ireactions personally? This is the hill to die on? That trans women have somehow given up the (I guess you could say) negative tendencies attributed to all men? Are gay men in general less criminally active than straight men? Probably not.
g) Now, SQ21 asked where I get my news, well here's New York's NBC affiliate, surely not a right wing source, reporting on a phony trans person and convicted sexual predator, who took advantage of New York liberal's foolishness, to do what he does best, rape women. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigatio … s/5067904/ It's anecdotal, but goes back to my point that these wild stories are what gathers people's attention. You see this type of story enough times, and you form an opinion I guess.
*As moderator, ireactions could have simply responded that my stance was wrong. You have the facts twisted. Etc., etc. Another multi-post meltdown about how I have apparently attacked the very right to exist. The hyperbole. I'm not sure it's the place of a moderator to be the nanny for the rest of us? Interpreting intent? I have honestly never seen anyone, anywhere else, perform like ireactions does. Maybe this is what they do in Europe (I hope not Canada) where social media posts have put people in jail for thought crimes. He's supposed to be in the medical field of some sort, yet wants to argue against human biology. I don't care WHO you are, how you dress, what skin color you have, statistically, if you're born male, you're far more likely to be violent than those born female. That is a blanket statement on the whole of Earthly mammals. Males have a biological drive to have sex, far more than female. Often this results in violence. End of freaking story. I'm not talking about ireactions or anyone like him, I was talking about convicted criminals. Who are already decided by society, to be unsafe to be in it, for at least a period of time. If you truly believe orientation or gender choice makes someone less violent or predatory, than anyone else of the same biological gender, I really don't know what more to say. You chose to run right over those conceptual arguments, and claim victimhood. Was I too harsh about the left's rush to defend trans rights? Probably yes that was too flippant. Again, I SUPPORT those rights. But no one has absolute rights if they may infringe on another individuals, either. When you opt for absolutism, you lose.
In conclusion, I see no point of this politics thread. It's basically a dumping venting ground for Trump disgust. It's not a place for open dialogue.
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Too bad Info isn't around for this, but BUFFY'S BACK (maybe, probably) at Hulu
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/buffy- … 236291559/
Also seems another reboot at Hulu for Prison Break. Good Lord.
This is what most of the right wing channels are all preaching. And not all of it is fact.
What the right wing channels fail to address is the fact that the fires were so powerful and widespread that they were impossible to contain. No right wing community could have done better. Any winds over 55 mph, and planes are unable to effectively fly and put out the fires. This has nothing to do with state or city governance. It wouldn't have mattered if the reservoir was full or how many full fire hydrants we have, if they are not close to where the fires burned and raged or it's physically impossible to do. Conditions have coalesced into the driest winter on record, with little rain. If you combine that with the overall speed of the winds, and the embers that were flying all over the place, it's the recipe for a perfect disaster.
It doesn't matter whether you're democrat or republican: nature will treat you the same way. No republican would have been able to do it either.
Trump's victory is the absolute narrowest ever in history. It also was never a mandate as he erroneously likes to present it as. Like Hakeem Jeffries, the U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader has stated previously - "I don't think that this requires major reform of the party."
George W. Bush had the absolute narrowest victory in history. California's management of the flora is absolutely a reason for the disaster there. The citizens out there have vocally stated that, and they're not Republicans saying it. They had decades to improve their water management. Nothing. You can't do anything there due to the overload of regulations. California is loaded with homelessness because you can't BUILD homes!!! Good luck rebuilding in LA.
Slider_Quinn21's attitude is a huge part of why Democrats keep losing elections.
By that, I mean: Slider_Quinn21 is not being paid to stay awake when it's not an election year, and he has earned his rest. But politicians and party strategists have treated the job of winning elections as something to only work on 6 -8 months before the polls open, and it's a serious problem. Slider_Quinn21 is right to take a break; the DNC should not be resting and Democratic politicians should not be capitulating to Trump... but so many are.
The Democratic Party has a tendency to go into hibernation unless there's an upcoming and nearing election. They've allowed conservatism and fascism to dominate social media and news while Democrats only really get started in an election year, aiming to eke out narrow wins. This sleepiness has led to a party that lacks strategic flexibility, is easily toppled by a more ostentatious and media-dominant party, and is boxed out of the mediasphere.
There's also the fact that Democrats have a tendency to embrace the working class when they're not in power but focus largely on the upper middle class and wealthy when they win elections. Kamala Harris' campaign had a lot to say to people in a position to make down payments on their first homes and start new businesses and pretty much nothing for the casual shift worker scrambling to make back rent and skipping meals to cover the water bill. That's what you get from a supposedly left of center political campaign run by Uber executives speaking to other Uber executives instead of to people who work for a living.
I actually wholly disagree. The Democratic coalition has shifted to pick up huge swaths of college educated voters. Those voters are far more likely to vote during off-year elections. The Democratic Party needs a new image, I don't know what it is, as I've said before. They spent the week freaking out about some Nazi salute that Elon Musk clearly was NOT doing. Idiots. They've chosen to blindly defend utter bizarro policies simply out of fear of stepping on someone's "feelings." Trump couldn't care less. Vance couldn't care less. Wokeness has ruined the Democratic Party. They've become paralyzed by it. I never understood the "die on a hill" for illegal immigrants stance of that Party. Never understood the abject refusal to allow voter ID laws.
Trump has had, for his agenda, a massively successful first couple weeks. His nominees, while divisive, are going to get through. The significance of their populism cannot be underestimated. He's also had a huge week of immigration deportation round ups. Having the Presidents of Mexico and Colombia cave to his tariff threats to take rightly deported individuals back. These were lay ups. ICE raids where TV crews recorded a Haitian gangster screaming, or the bust of a nightclub and 50 Venezuelan gang members. How couldn't the Biden admin NEVER do this? They fought it tooth and nail. No vetting, just a porous open border. Meanwhile, sexual predators, drug dealers, gang members with rap sheets all deported this week. Publicity stunt? Partially. But does it NOT demonstrate (even artificially) government DOING its job?
I would say the biggest problem on the Left right now, is the refusal to admit when one is wrong. On anything. Then there has been this absolutely over the top (largely out of nowhere) crusade to infuse "trans" sensitive everything, everywhere. They could not understand why parents were uncomfortable with "drag queen story time"???? I'm as socially liberal as you will find. If my niece/nephew were subjected to that, I would raise hell!!! WTF are we doing???? Trans-women make up a large portion of women's prisons, putting actually WOMEN at risk. So the left is fine with this, as well as having biological men in women's sports. Very safe. When middle of the roaders try to argue how this is insane, they are labeled viciously. NO, you're just void of common sense. Not female inmates fault that previously male or trans inmates committed crimes! Again, WHAT ARE WE DOING? Look, Ron DeSantis breezed in Florida when he went up against this crap, easily defeating supposedly all powerful Disney, because the VOTERS approved of it.
Yes, these are at times trivial issues. However, they represent at large what people identify with politics. It has literally fueled an entire podcast space devoted to people who simply want their heads from spinning from wokeness. And many of these NEW listeners are men and women of color! You turn on MSNBC, and it's completely off the rails. Trump NAZI Trump NAZI Trump NAZI. It didn't work!!! Enough already. How about start reporting and highlighting successful DEMS!!! Have them talk about initiatives, not how to stop a Trump cabinet pick, an utter waste of time.
Stephen A. Smith rant should be watched by every Democratic party official.
I believe Jerry was recalling what they did during Season 4. That was over 25 years ago, so I'm amazed he remembers anything.
I felt Skeleton Crew was fantastic, very enjoyable and kids should love it. I wish they'd made a show like that 30-35 years ago, for me.
SQ21, have to be honest, I really never think too far into canon when it comes to Star Wars. It's not like Star Trek, where "history" has played such a crucial role. I just want to watch something that is well acted, edited, directed, with cool effects, action, and a script full of humor and intrigue. Skeleton Crew had that and more. Get's an A+ from me. Andor returns for it's second and sadly last season. That's been a show for adults, incredibly well written and acted. Terrific writing on those series.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/politics … index.html
33% approval lowest since 1992
It's been a totally disastrous start of 2025 for Democrats. The fires in Los Angeles have shown the Governor and Mayor of LA to both be utterly incompetent, and ready to pass the buck. California is a one-party state, and despite it's strangling regulations, it completely failed job one, to safeguard its civilians. Multiple examples of incompetence were on display with the widespread destruction. A major reservoir was off line. Hydrants were often missing (due to being stolen). The Mayor decided to stay in Africa despite the threats of massive wind, then showed up and was unable to give a press conference. It's fire department leadership chose to prioritize "diversity" instead of function. Bass slashed it's budget. And then you have cases where multiple local initiatives to safeguard power lines or remove vegetation were stopped by the eco-insanity rampant in California Democratic politics. The city of Los Angeles nearly elected centrist Rick Caruso, who SHOULD have been the choice. Instead, career Dem Bass won out, and you have incompetence.
Within California, we also have the former and ultra-woke Mayor of Oakland, another idiot who prioritized "reforms of Oakland police." She blew the Oakland A's negotiations, and presided over record crime that led to most retailers to leave the city in droves. Thao was finally, mercifully, recalled by voters after less than 2 years in office. She has since been indicted on multiple corruption charges by federal prosecutors. I won't even touch San Francisco, a completely broken place that was once a jewel of American cities, along with Portland and Seattle, on the west coast. All ruined.
Move east to Chicago, where sadly they continue to be led by an utter fool in Brandon Johnson, who can no longer raise money. He's that unpopular. Like several Western cities, Chicago's Johnson will attempt to fight Trump's ICE on sanctuary city status. The voters there don't want that. Really almost everywhere now, they're sick of it. The November electoral gains by Trump in urban areas proves that.
And then good grief we get to New York, where a Democratic super-majority set greater NYC on the road to lawlessness and violence with Cuomo's insipid bail reform legislation 6 years ago. Current Gov Kathy Hochul is easily the most disliked politician around, even worse than Trump. Her revised congestion pricing tax is absolutely despised by anyone but the rich, lefty transplants who have taken over Manhattan and sought to banish the working class from their sight. The Mayor of the city, who is currently groveling to Trump, in order to avoid near-certain federal indictment (for bribery), has worsened the crime in the city.
These are in total, absolutely cringeworthy examples of Democratic incompetence and corruption. These are the most TAXED areas in the country, and what are the citizens getting? Money wasted at every turn, and basic civic functions are simply broken and unreliable. Each time, there HAVE been centrist Democrats who have tried to win back these cities. The lunatic left who vote in droves, have barely stopped it. I have to assume the tide is turning. One cannot imagine the Mayor of LA will survive an almost-predictable recall. Newsom might be the most inept looking Governor in America now.
Diversity, equity, inclusion. This is what the Democratic brand has supposedly morphed to become. No, it should have been MERIT, COMMON SENSE, and COMPETENCE. Unbelievably frustrating.
Trump will take a victory lap for the Gaza Hostage deal, followed by "solving" the Tik Tok ban and bringing that back. Followed by the start of a perhaps chaotic but largely popular migrant round up.
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