SPOILERS

[Stormlion1]

Yeah but I don't feel like yelling at the screen with TOS, the first season of the Next Generation on the other hand...That I will happily yell at the screen. Horrible, horrible writing.

[StCptMara]

Yeah but I don't feel like yelling at the screen with TOS, the first season of the Next Generation on the other hand...That I will happily yell at the screen. Horrible, horrible writing.

I hated the second season more, aka "Q of the Week and lets try and get our money out of this actress playing the doctor
that no fans liked."

When watching the old Battlestar Galactica you have to remember they filmed it on a budget, and to stop yelling at the screen because of the cheesy special effects.

Also remember that with Stat Trek TOS.

You know, neither of these did I ever think of as having "cheesy" special effects. The origin BSG had a budget, yes, but
it had a HUGE budget for a TV show. Its effects were actually fairly good for its time. Galactica 1980, however..... >:/!
Also, the same with Star Trek TOS. Those were almost movie level special effects each episode. Heck, look at Forbidden
Planet, a movie contemporary.

[rebs]

I tend to agree with the idea that the two shows were timeless in their own way, though I do also laugh at certain things.  Original Klingon appearance, and the in-universe reasoning behind it generated years later, is kind of sketchy but the best they could do, I imagine.   Tribbles.  That floaty light patchy thingy that fed on hate.  It was a flashlight shined on a wall, and they laughed it away in the end.  The Space Cornucopia (edit: of Doom)  O0   

Some of these things evoke a big smile and a laugh.  Original BSG worked wonders with their budget, I think.  So did ST TOS.  But I think the latter was more...  ambitious in certain ways, such as showcasing a wide variety of alien life forms, almost one per episode.  They shot for more, while BSG was much more story-driven. 

[truetanker]

What about Space:1999? Loved the show. " And Ganite Crunchies are my favorite Mother! " ~ Yung-Star  of Terrahawks fame. Loved that show too.

TT

[rebs]

What about Voltron?

I was a fan of the Galactic Alliance fleet Voltron.  The Lions Voltron was lame because each episode was the same story with different words... sometimes.  The fleet at least had a purpose and storyline.   And when they were done advancing the story each episode, they would get to form blazing fwaam!  ;D

[truetanker]

See to me Voltron was a ripoff of Saber Riders. Terrahawks was cool, never got into Thunderbirds. Liked Silverhawks and Wheeled Warriors. Not much of He-Man and She-Ra, but liked M.A.S.K. .

TT

[Maskerade]

Every zoo is a petting zoo if your not a wuss.

Fixed it for you.

He was a health freak. How do you think he lived to such an old age?

Gandalf is sort-of-a-demigod.
You are Comstock.

[FedSunsBorn]

In the Game of Thrones, you win or you die.

[Stormlion1]

That a lot of science fiction shows from the 90's had either horrible special effects (Space: Above and Beyond) or effects that still look awesome today, like Babylon 5.

[BirdofPrey]

zThe ships themselves, on the other hand, scream of obvious CG.

From what I hear the plan was to redo them if they ever did a direct to video rerelease.

[Maskerade]

In the Game of Thrones, you win or you die.

False. In the Game of Thrones, everybody dies.

[Stormlion1]

Every time some asks Mr Martin when the next book comes out, he kills a Stark.

[rebs]

History of the World Part 2 is likely to never see the light of a projector.   :'(

[rebs]

Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake was developed by the Tribunal for use in battling the forces of Metal; it was guaranteed to make your brain blow chunks. 

[Aokarasu]

Inigo Montoya is not left-handed.

But, then again, neither is the Dread Pirate Roberts.

(I'm honestly surprised nothing from this movie had made it in here yet.)

[GreenDragon]

Successfully storming the castle with limited manpower and resources would take a miracle.

Successfully evading the Roman Legions or the French Revolutionaries also takes a Miracle.

[Tai Dai Cultist]

Successfully storming the castle with limited manpower and resources would take a miracle.

Successfully evading the Roman Legions or the French Revolutionaries also takes a Miracle.

Mel Brooks never did make History of the World Part II.

[Josva Valdreki]

Already mentioned. On this page, even.

Wickus turns into a prawn.

Loki is Odin.

Lister's cat spawns a race of sapient cats, whose last known surviving member is an effeminate black dude. Rimmer's a hologram. Everybody dies.

[nerd]

Charlie Evans goes home.

[Maskerade]

The Golden Throne is failing, and the Adeptus Mechanicus is unable to fix it.

[Aokarasu]

The Question and the Answer cannot be simultaneously known at the same time, or else the universe will spontaneously explode and be replaced with something even more inexplicable.

P.S.: There's a theory this may have already happened.

[rebs]

Larry, Curly Joe and Shemp were put on Earth to remind Moe Howard that he was not a god.  That said, the Stooges were clearly identifiable with trickster motifs, and have a strong numerological consistency based on three, most of the time that is.   

[StCptMara]

Larry, Curly Joe and Shemp were put on Earth to remind Moe Howard that he was not a god.  That said, the Stooges were clearly identifiable with trickster motifs, and have a strong numerological consistency based on three, most of the time that is.   

Larry, Shemp, Curly, Curly Joe, if you want to be in proper order. Curly and Curly Joe were separate individuals.

[rebs]

Larry, Shemp, Curly, Curly Joe, if you want to be in proper order. Curly and Curly Joe were separate individuals.

Curly and Joe seem to be separate entities, assuredly.  But "Curly Joe" is the amalgamation of both, suggesting that the Greater Curly encompasses the Lesser Joe.  Only through time, and later rather inconsistent production, have they been blended to be the same.  By way of contrast, Shemp we know is a fully separate individual, of course, like the prime three of the Three Stooges.  But Joe's role is less clear, and was perhaps absorbed by the Greater Curly.  It's easy to forget about details like that for sake of [attempted] spoilage.

 8)

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[truetanker]

Hot Dogs come in packs of 10, while Hot Dog Buns come in 8. Or is it the other way?

TT

[GreenDragon]

Hot Dogs come in packs of 10, while Hot Dog Buns come in 8. Or is it the other way?

TT

And even the great Wally Llama can't explain why.

[wolfgar]

Either way you can always have a hot dog. (Bulletproof Monk)

[rebs]

At the end of Papillion, Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman's characters were of broken spirit, and driven to the edge of madness by their captivity on Devil's Island.  Their eventual freedom held no comfort for them.