All-purpose, running Geek thread (formerly Battlestar Galactica thread)

And as long as we’re on the subject of DC Fan Dome …

 

We're trying Star Trek Lower Decks, the animated. I guess I don't get it. The lead is entirely unlikable, and I can't even pretend to try. It's not satire, exactly. It's not funny, exactly. But it has lots of Easter eggs and looks/sounds like Trek. I don't understand it. Anyone else watching?

 

I'm watching and enjoying it for what it is: A stupid cartoon based in the Star Trek universe. It feels like this is Star Trek's answer to the Orville. I'm not watching this as more than a turn my brain off for a half hour.

 

Mark your calendars.

Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2 Premiere Date Revealed

 

I didn't realize they had finished shooting Season 2 before things were shut down due to COVID. There is also a reminder in there that they haven't finished shooting any of the new Marvel shows, so we won't be seeing those for a while.

On the positive side, Season 2 of The Boys starts dropping tomorrow on Amazon Prime. If I remember correctly, they won't post the entire season at once this time around. Instead, it will be one episode per week.

 

I believe the first three are dropping tomorrow, with the rest being released one a week.

 

I like that better.

 

The Boys: Season 2's Premiere Episodes Drop on Prime Early

Apparently, the episodes dropped a day early. I may have to watch one before I get to bed tonight.

Edit: Make that two episodes, and they are as batshit violent as Season 1.

 

Walking Dead dead ... but not really. Resuscitated as spinoffs:

'Walking Dead' to End With Season 11; Two More Spinoffs in the Works at AMC | Hollywood Reporter

 

I love TWD, although at this point I can't even remember if I'm caught up (last I remember Rick Grimes had "died" and been rescued in the mysterious helicopter. I think Michonne kept looking for him for awhile. Am I remembering that correctly? Was there a lot after that?

My hope for the spinoffs is that they eventually address the cause of the outbreak and maybe work toward finding a solution. As great as TWD was for many seasons, it eventually just became the Grimes Gang building small communities and then having to defend them against other evil tribes, with the Walkers posing about the same threat as stumbling onto a beehive, rinse, repeat.

The show runners long ago said there would be no cure, and they wouldn't divulge the cause of the outbreak on TWD. As such, the walkers really just became background, which was fine for a long time. However, if they're going to create two new shows in the TWD universe, they have to ... I don't know ... go toward something. Some goal.

 

This better not suck.

 

I wonder if they are still going ahead with the movies. That was the plan, to pick up Rick Grimes' story in a movie. You are correct. We haven't seen Grimes since the helicopter, but Michonne found evidence that he was alive at some point after the bridge explosion, so she went off to find him. That is how they wrote her off the show.