"Things We Lost In The Fire" by Low.
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Pike and Spock are uncanny... Nurse Chapel, La'an and Numero Uno are uncanny valley.
Our boys are 6 and 11, so there is little time for these things called "movies" that we used to watch in our younger days. So, in the last week we have squeezed in the following TV shows:
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The most recent two episodes. Lower Decks crossover was fun fan service. Loved it. The Klingon War episode was also good but a hard watch. One of the few "space war" episodes that gets over the horror of war. Like an unfunny space MAS*H. Not sure I liked the ending though. M'Benga, Chapel and Pike don't come out of it well IMHO.
Also been watching the Quantum Leap reboot. It's cheesy AF, but fun, with a good diverse ensemble cast - there is a lot more stuff at the QL base, not just the equivalent of the Sam and Al characters. Which I think is for the best. The chemistry between Bakula and Stockwell was lightning in a bottle which they could never hope to recreate. The voice over at the start is terribly written though. The original series had that great vo. How could they screw it up so bad?
You're not wrong, although I'm never sure which of Tripp or Merryweather was the most insufferable asshole.
Hoshi wasn't immune from anime treatment either. The time she dropped down from a ceiling vent, leaving her clothing snagged behind her was particularly egregious.
My issue with ENT is the treatment of female characters. It's not just T'Pol, but she definitely comes off worse. It's all pretty cringy watching it with 2023 eyes. That crap with the Doctor guilting T'Pol into sexy time Vulcan therapy with Tripp, for example. Urgh. Very much of the "FHM" era. That, and most (all?) the characters are unlikable. I've tried many times to watch it since the time but struggle with more than 1 or 2 episodes.
If it makes you feel any better I've got a spool of 50m of Ethernet cable that I've had for about 10/15 years due to a similar reasoning.
My sister and her husband just got solar panels and a battery installed... It's been raining ever since.
Honestly, it wasn't too bad. I had a new super comfy sleeping mat so I popped in the earplugs and slept right through. It was only the nights and the last day that were especially rainy, and the campsite had a bothy so I ran over there on the last morning with the Aeropress and made some fresh coffee out of the rain. The main issue was the soggy tent, which is dry now. I just don't know if I can face a second trip if it's going to be raining the whole time, especially if I need to pitch the tent in the rain. Luckily this time the campsite is less than an hour away, so we can wait until the last minute to make a decision
It's still raining. We're supposed to be going away for another camping weekend but I cannae be arsed. At least I managed to dry out the tent from last week. Might just dingie the whole thing and deal with the railway works that are scheduled out back for Saturday night. Scottish summers...
Yeah that stuff is pretty grim. By all accounts Cimino was unleashed and unhinged on this movie. Some of the egregious scenes of animal cruelty were removed from later edits, for what it's worth.
If we go all the way back to 1980, the classic example is Heaven's Gate by Deerhunter director Michael Cimino. I was alive but way too young to have bought a ticket. It was a disaster. Cost over $40m and made only $3-4m. Bankrupt United Artists, killed the western genre, was a critical and commercial failure. Pretty much destroyed Cimino's standing as a director. However, it has since been critical re-evaluated, in part due to a couple of new edits. IMHO it's alright. A bit long, and no Deerhunter. But it didn't deserve the reputation.
I'm a massive Low fan, so I'd happily take any of their albums if I have to listen to one forever. They started off as the pioneers of "slowcore" but reinvented themselves over and over. Sadly Mimi Parker died in late 2022 and her husband Alan Sparhawk wound up the band, but their distortion heavy "Hey What" was a great finale.