compareing ED and SC to films

[Theodrid]

SC: Star Wars, Firefly.
NMS: Star Trek.
X4: Battlestar Galactica
E: D: Plan 9 From Outer Space

I get your X4/BSG vibe Juniper, I've felt that too for me a large part is X4, in places, uses very BSGesque music/effects

 

[Krash]

You're bad mouthing Babylon 5????

MODS!!!!

I decided to rewatch B5 recently. That show did not age well, I quit after 10 mins of facepalm.

 

[Old Duck]

NMS reminds of of Star Trek on one level (TOS planets), but it also reminds me of Stargate, because once I progress to a certain level, I tend to use the portals and teleportals more than actual ships, which gives it a Stargate feel. SG-1 also had some weird aliens, ships of all sizes, and "ancients" with a mystery to solve. Now if only the sentinels were Egyption-dressed people with glowing eyes, the comparison would be complete!

(And in contrast, I wish more planets in SG-1 were "alien" and not just another copy-n-paste of North American woodlands)

 

[Juniper]

And Plan 9 from Outer Space is really sublime - I'm not sure you can compare such a masterpiece to ED without making ED look bad.

It's fairly widely considered to be the worst film ever made - and therefore has a huge cult following who appreciate its "so bad it's good" motif.

 

[Old Duck]

Oh, and languages! I forgot the languages! I get to play Daniel Jackson in trying to learn dialects (until SG-1 threw that away a couple episodes in and everyone including aliens spoke fluent English).

 

[VR jefranklin18]

It's fairly widely considered to be the worst film ever made - and therefore has a huge cult following who appreciate its "so bad it's good" motif.

Plan 9 definitely falls into the so bad its good category, which in my book automatically takes it of consideration for the the worst film ever.

If I were to compare ED to anything it would be Red Dwarf: older ones are better with the modern remake just capitalising on nostalgia to the extent it disillusioned long-term fans.

 

[Achtung-Goomba]

Oh, and languages! I forgot the languages! I get to play Daniel Jackson in trying to learn dialects (until SG-1 threw that away a couple episodes in and everyone including aliens spoke fluent English).

It’s easy once you know the vowels isn’t it?

 

[metatheurgist]

I decided to rewatch B5 recently. That show did not age well, I quit after 10 mins of facepalm.

The first season was always a bit rough.

SC: Wing Commander (if it was stuck in development hell and never released)

Fixed that for you.

 

[Mongoose01]

That's how it starts.

And before you know it, you have a golden monocle in game and your wife is asking why the bank account is empty

my wife allready is asking where is the money...lol

 

[Old Duck]

I decided to rewatch B5 recently. That show did not age well, I quit after 10 mins of facepalm.

Why are you not banned yet?

 

[Ian Phillips]

And don't get me started on "film" and "TV shows". The Expanse maybe is not so bad. I gave up on sic fi TV shows when Babylon 5 aired. What a jank.

You're bad mouthing Babylon 5????

MODS!!!!

I have entered them into the Big Black Book of shame.

 

[Juniper]

I decided to rewatch B5 recently. That show did not age well, I quit after 10 mins of facepalm.

I'm half way through the 4th season of my 28376th rewatch (and the first in glorious HD). First season is a bit hit and miss, but I'm also watching it alongside DS9 which was produced at the same time - and both shows have aged superbly. Maybe DS9 has aged slightly better, but it had a huge wealth of lore to draw on (plus it cost roughly twice as much per episode to make).

B5 was always "the little show that could".

Anyway, as you were.

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

I have entered them into the Big Black Book of shame.

This is plain modular capriciousness.