21) Crappy Sci-Fi Serials
Earth: Final Conflict. Most shows have a shaky first season, then get better, then get stale and cancelled. This one started off smart, intriguing and even believable...then got a new lead, new writers, and new budget for the second season, and became the biggest pile of aimless dren ever to lose its entire fanbase.
Enterprise. Trekkies are a loyal bunch, but even they (we, cough) gave up on this one. A thuggish captain leading a forgettable crew through a galaxy composed entirely of hostile, fanaticalforeignersalien species.
Even when it tried to be intelligent and right on - with the deeply hamfisted AIDS allegory - it shot itself royally in the foot by portraying metaphorical AIDS victims as metaphorical gay sex fiends who brought it upon themselves.
Andromeda. Imagine Firefly, and subtract everything that made Firefly worth watching. The same cast of strong leader (Hunt/Malcom), kickboxing pseudo-girlfriend (Rommie/Zoe), psychopathic strongman (Tyr/Jayne), wimpy geek (Haper/Hoban) and mysterious outsider (Trance/Book), but with no clear plot, no deep characterisation, dialogue that only thinks it's smart and snappy and the the same politics of liberal imperialism that blight nearly all TV sci-fi from Buck Rogers to Babylon 5.
22) Cheesy pseudo-cyberpunk synthpop bands
S.P.O.C.K sing about Star Trek. They've got titles like "Mr Spock's Brain", "Charlie X" and "Never Trust a Klingon", which features lyrics like:
"With their cloaking device they remain invisible
until the time has come
To appear right ahead of us
and obliterate everyone"
23) "Straight" men.
Men who are completely and utterly heterosexual...but have gay sex because "My girlfriend doesn't understand me" or "I just want to try it for a laugh". Men who feel it's really important to tell you they're thinking about women while you twist their nipples. Men who's idea of plausible deniability is the sexual equivalent of "The dog ate my homework".
Men who are not supposed to say things like this;
24) Incredibly Stupid People on the Internet
This fellow reckons he's got a cure for all psychiatric disorders, that also eliminates "birth trauma" and resets dislocated joints. And it is...to slap someone's head so hard they lose consciousness.
Schemefighter is a youtube poster with a political theory. See if you can figure out what it is from these quotes.
25) Porn with Faintly Disturbing Titles
Straight porn tend to be, well, straight to the point.
Gay stuff is slightly wittier:
But titlewise, bi is best:
...and my particular favourite:
*makes note of DVD titles for future movie nights*
ReplyDeleteI agree, Earth Final Conflict was horrible after the first season. The last season bore little resemblance to the first.
ReplyDeleteHa! That last title is funny! That should be on a T shirt! And a plot twist like that could've spiced up Enterprise! Though I still enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteLoved the first season of Earth: Final Conflict, but gave up on it about halfway through the second season.
ReplyDeleteNever seen Enterprise. Have the feeling I didn't miss much.
You did a good job summing up Andromeda. It might have been interesting if they'd actually bothered to come up with a real plot and original characters.
BTW I'm glad I'm not on your list of "Incredibly Stupid People on the Internet." :-)
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