My true love is reserved for TOS and the TOS movies. I'd have loved to have gotten more from that crew, but what they gave us is pretty darn...
Yeah, the conversational feel of a bunch of friends heckling a bad movie has been lost. Hard for the characters to have personality when it’s so...
Perfect examples of how this sort of thing has become perfunctory in modern blockbuster entertainment. Much like the crying in Discovery, they...
I wish the crying were spread around a little more, because it seems like an unfortunate gender stereotype for a female lead. In that sense, I’m...
TOS is a great show, but I also enjoy it as a historical artifact. Some of the attitudes toward women are shocking, for example. But that just...
Bring back the sleeve stripes!
Yeah, I’d take melodrama over complete lack of drama. ;) To me, TOS and the TOS movies have managed it the best. But the makers of TOS had the...
Would you disagree that Discovery goes for the emotions much more than the previous shows? I definitely think so, and, in some ways, that’s a good...
What can I tell you? Relying on crying to generate an emotional response is a hallmark of melodrama. It’s easy and it works on a lot of people,...
There’s an elegant way to appeal to the emotions. Done right, the effect is profound. Or you can just show someone crying, or blow up the...
You know the Vulcan movie critics are going to dock stars for the gratuitous finger touching.
Melodrama: A sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions. I think that’s pretty...
It’s funny you mention this example, because I’d argue that what Cumberbatch’s Sherlock series did with Mary really did wreck that show. Not in...
I don’t care if they kill characters if they do it well. Spock’s death in TWOK still moves me deeply — it’s a beautiful scene, well earned and...
So I realized this and now I can’t unsee it. [IMG] [IMG]
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