Violence is violence. If a show features many people being slaughtered, it's still "hitting close to home" regardless if it's in the same setting as a real tragedy or not.
THE LAST SHIP Season 3 - spoilers, reviews, discussions and junk...
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Some are closer than others. People are funny that way, no matter what the tragedy.
TV stopped here on 911.
The news took over on TVNZ and just spiralled all day as house wives became more and more furious that the the Young and the Restless, or the Bold and the Beautiful were being endless pre-empted.
The news took over on TVNZ and just spiralled all day as house wives became more and more furious that the the Young and the Restless, or the Bold and the Beautiful were being endless pre-empted.
Yes, yes, we get it, it's all about you. Please go on telling us again and again and again how badly you were hurt because your TV show aired a rerun instead of a new episode. Our thoughts and prayers are with you in this difficult time of yours.
I can't believe a conversation could go on for this long about whether it is appropriate to postpone a show featuring a violent gun massacre in a night club, as they are still clearing bodies away from the worst mass shooting in modern US history, which happened to be a violent gun massacre in a night club.
Un-fucking-believable. It beggars belief that anybody would even raise a fucking eyebrow to this. Pathetic. Pathetic beyond belief.
Un-fucking-believable. It beggars belief that anybody would even raise a fucking eyebrow to this. Pathetic. Pathetic beyond belief.
Especially since it wasn't pre-empted in enough locations, that you can watch the episodes online literally effortlessly.
Actually, in Canada we didn't even get a re-run. Space ran The Asylum's adaptation of Sleeping Beauty instead.
Yes, I am being intentionally obtuse and pedantic.
Even Space in Canada has since updated their schedule to indicate a second episode of The Last Ship on Sunday night. Although they currently have no info about that second episode (and they're still listing episode 3 as Sunday's first episode) I feel certain both will be the two-part premiere. And if Space is still going with the two hour premiere, than it's a forgone conclusion TNT will.
The real question is what are they going to do to "catch up" and meet the originally planned finale airdate at the end of August? Final two episodes being shown on the same night? The other two-part "event episode" of the season* being broadcast on the same night? Or just say "screw it" and have the finale on Labour Day weekend like they did last year?
*I don't actually know if there is a two-part event episode this season outside of the premiere. I'm just assuming there will be since seasons 1 and 2 had one.
The real question is what are they going to do to "catch up" and meet the originally planned finale airdate at the end of August? Final two episodes being shown on the same night? The other two-part "event episode" of the season* being broadcast on the same night? Or just say "screw it" and have the finale on Labour Day weekend like they did last year?
*I don't actually know if there is a two-part event episode this season outside of the premiere. I'm just assuming there will be since seasons 1 and 2 had one.
I just finished bingeing Season 2 and was thinking the exact same thing.
Not only the ship stuff but the crew of the Nathan James' refusal to stray from their principles and doing the right thing.
I was a little surprised when I switched from Hulu to my season 3 recordings. Seemed a bit odd to postpone the episodes but then show the very gun violent and murder filled reruns.
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So, last night was the premiere, and it was totally awesome! It had everything, sweet action, explosions, political intrigue, the works. It's very hard to find something not to like in this episode. As predicted, Chandler is back in the thick of the action, having a far more exciting time than any CNO typically does, but I like that so far they haven't exactly reverted to him abandoning his and duties resuming command of the Nathan James.
Indeed, when I first heard the spoilers about Slattery and most of the senior staff being captured and held prisoners for what is presumably going to be a few episodes, I wasn't really enthused as I figured we wouldn't really got too much of a look at the new crew dynamic of Slattery in command and everyone else shifted upwards. And while I would have liked to see more of the new Nathan James crew in their roles, the stuff with Big Brother Burk (sorry, can't remember his first name, or if they even mentioned one) and Granderson filling in as acting captain and XO was really good. While you can tell they are not all that experienced in these respective roles, they are throwing themselves into their job and producing results. I hope that with Chandler back aboard the Nathan James he doesn't just assume direct command, but rather leaves command to these two and acts as a sort of supervisor/adviser flag officers aboard ships typically are. Hell, I think I could enjoy things if Burk and Granderson stayed in permanent command, although I know that's not happening.
The often criticized inconsistency from the previous two seasons of the helicopter being available or mysteriously absent seems solved now with its destruction. Though one wonders, are they going to keep the Chinese chopper now? It could be useful next time they feel it necessary to infiltrate into Chinese territory.
So far the New Chinese government and President are interesting villains, although we still know very little about them, their plans, their agenda or their motivation. Still, they're not as clichéd evil as the Russians in season 1 or as irrationally argumentative as the sub crew last season so it'll be interesting to see where they take this storyline.
Now onto some things I didn't quite understand:
-Michener is talking to a senator about a grocery story that apparently has a stockpile of cereal that's in danger of going stale. Is this a stockpile from before the plague or is someone actually making food again? Also, is this actual brand name cereal like Cheerios or Corn Flakes or something or just some generic mass-produced food identified as "cereal?"
-With Commander Garnett now the XO, who is the chief engineer now? All the other engineers from the first two seasons were killed off. Also, I'm guessing whoever it is must not be a Lt. Commander like Garnett was previously, as their weren't any Lt. Commanders present with the shore party and Burk (a Lieutenant) was left in command of the Nathan James.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the rest of this season, anyway.
Indeed, when I first heard the spoilers about Slattery and most of the senior staff being captured and held prisoners for what is presumably going to be a few episodes, I wasn't really enthused as I figured we wouldn't really got too much of a look at the new crew dynamic of Slattery in command and everyone else shifted upwards. And while I would have liked to see more of the new Nathan James crew in their roles, the stuff with Big Brother Burk (sorry, can't remember his first name, or if they even mentioned one) and Granderson filling in as acting captain and XO was really good. While you can tell they are not all that experienced in these respective roles, they are throwing themselves into their job and producing results. I hope that with Chandler back aboard the Nathan James he doesn't just assume direct command, but rather leaves command to these two and acts as a sort of supervisor/adviser flag officers aboard ships typically are. Hell, I think I could enjoy things if Burk and Granderson stayed in permanent command, although I know that's not happening.
The often criticized inconsistency from the previous two seasons of the helicopter being available or mysteriously absent seems solved now with its destruction. Though one wonders, are they going to keep the Chinese chopper now? It could be useful next time they feel it necessary to infiltrate into Chinese territory.
So far the New Chinese government and President are interesting villains, although we still know very little about them, their plans, their agenda or their motivation. Still, they're not as clichéd evil as the Russians in season 1 or as irrationally argumentative as the sub crew last season so it'll be interesting to see where they take this storyline.
Now onto some things I didn't quite understand:
-Michener is talking to a senator about a grocery story that apparently has a stockpile of cereal that's in danger of going stale. Is this a stockpile from before the plague or is someone actually making food again? Also, is this actual brand name cereal like Cheerios or Corn Flakes or something or just some generic mass-produced food identified as "cereal?"
-With Commander Garnett now the XO, who is the chief engineer now? All the other engineers from the first two seasons were killed off. Also, I'm guessing whoever it is must not be a Lt. Commander like Garnett was previously, as their weren't any Lt. Commanders present with the shore party and Burk (a Lieutenant) was left in command of the Nathan James.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the rest of this season, anyway.
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Well, they're no longer the "last ship" as two other destroyers were mentioned several times. They certainly got rid of a lot of regulars from last season. I miss "Tex". Of course, he's not dead as far as we know, so he may turn up.
I don't know though, things felt a little too "back to normal". for the world with the season opener. There's suddenly a lot of trained Navy personnel running around using all that hardware.
I don't know though, things felt a little too "back to normal". for the world with the season opener. There's suddenly a lot of trained Navy personnel running around using all that hardware.
I guess the advantage of having so much time between seasons is that I've forgotten who was and who wasn't part of the crew. I haven't seen much news about the show leading up to Season 3, so I wasn't aware of the crew departures. I'm just glad they didn't go all "Seaquest DSV" on us and basically reboot the whole show, season to season.
I found the political intrigue pretty gripping and the action was spot on. It's still a dangerous world out there and not everyone is happy to just go back to the way things were. Was it addressed in Season 2 why Washington DC is no longer considered the capital? I should have watched the last few episodes going into last night, I guess.
I found the political intrigue pretty gripping and the action was spot on. It's still a dangerous world out there and not everyone is happy to just go back to the way things were. Was it addressed in Season 2 why Washington DC is no longer considered the capital? I should have watched the last few episodes going into last night, I guess.
I first started to watch this show for the Naval action, but I think Tex pretty much steals the show when he pops up. I'll miss him if he doesn't return for future episodes
Something along the lines of Washington DC was the old capital at at the time it made sense for the world. But now a port city makes better sense.
DC was chosen as the capital because in the late 1700s it was considered a central location. In post-plague America, St Louis is a central location. Also, St Louis made it through the plague mostly unscathed, DC did not.