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Michael Pena in Extinction on Netflix - begins next Friday. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jul 2018 OP
Looks good. hedda_foil Jul 2018 #1
That is right up my alley. SamKnause Jul 2018 #2
Looking forward to seeing this... ADX Jul 2018 #3
More crap. zanana1 Jul 2018 #4
There's a severe shortage of optimistic science fiction. hunter Jul 2018 #5
Big switch for Pena NewJeffCT Jul 2018 #6
I'm looking forward to seeing it for the same reason. Baitball Blogger Jul 2018 #7

hunter

(38,309 posts)
5. There's a severe shortage of optimistic science fiction.
Sat Jul 21, 2018, 01:56 PM
Jul 2018

Even the Star Trek franchise has gone dark. I don't like the reboots at all.

One of the things I liked about the Star Trek TNG television series is that I could imagine an Earth where humans are for the most part respectful and kind to one another, nobody is hungry or homeless or denied medical care, and the technocracy unobtrusively hums along in the background as people go about their daily business.

There are plenty of opportunities for comedy, romance, and drama in a non-dystopian science fiction environment. Dystopia has become a lazy gimmick.






Baitball Blogger

(46,697 posts)
7. I'm looking forward to seeing it for the same reason.
Sat Jul 21, 2018, 08:47 PM
Jul 2018

Loved him as the sidekick. Now it's time for him to come into his own.

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