Ah, I love my silly Godzilla movies! The bad effects were part of the fun.
Certainly the CGI aliens look a lot better. I often prefer the models, as far as spaceships go: I have a photo of the U.S. Enterprise from the first Star Trek movie, a close up shot that looks fantastic ... the computerized space ships just don't have that weight to them, for want of a better term. Of course, the first Star Trek movie is proof that you need more than great special effects.
I saw the Stargate episode with Bill Nye--it was a lot of fun. Although there are some shows I like that are always serious, injecting a little light heartedness is usually an improvement with me.
The Walking Dead, of course, is not a zombie show, something I realized almost from the beginning. One of the characters actually says it, about the living: "WE are the walking dead". The truth is, I almost gave up on the show around season 4 not because it was too serious, but because I came to love the characters so much, and those lousy writers kept killing them off! I actually began to get stressed about it. I suppose that attracts some viewers, knowing that no one is safe.
I don't like it too much if shows, that are obviously not based on facts. take themself too seriously. But it is not easy to find the right balance, I guess. Here on German TV they have crime shows sometimes, which miss this balance as well. Then you see one or a team of police detectives, supposedly investigating a murder case. But actually its all about their private problems, broken relationships, kids in puberty, a father that has Alzheimer or god knows what else. The actual investigation is done just inbetween, if and when they find time outside their private mess. Its just not what I'm looking for if I watch a crime show.
I guess the writers try to be closer to real life that way, but in fact they just dissipate in their story telling.
Yeah, there are some guys in US TV that seem to pop up in every production that didn't lock the doors fast enough. :) Bill Nye is one of them. In Big Bang Theory he appeared several times. Same as this old guy, I forget his name, he also did a popular science show many years ago, I think. He is quite funny actually.
Btw., there is a documentary about nature/ ecology out now, that is narrated by Barak Obama. Did you hear about that?
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Yeah, I get that--it's the reason why I don't watch most firefighting shows. Stop with the soap opera and give me firefighting!
I haven't seen that documentary, but I'll probably get around to it eventually. There are plenty of documentaries, these days!
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Well, its called "Our Great National Parks" and is a 5 part mini series. Not all parts are about US national parks, its all around the world. Yeah, narrator is a good job for him - if there is one thing he is good in, its talking.
Its on Netflix here, but may be you can find it elsewhere in the US.
Yes, Netflix especially produces tons of documentaries about each and everything. Just the other day I watched one about the Boeing 737 Max crashes. Absolutely irresponsible and criminal, how Boeing acted in that. Especially the 2nd crash was totally unnecessary. They knew exactly what the problem was, but didn't want to ground all the planes for PR reasons. Which killed another 150 people.
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I don't have Netflix, but there are great documentaries all over the place, so I don't miss it too much. Still putting a lot of time into trying to sell those books!
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