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  3. Star Trek: Discovery

    in Television & Movies

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    6 hours ago, socrates63 said:

    I finished season 1 last week and will start season 2 soon. Thanks for recommending Discovery to me. I’ve been loving it. The tone and style and most everything is definitely a departure from TOS and TNG, and I am good with that. The characters have depth, and I appreciate that. Looking forward to season 2 and beyond.

    I'm going to suggest a switch over to "Strange New Worlds" for you, as it REALLY good.  You'll get a flavor of that in Season 2 Discovery.  So maybe watch season 2 and then cut over. 

    37 minutes ago, TrekMD said:

    This video should be a nice refresher for what's happened before. 

    Very much appreciated.  Thanks! 

  6. Remember when...

    in Texas Instruments

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    I can appreciate everyone that can look at these machines objectively.  All of them have their plusses and minuses.  But mostly, they all offer a ton of retro fun. 

    I was thinking of putting together a quickie "Retro Gaming on TI for New Users" guide here.  Just a way for anyone that has interested know what they need to get started.  But boy, it sure does add up quickly.  Computer (but not a beige one), set of joysticks. 32k sidecar, a flashrom of some kind, voice module (and then do the 5V power fix)....it gets complicated fast.

     

  8. Star Trek: Discovery

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    My wife and I watched S5, E1 last night.  I'm eager to know what you all thought.  Warning:  SPOILERS!

    Some very general notes:

    • I find it really hard to remember what happened in S4.  Something about planets blowing up and then a big argument about how to deal with the aliens.  Not a good sign when a nerd like me can't remember what happened.  But I guess it has been a while.
    • Lots of action in this episode!  I don't know if I like this or not.  Mostly because I don't think it's very well done.  Examples:  LOTS of YELLING!  That alien settlement in trouble -- we see the same 5 people over and over.  It looks like a rip off of Joku on Star Wars.  Where is Rey when you need her?
    • There are moments here from TNG!  I love this!  But wait, they only last a few moments.  I don't like this.  I sure hope they re-activate Fred at some point. 
    • The Iron Man tech in this show is distracting and pointless.  Setting us so far in the future maybe not the best idea.  Reminds me of the magic turbolift.  Not good.  I'm trying to forget that happened. 
    • Why no expert from "N'Var" on their mission?  Seems very strange.  A sign of bad writing.  I guess it doesn't matter, they only spend a few action moments on that ship. 

    RickR gives this one a solid C. 

  10. Remember when...

    in Texas Instruments

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    I like to compare the TI to the other computer systems of the time because of all the time I spent in electronics stores as a kid after school.  I can remember noodling around on a TI display identical to the one above.  I remember being a bit cheesed-off that the screen was so high!  Not easy to see for a short kid.  Munch-man was the game I'd settle on from the demo and it was a lot of fun.  But also, it was pretty obvious that there was no "real" Pac-Man or any other licensed games.  Commodore had Gorf/Omega Race -- knowing how cheap Jack Tramiel was, how did they do that???  (This needs more research and would make an interesting topic on its own).

    TI boxes were pretty boring, about the same as Commodore.  Atari had them both beat. 

    But the display of the selection of games -- TI was great.  Commodore kiosks were tiny and you had to stoop low to see what they had. 

    What would I do differently knowing the TI system so much better now?  They should have emphasized the voice module a lot more in the demos!  I think it would have blown people away to have the kiosk showing software that speaks! 

     

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