I could never get on with B5 but then I think Star Trek is ace and you're right the acting is ropey as fuck in parts.
Definitely agree there.
The storyline in the books is absolutely fantastic. The problem is it is a slow burner before it really gets going so your are probably going to need three series before you even get to the meaty stuff. And TV doesnt have that patience commercially. The books are just too big to easily convert and you can't really split them out and swap chapter order like you can with GOT as the main characters stay pretty much together for a lot of the first two books at least.
They could've started anywhere and then told the story backwards and forwards. The days of linear storytelling are gone really. Even GoT did that.
Yeah The Responder was good, but like few of recent BBC shows it paints a pretty grim picture of the UK.....suppose I'm a bit insulated from it in my cosy world.
Sometimes my wife and I will spend so much time trying to choose something to watch we'll eventually just give up and go to bed.
Same - we've made a list on a notepad now of potential stuff we want to watch, from things suggested on here and elsewhere, when we've finished one thing, we pick from that rather than endless scrolling. It's really helped tbh
we too have a list. we managed to watch queens gambit, ratched, and BB. Star Trek Discovery was taken off before we got a chance to start!
I have thought similar to be honest. Several years ago I read a stat saying the average person spends 14 years of their life watching tv. In a way, that shocked me. Over the past 3-4 years I have discussed with mrs jelly how easy it can be to sit in front of nothing, or worse stuff you have already seem. I often ask her if she would choose to turn the tv on to watch what she is currently watching (the answer is usually no).
You do realise on all streaming services there's a button to add stuff to your list don't you?
Gets too convoluted with iplayer/netflix/prime/disney/etc/etc.
