| Trek2.0 [message #276566] |
Sa, 03 Juni 2006 22:21 |
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G4 TV has had this Trek 2.0 thing running for a few weeks now, what do
you folks think of it?
When the ads first came on it sounded like it might be interesting, but
then they actually started doing it and frankly I hate it, I didn't buy
a big plasma screen so I could watch ST on a screen about the size of an
19" TV!
Running a episode with something going on concurrent with it on a
website is a pretty neat idea, but I'm just not watching Star Trek (or
anything else) like this.
Jeff DeWitt
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| Re: Trek2.0 [message #276567 ] |
Sa, 03 Juni 2006 23:18 |
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"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt [at] nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:9bmgg.36316$Lg.8440 [at] tornado.southeast.rr.com...
> G4 TV has had this Trek 2.0 thing running for a few weeks now, what do you
> folks think of it?
>
> When the ads first came on it sounded like it might be interesting, but
> then they actually started doing it and frankly I hate it, I didn't buy a
> big plasma screen so I could watch ST on a screen about the size of an 19"
> TV!
>
> Running a episode with something going on concurrent with it on a website
> is a pretty neat idea, but I'm just not watching Star Trek (or anything
> else) like this.
>
> Jeff DeWitt
It's lame.
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| Re: Trek2.0 [message #276568 ] |
So, 04 Juni 2006 00:42 |
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On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 20:21:25 GMT, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt [at] nc.rr.com>
wrote:
>G4 TV has had this Trek 2.0 thing running for a few weeks now, what do
>you folks think of it?
I have the original series on DVD and have not watched the G4
offering.
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| Re: Trek2.0 [message #276572 ] |
So, 04 Juni 2006 08:03 |
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Jeff DeWitt wrote:
> G4 TV has had this Trek 2.0 thing running for a few weeks now, what do
> you folks think of it?
It's kind of the next step from the online interactive features that
TBS ran with their 15 Days of 007 specials near the end of their time
showing the Bond movies. I could do without the Spock Market entirely.
I kinda like the running count of various things, but I think the list
is too long. I mean, who thought we needed to count Ricardo Montalban
appearances/references? What was the point in that? Things like
"Spock Says 'Logical'" or "Uhura Undie Shot" are entertaining, though,
and I admit I'm curious to see what the final tally will be on some of
those. The chat feature...I dunno. Part of me wishes it was online
exclusively, but there are some episodes I've seen so many times or
that just didn't do a whole lot for me that I find myself drawn more to
the chat at times. The trivia bar at the top is what distracts me most
often, though I think a lot of times they tell us things just to keep
text going.
> When the ads first came on it sounded like it might be interesting, but
> then they actually started doing it and frankly I hate it, I didn't buy
> a big plasma screen so I could watch ST on a screen about the size of an
> 19" TV!
The nice thing, though, is that on Saturday you can catch an all-day
run of episodes without the 2.0 features. Not a bad way to spend a
Saturday afternoon! Besides, anymore every network layers graphics
over the screen of what they're showing anyway; at least with Star Trek
2.0, G4 keeps the graphics relevant to what they're showing and, even
though the actual episode is reduced to a smaller portion of the
screen, the imagery itself is not buried under graphics. Unlike, say,
Spike TV, where I remember seeing an episode of DS9 and they had a
graphic of a guy swinging across the entire screen slowly to promote
some sketch comedy/reality show that I gather did not last long at all.
> Running a episode with something going on concurrent with it on a
> website is a pretty neat idea, but I'm just not watching Star Trek (or
> anything else) like this.
>
> Jeff DeWitt
I'll give G4 credit for at least trying something different with this.
I mean, after 40 years of network broadcast, syndication re-runs and
home video (VHS, DVD and DVD season sets), we've pretty much all seen
the episodes in their original format by now. And they still offer
them in their original format on Saturdays, so they're still giving us
that option. I'm curious to see whether they'll try a similar format
out on the other Treks. "Picard Says, "Make It So'," "Picard Says,
'Engage'," "Picard Tugs on Uniform," "Data Doesn't Get a Euphamism,"
"Worf Fires and Misses," "Riker Scores" could all be fun things to
track on TNG. Maybe it's not a perfect system G4 is running, but at
least they're trying. If nothing else, I kinda like seeing the chat
because it reminds me that I'm not the only one up at 11:00 watching
"The Apple" for the umpteenth time.
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| Re: Trek2.0 [message #279212 ] |
Di, 13 Juni 2006 03:46 |
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On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 20:21:25 GMT, Jeff DeWitt wrote:
> G4 TV has had this Trek 2.0 thing running for a few weeks now, what do
> you folks think of it?
>
> When the ads first came on it sounded like it might be interesting, but
> then they actually started doing it and frankly I hate it, I didn't buy
> a big plasma screen so I could watch ST on a screen about the size of an
> 19" TV!
>
> Running a episode with something going on concurrent with it on a
> website is a pretty neat idea, but I'm just not watching Star Trek (or
> anything else) like this.
>
> Jeff DeWitt
Lame
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