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[Itshim]

OK so thanks to my new rescue puppy? I am stuck in a chair for the next 6 weeks or so. Have to force myself to stop watching supergirl ,
Have looked forward to" once upon a time" and "Wednesday". But had other things to do. Should limit my viewing of this program, will watch something as its its a pain to get a book literally high shelfs, not a problem when granddaughter and her boyfriend were here but they need to go back to Oxford.

Re books - would a "grabber" help?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C4HBKX...WxfdGhlbWF0aWM

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Re books - would a "grabber" help?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C4HBKX...WxfdGhlbWF0aWM

Nice idea but not really a) in different room b) too high . Tend to move as little as possible, so it's TV or radio for a few weeks , not the end of the world

Originally Posted by Itshim

Nice idea but not really a) in different room b) too high . Tend to move as little as possible, so it's TV or radio for a few weeks , not the end of the world

I tend to have all my books on my Kindle or iPad, which mitigates lack of mobility

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Hugh

I tend to have all my books on my Kindle or iPad, which mitigates lack of mobility

Too mean get mine in charity shops ! Granddaughter stocked me up before going back . Still I really am hooked on supergirl

Supergirl started out really well in Season 1, and mostly Season 2, after that it went downhill - slowly at first, then rapidly. It became one of the worst woke shows ever, and by season 5 they didnt even bother to pretend otherwise, super preachy episodes, and they even got rid of her trademark skirt.

I thought her revised suit was actually kind of smart, but I got to the point where I really couldn’t stomach being preached at by Millennial scriptwriters any longer. Whoever was making that show in its latter seasons lacked any kind of subtlety and had clearly never heard of the principle show, don’t tell.

I was reading somewhere last week, w.r.t. Star Trek Discovery, the reason why TOS worked and Discovery doesn’t, when it comes to what it considers to be knotty social issues, is that TOS generally just portrayed the future as Roddenberry saw it (so there’s a black woman on the bridge, and a Russian sitting next to a Japanese man, and they all just get on with it) whereas Disco’s writer’s can’t help lecturing the audience about gender ideology in screeds of dialogue on a weekly basis.

Originally Posted by Chris

I thought her revised suit was actually kind of smart, but I got to the point where I really couldn’t stomach being preached at by Millennial scriptwriters any longer. Whoever was making that show in its latter seasons lacked any kind of subtlety and had clearly never heard of the principle show, don’t tell.

I was reading somewhere last week, w.r.t. Star Trek Discovery, the reason why TOS worked and Discovery doesn’t, when it comes to what it considers to be knotty social issues, is that TOS generally just portrayed the future as Roddenberry saw it (so there’s a black woman on the bridge, and a Russian sitting next to a Japanese man, and they all just get on with it) whereas Disco’s writer’s can’t help lecturing the audience about gender ideology in screeds of dialogue on a weekly basis.

Yes, there has always been political and social commentary in movies and TV and there hasn't been an increase in it but instead it seems to have become less nuanced.

I can't work out if it's always been like this or as the amount of television that's made increases we get more variance in quality of the writing. Maybe there has been a decrease in media literacy, and writers feel they need to be more didactic in their script to impart the message to their audience directly.

Marvel films are pretty bad for this even compared to other comic book movies. Marvel lacks any sort of dimension whatsoever even when it comes to the main plot points. Marvel trusts its audience has seen series 3 of whatever spin-off TV show they've made for Disney+ but they don't trust them to understand subtext. The Doctor Who Christmas special was bad for this as well, I have no problem with RTD choosing to express support for transgender people in his writing but he made the character solve the ending with their bi-status and directly say that out loud. It was a lazy cop-out.

As you said. Show, don't tell. It's why Parasite is such a great film. That's extremely political but at no point do the characters break off to tell you it's message directly with clunky dialogue.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Paul

Supergirl started out really well in Season 1, and mostly Season 2, after that it went downhill - slowly at first, then rapidly. It became one of the worst woke shows ever, and by season 5 they didnt even bother to pretend otherwise, super preachy episodes, and they even got rid of her trademark skirt.

Have problems with the whole storyline being different from the late 50s early 60s when it and wonder woman were my dc comics choice. Still enjoying so far. Even thinking of calling the dog that caused me to stuck in the house ( 3 fractured ribs) Kara . My granddaughter says her name should be Spare...Eye, her boy friend came up with Byron, took a clue from him and about an hour to get why. Grand daughter definitely couldn't work it out , weird mind

[pip08456]

Originally Posted by Paul

Supergirl started out really well in Season 1, and mostly Season 2, after that it went downhill - slowly at first, then rapidly. It became one of the worst woke shows ever, and by season 5 they didnt even bother to pretend otherwise, super preachy episodes, and they even got rid of her trademark skirt.

100%. After season 4 I just lost interest. Season 3 was bad enough.

Everytime someone mentions Supergirl, I cant get "affordable housing" out of my head.

A good show just ruined in the end. Enjoy the early seasons, then move on.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Can you get addicted to TV show?!

Im sorry you have been confined to a chair but YES I used to be addicted to GOOD SHOWS and I always watched them.....

I havent seen anything on so called "TV" for many years I consider good... Last show I thin kwas "GOOD" was 'Law and Order SVU' but both of the original people are Gone I think now so its not worth it anymore......

I hope you can get out of that chair soon