[ SECRET POST #3260 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3260 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Garden of Time]


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03.
[Fargo, Karl x Sonny]


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04.
[Elementary]


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05.
[Top Chef]


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06.
[The Pacific/HBO War]


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07.
[Penn Jillette]


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08.
[Final Fantasy X]


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09.
[Shadow of Mordor]


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10.
[Judging Amy]


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11.
[The Lion Guard]


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12.
(Borderlands)


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13.
[Anziz Ansari, Master of None]


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14.
[Pokemon]


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15.
[Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3/Pokémon Conquest/Japanese history]










Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 067 secrets from Secret Submission Post #466.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - take it to comments ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

01. http://i.imgur.com/NM0jby9.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

I had almost forgotten how much I hate the face of that guy they cast to play young Spock. I don't remember ever hating an actor's face that much. :/

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think there is anything wrong with his appearance, but the actor is a jerk so it really ruins it for me.

[(Anonymous)]

And that's the reason I love them, so....to each their own and all that?

[(Anonymous)]

+1

[(Anonymous)]

I dislike this as well, immensely.

[(Anonymous)]

+1.

And I also hate that they have CARS. In the future where they explicitly don't have that kind of thing - Kirk didn't know about cars in Star Trek before. It was an explicit point!

What I really miss is the happy future where people are BETTER and where we have solved problems. I don't want Star Trek turned into the same abysmal world with crime and terrorists that every other sci-fi has. Why can't it stay the one universe where humanity actually came together (with aliens) and created a wonderful world without poverty and hatred? Why so bleak?

And why destroy Vulcan? Why have ridiculous tech where you can suddenly beam to Kronos? Why Why Why!

Literally the only thing I like about the new Trek is that Spock and Uhura are together.

[(Anonymous)]

...dude. I could never put my finger on what was bothering me, but this, exactly.

[(Anonymous)]

That is the future though. Everything is becoming about technology. Soon there will be no need for human cashiers or human interaction because everyone will prefer a soulless robot do stuff for them instead. It is inevitable. Embrace it.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, that wasn't the future in previous Star Treks. Previous incarnations were futuristic but still looked lived-in. The setting in OP's secret is like buying a new electronic and you haven't peeled the plastic off yet because you might get fingerprints on something.

[ketita]

Yeah, well, sadly that aesthetic is taking over everything. iphones and Ikea everywhere... I mean I agree with you, there's nothing cozy about those environments, but what can we do...

[(Anonymous)]

See I don't feel the aesthetic is taking over everything (especially if we're talking about films/shows), but I don't think it's a bad thing personally for the sci-fi genre.

To me, that sterilized 'shiny new plastic wrapped' aesthetic is kind of how I see a lot of futuristic.

[(Anonymous)]

I think it depends on the science fiction story you are trying to tell.

[lady_dragoon]

Thank you. Give me my 80s cheese any day, thanks.

[elaminator]

Well, you certainly aren't alone.

However, I like the aesthetic. I found both Star Trek films to be extremely pretty; I didn't mind the lens flare as much as everyone else either. (Should JJ have turned it way down? Sure, but I didn't find it that distracting. I know, I know, blasphemy...)

Then again I thought the films were fun and actually enjoyed watching them (which means I have poor taste I suppose), but when I think of the future I do think of 'shiny'. Not saying it needs to be that way in all media, that would be boring, but I don't automatically dislike it and it works for me with the AOS.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm with you. And I didn't even notice the lens flare until it was mentioned everywhere on line.

[(Anonymous)]

I hate that kind of 'futuristic' aesthetic most of the time too - I know that they're trying to make it look technologically advanced and 'cool' but it doesn't look like something that people actually would use and live in. It kind of makes sense for the first Star Trek movie - it's a brand new ship and all but... it just doesn't feel practical for constant everyday use.

[(Anonymous)]

This this THIS. It doesn't resonate as a real future to me at all, there's no humanity about it. Humans, even when they're interacting with technology, still behave like humans.

[ninety6tears]

When the '09 movie came out, lots of people were pleased just to get a bright aesthetic rather than the same old video-gamey grimness, so I guess you can't please everyone, but I'm not sure if the OP is bothered by the idea of the aesthetic as much as it looking too new.

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't mind the new Trek movies, but I know what you mean. They were shiny and had a lot of fun explosions, but for me they lack the heart of the TV series.

[sabotabby]

I just end up thinking that it must be hard to clean. All that white and silver really shows fingerprints and dirt. Who is doing the cleaning in the future?

[tabaqui]

I gotta agree. One of the reasons I love Alien so much is the look of the ship. It's *lived in* and patched up and has pictures taped to the bunks and clutter and *stuff*. Things are grungy. I don't need some sad/evil/hopeless dystopia, just...a working environment that actually looks like people live there.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think it's just sci-fi that has this problem, but it may be more obvious in a sci-fi film... blockbuster movies today are expected to market to as wide a demographic as possible, including overseas markets. That means lowest common denominator stuff that everyone gets: protagonists who are bland enough that a lot of people can identify with them, plots that rely upon special effects rather than good writing, lots of explosions, boobs, fast cars/spaceships, wish fulfillment lifestyles, etc. You can't make the movie too... anything. Because that might turn someone off.

[(Anonymous)]

What I hatred most about the new movies was the complete lack of... well, Star Trek in the storyline. Where is the Utopian world where humans have moved beyond hatred and no longer care about petty squabbles over minor differences?

[(Anonymous)]

the new Star Wars looks reasonably gritty and realistic, also District 9 and Guardians of the Galaxy had environments that looked "lived in"