Icky "Space" Show on ABC

[Spiffy]

Anyone else watching this HORRIBLE Space thing on ABC? I've heard it described as "Grey's Spacenatomy" elsewhere.

I'm watching for laughs. I loved the commercial on recently which used the phrase "beyond the Universe". From the first two minutes this appears to be about a Solar System Mission. I don't see the "Beyond the Universe" element, yet. :biggrin:

Okay, this IS hilarious. One guy hits on a female astronaut and the witty repartee following refers to her as a "Space Nun". Now that's award winning dialogue!

[Cam63]

The Wookie is not pleased.

[Michael P]

You mean Defying Gravity? All the commercials I saw made it look like absolute shit, so it's nice to see those skills haven't atrophied.

Of course, comparing anything to Grey's Anatomy says, to me, "stupid, annoying, unprofessional people gabbering on about their banal sex lives at the expense of actually doing their jobs." If I worked in that hospital, I'd burn it down.

[Spiffy]

The Wookie is not pleased.

You mean Defying Gravity? All the commercials I saw made it look like absolute shit

I'm watching with a Mystery Science Theater type eye. The more ridiculous it is, the more I'll cheer.

Oh look! They had budget for faux weightlessness (but only in small parts)!

It would actually be hilarious if this is a smash hit and is renewed. I mean unless you drag in aliens, or show more people on Earth, how do you expand on the cast?

Oh look. The stock "tough looking but sensitive big black guy" character is a Buddist. How UNEXPECTED!

Also, a wacky Indian astronaut who talks about destiny all of the time, a boorish astronaut who pulls his pants down on camera, an angsty blonde (the "Space Nun") who's secretly preggers (or did she have an abortion and feel guilty?), etc.

Fun! To mock!

[Cam63]

It's Grey's Anatomy in space !?

Fuck. Me. Dead.

[Charles RB]

Of course, comparing anything to Grey's Anatomy says, to me, "stupid, annoying, unprofessional people gabbering on about their banal sex lives at the expense of actually doing their jobs."

What if their jobs were in a brothel?

[Cam63]

" Space Brothel " ?

That may work.

[Free-Man]

Hm...a spinoff of Greys Anatomy?

So more unpleasant people whining and then fucking while someone plays SUPER WHITE acoustic bitch-boy muisc? But in space? Sign me up!

[Spiffy]

Oh! The worm turns.

Two guys get knocked off the mission and replaced with the two "backups". One's the big Buddist, who they imply has some kind of relationship with one of the ladies at Mission Control and will now be forced to (unexpectedly!) be away from her for 6 years! (Gasp!). The other is apparently the secret father of the possibly secret baby of the pregnant Space Nun, and he's just learned from the Doctor that his Vasectomy failed! Now he has to be stuck in space for 6 years with his ex, who may or not be pregnant (she keeps hearing a baby crying! In SPACE!!!!!! So I bet she GASP! had an abortion and feels GUILTY!)

Wow! This is GOLD!

And the Indian guy talking about how it was his "destiny" to be in space is one of the two knocked out. Oh woe is me! And the other is the husband of one of the space hotties on the crew, who will now be husbandless for 6 years.

And the possible secret father of the potential secret space baby himself has a sick old father who he has to leave behind on Earth, who he will NEVER SEE AGAIN!

And now the Tragedy Montage (including some people have weightless sex), set to crappy emo music!

Wheeee!

[Charles RB]

If they had all these family commitments that were so important, why the fuck did they sign up to be astronauts on a six-year mission?

[Cam63]

If they had all these family commitments that were so important, why the fuck did they sign up to be astronauts on a six-year mission?

That's Hollywood TV logic we're dealing with, mate.

[Spiffy]

Potential Space Suicide coming up! From Destiny Guy, who I guess doesn't want to go back to Earth!

Don't they do mental health checks in Grey's Spacenatomy land?

Who knew taking the puerile silly "plot" elements, and silly dialogue, from Grey's Anatomy and setting them in a badly researched unrealistic version of space would be so rewarding ludicrous? I hope this runs for 6 years, so we can see what they're supposed to uncover at the end of their mission. It might be extra ridiculous.

[Cam63]

Well, we have at least one bonafide real life crazy astronaut.

[Charles RB]

Hopefully they find the Clangers. (http://www.stuffucanuse.com/fake_moon_landings/moon_landings.htm)

[Spiffy]

Oh, now we have a Space Rebellion Against Authority to save the crazy guy who tried to commit suicide. And of course its Vasectomy Guy to the rescue, launching into orbit to intercept him, and diverting and using EXTRA FUEL to try and rescue the nut.

I'm glad to know that in 2052 (that's the year according to the little Space Vignette video confessionals we see), people are still listening to crappy Emo music. Okay, not glad. More "surprised" and amused.

[suedenim]

Darn, looks like I'm probably TiNo-ing this right now. (TiNo. v. To delete or allow to expire, unwatched, a TV show saved on a TiVo or other personal video recorder.)

I was thinking that a drama series about near-future space exploration could actually be pretty cool. Apparently this ain't that.

[Cam63]

Khe Sanh or Flight of the Conchords " Bowie in Space " !

[Spiffy]

Wah. So far Part II is MUCH more boring than Part I. Lots of relationship establishing flashbacks and rehashes of points made in Part I. Nothing new to grab onto and mock, just more silly angst--which isn't worth mocking.

Oh wait. There's something weird called "Beta". And it's manipulating events. Their 6 year mission is gasp, a farce and a lie, and something else is going on! A crappy Space mystery! Shades of 2001! Whoooooo!

I aim my Angst Beams at thee! But first I must subdue you with my Emo music rays!

[a. non]

At least they used the right terminology: "blown out" instead of "sucked out"

[Cam63]

Word to the wise... NASA don't normally advertise for needy wankers or skanks.

[Spiffy]

Word to the wise... NASA don't normally advertise for needy wankers or skanks.

But maybe by 2052, after several more generations of angsty emoness has sunk into the zeitgeist, they will? :tongue:

[Major Comma]

You are performing a public service here Spiffy.
I was going to watch this crap but you have SAVED me from wasting my time!
Thank you my friend!

[Spiffy]

You are performing a public service here Spiffy.
I was going to watch this crap but you have SAVED me from wasting my time!
Thank you my friend!
Hey, I'd still advise you watch it if you want two hours of laughing really hard. I had a grand old time, snickering and spitting up my Tang. My eyes are kind of tired from rolling up so often though.

It would have been something if that's what these people INTENDED their audiences to do. But I'm thinking... it wasn't.

This article talks about an even better nickname for the show than the one I'd previously heard:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/ArtsLife/1135494.html

Grey's Astronomy. Heh.

[Charles RB]

Oh god, the star's reason for the show being like this:


"The creators wanted to make a show that men and women could watch together"

THAT'S RIGHT WOMEN THIS IS FOR YOOOOUUUU.

Also:


Vancouver’s Laura Harris, who plays Zoe, says the show is less sci-fi than it is about "humans in space"


says the show is less sci-fi than it is about "humans in space"

Here was me thinking "humans in space" was PRETTY DAMN SCI-FI.

[Spiffy]

Huh? The assumption is that women like shows which don't make sense, which have people acting borderline insane (definitely very unprofessionally at a bare minimum), with hilariously bad dialogue, and connect the dots "science"? So the assumption is that women are supposed to like stuff which SUCKS?

Man... that's... got to hurt. Ladies? What think you?

I mean, unless like me you "liked" it just because it was so easy to laugh at.


At least they used the right terminology: "blown out" instead of "sucked out"
And yet you could describe the show itself with EITHER "blows" or "sucks"!

[Charles RB]

And yet you could describe the show itself with EITHER "blows" or "sucks"!

Does it suck or blow, or.... DOES IT DO BOTH?

[LewisH]

there's no need to be watching bad shows when you can watch hours and hours of happy, toothy fish. I guarantee you won't see any Great Whites talking about their sex lives. They are too busy chasing seals and surfers who look like seals.

[Alan Lynch]

Here was me thinking "humans in space" was PRETTY DAMN SCI-FI.
And also that plenty of science fiction has covered "humans in space" before.

I'd never heard of this show, now I'm actively looking out for someone showing it over here.

[Major Comma]

I just heard on the radio,
it came in next to last place last night
3.8 million viewers.

[Corrina]

Huh? The assumption is that women like shows which don't make sense, which have people acting borderline insane (definitely very unprofessionally at a bare minimum), with hilariously bad dialogue, and connect the dots "science"? So the assumption is that women are supposed to like stuff which SUCKS?

Man... that's... got to hurt. Ladies? What think you?



I think we love Stargate Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek.

Might be because we aren't condescended to.

[Nick Soapdish]

But maybe by 2052, after several more generations of angsty emoness has sunk into the zeitgeist, they will? :tongue:

Devolution in action. Like Idiocracy.