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The Last Ship [OT]: Sundays 9:00pm on TNT: Russian BF4 Heli Pilots

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danielcw

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FUBAR McDangles said:
I always get procedural vs serialized mixed up so I go by what it says there
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I think that definiton is a little bit flawed.
I wouldn't see it as an either or. Most procedural shows have serialized elements,

The Last Ship seems to be in the middle.
Each episode has its own primary problem, but they also build on each other.


FUBAR McDangles said:
The last ship, going by that definition in the link, is certainly a procedural.

The second episode was the exploration of Guantanamo Bay. The third was the stand off with the Russians. This fourth episode was a water seeking thing. They could be watched in any order and still make sense (ignoring the pick up of the guard from Cuba).

Hence, procedural. No?
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It is not just the guard.
Goegraphly they arrived at Gitmo in episode 2 and episode 3 happened there as well.
The damage that caused the problem in episode 4 happened because of the events episode 3. We got a spy in the first 2 episodes, who was revealed in episode 3 and starts to become reintegrated in episode 4.
There are ongoing problems among the characters.
And I guess episode 5 will lead to new research, which will lead to to a new event/adventure
 
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Transhuman

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If it's as good as Last Resort was, it's gonna be bad.
And Rhona Mitra will probably be half-naked in the pilot at some point.
 
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Tamanon

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TheVampire said:
I dont know how they can make a second season when if you read the description for the second last and last episodes its pretty much
testing the cure then going back home
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Eh, that just turns it into
a straight apocalyptic show where they're trying to rebuild the world. The disease is just a problem, there will be other ones.
 
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Liberty4all

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Just watches episode 5. Agree with poster above mentioning ending slow mo boat, complete with flag waving in the wind.

My wife gave a bloodthirsty cheer at the end when the
cartel leader got stabbed
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Funky Papa

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Ok, the latest episode rubbed me the wrong fucking way.

I know this a show that basically piles stereotype after stereotype, but did they really had to show yet another Latinamerican town ruled by a ruthless drug lord-slash rapist? With ham fisted allusions to native culture? In 2014? Because that is trite, lazy and even mildly offensive.

Jesus.
 
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Razgriz-Specter

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Enjoying the show but I almost stopped in the very first episode when they say "Russian helicopters" and proceeded to show all American helicopters.
 
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Gibbo

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I'm done with this show. I can no longer tolerate the acting and the plot itself seems to have gone to shit.
 
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Delta Assault

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I'm still enjoying it. Last night was a bit of a slow episode, with nothing really happening except for that dude getting sick. But I doubt it'll be the norm. El Toro was pretty good. Felt like an old school Star Trek episode.
 
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SpyGuy239

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Loved the first few episodes. But the later episodes seem to be going downhill ): full of cliche's and unnecessary hoorah and draggy storylines.
 
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FUBAR McDangles

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Great episode last night. It's actually starting to make me care about Texas - er, Reno or whatever. I discussed this with my gf last night, with as good as the show is and how fun it is to watch, neither of us know the names of any character. Does anybody else have that same problem?

Captain, XO, Doctor, Texas, and so on are pretty much what we call everybody.

SpyGuy239 said:
Loved the first few episodes. But the later episodes seem to be going downhill ): full of cliche's and unnecessary hoorah and draggy storylines.
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I don't understand this criticism.

This is a show about the only organized people still alive. And they're all in the Navy. On a Naval ship.

Of course there is going to be "military porn" or whatever you want to call it. Of course there are going to be guns and boats and helicopters and American flags and whatever else. Why is that a bad thing at all?
 
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Jackpot

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Who in the eff is Cossetti and why was everyone giving him the cold shoulder?

Why is that a bad thing at all?
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Not sure if serious. It's sickeningly corny, makes for poor writing and further pushes propaganda of "US = good, anything they do = right" that is dangerously contrary to reality.
 
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soulassssns

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Jackpot said:
Who in the eff is Cossetti and why was everyone giving him the cold shoulder?



Not sure if serious. It's sickeningly corny, makes for poor writing and further pushes propaganda of "US = good, anything they do = right" that is dangerously contrary to reality.
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It is a TV show, a fictional TV show at that.

"Dangerously contrary to reality"...... Oh please. The show is based off of a novel not what you think of the US in reality.
 
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soulassssns

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Razgriz-Specter said:
Enjoying the show but I almost stopped in the very first episode when they say "Russian helicopters" and proceeded to show all American helicopters.
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It is a TV show so the budget isn't exactly that high. As an active duty US Sailor I could tear this show up even more than you can.


Last episode the Skipper tells one of the characters to man the .50cal but it was actually a mounted M240.

The helicopter that took off was an MH60R but the aircraft shown in flight from within the cabin was a MH60S.
 
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Funky Papa

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soulassssns said:
Last episode the Skipper tells one of the characters to man the .50cal but it was actually a mounted M240.
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I groaned so hard at this. The helicopters thing I can understand (CG and practical cladding are expensive), but I the bit with the machinegun was just poor writing/documentation.
 
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Somnia

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Prologue said:
What did the bad scientist exactly do again?
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The one on the Russian ship? He altered the virus with his gene to make himself immune thinking he could do that for everyone, but what he did was make himself a carrier and weaponized it basically so it spread everywhere.

If you mean the guy on the American ship then he was helping the Russians cause they had his wife/daughter.
 
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Prologue

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Somnia said:
The one on the Russian ship? He altered the virus with his gene to make himself immune thinking he could do that for everyone, but what he did was make himself a carrier and weaponized it basically so it spread everywhere.

If you mean the guy on the American ship then he was helping the Russians cause they had his wife/daughter.
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I meant the guy on the Russian ship. So the virus was bad, but he made it worse and more contagious by traveling around with it? The virus was already an issue.
 
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Somnia

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Prologue said:
I meant the guy on the Russian ship. So the virus was bad, but he made it worse and more contagious by traveling around with it? The virus was already an issue.
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Ya it was bad before, but was more contained... kind of like Ebola outbreak now is limited to certain area's with the fear of it spreading. They probably could have contained the outbreak in this show, but this idiot thought he could have a huge breakthrough and instead made it worse and killed 4 billion people trying to be a hero.
 
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Tamanon

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Well I guess we're moving on to The Last of Us Ship. Season 2 is going to be completely different if the virus is basically cured.
 
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EL CUCO

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Just watched episode 9. It's weird how this show has hooked me...I'll actually be looking forward to another season after next week's season finale. I'm guessing that name will need a tweak though, especially if they're planning on disembarking.


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Well I guess we're moving on to The Last of Us Ship. Season 2 is going to be completely different if the virus is basically cured.
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10/10
 
Vert boil

Vert boil

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Do they really have to put Goober's life in peril all the sodding time? It's bad enough with farm girl but to double down Goobs is too much.

Well, at least that ep didn't proved a gif that could easily be misused.
 
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Joni

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They seemed to have made some terrible decisions for picking the six. The scientist didn't spot a pregnant girl, how do you miss that when you're doing blood tests? I would think they'd skip pregnant people until the second round. And who picks the chief engineer to be part of the six? Last time she was sick, your boat failed. You'd think to give her a free pass.
 
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firehawk12

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Haha, that ending.

I dunno though, now that the show is presumably off the ship, I don't see myself caring at all. It's going to become another shitty Revolution/Jericho/Fallen Skies/Walking Dead show with cheap looking city sets.

But, I suppose they couldn't just have ended it with one season. :/
 
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