The Last Ship [TNT - US]

squonk · 08-07-2014 5:19pm

I thought the episode was quite good actually. Not spectacular but certainly was a bit of craic. Yeah the radar/tinfoil was a bit dumb but given the production staff, what can you expect. The one downside was the tacked on love declaration. Absolutely silly and ill placed and the writing was absolute cack but it was one blip in 3 episodes.

It's a big, loud, dumb as hell show really but it's pretty good fun still.

youngblood · 08-07-2014 8:10pm

Im loving the amount of cliches the captain & co are ramming into every piece of dialogue...

Its worth watching for that alone

Beano · 08-07-2014 10:26pm

I have to say that i'm loving it so far. Cant wait for next weeks.

_Kaiser_ · 10-07-2014 8:53am

I'm quite enjoying this show myself..

Sure it's dumb, forget-it-5-minutes-later stuff but I don't think it pretends to be anything else and as such it delivers I reckon.
I see some of the same sort of comments in the Films forums - people who are disappointed and give out because they weren't challenged by a show/film or because it's not "dark", "gritty", "realistic".

All that has its place and I enjoy that sorta thing too in a different way, but speaking for myself I'm glad to see a throwback to the good ole days of 80s/90s-style light entertainment (it's Mission Impossible - 80s version - on a boat!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC6LLjZEcsc

Mmm.. Jane Badler was truly the sexist woman on TV in those days!

squonk · 15-07-2014 9:03am

Much as I like this show, even I have to admit that this week's episode was absolute rubbish! Aside from if they knew the ship was having problems, why not just weigh anchor and take some time to repair those while they still had power and a basically running ship? Nah, might as well leave it til fire breaks out and a decent amount of damage is done! I hope the Navy were watching this week. Whoever actually passes the policy to repurpose a few parachutes to act as sails for those big, heavy ships they have will be a hero with all that cost saving on fuel. Please let's not even mention the 'lowering the samples to the bottom of the ocean' incident! Well, OK, maybe we will but is hitting just the required temperature to save the samples really enough to save them in reality? I hope this is a lull in proceedings. It's been a fun show up til this. At this point they need more things to shoot at really!

Heraldoffreeent · 15-07-2014 10:59am

squonk wrote: »

Much as I like this show, even I have to admit that this week's episode was absolute rubbish! Aside from if they knew the ship was having problems, why not just weigh anchor and take some time to repair those while they still had power and a basically running ship? Nah, might as well leave it til fire breaks out and a decent amount of damage is done! I hope the Navy were watching this week. Whoever actually passes the policy to repurpose a few parachutes to act as sails for those big, heavy ships they have will be a hero with all that cost saving on fuel. Please let's not even mention the 'lowering the samples to the bottom of the ocean' incident! Well, OK, maybe we will but is hitting just the required temperature to save the samples really enough to save them in reality? I hope this is a lull in proceedings. It's been a fun show up til this. At this point they need more things to shoot at really!

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/high-hopes-navy-airs-fuel-saving-idea-183185.html
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/naval-service-in-historic-kite-sail-tests-256600.html

squonk · 15-07-2014 1:57pm

That's impressive! I thought the show was a piss take! Fair play!

JP Liz V1 · 19-07-2014 12:56am

Renewed

InTheTrees · 19-07-2014 1:08am

I mean you only have to look at a windsurfer, or a sailing boat, or a parasailer.... to see that the sail has to be proportionately larger than the thing its pulling to have enough power to move it right? Those three little parachutes are never going to move a ship...

But okay... I can suspend belief a few more weeks, because its a still a good idea.

And what happened to the russians? Wasnt it assumed they would be following?

helimachoptor · 19-07-2014 12:27pm

With the doc under lock and key would imagine it's pretty much impossible to find them? However they were broadcasting a sos so I'm sure we'll see them soon

Peace · 23-07-2014 9:39am

Awesomeness warning if you're going to watch it this week! Some serious slow motion work and staring into the distance to a bit of Dire Straits this week.

KT10 · 24-07-2014 12:18pm

Peace wrote: »

Awesomeness warning if you're going to watch it this week! Some serious slow motion work and staring into the distance to a bit of Dire Straits this week.

"We came here to hunt..." all that was missing was a Dun DUN DUUUNNNN! Thats some cheestastic tv right there.

So what direction do you think they'll be going with this? They seem to be making rapid progress towards a vaccine, so will they just start getting caught up in little side missions?

youngblood · 24-07-2014 12:46pm

More slo-mo-into action shots, wise cracking, lots of God damits, nearly make the vaccine, loose the vaccine, get the vaccine back, vaccine wont work, repeat x2

Beano · 24-07-2014 1:25pm

This show gets better and better. Adam Baldwin is fantastic.

Definitely the most talented of the baldwin brothers.

don ramo · 25-07-2014 11:02am

Beano wrote: »

This show gets better and better. Adam Baldwin is fantastic.

Definitely the most talented of the baldwin brothers.

hes certainly living off the family name:p, i loved him in chuck, grunting his way through 5 seasons of awesomeness

:D

i thope they dont go down the road of losing and finding the vaccine, even if they get the vaccine to work, it still needs to be mass produced and distributed, and there is no infrastructure left to do that it seems, so there is plenty of more story left to tell, even after they cure the virus,

InTheTrees · 25-07-2014 5:02pm

Yup the Dire Straits was a bit of a surprise.

I'm sticking with it. Its a bit formulaic but who cares.

It reminds me a bit of Star Trek Voyager. I wouldn't be surprised if they adapted some of the episode plots.

Mr E · 25-07-2014 5:05pm

Maybe they'll stop by Ireland and do some Fairhaven. While they're here, they can make Mary Lou the Borg Queen.

Beano · 25-07-2014 5:08pm

InTheTrees wrote: »

Yup the Dire Straits was a bit of a surprise.

I'm sticking with it. Its a bit formulaic but who cares.

It reminds me a bit of Star Trek Voyager. I wouldn't be surprised if they adapted some of the episode plots.

If they put Rhona Mitra in a 7of9 outfit the show would be the best ever.

InTheTrees · 26-07-2014 2:08am

Ha ha. I bet thats what they were thinking with the limey doctor.

Beano · 31-07-2014 11:43am

A bit slow this week. No real tension to speak of and didnt really advance the story very much.

don ramo · 31-07-2014 11:54am

i thought it was good, it addressed the tension building up in the crew about the lack of information being given out by the senior officers, it was a needed episode just to lock down the unrest that would build in a situation like that,

i expect that to be the last of crew unrest, and the story can drive on from here,

Beano · 31-07-2014 11:59am

I think my problem with it was that there was no real chance of any of the crew leaving. It would be a death sentence for them.

don ramo · 31-07-2014 12:04pm

Beano wrote: »

I think my problem with it was that there was no real chance of any of the crew leaving. It would be a death sentence for them.

maybe so, but they all have family that they want to try and get back to, its all well and good staying safe on the ship, but if you think you wife and kids could be dieing, your not really gonna want to be stuck on a ship out in the middle of the atlantic, and being kept in the dark,

that why chandler showed them what exactly is happening on the ship, to show how important it is that they stay strong,

Mr E · 31-07-2014 12:08pm

It might have been nice to let some of the crew out and have a branching storyline to show what's happening on land (a good opportunity to show the stakes).

endacl · 31-07-2014 12:12pm

Will give the next few episodes a try. I think this show may break all records for the 'really didn't live up to the amazing looking trailer' award.

Underwhelmed. Very underwhelmed in fact. Can't see myself sticking the course.

Needs more Russians, more sick people (zombie apocalypse anogue?), and more pathos-inducing contact with survivors.

Potentially a Gray's Anatomy at sea. The world needs a Gray's Anatomy at sea only marginally less than it needs a Gray's Anatomy...

Beano · 31-07-2014 12:15pm

despite the disappointment i felt about last nights episode i will be sticking with it. It does have potential and Adam Baldwin and Rhona Mitri are always good to watch.

expectationlost · 31-07-2014 6:01pm

letting the crew leave wasn't that a bsg story line aswell?

helimachoptor · 31-07-2014 9:20pm

Yep and a last resort storyline, par for the course with these types of shows

InTheTrees · 01-08-2014 1:34am

Yup, that last one was kind of dull. I suppose they needed a morale episode at some point.

I'm sticking with it. At least a few more weeks.

InTheTrees · 01-08-2014 1:37am

How has it been explained why they havent encountered any other navy vessels? There must be submarines out there?

In the first episode it as implied that it was the cold of the arctic that kept the ship safe, or am I misremembering?

The Last Ship [TNT - US]

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