• 'The Last Ship' (no spoilers)

    From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 15:46:57 2026

    Trawlers of past offerings may want to be reminded that the nearly 60
    episodes of 'The Last Ship' have reached Netflix. The near-future
    military adventure is unabashedly rah-rah, and seems to celebrate its
    copious slaughtering, but it consistently impressed me with the apparent expense of its made-for-cable (TNT) production. Somewhat recommended.

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 13:19:24 2026
    moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    Trawlers of past offerings may want to be reminded that the nearly 60 episodes of 'The Last Ship' have reached Netflix. The near-future
    military adventure is unabashedly rah-rah, and seems to celebrate its copious slaughtering, but it consistently impressed me with the apparent expense of its made-for-cable (TNT) production. Somewhat recommended.


    I saw it the first time. While the book justified the title, the TV show screwed up the plot so badly that it wasn?t even the last ship.

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  • From Ian J. Ball@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 13:24:56 2026
    On 8/24/26 1:19 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    Trawlers of past offerings may want to be reminded that the nearly 60
    episodes of 'The Last Ship' have reached Netflix. The near-future
    military adventure is unabashedly rah-rah, and seems to celebrate its
    copious slaughtering, but it consistently impressed me with the apparent
    expense of its made-for-cable (TNT) production. Somewhat recommended.

    I saw it the first time. While the book justified the title, the TV show screwed up the plot so badly that it wasn?t even the last ship.

    Like "Falling Skies" (and "Earth: Final Conflict"), "The Last Ship" was
    also a show that got "much less good" fast. The first season was pretty terrific. The second season was just OK, IIRC. But once they dumped
    Rhona Mitra, it went downhill super-fast, and as I recall the last
    couple of seasons didn't even make much sense (despite having some good
    eye candy along the way).



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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 17:06:33 2026
    On 8/24/2026 4:24 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 8/24/26 1:19 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    Trawlers of past offerings may want to be reminded that the nearly 60
    episodes of 'The Last Ship' have reached Netflix.ÿ The near-future
    military adventure is unabashedly rah-rah, and seems to celebrate its
    copious slaughtering, but it consistently impressed me with the apparent >>> expense of its made-for-cable (TNT) production.ÿ Somewhat recommended.

    I saw it the first time. While the book justified the title, the TV show
    screwed up the plot so badly that it wasn?t even the last ship.

    But shirley we'd never expect a TV series to cling to its source novel
    over several seasons. I was surprised only that the visuals seemed not
    to grow complacently cheaper.


    Like "Falling Skies" (and "Earth: Final Conflict"), "The Last Ship" was
    also a show that got "much less good" fast. The first season was pretty terrific. The second season was just OK, IIRC. But once they dumped
    Rhona Mitra, it went downhill super-fast, and as I recall the last
    couple of seasons didn't even make much sense (despite having some good
    eye candy along the way).

    The pilot was directed by Jonathan Mostow, whose BREAKDOWN (1997) was a
    tight, underappreciated little thriller. That signaled some aspiration
    in the eye-candy department. (Much of the last two seasons was directed
    Peter "Robocop" Weller.)



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  • From danny burstein@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 21:13:45 2026
    [full snip]

    As an fyi the captain (main character) of the ship
    was portrayed by Eric Dane, who went public in
    early 2025 about his battle with amyotrophic lateral
    sclerosis, aka ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's disease, which
    killed him in Feb, 2026.

    He portrayed, yes, an ALS victim who was a fireman
    and being supported by the firehouse teams ('cuz
    that's where a ranger's gonna be) in an episode of
    "Brilliant Minds". It's worth looking for.


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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 21:36:30 2026
    On Aug 24, 2026 at 12:46:57 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:


    Trawlers of past offerings may want to be reminded that the nearly 60 episodes of 'The Last Ship' have reached Netflix. The near-future
    military adventure is unabashedly rah-rah, and seems to celebrate its copious slaughtering, but it consistently impressed me with the apparent expense of its made-for-cable (TNT) production. Somewhat recommended.

    No Mitra, no show!



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  • From Ian J. Ball@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 14:43:44 2026
    On 8/24/26 2:36 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    On Aug 24, 2026 at 12:46:57 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    Trawlers of past offerings may want to be reminded that the nearly 60
    episodes of 'The Last Ship' have reached Netflix. The near-future
    military adventure is unabashedly rah-rah, and seems to celebrate its
    copious slaughtering, but it consistently impressed me with the apparent
    expense of its made-for-cable (TNT) production. Somewhat recommended.

    No Mitra, no show!

    In this case, this is basically correct.



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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 18:19:12 2026
    On 8/24/2026 5:43 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 8/24/26 2:36 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    On Aug 24, 2026 at 12:46:57 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    Trawlers of past offerings may want to be reminded that the nearly 60
    episodes of 'The Last Ship' have reached Netflix.ÿ The near-future
    military adventure is unabashedly rah-rah, and seems to celebrate its
    copious slaughtering, but it consistently impressed me with the apparent >>> expense of its made-for-cable (TNT) production.ÿ Somewhat recommended.

    No Mitra, no show!

    In this case, this is basically correct.

    You mean, I gather, as coincidence rather than causality.

    Interestingly, there seems to be suspicion that her departure was less
    than amicable, but without specifics (I could find). However, that
    departure -- at the end of season 2 -- was hinted for several episodes.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 23:27:56 2026
    On Aug 24, 2026 at 3:19:12 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 8/24/2026 5:43 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 8/24/26 2:36 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    On Aug 24, 2026 at 12:46:57 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    Trawlers of past offerings may want to be reminded that the nearly 60 >>>> episodes of 'The Last Ship' have reached Netflix.ÿ The near-future
    military adventure is unabashedly rah-rah, and seems to celebrate its >>>> copious slaughtering, but it consistently impressed me with the apparent >>>> expense of its made-for-cable (TNT) production.ÿ Somewhat recommended. >>>
    No Mitra, no show!

    In this case, this is basically correct.

    You mean, I gather, as coincidence rather than causality.

    Interestingly, there seems to be suspicion that her departure was less
    than amicable, but without specifics (I could find). However, that departure -- at the end of season 2 -- was hinted for several episodes.

    Mitra tweeted at the time that her parting from the show was not her idea, nor was it amicable.

    Little known factoid: Rhona was the original model for Lara Croft, then when
    it came time for the movie, she was passed over for that crone Angelina
    Jolie.



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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 24 21:53:52 2026
    On 8/24/2026 7:27 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Aug 24, 2026 at 3:19:12 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 8/24/2026 5:43 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 8/24/26 2:36 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    On Aug 24, 2026 at 12:46:57 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    Trawlers of past offerings may want to be reminded that the nearly 60 >>>>> episodes of 'The Last Ship' have reached Netflix.ÿ The near-future >>>>> military adventure is unabashedly rah-rah, and seems to celebrate its >>>>> copious slaughtering, but it consistently impressed me with the apparent
    expense of its made-for-cable (TNT) production.ÿ Somewhat recommended. >>>>
    No Mitra, no show!

    In this case, this is basically correct.

    You mean, I gather, as coincidence rather than causality.

    Interestingly, there seems to be suspicion that her departure was less
    than amicable, but without specifics (I could find). However, that
    departure -- at the end of season 2 -- was hinted for several episodes.

    Mitra tweeted at the time that her parting from the show was not her idea, nor
    was it amicable.

    Little known factoid: Rhona was the original model for Lara Croft, then when it came time for the movie, she was passed over for that crone Angelina Jolie.

    The company said that her character had run its course. Fwtw.





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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Tue Aug 25 03:03:15 2026
    On Aug 24, 2026 at 6:53:52 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 8/24/2026 7:27 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Aug 24, 2026 at 3:19:12 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>
    On 8/24/2026 5:43 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 8/24/26 2:36 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    On Aug 24, 2026 at 12:46:57 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> >>>>> wrote:

    Trawlers of past offerings may want to be reminded that the nearly 60 >>>>>> episodes of 'The Last Ship' have reached Netflix.ÿ The near-future >>>>>> military adventure is unabashedly rah-rah, and seems to celebrate its >>>>>> copious slaughtering, but it consistently impressed me with the apparent
    expense of its made-for-cable (TNT) production.ÿ Somewhat recommended.

    No Mitra, no show!

    In this case, this is basically correct.

    You mean, I gather, as coincidence rather than causality.

    Interestingly, there seems to be suspicion that her departure was less
    than amicable, but without specifics (I could find). However, that
    departure -- at the end of season 2 -- was hinted for several episodes.

    Mitra tweeted at the time that her parting from the show was not her idea, >> nor
    was it amicable.

    Little known factoid: Rhona was the original model for Lara Croft, then when
    it came time for the movie, she was passed over for that crone Angelina
    Jolie.

    The company said that her character had run its course. Fwtw.

    Which was clearly not the case. They offed her in mid subplot.



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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Tue Aug 25 11:14:04 2026
    On 8/24/2026 11:03 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Aug 24, 2026 at 6:53:52 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 8/24/2026 7:27 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Aug 24, 2026 at 3:19:12 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>
    On 8/24/2026 5:43 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 8/24/26 2:36 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    On Aug 24, 2026 at 12:46:57 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> >>>>>> wrote:

    Trawlers of past offerings may want to be reminded that the nearly 60
    episodes of 'The Last Ship' have reached Netflix.ÿ The near-future >>>>>>> military adventure is unabashedly rah-rah, and seems to celebrate its
    copious slaughtering, but it consistently impressed me with the apparent
    expense of its made-for-cable (TNT) production.ÿ Somewhat recommended.

    No Mitra, no show!

    In this case, this is basically correct.

    You mean, I gather, as coincidence rather than causality.

    Interestingly, there seems to be suspicion that her departure was less >>>> than amicable, but without specifics (I could find). However, that
    departure -- at the end of season 2 -- was hinted for several episodes. >>>
    Mitra tweeted at the time that her parting from the show was not her idea,
    nor
    was it amicable.

    Little known factoid: Rhona was the original model for Lara Croft, then when
    it came time for the movie, she was passed over for that crone Angelina >>> Jolie.

    The company said that her character had run its course. Fwtw.

    Which was clearly not the case. They offed her in mid subplot.

    Well, my (spoiler-filled) observation about that is that, the instant
    she murdered the arch-baddie, I knew that, per TV rules, her character
    would be leaving. And that murder occurred several episodes before her
    actual departure. Admittedly, I felt that *her* last-minute surprise
    demise was gratuitous, or even spiteful, and maybe intended to scotch
    any notions of her eventual return. I'd still like to know the dirt...



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