The Last Ship - Military pr0n in the apocalyptic world

REBerg said:
Probably tried and true. Certainly tested waters, in the case of SEAL TEAM. :D
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The last ship has a twist with SciFi elements. Its what grabbed me in the beginning and still does. None of these new shows seem to have an edge. You know middle America doesn't just like military dramas right TV execs?
 
The scope of plague has changed and the situation has become more dire than ever before. The world would had been fine with the humanity gone. Eventually it could have even produced another species to take over, because I don't virus is the evolutionary end-game for the nature. New phase is horrifying and to my mind, absolutely unstoppable.

The Last Ship could have stayed in the sea forever and forever again. But with the timing of the mutation, it cannot and there is a definite end in sight. People, as always, don't know. Don't want to know. The mission is to save the world, and it is fine for the Nathan James. After all, she's American. But what she misses is the broken captain Chandler.

Man, who lost his world. His Commander. He has no one to salute. Only memories from the past. And those ones are painful to recall. It is him who has grown most during the previous season. But when you see the new season, the effort TNT has put on this shows. The fights are real. People die. Blood is spilled. And the situation become dire every minute.

I love having this series back and of all the summer series, this is the one that makes me happy. The reason for that is because this isn't just for holiday past time, but actually The Last Ship is moving to serious category with the Autumn season being so close.

Well done. (y)

PS. It's two parter opening.
 
Watched the double opener.
Great triple action in the end -- Chandler's bare-knuckle battle, the Gibraltar caves firefight and jury-rigging power restoration to the sitting duck James.
I suspect Chandler will reunite with the crew early in the new season.
 
ctg said:
The scope of plague has changed and the situation has become more dire than ever before. The world would had been fine with the humanity gone. Eventually it could have even produced another species to take over, because I don't virus is the evolutionary end-game for the nature. New phase is horrifying and to my mind, absolutely unstoppable.

The Last Ship could have stayed in the sea forever and forever again. But with the timing of the mutation, it cannot and there is a definite end in sight. People, as always, don't know. Don't want to know. The mission is to save the world, and it is fine for the Nathan James. After all, she's American. But what she misses is the broken captain Chandler.

Man, who lost his world. His Commander. He has no one to salute. Only memories from the past. And those ones are painful to recall. It is him who has grown most during the previous season. But when you see the new season, the effort TNT has put on this shows. The fights are real. People die. Blood is spilled. And the situation become dire every minute.

I love having this series back and of all the summer series, this is the one that makes me happy. The reason for that is because this isn't just for holiday past time, but actually The Last Ship is moving to serious category with the Autumn season being so close.

Well done. (y)

PS. It's two parter opening.
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The way they keep changing the intros to this show is so cool. Loved seeing all the crops dying. Chandler getting the girl was a little cliche and cheesy but no one said this show isn't and you know where he's going with that. It's a means to an end like everything with Chandler. The show is pretty much classic star trek without it taking place in space. All the elements of classic trek land battles were seen in Chandler's fight.

It's funny how everything on this show reminds me of star trek. The fight for instance almost reminded me Kirk vs Gorn.
 
4.03 Bread and Circuses
Aha! I knew Chandler and the James were on an intercept course.
Cli-Fi said:
The show is pretty much classic star trek without it taking place in space. All the elements of classic trek land battles were seen in Chandler's fight.

It's funny how everything on this show reminds me of star trek. The fight for instance almost reminded me Kirk vs Gorn.
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No doubt about it. The Last Ship and Star Trek: TOS share some DNA. Differences I see include the lack of a season-long story arc in Star Trek. Plus, as much as I love the original ST series, I think that it was also standing on the shoulders of many who came before it.
 
REBerg said:
Aha! I knew Chandler and the James were on an intercept course.
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The Captain cannot be kept from his ship. Just like Kirk couldn't be separated from the Enterprise. Both are inseparable and I believe if Nathan James would go down, Chandler would be last one to step off from its bow. Thing is he could have tried to continue the old man and sea routine, and stay out from the course of the events, but this thing is in his blood. He was born to be the master of the conflict.

I'm surprised that the forward ops team didn't take action at the Arabic town, even though they were quite openly waving their guns. In fact it seems those who are deployed doesn't have to report to the ops centre, and the ops doesn't deal the info higher into the echelon. In other words TNT heard our criticism and put the Last Ship back into it's place.

What I'm surprised is that XO to decided the ship and join the op. He could have controlled the whole thing from Nathan James instead of taking a blade in his guts. Bones in the ST would have given him proper bollocking. One I'm sure is still going to happen.
 
It feels good to have Captain Chandler back in the ship, even if it took taking the XO down and putting him through drugged dreams. I'm glad that it finished Sicily scene and moved the show back on the board of Nathan James. That ship certainly have fancy toys on board. Things that are still partly in developmental phase, like for example that decoy.

I hope they turn the ship around and head out to the Atlantic, because Mediterranean is way too small pond for them. They hardly have enough of room for manoeuvres. The crew however had made really good job on repairing battle damage from their last encounter. It was as if Nathan James had not even been hit in the aft.

What military options that Sicilian mastermind has on his disposal?
 
4.04 Nostos
I was surprised that Il Dotorre who bandaged Chandler's hands for the big fight turned out to be the man in charge. Good to see the 70-year-old original RoboCop at work.
Chandler's return to the James got a mixed reaction from the crew. Along with those happy to have him back are new members who don't know him and old members who feel that he abandoned him. Chandler can't help but step into the command vacuum while the CO is recovering (assuming that he does). Chandler might get resistance from the new XO, who wasn't exactly the captain's number one fan in previous episodes.
On top of all of that, Chandler's romantic interest has a new boyfriend. Should her new beau be wearing a red shirt? :)
Yes, now that they finally have the seeds, the James should bug out to the Atlantic. No need to play more cat-and-mouse rounds with the Greek Navy, although I do like those. It reminded me of the submarine episodes in the second season.
Looks like the Oligarch Family is hatching a new plan to reacquire the seeds, a scheme involving the "smart" son somehow infiltrating the James crew. :ninja:
 
C'mon guys. No words for Captain Slattery????
I thought he was a goner the way they kept doing those life flashing before his eyes stuff

REBerg said:
4.04 Nostos
I was surprised that Il Dotorre who bandaged Chandler's hands for the big fight turned out to be the man in charge. Good to see the 70-year-old original RoboCop at work.
Chandler's return to the James got a mixed reaction from the crew. Along with those happy to have him back are new members who don't know him and old members who feel that he abandoned him. Chandler can't help but step into the command vacuum while the CO is recovering (assuming that he does). Chandler might get resistance from the new XO, who wasn't exactly the captain's number one fan in previous episodes.
On top of all of that, Chandler's romantic interest has a new boyfriend. Should her new beau be wearing a red shirt? :)
Yes, now that they finally have the seeds, the James should bug out to the Atlantic. No need to play more cat-and-mouse rounds with the Greek Navy, although I do like those. It reminded me of the submarine episodes in the second season.
Looks like the Oligarch Family is hatching a new plan to reacquire the seeds, a scheme involving the "smart" son somehow infiltrating the James crew. :ninja:
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ctg said:
It feels good to have Captain Chandler back in the ship, even if it took taking the XO down and putting him through drugged dreams. I'm glad that it finished Sicily scene and moved the show back on the board of Nathan James. That ship certainly have fancy toys on board. Things that are still partly in developmental phase, like for example that decoy.

I hope they turn the ship around and head out to the Atlantic, because Mediterranean is way too small pond for them. They hardly have enough of room for manoeuvres. The crew however had made really good job on repairing battle damage from their last encounter. It was as if Nathan James had not even been hit in the aft.

What military options that Sicilian mastermind has on his disposal?
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I think Chandler saying he lost his way is a bit of an understatement. Wasn't it the first season where he demanded loyalty from the crew and that they shouldn't leave the ship due to the moral obligation to fix the country? Now that the world is more at sake it's OK he was on a greek island for months?? There's gonna be some clashes between Chandler and Slattery now.
The crew barely listened to him and the only person who seemed thrilled to have him back was the Chaplin
I think Slattery's got a leg up on Chandler now.
Slattery is returning a hero who brought the seeds back, while Chandler is returning with a lot of explaining to do and he doesn't even seem sure he wants to be there yet.
 
TLS has made an amazing job on translating the current state of US surface fleet into the series. It's sad to see that these fictional sailors has been strained to as limit as the crew of current vessels. The endless cycle of duty and routine with no free time is worse enemy than one packed in the steel vessel. It's not just the case of PTSD, but case of having no peace.

In the fictional cousin of Star Trek or even Battlestar Galactica the R&R was important on keeping the crew sane. Nathan James crew is stretched to a limit. You can see them balancing on the edge, with no relief in the sight. If you compare that to the situation in the first season, The Last Ship is showing how all of this could actually happen and that's why I'm so glad to see this series steaming ahead with no end in sight.

If the producers would take it through ST cycle, and give the crew peace this series would fall flat. It would lose its magic and give people false ideas about how the stress turns people mad. Apocalyptic World isn't a nice place. It's not a holiday.

I don't really understand why Chandler had to shave before he could put on the uniform. Seeing all those bearded fellows make the crew more believable. But in the other hand why Brits are making the enemy again?
 
ctg said:
TLS has made an amazing job on translating the current state of US surface fleet into the series. It's sad to see that these fictional sailors has been strained to as limit as the crew of current vessels. The endless cycle of duty and routine with no free time is worse enemy than one packed in the steel vessel. It's not just the case of PTSD, but case of having no peace.

In the fictional cousin of Star Trek or even Battlestar Galactica the R&R was important on keeping the crew sane. Nathan James crew is stretched to a limit. You can see them balancing on the edge, with no relief in the sight. If you compare that to the situation in the first season, The Last Ship is showing how all of this could actually happen and that's why I'm so glad to see this series steaming ahead with no end in sight.

If the producers would take it through ST cycle, and give the crew peace this series would fall flat. It would lose its magic and give people false ideas about how the stress turns people mad. Apocalyptic World isn't a nice place. It's not a holiday.

I don't really understand why Chandler had to shave before he could put on the uniform. Seeing all those bearded fellows make the crew more believable. But in the other hand why Brits are making the enemy again?
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I wonder if it's all leading up to a large fight about that specific topic. I could see it. Half the crew don't want Chandler as Captain, the other half do. They end up fighting. Chaplain finally realizes they all need R&R. They find some peaceful spot and have it out there.

Right now TNT has renewed the show for a fifth season. They did a two season pickup last year before Comic-con. Now, this usually means that they will announce a cancellation soon, maybe end it with a 13 episode 6th season, but we'll see.

Marines are the ones who usually wear the beards, and some of them are not Americans. Navy Captains always shave. I suspect it's tradition and a hard habit for Chandler to break. Not to mention used as a visual device as a way to truly return to the ship.
 
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It used to be special forces and battle-veterans. I guess its catching as war in the Afghanistan carries to 17th year.
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You are right it's special forces. Though I think Marines have some special circumstances
where they can be unshaven too. It's usually to help with interaction of locals.
 
Chandler was recommissioned with the rank of captain. Will he also resume his position as captain/commanding officer of the James?
Captain Slattery, struggling to beat his Nostos addiction, is currently unfit to resume command. Acting CO Meylan does not seem likely to step aside.
Kind of awkward having an unbilleted senior officer on board.
 
REBerg said:
Chandler was recommissioned with the rank of captain. Will he also resume his position as captain/commanding officer of the James?
Captain Slattery, struggling to beat his Nostos addiction, is currently unfit to resume command. Acting CO Meylan does not seem likely to step aside.
Kind of awkward having an unbilleted senior officer on board.
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It was so weird when Slattery said:
You're here now, aren't you?
Or something to that effect. It means that
Slattery might take more time getting over his addiction. Loved how he explained that it was like time travel, or that he was asking if Chandler was with the mission. It's probably a little of both.

Could Meylan stage a mutiny? He's getting pissed
 
Cli-Fi said:
It was so weird when Slattery said:
You're here now, aren't you?
Or something to that effect. It means that
Slattery might take more time getting over his addiction. Loved how he explained that it was like time travel, or that he was asking if Chandler was with the mission. It's probably a little of both.

Could Meylan stage a mutiny? He's getting pissed
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Slattery's question about going back in time to be with loved ones showed motivation to remain addicted. I'd bet he'll find that Nostos that the doc kept for analysis.
I suppose it would be convenient from a plot standpoint for Slattery to remain under treatment for a few episodes.
 
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