Comments on: A couple of promising scifi series… https://habitablezone.com/2014/06/23/a-couple-of-promising-scifi-series/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:07:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2014/06/23/a-couple-of-promising-scifi-series/#comment-31148 bowser Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:25:42 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.net/?p=45875#comment-31148 And yours is the best I've ever seen. I actually enjoyed reading the post. Almost wish I had the capacity to watch the programs. Great post. And yours is the best I’ve ever seen. I actually enjoyed reading the post. Almost wish I had the capacity to watch the programs.

Great post.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2014/06/23/a-couple-of-promising-scifi-series/#comment-31134 ER Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:05:19 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.net/?p=45875#comment-31134 Until a thunderstorm knocked out my satellite, causing me to miss everything after the battle with the choppers and the Falling Skies opener which followed. This series was partly filmed aboard the new USS Dewey (DDG 105), the namesake of the Dewey I served on (DLG 14, later reclassified DDG 45) Both ships have roughly the same mission, but were separated by about a half century of technological progress. (My Dewey, built in 1959, was decommissioned and scrapped in 1994). I was keen to see what life underway is like in the new Navy. The two Deweys are very different topside, There are many differences in hull, superstructure and deck gear. The interiors of the new Dewey looked remarkably similar to the ones I lived in, but several things did jump out at me. Most striking was all the hot babes running around the ship, how do those guys get anything done? Second, I was glad to see all the dreadful institutional green paint on the interior compartment bulkheads has been replaced with something easier on the eyes. The bridge space where I worked looked very similar, except for the absence of the helm and engine order telegraph. And of course, there were computer screens everywhere. On my Dewey, the only screens were the radar repeaters in CIC. Also, my ship was much more crowded, and everyone seemed so much younger. But perhaps the most unexpected difference was the new uniforms. The officers and senior noncoms dressed in familiar clothes, but I missed the old dungarees the ratings wore. They were so comfortable--and so salty looking. http://rayfilak.com/images/120dpiray_navy_dungarees_201x250.jpg <img src="http://rayfilak.com/images/120dpiray_navy_dungarees_201x250.jpg" alt="." /> Until a thunderstorm knocked out my satellite, causing me to miss everything after the battle with the choppers and the Falling Skies opener which followed.

This series was partly filmed aboard the new USS Dewey (DDG 105), the namesake of the Dewey I served on (DLG 14, later reclassified DDG 45) Both ships have roughly the same mission, but were separated by about a half century of technological progress. (My Dewey, built in 1959, was decommissioned and scrapped in 1994). I was keen to see what life underway is like in the new Navy.

The two Deweys are very different topside, There are many differences in hull, superstructure and deck gear. The interiors of the new Dewey looked remarkably similar to the ones I lived in, but several things did jump out at me. Most striking was all the hot babes running around the ship, how do those guys get anything done? Second, I was glad to see all the dreadful institutional green paint on the interior compartment bulkheads has been replaced with something easier on the eyes. The bridge space where I worked looked very similar, except for the absence of the helm and engine order telegraph. And of course, there were computer screens everywhere. On my Dewey, the only screens were the radar repeaters in CIC.
Also, my ship was much more crowded, and everyone seemed so much younger.

But perhaps the most unexpected difference was the new uniforms. The officers and senior noncoms dressed in familiar clothes, but I missed the old dungarees the ratings wore. They were so comfortable–and so salty looking.

http://rayfilak.com/images/120dpiray_navy_dungarees_201x250.jpg

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