giving sci-fi some credit
05-06-03, 02:18 PM
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Quoth ncmojo <HR SIZE=1>But Farscape was also a very important show to produce. I think that if the show drew amazing ratings, it would financially justify it's existence and continue to be on the air. I don't think Bonnie Hammer and the rest of the folks on Skull Mountain would have done away with a show that was making them money.<HR SIZE=1>
Hence the fact that she's evil. The show took place in space, aka was "geeky" ... in their attempt to transform their image from a geek network to an "everyone is welcome because we don't actually show sci fi anymore" network, such programming has to go. Their press releases over the last 2 years give strong insight into this line of thinking, insane though it may sound. If the show was too expensive, they never would have guaranteed it a brand spankin' new 2 year contract a few months before drastically shifting the "goal" of the channel. When they wanted to air sci fi, the show was the best thing ever. When they wanted to "expand" their viewership, it suddenly became "too expensive" when in fact the production costs never changed. Nothing about the show changed between the time when they guaranteed it 2 more years and the time they cancelled it. The only thing that changed was the network's "vision" or lack thereof.
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05-06-03, 03:55 PM
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Originally posted by Wizdar
I wonder what Hammer would do with the Food Network.
I wonder what Hammer would do with the Food Network.
http://www.culinary.net/resources/ed...ai-m.html#iowa
05-07-03, 01:31 AM
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If I can see it from VHS or DVD, I won't watch it from spam TV. I knew a certain movie was going to be on TNT, but I still rented it and watched it a few days before the airing. Even if TNT was showing the widescreen version of it, I would have still rented it. Same goes with Scifi and the other channels.
I try to catch them on the premium channels before they hit the spam channels.
I try to catch them on the premium channels before they hit the spam channels.
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05-07-03, 03:19 AM
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Sci Fi Channel is useless.
We need a new cable channel called "Cult TV" that just plays old (and maybe a very few new original) sci fi and fantasy TV. No John Edwards or Sightings, no big hollywood movies like Braveheart just nothing but reruns of classic television... Battlestar Galactica, Blakes 7, Doctor Who, V, Time Tunnel, Avengers, Wonder Woman, Lost in Space, Outer Limits, ect, ect. There are lots of classic 60's and 70's sci fi and fantasy shows that people haven't seen in years like 'Project UFO". the nerd factor of the channel would be played up, not down. maybe show movies too, but fun old rare sci fi and fantasy movies with scary monsters and bad special effects.
We need a new cable channel called "Cult TV" that just plays old (and maybe a very few new original) sci fi and fantasy TV. No John Edwards or Sightings, no big hollywood movies like Braveheart just nothing but reruns of classic television... Battlestar Galactica, Blakes 7, Doctor Who, V, Time Tunnel, Avengers, Wonder Woman, Lost in Space, Outer Limits, ect, ect. There are lots of classic 60's and 70's sci fi and fantasy shows that people haven't seen in years like 'Project UFO". the nerd factor of the channel would be played up, not down. maybe show movies too, but fun old rare sci fi and fantasy movies with scary monsters and bad special effects.
05-07-03, 08:15 AM
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I wonder what it would take for everyone here to pool their resources and talent and connections and start a new basic cable network.... Cause, damn, if the a show premise passed through this panel of critics it would HAVE to be good. oh, the possibilities.
05-07-03, 09:09 AM
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Originally posted by jkingfish
Cause, damn, if the a show premise passed through this panel of critics it would HAVE to be good. oh, the possibilities.
Cause, damn, if the a show premise passed through this panel of critics it would HAVE to be good. oh, the possibilities.
A channel full of Babylon 5 and Farscape reunion movies... with occasional new episodes of Sports Night.
05-07-03, 09:16 AM
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Quoth bboisvert <HR SIZE=1>A channel full of Babylon 5 and Farscape reunion movies... with occasional new episodes of Sports Night. <HR SIZE=1>
God, is that you? I'm ready ...
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05-07-03, 10:33 AM
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Originally posted by turborobb
Sci Fi Channel is useless.
We need a new cable channel called "Cult TV" that just plays old (and maybe a very few new original) sci fi and fantasy TV. No John Edwards or Sightings, no big hollywood movies like Braveheart just nothing but reruns of classic television... Battlestar Galactica, Blakes 7, Doctor Who, V, Time Tunnel, Avengers, Wonder Woman, Lost in Space, Outer Limits, ect, ect. There are lots of classic 60's and 70's sci fi and fantasy shows that people haven't seen in years like 'Project UFO". the nerd factor of the channel would be played up, not down. maybe show movies too, but fun old rare sci fi and fantasy movies with scary monsters and bad special effects.
Sci Fi Channel is useless.
We need a new cable channel called "Cult TV" that just plays old (and maybe a very few new original) sci fi and fantasy TV. No John Edwards or Sightings, no big hollywood movies like Braveheart just nothing but reruns of classic television... Battlestar Galactica, Blakes 7, Doctor Who, V, Time Tunnel, Avengers, Wonder Woman, Lost in Space, Outer Limits, ect, ect. There are lots of classic 60's and 70's sci fi and fantasy shows that people haven't seen in years like 'Project UFO". the nerd factor of the channel would be played up, not down. maybe show movies too, but fun old rare sci fi and fantasy movies with scary monsters and bad special effects.
05-07-03, 10:39 AM
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Hell, if I had $50 million, Id have copies of all that crap and wouldnt have to bother with commercial TV at all. 
Nobody remembers Supercar?
Nobody remembers Supercar?
05-07-03, 11:35 AM
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No no no no. 
Supercar. They were, like, just like Thunderbirds, only a coupla years earlier, and they had this really neat tricked-out car that could change around and some junk and...
...ah, nuts. Forget it.
Supercar. They were, like, just like Thunderbirds, only a coupla years earlier, and they had this really neat tricked-out car that could change around and some junk and...
...ah, nuts. Forget it.
05-07-03, 11:38 AM
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Does anyone remember Higgins Boys & Gruber from the old Comedy Channel? They used to play Supercar on that show all the time. Gerry Anderson had so many cool marionette shows we could fill up the Thursday night schedule with them. 
05-07-03, 11:50 AM
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Originally posted by Wizdar
No no no no.
Supercar. They were, like, just like Thunderbirds, only a coupla years earlier, and they had this really neat tricked-out car that could change around and some junk and...
...ah, nuts. Forget it.
No no no no.
Supercar. They were, like, just like Thunderbirds, only a coupla years earlier, and they had this really neat tricked-out car that could change around and some junk and...
...ah, nuts. Forget it.
Sometimes my brain just runs off the track on tangents. get it, tracks?
Besides, Supercar is the only Gerry Anderson I don't have on DVD: Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds, UFO, Stingray...... I just wonder when they'll get around to it!
05-07-03, 01:19 PM
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Hmmm. [scratches chin thoughtfully]
WizdarTV.
Im likin the sound of that.
And the Saturday Nite Special: every Saturday night at 11:00 (10:00 Central) would be SciFi pr0n night!!
WizdarTV.
Im likin the sound of that.
And the Saturday Nite Special: every Saturday night at 11:00 (10:00 Central) would be SciFi pr0n night!!
05-07-03, 02:08 PM
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Originally posted by Numanoid
Does anyone remember Higgins Boys & Gruber from the old Comedy Channel? They used to play Supercar on that show all the time. Gerry Anderson had so many cool marionette shows we could fill up the Thursday night schedule with them.
Does anyone remember Higgins Boys & Gruber from the old Comedy Channel? They used to play Supercar on that show all the time. Gerry Anderson had so many cool marionette shows we could fill up the Thursday night schedule with them.
If we are going to make our network fly, we have to make a pact to NEVER sell to a big player and hold out until we make a name for ourselves. Oh, we may go hungry many nights, our wives may leave us and alcoholism is a certainty, but once we become a power player, we can buy back all of our memories and make TV worth watching again!!!!
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05-07-03, 02:13 PM
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Originally posted by jkingfish
Oh, we may go hungry many nights, our wives may leave us and alcoholism is a certainty, but once we become a power player, we can buy back all of our memories and make TV worth watching again!!!!
Oh, we may go hungry many nights, our wives may leave us and alcoholism is a certainty, but once we become a power player, we can buy back all of our memories and make TV worth watching again!!!!
05-07-03, 02:33 PM
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Quoth jkingfish <HR SIZE=1>we may go hungry many nights, our wives may leave us and alcoholism is a certainty<HR SIZE=1>
I feel like I've stumbled onto the set of das Monkey ... THIS is your life!!!
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