First Contact - Don't beam me up yet

POSTED BY: pizmobeach
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 2, 2005 15:16
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PIZMOBEACH

Tuesday, February 1, 2005 10:18 PM

A while back I posted wondering if anyone had seen StarHunter, a Can-Brit sci-fi television series that I don't believe ever aired in the states. I didn't get much response and wasn't terribly surprised as the show seems to have had very limited success (I believe they're stalled on season 2 hoping - ummm - for a film). Today I found their board - it's like a weird alternative universe to this one. Not the people just the similarities. And the shows have similarities too which I won't go into here. Anyway, I've made my "first contact" in hopes of recruiting some of their 357 registered users to at least take a look at Firefly. Actually... if you search on "Firefly" you'll see that I'm not the first to mention FF. You'll also notice there's some interesting posts comparing the 2 shows.
http://www.starhuntertv.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=4591#4591
Have a read and tread lightly.

I'd like to be king of all Londinum and wear a shiny hat.

TMURRIE

Wednesday, February 2, 2005 12:00 AM

I don't like Firefly being compared to Starhunter, as I do not like Starhunter at all, in fact i think it sucks. I don't really see how you could compare the two, they're nothing alike. And there's no way Joss got inspired by Starhunter to make Firefly, because I think Joss has been brewing Firefly in his mind for years and years, and many years.

PIZMOBEACH

Wednesday, February 2, 2005 12:28 AM

Please don't read my "similarities" comment in any way as a form of trumpeting StarHunter. "Sucks?" In a straight comparison of the shows I can see where a stern critic would come to that conclusion, and I may arrive there myself once I see more than 2 episodes. I'm just trying to be open to the possiblity - a lot of effort and sacrifice goes into even the lamest TV production.
Also, I'm not going to go to their board and dis' their show as a way of getting those people to see Firefly. They're the lucky ones really - seeing SH first and then getting to see FF?! My comments there were more of a, "hey how's it going, nice day eh? That's a nice tie, where'd you get it?" Like I said, first contact - if it gets people to see FF they’ll draw their own conclusions about the shows.

I'd like to be king of all Londinum and wear a shiny hat.

DIETCOKE

Wednesday, February 2, 2005 2:11 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by pizmobeach:
A while back I posted wondering if anyone had seen StarHunter, a Can-Brit sci-fi television series that I don't believe ever aired in the states. I didn't get much response and wasn't terribly surprised as the show seems to have had very limited success (I believe they're stalled on season 2 hoping - ummm - for a film). Today I found their board - it's like a weird alternative universe to this one. Not the people just the similarities. And the shows have similarities too which I won't go into here. Anyway, I've made my "first contact" in hopes of recruiting some of their 357 registered users to at least take a look at Firefly. Actually... if you search on "Firefly" you'll see that I'm not the first to mention FF. You'll also notice there's some interesting posts comparing the 2 shows.
http://www.starhuntertv.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=4591#4591
Have a read and tread lightly.

I'd like to be king of all Londinum and wear a shiny hat.

I grew up 50 miles from the Canadian boarder and hated it! However, I miss all the great BBC stuff that we used to watch on TV. We only had three channels but one was Regina and so I was exposed to all the great BBC TV early on. It's one of the few things I miss about Glasgow, MT....

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, February 2, 2005 3:16 PM

Nice work PizmoBeach. Hopefully we will get some more converts out of your efforts.

Keep us informed.

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