The new wave of science fiction TV
POSTED BY: patsrule
UPDATED: Thursday, May 19, 2005 17:50
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Originally posted by rivergirl:
Threshold on CBS (I don't know the time yet):
about a team of scientists and military personnel communicating with an alien life-form.
is the from the movie THRESHOLD---can not see this being a series unless of course they hired Nick Lea (the satr of the film) to be in the series
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
Never heard the movie, but are you sure it's based on it? Could easily be just using the same name with a similarly-SF-but-different premise, as the descriptions for the series don't seem to resemble the descriptions for the movie.
Star Pilot Grainger
"Remember, the enemy's gate is down."
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They look interesting, if light. It'll be interesting to see if any of 'em lasts the season.
Now that Star Trek and Star Wars (and Andromeda, FWIW) are over, everyone's looking for the next big SF franchise. Little do they know.
I suspect 2006 will be choked with knockoff space-westerns, trying desperately to grab some Serenity love.
Quote:*chuckle*
Originally posted by rivergirl:
(the satr of the film)
Nice typo.
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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
I suspect 2006 will be choked with knockoff space-westerns, trying desperately to grab some Serenity love.
Wow, I hadn't even thought of that!
"The Starpiker Serendipity leading a rag tag fugitive (Star)fleet including Cylonicdroids and Cobbdaggits!"
It could work!
I may be too close to the truth Chrisisall
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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
I suspect 2006 will be choked with knockoff space-westerns, trying desperately to grab some Serenity love.
I would just like to see the original come back! WHo needs the knockoffs!
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Originally posted by rivergirl:
(the satr of the film)
Nice typo.
>>Mmmm I must have been thinking of that pilot Nick did where he played THE DEVIL
yeah thats it---
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
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Apparently ABC is bringing back "Kolchak: the Night Stalker" as well. Makes my wife happy, seeing as she loves that show.
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CBS released their schedule today, so there is slightly more info on Threshold:
CBS: 9:00 Fridays. Choice timeslot! (not)
An extra terrestrial craft has landed in the Atlantic Ocean and a team of experts is assembled to deal with all possible contingencies. Will the aliens be cute and friendly or ugly and scary?
Stars:
Carla Gugino ("Sin City," "Karen Sisco"), Charles S. Dutton ("Something the Lord Made"), Brian Van Holt ("House of Wax"), Robert Patrick Benedict ("Felicity"), Brent Spiner ("Star Trek: The Next Generation")
By the way, there is a direct rip off of medium on at 8:00 on Fridays on CBS:
Ghost Whisperer
Premise:
A young wife (Jennifer Love Hewitt) can talk to dead people. And -- wouldn't you know it? -- the dead people want her help. Sometimes she gets simple directives from her ghostly friends, but other times the messages are confusing. Based on the work of James Van Praagh.
Seriously, can they at least try to make the premise a tiny bit different?
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Originally posted by patsrule:
Ghost Whisperer
Premise:
A young wife (Jennifer Love Hewitt) can talk to dead people. And -- wouldn't you know it? -- the dead people want her help. Sometimes she gets simple directives from her ghostly friends, but other times the messages are confusing. Based on the work of James Van Praagh.
Seriously, can they at least try to make the premise a tiny bit different?
They thought people would be too distracted by the horrible, horrible, almost comically stupid name to notice. ;)
Star Pilot Grainger
"Remember, the enemy's gate is down."
LJ: http://www.livejournal.com/users/newnumber6 (real)
http://www.livejournal.com/users/alternaljournal (fictional, travelling through another world)
Unreachable Star: http://www.unreachablestar.net - Comics & SF News/Reviews/Opinions
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Fox does have one coming out, called Darkside, about astronauts that disappear while tracking a strange signal coming from the dark side of the moon.
Here's a good site with a LOT more listings, too. A few of them are old and most likely not going anywhere, and not all of them have been picked up officially, but it's an interesting landscape.
http://www.geocities.com/scifi_411/upcomingtv.html
WWRD
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... is found naked and with no memory of how she got that way.
Kinda like John Doe, huh?
Seems everyone wants ALIENS, instead of Alliance.
Sorry, that was bad, even for me." They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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