Sci-fi (US) picks up Firefly
POSTED BY: WhoIsRiver
UPDATED: Friday, July 8, 2005 07:29
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How big is the Sci-Fi channel in the US then ?
I wish one of the terrestrial channels here in the UK would pick it up so it got some coverage over here
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Yeah, if we're really lucky Channel 5 will buy it and show it around midnight like they did with Angel and Alias...
It seems like perfect BBC2 material to me (no commercials for one thing) but I reckon the series is too old now for a terrestrial show to consider picking it up.
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Adelphia carries it, and they are one of the biggest. I wish it was before BSG, the Stargate series never did anything for me, the movie was stilted IMHO and McGuiver (sp?) will always be in my mind, well, McGuiver.
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Originally posted by Nywoe:
If they added Lost to Sci-Fi Friday nights, then I wouldn't need any other channels. :)
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I have heard of a place where humans do battle in a ring of Jell-O.
--Teal'c
Yeah, as in,
Dad, this is so [da bianhua - "big change"]!
I'd say it's a very big change!
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Sweet!
I posted the BDN ( Big Damn News) on a couple of non show related mb's.
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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Originally posted by Barclay:
EDIT: Are they starting with "Serenity"? Because this could be disasterous if that isn't the case. Anybody have any info on that? Do we need to start writing letters?
I think we should write them! Because Fox don't give a shit, they just list them in the original air order. There are many stations around the world where they have shown them in the FOX order - ie, some episodes juggled around and serenity last.
And here they were all set to do that same, until I and some fans wrote the station and yelled at them (politely of course ;) then they finally changed it to the DVD order.
But unless there are Firefly fans at scifi tney may just use the Fox order... :/
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My mother attempted to raise readers so we were allowed 5 hours of TV a week. I'm 43 now and it's a limit I try to keep to this day, so my limited TV hours have to be something I enjoy. I don't watch reruns.
I never saw MacGyver (sp) so I can't say anything about that. It must have been reasonably enjoyable since 'MacGyver' and all sorts of varients have entered the popular lexicon.
I highly enjoy SG1 and RDA is one of the reasons why. His O'Neil is hysterical and a hottie.
I tolerate SGA. I'd enjoy it more if they'd have kept the orginal Dr. Wehr (the blonde woman who appeared in SG1). The super skinny stick female who currently plays Dr. Wehr annoys me and detracts from my enjoyment of the series.
The StarGate movie is one of my faves and gets bonus points for Kurt Russell (one of our finest and most underrated living actors).
The scene in the movie with O'Neil smoking the cigarette -- read, making love with that lucky lucky cancer stick -- sends me out into the streets to bum smokes off strangers. And honey ... I don't even smoke!
BSG rocks the socks off the 'verse. Everyone knows my BSG and Smallville hours are NOT a good time to interrupt me.
My fifth hour of TV is usually 'Criminal Intent', what can I say, Vincent D'Onofrio is another fine actor who I enjoy.
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Originally posted by Bugboy:
...I wish it was before BSG, the Stargate series never did anything for me, the movie was stilted IMHO and McGuiver (sp?) will always be in my mind, well, McGuiver.
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Pretty sweet news. Though we still drew the Friday night death slot huh?
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Originally posted by Barclay:
EDIT: Are they starting with "Serenity"? Because this could be disasterous if that isn't the case. Anybody have any info on that? Do we need to start writing letters?
I think we should write them!
unless there are Firefly fans at scifi tney may just use the Fox order... :/
I think it wouldn't hurt to write them...
anyone have an address? I couldn't find one
(I couldn't even find a website...which is weird)
It would be sad to have them run in the wrong order again
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I hate to be a wet blanket, but we're talking 7:00 on a Friday, folks. Part of what killed Firefly was being on at 8:00 on a Friday. This time slot is either only marginally better or maybe even worse. It's also ghettoized, since non-sci-fi fans don't watch.
And Sci-Fi doesn't get huge amounts of viewers in any case. We're talking UPN viewing numbers here, not ABC. I don't doubt that we'll add fans, don't get me wrong. I just think there won't be that many. Any increase helps, though, of course, and I'll eat crow happily if the show does get major Nielson ratings.
So, for me, it's a help, but won't fundamentally affect Serenity's chances of major success. Here's hoping I'm wrong.
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