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UPDATED: Monday, January 19, 2004 22:41
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GEORDIESTEVE2003

Saturday, January 17, 2004 3:46 PM

Farscape???? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. Whoo, thats a good one. The idea at the very start was good, I got a few episodes in and then was completely bored out of my skull. Muppets in space. Thats all it boiled down to for me. I tuned in two years later and what did I see? A loony toons combo episode of the show. I rest my case.

Farscape is not in the same league or ballpark as Firefly. I can kind of understand now why Joss wanted only humans, but I do miss the occasional alien, but not to the extent that I want muppets on floating chairs in my sci fi. Whoooooo, man, gotta stop laughing.

SHADOWKATE

Saturday, January 17, 2004 5:52 PM

*Steps on to Soapbox*

I enjoyed Farscape, but I happen to agree that I would rather have Firefly not brought back then brought back to Scifi.

Farscape is only one of couple of Scifi mismanagement. Another one was First Wave (one of the few shows on Scifi that wasn't anything in space/trying to get home/b-rated horror/b-rated sci-fi/remaking another show or movie), SciFi waited so long to commit that the European backers backed out.

Farscape was canceled to free up the budget for Tremors and BS Galattica (or at least that is what the rumor is). This was after a media blitz to promote the 5th season.

The other issue is that Scifi rarly markets there stuff anywhere else then on the scifi channel. Which means very low ratings (almost nothing gets more then a 3.0 or so and most barily hit 1.0) which opens the door for cancelation *again*

*Steps off soapbox*

CAITLYN

Sunday, January 18, 2004 6:34 PM

I wasn't big on Farscape. It's OK, but the aliens were beyond silly and the stories often went for weird and impact rather than plot. I wasn't terribly upset when it went away other than the fact that it was replaced with luh se.

Battlestar Galactica should have proven that SciFi can revive a real science fiction series and do a good job with updating it. Gender swapping? I was more ticked off that Boomer is a Cylon than I was about Starbuck and Boomer being women. Stargate SG-1 is another example, and is a rare case where the series is MUCH better than the original flick. (Buffy is another such case.)

So long as Jos retains creative and executive control I don't care on what network a revived Firefly airs, so long as the story continues where it left off.

"Also, we get the booth to ourselves
for five whole minutes..."

STEVE580

Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:27 PM

I saw the pilot ep of Farscape, and watched a couple from the first season. Struck me as being a bit Star Trek-y.

See, I'm not a big fan of science fiction, only becuase I don't consider it a genre. It takes more than cool futuristic shit to entertain me. 'Firefly' had action, comedy, and drama; shows like 'Star Trek' lack all three.

REDKOMMIE

Monday, January 19, 2004 5:22 AM

Well I liked Farscape. :P

I haven't been able to get into Star Trek since Deep Space Nine.

And you all bring up good points. And I have to agree on the Reality crap they are showing on Sci-Fi.. WTF!!?!?!?! MAKE IT STOP! OH MOTHER OF GOD MAKE IT STOP!

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, January 19, 2004 4:28 PM

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Originally posted by redkommie:
Well I liked Farscape. :P

I haven't been able to get into Star Trek since Deep Space Nine.

And you all bring up good points. And I have to agree on the Reality crap they are showing on Sci-Fi.. WTF!!?!?!?! MAKE IT STOP! OH MOTHER OF GOD MAKE IT STOP!

What is up w/ the reality garbage on Sci Fi?!?

First off, we have that Scare Tactics garbage w/ Shannen "I can't act and will take any job for food" Doherty. I can't believe this waste of air time is still on Sci Fi. It is horrible. Notice how you never heard anything more about the lawsuit the tirl from the very first episode filed against Sci Fi channel? Guess they paid out of court and swept it under the rug.

What is with this new "reality" series they have coming out, "Mad, Mad House". What has this got to do w/ science fiction? A vampire wannabe, a self proclaimed Wiccan, a masochist w/ hooks in his body, a so called "voodoo priestess", and a nudist??? What the heck is wrong w/ the execs at Sci Fi?

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

WERZBOWSKI

Monday, January 19, 2004 4:45 PM

Maybe they got infiltrated by some Fox execs while no one was looking.

"We will rise again!"

VENA

Monday, January 19, 2004 6:20 PM

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Originally posted by Werzbowski:
Maybe they got infiltrated by some Fox execs while no one was looking.

Well that would certainly explain things. What with the "reality" -dren- "tv". And the not so much creative and very irritating Tremors. Again MAKE IT STOP!!! PLEASE DEAR GOD!!!

Other than SGC I can't watch SciFi any more. It just pains me too much. Batelstar was the exception. then again they sucked you in with the hope that there would be somthing good then they crushed you under their heal when they made the gorramme thing so short. They do that a lot over there.

Perhaps it is all an experiment to see how many times they can lure you in with the hope of good SciFi, (or at least somthing that is remotly entertaining) take it all away from you then do it all over again before we all crack and are hauled off to teh funny farm.

they're coming to take me away ha ha ho ho he he...

Mal:"someone ever ties to kill you, you try to kill'em right back!"

WERZBOWSKI

Monday, January 19, 2004 6:45 PM

Quote:
they're coming to take me away ha ha ho ho he he...

Hey Vena....

Two by two...Hands of blue!

"We will rise again!"

CAITLYN

Monday, January 19, 2004 7:00 PM

Well... I'll admit I'm getting a fair bit tired of Stargate SG-1 because it's getting a fair bit repetitive. I'm hoping Stargate Atlantis breathes some life into it, and I will give that a try.

Battlestar Galactica was a four hour pilot. If it did well (which it did) it would surely become a series. If not, no. Remember the original Babylon 5 movie? Same plan. When the series comes to SciFi I will surely give it a chance. Maybe if it gets good ratings and the current crop of luh se doesn't SciFi will change directions again. The best way to see that Tremors and Scare Tactics get sent to reclamation is to ignore them and watch what's worth watching.

For Firefly to come back some greedy meh tah mah duh hwoon dahn network exec will have to have visions of dollar signs floating in front of him (or her) and have to figure that bringing back Firefly will deliver the goods.

Yeah, we all hate Fox. We think SciFi is awful. You know what? I don't care which network brings back Firefly as long as Jos has creative and executive control.

Now, how do we make them see dollar signs? Assume they are all as mercenary and ruthless as Niska (hence my choice of Chinese quotes). The only good news is that they won't torture Jos to death if Firefly fails again.

"Right. Keep our heads. That way
we'll be able to, you know, keep our
heads. "

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