What the????
POSTED BY: Itch
UPDATED: Monday, August 28, 2006 02:08
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Well I guess we taught the SciFi channel a lesson just in case they decide to pull such crap!
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It is kinda sad though; I don't want to live in a world where something like this is realistic enough to be taken seriously.
I mean, we should be able to trust that no network could possibly be stupid enough to try this, but the evidence. . . isn't encouraging.
How much does a network owner make, anyway? And how much would it take to get Joss interested?
*imagines Joss Whedon as the head of a network*
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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
It is kinda sad though; I don't want to live in a world where something like this is realistic enough to be taken seriously.
I mean, we should be able to trust that no network could possibly be stupid enough to try this, but the evidence. . . isn't encouraging.
How much does a network owner make, anyway? And how much would it take to get Joss interested?
*imagines Joss Whedon as the head of a network*
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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
Given the Sci Fi channels recent track record, it isn't surprising that some took it seriously.
But I agree with you, it's a sad world when this sort of thing can be taken seriously. Kudos though to anyone who wrote to the Sci Fi channel and made their views known.
Problem is, with their cancellation of SG-1 etc., this could have been real (and that's scary in itself).
Maybe it'll serve as a warning shot to Sci Fi anyway - we want decent shows. Not wrestling and the like (sorry to any wrestling fans, lol).
But a Sci Fi channel should really show just that - Sci Fi. Soon as they start watering the mix with 'other' shows, it kind of loses its purpose.
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Sigh.
And a deeper sigh.
If this was true, it wouldn't surprise me one bit. There isn't hardly a day that I don't flip into some inane SciFi channel rip-off of a B-movie that was a rip-off of some other B-movie, with special effects that many high schoolers could beat with their home computers. Or flip into ECW (which I pronounce "eew"!). At these points, I turn to my husband, sigh, and say "Bonnie Hammer must die" 
(ok, I'm kidding, but the anger is there..), or "I WANT MY JOSS-TV!!!" 
Seriously, the SciFi channel is getting further and further away from what "true" science fiction is all about. Personally, I'd rather see good classic SciFi, new series that challenge our intelligence instead of pandering to pre-pubescent teenagers (actually, most of them can't stand this stuff either, so who is watching it?), reruns of great series (of course, number 1 would be Firefly), and a nice smattering of factual science shows (think best of Discovery), and some science/entertainment/technology news and talk shows! (G4 without the snark and more brains).
Take us seriously! We are a larger economic force than most are aware of (and I hope to prove that in my doctoral dissertation!) There are a lot of seriously bright people in fandom, who are capable of doing market research and reading a balance sheet, who have experience in media production and best of all...ACTUALLY HAVE A FRELLING CLUE ABOUT SCIENCE FICTION FANS BEYOND WHAT THEY'VE SEEN IN STEREOTYPICAL MEDIA PORTRAYALS!!!
Time to take action to get what we want.
Go read "The Long Tail" by Kevin Anderson, and anything by Henry Jenkins. We DO matter. Time to take matters into our own hands. It can be done and IS being done, slowly, experimentally, but "programming on demand" even to a full "network" level (and that whole model will change, I believe) is happening and technology will only encourage an exponential increase in that change.
Enough. D*C's in less than a week, and I'm gonna go put in my Firefly soundtrack and get happy...
"We gotta go to that crappy town where I'M a hero..."
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Quote:Have you seen Alien Planet? It's this mockumentary about the first robotic probes sent to an inhabited alien planet, with actual physicists and zoologists analyzing the animals and plants they "find."
Originally posted by shinyhappyklin:
and a nice smattering of factual science shows (think best of Discovery)
Discovery keeps re-running it, and I keep thinking it'd make for a great series, either a year-long exploratory mission, or as a pilot for something featuring the BIG SPOILERS we find at the end).
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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
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I remember when cable was new and they told all the wonderful things we were going to see. I am still waiting.
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Thank the gods this was a joke.
Of course it was believable, given that Sci Fi is now home to a wrestling program, they are axing SG1, and some of their other programming choices have been less than.....inspired.
It wouldn't surprise me one bit if this did come to pass. That is truly the sad thing.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Cybersnark:Quote:Have you seen Alien Planet? It's this mockumentary about the first robotic probes sent to an inhabited alien planet, with actual physicists and zoologists analyzing the animals and plants they "find."
Originally posted by shinyhappyklin:
and a nice smattering of factual science shows (think best of Discovery)
Yes! Exactly the kind of thing I'm thinking of. Even fun stuff like "Mythbusters", things that require you to THINK CRITICALLY! Ok, so fun fantasy movies don't necessarily require a lot of thought, but we all know how much analysis fans put into things like "the physics of Star Wars" -- a nice balance of fantasy and a *plausible* science/physics/biology system (even if it's not our own) makes for a much richer experience than watching horribly bad green-screen filmed bugs (blown up to house size, so they really, really look bad resolution-wise) chomping down on teenagers and turning them into little maggot repositories (as in the amazingly bad SciFi channel film I flipped into the other night).
Oh yeah, a little less horror, and a lot more heart and brains would be nice on my dream channel as well. I'm sick of all the zombies!!!
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Okay, so maybe our complaints/fear aren't that far off. What's on sci fi this monday??? RAW. what the hell??? Maybe our complaints are that far off.
Personally I'm going to use the information previously in the thread to pass along my disappointment. Even my wife, who isnt a sci-fi fan, thinks that this is a crock. We need to let those in charge.
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