Is Sci-Fi Channel losing it's way?
POSTED BY: bad2verse
UPDATED: Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:51
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Me too. 
I was so upset when I heard the news. Howsomever, I have the first two seasons on DVD, and of course will pick up the third.
For those interested, Season 2.5 of BattleStar Galactica is coming out soon.
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You do that, and you'd best make peace with your dear and fluffy lord.
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What's 20th Century Fox's price tag for the rights to Firefly (not to be confused with Fox Broadcasting; whoops, that's the other thread I'm currently engaged in)? Doesn't anybody at NBC/Universal think they can make a go of it? (as long as they are interested keeping production value up? Otherwise, don't bother, not that Joss would go for that anyway). Could Time Warner be persuaded to buy up all rights everywhere so it can be done any way Joss wants on HBO? But wait, are there hard feelings toward the WB over Buffy? But no, they were merged with UPN by CBS. Was Buffy a bridge builder? How do we feel about UPN? Is the answer then at Showtime with CBS/Paramount producing? Oh GOD, oh GOD, make it stop!
Has anybody mentioned Disney yet?
"Well, here I am."
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wrestling picking up fans on a gorram Sci Fi channel, and being their top rated show. What the hell's the world coming to ????
I agree totally with Kaneman and others. TV is getting dumber by the day, and although I enjoy the likes of American Chopper, I can't understand why it's on Discovery.
Anyways, rant out of the way. I guess if we want to influence Sci Fi at all, then join up to their forums, e-mail them or do whatever it takes.
Sci Fi Forums: http://mboard.scifi.com/
Contact:
SCI FI CHANNEL
If you have suggestions or comments for our Programming Department about the SCI FI Channel or any of its shows, please contact:
feedback@scifi.com 
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How do I know that's not going to the guy on "Who Wants To Be A Superhero"?
"Well, here I am."
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Yeah, but most of which DIDN'T include Joel. To me, Joel made the show, and anything that came afterwards was 2nd rate.
Joel was funny... because Michael wrote him that way.
*runs from the heavy dragon fire aimed his way*
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Originally posted by kaneman:
The Sci-Fi channel is a joke. I hope they never get FF. It needs to be on a premium channel, like HBO, that has the resources to produce it as was. Anything less, I hope never happens. It would cheapen this show. Just hoping someone out there has seen the results of the DVD sales of BDM and FF and has the foresight to do something wonderful.
You've got a good point there.. HBO has done a GREAT job with MANY series.. I didn't like some of them, but HBO still did a great job getting them produced.. Sophranos (Never got into it), Deadwood (I like Deadwood), Big Love (Took me a while to get into that one, but it's realistic (trust me)), Rome, Etc etc..
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..but eatin people alive, where does THAT get fun?
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Originally posted by FellowTraveler:
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but tonight is the last episode of "Deadwood". Canceled.
(Snip)
Trust me, We know.. We've been watching Deadwood since Episode 1.. bought ALL the DVD's and I capture every show to DVD for us, until it comes out for sale (The sets always have the cool "behind the scenes stuff")
The "Friend" Patience and I frequently talk about has a sister that works in the film industry and she tells us about this stuff months in advance, so we end up getting to be broken hearted months in advance ;)
And just when you think Swearengen has a heart too... Of course, in real life he dies a few years later, broke and penniless, trying to jump a freight train.. someone in the box car murders him... During the period of filming he was really making up to 10,000 dollars a night, EVERY night, in gold... they've taken some artistic licence with his saloon.. it was really just a long narrow place, and Calamity Jane worked as a whore for him on and off.
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..but eatin people alive, where does THAT get fun?
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I don’t think anyone should fault the scifi channel for producing low-budget films. Truth be told, that’s really what science fiction is, low budget films. They appear to be low-budget anyway. A closer examination will usually reveal that low-budget scifi films are usually much more expensive then equivalent type shows in many other genres. A channel like Lifetime for instance can push out made for tv movies like a rabbit on Pergonal®, because their movies cost about 4 cents to make (or actually more like ~1-2 million USD). The most recent scifi movie, “Dragon Sword,” has an estimated budget of ~32 million USD; “Caved In” is estimated at ~15 million USD. The scifi channel, as a result, has always struggled to keep its head above water.
I don’t like some of this new crap that scifi is adding to the mix. The Wrestling thing is disturbing and “who wants to be a superhero” is just wrong, but if this is what they have to do to keep themselves a float, so be it, I guess.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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Originally posted by Peulsar5:
I don't think the problem is limited to just the Sci-Fi Channel. Most cable stations seem to be giving up quality programming for cheap reruns and reality shows. I remember when Dicovery, The Learning Channel and A&E used to show hours of documentaries, now all they seem to show are people building cars, motorcycles and refurbishing houses. Leave these shows on FOX where they can all be ignored collectively. (really, whats on FOX that's worth watching?) So it shouldn't be suprising that SCI-FI is following in their footsteps.
I'm with ya brother! Does anyone else yell at their TV set? I HATE IT when a channel goes off their "topic". That's kinda why we HAVE specific channels on Cable... If I wanna watch the news, I'll turn to CNN, I DON'T like CNN showing hours of sports, that's what ESPN is for, If I want Sports scores, I'll go to ESPN.. and Wrasslin DOES NOT need to be on Sci-fi.. Sci-fi needs to be on Sci-fi!
Otherwise, why bother naming them at all? Why not just call it "Channel 1, Channel 2, channel 3", etc? Kinda seems when you want sci-fi you'd go to the SCI-FI CHANNEL, DUH!
and Wrasslin getting high rating on Sci-fi??? Where's the sanity in THAT? I thought Sci-fi channel had a pretty loyal following (A pretty stable demographic of sci-fi lovers) and suddenly "Wrasslin" is getting high marks??? From Sci-fi lovers???
Sometimes I think the insane outnumber the sane 10 to 1.
..my brother once said "They must know what they're doing, they're raking in the money".. I replied "Have you looked at their stocks? They AREN'T raking in the money, so obviously they've lost their way".
Lose touch with your demographic base, and you'll suffer for it.
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I agree with with rants about SciFi. Wrestling has absoultly nothing to do with Scifi but of course it's owned by Universal/NBC. They are the nice folks that gave us the BDM.
The History channel is one of the few channels that haven't resorted to wrestling and reality shows. It does quality shows and sticks to the subject. It does have over 3000 years to cover and that helps a bit.
Right now I'm watching an episode of "The Revolution" dealing the Benedict Arnold (the rat! selling out West Point to the Brits!-sorry if I've offended any British Browncoats). History Channel makes history dramatic and fun.
Also, FX has a few good dependable series and stuck to them and let them grow an audience, Rescue Me, Prison Break, Nip Tuck (too gross for me). Isn't Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary)from Rescue Me more than a bit like Mal except Tommy still hasn't grown up a bit.
Sorry about the thread hijack. Very disjointed post as it's the night before the first day of school-got to get dear daughter ready for her senior year of high school
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