Sci-Fi Channel did WHAT???
POSTED BY: PhyreLight
UPDATED: Sunday, December 30, 2007 07:34
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Hi All, long time listener, first time caller...
Isn't NBC-Universal the parent company of both Sci-Fi and USA? Seems kind of odd they'd bid against each other for material they already owned.
Very much looking forward to the new comics though - and I picked up a few extra copies of the BDCE at the discount price. There are some birthdays coming up.
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Originally posted by Muggi:
For those that watched what they left on...
There was a voiceover included at the beginning of "Bushwacked" that I have never heard before..I learned about the show from the DVD set, never saw it on live tv.
Were those included in the original broadcast? Interesting they didn't make the DVDs..
They were included in the original broadcasts, and there were a couple of variations depending on the episode. Book narrated some of them, and there were a couple of slightly differently-worded ones by Mal.
I at least assumed they were not on the DVDs because they weren't Joss' idea, but rather the network's thinking people wouldn't understand what was going on without a bit of exposition. Sort of like how Ridley Scott eliminated Harrison Ford's narration from the Director's Cut of Blade Runner back in the 90s.
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I used to collect comic books a long time ago, and I did buy the Firefly comic book, but honestly it left me cold. I simply could not feel attached to the story.
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Originally posted by DblD:
Hi All, long time listener, first time caller...
Isn't NBC-Universal the parent company of both Sci-Fi and USA? Seems kind of odd they'd bid against each other for material they already owned.
They are both part of the large NBC/Universal family, but I am sure they have different programmers making decisions about content. Perhaps USA appreciates the BDS more than Sci-Fi does, and wants to give the repeats a more permanent home.
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After they cancelled MST3K, and the remastered re-release of Boa Vs. Python 2: HyperBoa, I realized that any respect that I had for Scifi was gone. I'm not surprised at this new move.
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I so far sent two emails to the sponsors of last week's Sci-Fi Marathon of Firefly and received responses from both. With Kay Jewelers I received the proper cookie cutter reply thanking me for my interest in the company or something like that, but then shortly later I received a directed email explaining how Kay Jewelers advertises through several mediums and how they were sorry for any mix ups. With Subaru I received the cookie cutter response to my email and nothing more so far, but for these letters to have any real significance others will need to send letters too. Please write the sponsors of last week's Sci-Fi Marathon.
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Originally posted by Terri:
After they cancelled MST3K, and the remastered re-release of Boa Vs. Python 2: HyperBoa, I realized that any respect that I had for Scifi was gone. I'm not surprised at this new move.
Speaking of MST3K..just in case people haven't seen:
http://cinematictitanic.com/wpmu/
Joel, Frank, Trace, and a couple others of the old crew will be back razzing movies soon. First episode comes out really soon..I forget when exactly.
They're doing much more recent movies as well, like Eragon. Should be great!
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Originally posted by Anonymous1:Quote:
Originally posted by whozit:
Universal has gotten all the money they can from us, the movie, the colletors edition DVD, I think they're about done with us.
Naah, Universal not done with us yet. Back in 2005 or 2006, USA cable channel bought the rights to show Serenity. Another NBC/Universal network. Then in 2007, USA fought and outbid Sci-Fi channel for the rights to air Firefly. So I'm thinking 2008 Firefly and Serenity on USA cable channel.
Also still lots of new Official Serenity Merchandise still coming out.
Hey do you have a link or source for this? I brought it up over at the OB and no one seems to know about it..I figured it was just something that was general knowledge, that I had not heard about...
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Originally posted by Muggi:
Hey do you have a link or source for this? I brought it up over at the OB and no one seems to know about it..I figured it was just something that was general knowledge, that I had not heard about...
I've looked in my files. I've searched the internet. Something I read/saw made me think USA had fought and outbid the Sci-Fi channel to show Firefly. I can't find a reference at all. Can't find a thread titled like that.
Now I wonder if I read something about USA outbidding Sci-Fi earlier this year and whoever was writing about the fact that USA purchased the rights to Serenity back in 2005 and since it was in 2007 maybe I assumed it was Firefly. Because I never heard anything about Sci Fi bidding to show Serenity in 2005. Or maybe I heard it in an online video interview and the person said Firefly but was really talking about Serenity.
Sorry. I was really looking forward to watching Firefly on USA and then seeing Serenity.
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Originally posted by ecgordon:Quote:
Originally posted by Muggi:
For those that watched what they left on...
There was a voiceover included at the beginning of "Bushwacked" that I have never heard before..I learned about the show from the DVD set, never saw it on live tv.
Were those included in the original broadcast? Interesting they didn't make the DVDs..
They were included in the original broadcasts, and there were a couple of variations depending on the episode. Book narrated some of them, and there were a couple of slightly differently-worded ones by Mal.
I at least assumed they were not on the DVDs because they weren't Joss' idea, but rather the network's thinking people wouldn't understand what was going on without a bit of exposition. Sort of like how Ridley Scott eliminated Harrison Ford's narration from the Director's Cut of Blade Runner back in the 90s.
wo men ren ran zai fei xing.
I saw every episode when it aired, and I don't recall hearing any voice overs. Perhaps my memory is fading, or perhaps it was a choice of the local broadcaster to add them or leave them out?
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