thats the death of good Science Fiction on television
imlad Send a noteboard - 17/12/2010 11:43:11 PM
CAPRICA and SGU were the only two non-CAMP, non-CHEESE SF shows airing this past year on any television network. And with both of them being cancelled, we no longer have any serious shows left in the genre until GAME OF THRONES starts (and honestly, that is not even SF, but fantasy, so it doesn't really count).
Now, the best shows one can hope to watch (within the genre at least) are EUREKA and WAREHOUSE 13. Unfortunately, neither show takes itself seriously, nor are they meant to be taken seriously. They are more camp and cheese than honest to the gods decent SF with real thought to them.
What is it about being a network executive that causes people to lose what brain cells they were born with? Is it wearing a tie to work? Getting a large salary? What is it?
Of course, the whiny fans of the original two SG shows didn't help either. They just couldn't figure out how to get into an INTELLIGENT show with quality acting and writing; they wanted more of the corny jokes and cardboard acting that we got for more than a decade from the other two SG shows.
Now, the best shows one can hope to watch (within the genre at least) are EUREKA and WAREHOUSE 13. Unfortunately, neither show takes itself seriously, nor are they meant to be taken seriously. They are more camp and cheese than honest to the gods decent SF with real thought to them.
What is it about being a network executive that causes people to lose what brain cells they were born with? Is it wearing a tie to work? Getting a large salary? What is it?
Of course, the whiny fans of the original two SG shows didn't help either. They just couldn't figure out how to get into an INTELLIGENT show with quality acting and writing; they wanted more of the corny jokes and cardboard acting that we got for more than a decade from the other two SG shows.
I love that show! I really hope somebody else picks it up if possible. Anybody else here watch Stargate Universe?
Death to the Regressives of the GOP and the TeaParty. No mercy for Conservatives. Burn them all at the stake for the hateful satanists they are.
Syfy is canceling SGU
- 16/12/2010 11:59:11 PM
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I'm a little disappointed. I do like the show, but hopefully they'll have a satisfying conclusion. *NM*
- 17/12/2010 02:00:07 AM
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Not happening unfortunately.
- 17/12/2010 03:57:16 AM
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Might not be so unfortunate
- 17/12/2010 05:11:11 AM
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Just like Atlantis!
- 17/12/2010 07:46:10 PM
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Also, that movie's probably never going to happen.
- 17/12/2010 09:28:45 PM
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I'm not counting on it. After all the last two that were promised have yet to see the light of day.
- 17/12/2010 11:27:39 PM
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I watch. I've spent most of the day since the anouncement on the gateworld messageboard.
- 17/12/2010 03:54:38 AM
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I would have "officially" watched it more if they'd played nicer with Hulu.
- 17/12/2010 03:59:34 AM
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frak Hulu, just torrent the stuff you want to see but don't watch when it is aired *NM*
- 17/12/2010 11:36:13 PM
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That's why I wasn't "official." If Syfy makes it inconvenient to watch, we aren't counted.
- 19/12/2010 05:42:25 AM
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thats the death of good Science Fiction on television
- 17/12/2010 11:43:11 PM
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My problem was the use of the name Stargate.
- 18/12/2010 12:18:27 AM
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And the cameos of Daniel Jackson, General O'neil, Carter... nothing at all SG.
- 18/12/2010 02:03:14 AM
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What constitutes a "Stargate" show? *NM*
- 18/12/2010 05:24:21 AM
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A show in which they actually use the Stargate. *NM*
- 18/12/2010 05:31:45 AM
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Yes, it's quite surprising they have never ever used the stargate in the show. not once. ever. *NM*
- 18/12/2010 05:34:15 AM
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No, wait, there was that one time...!
- 18/12/2010 06:51:22 AM
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Point is, that it's still a Stargate show, simply with a different flavour. *NM*
- 19/12/2010 12:24:16 AM
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No. It's not a Stargate.
- 19/12/2010 05:48:33 PM
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Re: No. It's not a Stargate.
- 20/12/2010 02:14:26 AM
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isn't having Kurt Russel star in the movie campie enough?? Seriously, Kurt Russel??? eesh!
- 20/12/2010 06:05:37 PM
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Oddly enough, not in this particular case. Weird, huh? *NM*
- 20/12/2010 11:02:45 PM
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Would it help if he tricked an amnesiac Goldie Hawn into thinking she was his wife?
- 21/12/2010 12:11:35 AM
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personally, i think it was more "stargate" than the series, tonally it was more like the movie IMO *NM*
- 29/12/2010 01:35:51 AM
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It's all my fault
- 20/12/2010 06:11:53 PM
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- 20/12/2010 06:11:53 PM
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