Okay, my posts are not always the most popular around here, hehe, but it occurred to me today...well, it's occurred to me many times in the past over the last few years, but today, it hit me strong: the Sci-fi channel needs to hire fresh staff to revive the channel before it becomes an even bigger piece of reeking poo.
When I was in elementary school and middle school, the sci-fi channel was the coolest channel on cable. I mean, I wasn't around back in the 70s and 80s when shows like Buck Rogers, Battlestar Gallactica, V, and others were on. I never saw them until they played on the sci-fi chan. I remember coming home from school and watching buck rogers followed by battlestar gallactica and then twilight zone and then ST:TOS. I mean, they played GOOD shows. They didn't overplay them. They broke them up and played cool shows on the weekends and evenings. During the day, they played old movies or other sci-fi series like Lost in Space or some weird ones from teh 60s and 70s that i never heard of like Land of Giants and some underwater one and one about witches and one about vampires.
It was really cool to see those old shows and learn about them.
What do we have now? Let's see, ALL day MOnday, they play some crap called "roar" and all day Wednesday they play SLIDERS all day, which is cool, but they play the SAME episodes over and over! It's like they only own the rights to a few episodes! waht the hell!
Even Stargate Mondays: They have played Jolinar's memories, nemesis, and other episodes to death, but never play season 3, 4, or 6!
Do I even have to mention their "original" movies? You know, things like:
- Tripping the Rift ( a piece of crap)
- Scare tactics (ya, this scares me)
- Crossing Over with John Edwards ("I'm sensing that someone in this room has lost a loved one or had diarrhea")
- Boa vs. Python (Dr. McKay was actually in that!)
- Snakehead Terror
- Lexx
They create Farscape, which wasn't half bad, and what do they do but cancel it? To replace it with Mad, Mad, Mad House or Tripping the Rift?
Dude, whoever is the program director for Sci-fi needs to be fired in bad way.
Plus, the commercials? We're sci-fi fans, but what do they play?
1) Enzyte commercials for old guys who can't pop wood (most of us are teens/20s/30s and have no prob with this!!!)
2) chaser for those pesky hangovers (well, heh, okay this might ok)
3) ditech commercials (um, no...)
4) Mickey Rooney selling Garden State life insurance
AND...if they have an original movie or series thingy, they play a commerical for it EVERY commerical spot! EVERY commercial spot. I hate it!
If i ran sci-fi, this is what I would do:
1) stop making lame movies and series
2) stop the all-day crap; play different shows at different times, not 20 start treks in a row
3) invest into buying the rights for old and newer sci-fi series: planet of the apes, space 1999, b-star gallactica, buck rogers, sliders, V, V: The Final Battle, etc. Start playing these shows at night and on the weekends, or in the morning before classes.
4) I would also play some cool movies on the weekends and on thursday nights and stuff. I loved "The Nutty Professor" with Eddie Murphy, cuz it was funnier than hell, but is it really sci-fi material? HELL NO!
They could play ALien, Aliens, Alien Resurrection, Predator, Body Snatchers, Planet of the Apes, Robocop, Terminator, whatever..but Sci-fi movies.
Anway, Sci-fi channel, you really need to do some self examination, because right now, you make me freakin' sick!
Does anyone else agree with me on this, or am I wrong YET AGAIN
What do you guys think?
Jared/Lord Anubis
When I was in elementary school and middle school, the sci-fi channel was the coolest channel on cable. I mean, I wasn't around back in the 70s and 80s when shows like Buck Rogers, Battlestar Gallactica, V, and others were on. I never saw them until they played on the sci-fi chan. I remember coming home from school and watching buck rogers followed by battlestar gallactica and then twilight zone and then ST:TOS. I mean, they played GOOD shows. They didn't overplay them. They broke them up and played cool shows on the weekends and evenings. During the day, they played old movies or other sci-fi series like Lost in Space or some weird ones from teh 60s and 70s that i never heard of like Land of Giants and some underwater one and one about witches and one about vampires.
It was really cool to see those old shows and learn about them.
What do we have now? Let's see, ALL day MOnday, they play some crap called "roar" and all day Wednesday they play SLIDERS all day, which is cool, but they play the SAME episodes over and over! It's like they only own the rights to a few episodes! waht the hell!
Even Stargate Mondays: They have played Jolinar's memories, nemesis, and other episodes to death, but never play season 3, 4, or 6!
Do I even have to mention their "original" movies? You know, things like:
- Tripping the Rift ( a piece of crap)
- Scare tactics (ya, this scares me)
- Crossing Over with John Edwards ("I'm sensing that someone in this room has lost a loved one or had diarrhea")
- Boa vs. Python (Dr. McKay was actually in that!)
- Snakehead Terror
- Lexx
They create Farscape, which wasn't half bad, and what do they do but cancel it? To replace it with Mad, Mad, Mad House or Tripping the Rift?
Dude, whoever is the program director for Sci-fi needs to be fired in bad way.
Plus, the commercials? We're sci-fi fans, but what do they play?
1) Enzyte commercials for old guys who can't pop wood (most of us are teens/20s/30s and have no prob with this!!!)
2) chaser for those pesky hangovers (well, heh, okay this might ok)
3) ditech commercials (um, no...)
4) Mickey Rooney selling Garden State life insurance
AND...if they have an original movie or series thingy, they play a commerical for it EVERY commerical spot! EVERY commercial spot. I hate it!
If i ran sci-fi, this is what I would do:
1) stop making lame movies and series
2) stop the all-day crap; play different shows at different times, not 20 start treks in a row
3) invest into buying the rights for old and newer sci-fi series: planet of the apes, space 1999, b-star gallactica, buck rogers, sliders, V, V: The Final Battle, etc. Start playing these shows at night and on the weekends, or in the morning before classes.
4) I would also play some cool movies on the weekends and on thursday nights and stuff. I loved "The Nutty Professor" with Eddie Murphy, cuz it was funnier than hell, but is it really sci-fi material? HELL NO!
They could play ALien, Aliens, Alien Resurrection, Predator, Body Snatchers, Planet of the Apes, Robocop, Terminator, whatever..but Sci-fi movies.
Anway, Sci-fi channel, you really need to do some self examination, because right now, you make me freakin' sick!
Does anyone else agree with me on this, or am I wrong YET AGAIN
What do you guys think?
Jared/Lord Anubis
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