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[Thunderbird 2]

I believe that it may lie in that people are not willing to really get into a scifi TV show on a weekly basis. However, they are willing to watch a Scifi movie because it is a one and done event. Also, when they go to a movie, they are not expecting to have to pay attention to all the details and to have to hold onto that information for 20 more episodes or beyond for a payout. They have to wait at most 3 hours for the payout.

Also, for those that are closet scifi fans, its ok to watch a scifi movie. But if you watch a scifi series on a weekly basis, you become a scifi fan and then you are outed as a scifi fan and become a "nerd".

I would have to respectfully disagree with this in part Ramases. I have been able to quietly invest and enjoy in Sci Fi tv series series for years, and although I am quite blatant now about my Sci Fi interests, as a kid I was nervous going to the cinema in case I was branded a nerd for watching Sci Fi films. Also the amount of detail can be spread out in a show like SG1, where as a film either has to drop it, or cram it. I saw The Avengers Assemble for the second time recently and it made far more sense than when I saw it at the cinema. - Friends of mine who love the comics have been frustrated at how the films have squeezed elements to tell their stories.

Could that be a topic of conversation for a future pod? How much of Sci Fi is negative and given an unfair stigma in society, and how much is seen as cool? I find it frustrating that there is this unfair divide in the general public's eyes, not to mention the entertainment industry.

[CodyCampbell]

I've got a possible podcast topic suggestion.

Maybe evaluate where things are now as opposed to four years ago. We were supposed to get a third SG-1 movie and an Atlantis movie, but were told that the DVD market had crashed, plus MGM was having financial issues. But now, we've seen Arrested Development get resurrected via NETFLIX and a fan funded Veronica Mars movie via Kickstarter. So what chance do fans have at seeing future Stargate projects funded due to these changes that have been happening in the past couple of years? Obviously I know a sci-fi movie is going to cost a little more to to make than Arrested Development and Veronica Mars, but we now know that anything is a possibility.

Just a thought.