A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
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I have a different nit to pick in that article (though it is a good piece):
The original Battlestar Galactica aired on ABC for one season and was such a blatant rip-off of Star Wars, the network got sued.
Er. It was so blatant that when they finally got to trial, the judge said, "Not so much," and dismissed the case.
I really liked this, though:
"I can be as highfalutin as anybody about the socio-political relevance of contemporary science fiction," says Eick. "But sometimes I just want to see shit blow up."
Hee.
Er. It was so blatant that when they finally got to trial, the judge said, "Not so much," and dismissed the case.
Yeah, you can pretty much sue anybody for anything.
"But sometimes I just want to see shit blow up."
They do make shit blowing up very pretty.
So, how spoilery is the article itself? Like, if I load the page but don't load the images, will I get spoiled?
Oh, it's just the photo; the article itself is spoiler free, so you're safe if you turn images off. Sadly, the annoying ringtone ad is harder to avoid.
Thanks. Yeah, that ringtone ad was fucking annoying - I had to mute my iBook.
Improbably, all this is happening on the Sci Fi Channel, best known for reruns of Knight Rider.
I dunno - I think the SciFi Channel is now best known for
Mansquito.
Of course, they took it back and I guess that the Smallville folks haven't heard of the new Superman canon either. . .or maybe the old canon is the new canon.
I so would have preferred if they hadn't taken it back. And I say this as someone who doesn't hate Lana. There was so much more potential in Lex causing Lana's death for Clark and Lex's enmity and Lex finally going full-on evil.
I'll miss Jonathan, but Annette O'Toole's portrayal of Martha's grief is what really made it hurt.
At least we didn't lose Chloe.
Oooh! A young Jason Isaacs is in "The Lady and the Tiger"! (Highlander Ep)
I watched Smallville last night for the 100th episode. I was hoping that Jonathan would be the one to buy it (since I knew A&M would never let Lana die permanently). There was the same frustrating blend of good and bad acting, interesting filming and bad special effects, fun parallelism and lousy dialog that I remembered from back when I used to watch regularly.
Improbably, all this is happening on the Sci Fi Channel, best known for reruns of Knight Rider.
It's like FARSCAPE and MST3K never happened. Harumph, I says. Granted, MST was picked up from another network like STARGATE was, but it was the reason I first tuned into Sci-Fi for anything but the old movies they used to show.
It's like FARSCAPE and MST3K never happened.
You're looking at it from the inside. I think they're not.
Yeah, I don't think my own THEY KILLED KENNYFARSCAPE! THOSE BASTARDS!!! reaction is one that's typical of the general viewing public when they hear the SciFi Network mentioned.
