tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post6131704580202049524..comments2024-01-11T04:57:37.530-04:00Comments on The Furious D Show: Hollywood Babble On & On #862: Quo Vadis Sci-Fi TVFurious Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-76803337748802167432012-03-10T15:01:20.470-04:002012-03-10T15:01:20.470-04:00. . .because the audience is feeling cynical about...<em>. . .because the audience is feeling cynical about the future. </em><br /><br />It's not supposed to work like that. When things look bad in the real world, the entertainment world is supposed to buck us up and provide some light entertainment with an optimistic theme. <br /><br />No, wait. This is Hollywood isn't it. If they're suffering by forgoing that second Rolls this year, then EVERYBODY is going to suffer you bastasts!!Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289856510554336990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-29236587897517207292012-03-08T17:22:19.949-04:002012-03-08T17:22:19.949-04:00Kit- Never watched Stargate: SG-1 since I didn'...Kit- Never watched Stargate: SG-1 since I didn't care for the original movie and all the "Chariots of the Gods"/Ancient Aliens crap. But I will give it kudos for lasting something like 10 years, which is an impressive run for a genre show.Furious Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-71233419930531817122012-03-08T13:14:50.197-04:002012-03-08T13:14:50.197-04:00Stargate: SG-1 is a good example. The spinoff SG:...Stargate: SG-1 is a good example. The spinoff SG:Universe went 'dark and gritty' a little too often, and I think that may be one reason it's no longer with us. (Which is a shame, because I love Robert Carlysle)<br /><br />Personally, I would like to see SF TV go pulp in a big way and embrace its' inner Edgar Rice Burroughs. Unfortunately, the new "John Carter" film may tank hard enough to tarnish such notions. I've heard good things about it online, but the marketing campaign for this one looks so blah and generic I can't get my hopes up.<br /><br />But that gets into how crap Hollywood is at marketing in general, and I've ranted on that before.Blast Hardcheesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-54836774818245020552012-03-08T12:00:02.144-04:002012-03-08T12:00:02.144-04:00So what you are saying is go the STARGATE: SG-1 ro...So what you are saying is go the STARGATE: SG-1 route?Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-66578269775808634962012-03-08T09:27:36.722-04:002012-03-08T09:27:36.722-04:00big SF has found a home on the video game consoles...big SF has found a home on the video game consoles. the 3rd MASS EFFECT just came out and there is a HALO 4 on the way.<br /><br />The thing with games is ME is a RPG that means this is a SF universe where the player interacts and LIVES in it. They can explore and discover at will.Gary T. Burnaskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16498841646544658878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-46003564573748602292012-03-07T18:13:45.858-04:002012-03-07T18:13:45.858-04:00DMK - I am all knowing and mildly omnipotent, but ...DMK - I am all knowing and mildly omnipotent, but I do have a physical form. ;)<br /><br />ILDC- A little success, relative to NBC's usual status as total bottom of the shit-heap.Furious Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-48315470513070509162012-03-07T16:51:32.910-04:002012-03-07T16:51:32.910-04:00Did you just say NBC is "enjoying some succes...Did you just say NBC is "enjoying some success"?ILDCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-85167142488866936702012-03-07T16:27:20.871-04:002012-03-07T16:27:20.871-04:00Personally, I think hat Furious D is himself a &qu...Personally, I think hat Furious D is himself a "omnipotent all knowing energy being" and just doesn't want the competition.<br /><br />I think your last point may be the most relevant to the future (or lack thereof) of "big science fiction" on television. In what's increasingly become a designed-by-committee medium, I can't see too many execs green-lighting a big-budget show without getting their fingers into it.<br /><br />Also, can I add:<br /><br /><b>6. No Brannon Braga</b>DMKnoreply@blogger.com