The Xindi were interesting, especially the aquatic species, something almost never shown in scifi. I wouldn't ahve minded seeing a bit more about all the species developed on one planet. But a whole series? naw...
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Daryle Lockhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I loved this author's review of "Enterprise". Essentially they think there should have been a Xindi series, which really WOULD have been nice. On May 26, 2008, at 2:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ha-ha! > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (sighing in relief as I pull out the earplugs) > > I've been waiting all day for that scream to come across the aether... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nooooooooooooooooooo! > Not "Flash Gordon", "The Flash": the great one-season series on the > DC superhero. It reportedly cost one million bucks an episdoe > (putting it up there with The Next Generation's budget). it was > fun, the Flash's running was well done, and it was on the way to > developing a kooky rogue's gallery of villains. > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Tracey de Morsella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Keith... You are kidding right? The Flash from last season? You liked > that? > > -----Original Message----- > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:16 PM > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The Most Unjustly Cancelled Series This > Decade > > Oh, add "The Flash" to my list too! > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I yelled for *weeks* when "Tru Calling" was cancelled. Glad to see > it. I'd > add "Space: Above and Beyond" to this list, along with "G vs. E", > and "The > Chronicle". > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Tracey de Morsella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > By ROBIN BROWNFIELD <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Source: SyFy Portal <http://www.syfyportal.com> > May-20-2008 > > There have been a lot of them, and much discussion of this issue > and most of > these series, but the painful cancellation of "Moonlight" just > opens up old > wounds from previously unjustly cancelled series. > > I think science-fiction and fantasy genre fans must have their > hearts broken > more often than fans of any other genre or forms of entertainment > <http://www.syfyportal.com/news425057.html> . Time and time again, > we invest > ourselves in a new series that hooks us, and has a lot of promise - > only to > have those promises broken by greedy, gutless network executives. > (I have > other words for them, but I'm being charitable today.) > > I also wonder if the frequent abortion of the shows we come to love > leads to > any psychological disorders in viewers that network executives > could be > liable for creating. Is there room in the DSM-V for Post Traumatic > Series > Cancellation Stress Disorder (with separation and abandonment Issues)? > > This list will only contain 10 such criminally maltreated shows. I > am aware > that there are a lot more, and I'm sure you'll remind me of them! > Still, > since this is my column, I am going to list 10 shows that were > cancelled > that resulted in my own heart being broken in the past 10 years. > I'm not > including "Veronica Mars" in the list, because it was not sci-fi, > but I > consider the show to be an honorary member, since it is the red-headed > step-sibling of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Moonlight." > > 1. "Firefly" was possibly the best series of all time ever to be > cancelled. > It had horses and space ships and people-eating Reavers, and, as we > learned > in the movie "Serenity," it had a slayer, too. No TV series ever quite > looked like this, or so successfully mixed genres that nobody could > ever see > mixing together. > > 2. "Angel" is a close contender for the best series ever to be > cancelled. It > was the rare show that saw its ratings increase in its fifth year, > largely > as people grieving the end of its parent show, "Buffy the Vampire > Slayer" > finally decided to check out this gem. "Angel," like "Buffy" and > "Firefly," > could make you laugh and then cry within the uttering of one sentence. > Nobody does emotional rollercoasters like Joss Whedon and his > Mutant Enemy > writing staff. At least now we have more to look forward to with > "Dollhouse" > premiering in January. > > 3. "Jericho" built an avid following, all of whom went nuts when it > was > nuked by CBS. After the valiant effort of fans to save the show by > sending > more than 40,000 pounds of nuts to CBS headquarters. > > It worked, briefly, as "Jericho" was resurrected for a shortened > season that > again was nuked by CBS. The result may be radioactive fallout, CBS > guys! > > Maybe the fans weren't as plentiful as the peanuts you waded > through, but > they might exemplify the half-life of viewers everywhere who are > increasingly turning to other places for their entertainment > <http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5057&page=2> . With > the track > record of great shows like this being pulled out from under > increasingly > disenchanted (and disenfranchised) fans, it's no wonder ratings are > falling > everywhere. > > 4. "Farscape" This show was abruptly canceled after it had completed > production of its fourth season, even though it was contracted for > a fifth > season. The cancellation ended the series on a cliffhanger, which > infuriated > legions of fans, who campaigned for its return, and sought backers > in Europe > to try to revive it. The result was a four-hour mini-series which > aired in > 2004, and wrapped up some of the show's hanging plot threads. Now a > new > 10-part "Farscape" Webisode series is in the works to be presented on > SciFi.com. > > <http://n4403ad.doubleclick.net/click%3Bh=v8/36ca/3/0/%2a/f% > 3B202878733%3B0- > 0%3B0%3B16054493%3B4307-300/250%3B26561425/26579282/1%3B%3B~okv%3D% > 3Bsect%3D > ros%3Bsz%3D300x250%2C250x250%3Btile%3D2%3B~aopt%3D2/1/2c/0%3B~sscs% > 3D%3fhttp > :/www.amazon.com/Stargate-Infinity-Complete-Mark-Hildreth/dp/ > B0015LPS1Y> > http://m1.2mdn.net/1399502/StargateInfinity_img_300x250.gif > > 5. "The 4400." While I'm not really heartbroken about the > cancellation of > this series, it is frustrating to follow a story for four years and > never > know how it was intended to end. We needed things explained that > just never > were, thanks to the fickleness of NBC. It's a good thing "Lost" > wasn't an > NBC series! > > 6. "Moonlight." This one was just heartbreaking. While it hadn't > achieved > the greatness of "Angel," this series showed a lot of promise, and > could > have been damned great if given the chance to build upon the > mythology and > the romance that was laid out in its 15 episodes. And now we won't > have the > mesmerizing Alex O'Loughlin to ogle every Friday at 9 p.m. > > 7. "Wonderfalls" was another great show that had its knees bashed > in by Fox > network executives' baseball bats. It was poorly advertised, put in > an awful > time slot, then abruptly moved to an even worse time slot before it > was > cancelled after just four episodes. > > This was one of the few partially unaired series I was so > captivated by, I > had to buy the DVDs > <http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5057&page=2> to see > what > happened next. After viewing the 13 episodes, I was depressed. This > could > have been the show that took the crown from "Buffy." It was funny. > It was > sad. It was like a slightly more perverse "Eli Stone" without the > saccharine > preachiness about having faith. At the helm was Bryan Fuller - he > of "Dead > Like Me," "Heroes," and "Pushing Daisies." Sigh. > > 8. "Dead Like Me." Come on, guys! This was on Showtime! People had > to pay to > see it, so why the cancellation? This show was awesome! It was > funny and sad > and philosophical, and had great characters played by a top-notch > cast. I > did not subscribe to Showtime until this series aired. When it was > cancelled, I cancelled my sub to Showtime, and didn't come back till > "Dexter" aired. DLM had Mandy Patinkin, who, primadonna as he is > reputed to > be, is willing to go back to doing this series if it were ever to be > revived. > > There is a slight glimmer of hope, because this summer, the new, > straight to > DVD movie <http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php? > id=5057&page=3> is > slated to be released. Patinkin isn't in it, but Ellen Muth (George), > Jasmine Guy (Roxy), and the hilarious Mason (Callum Blue) will be > back. The > movie <http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5057&page=3> also > features the magnificent Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond on "Lost"), who > I want to > have my babies. > > The glimmer part is that if the DVD > <http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5057&page=3> movie does > significantly well, we could see a revival of the series. I don't > believe in > fairies or wishing on stars, but if this series returned, I would > be happier > than a pig in. well, you know! > > 9. "The Lone Gunmen." This was a hilarious series, and ironically a > bit too > prophetic. The pilot episode had a plot about terrorists flying an > airplane > into the World Trade Center. It aired six months before the Sept. > 11, 2001 > attack on the WTC. Still, many sociologists, historians, and political > scientists were well aware of the possibility of that scenario > occurring in > real life. > > What made this series - cancelled after just six episodes - work, > was the > humor. The plots were often bizarre and entertaining > <http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5057&page=3> , and > while our > heroes were the biggest nerds of the century, they were good at > what they > did! And who could forget Jimmy Bond, Kimmy the Geek, and Yves > Adele Harlow? > > This series was cancelled on a cliffhanger. (Why do networks do > this to us?) > Fortunately, its parent series, "The X-Files," was still on the > air, so the > cliffhanger was able to be resolved on that series. Then they > killed the > Lone Gunmen. > > 10. "Surface." Yet another series ended on a cliffhanger. To this > day, Dr. > Laura Daughtry, her knee-jerk companion Rich, teenager Miles, and his > girlfriend, are stuck in a steeple in South Carolina, surrounded by > electrically-enhanced giant hungry sea creatures swimming in the > floods > caused by a mysterious tsunami. > > My kids and I loved this series, despite the bashing it got from > critics, > who favored the slower-moving and lackluster "Invasion" over > "Surface." We > liked the latter much better, from the charming and increasingly > creepy > story of the bond between Miles and the baby sea creature Nimrod; > to the > oddball mismatch between Dr. Laura, and her troglodytic partner in > obsession, Rich; to the creepy genetic-hybrid experiments with an > alien > flower that allowed unethical scientists to create a girly monkey man. > > A year after it premiered, "Heroes" took its place on Monday night > NBC. > While I'm thrilled that "Heroes" has succeeded (and I liked the > series even > when other people didn't), I still wish there was room for "Surface" > somewhere on their schedule. > > Honorable Mention: "Invasion," "Tru Calling," "The Dresden Files," > "Millennium," and "Star Trek: Enterprise" minus most of the first > three > seasons and the crappy finale. > > Now let's hear from you. What shows that aired between 1998 and > 2008 were > unjustly cancelled. 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