The "Hitler" Channel? The "WWII/America is great/Bush" channel? That's funny! I do remember a time when they seemed to be running programs about Nazis all the time. Ditto for WWII. But what's with the Bush thing? I like History Channel, but even with them i wish there were a lot more "history" shown. I can think of whole segments of times past that get short shrift, and cultures practically ignored. But I guess the balance they had to strike was between pure history, CGI-based stuff, and reality shows.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well the History Channel is a prime example of a network that recovered itself after (IMO) nearly going off the deep end. As it started of good, then turned into the "Hitler" channel, then the "Christian" channel, then the "WWII/America is great/Bush channel" before it finially started puting out some damn good science programing that rivals both Discovery and Science. "Evolve" and "Jurasic Fght Club" along with "Universe" was my favs (so was "Mega Disasters" before it went of the deep end in its second season). Still, as you say I'm all but ready to ditch the channel now and hope someone starts up a new, real sci-fi channel (and keeps it that way). -GTW In a message dated 11/13/08 10:14:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I hear you. Remember how people were criticizing MTV over the years for not being a music video channel anymore? But "Real World" aside, a least it was doing a lot of music-industry related stuff, like reality shows with musicians. If SciFi is to move away from pure scifi programming, there are other options, like doing bios on science fiction writers, have science-oriented shows like History Channel's great "Universe", or their shows of future tech weapons and such. And there are so many old classic scifi shows, movies and cartoons out there I bet they could buy. Surely AMC, TMC, Boomerang, and Cartoon Network don't own *all* the old scifi stuff? I guess you're right about a name change. "Beyond" indeed: beyond my limits of patience. -------------- Original message -------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think that's why they want to change the network's name. Now I'm starting to wish the netword did go belly-up when it came close to doing so along time ago. At least it would have died with dignity. -GTW In a message dated 11/13/08 1:23:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a message dated Hell, this isn't any more real "scifi" than ECW, "Scare Tactics", or "Man vs. Mansion". What the hell is wrong with Scifi Channel? I mean, if you're gonna do this, and call it scifi, at least serve up something a la "Death Race 2000" or "The Running Man" ************** Get movies delivered to your mailbox. One month free from blockbuster.com (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212639737x1200784900/aol?redir=https://www.blockbuster.com/signup/y/reg/p.26978/r.email_footer)
