Again, keith, there *has* to be. If I put myself to it, I know that there are a few good B-movies Siffy's churned out that I wouldn't mind taking in. Instead, we get... have to stop. Too depressing a subject.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:45:53 +0000 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Is SyFy Trying to Chase Away Viewers? Good point! At least give us *good* schlock! I've mused that many of the classically bad scifi films--Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Plan 9 from Outer Space--as well as classics like "Frankenstein", must be owned by other networks. Friday night, for example, I was pleased to see Turner Classic Movies run the original "War of the Worlds" and "The Time Machine", which made for a fun night. I think that between TCM and AMC, and maybe FX, most of the classic scifi--good and cheesy--has been snapped up. But surely there's often stuff in the can they can air? ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Arterberry" <brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 11:39:15 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Is SyFy Trying to Chase Away Viewers? I think it needs to be renamed the Shlock Channel. They just rehash those 70's disaster flicks for todays audience. How many meteors are going to hit the Earth? or earthquakes destroy NYC? --- On Tue, 9/8/09, angelababycat <asrobin...@mindspring.com> wrote: From: angelababycat <asrobin...@mindspring.com> Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Is SyFy Trying to Chase Away Viewers? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 9:58 AM Get out of my head, Keith! I was thinking of posting a very similar comentary re SyFy Channel's poor performance this summer. The BCA and even relatively obscure stations like Sluth, G4 and Chiller had more interesting programming lately. And what if some shows like ST Voyager cost more? Isn't it better in the long run if it preserves viewership? One of my clients just went through the rebranding process this summer, so I saw how expensive and time comsuming it is. Maybe all that effort should have been spent on programming instead. They will really need to come back strong this fall, as well as realize that people watch TV all year round. Angela --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ ...> wrote: > > So we had a long holiday weekend, and, going into it, I prepared myself for > another weekend of marathons. You know: Twilight Zone all day Saturday, > "Enterprise" or TNG on Monday. Maybe some "Eureka" or BSG thrown in for good > measure. But know what we got instead? All day Sunday, the "reality" show > "Destination Truth", and all day Labor Day, "Ghost Hunters". WTF??? > > Look, SyFy has a huge backlog of scifi series, successful and canceled, that > they can show. There's "The Dresden Files", "Special Unit 7". there's even > that creepy show with Matthew Fox that took place in a weird hospital. What > about old eps of "First Wave"? I'd take that over searches for urban legends > and local myths. Hell, they can pull out Space: Above and Beyond if they > want. I'd watch it over those idiot Ghostbuster wannabes. > > Fortunately I wasn't home very much, so didn't have to depend on the telly > for entertainment. But when I was home? I watched marathons of "Ben 10: Alien > Force", "Wolverine and the X-Men", and science fact shows "The Universe" and > "Planet Earth" instead. Sad that I'm more excited to watch cartoons more than > a supposed science fiction channel all weekend. > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re up to on Facebook. http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_facebook:082009
