Yea syfy read the script and said, "Wait! No giant snakes? No flying alligators?? We can't show this. This is science fiction. We only show garbage on our channel...."
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, C.W. Badie <astromancer2...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > Because it's good...Plus, it would make too much sense and we couldn't have > that... > > > "Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet" > From "THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES" by C.W. Badie > > --- On *Wed, 1/20/10, bruce harden <bhsleepystude...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: bruce harden <bhsleepystude...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood is Coming to the U.S. > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 7:08 PM > > > but the writer of the original is writing this. I just want to know why the > scifi channel isn't showing this??? > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Tracey de Morsella <tdli...@multicultur > aladvantage. > com<http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> > > wrote: > >> >> Plucking British shows from across the pond and remaking them for >> American audiences is not a new practice. Also not new is the fact that most >> of them end in disaster. Still, anyone with half a brain knows the trend >> will continue, and that we'll just have to deal with it. But the latest show >> to get picked for Americanization even made *me* wince. >> Ready? Okay, here goes: Fox is importing >> *Torchwood*<http://www.tv.com/torchwood/show/50470/summary.html>, >> the popular spinoff of *Doctor >> Who*<http://www.tv.com/doctor-who/show/34391/summary.html>, >> according to *The Hollywood >> Reporter*<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3id183d5e80b48e57c7ceb299df8e4c2b0>. >> >> The show has a solid pack of rabid fans here in the United States, and the >> standalone miniseries *Children of Earth* delivered big-time ratings for >> BBC America when it aired last year. In other words, a lot of people are >> going to be very weary of the project. >> However, there is one indication that a U.S. *Torchwood* won't be a shell >> of its former self. Series creator Russell Davies is writing the script, and >> the rest of the *Torchwood* production team is on board for the U.S. >> version. >> Whereas the original *Torchwood* focused on a small group of operatives >> that dealt with aliens on a local basis, the U.S. version will feature a >> branch of the Torchwood Institute and cover more international territory. >> With Davies on board, there's an infinitesimal chance that the reboot will >> actually be good. What's your hope for the series? >> >> http://www.tv. com/torchwood- is-coming- to-the-u. s./story/ 20871.html? >> tag=hotspot; >> gumball;1<http://www.tv.com/torchwood-is-coming-to-the-u.s./story/20871.html?tag=hotspot;gumball;1> >> > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
