I hear you. You know, it's sad, but SyFy could fill the airwaves with reruns tossed in with new shows, and I'd be happy. Think about it. Though we all lament so many fine shows canceled, we could do worse than having those shows rerun all the time. After all, I know you and I, at least, grew up in the pre-cable years where we spent *years* watching endless reruns of the only stuff available: Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, etc.
I could do worse than watching constant reruns of TNG, Voyager (sorry Martin!), Enterprise, Jericho, John Doe, Dresden Files, Farscape, Space: Above and Beyond, BSG, Millennium, Threshold, Invasion, Surface, Tru Calling, Jeremiah, and others. It'd be better than having to deal with wrestling, crappy Saturday movies, and all that Ghost Hunters crap. How in the name of all that's holy is it Ghost Hunters not only doesn't die, but has spawned and International *and* a training academy series?! What gives. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 5:08:32 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "Threshold" Marathon on SyFy Today Darn it all - missed it! I can second everything you said so I won't repeat it. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > Another good marathon on SyFy, and again it's a canceled show. "Threshold" is > being shown all day today. Don't remember how many of you saw it. On the > surface it has a very familiar plot: the presence of aliens on Earth is > discovered, government team tries to combat the threat through various > methods. > Despite the possibly cliched topic--which has been handled badly by many > shows--this show was a cut above. The writing was well done, and even cliched > plots were handled by the impressive cast: Brent Spiner (getting a chance to > show emotion)...the always reliable Charles S. Dutton...very talented Peter > Dinklage as the womanizing genius...and my girl Carla Gugino, for my money, > one of the coolest/toughest/sexiest actresses around, criminally > underappreciated (I still miss "Karen Sisco!) Look at the production staff: > David S. Goyer, Mike Sussman (Enteprise, Legend of the Seeker), even Brannon > Braga--hey, he has skills if he stays away too much from writing and > showrunning! > "Threshold" came out in the time when all the networks were back on their > "let's try scifi again" kick. Other shows out in the same few years were > "Surface", "Invasion", BSG, "Tru Calling", etc. Some made it, some failed. I > hate that this show didn't get the chance it deserved to grow. >
