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- sjbdallas, on 01/11/2008, -7/+331In england, the sci-fi channel shows softcore after midnight.
I'm just saying. - Calcipher, on 01/11/2008, -0/+159Bring back MST3K with more modern movies... Please?
- p_o_b, on 01/11/2008, -8/+155Digg, digg, 100 times DIG!
- inactive, on 01/11/2008, -8/+144Sci-fi network is to sci-fi and G4 is to technology.
- dweeb79, on 01/11/2008, -4/+133"Hey did you guys find anything good on Sci-Fi?"
"We ain't found *****!" - GreatSunJester, on 01/11/2008, -2/+129I'd rather have the softcore than the wrestling crap they play during some primetimes in the US.
- b8man99, on 01/11/2008, -1/+94Some studio exec is saying "but reality TV is in this year" or "but retro is the new sci-fi" or "remakes are more bankable". And anything that truly is original, the heart of sci-fi, is simply rejected.
The geeks and nerds need to be given creative control. - CaptMonkey, on 01/11/2008, -11/+102The solution to Sci-Fi's crappiness: bring back Farscape, Lexx, and Firefly. Ditch Ghost Hunters, ECW, and any would-be sequels to Boa vs. Python. Mission accomplished.
- tinkafoo, on 01/11/2008, -0/+81Aside from the greats like Battlestar and Doctor Who, it's like Uwe Boll runs the SciFi Channel.
- insllvn, on 01/11/2008, -2/+70Um alien softcore? Cause, you know, that would be sweet...
- wacki, on 01/11/2008, -10/+71Dear sci-fi channel,
Why didn't you pick up Josh Whedon's Firefly? - synthaxx, on 01/11/2008, -1/+57Dugg for unadulterated truth!
Firefly, Star Trek, Farscape, we miss you! - Varney, on 01/11/2008, -0/+51So say we all.
- GOVStooge, on 01/11/2008, -3/+54Things that pissed me off about my beloved Sci-Fi channel
ECW: W... T... F... who the hell sees wrestling and thinks "oh this is some pretty good Sci-Fi"
Ghost Hunters: ....
Cancelled Farscape
The whole John Edwards thing
Failure to just put up whatever money they had for Firefly
A seemingly endless stream of original movies that don't even rate a "B" rating - fluidfoundation, on 01/11/2008, -2/+51Their out of episodes of Dr Who, thats why.
Oh yeah, that and ICE SPIDERS.
Putting in episodes of Robotech would I feel put them up to #1. - doctorfungi, on 01/11/2008, -1/+46The whole "reality TV is in this year" is a crock of *****. It's only in because it's going to be forced in. Everyone is so sick of reality TV, but the writers strike is going to make sure that we get another fresh, steamy pile of it this year. It's lame I tell ya. :(
- Ratteler, on 01/11/2008, -2/+46Wrestling is soft core... for homosexuals.
- h4mx0r, on 01/11/2008, -1/+441.) What the ***** is ECW? Why the ***** is it on the Sci-Fi Channel? 2.) Stop airring B-Movies except for Army of Darkness and a small other few. 3.) Why did you drop SG-1? Sure it started to suck, but maybe one day RDA would come back :(
Stop screwing around and experimenting with Friday nights.
Seriously, if I could, I could probably make a sci-fi channel 100 times more interesting than the current. - lewhich, on 01/11/2008, -0/+42I've never been able to figure out why wrestling was added to the Sci-fi channel. It has nothing to do with science fiction.
- pedo, on 01/11/2008, -0/+41"Mansquito" lol
- swordedge, on 01/11/2008, -0/+39To summarize, There is a whole bookstore of great stories that would make good programming. Use it.
As a long time fan of Pournelle, Niven work, Footfall's appearance surprised me. I'd like to see either it or Lucifer's Hammer updated and done as a miniseries. (Updated cause we know more about asteroid hits now then we did in the 70's when they were written) - insllvn, on 01/11/2008, -1/+37Does anyone remember an original SciFi series called The Invisible Man, or I-Man in a last digit attempt to woo fans of centagenarian talk radio hosts? That was a great show with good writing and a cool concept. I wish they would bring it back. The banter between Fawkes and Hobbes was fantastic. Bring that and Firefly back, and SciFi would be a must watch for me.
On a side note, if they were to bring Firefly back as a weekly show, I would be fine with them ignoring the events of Serenity. Anyone else? - JAVandiver, on 01/11/2008, -16/+51What about the dumbass show Ghost Hunters? That show needs to go! Yeah, geeks(the central core of sci-fi fans) really want a reality show...
- eric0213, on 01/11/2008, -0/+33How about making The Lost Room into a series?
- 31073, on 01/11/2008, -0/+31It ought to be called the fantasy channel anyway. most of its programming isn't sci/fi.
- ipxodi, on 01/11/2008, -1/+32Probably because Whedon doesn't own the rights -- Fox probably does and isn't likely to release them to a competitor.
- arbulus, on 01/11/2008, -0/+30Sci-fi was really awesome circa 1996-2000. It was truly geeky/nerdy back then. It seemed however that around 2000, they started airing nothing but horror. They pretty much quit airing real sci-fi and became the Horror Channel. Then after they seemed to get over that, it just turned completely to *****. The only thing that has kept it going over the years is probably Stargate.
I really miss the 1990's era Sci-Fi Channel. I wish we could have that back. - twilightzone, on 01/11/2008, -8/+38Needs more Twilight Zone.
- Tulleh, on 01/11/2008, -9/+39Stargate stale? absurd comment! but dugg for the rest of the article
- tgormtx, on 01/11/2008, -0/+28Sci Fi started sucking before the strike.
- nova912, on 01/11/2008, -12/+40Resurrect Firefly, kthxbye, god I miss that show =/ -- holy *****, i just figured out where I knew the doctor on SG:A from haha, that one has been driving my nuts. (but obviously I'm too lazy to imdb it)
- noahhoward, on 01/11/2008, -0/+27"Dear SciFi, Perhaps if you showed hardcore, nerds would be less sexually inept"
- MV559er, on 01/11/2008, -0/+26Even if they didn't produce new MST3k episodes, why can't they at least re-air the existing ones? That's a two-hour block of quality programming right there!
- heilig, on 01/11/2008, -1/+26the canadian scifi (space) channel does also.
- Navicerts, on 01/11/2008, -0/+24Sure, you feel that way. However, Sci-Fi crowd < > Wrestling crowd.
- whataboutdave, on 01/11/2008, -0/+24SciFi is dead to me ever since the cancellation of MST3K.
- eliezerlp, on 01/11/2008, -0/+24Who wouldn't?
- vofuse, on 01/11/2008, -3/+26Sci-Fi network is to sci-fi what G4 is to TechTV.
- MacEnvy, on 01/11/2008, -1/+24Or perhaps Eccentrica Gallumbits, the Triple-Breasted Whore of Eroticon 6.
- Ratteler, on 01/11/2008, -0/+22Ya know... I've watched Dr. Who (The originals), Blake 7, and Dark Shadows back in the day. You want to talk suck effects?
How did I sit through these? Oh... it was a little thing called STORY!
If you're going to give me crappy effects, give me a BRILLIANT story with characters I care about.
Go watch Primer. That's what we're looking for. - Sirocco, on 01/11/2008, -10/+32Sci-Fi ceased to be entertaining once Lexx stopped airing.
- ShuttleDisaster, on 01/11/2008, -0/+20I lol'd when the author mentioned "Mansquito"
- Randrayla, on 01/11/2008, -0/+20Fail.
- NeoCortex, on 01/11/2008, -0/+20I guess it must be run by *****.
- endlessoul, on 01/11/2008, -0/+20Lexx was good, but Farscape was great. If you want a space opera with excellent acting, production values, and storyline, you had to look no further.
Unfortunately, Sci-Fi gave them the ax. That's when I stopped watching. - inactive, on 01/11/2008, -0/+18Bring back MST3K reruns
- Gudlyf, on 01/11/2008, -1/+19The #1 issue here: money. Science fiction done right is MONEY, and lots of it.
I went to the set of BSG, Stargate and Flash Gordon last year, and while the first two sets were impressive, Flash Gordon ... notsomuch. You could tell they were skimping wherever they could, and most of us visiting the set knew this was a mistake. You could even tell on the faces of the showrunners that the "studio" they were filming in (seriously, the studio is an abandoned horse stable! I do not kid!) was a disappointment, but a reality.
Anyway, science fiction is expensive. That's the point I was trying to make. If it's not done right, geeks won't watch it because the effect suck. - hchallenger3099, on 01/11/2008, -2/+19Yes, they do need to bring back Firefly, it was an awesome show. Word has it that they are continuing Firefly in comic form. Eureka is great too. Ghost Hunters is way better than Destination Truth. The reason why some views don't like Ghost Hunters is because of the way Sci-Fi does it, they record the show before hand to make it shorter for television, the real work that TAPS does is actually really kool (well at least in my opinion).
- brufleth, on 01/11/2008, -1/+18It isn't like there isn't a significant body of science fiction material ranging from short stories to extremely long series. The channel also focuses a little too much on mindless crap. There is quite a bit of science fiction that carries strong social messages. Sci-fi fans aren't all slobering idiots quoting star wars and lotr. I love science fiction but usually just laugh at the stuff that gets played on the sci-fi channel as I skip by it. Most of it ranks right up there with "Modern Marvels: Shovels."
- tfletch, on 01/11/2008, -0/+17dear Sci-Fi, whyis all of your movies and shows corny.
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