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robh
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Renewed interest in SF television
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Jan 4 22:28 UTC 1993 |
As you may have noticed from the increased traffic in the newsgroup,
there are a whole lot of new SF television shows coming out in the
near future. Babylon 5, Space Rangers, Time Trax, and Deep Space
Nine, which premiers tonight in all civilized parts of the country.
(Meaning not until Sunday on channel 50.)
There was a good article on this phenomenon in last Sunday's (1/3/93)
Ann Arbor News. The writer said that Star Trek: The Next Generation's
popularity was the reason for the renewed public interest in SF, along
with the reduced costs of special effects, thanks to the Video Toaster
and other neat bits of gadgetry.
Personally, I'm surprised he didn't mention the popularity of the Sci-Fi
Channel as a contributing factor. So many markets in this country want
to get it, but their cable vendors refuse, so doesn't it make sense that
the over-the-air TV stations would want some of that interest?
Comments?
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dam
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response 1 of 36:
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Jan 8 04:04 UTC 1993 |
Enjoyed DS9. (of COURSE I get channel 36...)
did not enjoy Space Rangers. At least, not the 15 minutes that I saw.
Read articles in the detroit thing, a2 news, TV guide. They all actually
had slightly different things to say, about DS9, anyway.
I'd like to see some more TV SciFi that leans closer to Star Trek(s) than,
say, Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers. I think Space 1999 may have been
an attempt at this sort of thing, but it was just so bad it was (and is, for
those of you with the SciFi channel) hilariously funny!
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jep
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response 2 of 36:
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Jan 8 05:34 UTC 1993 |
I wish TV Guide would tell us what's on The SF Channel. I just got
cable TV this week; I have to keep buying the AA News (yecch!) to get
listings. Next week will be better; I can just get the Sunday News and
skip the rest of the week.
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hawkeye
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response 3 of 36:
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Jan 8 20:02 UTC 1993 |
I wish there was a listing for the Cartoon Network!
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robh
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response 4 of 36:
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Jan 9 00:30 UTC 1993 |
The Ann Arbor News has listings for the Sci-Fi Channel, Comedy Central,
and (I think) the Cartoon Network.
I liked DS9 a lot more than I thought I would, I only hope that the
writing stays like what I saw and doesn't turn into the "ooh, let's
all be nice and pacifistic and get in touch with our inner feelings"
that permeates the Next Generation.
I'm still looking forward to Babylon 5.
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matthew
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response 5 of 36:
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Jan 9 06:31 UTC 1993 |
What has anyone heard about Babylon 5 ? I've heard next to nothing.
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robh
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response 6 of 36:
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Jan 9 14:37 UTC 1993 |
There's a very good article/interview in the latest issue of
"Science Fiction Age" magazine. The creator has put a lot of
work into it, and it sounds like he wants more of the spirit of
the old Star Trek than the Next Generation has had.
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cwb
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response 7 of 36:
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Jan 18 02:25 UTC 1993 |
I was prepared to be disappointed by DS9, but it is marvelous so far.
They've even managed to keep the conflicts away from the one side good
one side evil that even TNG fell into with the Borg and the Cardassians.
Also the show-one-character-per-episode approach works well to begin the
series and establish them. Old Spenser For Hire fans can still se some of
Hawk in Ben Sisco. But since Hawk was always my favorite character on
that show, this is not a problem.
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terru
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response 8 of 36:
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Jan 21 00:25 UTC 1993 |
As I remember, the Borg situation was left with the Enterprise crowd
agreeing that the Borg had hopes of being more human. Picard wanted to
waste them as totally evil beings, but he turned around as well.
No such turn around yet for the Cardassians.
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bap
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response 9 of 36:
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Mar 7 01:28 UTC 1993 |
Babylon 5 has potential. I just hope they will make something good of it.
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kentn
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response 10 of 36:
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Mar 7 05:31 UTC 1993 |
When is B5 on? We saw it tonight, but it was a rerun of last week's
episode, so we figured it must not be the "regular" night for B5.
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robh
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response 11 of 36:
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Mar 7 23:14 UTC 1993 |
Last I heard, there were no more episodes forthcoming until the fall,
assuming that the Prime Time Entertainment Network picks it up. I'd
suggest writing to Channel 20 and letting them know you liked it.
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kentn
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Mar 8 05:24 UTC 1993 |
Egad, if they wait until Fall, we'll have all but forgotten about it.
What's with the networks these days, anyway? (Reruns in the Winter,
new shows in the Summer...no stability at all).
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steve
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response 13 of 36:
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Apr 17 11:07 UTC 1993 |
Thats because their world has been turned upsidedown by cable.
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young
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response 14 of 36:
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Jan 19 01:08 UTC 1994 |
When does TEK WAR air? I couldn't find it in TV GUIDE.
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kentn
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response 15 of 36:
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Jan 19 02:27 UTC 1994 |
Last night...
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dam
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response 16 of 36:
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Jan 21 03:40 UTC 1994 |
I missed it? sheesh! I guess I wasn't paying that much attention...
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vidar
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response 17 of 36:
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Jan 23 02:11 UTC 1994 |
I actually like Battlestar Galactica, but not Buck Rogers.
Space 1999 isn't so bad. I like Mia but that's about it.
I also like Nickeloedeon's series THE TOMMOROW PEOPLE.
Okay, so it's low budget in the psionics department, but
if those kids had too much power the show would suck worse
than the first one. If some kid is threatend with the deaths
of friens or their family members, THEY ARE GOINF TO HAVE THE
GUTS TO PULL THE TRIGGER. The real reason I didn't like it is
because the once person who died was brought back to life by
one of the kids. Talk about stupid.
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dam
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response 18 of 36:
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Jan 23 16:29 UTC 1994 |
Hey, is the Tomorrow People back on nick? I used to watch that one
a lot quite a few years ago...
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vidar
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response 19 of 36:
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Jan 24 18:36 UTC 1994 |
Yes, every Saturday.
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bap
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response 20 of 36:
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Jan 25 06:04 UTC 1994 |
vidar Space 1999 was AWFUL!!! And not everyone has the guts to stand there
and pull the trigger face to face. I can remember debating the killing
of a woodchuck that was trapped under some fallen timber, it was chewing
the hell out of my dog, but it took me four or five tries to pull the trigger
once I had the bead on it.
Death is easy at a distance, but up close and personal, it can be very hard.
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vidar
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Jan 25 17:35 UTC 1994 |
Look, if somebody had been threatening to kill one of your friends' mothers,
would you be too much of a wuss to pull the triger? I think not.
Okay, so maybe you would. But I know I wouldn't.
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kami
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response 22 of 36:
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Jan 26 03:25 UTC 1994 |
how?
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vidar
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response 23 of 36:
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Jan 26 18:30 UTC 1994 |
With my finger!
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gregc
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response 24 of 36:
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Jan 26 18:59 UTC 1994 |
Re: #21,22,23
I think the "how" in the last response should be translated into:
"How do you know you could pull the trigger?"
Have you actually done it?
You may believe that if someone you care about is being threatened, that you
will have the courage, will, nerve, balls, whatever, to put a gun to
someone else's head, look them in the eye, and pull the trigger.
But I believe that *NO ONE* really *knows* whether they can really do this
until they are faced with the actual situation and have to make that choice,
we might like to *believe* we are capable of it, but until you have actually
had to make the decision, you can't *know* it.
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