On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Todd Newton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps, but my point still stands, comedy dressed as SCI-FI (or as I call > it COM-FI) detracts away from solid SCI-FI. > > But you might be right John, a big part of that might be the team at Syfy > losing there direction, i just hope in the future we can begin to see > shows similar to SG1 and Babylon5 reappear on our TV screens.
I bailed on any interest in Syfy (we pronounce it seefee) years back, but not because of comedic sci-fi. In fact, comedic sci-fi has a long history, including such amazing works as Hitchhiker's, White Dwarf, Lost in Space and Firefly. That said, it would be amazing to see anything even remotely like B-5 anywhere. SG-1 never really cut it for me, but then sci-fi TV fails just as much as any other serialized genre. What we really need is a more intelligent audience. Sure, there are those of us with a ton of brainpower who love our shows, but TV wants a larger audience than we can provide. It's a cultural problem of which this is only one tiny symptom. -- Logan L. Masterson Blog: http://agonyzer.com Tweets: http://twitter.com/agonyzer Theatre Examiner Column: http://tinyurl.com/NashvilleTheatre Facebook: http://profile.to/agonyzer
