SyFy usually... USUALLY... puts money and effort behind their original TV shows. 12 Monkeys is one of those oddball movies which I think is hard to adapt to other media... but you make a good point Cary, the themes of the film are ripe for exploration. I know I have mentioned this before, but SyFy does not produce, fund, or otherwise make any creative decisions regarding "SyFy Original Movie" movies. SyFy buys TV rights to these films on the cheap, knowing that they pull in good ratings at extremely low cost. 2 hours worth of ratings, at that. These cheap sources of revenue and programming hours allow SyFy the opportunity to fund their "SyFy Original Series" shows, like the just-debuted Rewind, which actually looked pretty neat... need to see if it's on OnDemand. The example I always point to is the superlative werewolf movie Dog Soldiers. It had been released to much acclaim overseas and on DVD here in the States for some time when SyFy got the TV rights. They promoted and aired the film as a "SyFy Original Movie," and OH BOY you can imagine the frothing, insane reaction from its fans. On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 9:43:28 PM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote:
> 12 Monkeys Is Being Adapted Into a Television Series on Syfy > > http://laughingsquid.com/12-monkeys-is-being-adapted-into-a-television-series-on-syfy/ > > > Not sure how I feel about this. Loved the movie, and it could easily be > explored more deeply for a TV series. On the other hand this IS the network > that did Sharknado. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
