[FreedomNeocon]

I want to PUKE on Sci-Fi sometimes though.

Looking for something to watch, and the wealth of GOOD Sci-Fi out there, and yet outside 'nighttime' Sci-Fi likes to run NEVER ENDING lame Animal/Human Monster of the week BS.

Cross a mosquito with a man... BAM "Mosquito Man" is born
How about a REAAAALY big Crocadile... YEAH... we'll call it "The Croc!"
Next up... REAAALY big rats... yeah "Rat Swarm" is made
Then, lets see... how about a half octopus, half wale sea-monster.. yeah "OctoDeath" is created
After that, lets do a story an a freakisly big and smart SNAKE... wow... thats origian! "Snake Attacks"

Bleh... I'd rather them pick up all of these shows and just run syndicaited SciFi series like Trek, B5, BGS, FireFly, Space:Aove&Beyond, Earth2, V, etc...

[doc30]

Don't forget Frankenfish...I will never get those 2 hours back. But when it's raining outside on a Saturday night and my wife is studying to get into pharmacy school, it was better than taking the dog for a walk. I have no idea who comes up with this. But a friend of mine says his teenage bots love those monster-du-jour movies on Sci-Fi.

[nuke rocketeer]

I agree. SCiFi does run a heavy load of crap movies and shows. All those crummy 'reality' shows on WEdnesday night make it a wasteland. Weekends are also mostly a wasteland of crummy movies.

[fireforeffect]

The problem with the good science fiction is that it is not PC.

B5, Firefly, Star Trek (60's), Crusade, BG2, and others is that hey ask tough questions and try to give real answers. Also there are real bad guys and they are treated that way.

The typical TV executive/producer is into the moral relativism thin full throttle. They do not want any show that makes value judgment. Fan support is the only thing that lets a show survive.

B5. Evil shadows and Pres Clark.

Crusade. The drak and, if the rumors are true, the earth government.

Firefly. The union and every body has a gun (oh my).

Star Trek. Kirk always has a love interest, Ohura (sp?) and Sulu are not white and are authority figures. This was not PC at the time.

It is this politically incorrect attitude of these shows that gets them killed, not their Sci-Fi-ness. Look at the various ST spin-offs. They were PC and ran way beyond the point anybody watched them.

The fear of the moral relativist is that people will watch these shows and start making judgments. Go and read a book called "Escape Velocity" by Christopher Statshief (sp?). In the book the good guys start an education program disguised as popular TV shows. Fabian conservatism.

[FourtySeven]

Cross a mosquito with a man... BAM "Mosquito Man" is born

I maintain that "Mansquito" will go down in the annals of Sci Fi greatness!