Tonight's Sci-Fi Listing (07/22/05)

07/22/05 | Kevin Davis

[Crawdad]

When was Firefly on before?

[Schwaeky]

why can't I see Star Trek (in any incarnation--but especially TOS or TNG) on local channels anymore? last time Star Trek was on locally was when DS9 was still on... TNG used to be on at 9 on the local fox station, TOS at 10, and even had the animated series on weekends before cartoons....

[Junior]

My wife and I refer to some movies as having "Sci Fi Channel production values." Mind you, that is not a compliment.

[Schwaeky]

I'd like to see them take "New Voyages" and "Starship Exeter" and put that on in place of "Hooking Up" or "Survivor"...

[Junior]

I dunno. I kinda liked it.

[FourtySeven]

It's like orion said, some movies are so bad they're good. The time I was watching that one though, I just wasn't in the mood for camp. Maybe I'll give it another shot some other time. hehe

[Mad Dawgg]

"When was Firefly on before?"

Two Years (or so) ago.

It was on Fox on Friday nights at 8PM at first , right before John Doe. They showed the show out of order and then kept pre-empting it for Baseball.

It died hard and fast, but check out at its ranking in DVD sales on Amazon.

Someone at FOX was an idiot.

[mikrofon]

It would be nice if SciFi did a mini-marathon with Trek eps and movies featuring Jimmy Doohan, in his memory...

The Scotty character was one that seemed to take awhile to warm up to, and I liked his portrayal more in the movies than the series.

[texasmountainman]

pardon my ignorance, but what is the MST3K treatment?

[contemplator]

MST3K (Mystery Science Theater 3000)was a show which showed bad "b" movies from a future movie theater perspective complete with a guy and 2 robots cracking bad jokes about the dialog, on screen mistakes, and pretty much any other off the wall idea which came to mind

http://www.mst3kinfo.com/

[KevinDavis]

One of my favorite MST3K movie treament was Space Mutiny.

[Starter]

...which ties into tonight's lineup in that Space Mutiny (starring Rip Hardslab!) used a heck of a lot of exterior shots from Battlestar Galactica.

[KevinDavis]

What is also funny about Space Mutiny is:
1. The commander looked like Santa Clause
2. Somehow a warehouse was the interior of a spaceship.
3. Golf carts all souped up.
4. Of course the exterior was from the old Battlestar Galactica...

[EsmeraldaA]

Firefly YEEEEES!

I thought that SG1 had lost its grip for me with the change of command, I actually forgot how much I liked Ben Browder.

Now I remember that I like him a lot, a lot, a lot. HEHEEE!

[AFreeBird]

This week cyclons board the Galactica.

Good! So how long before the toasters wipe out the humans and end that horrible show?

[Thoro]

"I'm more excited about the Firefly movie than I was about Star Wars.."

Ditto that

Same here. But is it really any wonder that we feel that way? Firefly created characters you could actually invest time in.

[KevinDavis]

Well here are my thoughts:
1. SG1: So far so good.. Browder is doing a good job. So is Beau Bridges..

2. Atlantis: Good episode. I did like the Asgard swearing, however, I hope they don't make the Asgard comic relief.

3. Battlestar Galactica: Good Episode the scenes on the Battlestar was good, the scenes on Kobol was good. I like Starbuck, any chick who rides a Caprican Hummer is my kind of chick..

[SC Swamp Fox]

Please add me to the Sci-Fi ping list.

[marajade]

Contracts... and um... that's what DVDs are for...

[ThinkDifferent]

Someone at FOX was an idiot.

Ditto that. What sucks is that due to the nature of ad-funded TV, shows like Firefly that have a relatively small but devoted following will always lose to shows with broad but shallow appeal like "World's Funniest Bear Maulings". Each viewer effectively gets a single vote regardless of whether they really like the show or if there's just nothing else on. I'm hoping Internet-based video-on-demand systems can change this.