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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 941965" data-attributes="member: 527">Well, this is some of the best stuff over the last 20 years, so I'm not sure it's a surprise that there is nothing on right this instant that matches it.  IMHO there was a little mini golden age a while back where second-tier networks trying to establish themselves like UPN or WB were willing to take a chance on sci-fi or fantasy.  Tons of stuff got produced, tons of stuff got cancelled after one or two seasons and the cream of the crop stayed on to run a full 7 season cycle.As far as movies go, there is that Lord of the Rings movie everyone seemed to like.  ;-)  It's not been a bad couple of years for sci-fi in the movies.  I agree that a lot of franchise movies haven't lived up to the high expectations set for them creatively (most notably Star Wars), but there's still stuff out there to enjoy.  Groundbreaking movies only come along every so often, you never seem to have an LotR every year.  But as long as you have a Spiderman to entertain you it's hard to say sci-fi is on the decline as a whole.  Unless you are getting old and crumudgeony.  Then it's easy to say stuff wasn't as good as "back when I was a young-un."  ;-)</blockquote>