tecnowraith
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Well there is no good scifi or fantasy shows year on regular channels, non cable channels that is. Is that what you guys think?
No good Scifi or Fantasy shows this year!!
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Ankh-Morpork Guard
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Battlestar Galactica was on earlier this year...
And new seasons of Stargate SG-1/Atlantis are starting up in July...
And new seasons of Stargate SG-1/Atlantis are starting up in July...
cuteasaurus
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Well at least there is the Firefly Movie ...
Ranger REG
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If only SCI-FI's sister channel, NBC, would air the entire first season during the summer. After all, they did aired the mini-series back in December.Ankh-Morpork Guard said:
Meh. There is still nothing new on on-air networks like CBS. And the ones they have announced for the next Fall season (all four networks) have not impressed me.Ankh-Morpork Guard said:
John Crichton
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No pure fantasy, but there never really was. Yeah, there was Hercules and Xena but I don't really count those (no offense to any fans out there).
As for sci-fi, I consider Lost to be close enough for my liking. The last season of Enterprise (if you remove the first 2 eps and the last ep) was really good but is now dead.
But yeah, there isn't much in way of sci-fi/fantasy around these days. But there is still some very good stuff that is geek-genre. Smallville, for example. And I hear that 24 show is pretty good. And Alias is a spy-show but it does have lots of high-tech stuff going on so I count it as geek-genre, if not sci-fi.
I've stated in multiple threads that I think we are going into a slow time for geek-genre TV. But, this past season (Fall 04/Spring 05) surprised the heck out of me with all the new shows that were of very high quality like Veronica Mars, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Rescue Me and Eyes.
There was a similar time (remember the 80's?) where there wasn't much in the way of sci-fi/fantasy programming. The 90's were teriffic, however. So many great shows had there run during that time period.
With superhero and fantasy movies being so popular some shows are bound to pop up sooner or later. We'll probably have a Star Wars show within a couple years, I wouldn't be suprised if Trek doesn't put out something in the next 2-3 years. Maybe Firefly will come back if the movie does well. Highly doubtful but stranger things have happened. Joss Whedon may come back to TV in the next few years and JJ Abrams (Lost, Alias) has a bounty hunter TV show in the works.
This upcoming season may not look great, but I have hope for the future. In the meantime I will cope by watching stuff that is close.
Oh, and there is one show that I am looking forward to -
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=20210
I have faith in Tim Minear. He rocked the Buffyverse, Firefly and Wonderfalls.
EDIT: And just to throw more gas on the fire, here is the major network schedule for the Fall '05 season: http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=20275
No sci-fi/fantasy there, either.
As for sci-fi, I consider Lost to be close enough for my liking. The last season of Enterprise (if you remove the first 2 eps and the last ep) was really good but is now dead.
But yeah, there isn't much in way of sci-fi/fantasy around these days. But there is still some very good stuff that is geek-genre. Smallville, for example. And I hear that 24 show is pretty good. And Alias is a spy-show but it does have lots of high-tech stuff going on so I count it as geek-genre, if not sci-fi.
I've stated in multiple threads that I think we are going into a slow time for geek-genre TV. But, this past season (Fall 04/Spring 05) surprised the heck out of me with all the new shows that were of very high quality like Veronica Mars, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Rescue Me and Eyes.
There was a similar time (remember the 80's?) where there wasn't much in the way of sci-fi/fantasy programming. The 90's were teriffic, however. So many great shows had there run during that time period.
With superhero and fantasy movies being so popular some shows are bound to pop up sooner or later. We'll probably have a Star Wars show within a couple years, I wouldn't be suprised if Trek doesn't put out something in the next 2-3 years. Maybe Firefly will come back if the movie does well. Highly doubtful but stranger things have happened. Joss Whedon may come back to TV in the next few years and JJ Abrams (Lost, Alias) has a bounty hunter TV show in the works.
This upcoming season may not look great, but I have hope for the future. In the meantime I will cope by watching stuff that is close.
Oh, and there is one show that I am looking forward to -
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=20210
I have faith in Tim Minear. He rocked the Buffyverse, Firefly and Wonderfalls.
EDIT: And just to throw more gas on the fire, here is the major network schedule for the Fall '05 season: http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=20275
No sci-fi/fantasy there, either.
Ranger REG
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I dunno. I'd classify it as a psychological thriller with a conspiracy element.John Crichton said:
Smallville is about as sci-fi as you can get (it will move to Thursday night). But it's now four seasons old.John Crichton said:
Unfortunately, Tim Daly's Eyes didn't caught on. It won't be back (though ABC might reserve it as a midseason replacement).John Crichton said:
In the 90's, there was a boom in the syndicated show market. If there weren't, we wouldn't have Babylon 5, Time Traxx, War of the World, Highlander: The Series, etc.John Crichton said:
While Smallville have succeeded, those producers were not able to repeat it for Birds of Prey.John Crichton said:
In the movie industry, For every X-Men film, you got flops like The Incredible Hulk, Daredevil, and Elektra. The surprise superhero film in the last 12 months is The Incredibles.
Arnwyn
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Uh... what are you guys talking about?John Crichton said:
AFAIC, it looks like the fall '05 season has more sci-fi/fantasy than most years - on major networks no less. Doesn't anyone bother to read the paper (or, even the attached link) anymore? Fall '05 has:
- Fathom (NBC, sci-fi)
- The Ghost Whisperer (CBS, supernatural)
- Invasion (ABC, sci-fi)
- The Night Stalker (ABC, supernatural)
- Threshold (CBS, sci-fi)
sniffles
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Ankh-Morpork Guard said:
Technowraith did say "non-cable". Battlestar Exlaxia and Stargate are both on cable.
I am really not looking forward to The Night Stalker. I'm not sure it qualifies as sci-fi or fantasy, but I suppose that depends on what type of stories they choose to do. The original series was supernatural horror, mainly, although I guess it did have some sci-fi elements. I just don't think it will be the same without the sloppy, misongynistic Carl Kolchak of the 70s.
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Sir Brennen
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One thing that bugs me - all of the shows you have labeled "sci-fi" are about alien invasion of earth, which is a sci-fi subgenre I think has been done to death on television (4400 falls in this category, too.) I guess it makes a little more sense from a budget perspective, though - easier to set on contemporary earth and not FX intensive as a Star Trek or BSG type series.arnwyn said:
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