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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Brennen" data-source="post: 4175524" data-attributes="member: 553">All sound interesting enough for me to give 'em a spot on the DVR. I certainly am not going to write anything off just because it sounds like an element of some show that was on somewhere sometime ago. There's almost no story premise which isn't going to seem similar to something. Heck, even "Lost" has drawn comparison's to "Gilligan's Island". What will make a show unique is what fresh perspectives it can bring to the premise, as well as how interesting and involving the characters are, and how well the story is going to be told.Virtuality is probably relying on the audience to be familiar with virtual reality concepts, including ST:NG's holodeck. The mention of the ability to "travel" could also mean it's more like tele-presence equipment than a VR rec-room (I think this approach will almost be necessary to sustain the series.) Add in the more hard sci-fi idea that this is a crew isolated in deep space, on a mission taking years to get to just one other solar system - not landing on a new planet every episode - and I think you've got a good opportunity for a character driven "mystery" show closer to Lost meets BSG than ST:NG.Dollhouse, while it looks to have resemblances to other recent lead-female-spy series, sort of takes the concept implied in the title of Alias to the extreme. From other articles I've read, the assassins pretty much have their minds reprogrammed to have a new identity when they take on an assignment. For me, this is closer to the classic science fiction novel All My Sins Remembered. Whereas Alias was more about examining family bonds in extreme circumstances, Dollhouse is looking at questions of identity and free will.Fringe well, a show built around paranormal investigation is always going to be an idea out there someone's trying to pitch. The premise just lends itself to episodic television too well. The challenge will again be, what new spin can they bring to the premise? The mention of Altered States in the mash-up description has me interested.Boldly Going Nowhere eh. Sci-fi comedy is hard to do, especially for a television series. Really, what ground can they cover that Futurama hasn't already?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> re: concerns about FOXHasn't FOX had some turnover in upper management since Firefly? It's a different ballgame for TV shows since then, too. More competition from cable channels, but more outlets to get content (and marketing) out there. Heck, you can watch tv on your frakkin' phone, now. Sci-fi didn't use to attract the network numbers it does these days, but in some ways the genre is a victim of its own success. Some of the popular shows have set the bar pretty high, and trying to match their quality is an expensive proposition. Good ratings are almost required out of the gate to afford continuing to produce the show.  I think you could stack FOX's record up against the other network's failed genre shows at this point and it'd look pretty even.  But there's just some things the browncoats won't let go <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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