The official "End of Farscape Thread"

[jdavis]

Well you get new people with new ideas and things change, Farscape was a victem of this, I mean they are not even going to show it as reruns, somebody high up decided to kill it. I mean how can you go from just being signed for two more seasons to being cancelled in just a couple of months? They switched its timeslot and the ratings dropped, well wouldn't that mean that you shouldn't of switched the timeslot? Somebody didn't like it and they tanked the show to get a reason to get out of the contract, probably so they could come up with more money for these miniseries events.

I understand the ratings bit and I would of accepted the ratings excuse except for the fact that they have yet to put out anything in a year that has gotten any type of rating at all. Scare tactics will pop a rating for a couple of weeks before it gets stale, if they are smart they only filmed 3 or 4 episodes, the Dreamteam came and went so fast I didn't even know it had started and just how long do they think John Edwards will last doing the same exact thing over and over again every night? You know what the only thing that stuck was Stargate SG1 which is a space science fiction show (go figure) and part of it's appeal was that it had a large library of reruns. They put out these mini series and specials to draw attention to the channel but don't understand why the people who showed up to watch Dune don't stay around to catch the Dreamteam? Who wants to watch science fiction reality shows? They have a narrow target audience, they have to hit that audience, I'm afraid that Tremors the series just isn't going to get it, and what do they say when the replacement show gets lower ratings than the one it replaced, what if it drags Stargate down on Fridays too? They seem to have lost touch with their target audience.

 

[Skade]

Jdavis, a while back, when the first Dune mini-series came out, I would have disagreed with you. There were so many complaints from here, and elsewhere about Sci_fi straying away from sci-fi and losing touch with the audience that made the channel survive.

Now, I have to agree with you and it saddens me that I must. Tremors is an atrocity. The original movie had some small charm for its camp and homage to creature flicks of the past. A very small charm. Nothing that compare to Farascape in any way. Farscapes only real problem was that it did not dumb it self down for the lowest common denominator. It allowed us to see the wierdness of the creators minds. There was nothing like it on TV, and for that alone it should have been saved.

 

[John Crichton]

I think Riverworld and CoD are great and feed right into the SF audience.

Oh, I totally agree. I was referring more to Sci Fi's declaration that they wanted to get away from "space/future" shows.

 

[Hand of Evil]

I think Riverworld and CoD are great and feed right into the SF audience.

Now Tremors rankles me (seriously, I cannot see why this franchise prospers. Honestly, are there any "Tremors" fans out there?) As does Scare Tactics (which I see as a capitulation to the reality TV audience) and John Edwards (which is a capitulation to Oprah type audiences.)

SciFi is producing shows like CoD and Riverworld because they have a core following that carries over to TV. The next is Amber (I think) but how long can they keep doing this?

The trend to reality shows is because they are cheap.

 

[Khorod]

Great Sorrow...

Happy I missed half the third season, more to see...

Bad that the only other worthwhile show, Stargate, is visibly getting worse. Since coming to Sci-Fi the episodes are more episodic & less serial, and very predictable. And with the season finale, seem to be heading over to the paranormal side of Stargate, which was never meant to be a huge part....

But its the wrong thread for that.

Personally, I am at this point refusing to watch anything on Sci-Fi except Farscape & possibly Stargate reruns. I don't need their specials, and don't want to give them a false sense of my approval by doing so.

Me and my friends indulged in hysterical laughter for 5 minutes. I started when I saw the ray activated. I knew it would be disintegration or something, and that Sci-Fi execs had never bothered to watch the show to see how far they were messing with the audience.

Later,

 

[Nightfall]

All I have say is until they bring back new Stargate eps, I expect more freetime on Fridays.

 

[jdavis]

Me and my friends indulged in hysterical laughter for 5 minutes. I started when I saw the ray activated. I knew it would be disintegration or something, and that Sci-Fi execs had never bothered to watch the show to see how far they were messing with the audience.

Later,

You have to wonder if they actually knew how it was going to end and what effect that ending was going to have? I mean the big to be continued plastered on the screen and then the little condisending note from Sci Fi after it sort of made the stomach lurch, maybe that was the effect they were going for. I find the ending left me even madder at Sci Fi as now I am left knowing that there was something to continue and now it won't be. Did the execs even check out what they were showing to see that it was sort of a slap in the face to them for cancelling it? It's obvious they could of ended it a minute earlier and went out on happy note at a spot that would of been a great end point, instead they left us with one of the biggest cliffhangers the show ever had, maybe it was planned that way intentionally, to keep interest in the show and to keep people mad at Sci Fi for pulling the plug (as if next weeks showing of Tremors the series won't do that).

 

[LightPhoenix]

I would bet that a lot of the execs don't watch many of the shows. Perhaps we should be glad they don't - they completely ruined The Invisible Man (will tell the story if anyone asks). That said, I wouldn't expect them to watch a lot of their own programming. I work at a radio station, and I don't listen to the station that much.

Still, you really have to wonder what is going on over there.

 

[RangerWickett]

I would bet that a lot of the execs don't watch many of the shows. Perhaps we should be glad they don't - they completely ruined The Invisible Man (will tell the story if anyone asks). That said, I wouldn't expect them to watch a lot of their own programming. I work at a radio station, and I don't listen to the station that much.

Still, you really have to wonder what is going on over there.

Tell the story.

 

[jdavis]

Tell the story.

Yea this would be the perfect time and place for a tale of Sci Fi execs insanity. Tell the story.