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Initial Thoughts on Discovery

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Like it
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Hate it
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Postby Ameriganastan » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:40 am

Okay, what kind of blow were these writers on when they thought "Late Delivery From Avalon" sounded like a good script?
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Postby The New California Republic » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:42 am

Ameriganastan wrote:Okay, what kind of blow were these writers on when they thought "Late Delivery From Avalon" sounded like a good script?

...

...Isn't that Babylon 5?
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Postby Tarsonis » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:43 am

Ameriganastan wrote:Okay, what kind of blow were these writers on when they thought "Late Delivery From Avalon" sounded like a good script?


Ah good ol 90’s sci-fi cheese
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The New California Republic wrote:
Ameriganastan wrote:Okay, what kind of blow were these writers on when they thought "Late Delivery From Avalon" sounded like a good script?

...

...Isn't that Babylon 5?


We discuss B5 here. ST is the umbrella under which all these little shows cower from the rains of obscurity.
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Postby The New California Republic » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:48 am

Tarsonis wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:...

...Isn't that Babylon 5?


We discuss B5 here. ST is the umbrella under which all these little shows cower from the rains of obscurity.

I watched a few episodes of it but never got into it.
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Postby New haven america » Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:01 pm

The New California Republic wrote:
Ameriganastan wrote:Okay, what kind of blow were these writers on when they thought "Late Delivery From Avalon" sounded like a good script?

...

...Isn't that Babylon 5?

We also watch Stargate, Firefly, Farscape, some of the many, many, many shows SyFy canceled, etc...
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Postby Tarsonis » Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:53 pm

New haven america wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:...

...Isn't that Babylon 5?

We also watch Stargate, Firefly, Farscape, one of the many shows SyFy canceled, etc...


To be fair Farscape was only slated for one more season anyway, and the PK wars wrapped it up without all the filler
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Postby New haven america » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:18 pm

On this topic, why do you guys think SyFy hates sci-fi shows?

For me personally, I think it's because they keep trying to find the next BSG '04 and keep failing, which causes them to cancel shows if they're not immediate hits (Similar to how Nick treats non-SpongeBob shows). Also, wrestling and low-tier horror movies are much easier on the pockets.
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Postby Ameriganastan » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:21 pm

New haven america wrote:On this topic, why do you guys think SyFy hates sci-fi shows?

For me personally, I think it's because they keep trying to find the next BSG '04 and keep failing, which causes them to cancel shows if they're not immediate hits (Similar to how Nick treats non-SpongeBob shows). Also, wrestling and low-tier horror movies are much easier on the pockets.

I haven't even watched SyFy since they cancelled Face/Off. I don't even know what they run these days.
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Postby New haven america » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:26 pm

Ameriganastan wrote:
New haven america wrote:On this topic, why do you guys think SyFy hates sci-fi shows?

For me personally, I think it's because they keep trying to find the next BSG '04 and keep failing, which causes them to cancel shows if they're not immediate hits (Similar to how Nick treats non-SpongeBob shows). Also, wrestling and low-tier horror movies are much easier on the pockets.

I haven't even watched SyFy since they cancelled Face/Off. I don't even know what they run these days.

Original series: Killjoys, The Magicians, Winona Earp, and Van Hellsing. With them having canceled The Expanse, Dark Matter, and Krypton.

Also, they're making a Child's Play series, so you got that to look forward to.
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Postby Ameriganastan » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:31 pm

New haven america wrote:Original series: Killjoys, The Magicians, Winona Earp, and Van Hellsing. With them having canceled The Expanse, Dark Matter, and Krypton.

Oh, right. Wynona Earp. Still waiting for season 4 on that...

New haven america wrote:Also, they're making a Child's Play series, so you got that to look forward to.

...Yeah, me and those movies...we don't get along. I will hard pass on that.
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Krazakistan wrote: He is a force of negativity for the sake of negativity

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Postby Ism » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:59 pm

New haven america wrote:
Ameriganastan wrote:I haven't even watched SyFy since they cancelled Face/Off. I don't even know what they run these days.

Original series: Killjoys, The Magicians, Winona Earp, and Van Hellsing. With them having canceled The Expanse, Dark Matter, and Krypton.

Also, they're making a Child's Play series, so you got that to look forward to.


Ugh, still salty about The Expanse and Dark Matter.
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Postby Grenartia » Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:41 am

New haven america wrote:
Ameriganastan wrote:I haven't even watched SyFy since they cancelled Face/Off. I don't even know what they run these days.

Original series: Killjoys, The Magicians, Winona Earp, and Van Hellsing. With them having canceled The Expanse, Dark Matter, and Krypton.

Also, they're making a Child's Play series, so you got that to look forward to.


I stopped watching after they fucked SGU, watched again for Dark Matter, and then after the first season, never saw it on again (though I heard they made a second season, but only after it finished airing).
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Postby The New California Republic » Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:50 am

New haven america wrote:On this topic, why do you guys think SyFy hates sci-fi shows?

I watch the horror channel here in the UK, which shows Sci Fi stuff in the evenings. It has finished its run of DS9 and has just started Voyager last week. This will be the fourth(?) time that I'll have watched Voyager from start to finish. :oops:
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Postby Ameriganastan » Wed Sep 18, 2019 9:59 am

Ah, the sight and sound of Londo being miserable. Bellissimo. Thank you, "Interludes and Examinations"...course they also
killed Kosh
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Postby Ism » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:38 am

Grenartia wrote:
New haven america wrote:Original series: Killjoys, The Magicians, Winona Earp, and Van Hellsing. With them having canceled The Expanse, Dark Matter, and Krypton.

Also, they're making a Child's Play series, so you got that to look forward to.


I stopped watching after they fucked SGU, watched again for Dark Matter, and then after the first season, never saw it on again (though I heard they made a second season, but only after it finished airing).


They actually got to Season 3. And then they axed it after a massive cliffhanger. Of course.
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Postby Tarsonis » Wed Sep 18, 2019 2:29 pm

Grenartia wrote:
New haven america wrote:Original series: Killjoys, The Magicians, Winona Earp, and Van Hellsing. With them having canceled The Expanse, Dark Matter, and Krypton.

Also, they're making a Child's Play series, so you got that to look forward to.


I stopped watching after they fucked SGU, watched again for Dark Matter, and then after the first season, never saw it on again (though I heard they made a second season, but only after it finished airing).


Eh, I was really upset when they cancelled SGU. But I watched it again about a year ago, and....yeah it needed to go. Robert Carlyle can only hold up so much dead weight
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...Did "War Without End" just imply
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Postby The Huskar Social Union » Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:22 am

Ameriganastan wrote:...Did "War Without End" just imply
Sinclair was Valen
? I hate time travel...

More than imply


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probably talked about this before but will there be a Star Trek IV and how will they replace or write off ensign Chekov since the actor who played him died.
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Gig em Aggies wrote:probably talked about this before but will there be a Star Trek IV and how will they replace or write off ensign Chekov since the actor who played him died.

It was cancelled last i heard back in january.
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The Huskar Social Union wrote:
Gig em Aggies wrote:probably talked about this before but will there be a Star Trek IV and how will they replace or write off ensign Chekov since the actor who played him died.

It was cancelled last i heard back in january.

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Oh, man. That is a real kick in the balls.
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Thats sad, rip.
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