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[QUOTE]Originally posted by WizArtist II: [QB] So, we've seen the end of Stargate: Universe which was the last real Science Fiction program on. Even the shows that could only marginally be tossed in this category (No Ordinary Family, Smallville, The Event) are on their way out as well apparently. It seems that no Sci-fi show can get off the ground and make it. I realize that cost has a lot to do with the decisions of the network exec's, but you think they would look at the success of the big screen and try to find a way to tap it. But then again we are talking bottom-line bean counters and not any thing that an alien species would be able to qualify as intelligent life. Yes, I'm talking about YOU SYFY network executives. So what does everyone think is going to happen to this genre? Our forum has become quite barren lately with most posts not really genre related. I am clinging on to Doctor Who hoping that they don't do something stupid with that show (THANK YOU, BBC). But in reality, the foreseeable future of broadcast TV seems desolate and bleak for those of us who dream of starships, aliens, space battles, and worlds beyond our own. Even in the publishing world I've seen very little from my favorites, the Killer B's (Bear, Benford, Brin). I couldn't even find a Gordon Dickson novel at Borders the other day. Has Science Fiction lost its appeal? I remember reading Heinlein, Bradbury, Assimov, Clark etc. as a kid and being filled with the wonder of the future. The visions of far off exotic places and the trials of exploration calling forth the "Hero" to triumph. Now it seems like all we can hope for is the latest Comic-Adaptation Uber-F/X Movie to splash the silver screen for a couple of hours and try to quench the thirst ever so temporarily. It seems we are all now Luke Skywalker standing on a desert planet looking to the stars with a longing call that has yet to be answered by two wayward droids. Where is our Sci-Fi future? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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