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Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message: HTML is enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mucus: [QB] Hmmm, a thought occurs... for once the fortunes of science fiction on either TV or the movies seems to be on a cautious upswing. Consider: [b]The upside:[/b] Star Trek : Enterprise seems to have a new producer and has both its episode count and budget reduced. (According to trektoday anyways) Thus, we've got a bit of a carrot and the stick situation going. Hopefully, we'll get some better writing and if we don't it gets cancelled freeing up a lot of room for other competitors. If it does both....well at least ST will end on a high note. Battlestar Galactica: This is in production and hopefully it will avoid the traps and pitfalls that Andromeda walked into (and rolled around several times on). I'm at least mildly hopeful because the two pseudo-lead characters (Adama and Roslin) have actors with some sense of dignity ... plus Ron Moore seems to have a pretty good understanding about the pitfalls of ST: Voyager. Stargate SG-1/Atlantis: Pretty remarkable story-telling and longevity, considering what I initially thought was a pretty limited premise. Firefly BDM/Serenity: Now, I would have given up anything else on this list for Firefly to be on tv....but beggars can't be choosers. Getting a movie is pretty damn remarkable for a show that only had 14 episodes before it got cancelled and they have the whole cast back too....plus its in production :) B5: The Memory of Shadows: While I'm pretty skeptical about Babylon 5 in theatres. Hell, I have to be amusied by the thought of my favorite TV show still kicking around. The problem is that B5s main advantage was its long and well-planned story...both which do not translate well to the big screen. Interestingly enough, TMoS seems to already have some adjunct in development... oh and Rising Stars (the comic) finally looks like its going to be finished. Farscape: There's already a thread on this, and since I don't know much about it...blah. I only mention it because that makes three (!) dead shows (Firefly, B5, Farscape) that have been resurrected, seemlingly from sheer force of will. HGT2G movie: Well, the writer seems like a pretty smart guy. We can always hope... [b]The downside:[/b] The Matrix was pretty much a failiure and deservedly so. Jeremiah seems to have vanished from the face of the earth (and its a pity too, given the non-presence of post-apocalyptic shows....considering the number of movies that like to depict the end of the world) We also have to survive the horror of SWIII and I, Robot (which looks like a damn big departure from the books) In all, the current state doesn't look *too* bad considering how crummy it looked say 6 months ago. (No Firefly, B5, Farscape) Finally, we have Sliders (1,2 seasons), Futurama (4th season), and even Harsh Realm coming out on DVD in August. [/QB][/QUOTE]

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