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Posted by Waylynn on :

This may have been discussed and I missed it (I have not visited the forums in awhile) but I thought I mention this, not seeing it anywhere.

I found this artcile in today' (July 16) Province newspaper (out of Vancover BC, Canada)...

This 'new' show is shoot in Vancover and will be premiering this fall. The show has a 2 year, 44 episode commitment from its distributor.

Robert Hewitt Wolfe (from DS9) is co-producing and writing the new series.

The show stars Kevin Sorbo as Capt. Dylan Hunt, who has been in suspended animation for 300 years.

Andromeda takes place 3 centries after the destruction of the Commonwealth, a benevolent sytem that governed three galaxies until a civil war reduced it to splinters. The 'starship' Andromeda and crew survive as the last remenant of the advanced Commonwealth. civilization, sworn to defeat the forces of darkness that can be relied to cause big trouble in deep sapce.

This was one of Roddenberry's ideas that never, until now, never went beyond an outline due to his work on Star Trek. Roddenberry thought this as a Wagon Train to the stars, where the characters face challenges on their terrestial frontier.

My opinion, it 'sounds' interesting, but I'd have to see it to make final judgement.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Gee, "wagon train to the stars"... Doesn't the encyclopedia say that's what GR called Trek?

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Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :

Yep, exactly. Which leads me to think maybe they accidentally cut out the latter half of a comparison or something. *shrug*

My instincts tell me that they will follow the "Earth: Final Conflict" or "Sliders" formula of series decline.

Step 1: Interesting, if low budget, first season with promising stories.
Step 2: Set-up stories for an arc are dismissed as "uninteresting" by the powers that be even though the small fan community loves the show.
Step 3: Good writers and producers are kicked out, new ones with more formulaic writing and action cliches replace them.
Step 4: Old audience rejects new episodes, general audience ignores show.
Step 5: Powers that be blame the writers are push it to a bad time slot or a weird unreachable cable channel.
Step 6: Audience declines, powers that be complain and wonder why, ad infinitum.

On another notes, one of the actors was on a cute teen drama several years back called "Ready or Not", if anyone remembers.

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

Yes, it's a pity that most promising shows go that way.
At least Star Gate has lasted a while with a good running.

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

"The show stars Kevin Sorbo as Capt. Dylan Hunt, who has been in suspended animation for 300 years"

'Dylan Hunt' was the name of the character from Genisis II (1973, played by Alex Cord) and Planet Earth (1974, played by John Saxon.)

Is this maybe Roddenberry's continuation of the PAX storyline? Mister Hunt would seem to have a real talent for sleeping through the years, if this is the case.

Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :

Maybe Roddenberry just liked the name. I remember he used the name Tiberious for other characters besides Kirk although I can't for the life of me remember where.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Mucus: In your sig, you're missing an 'i' in "plagiarism".

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

I'm not sure I'd say that Sliders was ever interesting, aside from the necessary role it played in feeding my Kari Wuhrer crush.

I would tenetively call Earth: Final Conflict a success, despite some rather embarassing blunders. Based on that, I have at least some hope that Andromeda will be good.

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Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :

TSN: You're 100% right. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPITY Beep Beep
Oh well, its time to rotate anyways.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Am looking forward to this show, more then I have anything since TNG. Two of the writers have posted at the Slipstreambbs. If they want this show to make it, it will need to open with a bang and keep going. They will have trek fans and Hercules fans on the first night, but after that, it will have to be good.

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