Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss
Re: HISTORY CHANNEL **SCREW-UP**!!! It was SCHEDULED to have an "IRT" Marathon Today. But DISAPPOINTS Us with "Swamp People!!"
3 views
Skip to first unread message
(¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <http://www.TravelForPay.org>
Nov 24, 2011, 1:25:30 PM11/24/11
to
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:54:29 -0800 (PST),
Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> (¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <http://www.TravelForPay.org> wote:
>> The HISTORY CHANNEL **SCREW-UP**!!! It was SCHEDULED
>> to have an "IRT" Marathon Today. But DISAPPOINTED Us with
>> "Swamp People," INSTEAD!!
> History Channel is a disappointment _everyday_, as all they show
> nowadays is Ice-Road-Pawn-Shopping-Gator-Hunting-Ancient-Alien shit.
Yeah. And Skiffy (The Sci-Fi Channel) USED to be worth watching
when it was all S-F. But in recent years it's been filled with GARBAGY
*horror* movies and totally OFF-topic **wrestling**!!!
WRESTLING?!?! On the SCI-FI Channel??? What the HELL???!!?
And if they want to show horror movies, someone should START
a *Horror Channel* where they would be ON-topic!
Just think of all the GREAT S-F classic TV that the Sci-Fi Channel
COULD be showing, from the '50s" "Captain Video," Science Fiction
Theater," One Step Beyond," ALL of the "Twilight Zone" and "Outer
Limits" series from the '50s to recently.
And there are HORDES of S-F movies that they likely have NEVER
yet shown. Has anyone ever seen "The Questor Tapes" or "Brother-
hood of the Bell" on Sci-Fi? (The latter is marginally S-F; the former is
a GREAT sci-fi flick!)
I got hooked on the IRT series in the History Channel because
of MY trips up the Kamikaze Trail back in 1976. Thee it all was to
see an enjoy again -- the sloping bridge across the Yukon River...
the Beaver Slide... the beautiful Atigun Pass over the Brooks Range;
the tundra of the North Slope that seems to extend into infinity.
And the Chandalar Shelf. They CALL it "The Shelf" on the show, but
it's REALLY the "Chandalar Shelf." And the Chandalar Camp of the
Alyeska Pipeline Service company, which was there while the pipe-
line was being built, stood right between the top of the Chandalar
Shelf incline and the base of the Brooks Range at Atigun Pass. It's
interesting to note that as one ascends the Chandalar Shelf, one
leaves the LAST trees of the Alaskan taiga behind. From there on
north, it's ALL tundra. Vegetation that feels like you're treading on
*sponges* as you walk on it! There are NO trees growing in the
hundreds of miles of terrain above the Chandalar Shelf. I don't
think that's ever been mentioned on the show as yet.
It WOULD have been a fun day for me to watch TV today! I
wish the History Channel had had it's act together and NOT loused
its schedule!!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
-- Craig Chilton (E-Mail me if you wish, from top 5 websites below.)
http://www.TravelForPay.org -- Unemployment Solution!
http://www.ChristianEgalitarian.com -- Fight the hateful RRR Cult!
http://apifar.blogspot.com -- Tactics: Defending Human Rights
http://pro-christian.blogspot.com -- Exposing RRR Cult Bigotry
http://www.shadowandillusion.com -- Learn "The LOPAQUA Secret!"
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/print/14481 -- Excellent article!
http://base8.lavenderliberal.com/index.html -- Searchable Database
of the Proposition Hate (8) ENEMIES of Human Rights! KNOW the
enemies... and then HARASS and BOYCOTT the enemies, as much
as it is legally possible to do so!
Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> (¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <http://www.TravelForPay.org> wote:
>> The HISTORY CHANNEL **SCREW-UP**!!! It was SCHEDULED
>> to have an "IRT" Marathon Today. But DISAPPOINTED Us with
>> "Swamp People," INSTEAD!!
> History Channel is a disappointment _everyday_, as all they show
> nowadays is Ice-Road-Pawn-Shopping-Gator-Hunting-Ancient-Alien shit.
Yeah. And Skiffy (The Sci-Fi Channel) USED to be worth watching
when it was all S-F. But in recent years it's been filled with GARBAGY
*horror* movies and totally OFF-topic **wrestling**!!!
WRESTLING?!?! On the SCI-FI Channel??? What the HELL???!!?
And if they want to show horror movies, someone should START
a *Horror Channel* where they would be ON-topic!
Just think of all the GREAT S-F classic TV that the Sci-Fi Channel
COULD be showing, from the '50s" "Captain Video," Science Fiction
Theater," One Step Beyond," ALL of the "Twilight Zone" and "Outer
Limits" series from the '50s to recently.
And there are HORDES of S-F movies that they likely have NEVER
yet shown. Has anyone ever seen "The Questor Tapes" or "Brother-
hood of the Bell" on Sci-Fi? (The latter is marginally S-F; the former is
a GREAT sci-fi flick!)
I got hooked on the IRT series in the History Channel because
of MY trips up the Kamikaze Trail back in 1976. Thee it all was to
see an enjoy again -- the sloping bridge across the Yukon River...
the Beaver Slide... the beautiful Atigun Pass over the Brooks Range;
the tundra of the North Slope that seems to extend into infinity.
And the Chandalar Shelf. They CALL it "The Shelf" on the show, but
it's REALLY the "Chandalar Shelf." And the Chandalar Camp of the
Alyeska Pipeline Service company, which was there while the pipe-
line was being built, stood right between the top of the Chandalar
Shelf incline and the base of the Brooks Range at Atigun Pass. It's
interesting to note that as one ascends the Chandalar Shelf, one
leaves the LAST trees of the Alaskan taiga behind. From there on
north, it's ALL tundra. Vegetation that feels like you're treading on
*sponges* as you walk on it! There are NO trees growing in the
hundreds of miles of terrain above the Chandalar Shelf. I don't
think that's ever been mentioned on the show as yet.
It WOULD have been a fun day for me to watch TV today! I
wish the History Channel had had it's act together and NOT loused
its schedule!!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
-- Craig Chilton (E-Mail me if you wish, from top 5 websites below.)
http://www.TravelForPay.org -- Unemployment Solution!
http://www.ChristianEgalitarian.com -- Fight the hateful RRR Cult!
http://apifar.blogspot.com -- Tactics: Defending Human Rights
http://pro-christian.blogspot.com -- Exposing RRR Cult Bigotry
http://www.shadowandillusion.com -- Learn "The LOPAQUA Secret!"
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/print/14481 -- Excellent article!
http://base8.lavenderliberal.com/index.html -- Searchable Database
of the Proposition Hate (8) ENEMIES of Human Rights! KNOW the
enemies... and then HARASS and BOYCOTT the enemies, as much
as it is legally possible to do so!
Jerry Heyman
Nov 24, 2011, 6:53:18 PM11/24/11
to
(¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <http://www.TravelForPay.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:54:29 -0800 (PST),
> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>> (¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <http://www.TravelForPay.org> wote:
>
>
>>> The HISTORY CHANNEL **SCREW-UP**!!! It was SCHEDULED
>>> to have an "IRT" Marathon Today. But DISAPPOINTED Us with
>>> "Swamp People," INSTEAD!!
>
>> History Channel is a disappointment _everyday_, as all they show
>> nowadays is Ice-Road-Pawn-Shopping-Gator-Hunting-Ancient-Alien shit.
The Ancient Alien stuff I enjoy, most of the other shows that they have
> On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:54:29 -0800 (PST),
> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>> (¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <http://www.TravelForPay.org> wote:
>
>
>>> The HISTORY CHANNEL **SCREW-UP**!!! It was SCHEDULED
>>> to have an "IRT" Marathon Today. But DISAPPOINTED Us with
>>> "Swamp People," INSTEAD!!
>
>> History Channel is a disappointment _everyday_, as all they show
>> nowadays is Ice-Road-Pawn-Shopping-Gator-Hunting-Ancient-Alien shit.
aren't really that good - but they get high ratings. That's the name of
the game. History is part of the A&E TV Networks. We're members of the
History Channel club, and the bimonthly magazine is enjoyable.
> Yeah. And Skiffy (The Sci-Fi Channel) USED to be worth watching
> when it was all S-F. But in recent years it's been filled with GARBAGY
> *horror* movies and totally OFF-topic **wrestling**!!!
>
> WRESTLING?!?! On the SCI-FI Channel??? What the HELL???!!?
to Syfy was to broaden their appeal. They thought the SciFi name was
too limiting. And as part of the NBC-Universal-Comcast set of channels,
we know that audience is key - not content.
> And if they want to show horror movies, someone should START
> a *Horror Channel* where they would be ON-topic!
> Just think of all the GREAT S-F classic TV that the Sci-Fi Channel
> COULD be showing, from the '50s" "Captain Video," Science Fiction
> Theater," One Step Beyond," ALL of the "Twilight Zone" and "Outer
> Limits" series from the '50s to recently.
>
> And there are HORDES of S-F movies that they likely have NEVER
> yet shown. Has anyone ever seen "The Questor Tapes" or "Brother-
> hood of the Bell" on Sci-Fi? (The latter is marginally S-F; the former is
> a GREAT sci-fi flick!)
SciFi/Syfy tends to do things on the "cheap", if the rights are too high,
they don't try to get them. Some of their original TV Series have been
quite watchable - others not so. BSG was a critical success, SG1 was
purchased from Showtime, and had a good run, spawned SGA which had a 5yr
run, which spawned SGU - which was way to dark and wound up being cancelled.
The Dresden files was one of my all-time favorites - but somehow didn't
survive more than 13 episodes :-(
[ ... rant on IRT marathon not being shown deleted ... ]
jerry
--
// Jerry Heyman | "It is hard to imagine a more
stupid
// Amigan Forever :-) | or dangerous way to make decisions
\\ // heymanj at acm dot org | than by putting those decisions in
\X/ http://www.hobbeshollow.com | the hands of people who pay no
price
| for being wrong" - Thomas Sowell
Your Name
Nov 24, 2011, 7:11:48 PM11/24/11
to
(¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <http://www.TravelForPay.org> wote:
>
> The HISTORY CHANNEL **SCREW-UP**!!! It was SCHEDULED
> to have an "IRT" Marathon Today. But DISAPPOINTED Us with
> "Swamp People," INSTEAD!!
Sky TV channels here in New Zealand are just as hopeless - some of the
>
> The HISTORY CHANNEL **SCREW-UP**!!! It was SCHEDULED
> to have an "IRT" Marathon Today. But DISAPPOINTED Us with
> "Swamp People," INSTEAD!!
channels often have completely different shows to those advertised (even
in Sky's own on-screen listings!). :-(
Barack Hussein Bohica
Nov 25, 2011, 5:18:07 AM11/25/11
to
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:25:30 -0600, "(¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯)
<http://www.TravelForPay.org>" <a...@h.com> wrote:
>http://base8.lavenderliberal.com/index.html -- Searchable Database
> of the Proposition Hate (8) ENEMIES of Human Rights! KNOW the
> enemies... and then HARASS and BOYCOTT the enemies, as much
> as it is legally possible to do so!
With a little luck, "the enemies" will be heavily armed and in a bad
<http://www.TravelForPay.org>" <a...@h.com> wrote:
>http://base8.lavenderliberal.com/index.html -- Searchable Database
> of the Proposition Hate (8) ENEMIES of Human Rights! KNOW the
> enemies... and then HARASS and BOYCOTT the enemies, as much
> as it is legally possible to do so!
mood when you HARASS them...
David
Nov 25, 2011, 7:19:33 AM11/25/11
to
"(¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) " wrote in message
news:5j0tc71lfhvb83vnb...@4ax.com...
> Farscape, Starhunter marathon weekend for me.
>
> http://daviderl.com/ .
> http://daviderl31.blogspot.com/
(¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <http://www.TravelForPay.org>
Nov 25, 2011, 9:50:25 PM11/25/11
to
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:18:07 -0800,
Barack Hussein Bohica <Charlie...@whitehouse.gov> wrote:
> With a little luck, "the enemies" will be heavily armed and
> in a bad mood when you HARASS them...
Those dweebish little cowardly bigoted WIMPS!!!
ROTFL!! Having ZERO *facts* on their side, and nothing
but SHAMEFUL bigoted agendas, those weasily little WIMPS
are such craven COWARDS that they don't even have the
courage of their convictions to post their specious and vac-
uous hate-swill under their REAL, FULL names.
As an egalitarian who proudly *supports* Human and Civil
rights, I have NO such problem. ALL 25,000+ post I've put
up in Usenet -- and ALL other of my writings that have appear-
ANYWHERE and EVERYwhere else during my entire LIFETIME,
have been under MY real, full name. Without one iota of
hesitation.
Bigoted lowlifes are impotent and cowardly WUSSES.
Laughingstocks.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
NOTE ---
It is EASY to understand why almost ALL hateful and ignorant
bigots cravenly cower behind aliases and phony names, while MANY
intelligent egalitarians proudly and without hesitation post under
their full REAL names (as I have *always* done, in ALL of my posts).
It's for the same reason that KKK members cowered under hoods.
Because they supported SHAMEFUL agendas, and didn't want to
have such abject stupidity EXPOSED to their friends and neighbors,
and thus be subjected to well-deserved ridicule. While on the other
hand, egalitarians who support and defend personal LIBERTIES
have absolutely NOTHING to be ashamed of.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
-- Craig Chilton (E-Mail me if you wish, from top 5 websites below.)
http://www.TravelForPay.org -- Unemployment Solution!
http://www.ChristianEgalitarian.com -- Fight the hateful RRR Cult!
http://apifar.blogspot.com -- Tactics: Defending Human Rights
http://pro-christian.blogspot.com -- Exposing RRR Cult Bigotry
http://www.shadowandillusion.com -- Learn "The LOPAQUA Secret!"
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/print/14481 -- Excellent article!
And ONE MORE: Read this, and then take future action accordingly:
Regarding: http://base8.lavenderliberal.com/index.html
The above normally is a very USEFUL Searchable Database of
in a post made by me on or after 11-24-11, you may find that the
link doesn't work. Hopefully, that situation will only be temporary.
Please save it in your Bookmarks/Favorites and keep trying it as
you get the chance. It is a HIGHLY useful resource when it can be
accessed!
If the link changes in the future, I'll include the NEW one in forth-
coming posts as soon as I learn about it.
Barack Hussein Bohica <Charlie...@whitehouse.gov> wrote:
> (¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <http://www.TravelForPay.org> wrote:
>> http://base8.lavenderliberal.com/index.html -- Searchable
>> Database of the Proposition Hate (8) ENEMIES of Human Rights!
>> KNOW the enemies... and then HARASS and BOYCOTT the
>> enemies, as much as it is legally possible to do so!
This has been updated. Se ending of the SIG, below.
>> http://base8.lavenderliberal.com/index.html -- Searchable
>> Database of the Proposition Hate (8) ENEMIES of Human Rights!
>> KNOW the enemies... and then HARASS and BOYCOTT the
>> enemies, as much as it is legally possible to do so!
> With a little luck, "the enemies" will be heavily armed and
> in a bad mood when you HARASS them...
ROTFL!! Having ZERO *facts* on their side, and nothing
but SHAMEFUL bigoted agendas, those weasily little WIMPS
are such craven COWARDS that they don't even have the
courage of their convictions to post their specious and vac-
uous hate-swill under their REAL, FULL names.
As an egalitarian who proudly *supports* Human and Civil
rights, I have NO such problem. ALL 25,000+ post I've put
up in Usenet -- and ALL other of my writings that have appear-
ANYWHERE and EVERYwhere else during my entire LIFETIME,
have been under MY real, full name. Without one iota of
hesitation.
Bigoted lowlifes are impotent and cowardly WUSSES.
Laughingstocks.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
NOTE ---
It is EASY to understand why almost ALL hateful and ignorant
bigots cravenly cower behind aliases and phony names, while MANY
intelligent egalitarians proudly and without hesitation post under
their full REAL names (as I have *always* done, in ALL of my posts).
It's for the same reason that KKK members cowered under hoods.
Because they supported SHAMEFUL agendas, and didn't want to
have such abject stupidity EXPOSED to their friends and neighbors,
and thus be subjected to well-deserved ridicule. While on the other
hand, egalitarians who support and defend personal LIBERTIES
have absolutely NOTHING to be ashamed of.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
-- Craig Chilton (E-Mail me if you wish, from top 5 websites below.)
http://www.TravelForPay.org -- Unemployment Solution!
http://www.ChristianEgalitarian.com -- Fight the hateful RRR Cult!
http://apifar.blogspot.com -- Tactics: Defending Human Rights
http://pro-christian.blogspot.com -- Exposing RRR Cult Bigotry
http://www.shadowandillusion.com -- Learn "The LOPAQUA Secret!"
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/print/14481 -- Excellent article!
Regarding: http://base8.lavenderliberal.com/index.html
The above normally is a very USEFUL Searchable Database of
the Proposition Hate (8) ENEMIES of Human Rights! KNOW the
enemies... and then HARASS and BOYCOTT the enemies, as much
as it is legally possible to do so! NOTE!! -- If you're reading this
enemies... and then HARASS and BOYCOTT the enemies, as much
in a post made by me on or after 11-24-11, you may find that the
link doesn't work. Hopefully, that situation will only be temporary.
Please save it in your Bookmarks/Favorites and keep trying it as
you get the chance. It is a HIGHLY useful resource when it can be
accessed!
If the link changes in the future, I'll include the NEW one in forth-
coming posts as soon as I learn about it.
(¯`·.¸¸ Craig Chilton ¸¸.·´¯) <http://www.LayoffRemedy.com>
Nov 26, 2011, 6:58:27 PM11/26/11
to
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:17:22 -0500,
Bob Rudd <bob...@verizon.net> wrote: ???
response post from you. Did you hit the "Send"
button prematurely?
>>>>>> The HISTORY CHANNEL **SCREW-UP**!!! It was SCHEDULED
>>>>>> to have an "IRT" Marathon Today. But DISAPPOINTED Us with
>>>>>> "Swamp People," INSTEAD!!
>>>>> History Channel is a disappointment _everyday_, as all they show
>>>>> nowadays is Ice-Road-Pawn-Shopping-Gator-Hunting-Ancient-Alien
>>>>>shit.
>>> The Ancient Alien stuff I enjoy, most of the other shows that they have
>>> aren't really that good -- but they get high ratings. That's the name of
>> fist time I've ever known them to SCRAP a *good* day-long holiday mara-
>> thon in favor of airing a *garbage* one -- with NO warning! That was
>> thoughtless disregard for the viewers, and uncalled-for.
>>>> Yeah. And Skiffy (The Sci-Fi Channel) USED to be worth watching
>>>> when it was all S-F. But in recent years it's been filled with GARBAGY
>>>> *horror* movies and totally OFF-topic **wrestling**!!!
>>>>
>>>> WRESTLING?!?! On the SCI-FI Channel??? What the HELL???!!?
>>> The wrestling is their highest rated show. The change over from SciFi
>>> to Syfy was to broaden their appeal. They thought the SciFi name was
>>> too limiting. And as part of the NBC-Universal-Comcast set of channels,
>>> we know that audience is key - not content.
>> So much for their INTEGRITY. The should rename it the "Sci-Fi, Horror,
>> and Wrestling Channel" for the sake of honesty and accuracy. Then
>> people would KNOW what to expect from them, right from the get-go.
>> OR do something MUCH *better*: Show ONLY what its NAME indicates
>> that it's all about.
>>>> And if they want to show horror movies, someone should START
>>>> a *Horror Channel* where they would be ON-topic!
>>> Chiller channel exists -- on some systems. Also owned by
>>> NBC-Universal
>> Unfortunately, that one isn't in the lineup I can get -- and I have
>> the package with most of the non-premium channels (if not all) that
>> Mediacom offers. Plus Starz and Encore.
>>>> Just think of all the GREAT S-F classic TV that the Sci-Fi Channel
>>>> COULD be showing, from the '50s: "Captain Video," Science Fiction
>>>> Theater," One Step Beyond," ALL of the "Twilight Zone" and "Outer
>>>> Limits" series from the '50s to recently.
>>>>
>>>> And there are HORDES of S-F movies that they likely have NEVER
>>>> yet shown. Has anyone ever seen "The Questor Tapes" or "Brother-
>>>> hood of the Bell" on Sci-Fi? (The latter is marginally S-F; the former is
>>>> a GREAT sci-fi flick!)
>>> The problem with showing them is getting the rights to broadcast. Since
>>> SciFi/Syfy tends to do things on the "cheap", if the rights are too high,
>>> they don't try to get them. Some of their original TV Series have been
>>> quite watchable -- others not so. BSG was a critical success, SG1 was
>>> being cancelled.
>> I never saw that last one. Do you know ham many episodes ran?
>>> The Dresden files was one of my all-time favorites - but somehow
>>> didn't survive more than 13 episodes :-(
>> I missed that series, unfortunately. From what you said, I'll
>> watch for replays of it.
>>
>> When it comes to S-F series, I really liked "Otherworld." I think
>> there were only 8 episodes. I wish it would come out on DVD. Not
>> only did it have enjoyable and unusual plots, it also had a KILLER
>> intro and soundtrack!
>>>jerry
>>-- Craig Chilton
Bob Rudd <bob...@verizon.net> wrote: ???
> (¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯)<http://www.TravelForPay.org> wrote:
>> Jerry Heyman <hey...@acm.org> wrote:
>>> (¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <http://www.TravelForPay.org> wrote:
>>>> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>>>>> (¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <http://www.TravelForPay.org> wote:
TO Bob Rudd: I've been unable to find ANY new content in this
>>>> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>>>>> (¯`·.¸ Craig Chilton¸.·´¯) <http://www.TravelForPay.org> wote:
response post from you. Did you hit the "Send"
button prematurely?
>>>>>> The HISTORY CHANNEL **SCREW-UP**!!! It was SCHEDULED
>>>>>> to have an "IRT" Marathon Today. But DISAPPOINTED Us with
>>>>>> "Swamp People," INSTEAD!!
>>>>> History Channel is a disappointment _everyday_, as all they show
>>>>> nowadays is Ice-Road-Pawn-Shopping-Gator-Hunting-Ancient-Alien
>>>>>shit.
>>> The Ancient Alien stuff I enjoy, most of the other shows that they have
>>> the game. History is part of the A&E TV Networks. We're members of
>>> the History Channel club, and the bimonthly magazine is enjoyable.
>> Yeah. The fare on the History Channel is a mixed bag. But THIS is the
>>> the History Channel club, and the bimonthly magazine is enjoyable.
>> fist time I've ever known them to SCRAP a *good* day-long holiday mara-
>> thon in favor of airing a *garbage* one -- with NO warning! That was
>> thoughtless disregard for the viewers, and uncalled-for.
>>>> Yeah. And Skiffy (The Sci-Fi Channel) USED to be worth watching
>>>> when it was all S-F. But in recent years it's been filled with GARBAGY
>>>> *horror* movies and totally OFF-topic **wrestling**!!!
>>>>
>>>> WRESTLING?!?! On the SCI-FI Channel??? What the HELL???!!?
>>> The wrestling is their highest rated show. The change over from SciFi
>>> to Syfy was to broaden their appeal. They thought the SciFi name was
>>> too limiting. And as part of the NBC-Universal-Comcast set of channels,
>>> we know that audience is key - not content.
>> and Wrestling Channel" for the sake of honesty and accuracy. Then
>> people would KNOW what to expect from them, right from the get-go.
>> OR do something MUCH *better*: Show ONLY what its NAME indicates
>> that it's all about.
>>>> And if they want to show horror movies, someone should START
>>>> a *Horror Channel* where they would be ON-topic!
>>> NBC-Universal
>> Unfortunately, that one isn't in the lineup I can get -- and I have
>> the package with most of the non-premium channels (if not all) that
>> Mediacom offers. Plus Starz and Encore.
>>>> Just think of all the GREAT S-F classic TV that the Sci-Fi Channel
>>>> COULD be showing, from the '50s: "Captain Video," Science Fiction
>>>> Theater," One Step Beyond," ALL of the "Twilight Zone" and "Outer
>>>> Limits" series from the '50s to recently.
>>>>
>>>> And there are HORDES of S-F movies that they likely have NEVER
>>>> yet shown. Has anyone ever seen "The Questor Tapes" or "Brother-
>>>> hood of the Bell" on Sci-Fi? (The latter is marginally S-F; the former is
>>>> a GREAT sci-fi flick!)
>>> The problem with showing them is getting the rights to broadcast. Since
>>> SciFi/Syfy tends to do things on the "cheap", if the rights are too high,
>>> they don't try to get them. Some of their original TV Series have been
>>> purchased from Showtime, and had a good run, spawned SGA which had
>>> a 5yr run, which spawned SGU -- which was way too dark and wound up
>>> being cancelled.
>> I never saw that last one. Do you know ham many episodes ran?
>>> The Dresden files was one of my all-time favorites - but somehow
>>> didn't survive more than 13 episodes :-(
>> watch for replays of it.
>>
>> When it comes to S-F series, I really liked "Otherworld." I think
>> there were only 8 episodes. I wish it would come out on DVD. Not
>> only did it have enjoyable and unusual plots, it also had a KILLER
>> intro and soundtrack!
>>>jerry
>>-- Craig Chilton
curmudgeon
May 31, 2012, 3:30:10 PM5/31/12
to
Why not a TV series called ONLY IN AMERICA, that would showcase only all the
stupid things that americans say and do?
stupid things that americans say and do?
Barry Margolin
May 31, 2012, 4:03:45 PM5/31/12
to
In article <zL-dnZ9m-tpZW1rS...@bresnan.com>,
--
Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA
"curmudgeon" <rumors&gos...@bresnan.net> wrote:
> Why not a TV series called ONLY IN AMERICA, that would showcase only all the
> stupid things that americans say and do?
How could they afford that much video tape?
> Why not a TV series called ONLY IN AMERICA, that would showcase only all the
> stupid things that americans say and do?
--
Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA
0 new messages