I miss SyFy Friday
Troy Heagy
sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
Galactica, et cetera.
And now that no longer exists.
Friday TV is uninteresting.
A Watcher
I miss sci fi period. It's nowhere to be seen, except in reruns. No, I
don't count Dr Who as sci fi.
Ron
Yep, used to love SG1, SGA, and BSG back to back.
Andy K.
A Watcher <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I miss sci fi period.
Luckily, scifi books are aplenty. I always considered movies/tv secondary,
when it comes to scifi.
--
A.
Michael A. Terrell
I haven't watched that channel in five years or more. There was so
little worth watching that it wasn't worth the $28 a month for that tier
of programming. It was already programming for the lowest common
denominator, unlike when it first launched. I had a C-band sat system
when it first launched, and had a second reciever in my electronics
shop. Most days it was on all day long while I worked at the bench
aross the room so I could at least listen.
--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-Aid™ on it, because it's
Teflon coated.
Troy Heagy
Well let's see. There's Sanctuary which is kinda sci-fi (varying DNA
leads to varying "abnormal" creatures). Um..... Eureka and
Warehouse13? Bit of a stretch. Everything else that comes to mind is
fantasy.
Troy Heagy
Ditto. That 2004-2009 period was the best for Sci-Fi Prime/ Friday.
And even before that it was fun to watch SG1/Farscape/Lexx back to
back.
Troy Heagy
> > I miss sci fi period.
>
> Luckily, scifi books are aplenty. I always considered movies/tv secondary,
> when it comes to scifi.
True. Due to the dearth of SFTV, I acquired and started reading
Gardner Dozois' Year's Best of Science Fiction, and subscribed to
Asimov's magazine.
Troy Heagy
wrote:
> Troy Heagy wrote:
>
> > Every Friday I'd look forward to 8pm, so I could see 2-3 hours of new
> > sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
> > Galactica, et cetera.
>
> > And now that no longer exists.
> > Friday TV is uninteresting.
>
> I haven't watched that channel in five years or more. There was so
> little worth watching that it wasn't worth the $28 a month for that tier
Well I agree with that. I'd not pay extra just to see Sci-fi Channel,
especially with cheap rental DVDs available (or syfy streaming) of
their shows. However in my case my job puts me into lots of hotels,
so I was able to see SyFy Friday for free, and enjoyed it.
I remember when it first started with new episodes of Sliders and
Farscape.
Dano
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How on earth can Sanctuary NOT be considered in the "Fantasy" category?
Varying DNA? Seriously?
Zeb Carter
I like Sanctuary - when I can remember to watch it - and believe it
falls in the Scientific Fantasy category.
Dano
==================================
Okay. So that's your opinion. I consider anything with werewolves and
vampires to be fantasy/horror myself. There is nothing even remotely
scientific on which to base these "monster" tales IMO. And I'm not even
knocking it...just not usually my cup of tea. <shrug>
Ubiquitous
>Every Friday I'd look forward to 8pm, so I could see 2-3 hours of new
>sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
>Galactica, et cetera.
>
>And now that no longer exists.
Yes, it certainly was an awesome night of TV. Don't forget Invisible
Man.
--
"If Barack Obama isn't careful, he will become the Jimmy Carter of the
21st century."
Merrick Baldelli
wrote:
>> How on earth can Sanctuary NOT be considered in the "Fantasy" category?
>> Varying DNA? Seriously?
>
>I like Sanctuary - when I can remember to watch it - and believe it
>falls in the Scientific Fantasy category.
When they tried to include Vampires and Werewolves as races of
Abnormals, it stopped being even Sci-Fantasy. These are fantasy
elements through and through.
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Steve Bartman
<mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> When they tried to include Vampires and Werewolves as races of
>Abnormals, it stopped being even Sci-Fantasy. These are fantasy
>elements through and through.
Lately it's just been The Dating Game.
Steve
Ken from Chicago
"A Watcher" <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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How do you define "sci-fi" when a series about an alien travelling thru time
and space does not fit the bill?
-- Ken from Chicago
Ken from Chicago
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YOUNG JUSTICE
SYM-BIONIC TITAN
BATMAN: THE BRAVE & THE BOLD
STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS
GENERATOR REX
And that's just off the top of my head that airs on Friday nights.
-- Ken from Chicago
Ken from Chicago
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Romance is by far the number one "genre" in American fiction. It's little
wonder tv series often detour seriously to cater to that demographic.
-- Ken from
Ken from Chicago
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> electr...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>Every Friday I'd look forward to 8pm, so I could see 2-3 hours of new
>>sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
>>Galactica, et cetera.
>>
>>And now that no longer exists.
>
> Yes, it certainly was an awesome night of TV. Don't forget Invisible
> Man.
"No one messes with Bobby Hobbes!"
And don't forget Secret Jules.
-- Ken from Chicago
Adam H. Kerman
>Romance is by far the number one "genre" in American fiction. It's little
>wonder tv series often detour seriously to cater to that demographic.
>-- Ken from
Ken from where? You can't leave us hanging like that.
Ken from Chicago
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Live with mystery.
-- Ken from Chicago
P.S. "Pop-" "'Pop'? "POP WHAT?!!?!!?"--Luke Youngblood & Donald Glover,
'Magnitude' & 'Troy', COMMUNITY, "A Few Paintballs More".
Troy Heagy
>
> YOUNG JUSTICE
> SYM-BIONIC TITAN
> BATMAN: THE BRAVE & THE BOLD
> STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS
> GENERATOR REX
> And that's just off the top of my head that airs on Friday nights.
Yeah I watched the Cartoon channel based upon Your suggestion. But
none of those shows interested me. They seem full of action and low
on plot/ideas. Maybe I'll try it again this Friday night, since
there's nothing else to watch (except new episodes of "Loggers" or
"Survival" on Discover).
Troy Heagy
> "Zeb Carter"
>
> I like Sanctuary - when I can remember to watch it - and believe it
> falls in the Scientific Fantasy category.
> ==================================
>
> Okay. So that's your opinion. I consider anything with werewolves and
> vampires to be fantasy/horror myself. There is nothing even remotely
> scientific on which to base these "monster" tales IMO. And I'm not even
> knocking it...just not usually my cup of tea. <shrug>
To me the phrase "science fantasy" is meaningless. It's either
science or it isn't. Anyway I did say it was a "bit of a stretch" to
call Sanctuary science fiction.
The vampire thing I can accept (since these vamps appear to be
basically super-strong humans). The werewolf stuff? No not really.
They lost me there but I keep watching because of Amanda Tapping.
If you want to be really strict, nothing Syfy ever showed was science
fiction. Not SG Atlantis (life-sucking wraith? bah), not Star Trek,
not farscape, not sliders, and so on. But that's okay - it was still
fun to watch.
Today? Not so much.
A Watcher
A scifi spoof?
Some of the episodes and short term story arcs could be called scifi,
but the overall story is pretty outrageous. It's to scifi what the
Rocky Horror Picture Show is to horror movies.
I did like the episode with the statues that were really aliens and they
would move if no one was looking at them. That was really scary!
Ken from Chicago
"A Watcher" <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Since when can't Scifi be funny?
-- Ken from Chicago
A Watcher
Humor is "in the eye of the beholder".
Obveeus
"A Watcher" <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Ken from Chicago wrote:
>>
>> Since when can't Scifi be funny?
>
I find it funny that this thread is talking about missing Sci-fi on Friday
while Fringe, Grimm, and Supernatural will likely all air head to head on
the night...so much sci-fi on at the same time that some people won't even
be able to watch/record it.
A Watcher
Grimm and Supernatural are sci fi?
Arthur Lipscomb
Supernatural does have faster than light travel, time travel and
parallel universes. I just saying...
Andy K.
Yeah, so does Shrek.
--
A.
Ryan P.
Not to mention the stereotype that the "average" science fiction geek
will watch a show strictly because its a chance for them to see "hot
babes." What better way to introduce new and tantalizing babes then to
force romances on the characters?
Although something about Will's girlfriend highly annoys me. She
reminds me of a clown, I think! She doesn't look bad, but her
mannerisms just aren't right. The ditzy thing seems too forced.
Andy K.
"Ryan P." <rdelet...@wi.rr.comm> wrote:
> Although something about Will's girlfriend highly annoys me. She
> reminds me of a clown, I think! She doesn't look bad, but her
> mannerisms just aren't right. The ditzy thing seems too forced.
I agree. When watching the episode where they were saving the poisoned crime
boss, I spent half the time thinking about how annoying she is. And she's not
that pretty either.
--
A.
Ryan P.
Actually, the show I'm mildly looking forward to is the new show on
TNT about alien invasions and a ragtag band of rebel humans.
Fringe can arguably be said to have some science fiction elements in
it. A lot of the stuff Walter does is loosely based on actual theories
taken to new levels. Not much different than anything Asimov wrote.
Never heard of Grimm...
Supernatural is NOT science-anything. Unless you want to consider
Buffy science fiction, as well!
Gheerax IV
> If you want to be really strict, nothing Syfy ever showed was science
> fiction. Not SG Atlantis (life-sucking wraith? bah), not Star Trek, not
> farscape, not sliders, and so on. But that's okay - it was still fun to
> watch.
The original Stargate, and SGU, were sci-fi.
Gheerax IV
> Fringe can arguably be said to have some science fiction elements in
> it.
That's like saying "the Pacific Ocean can arguably be said to have some
water in it".
Adam H. Kerman
> Fringe can arguably be said to have some science fiction elements in
>it. A lot of the stuff Walter does is loosely based on actual theories
>taken to new levels. Not much different than anything Asimov wrote.
Actual theories? All THEORIES exist.
Merrick Baldelli
If you're in the United States, Hulu seems to do a pretty fun
job about queuing them. The only problem that I seem to be having
with it is the way the contracts are laid out with SyFried. Fuckers
are now showing the episode of "Being Human" that was aired on 03/14,
as of today (05/18). Talk about fucking with people who don't watch
their cable channel.
Merrick Baldelli
<electr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>To me the phrase "science fantasy" is meaningless. It's either
>science or it isn't. Anyway I did say it was a "bit of a stretch" to
>call Sanctuary science fiction.
Heagy, you brain dead mong... Just because you don't approve
of the genre doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fantasy
In fact, it's been around since at least the 30s.
Who's your handler this time? I think me or Captain Infinity
need to make a call to him to tell them you've escaped from your room
again.
>The vampire thing I can accept (since these vamps appear to be
>basically super-strong humans). The werewolf stuff? No not really.
>They lost me there but I keep watching because of Amanda Tapping.
Vampires can teleport in this... Without devices. This is
clearly fantasy. Delusional fantasy at that. But do go on being
selective about what you can and cannot accept, all for your ability
to whore out your standards on what is and is not acceptable to watch.
Obveeus
"Merrick Baldelli" <mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 May 2011 23:03:26 -0400, "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>>I find it funny that this thread is talking about missing Sci-fi on Friday
>>while Fringe, Grimm, and Supernatural will likely all air head to head on
>>the night...so much sci-fi on at the same time that some people won't even
>>be able to watch/record it.
>
> If you're in the United States, Hulu seems to do a pretty fun
> job about queuing them.
Does CW put their programs online in a timely manner these days? It used to
be that it took them 4 or 5 days before going online.
jack
They had shape-shifters on DS9 and we called it sci-fi. In fact we
have a lot of monsters in sci-fi.
I'm sure we could come up with a sci-fi definition for werewolves.
All you need is a special gene that is recessive until struck by a
certain specific amount of reflected sun light. As long as the mass
stays the same, that should be all you need.
Now that is my major beef with shapeshifters: how do they instantly
acquire and rid themselves of extra or less mass when they assume
bodies larger or smaller than their own.
Arthur Lipscomb
> On May 16, 6:09 pm, Troy Heagy<electrict...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On May 14, 12:30 pm, "Dano"<janeandd...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> "Zeb Carter"
>>
>>> I like Sanctuary - when I can remember to watch it - and believe it
>>> falls in the Scientific Fantasy category.
>>> ==================================
>>
>>> Okay. So that's your opinion. I consider anything with werewolves and
>>> vampires to be fantasy/horror myself. There is nothing even remotely
>>> scientific on which to base these "monster" tales IMO. And I'm not even
>>> knocking it...just not usually my cup of tea.<shrug>
>>
>> To me the phrase "science fantasy" is meaningless. It's either
>> science or it isn't. Anyway I did say it was a "bit of a stretch" to
>> call Sanctuary science fiction.
>>
>> The vampire thing I can accept (since these vamps appear to be
>> basically super-strong humans). The werewolf stuff? No not really.
>> They lost me there but I keep watching because of Amanda Tapping.
>>
>> If you want to be really strict, nothing Syfy ever showed was science
>> fiction. Not SG Atlantis (life-sucking wraith? bah), not Star Trek,
>> not farscape, not sliders, and so on. But that's okay - it was still
>> fun to watch.
>>
>> Today? Not so much.
>
>
> They had shape-shifters on DS9 and we called it sci-fi. In fact we
> have a lot of monsters in sci-fi.
Yeah, there's no real difference between a monster and an alien other
than perhaps planet of origin.
>
> I'm sure we could come up with a sci-fi definition for werewolves.
> All you need is a special gene that is recessive until struck by a
> certain specific amount of reflected sun light. As long as the mass
> stays the same, that should be all you need.
>
> Now that is my major beef with shapeshifters: how do they instantly
> acquire and rid themselves of extra or less mass when they assume
> bodies larger or smaller than their own.
Hollow bones and internal air pocket?
Either that or there's an area of subspace where Highlanders keep their
swords and shapeshifters and 80s animated transformers keep their extra
mass. Either way, I'm sure it's all very scientific. ;-)
Mysterious Traveler
This TV channel has better SciFi than SyFy channel
--
Dano
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Much, if not most of what makes up the category of "science fiction"
actually hasn't any scientific basis. At least not YET. That's why the
complete name is "science FICTION"...as in, it ain't real. Then again...the
amazing thing about science itself is we are always learning. What was once
deemed impossible by early scientists are reality now. Call it
"speculative" fiction..."fantasy"...monster tales...whatever. The desire of
some to reach for some "scientific" basis is silly really. These are all
just labels. We all like what we like. I generally don't care for vampires
and werewolves and zombies...but there are always exceptions. I love True
Blood and sort of like Walking Dead. Sometimes it's worth it to keep an
open mind. For me anyway.
Merrick Baldelli
>Does CW put their programs online in a timely manner these days? It used to
>be that it took them 4 or 5 days before going online.
I don't know... Not a fan of anything that CW has been
pushing out for a long time now. Reminds me of UPN with screaming
teen angst....
*looking*
No... All links for their shows end up going to CW's content
pages. And checking out their page, I can see why I won't got there..
God almighty that's a mighty amount of shitty advertising. Their
pages for the shows look like something puked on it from the 90s.
rwgibson13
Yeah, even when I was a teen, I was asking myself that as all of the
crew was getting slaughtered in the first Alien flick.
RWG (I even bought the novelization to see if they explained it better
in that - no luck)
Anim8rFSK
<1b30d954-1f98-4001...@p6g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
jack <jr...@columbia.edu> wrote:
That was always a problem with Odo; even if he could morph into a bird,
he shouldn't be able to fly.
--
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says"
Ryan P.
Okay, I meant theories that people, calling themselves scientists and
actually using some legitimate scientific procedures, have researched.
Obveeus
"rwgibson13" <rwgib...@gmail.com> wrote:
The first Alien flick didn't have any shape shifters. It did have a
small/infant alien version that would crawl inside its host and work that
host like a puppet.
rwgibson13
Same problem as shapeshifters. The mass has to come from somewhere.
RWG (for something to grow that quickly)
Obveeus
"rwgibson13" <rwgib...@gmail.com> wrote:
The 'mass' came from an egg, then crawled inside a larger, human body. No
magical conforming size/mass change was part of the story the way shape
shifters appear.
>RWG (for something to grow that quickly)
Ah, after the alien exited the body and escaped into the duct work, there is
an issue of what was the food source that allowed it to grow big quickly.
The same problem exist for The Thing. Still, for all we know, the being was
eating more than just the blood supplies in the refrigerators and the other
members in the cast...and either way, I think that is a different issue than
the Men In Black style 'huge bug fits inside skin of tiny man' problem of
shape shifters.
rwgibson13
Well, yeah. One's played straight and the other is played for yucks.
RWG (my sense of disbelief meter is generally overruled by my chuckle
meter)
Anim8rFSK
wrote:
>
> "rwgibson13" <rwgib...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On May 19, 6:58 am, "Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com> wrote:
> >> "rwgibson13" <rwgibso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >On May 18, 12:53 pm, jack <j...@columbia.edu> wrote:
> >> >> Now that is my major beef with shapeshifters: how do they instantly
> >> >> acquire and rid themselves of extra or less mass when they assume
> >> >> bodies larger or smaller than their own.
> >>
> >> >Yeah, even when I was a teen, I was asking myself that as all of the
> >> >crew was getting slaughtered in the first Alien flick.
> >>
> >> >RWG (I even bought the novelization to see if they explained it better
> >> >in that - no luck)
> >>
> >> The first Alien flick didn't have any shape shifters. It did have a
> >> small/infant alien version that would crawl inside its host and work that
> >> host like a puppet.
> >
> >Same problem as shapeshifters. The mass has to come from somewhere.
>
> The 'mass' came from an egg, then crawled inside a larger, human body. No
> magical conforming size/mass change was part of the story the way shape
> shifters appear.
>
> >RWG (for something to grow that quickly)
>
> Ah, after the alien exited the body and escaped into the duct work, there is
> an issue of what was the food source that allowed it to grow big quickly.
> The same problem exist for The Thing.
What exactly The Thing is doing is perplexing. If you have a dog, and
the thing gets it ... do you now have 1 thing dog, or a real dog and a
thing dog, or a thing dog and a real dog corpse, or what? If you just
end up with 1 thing dog, then the mass isn't a problem.
Frosty
> sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
> Galactica, et cetera.
>
> And now that no longer exists.
> Friday TV is uninteresting.
Did a quick google and I read that SyFy set a record for Friday night
viewership in April. What they have on? 2hrs of wrestling...
Ken from Chicago
"A Watcher" <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Ken from Chicago wrote:
>>
>>
>> "A Watcher" <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:iqsocf$rnb$1...@dont-email.me...
>>> Ken from Chicago wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "A Watcher" <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:iqkm85$ivr$2...@dont-email.me...
>>>>> Troy Heagy wrote:
>>>>>> Every Friday I'd look forward to 8pm, so I could see 2-3 hours of new
>>>>>> sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
>>>>>> Galactica, et cetera.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And now that no longer exists.
>>>>>> Friday TV is uninteresting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I miss sci fi period. It's nowhere to be seen, except in reruns. No,
>>>>> I don't count Dr Who as sci fi.
>>>>
>>>> How do you define "sci-fi" when a series about an alien travelling thru
>>>> time and space does not fit the bill?
>>>>
>>>> -- Ken from Chicago
>>>
>>> A scifi spoof?
>>>
>>> Some of the episodes and short term story arcs could be called scifi,
>>> but the overall story is pretty outrageous. It's to scifi what the
>>> Rocky Horror Picture Show is to horror movies.
>>>
>>> I did like the episode with the statues that were really aliens and they
>>> would move if no one was looking at them. That was really scary!
>>
>> Since when can't Scifi be funny?
>>
>> -- Ken from Chicago
>
> Humor is "in the eye of the beholder".
Since when can't Scifi fit your definition of "funny"?
-- Ken from Chicago
Your Name
<stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Ken from Chicago wrote:
> > "A Watcher" <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:iqsocf$rnb$1...@dont-email.me...
> >> Ken from Chicago wrote:
> >>> "A Watcher" <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >>> news:iqkm85$ivr$2...@dont-email.me...
> >>>> Troy Heagy wrote:
> >>>>> Every Friday I'd look forward to 8pm, so I could see 2-3 hours of new
> >>>>> sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
> >>>>> Galactica, et cetera.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> And now that no longer exists.
> >>>>> Friday TV is uninteresting.
> >>>>
> >>>> I miss sci fi period. It's nowhere to be seen, except in reruns.
> >>>> No, I don't count Dr Who as sci fi.
> >>>
> >>> How do you define "sci-fi" when a series about an alien travelling
> >>> thru time and space does not fit the bill?
> >>
> >>
> >> Some of the episodes and short term story arcs could be called scifi,
> >> but the overall story is pretty outrageous. It's to scifi what the
> >> Rocky Horror Picture Show is to horror movies.
> >>
> >> I did like the episode with the statues that were really aliens and
> >> they would move if no one was looking at them. That was really scary!
> >
> > Since when can't Scifi be funny?
>
Doctor Who (and it's spin-off shows) is definitely a science fiction
series. Of course it *is* a British show and most Americans simply don't
understand British shows. ;-)
It's just a pity that the morons in charge of scheduling here in New
Zealand decided to shift Doctor Who from it's regular Sunday night
timeslot to a Thursday night one. :-(
Anim8rFSK
<your.name-210...@203-118-184-179.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
your...@isp.com (Your Name) wrote:
Hell, I consider Law & Order UK to be a sci fi show.
Scott Lurndal
>electr...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>Every Friday I'd look forward to 8pm, so I could see 2-3 hours of new
>>sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
>>Galactica, et cetera.
>>
>>And now that no longer exists.
>
>Man.
I never saw him.
scott
Jerry Brown
wrote:
Well it has got Martha Jones working undercover pretending to be a
lawyer.
Jerry Brown
--
A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)
Your Name
Here's another piece of "interesting" Doctor Who related news.
There are three British TV-movies that update Sherlock Holmes to the
modern day (i.e. he uses nicotine patches instead of smoking a pipe,
Watson uses a blog rather than a diary, etc.).
The main actor turned down the role of Doctor Who to play Sherlock, and
the current Doctor Who actor (Matt Smith) was unsuccessful at getting the
role of Doctor Watson. Plus, the Sherlock TV-movies arecreated / written
by a couple of the Doctor Who writers.
So who knows, Sherlock Holmes may well turn out to be Doctor Who "in
disguise" ... although I must say his companion is certianly a rather ugly
looking woman (Watson is played by Martin Freeman, currently filming The
Hobbit). ;-)
Dragon Lady
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of what constituted science fiction, but when they started showing that
crap, they royally pissed me off. The only science involved in the crap
they call wrestling is choreography, although I grant calling it wrestling
is definitely fiction.
What do people see in that crap? Even my husband watchs it!
Adam H. Kerman
>"Frosty" <frostyw...@mymts.net> wrote:
>>>Every Friday I'd look forward to 8pm, so I could see 2-3 hours of new
>>>sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
>>>Galactica, et cetera.
>>>And now that no longer exists.
>>>Friday TV is uninteresting.
>>Did a quick google and I read that SyFy set a record for Friday night
>>viewership in April. What they have on? 2hrs of wrestling...
>Well, I've always thought that Syfy had a rather...interesting...definition
>of what constituted science fiction, but when they started showing that
>crap, they royally pissed me off. The only science involved in the crap
>they call wrestling is choreography, although I grant calling it wrestling
>is definitely fiction.
>What do people see in that crap? Even my husband watchs it!
It's not the worst acting nor worst plotted story arc on television...
rwgibson13
> Dragon Lady <dragonlad...@q.com> wrote:
And, when I was 12, I enjoyed it about as much as sci-fi.
RWG (which makes me wonder how old the SyFy Network skews :-)
Dragon Lady
"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote in message
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That's a matter of opinion. Some of the worst acting I've ever seen in on
WWF. They are so over the top, I can't stand them. If my husband isn't
home, I switch the channel, and if he is, I go watch one of the other TVs,
or better yet, read a book.
Ryan P.
I don't know.. some of those SyFy Original Movies are pretty awful...
Ken Wesson
The technical term appears to be "hammerspace", most famously employed by
cartoon characters to conceal one-ton anvils, explosives, guns, and yes,
those huge mallets used for bonking each other on the head. It may be
that ACME Portable Holes are the portals into hammerspace.
FPS player characters tend to have the use of it as well -- how else
could they manage to hide 100 shells, 200 nails, 100 rockets, 100 cells,
and several large and heavy guns inside a backpack whose longest diagonal
is shorter than the rocket launcher that you see them whip out just
before they blow your head off?
Dillon Pyron
>Every Friday I'd look forward to 8pm, so I could see 2-3 hours of new
>sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
>Galactica, et cetera.
Fridays, where shows go to die.
>
>And now that no longer exists.
>Friday TV is uninteresting.
>
Face it, Fridays even SF nerds go to bars to try to get laid by chunky
goth girls.
--
- dillon I am not invalid
"You idiots, it's rape, pillage,THEN BURN!!!"
--- chief of the Aggie Vikings
Jim G.
> [Default] Thus spake Troy Heagy<electr...@gmail.com>:
>
>> Every Friday I'd look forward to 8pm, so I could see 2-3 hours of new
>> sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
>> Galactica, et cetera.
>
> Fridays, where shows go to die.
>>
>> And now that no longer exists.
>> Friday TV is uninteresting.
>>
>
> Face it, Fridays even SF nerds go to bars to try to get laid by chunky
> goth girls.
Heh. Nice point. And nicely phrased.
--
Jim G.
Waukesha, WI
Daryl
I am setting up a new site called scififridays.com and would
welcome any and all inputs. Think of it like a mini Youtube
where you can add almost anything you find for Scifi and either
upload it or link to it.
Any and all input into what it grows into is welcome.
--
http://tvmoviesforfree.com/ for free movies and Nastalgic TV.
Tons of Military shows and programs.
Anim8rFSK
"Jim G." <jimg...@geemail.com> wrote:
Wait - they make CHUNKY Goth girls? Raise your hand if 'ewww'!
Obveeus
"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> Wait - they make CHUNKY Goth girls? Raise your hand if 'ewww'!
The Glee character, Lauren Zizes, started out that way.
http://www.exposay.com/ashley-fink-radd-downtown-los-angeles-launch-event/p/41190/1/?f=Ashley+Fink
Andy K.
Ewww!
--
A.
Anim8rFSK
wrote:
so not going to click on chunky goth girl links.
Obveeus
"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <irj94i$3ck$1...@dont-email.me>, "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Wait - they make CHUNKY Goth girls? Raise your hand if 'ewww'!
>>
>> The Glee character, Lauren Zizes, started out that way.
>> http://www.exposay.com/ashley-fink-radd-downtown-los-angeles-launch-event/p/41
>> 190/1/?f=Ashley+Fink
>
> so not going to click on chunky goth girl links.
If this had been one of those web based message boards, I would have had it
in your sights before you could even look away. So, consider yourself saved
by Usenet.
Dragon Lady
"Ryan P." <rdelet...@wi.rr.comm> wrote in message
news:irevje$jo$1...@dont-email.me...
a sport. It's not. It's all scripted, and the scripts are not only bad,
but the acting is even worse. They don't act, they emote, and the only
thing they know how to emote, as far as I can tell, in anger. I have better
things to do with my life than to watch a bunch of rotten actors pretend to
be angry with each other and then beat the hell out of each other. I'd
rather watch football (and that's saying something, since I don't like/watch
football either), at least it's a real sport. The only thing I find worse
than WWF is boxing, which has no point *except* for two guys to beat one
another into unconciousness.
Jim G.
> In article<irhfnp$390$4...@dont-email.me>,
> "Jim G."<jimg...@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dillon Pyron sent the following on 5/24/2011 10:15 AM:
>>> [Default] Thus spake Troy Heagy<electr...@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Every Friday I'd look forward to 8pm, so I could see 2-3 hours of new
>>>> sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
>>>> Galactica, et cetera.
>>>
>>> Fridays, where shows go to die.
>>>>
>>>> And now that no longer exists.
>>>> Friday TV is uninteresting.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Face it, Fridays even SF nerds go to bars to try to get laid by chunky
>>> goth girls.
>>
>> Heh. Nice point. And nicely phrased.
>
> Wait - they make CHUNKY Goth girls? Raise your hand if 'ewww'!
Goth is ewww enough on its own, IMO. No matter how much she weighs.
Ken Wesson
Merrick Baldelli
>Even if she looks like this?
>
>http://www.gothgirls.me/pictures/cute-as-hell-goth-girl.jpg
Paedo much? That one can barely be 18 and is shaped like a
boy.
And by the by, that's not a goth, that's a scene whore. Not
that you get out much to deal with either to know the difference...
--
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_( (_ , '_ * . Merrick Baldelli
(((\ \> /_1 `
(\\\\ \_/ /
-=-\ /-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
\ _/ You can't spell 'disgust' without
/ / 'SGU' - Anim8rFSK
Anim8rFSK
Merrick Baldelli <mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 26 May 2011 09:36:06 +0100, Ken Wesson <kwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Even if she looks like this?
> >
> >http://www.gothgirls.me/pictures/cute-as-hell-goth-girl.jpg
>
> Paedo much? That one can barely be 18 and is shaped like a
> boy.
SO not clicking link.
>
> And by the by, that's not a goth, that's a scene whore. Not
> that you get out much to deal with either to know the difference...
"Scene whore"?
Merrick Baldelli
wrote:
>SO not clicking link.
>>
>> And by the by, that's not a goth, that's a scene whore. Not
>> that you get out much to deal with either to know the difference...
>
>"Scene whore"?
Think attention whore that likes drama happening because of
something they did and you'll be in the right ballpark for the
definition.
Anim8rFSK
"Jim G." <jimg...@geemail.com> wrote:
> Anim8rFSK sent the following on 5/25/2011 9:52 AM:
> > In article<irhfnp$390$4...@dont-email.me>,
> > "Jim G."<jimg...@geemail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dillon Pyron sent the following on 5/24/2011 10:15 AM:
> >>> [Default] Thus spake Troy Heagy<electr...@gmail.com>:
> >>>
> >>>> Every Friday I'd look forward to 8pm, so I could see 2-3 hours of new
> >>>> sci-fi or fantasy shows like Sliders, Lexx, Farscape, Stargate,
> >>>> Galactica, et cetera.
> >>>
> >>> Fridays, where shows go to die.
> >>>>
> >>>> And now that no longer exists.
> >>>> Friday TV is uninteresting.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Face it, Fridays even SF nerds go to bars to try to get laid by chunky
> >>> goth girls.
> >>
> >> Heh. Nice point. And nicely phrased.
> >
> > Wait - they make CHUNKY Goth girls? Raise your hand if 'ewww'!
>
> Goth is ewww enough on its own, IMO. No matter how much she weighs.
A friend of mine is really into Goth girls, but they tend to need to
gain weight to be anorexic.
Ryan P.
I debated whether I should click on that link.. in case you were
trying to trick us into seeing chunky goth girls. :)
I think the fact that she's wearing pink AND has a tan means means she
isn't a TRUE goth.. maybe she's more "emo." Still, the mindset is just
as unattractive to me, even if the girl herself looked relatively normal!
Jim G.
It's hard to live on blood alone.
Your Name
Unless you're a mosquito. ;-)
Michael Bowker
Actually mosquitoes subsist primarily on plant nectar and juices.
Females require blood to mature their eggs, but obtain most of their
food from nectar.
Mysterious Traveler
Thank you Spock. Yes, you're a *Nerd* with no sense of humor.
--
Michael Bowker
Mysterious Traveler
You were unable to recognize that and gave your reply, which
was a joke in itself. You remind me of Data on STNG. He has
no clue how to make a joke, but none the less some of his
responses are funny, which yours was. You also sounded like
Spock, with your matter of fact response. With your dry sense
of humor, maybe you should consider show business. You make
me laugh. Laughter is good.
Thank You
--
Your Name
Traveler <mysteriou...@dot.net> wrote:
> >
> > Really, I wasn't aware that wrong information was funny.
>
> It doesn't matter if it was wrong information, it was a joke.
> You were unable to recognize that and gave your reply, which
> was a joke in itself. You remind me of Data on STNG. He has
> no clue how to make a joke, but none the less some of his
> responses are funny, which yours was. You also sounded like
> Spock, with your matter of fact response. With your dry sense
> of humor, maybe you should consider show business. You make
> me laugh. Laughter is good.
>
> Thank You
There was also Bicentennial Man (arguably the original Data) and
Stargate's T'ealc, among probably lots of other characters.
Michael Bowker
Mysterious Traveler
--
trag
> Yeah, but they are at least supposed to be fiction. WWF is supp0osed to be
> a sport. It's not. It's all scripted, and the scripts are not only bad,
> but the acting is even worse. They don't act, they emote, and the only
> thing they know how to emote, as far as I can tell, is anger.
So what you're saying is that Eliza Dushku should be on WWF?
Dano
news:a9be88d6-1d9e-4566...@r33g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
===============================================
WWF is a wildlife conservation group.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/home-full.html
WWE is an entertainment company. (note the "E" in the name)
Actually...they have no claim of being a competitive sport. Haven't in a
long time. As for whether the writing or acting on WWE is any
good....couldn't the same be pointed out about much of the programming on
the tube these days? Especially much of the tripe on the SyFy network every
weekend. Dushku is twice the actor David Caruso is. I'll bet she could
kick his ass too. <g>
Your Name
<a9be88d6-1d9e-4566...@r33g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, trag
<tr...@io.com> wrote:
> On May 25, 6:25=A0pm, "Dragon Lady" <dragonlad...@q.com> wrote:
>
> > Yeah, but they are at least supposed to be fiction. =A0WWF is supp0osed t=
> o be
> > a sport. =A0It's not. =A0It's all scripted, and the scripts are not only =
> bad,
> > but the acting is even worse. =A0They don't act, they emote, and the only
> > thing they know how to emote, as far as I can tell, is anger.
>
> So what you're saying is that Eliza Dushku should be on WWF?
I don't know about her, but Shannen Doherty isn't even good enough for the
"heights" of acting like WWF.
Your Name
> "trag" wrote in message
> news:a9be88d6-1d9e-4566...@r33g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>>
>
>
> http://www.worldwildlife.org/home-full.html
>
> WWE is an entertainment company. (note the "E" in the name)
>
> Actually...they have no claim of being a competitive sport. Haven't in a
> long time. As for whether the writing or acting on WWE is any
> good....couldn't the same be pointed out about much of the programming on
> the tube these days? Especially much of the tripe on the SyFy network every
> weekend. Dushku is twice the actor David Caruso is. I'll bet she could
> kick his ass too. <g>
The pretend "wrestling" organsation has changed it's name a few times. One
of them was indeed WWF (World Wrestling Federation, or something like
that), but they were forced to change it by the World Wildlife
organisation becuase of the confusion it was causing.
Dillon Pyron
That's pretty damned harsh. You sure are slamming WWF(E), comparing
it with Shannon! Or even mentioning her name in the same sentence.
--
- dillon I am not invalid
"You idiots, it's rape, pillage,THEN BURN!!!"
--- chief of the Aggie Vikings
Daryl
> [Default] Thus spake your...@isp.com (Your Name):
>
>> In article
>> <a9be88d6-1d9e-4566...@r33g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, trag
>> <tr...@io.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On May 25, 6:25=A0pm, "Dragon Lady"<dragonlad...@q.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, but they are at least supposed to be fiction. =A0WWF is supp0osed t=
>>> o be
>>>> a sport. =A0It's not. =A0It's all scripted, and the scripts are not only =
>>> bad,
>>>> but the acting is even worse. =A0They don't act, they emote, and the only
>>>> thing they know how to emote, as far as I can tell, is anger.
>>>
>>> So what you're saying is that Eliza Dushku should be on WWF?
>>
>> I don't know about her, but Shannen Doherty isn't even good enough for the
>> "heights" of acting like WWF.
>
> That's pretty damned harsh. You sure are slamming WWF(E), comparing
> it with Shannon! Or even mentioning her name in the same sentence.
Are all of you saying that if she was standing naked in front of
you offering to rock your world you would turn it down?
--
http://tvmoviesforfree.com
for free movies and Nostalgic TV. Tons of Military shows and
programs.
Your Name
OH GOD!! The Horror!!
Now I'll never get that repulsive image out of my mind!! :-O
Ewww!!! Not even if she was the last human being in the universe!
The only rocks that ol' ugly needs is the ones thrown at her.
Your Name
<invalid...@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> [Default] Thus spake your...@isp.com (Your Name):
>
> >In article
> ><a9be88d6-1d9e-4566...@r33g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, trag
> ><tr...@io.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On May 25, 6:25=A0pm, "Dragon Lady" <dragonlad...@q.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Yeah, but they are at least supposed to be fiction. =A0WWF is
supp0osed t=
> >> o be
> >> > a sport. =A0It's not. =A0It's all scripted, and the scripts are not
only =
> >> bad,
> >> > but the acting is even worse. =A0They don't act, they emote, and the only
> >> > thing they know how to emote, as far as I can tell, is anger.
> >>
> >> So what you're saying is that Eliza Dushku should be on WWF?
> >
> >I don't know about her, but Shannen Doherty isn't even good enough for the
> >"heights" of acting like WWF.
>
> That's pretty damned harsh. You sure are slamming WWF(E), comparing
> it with Shannon! Or even mentioning her name in the same sentence.
I was saying that WWF(E) is MUCH better then Shannen Doherty ... but she
has had a lot of experience with temper trantums and throwing chairs
around. ;-)
Dillon Pyron
That's not the issue ("maybe"). It's a question of her acting.
I guess you'd have to ask some of her dozens of former boyfriends
about her acting ability. :-)