Re: Sci-Fi orders "Caprica" pilot, sets renewals

Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
> "Mac Breck" <macthevorlon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:13u4hiekdr3pf63@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> cloud dreamer wrote:
>>> Tom wrote:
>>>> On Mar 18, 8:44 pm, cloud dreamer <S...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>> David wrote:
>>>>>> from broadcasting and cable
>>>>>> Sci Fi Channel Green-Lights Battlestar Galactica Prequel, Caprica
>>>>>> NBC Universal-Owned Cable Channel Also Teams Up with Rosario
>>>>>> Dawson, Tracy Morgan on New Shows; Rolls Out Major Digital
>>>>>> Initiative
>>>>>> By Anne Becker
>>>>> YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>   :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> We must change the way we live,
>>>>>     or the climate will do it for us.
>>>>>
>>>>>    www.ipcc.ch/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes to what? Shows that may be good only to get cancelled
>>>> prematurely?
>>>>
>>>> The Dresden Files are dead, long live The Dresden Files.
>>>
>>>
>>> The Dresden Files were abysmal.
>>
>> Oh, bull!  It just wasn't faithful to the books, and that got a lot
>> of people upset.
>>
>>
>
> I seriously doubt if there are enough fans of the book to make the
> slightest dent in the ratings even if they translated the books word
> for word.

Well, the books are New York Times best sellers, and The Sci-Fi Channel
ratings capabilities aren't exactly broadcast level, so I'm not too sure
about that.


> It's not as if several million fans of the book watched
> the first episode and then tuned out because it wasn't faithful...is
> it?

I don't know, but I got the feeling that word-of-mouth about the TV show
not being in line with the books, may have hurt the show.


>>> The premise was great but it got mired
>>> down in weird complicated plots that just made no sense.
>>
>
> I was able to follow the plots without the benefit of having read the
> books before watching the series.

Likewise, and the TV show led me to the books, which made apparent how
different the TV show was, and how different and watered down at least
one episode, STORM FRONT, was.

-- 
Mac Breck (KoshN)
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"The Dresden Files" (2007)
Harry Dresden: [re. Bianca] What is it about bad girls?  They lie,
cheat, won't suck your blood even when you beg them to, and for some
reason, no matter how badly they treat us, we still can't walk away.