Re: NBC Universal is dividing TV studio

jayembee wrote:
> "Mac Breck" <macthevorlon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>> But if the usual rec.arts.sf.tv complainers aren't happy then
>>> it's tough to imagine how Universal could possibly be.
>>
>> And OTOH we have Bonnie Hammer cheerleaders like you.
>
> I don't think that David is a "cheerleader" for Hammer or anyone
> else. He just sees things as they are.

The problem is that the way things are, *isn't good*, and if you dare to
speak out against it, you're a "rec.arts.sf.tv complainer" and are from
the twilight zone.  However, if you speak out in favor of the current
status quo as given to us by Bonnie Hammer on The Sci-Fi Channel, you're
suddenly level-headed/rational.


>> Universal is happy as long as the channel makes more and more
>> money, and couldn't give a crap less about whether the channel
>> has any decent sci-fi content.
>
> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, AND IS THE WHOLE POINT.
>
> The consumers care about the quality of the programming. The
> executives care about the bottom line. And never the twain
> shall meet. I doubt it will ever be any different. And there's
> no use losing sleep over that fact.

If nobody speaks out against the kind of thing that The Sci-Fi Channel
is currently providing, if nobody gives 'em criticism and feedback, if
there are only *"yes men"*, what are the odds that the programming at
the channel will *ever* improve?  Answer: no chance.  To say that "Well,
that's just the way it is. That's reality.", is to have given up on the
channel, and any improvements in programming will strictly happen by
happy accident and will likely turn to crap in short order.

They need somebody who knows both the business and sci-fi over at The
Sci-Fi Channel, and right now, they don't have that.  All they have is
somebody that knows *business*.

-- 
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.