Re: NBC Universal is dividing TV studio

Anim8rFSK wrote:
> In article <FYKdncanyZihe2vanZ2dnUVZ_qSonZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  "Mac Breck" <macthevorlon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Jack Bohn wrote:
>>> Mac Breck wrote:
>>>
>>>> Found this when I was looking just now:
>>>>
>>>> List of Sci Fi Channel (United States) programs
>>>>
>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sci_Fi_Channel_%28United_States%29_progra
>> ms
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> Sci Fi Channel (United States)
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci_Fi_Channel_%28United_States%29

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>>> Having some time, I've put their First Run series in
>>> chronological order and hunted down selected Second Run series,
>>> the miniseries (marked with +), and some original movies (-):
>>
>> What is the * for?
>>
>>

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>>>  *Sliders (2000)
>> Really liked it, all except for the last seasons where almost all of
>> the main characters left the show.
>
> Where "last seasons" mean, what, after 1?

Actually, now that I've had time to look, just Season 5.

Sabrina Lloyd: Seasons 1 thru 3.
John Rhys-Davies: Seasons 1 thru Season 3 Ep. 20.
Jerry O'Connell: Seasons 1 thru 4.
Charlie O'Connell: Season 2 Ep. 13, Season 3 Ep. 7, and Season 4 Ep. 6
thru 22.
Kari Wuhrer: Season 3 Ep. 16 to Season 5 Ep. 18 (the last episode).


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>>>  *The Invisible Man (2002)
>> Liked it.
>>
>>>  *The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
>> Liked it more than The Invisible Man (2002).
>
> Yeah, I liked JV.  I'd have thought this was one they'd be rerunning
> forever.  Did it ever get a DVD release?



>>>  +Taken
>> Bloated.  Watching it was a chore.  Isn't it mandatory to mention
>> Steven Spielberg in the title?  This was advertised *to death*, so
>> much that it probably rivals how many times The Eagles' "Heartache
>> Tonight" was ever played, and that was a song I got thoroughly sick
>> of hearing.  To this day, I change the radio station when I hear
>> "Heartache Tonight". Wouldn't watch Taken again if somebody paid me.
>
> Mentioning Steven Spielberg in the title is required by the FCC so
> you'll know it's crap.

Looking only at those where he was the Director, these weren't crap:

Jurassic Park (1993)
Always (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) (segment 2)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Jaws (1975)
Duel (1971) (TV)

....but this certainly was!

War of the Worlds (2005)


Note that a lot of his other movies, I either haven't seen, or thought
they were so-so (nothing to write home about, but not crap).  I plan on
seeing the following:

Interstellar (2009) (announced)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
(post-production)

....but just because something was directed by Steven Spielberg, doesn't
mean that I'm necessarily going to see it.



>>> 2004
>>>  *Andromeda (2005)
>> Couldn't stand Sorbomeda.
>
> I watched every last episode.  Gah.

Gah is right!  Why oh why did you watch every ep.?



>>>  *Stargate Atlantis (c)
>> Really like it.
>
> Methadone for SG1 addicts.  Bottom line is, most of the time, it's
> lousy.

Eh, I like the characters.



>>>  +The Triangle
>> Never watched it.
>
> It was awful.

One to avoid then.  Check.

>>>  -Man With the Screaming Brain
>> Never watched it, but based solely upon the title, this is one I
>> might look up.
>
> Okay.  I really really really really wanted to like this.  Bruce
> Campbell.

:-)

> Tamara Gorski.

<shrug>  Don't know her.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331341/
Hmm, not bad.

> But it was shot for $1.50 and none of that
> made it on screen.  Bottom line is, it's Mansquito level.

Now, THAT'S damning.



>>>  *Chuck
>> Saw one ep.  Looks OK.
>
> It's a lot of fun, and it's coming back!

So, good things CAN still happen?  Well, it's for "broadcast" so Bonnie
can't touch it.



>>>  -Earthstorm
>> Never watched it.
>
> But you read the review; that's the next best thing.

Looks like it might be so bad it's funny.  Where are those 'bots?


-- 
Mac Breck (KoshN)
-------------------------------
"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.