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[#83510]
Written by: VikkMathis [10/03/2008, 14:40] |
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i like the show (terminator) my friends and i get together when this show comes on and watch it as if we're glued to the television. the last scene where the car blows up left us hanging and begging for more. this show better not get cancel or i'm going to be pissed. i'll never watch any show on fox again even if it's good. they did the same thing with "drive" which was another favorite of mine. |
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[#83530]
Written by: bbcgrrrl [10/03/2008, 19:17] |
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as a rule, i don't watch fox. i made an exception as i really enjoyed headey's performances in the films "aberdeen" and "loved up". i've been impressed more by the heart of this show than the special effects. if you want to help, there's a petition: {www[dot]petitiononline[dot]com/scconfox/petition[dot]html} cheers! bbcgrrrl |
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[#83535]
Written by: danno49 [10/03/2008, 20:01] |
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this shows only redeeming quality is the decent acting. the writing is absolutely horrific. the directing is sub par, but i guess it could be the shit scripts they have to work with. what the fuck was up with the season (and hopefully series) finale? the big 'shootout' with cromartie consisted of men being thrown into the pool with some red food coloring added for a blood effect. utter tripe and just did not have the desired artsy-fartsy factor i'm sure the director was looking for. i only watched the whole season because i thought it was suffering from the identity crisis that most shows go through in the early episodes. i am holding out hope for the show but if they don't get some excellent writers producing fantastic scripts, i will just pretend the show never happened like t3. the first two were so bad-ass. yes, they had some problems, but not near the amount that t:scc has. let's not even mention t3. oh shit, i just did. note to vajna and kassar: if you get the green for a 2nd go around please don't fuck it up. |
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[#83538]
Written by: The5thHorseman [10/03/2008, 20:45] |
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they better not cancel it, i've just gotten into it. i must agree with the exec that from what i've seen about the ratings and from the incredible cgi (for a tv show) that they probably aren't getting as much money as they want. |
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[#83540]
Written by: biglee [10/03/2008, 21:09] |
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i'm still pissed about losing drive, if they get rid of ttscc then i want to know what their demographic is. is it insecure people who enjoy watching the weak succumb to the strong in a shameful modern twist on gladiatorial combat aka reality telly. give me some good escapism with a great story any day of the week. |
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[#83564]
Written by: griffmiester [11/03/2008, 00:09] |
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if t:scc get's canned, i'll have to put it down to fox and the firefly curse. it seems that any show that fox screens and has actors that were in firefly seems to get canned early. i mean wake up fox and ask the viewers whether they want to see more. what do big-wig exec's know anyway... |
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[#83586]
Written by: dafix1972 [11/03/2008, 04:53] |
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terminator is summit i could quite happily do without, its ok, maybe good at points but as stated before its loose contridicting and every episode is almost plotless (apart from the \'save the jon save the world\' tags... i still miss firefly (altho theres a bit of a stdvd season 2 stir online) dead like me (again its sort of back with pushing daisies, as characters in daisies were intended to be in dlm\'s 3rd season), i really miss surface, as they had only just touched the start of the whole story (perhaps that was the downfall as they took too long introducing and exploring all the plots - shame), i even miss huff, and wasnt impressed with the journeyman at first as i thought what a \'quantum leap\' ripoff, but as it went on with his interference of the past affecting his future i really got into it, and its somewhere where ql never went. but luckily family guy came back, and futurama is sort of back, and god help fox and other networks if they cancel, house, boston legal, numb3rs, psych(i think psych is one of the best things to come from usa ever.) lost(altho getting a bit drawn out now - but i still wanna see the monster  )heroes and eureka... as long as they run until completion, im a very happy bunny!!! |
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[#83592]
Written by: Jedit [11/03/2008, 05:24] |
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what "firefly curse"? try the "it's genre and it's on fox" curse. wonderfalls, tru calling, space: above and beyond, the visitor, harsh realm, journeyman, failfly, futurama... |
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[#83628]
Written by: landaishan [11/03/2008, 09:51] |
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lets just hope and pray it stays on! and yep, the last episode was a cliffhanger |
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[#83646]
Written by: Blackstar [11/03/2008, 11:06] |
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actually i think you will find its a curse passed on from joss whedon, i know people who would cheerily have put a spell on him and all his minions after the end of btvs s6. i've enjoyed tscc and hope it comes back but hey, it is only a tv show. |
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[#83652]
Written by: agathorn [11/03/2008, 11:36] |
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i'll be upset if terminator is canceled, but won't be one bit surprised. fox has a long standing history with this exact pattern, and it really pisses me off. firefly & john doe are two that really pissed me off, especially with the john doe cliffhanger. those who say terminator is safe because fox wouldn't leave it on a cliffhanger don't know fox's history very well. |
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[#83715]
Written by: Eladrien [11/03/2008, 22:01] |
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yep... fox sucks... its that easy... hopefully terminator gets picked up by another network... cause they have to continue the show... since they destroyed the continuity by having them come to the future so in the words of the great ricky ricardo... they have a lot of splainin to do |
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[#83982]
Written by: 90014 [15/03/2008, 06:31] |
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space: above and beyond was above and beyond anything we will ever see again on tv in this day and age. 'space' was written long before 9/11 and dealt intimately with life 'under fire', in a tight knit group, fighting enemy forces. all of these conditions were allowed because we (audience) had little real world comparisons to make at the time. now with 'world war 3' at hand (war on terrorism) we will never see a 'realistic' approach to warfare and it's moral effects on a squad of kids. also, despite all reports to the contrary, space: above and beyond was an australian production that happened ($) to be on american tv. and like all sci-fi that comes from other parts of the world once it found american dollars it's stories, ie 'meaning', dried up quicker than a strike dries up creativity. searching for meaning in american sci-fi television shows is a joke and will continue to be, ad nauseam, till we grow beyond the emotionally deficient star trek based sci-fi this country can not get past. specifically, american television lacks 'love'. take america's current #1 sci-fi show bsg (2003), where the over all story arc is the fight to exist. in a euro based terminator the arch would be the right to survive, the meaning of existance and what roll love plays in the struggle to be alive. lexx, farscape, space: above and beyond and others can not and do not survive american money. terminator, journyman, sgx, flash gordon, bionic woman, moonlight, jerico, the latest (and last) seasons of '4400 and dead zone', and others have little to zero 'meaning'. they are episodic adventures in a vacuum of purpose. we should and do hold shows like these to a lower, and shorter, standard of sci-fi and drama. in closing, boston legal (which i reference do to the title of the orginal article for this discussion topic) has lasted as long as it has, in a day shifting and lonely 10pm existance because it does deal with meaning in life. they have 'platonic homosexual love' and 'physical displays of affection and commitment' conflicts in every episode. compelling tv. quite unlike the short lived and meaningless, sci-fi dramas of contemporary american television. ty for reading |
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[#83995]
Written by: quasipseudopizzaoid [15/03/2008, 11:09] |
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yup, those yanks screwed up a great series! what makes a show an australian production? the set is there and the filming is done there? hmmm. s:aab: co-creator glen morgan - born in el cajon, california, usa - imdb co-creator james wong - born in hong kong, moved to the united states with his family at age 10 to san diego, california - wiki regular cast: morgan weisser - born in venice, california, usa - imdb kristen cloke - born in van nuys, california, usa - imdb rodney rowland - born in newport beach, california, usa - imdb lanei chapman - is an american actress - wiki joel de la fuente - born in new hartford, new york, usa - imdb james morrison - born in bountiful, utah, usa - imdb directors: thomas j. wright (6 episodes) - is an american television director - wiki charles martin smith (3 episodes) - born in van nuys, california, usa - imdb ... co-creator glen morgan on why 2063 was chosen as the time: "we had compromised on 2063 because it was the century anniversary of kennedy's death, which a lot of people would say was the death of innocence in america." - http://www.cyberpursuits.com/heckifiknow/saab/staff.asp  doh! //edit: "according to the producers, the main fictional work that influenced space: above and beyond was the 1974 science fiction novel the forever war by joe haldeman (an american science fiction author)" - wiki doh! x2 |
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[#84004]
Written by: Blackstar [15/03/2008, 13:06] |
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i've always wanted to string up the critic who called saab 'melrose space' before it was even on the air. i felt that put off serious sf fans and attracted viewers who were expecting something far different from the dark series we got. i also think saab went a little too dark trying to fight that tag. maybe it was also just not the right time for a show like this, bsg pursued many of the same ideas and found a much more receptive audience in the post 9/11 world. |
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