Subj : Re: Syndication To : alt.tv.farscape From : Chaya Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 15:07:42 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape GutPageant wrote: > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:09:41 -0400, Nick wrote > (in article ): > >> Jim Larson wrote: >> >>> Dee wrote: >>> >>>> What is the general consensus about how Farscape will do in >>>> syndication starting in October? >>>> >>>> 1 Will do very well. Its popularity will allow a theatrical film >>>> to be made. >>>> >>>> 2 It will do good. A new TV Miniseries might be made. >>>> >>>> 3 It will do okay, but not well enough for the financiers too >>>> cough up more money. >>>> >>>> 4 It will start off ok but then drop as people become lost and >>>> befuddled and it gets relagated to the 1:00 am slot. >>>> >>>> 5 Tanks immediatley. Fartscrape. YUK! >>>> >>>> >>> >>> 6 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia >>> >> >> Will Romaine do? > > I used to compare Stargate SG-1 to oatmeal--kinda bland and not too > tasty. I've recently realized that's a poor analogy, what with > oatmeal's actually being nutritious. > > I have since deemed Stargate to be the iceberg lettuce of sci-fi > television. > > BTW, I pick #3 above, with a bit of #4 (every syndicated sci-fi show > eventually winds up in the 1:00 am slot). Speaking of SG-1, I have decided to drop StarGate Atlantis from the Tivo lineup and replace it with "Threshold" (Carla Gugino, Brent Spiner). The only seemingly bad thing about it is that Brannon Braga is a writer... .