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Offline MrRiplEy[H]

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« on: April 11, 2008, 04:15:17 PM »
Anyone into it? Anyone know what it is?  :D

My favourite episodes: Supernova and Brigadoom.
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« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2008, 05:16:49 PM »
Ok, but not half as good as FarScape. BSG can suck FarScape's meevonks.
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« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2008, 07:06:43 PM »
"You're as warped as a LEXX fan"
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« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2008, 09:39:50 PM »
Farscape was a really good show.
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Re: LEXX
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2008, 06:17:08 AM »
Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on April 11, 2008, 04:15:17 PM
Anyone into it? Anyone know what it is?  :D

My favourite episodes: Supernova and Brigadoom.

i watched the whole series years ago and i didn't have a clue what it was about. it was a strange off-beat sci fi show with a weird ship. the blonde was the highlite, but apart from her it wasn't that memorable
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Re: LEXX
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2008, 06:22:24 AM »
Quote from: Excel1 on April 12, 2008, 06:17:08 AM
i watched the whole series years ago and i didn't have a clue what it was about. it was a strange off-beat sci fi show with a weird ship. the blonde was the highlite, but apart from her it wasn't that memorable

The show had an awesome black humor spiked attitude, complete selfishness and immorality + sexual tension - something you rarely if ever see outside real life. That set Lexx apart other sci-fi series.
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Re: LEXX
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2008, 06:30:00 AM »
Good versus Evil was another series that got axed for being too different.
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« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2008, 09:09:52 AM »
My favorite moment was when Stanley finally grew some balls and killed Vlad after she killed Xev. The look on his face was awesome.

I-Man was another cool show.

SciFi in the Late-90s had some great original programming with FarScape, Lexx and I-Man. Now it's just a haven for awful original movies that don't even make the cut as B-flicks and 24/7 StarGate marathons.
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« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2008, 02:47:35 PM »
I thought I-man was ok, but doomed to get axed from the start.  The main actor and his lines were too crappy.  I can't remember what show it was, but it was pretty disappointing to see they had replaced it with I-Man.
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« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2008, 04:43:20 PM »
There was a storyline?



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« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2008, 05:08:54 PM »
LEXX rocks! :rock
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« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2008, 05:23:42 PM »
Moot,

They replaced it with Tremors and/or The Dream Team.  :mad:
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« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2008, 06:02:41 PM »
No, I mean the show that I-Man replaced.. I-Man wasn't bad, but some things about it were just a bit neglected, a lot like some of SFC's 'original movies'. 
I think one of the things that killed I-Man was that episode where some smarty pants students all commited suicide, which some investigation by the characters revealed was because of some ominous discovery that only minds as brilliant as those kids could comprehend.. It was an effective plot device, but it came off excessively gloomy and pessimistic, which strained a plot that was sorta corny in the first place, and didn't fit very well with the rest of the show's episodes.
When I saw that episode, I immediately thought they were playing with fire and jumping the shark at the same time :)  I think the show got axed soon after.  I thought it was great when it first started, though. 

SFC's made some really bad decisions, in retrospect.  I-Man, Good vs. Evil, Firefly...
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« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2008, 06:57:02 PM »
Firefly was on Fox, I think.

But yeah, whoever's in charge at SciFi has their head up their ass. They canceled FarScape and then started BSG because they wanted a "Sexy, edgy, space adventure." WHICH THEY ALREADY HAD AND JUST CANCELED!!!! I got depressed watching Peacekeeper Wars. It was Season 5 condensed down into a 3hr movie, and I can only wonder just what the writers could have done with a full season.  :cry

Interestingly....

SciFi Channel at the time Lexx, FarScape and I-Man ended had just been bought out by Vivendi-Universal. During this period everything started going down-hill: Lexx and I-Man ended, the 24/7 StarGate reruns began, and the channel higher-ups started playing around with FarScape ("Make it more like South Park." "Make it more like SG-1." "It needs more sex!" "Season 4 has to unfold THIS way for new viewers (in the process throwing away the dramatic brilliance of the second half of Season 2 and virtually all of Season 3)." FarScape entered frequent mid-season hiatus with NO reruns whatsoever. Advertising was cut and time slots were changed). An emphasis was put on their horrific "originals." Science Fiction was pushed aside in favor of pseudo-science and paranormal bunk (Dream Team, etc).

Then consider this....

In its day, Sierra made some of the best games you could find. If it was by Sierra, you KNEW you were getting a quality title. Quest for Glory, King's Quest, the Dynamix sims (Aces of the Pacific is STILL the greatest air-combat simulation ever). Sierra was GOLD. Then they were bought out by....you guessed it....VIVENDI! Ken and Roberta Williams were fired. Quest for Glory V was rushed, incomplete and buggy just so they could kick it out the door (after almost never happening in the FIRST place). The last King's Quest (Mask of Eternity) was not only NOT a true KQ game, but a horrific mess besides. Aces of the Pacific II was killed on the drawing board. Aces: X-Planes (may have been similar to SWotL) followed after, Desert Fighters (WWII North Africa) was shut down early in production (I played an early Beta. It would have been QUITE good). Dynamix was outright closed. All production of Sierra Adventures stopped. Instead, their focus was turned towards Hoyle Classic Card Games, and Redneck Sports games (Professional BULL RIDING?! WTF!!!) and infinite Deer Hunter clones. Sierra became a sick cash cow being wrung out for all it was worth, until finally the doors were shut.

Two companies. Both bought out by Vivendi. Both of which soon began a rapid spiral into the sewer immediately after.

Coincidence? I think NOT!
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