Comments on: New space western from Fox… that’s not Firefly.

By: hagelrat

hagelrat — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:24:16 +0000

stupid and annoying, i love firefly.

By: TDF Pamela

TDF Pamela — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:49:28 +0000

@sandchigger: Whatever works. ;) I’m not a big fan of Macs, but the Fanboyfriend is slowly making a dent. Well, the problems I’ve been having with Windows lately have been helping, too.

By: sandchigger

sandchigger — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:15:02 +0000

@TDF Pamela: Yeah, but eww… Mac… :P I’d sooner do the same with a small form factor PC.

By: TDF Pamela

TDF Pamela — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:13:28 +0000

@sandchigger: You could always get a Mac Mini or something similar, hook it up to your TV, and watch hulu or Netflix from the comfort of your couch. That’s what we do. My friends think it’s awesome, because we have the biggest damn monitor EVER, and we can all watch silly cat videos on YouTube on it. :D

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:07:11 +0000

@sandchigger Oh, I know! My husband was a PA on that reality series with Mark Cuban they filmed in Dallas a few years ago. I’m just bemoaning the facts. I’m an actor myself, so I have a vested interest watching things that involve my craft. Believe me, it’s too expensive to go to the theater and see a play live! : )

By: sandchigger

sandchigger — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:45:20 +0000

@TDF Pamela: I’ve considered dropping cable, actually. I don’t watch live TV shows nor do I watch sports (ever… of any kind… bleh!) and since 99% of the television I watch is time shifted anyway I could easily just shift my viewing to online-only via sites like hulu.com, syfy.com and adultswim.com. Of course if I wanted to watch shows anywhere outside the computer room I’d have to either move the PC or get a second (or third or fourth or whatever) computer, but it’s still doable

By: TDF Pamela

TDF Pamela — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:41:05 +0000

@sandchigger: They do have a habit of doing that, don’t they? You’d hope that studio execs would have enough sense to see what will work and what won’t, but that’s asking entirely too much.

@Rachel: Yep. Like sandchigger said, it’s so much cheaper to make reality shows: no writers, no scripts, very little in the way of production costs. So unfortunately, we’re stuck with that crap because advertisers will pay for it and because studios will save a few bucks. Alas! But yes, there are a lot of great shows on cable right now. USA is doing very well. Almost makes me want to get cable. :D

By: sandchigger

sandchigger — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:35:16 +0000

@Rachel Not necessarily, plenty of “reality” shows have been canceled due to shitty ratings. The thing is, it costs a LOT more money to make an actual television show when compared to reality and game shows. So long as advertisers are willing to pay them for their time, they’ll continue making horrible horrible reality/game shows.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:32:04 +0000

However, hell will freeze over before they cancel one of their awful reality series. All of the cool character based series are now on cable, I’m afraid.

By: sandchigger

sandchigger — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:53:15 +0000

Or the original premise will be great then the Fox execs will “suggest creative changes” that will ruin the show.