Can I just have my Blood and Chrome already?

In Seeing Things (working title, from Fox Television Studios), "a cop becomes a ghost after his violent death and the only person who can help close his last case is a socially awkward man who realizes that the hallucinations he's had all his life may not be a figment of his imagination."

And here I was going to come in here and joke that one of them will probably be about someone with psychic powers who can a) See dead people. or b) Relive the last thirty seconds of a dead persons life.

GOD DAMN YOU SYFY!!

Ghost Gabber, remake of Renegade but with raptors instead of bikes, and Space Nascar.

And they really are doing a ghost thing. Jesus Christ.

Seeing Things? Well, at least he's a ghost, and not, say, well...

This being the SyFy, I assume the press release announcing the cancellation of all three series will be out on Monday.

LDM90: Can I just have my Blood and Chrome already?

They filmed it almost 10 months ago. It was downgraded to webisodes. Reports suggested that it wasn't really very good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica:_Blood_%26_Chrome

In the long run though, SyFy is toast - their primary audience expects high production values and format shifts by downloading. It's why, even though the most popular films are often Sci-Fi - the most popular films on Netflix rarely include Sci-Fi - geeks download it, they are reluctant to watch episodic Science Finction in any way that the producers can monetize.

Nerd rage aside, I am seriously missing SGU.

/Poor Eli

Can they just finish Caprica instead?

tallguywithglasseson: Bad news: 3 new terribly scripted dramas

FTfY

Also:

Network television as a business model is obsolete.

GAT_00: FirstNationalBastard: So, #1 is a dust off of unused Star Trek scripts...

#1 is 'let's steal as many Andromeda scripts as we can before we get called on it.' I seriously watched Andromeda a half dozen random times while channel surfing and that description immediately made me think of Andromeda.

#1 is Robert Hewitt Wolfe saying "Here's what Andromeda could have been, if the studio didn't shiatcan me."

narkor: LDM90: Can I just have my Blood and Chrome already?

In the long run though, SyFy is toast - their primary audience expects high production values and format shifts by downloading. It's why, even though the most popular films are often Sci-Fi - the most popular films on Netflix rarely include Sci-Fi - geeks download it, they are reluctant to watch episodic Science Finction in any way that the producers can monetize.

Which is why wrestling and the Saturday night cheesefest monster of the week are their highest rated shows?

FirstNationalBastard:

Exactly why was Eureka canceled again, especially since it's usually the highest rated of the Monday night shows?

I think they have just about run out of scientific phenomena to have go wrong. After all, they had to switch universes and plan a trip to outer space in order to make another two years.

Your scripted drama is fake too folks, fyi.

/no, i still have no idea why wrestling is on SyFy

Why bother, they'll just cancel it right as I start to like it.

/Fark you SyFy

narkor: LDM90: Can I just have my Blood and Chrome already?

They filmed it almost 10 months ago. It was downgraded to webisodes. Reports suggested that it wasn't really very good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica:_Blood_%26_Chrome

In the long run though, SyFy is toast - their primary audience expects high production values and format shifts by downloading. It's why, even though the most popular films are often Sci-Fi - the most popular films on Netflix rarely include Sci-Fi - geeks download it, they are reluctant to watch episodic Science Finction in any way that the producers can monetize.

If you make good sci fi/fantasy with compelling stories, people will watch it. Look at Supernatural; they aren't exactly busting the effects budget over there and they've been running for years. Then there's the 90s(X-Files, B5, Millennium, Above and Beyond), the early 00s(Farscape, Invisible Man, First Wave, Lost) and practically half the animated media produced in Japan, all of which were/are monetized just fine. If Syfy -or other networks- are having problems with sci-fi shows, those are likely problems of their own creation; poor programming decisions, inconsistent scheduling, and editorial meddling. I realize practically every US network these days is targeting the mass market and has been for awhile now, but in doing that they drive off plenty of viewers who came to them when they were firmly niche networks. It's just silly to deliberately choose to alienate your viewer base for the sake of what seems like a larger one, then blame those alienated viewers when they stop coming to your channel. In fact, I seem to recall Aesop writing something on the subject a few hundred years ago...

Pandora's Litterbox: Lando Lincoln: I can't wait to see what they do with giant piranhas next.

Re: That (new window)

You haven't heard about Rachel Hunter's new gig? Piranhaconda! (new window)

Given up on SyFy. Even when they have a good show they can't end it worth a damn. It's like they intentionally try to piss off their fans when they end a show.

Heron: In fact, I seem to recall Aesop writing something on the subject a few hundred thousand years ago...

FTFY

"Why don't they make science fiction shows any more?" has been the constant complaint about Sci-Fi for at least the last several years. If you're interested in reading some of what's going on over there, Boing Boing had a series with a guy named Craig Engler a while back where he gave a lot of bullshiat about why things are the way they are. Here's a link (new window) to his posts, you'll have to filter out the ones where he talks about shiat like cancelling shows, picking new shows, listening to viewers, etc.

Heron: narkor: LDM90: Can I just have my Blood and Chrome already?

They filmed it almost 10 months ago. It was downgraded to webisodes. Reports suggested that it wasn't really very good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica:_Blood_%26_Chrome

In the long run though, SyFy is toast - their primary audience expects high production values and format shifts by downloading. It's why, even though the most popular films are often Sci-Fi - the most popular films on Netflix rarely include Sci-Fi - geeks download it, they are reluctant to watch episodic Science Finction in any way that the producers can monetize.

If you make good sci fi/fantasy with compelling stories, people will watch it. Look at Supernatural; they aren't exactly busting the effects budget over there and they've been running for years. Then there's the 90s(X-Files, B5, Millennium, Above and Beyond), the early 00s(Farscape, Invisible Man, First Wave, Lost) and practically half the animated media produced in Japan, all of which were/are monetized just fine. If Syfy -or other networks- are having problems with sci-fi shows, those are likely problems of their own creation; poor programming decisions, inconsistent scheduling, and editorial meddling. I realize practically every US network these days is targeting the mass market and has been for awhile now, but in doing that they drive off plenty of viewers who came to them when they were firmly niche networks. It's just silly to deliberately choose to alienate your viewer base for the sake of what seems like a larger one, then blame those alienated viewers when they stop coming to your channel. In fact, I seem to recall Aesop writing something on the subject a few hundred years ago...

Good points. I can only assume that SyFy needs their shows to monetize right now instead of down the road, which is consistent with the whole mindset of "all shows need to be blockbusters out-of-the-gates or they get cut".

Walt_Jizzney: Heron: narkor: LDM90: Can I just have my Blood and Chrome already?

They filmed it almost 10 months ago. It was downgraded to webisodes. Reports suggested that it wasn't really very good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica:_Blood_%26_Chrome

In the long run though, SyFy is toast - their primary audience expects high production values and format shifts by downloading. It's why, even though the most popular films are often Sci-Fi - the most popular films on Netflix rarely include Sci-Fi - geeks download it, they are reluctant to watch episodic Science Finction in any way that the producers can monetize.

If you make good sci fi/fantasy with compelling stories, people will watch it. Look at Supernatural; they aren't exactly busting the effects budget over there and they've been running for years. Then there's the 90s(X-Files, B5, Millennium, Above and Beyond), the early 00s(Farscape, Invisible Man, First Wave, Lost) and practically half the animated media produced in Japan, all of which were/are monetized just fine. If Syfy -or other networks- are having problems with sci-fi shows, those are likely problems of their own creation; poor programming decisions, inconsistent scheduling, and editorial meddling. I realize practically every US network these days is targeting the mass market and has been for awhile now, but in doing that they drive off plenty of viewers who came to them when they were firmly niche networks. It's just silly to deliberately choose to alienate your viewer base for the sake of what seems like a larger one, then blame those alienated viewers when they stop coming to your channel. In fact, I seem to recall Aesop writing something on the subject a few hundred years ago...

Good points. I can only assume that SyFy needs their shows to monetize right now instead of down the road, which is consistent with the whole mindset of "all shows need to be blockbusters out-of-the-gatesby the end of the fiscal quarter or they get cut".

Doesn't matter what industry you're in; it's all about quarterly profits.

I'd still like to see HBO or Showtime take on a good space opera-type series. Something that has production values (and budget) as high as Rome, Game of Thrones, The Tudors, etc.

Somehow the 10-12 episode series has become my preferred dramatic medium. And I don't think I'm alone, given the relative success of their series (and of similar imports from BBC). There are some great book series out there, if they could just find one that could translate into that format.

Heck, I'd even be curious to see what the Band of Brothers/Pacific producers could do with something as simple-yet-entertaining as the Hammer's Slammers stories. Would be better than pretty much anything Sci-Fi hasn't canceled in the last five years.

Ghost Wrestlers!

anfrind: Walt_Jizzney: Heron: narkor: LDM90: Can I just have my Blood and Chrome already?

They filmed it almost 10 months ago. It was downgraded to webisodes. Reports suggested that it wasn't really very good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica:_Blood_%26_Chrome

In the long run though, SyFy is toast - their primary audience expects high production values and format shifts by downloading. It's why, even though the most popular films are often Sci-Fi - the most popular films on Netflix rarely include Sci-Fi - geeks download it, they are reluctant to watch episodic Science Finction in any way that the producers can monetize.

If you make good sci fi/fantasy with compelling stories, people will watch it. Look at Supernatural; they aren't exactly busting the effects budget over there and they've been running for years. Then there's the 90s(X-Files, B5, Millennium, Above and Beyond), the early 00s(Farscape, Invisible Man, First Wave, Lost) and practically half the animated media produced in Japan, all of which were/are monetized just fine. If Syfy -or other networks- are having problems with sci-fi shows, those are likely problems of their own creation; poor programming decisions, inconsistent scheduling, and editorial meddling. I realize practically every US network these days is targeting the mass market and has been for awhile now, but in doing that they drive off plenty of viewers who came to them when they were firmly niche networks. It's just silly to deliberately choose to alienate your viewer base for the sake of what seems like a larger one, then blame those alienated viewers when they stop coming to your channel. In fact, I seem to recall Aesop writing something on the subject a few hundred years ago...

Good points. I can only assume that SyFy needs their shows to monetize right now instead of down the road, which is consistent with the whole mindset of "all shows need to be blockbusters out-of-the-gatesby the end of the fiscal quarter or they get cut".

Doesn't matter what industry you're in; it's all about quarterly profits.

more adaptations to/from games and action figures might work. Geeks spend plenty of money on such things....how retarded does an executive have to be to not realize this?