Stupid Sci-Fi poopeyheads!!!
Aug. 21st, 2006 06:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gateslackerHoly Hannah, could there have been crappier timing! One minute I am watching the 200th episode with all the excitement that accompanies that special occasion and also having a great time with Gate, as usual. The next moment I learn that it has been cancelled! Do what? What a slap in the face to all of those folks who work hard to make the show, who I read learned about all of this on the eve of 200's airing, and to all of us who eagerly await its airing from week to week!!! But, I suppose that is just sci-fi channel's standard operating procedure. It's almost as though that once they made that "longest US sci fi show" distinction it was time to kick it to the curb ASAP! I have been a science fiction fan for my whole life but I have just about had it with the Sci-fi channel. Shame, too, since I happen to like Atlantis, BSG, and may eventually like Eureka. But, by golly, we have to keep that sci-fi staple, wrestling, going so I am sure something just had to go! Question is, am I going to keep watching what is left of the good sci-fi offerings, few though they may be? Right now, with a backlog of Atlantis eps that I still haven't watched, I am not so sure.
Of course I have always realized that the show couldn't go on forever and ever amen. But to end it without ending it will be a travesty. Plus, I feel really bad for CB and BB. Ten years or not, I have been in the process of just getting to know them and I like what I see. During the episode "200" when Martin Lloyd says, "the movie's back on!" I was wondering if this was a way of telling the fans something we didn't know. But, really, how could that be since it was filmed before this bombshell announcement (and yes, even though I was expecting it at some point, this announcement was really a bombshell). I can only hope that Martin was being prophetic. I feel the same way I did when TNG was cancelled. I would rather see a show on a weekly basis than wait years and years for a feature or even a television film but, naturally, I will take what I can get!
In any case, Gate has been an enjoyable part of my life for quite some time. Although I know it's only a TV show, I am seriously bummed. :(
Of course I have always realized that the show couldn't go on forever and ever amen. But to end it without ending it will be a travesty. Plus, I feel really bad for CB and BB. Ten years or not, I have been in the process of just getting to know them and I like what I see. During the episode "200" when Martin Lloyd says, "the movie's back on!" I was wondering if this was a way of telling the fans something we didn't know. But, really, how could that be since it was filmed before this bombshell announcement (and yes, even though I was expecting it at some point, this announcement was really a bombshell). I can only hope that Martin was being prophetic. I feel the same way I did when TNG was cancelled. I would rather see a show on a weekly basis than wait years and years for a feature or even a television film but, naturally, I will take what I can get!
In any case, Gate has been an enjoyable part of my life for quite some time. Although I know it's only a TV show, I am seriously bummed. :(
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Date: 2006-08-22 01:15 am (UTC)I am going to keep watching Atlantis and any other SF show that catches my eye, you never know where it will take you. Maybe the Shows will be cancelled to soon but regardless of the outcome I wouldn't want to miss out on the trip. Stargate has been one hell of a trip and it is not finished yet. :)
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Date: 2006-08-22 01:24 am (UTC)I am going to keep watching Atlantis and any other SF show that catches my eye, you never know where it will take you
I know, I know but Gate is the only show I would actually stay up for (and lose quite a bit of already shortened sleep time) after being up all night. (as I did Saturday am just to watch 200..LOL) It's just a bad sign when the show sits on my DVR several weeks before I watch. It doesn't mean that I don't like it, it means that it isn't a show that I just "can't wait" to watch and I am going to really miss that!
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Date: 2006-08-22 01:37 am (UTC)EWWWWWW!!! ; )
Stargate is unique. I have NEVER felt this way about a show. I will miss the excitement of waiting for the new season. Reading spoilers and sharing them with my friends.
(((((((Glenda))))))))))
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Date: 2006-08-22 01:59 am (UTC)You mean luring your friends to the spoiler dark side!
Still can't wait for that certain story arc and I dare say that certain comments lead me to believe that RDA will be there for that. I'm giddy with excitement and speculation over that. (even though it will be during the second half of the season destined to air, if it actually does, at some point during the next decade..I mean, March....grrrrrrr.)
Maybe sci fi has a death wish