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My SyFried Network Rant


God knows I love Science Fiction. I really do. I read the masters like Asimov, Clark, Gerrold, Heinlein and Herbert. I've got all the Star Wars, Star Trek movies and Babylon 5, Battlestar episodes on DVD. I've even tried writing some Science Fiction, not that I'm GREAT at it.

 

I have seen science fiction as a force for good. It gets kids and adults excited about science and willing to learn. Millions of people pursued science and technology after being inspired by a short lived science fiction series in the sixties.

 

What the SyFried Network is calling science fiction these days makes me want to vomit.

 

I don't believe in ghosts, conspiracy theories or alien molestations. Horror is not science fiction. Dumbassed premises are not science fiction. Bad writing may be science fiction but its the sort you soon forget.

 

Shall we look at a few SyFried Network originals? Tonight's Stonehenge Apocalypse is just another in a long line of stinking, reeking pieces of crap the SyFried Network has pawned off on us long suffering fans. They throw us horror, they throw us implausible bullshit scenarios and GAH *pukes in a trash can*

 

All SyFried Network movies have the same plot. Bear with me here. I know making movies is hard and some standardization is necessary but the same plot for every one is a bit much. See if this rings a bell. There is a disgraced scientist. He's got a wacky theory/made a mistake or was politically f**ked over. He's working in fast food. There's a horrible crisis. The government sends General Numbnuts out and he thinks its a good idea to nuke every f**king thing in sight. Disgraced scientist rides in and saves the day with mere seconds on the clock despite being shot at by his own soldiers.

 

How much harder would it be to TRY to do better? How much harder would it be to pretend to actually be inspired? Pretend for a moment that you aren't so condescending towards your audience that you are writing for morons. Pretend for a moment that what you are doing actually matters.

 

People are watching. Kids are watching. You have a chance to inspire another generation, put them to sleep or make them change the channel. So what are you going to do? Continue assembly line bullshit or actually try to make something worth watching.

 

There is a reason that people are changing the channel. It's not because they don't like science fiction. It is because you are writing and executing it so poorly. Hire me. I'll write a better script in a month than the whole f**king 10,000 blind monkies with typewriters shop that you currently employ. Just look at the drivel you are putting out. How could I possibly do any worse?

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Hoskins

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Hey James

 

It all started when they renamed the network, at that time they said they were going to branch out into wider audiences than strictly sci-fi.

 

I don't watch the channel anymore- the only thing that's been even remotely appealing has been Caprica, and that's not even really great.

 

Maybe you SHOULD write some sci-fi!

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