Comments on: TV’s Chicken & The Egg

By: John Hood

John Hood — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:09:14 +0000

Another excellent post, Ged.

Personally, I was rather fond of Firefly, Heroes and T: TSCC. Alas, all fell victim to either premature cancellation or second season retooling (ignoring the maximum: if it ain’t broke…).

Regarding the latter. I’d be intrigued to know your thoughts on retooling and even midseason retooling. FlashForward anyone?

By: Erik J. Barzeski

Erik J. Barzeski — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:15:05 +0000

I decide if I want to watch the first few episodes. If I do, and I don’t develop a taste for the show by then, I drop it. I dropped Heroes after about the third show in season two. I’ve stuck with “Sarah” so far, but haven’t watched every show. “Fringe” may be a ripoff, but I don’t really care – I find it compelling at times and interesting almost all of the time.

But I’m also not the typical Sci-Fi geek, either. Didn’t care about Firefly (I watched about 40 minutes of the first episode before I gave up), haven’t ever seen an entire Star Trek (the TV show, let alone the movies), and think George Lucas should have had someone else write the dialog in Star Wars movies. Oh, and I don’t watch and never will watch Battlestar: Galactica.

So, I guess I’m not entirely sure why I’ve commented here. Watch a few episodes and decide then – why not? In the day and age of DVRs – and multiple DVRs per household, even – do any other plans of attack makes more sense?

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By: David Miller

David Miller — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:03:06 +0000

I watched the first few episodes of Terminator, but I couldn’t get into it. Too much “shoot ‘em up” for my taste in a TV show.

I’d be watching Heroes even if it wasn’t popular. I’ve been watching since episode 2 of the first season, and I’ll watch it until the end. I usually only watch two or three shows regularly at a time. Right now, they’re Heroes, LOST, and The Clone Wars. Definitely, a sci-fi theme. I’d probably watch more, but it’s a big time investment for me. I have to pick and choose which series I want to follow because being a parent usually trumps TV. And, there’s a lot of other things happening as well.

Good post, Ged

By: krystyn

krystyn — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:07:22 +0000

I tried watching ‘Sarah’, I think because you recommended it. But I just couldn’t get into it. Possibly because I loved Firefly so much, and it was weird to see River talking so much.

Now there’s a show that got shitcanned way too early. I loved me some Firefly.

By: Bruno-Pierre Campeau

Bruno-Pierre Campeau — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:52:42 +0000

Though everybody seems to dig Heroes, which I find bland with content and originality. Where’s the good old times where ‘original’ rimed with out of the box series?

I do not see those kind of show anywhere today, hence, my interest in American television, Canadian television or any television has been crumbling away.

Media, video games and such, that are slightly different of classic or completely new and energic are simply killed off for the shows that brings the money. Original content gets hacked off for shows that goes now where for two or three seasons but people are simply hypnotized by such lame televisual contributions…

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By: Kelly Guimont

Kelly Guimont — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:33:16 +0000

You only have to look at how things used to be to know this is a knee-jerk reaction to the fact that I can play games or be on the internet instead of watching TV. Watch the first season of anything now considered a “classic”. Or to extend this further, listen to the first album of a band who released their first album in the 70’s. A lot of those SUCKED. But having learned, they went back and gave it another shot and did far better and continued to improve.

There is no longer a market for developing talent, you have to be VERY good to start with or lucky.

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