Anim8rFSK wrote:
> In article ,
>  "Mac Breck"  wrote:
> 
>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>> In article ,
>>>  "Mac Breck"  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Obveeus wrote:
>>>>> "jayembee"  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Mac Breck"  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But if the usual rec.arts.sf.tv
complainers aren't happy then
>>>>>>>> it's tough to imagine how Universal could
possibly be.
>>>>>>> And OTOH we have Bonnie Hammer cheerleaders like you.
>>>>>> I don't think that David is a
"cheerleader" for Hammer or anyone
>>>>>> else. He just sees things as they are.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Universal is happy as long as the channel
makes more and more
>>>>>>> money, and couldn't give a crap less about
whether the channel
>>>>>>> has any decent sci-fi content.
>>>>>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, AND IS THE WHOLE POINT.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The consumers care about the quality of the programming. The
>>>>>> executives care about the bottom line. And never the twain
>>>>>> shall meet. I doubt it will ever be any different.
And there's
>>>>>> no use losing sleep over that fact.
>>>>> I agree that she is doing a generally good job.  If
anything, she
>>>>> should be given more/all of Ben Silverman's job.
>>>>>
>>>>> While I do agree that the Sci-fi channel has turned much more
>>>>> towards monster/horror movies than Sciece fiction in the last
>>>>> couple of years,
>>>> Mostly, they've turned toward trash movies that are sci-fi and/or
>>>> monster/horror.  Even calling them B-movies is extremely generous.
>>>> They're very low budget, populated by D-list and below actors, and
>>>> the CGI *looks painfully like* CGI.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I'd also add that I don't remember Sci-fi channel ever doing
>>>>> anything as good as Battlestar Galactica or Tin man in the past.
>>>> Oh come on, Battlestar Galactica is a trashy soap opera
set in space.
>>>> Haven't seen Tin Man yet.
>>> Tin Man wasn't nearly as good as BSG, and I gave up on BSG some time
>>> ago.
>> Tin Man is in my Netflix queue strictly because Zooey and Neal are in
>> it.
> 
> I only made it halfway into the first part.  Maybe it gets better, but I 
> was long past caring.
> 

I watched all of it, but I really like Zooey Deschanel.  It was pretty 
predictable and I find it baffling that it got the reviews it did.  But 
it's probably worth watching once.
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