David wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:47:01 -0500, "Victor Velazquez"
>  wrote:
>
>> David wrote:
>>> On Apr 1, 5:28 pm, "Victor Velazquez"
 wrote:
>>>> Mac Breck wrote:
>>>>> David wrote:
>>>>>> On Apr 1, 2:53 pm, "Victor Velazquez"

>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Mac Breck wrote:
>>>>>>>> Some, here, have indicated
>>>>>>>> that maybe there's a bit of hope for The
Sci-Fi Channel because
>>>>>>>> now her influence will be more distant and
possibly dilute,
>>>>>>>> which I doubt.
>>>>
>>>>>>> I agree.  So long as enough 12 year old boys
have to stay home
>>>>>>> in the evening, SciFi will continue airing mostly crap
>>>>
>>>>>> So who were "Lost In Space" and
"Land of the Giants" aimed at,
>>>>>> discerning adults?
>>>>
>>>>> Who is the intended audience of the The Sci-Fi
Original B-movies?
>>>
>>> I don't know, but their primary source of revenue is dvd sales so
>>> it's probably not 12-year-old boys.
>>
>> They don't have discretionary income and birthdays?
>
> I don't think 12-year-olds are a big market for DVDs. If they were kid
> show DVDs would be more prominent than they are. And, geez, what
> screwed-up parent would gift their kids a Sci-Fi Original Movie
> instead of, say, "I Am Legend"?

Yeah, that does make sense.  I wonder what the after-market is for SciFi 
shows.  Is there any?

>>>>> B-movies can be made and *not* be trash, you know. 
e.g. Tarantula
>>>>> (1955), The Blob (1958), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957),
>>>>> Monolith Monsters (1957).
>>>
>>> So what percentage of 50's B-movies weren't trash?
>>
>> .001%
>
> Doesn't sound like the bar is unclearable for the Sci-Fi Channel. One
> of their recent movies even got a good review in Variety!
> http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117936566.html?categoryid=32&cs=1

I don't think SciFi is particularly atrocious, historically speaking (Son of 
Svengoolie history, I mean), it's just that they could be doing so much 
better (for me).

>>>> Yeah!  I figure LiS and LotG were aimed at 12 year old boys *and*
>>>> the fathers who loved them (back when dad controlled the
"remote").
>>>
>>> Rose-colored nostalgi-vision is a wonderful thing.
>>
>> I really did used to be much skinnier!
>
> Nonsense! You can still fit into your high school jeans.

Dude, I can't even fit into my college toga.
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