OT: Babylon 5

[Val]

From what I heard on the Boards and from Sci-Fi channel, Legends of the Rangers is not going to be produced right now, Sci-Fi has put their $ into Farscape and Stargate and didn't need another space show and the rating weren't good due to competition with some major football game that same night. They have reshowed it with some good Ratings, so it isn't totally out of the realm of what's possible, maybe if the DVD sales are good they will do something.

I'm actually working on fixing up the Shadow set to be more Shadow specific, unless someone else wants to do it - any takers

Would be nice to get the shows on DVD for some captures for events and race pics.

[Atrocities]

Stargate is produced by Showtime. They signed a five year agreement. Oh wait... It has already been five years. ****.

[gregebowman]

I haven't been watching SG-1 too much, especially after I found out that due to whatever arrangement that Showtime did to get that series, the creators couldn't do a planned trilogy of films. They wanted to to 2 more films but couldn't. I'd have rather seen the movies than the series. I think the 2 other stories were written out as novels, but I haven't read them. Can't wait to get my hands on the B5 DVD set, even though I might have to scrounge up the dough for that set. What with Star Trek TNG and X-Files box sets out there, it's hard for a cash strapped sci-fi fan to get everything all at once.

[jimbob]

due to whatever arrangement that Showtime did to get that series, the creators couldn't do a planned trilogy of films.

What, are they stupid!? There's got to be WAY more money in the movies than in TV. And didn't the X-files movie bump up TV viewership significantly?

[Val]

The real money is in the fully posable action figures

[rdouglass]

Originally posted by Val:
The real money is in the fully posable action figures

Nah...bedshhets, pillowcases, and curtains. Oh yeah, lunchboxes!!!!

[Atrocities]

The producers of Stargate did not want to make a second movie. The reports of a second and third movie are not true. The two producers of Stargate SG1 were from the new Out Limits show. They approached Showtime with the idea. Since the move franchise had no intention of making a second movie, and felt that a series would do more for the concept than a second movie, the go ahead was given.

I just watched a special on the making Stargate SG1.

[gregebowman]

WEll, that's not what I read. But it was a couple of years ago, so I might have forgotten something. But I am pretty sure that what I read said that they did want to do a trilogy. Maybe they changed their mind later. I still would have rather seen 2 more movies though. It would be a lot easier to watch the DVD's occassionally than trying to fight the wife over watching the Sci-Fi channel on Friday nights (I don't have the showtime package).

Also, I heard recently that Independence Day 2 is going to me made. I wish that would have been made this time than "8 legged freaks". I barely got through Arachnophia, I can't image watching 2 hours of 10+ feet tall spiders. That I'll wait until comes on cable.

[ZeroAdunn]

From what I understand, at first they had planned to do a sequal, but when they were able to get it turned into a series they decided that was the better route. Aren't they planning to do another movie?

[Atrocities]

Thank You ZeroAdunn

"I'd like to live just long enough to
be there when they cut off your head
and stick it on a pike as a warning to
the next ten generations that some
favour's come with too high a price.
I'd look up at your lifeless eyes and
wave like this. Can you and your
associates arrange it for me, Mr.
Morden?" - Vir to Mr. Morden

the Shadows of Z'ha'doom

[ August 07, 2002, 10:03: Message edited by: Atrocities ]