Blogcritics: Comments on Sci Fi Channel crosses the line

Comment by Vic

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 23:53:36 EDT

Eh, must have caught me on a bad day... still, there's money involved here and that annoys me. If this was some hoax perpetrated on some fanboy website, then whatever. Ah well, I stood by my principles and didn't watch it. :-) Vic

Comment by Jen

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 23:51:17 EDT

Just goes to prove- you shouldn't believe everthing you see on TV. (esp on the Sci fi channel)

Comment by Jen

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 23:47:33 EDT

I thought it was real at first, then I thought 'you might have got me with Sixth Sense, but not with this one'. If they wanted it believeable, they should have used better actors.

Comment by David Flanagan

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 EDT

I'm sorry, but in my mind, this crosses the line over to false advertising. I knew that it was all for fun. The thing fits too neatly into his whole mystique. David

Comment by Duane

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:20:51 EDT

Besides my beloved X-Files, SF on TV has sucked ever since they stopped making shows like Outer Limits (the original, not the preachy "science bad, people good" remake), Night Gallery, The Night Stalker (as mentioned above), and The Invaders (with architect David Vincent), with the possible exception of some decent Star Trek episodes. I agree that MST3K was excellent, and that re-runs of that would beat any of the other crap they play on the SciFi network.

Comment by Jeff

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:13:29 EDT

Stately Wayne Manor said: I personally wrote off the SciFi channel when they canceled "MST 3000" I say: Hell yeah. We need to bring back MST3K.

Comment by Chris Kent

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:02:21 EDT

Of course I did. I am the King of smiley-face icons......;) I just think Shamalooki is a bit overrated.....

Comment by Vic

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:55:16 EDT

oops. :-) Sorry.

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:53:48 EDT

heh "clark"

Comment by Vic

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:48:54 EDT

Clark, You *did* see the smiley icon in my post, didn't you? Vic

Comment by Chris Kent

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:39:23 EDT

Actually, I am quite gregarious and am smart enough to know that any channel who's only claim to fame is Stargate is probably not going to produce Ken Burns-level documentaries.......Lighten up Scooby....

Comment by Vic

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:25:30 EDT

Wow, that was a long time ago. You CAN hold a grudge, can't you? ;-) Vic

Comment by Chris Kent

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:23:49 EDT

I'm sorry, but TV went straight to hell the day they cancelled Night Stalker......

Comment by Vic

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:17:26 EDT

Now Chris, don't forget this is the same channel that puts out the EXCELLENT Stargate SG-1. Vic

Comment by Chris Kent

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:14:48 EDT

As for the Sci-Fi Channel, it's difficult for me to understand how anyone could take ANYTHING even remotely serious on that wasteland of a channel. Now let's say, well, ahh, 60 Minutes was doing a segment on M. Light Shamaloco, and later it turned out to be false. I'd be mighty pissed, yes I would, because that is a reputable program. Now the Sci-Fi Channel does something and it turns out to be a steaming pile of horse shit, well, I'd say any channel that shows Time Tunnel re-runs is not going to have the best investigative documentarians in TV history.

Comment by Vic

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:00:07 EDT

Duke, thanks very much. I had actually been wondering if my movie news stuff was inappropriate for the site and had been debating doing less of it. Vic

Comment by Chris Kent

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:40:17 EDT

If Geraldo knew in advance what was in that stupid Capone vault (yes, I too watched that damn show), then that would mean he had to have looked into that damn vault. If he looked into that damn vault, it would mean he had access. If he's a liar, why not get a few old machine guns, a skull or two, maybe even a weathered suitcase of cash? I mean, if he knew in advance there was only going to be a beer bottle and a rusty nickle, do you really think he would have been happy with that? Hell fucking no he wouldn't have been. He didn't look into those now-infamous vaults beforehand, because if he did, he would not have allowed himself to look like a complete idiot....... As for M. Night Shamalacki, he's made one great film, one fair film and two horrible films. The Village looks cool, but with Shamalcki it's all just a tease and a crapshoot. I think I'll take a vacation to Jerusalem's Lot......

Comment by Justene

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:13:06 EDT

This is neither here nor there, but did Geraldo really know there was nothing in it ahead of time? I thought that debacle sidetracked his career for some time.

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:05:31 EDT

re: coment 6 "there was nothing in Al Capones vault, But that wasn't geraldo's fault" Ah, god bless homer simpson

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:04:12 EDT

as someone brought up on the Harry Knowles Digset aka aintitcool.com, no one complained when they found out the blair witch was a hoax, and it had a whole hour-long doc on sci-fi too, yacking about the "mythology" and what not. It was very entertaining. From what The Duke hears with regards the "rumours" and "spoilers", it would appear Night has more to worry about regarding his latest "twist" ending. Lotta folks are getting awful uppity with regards the proposed finale to Village. By the way Screen, this digest of movie news on here was something that was lacking for a time. Good stuff, man, you do a great job.

Comment by Cheyene (shy anne)

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 02:51:27 EDT

This beautiful peice of (comedic)fiction had me cracking up from the time I saw the previews. I thought this was the most entertaning thing I've seen since Signs. Right from the start you could tell this was the directorial work of master hoax-man Shyamalan. Just compare to his movies. Slow and over dramatic. My favourite part came when Kahn tells that "high school friend" that Night had died in the pond. At first I couldn't tell what she was doing. It wasn't a natural reaction nor was it Acting it was really really bad acting. But all in all I have to say the picture of "Henry" whether really drawn by the distubed young Night or not frreaked me out. I wish they had just gotten the interview with Phoenix, though. Well they'll be other publicity interviews in the next few weeks I'm sure. Well if this ever makes it to Night himself, I enjoyed the experience, keep up the good work and next time set Joaquin Phoenix out for the interveiws.

Comment by Justene

Sun, 18 Jul 2004 22:31:37 EDT

You refer to him as Night. I tried to watch anyway. It was awful. Would have been awful even if it were true.

Comment by kelly s

Sun, 18 Jul 2004 22:22:33 EDT

we knew the minute someone opened their yap in the show. The acting was worse than anyhthing I have seen. I mean they are taping the meetings with their boss? come on.They really thought we would not catch on. Adrian Brdy almost broke down laughing when he had to sue the quote (he supposedly had to use).Oh we have the camera off.Sure thing. You can hera when they are on. What a mess.

Comment by Jim Carruthers

Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:30:59 EDT

I'd comment, but I'm taking off for a vacation in Grover's Mills, NJ.

Comment by Vic

Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:28:58 EDT

What bugs me about it is that it's the equivalent advertising the program where Geraldo Rivera opened Al Capone's "secret vault", knowing in advance that there was nothing in it. There's hype and then there's outright lying. Because it's on a large, corporate scale that makes it ok to mislead people? Vic