Comments on: Monkeys? Really?

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:51:06 +0000

I am a big sci-fi fan. I just watched Tinman and I really liked it. One thing that bothered me was the ending. I really felt as if there was no closure. As if there needed to be more.

By: Myst fanatic

Myst fanatic — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:15:57 +0000

yea, i don’t think Atrus would want strange mutant monkeys running around his ages!

By: Artoveli

Artoveli — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:02:59 +0000

Well, maybe they got an angry letter from Atrus.:-)

By: Myst Fanatic

Myst Fanatic — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:43:23 +0000

yea, i heart rumors of a Myst series on sci-fi. and at the same moment, my dreams were crushed on hearing the news that it was canceled. after hearing news of these…monkeys… lets just say i feel better now. But all you guys need to remember is that they didn’t get a letter from Atrus! Oh yea, brownie points!!!

By: Artoveli

Artoveli — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:02:38 +0000

Whaaaaagh!!!! I did not need that image. I am SO glad we don’t have to worry about Sci-Fi anymore…

It’s really no surprise Cyan walked away from it, especially given the fact that they even walked away from the comic books years ago.

By: Ryuu Tenshi

Ryuu Tenshi — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:14:16 +0000

No, it definetly has some problems with cohesive direction, mostly becuase unlike, say, Babylon 5 (also an excellent show) the outline for the plot arc was not written in advance and rather made up as they went along (other than the “Well Earth is there, somewhere… and also robots!”) This means that there’s some very strange things that go on which are never resolved as they go “Actually that uh, didn’t happen” and other times they do some massive shark-vaulting - Tigh, anyone? *

And I derail the topic again. Yay!

*seriously, for those who know what I’m talking about without spoiling anything, where DID that come from?

By: Samsbase

Samsbase — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:25:32 +0000

I felt that the Battlestar galactica plot lacked a cohesive direction.

Or maybe I’m just fond of the more stand-alone style episodes in sci-fi series like in star trek

By: Ryuu Tenshi

Ryuu Tenshi — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:26:03 +0000

Razor was brilliance. So much brilliance ^___^ and now I’m all twitching about season four. It needs to hurry up and get here I MUST KNOW WHO THE LAST CYLON IS arrgh.

(it’s actually Atrus! and that will be the plot twist ending at the end of the Myst film.)

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:42:08 +0000

Battlestar Galactica, eh? Interesting. We’ll have to think some more about that, eh, Adrian? …

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:16:42 +0000

“Battlestar Galactica” is absolutely one of the greatest shows ever produced for television. I’m pretty picky and the science fiction genre usually doesn’t quite hit the mark with me most of the time, but I think B.G. works because of its focus on character first and foremost. Also, the production value is on par with any major motion picture. The effects are amazing (see Razor). The score is like no other score I’ve heard for television either. Okay, I’m starting to ramble myself…

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:35:32 +0000

Ha. The good old days. I still think the best Sci-Fi miniseries to date was The Lost Room. Tinman was okay, but something was missing.. At some point I had heard that Sci-Fi wanted to put D’ni in the sky. But I’m not sure if that’s something that Tony told me, something that I read, or something that I dreamed. You can never really be sure with me.

By: Ryuu Tenshi

Ryuu Tenshi — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:51:05 +0000

“What are we doing?”
–> You are creating worlds.

blah blah writer’s rant
–> I think in Sci-Fi’s case it’s that the producers are far more interested in making a quick buck of a popular name/idea than anything else. They like to put a lot of random sex into things that otherwise wouldn’t have any because it really sells to their demographic, and to seriously change around a story. Sometimes, this works - look at the new Battlestar Galactica, which is a really fantastic series, much better than the original, with tight, edgy storylines, great writing, and engaging characters.

Other times, the producers just throw some hack writer who essentially writes bad fanfiction who also knows jack about the source material at a project and says “Hey can you just throw something together so we can make a quick few bucks off it?”

As a longtime watcher of the SciFi channel, that script doesn’t surprise me at all. Just look at what they did to Earthsea - if you know anything about the source material, it’s obvious that they murdered it in the face and ruined everything the original books were about. The worst bit about that is that Hayao Miyazaki’s equally inaccurate but far better written and produced version of Earthsea cannot come to the US becuase SciFi now owns the rights because of that piece of garbage.

… sorry. rambling. about nothing. again. oops. >>;

I end with a quote. which while not necessarily relevant to this particularly, seems… relevant otherwise…?

“You wish for something, you’ve wanted it for years, and you’re sure you want it, as long as you know you can’t have it. But if all at once it looks as though your wish might come true, you suddenly find yourself wishing you had never wished for any such thing.” ~ Michael Ende.

Dunno. Read it the other day while looking for something else and thought of this project. I uh… am sorry for the random irrelevant rambliness. which is probably inaccurate on a number of points…?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:07:55 +0000

Replace the monkeys with squees! Now we’re talking!