From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V2 #288 Reply-To: chakram-refugees@smoe.org Sender: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk chakram-refugees-digest Friday, October 18 2002 Volume 02 : Number 288 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [chakram-refugees] O/S Who Killed Farscape [] Re: [chakram-refugees] O/S Who Killed Farscape ["Xena Torres" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:28:29 -0400 From: Subject: [chakram-refugees] O/S Who Killed Farscape Although I was not a fan of Farscape I think it feel victim to the USA Studio's syndrom. USA Studio as run by Barry Diller is a network that wants to be seen as an alternative to the big 3 but is too cowardly to actually be innovative. It has a scifi channel and it wants it to be mainstream - it doesn't realize that the genre is not mainstream and doesn't have the foresight to cater to its unigue nitch of viewers. USA Studios never understood Xena fans or for that matter Hercules fans. Xena's subtext and tendency to be controversial seemed to cause major angst for the studio (it has been rumored that it was the studio that wanted to play down subtext in the 5th season and we know it wanted to cancel Xena in the middle of the 6th season as it did with Hercules) Barry Diller, I beleieve, when he was at FOX cancelled Alien Nation and Brisco County Jones. It is obvious he doesn't like or understand scifi or off-beat shows. The SciFi channel now sees its future with Stargate because it comes with a ready made audience but if I was a fan of that show I would be afraid - Diller will interfer with that show and cancel it on whim also. To be frank watching Diller over the years deal with Joan Rivers, Sally Jessie Raphel, and the Xena show and now Farscape one can only wonder if he just has a problem with strong women being on TV. CherylA CherylA ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:03:55 -0700 From: "Xena Torres" Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] O/S Who Killed Farscape >and Brisco County Jones. Brisco County Jr. Ah, Bruce Campbell. :) >The SciFi channel now sees its future with Stargate because it comes with a >ready made audience That's interesting because I know a guy who works on the show and last I spoke to him (last week) they still weren't sure over there if they would be picked up for another season or not. BATTLE ON XENA! Xena Torres: Warrior Writer _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free! Try MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:03:50 -0500 From: Lilli Sprintz Subject: [chakram-refugees] Trivia popquiz Hi! thought of another short "sleeper", and wanted to pass it on to those of us who are both Xena and Stargate-SG-1 fans: 1) What leisure activity do both Xena and Col. Jack O'Neill have in common? 2) What do the two production country locations have in common? short quiz only. answers in tomorrow's email : ) lilli ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ End of chakram-refugees-digest V2 #288 **************************************