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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hear!! Hear!! I'd love to see a new updated Version of Doctor Who. I must admit I kind of liked that "stupid fox treatment", but making him half-human would kind of explain why he's always meddling in human affairs and has a human or two for sidekicks. But if they do make a new Doctor Who, I hope they have someone who will make sure that all of the script writers keep to the same bible. It seemed like every time there was a new Doctor, that once he went into a future earth society, it was always different from the Last Doctor's visit. Of course, with as much interference into the timeline as the Doctor did, it's not surprising we would see different futures.

Also, I'd love to see more of Red Dwarf. I think that is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. And they say the Brits don't have a sense of humor! The only thing that would the show more enjoyable would be to know what all of the slang terms they use. I can understand most of what they say, but sometimes something is said that makes me scratch my head and say "Huh?". Does anyone know if there was any more seasons after season 8? I have 1-7 on tape, and even though I want to buy the 8th season, I heard they are finall going to put Red Dward on dvd. So I'm anxiously waiting for that event to happen. Does anyone know anything more about this?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">But what then would PBS show?! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

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Cring in terror, Jerry Lewis telethones

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And they say the Brits don't have a sense of humor!

Only complete smegheads say that. Normally only people walking round with "H"'s on their foreheads with middle names of Judas say that

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Re: Best Scifi Series ever, canceled! (OT)
 

Don't forget to watch Firefly tonight.

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The Shield is on as well

And those with hbo... check out the wire...

Good show...

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Watched it, wasn't impressed. I will, as usual, give a new show more than one episode to prove itself but, like I said, I wasn't impressed by this one.

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After watching 'Firefly', here are some of my observations...

#1. Cowboys in space. This has been done before, and is actually presently being done. Something called "Donte Montana" is out there on the Space network, which has a very similar cast, except that their spaceship is a bountyhunter vessel instead of a trading vessel, but very similar clothes and universe.

#2. The 'evil empire' is pretty tame. Watching the discussion on that battleship, or whatever, between the military crew, these guys were more casual then the orignal Star Trek crew.

#3. Too many humans of 2 dimensional characters. You have your self centred crewman, your physically strong woman, your mentally strong woman, your weak woman, your smart yet wimpy doctor, your old guy, your pilot, and your tough, yet downright morally good, lead character.

#4. Their ship effects are good, but any show can have good effects.

#5. The episode I saw was a combination of Aliens, Alien Reserection, Event Horizon and The Good the Bad and the Ugly.

#6. Basically, it another "Andromeda", but with 'attitude' and 'proactiveness' (something Simpsons followers might find amusing).

I heard that the show is already in trouble, having even lower Ratings then Farscape (which had a very loyal following).

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Sad to hear the show is already in trouble. I quite enjoy it...at first I thought they were trying too hard, but with the second show, it seems to me that the characters might be deeper than I thought. Or it could be complete crap...I'll have to see more.