From: matrix29@charter.net   
      
   "Derek Janssen"  wrote in message   
   news:Mrzjj.5307$rV6.1737@trndny06...   
   | jason.cinema@gmail.com wrote:   
   |   
   | > 'm hoping that this might potentially mean SCI FI will actually   
   | > resemble a channel devoted to science fiction. Then again, the new   
   | > guy's reporting to her, so it's more likely nothing will change.   
   |   
   | So, I just skimmed the article:   
   | Did we ever get a decent explanation for "Boa vs. Python"?   
   |   
   | Derek Janssen   
   | ejanss1@verizon.net   
      
       CGI is cheap.  People are still impressed by Computer Generated Imagery   
   monsters and the production costs are low if the director and animation   
   crews are competent.  Even showing really bad movies can gain a devoted   
   cynical audience who now "remember" the channel because they watched such an   
   inane movie on it.   
      
       Bonnie Hammer at least realized two very important things.   
       #1 - Cheap may not be impressive, but it can get advertising bucks to   
   pay for something decent later on.   
       #2 - The "something decent" must be up to the level of quality that you   
   can recoup the costs and gain a profit by selling the episodes or movie on   
   DVD later.   
      
       Pro-Wrestling isn't SCI-FI, but it brought eyeballs to the channel and   
   advertisers.   
      
       EUREKA had high mainstream appeal in format, high production quality, no   
   big "scary" stuff to frighten off skittish parents of young children, and   
   appealing characters with "lighthearted Science Fiction".   
      
       Granted the "Crap Movie of the Month" sucked, but it worked in gaining   
   some attention and even some viewers (dumb people like "dumb Science   
   Fiction" and they are viewers with money to spend too).  The "Crap Movie of   
   the Month" also helped pay for some interesting new Science Fiction stuff   
   too.  We should remember that the SCI-FI CHANNEL was on the verge of going   
   broke before Bonnie Hammer took over and they seem to be banking a stable   
   profit for now.   
      
       Bonnie Hammer did some things I hated and some things I liked quite a   
   bit.   
       I'm not going to judge her just on axing "Mystery Science Theater 3000"   
   and the "Crap Movie of the Month" even though I tend to be tempted to want   
   to do so.   
      
       I'd say at this point that the most memorable thing I hate Bonnie Hammer   
   for is taking the necessary in-channel promo bumpers for shows on the   
   channel they need to promote and running them to obscene overkill levels for   
   a couple of years as well as stomping all over the opening and end credits   
   on shows.  Now that they've backed off on them and taken more of a favor to   
   tossing in fancifully entertaining "Watch our Channel" bumpers again I am   
   much happier with the in-channel advertising in general.   
      
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