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   Fred Ellis to Hunter   
   Re: So...When Is SyFy...   
   02 Aug 10 22:30:48   
   
   From: fkellis@sticx.net   
      
   Hunter wrote:   
   > In article <4C56341B.305F7E1@hotmMOVEail.com>,   
   > traRvEsky@hotmMOVEail.com says...   
   >   
   >>Karl wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>"GrtArtiste"  wrote in message   
   >>>   
   >>>>...going to put BSG on 5 nights a week? Are they not in a hurry to do   
   >>>>so? If it sits on the shelf for a while does it get better with age?   
   >>>>Are there contractual agreements preventing them from doing it now?   
   >>>>Are the DVDs selling that well?   
   >>>   
   >>>maybe they fear Star Trek's overexposure?  Too much burns out the brand?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>Welllll - BSG seems/seemed more dependent on a story arc than the Trek   
   series,   
   >>and a grim one at that...   
   >   
   > ---   
   > Correct on both counts. Also BSG had a hard end, they made it to   
   > Earth so that's it. On the other hand "Star Trek" is open ended in   
   > terms there will be always new worlds to explore and therefore new   
   > stories to have without having a definite ending date (the time until   
   > they find Earth) BSG as we know it just has doesn't have room to grow   
   > like ST. The only thing is to have another Battlestar out there that   
   > escaped destruction like Pegasus did with a fleet of civilian ships   
   > that didn't find Earth yet and has its own Eights and Sixes and   
   > Threes especially Eights LOL!   
      
   Yes, Hunter, we differently want some Eights, lots of eights, maybe   
   about a dozen will do.  Until that happens I guess I'll have to watch   
   the new 'Hawaii Five O' this fall.   
      
      
   Fred Ellis   
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