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Farscape
WORF
The Burninator
in Zocalo v2.0
What happened to the Farscape forums?
Worf
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"Have you ever wondered why there are so many dead worlds out there? Let me tell you why. It's because despite the best advise of people who know what they are talking about, other people insist on doing the most massively stupid things." -Galen
Worf
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"Have you ever wondered why there are so many dead worlds out there? Let me tell you why. It's because despite the best advise of people who know what they are talking about, other people insist on doing the most massively stupid things." -Galen
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[b] [url="http://www.aerowebspace.co.uk"]www.aerowebspace.co.uk[/url] [/b]
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[b][i]Only the insane have strength enough to prosper,
Only those that prosper truly judge what is sane.[/i][/b]
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[b]The board was canceled by SciFi [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img][/b][/quote]
LOL
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[b]www.aerowebspace.co.uk[/b]
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Only the insane have strength enough to prosper,
Only those that prosper truly judge what is sane.
[b]I think he meant here on FO...
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I was talking about the one here on FO's [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/tongue.gif[/img]
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[b]Damn! Farscape stands no chance--we aren't ever trying to save it![/b][/quote]
[url="http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/09/17/hln.wired.farscape/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/09/17/hln.wired.farscape/index.html[/url]
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By Renay San Miguel
CNN Headline News
(CNN) -- All I wanted to do was find out if the Internet can help save a canceled TV show. Who knew that fans of the science fiction series "Farscape" would use the Web to educate me and Headline News about just how powerful technology can be in spreading an idea.
The results have been ... well, out of this world.
I had noticed a couple of e-mails to Headline News from viewers complaining that the Sci-Fi Channel had unexpectedly canceled a previously announced fifth season of "Farscape," a show about a lost astronaut, John Crichton (played by Ben Browder), and his adventures in a parallel universe. The e-mails mentioned a couple of "Save Farscape" Web sites.
I remembered hearing how an Internet-based campaign had given fans of the ABC show "Once and Again" one more season before ultimate cancellation. So I called TV Guide's senior TV critic Matt Roush to ask if the Internet can make a difference.
"I'm not sure how successful it can be but I would never discourage anybody from trying," Roush said. "My feeling is the Internet makes [the fans] feel more connected. It's a chance for them to bond together in a way they never had before."
Roush said the Internet is part of the evolution of fan letter-writing and phone campaigns dating back to the 1960s and "Star Trek." He also mentioned that fans of science fiction series would naturally be more technologically inclined and Internet-friendly.
We aired the story on Headline News' "Hotwired" at 8:45 p.m. ET on September 11. The e-mails started coming in faster than Crichton's space shuttle can zip through a wormhole.
By the time I came to work the next day, more than 1,200 e-mails had been sent to Headline News from "Farscape" fans all over the world.
Nina Lumpp, the webmistress of the main "Save Farscape" Web site at farscape.wdsection.com, has experience using the Web to resurrect a TV show. She started a message board focusing on the USA Network's spy drama, "La Femme Nikita." Ms. Lumpp credits fans and the Web for bringing that cancelled show back for eight more episodes.
For Lumpp, the Internet means immediate connection with and better organization for the show's fans. "I love that, it's my favorite aspect of the Internet. I talk to people from Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Denmark, Canada, Spain, Bulgaria, Israel ... all over the world. I'm getting hundreds of e-mails a day now."
I called the Sci-Fi Channel to get a reaction to all this, and a spokeswoman said the network wasn't talking. But the fans are.
And one in particular summed up the reason why "Hotwired" did the story in the first place. It's in an e-mail from Lotta Danielsson-Murphy of Arlington, Virginia. "I believe that this campaign will dwarf the famous 'Star Trek' letter-writing campaign of the 1960s and will showcase -- like nothing before it -- the way the Internet has changed how people interact and form communities."
For me, the best part of this is seeing the instant reaction via e-mail to a "Hotwired" story. As of this writing, however, the jury was still out on whether the Internet could help bring John Crichton back home to Earth.
I just think Sci-fi does not listen anymore!
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Argone
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[b]4 Thousand Throats can be cut in one night by a running Warrior[/b]
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[b]whitestar90: [/b]"it would give the computer a heartattack just looking at it" -
[b]Sanfam: [/b]"And Drazi didn't like it one bit.-
[b]Mr.Bungle: [/b][i]"So that's where the forum went..."[/i]-
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[b][i]ahhh, the good old days of HTML.[/i][/b]
I know your mind was in 2 places at the same time.
Let me tell you the truth, this word made me laugh myself silly. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
Argone
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[b]4 Thousand Throats can be cut in one night by a running Warrior[/b]
[b]Damn! Farscape stands no chance--we aren't ever trying to save it![/b][/quote]
Other sites are playing host to the saving efforts.
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
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"Jopoforce"
[b]ahh, just watch enterprise instead. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img] much better then a bunch of puppets screwing eatchother. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
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You don't like screwing muppets? obviously you've never seen Meet the Feebles by Peter Jackson then...
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..And so it Begins
http://www.firefoot.com
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
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You don't like screwing muppets?
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screwing muppets? Your [b]SICK SICK SICK![/b]
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[b] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Entil'Zha:
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You don't like screwing muppets?
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screwing muppets? Your [b]SICK SICK SICK![/b]
[img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img][/B][/QUOTE]
No i don't mean screwing muppets, i mean muppets screwing eachother.
You must see the film, it rocks
[b]That's a great film. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Ahh yes it is. Peter Jackson before Lord of the Rings. Heh, For those of us who knew and loved his work years ago.
i mean how can you not liek a movie with quotes like
"Warthog: This is a lovely golf course, I'm tempted to join the club.
Bletch: I'm afraid you can't.
Warthog: You mean they discriminate against warthogs?
Bletch: No, they just don't want assholes in the club!"
Or
"Bletch: Have you thought of a name for it yet?
Trevor: I was thinking along the lines of...Dick does Daisy.
Bletch: No, no. That's too conventional.
Trevor: How about...Anal Antics?
Bletch: Anal Antics...yes. It will appeal to the intellectuals."
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..And so it Begins
http://www.firefoot.com
[b] Other sites are playing host to the saving efforts.
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Thats alright then.
Worf
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"Have you ever wondered why there are so many dead worlds out there? Let me tell you why. It's because despite the best advise of people who know what they are talking about, other people insist on doing the most massively stupid things." -Galen
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[b]Entil'Zha: Have you seen Bad Taste?
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Yes i have, but not in many many years. and i was a little under the influence when i saw it, so i don't remember much of it, I should rent it again.
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[b]ahh, just watch enterprise instead. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img] much better then a bunch of puppets screwing eatchother. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
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[img]http://vertigo1-2.freeyellow.com/Piss.jpg[/img]
[img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
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Siggy under reconstruction
[This message has been edited by WHY (edited 09-25-2002).]