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Trouble at Stargate SG-1
jonerik writes "Salon has this article today about the troubles behind the scenes for Showtime's "Stargate SG-1." Since Michael Shanks left the show in October (a result of his unhappiness with the show's change in focus to "X-Files"-influenced government conspiracy plotlines), women have been abandoning the show in droves. The problems come at a bad time. MGM, which produces the show, is looking to be bought out by a sugar daddy. And the Sci-Fi Channel, which is taking the program over from Showtime for its sixth and final season, can't be happy at the prospect of ending up with a troubled show with plummeting ratings and a fanbase in revolt. "
I have yet to see the more recent episodes, but several of the episodes
I have seen have been quite excellent (and some others well... weren't)
but I know a lot of people who consider SG1 among the best SciFi on TV.
Personally I'll take Lexx & Farscape over it, but its not bad.
Yeah, How the fuck is John Edwards sci-fi?
I mean the first part of Sci-Fi is Sci, i.e. SCIENCE, not scam artist psychic mumbo jumbo bullshit.
Shit like that was a primary reason I quit watching Sci-Fi... that and they pushed Exposure into an after-midnight time slot... WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY SMOKING!?!?
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Sidenote, an impartial university did a study with him to test his 'skills' and remarkably in a blind reading (where he was sitting back to back with someone who couldn't say a word to him) he got an extremly high percent of things right. Anyways, the researchers also had their brains wired up highly, and found that an unusual high amounts of matching brain activity was going on. Their conclusion was that hes not jsut making stuff up, but that most likly hes midly telepathic, and reading the stuff from the peoples brains.
...an impartial university did a study with him..."
Do you have any linkage to this study? I'd like to see more info on this.
I am glad to see that someone else has read Bored of the Rings.
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He's either telepathic or contacting spirits, both of which are highly unconventional ideas in science, and both would require high amounts of brain activity. Personally, I think the guy's just telling the truth when he can say that he can contact spirits in the netherworld.
More studies should be conducted on him and other psychics who have been proven to be real. Why doesn't science have more of an interest in this stuff if there's at least some proof that it could exist?
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