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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.
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Drummer Mick Tucker from glam-rock band The Sweet has died. He was 54.
The musician lost a five-year battle against leukaemia and passed away in a hospital in Welwyn Garden City, Herts.
His wife Janet and daughter Aysten, 22, were at his bedside.
In its 1970s heyday, The Sweet achieved top-10 hits with Fox On The Run, Blockbuster and Hell Raiser. Another hit, Ballroom Blitz, featured in the 1992 movie Wayne's World, giving the band a minor resurgence in popularity.
Fellow band member Steve Priest paid tribute to his friend of 30 years, saying: "He was the best drummer England ever produced and it is a sad loss to the music world."
Speaking from his home near Los Angeles, Priest, 53, added: "It was a little bit sudden, to be honest. He was on the verge of leukaemia five years ago but had a bone marrow transplant from his brother which stopped him getting it, but he was never the same.
"He was supposedly clear of it but he had a job fighting infections."
His US agent Maureen O'Connor says Tucker, who lived in Chorleywood, Herts, died from complications of the cancer.
Formed in 1968 as Sweetshop, Sweet was one of Britain's glam-rock bands. They were said to pay more attention to their look than their music and, by 1973, the blatant nature of their lyrics and overt stage antics led to some British clubs banning them.
Lead singer Brian Connolly died of liver failure in 1997, while the fourth original member of the band, Andy Scott, lives in Britain.
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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