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Farscape Fans Produce Commercial

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the take-the-power-back dept.

angst writes "Farscape fans have come together and produced a commercial called 'I am Farscape'. In the hopes of bringing more media and consumer awareness that the fans of this show are not happy that it is being cancelled. So far it will be aired in 24 cities nation wide. Look for it the week of Nov. 24th if you are in the list."

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  1. Re:This has been done before by Minna+Kirai · · Score: 5, Informative

    Now I feel really old. Kids today... no attention to history.

    Heard of Star Trek? The campaign that ressurected the cancelled original series is what inspires all of these latter-day fan-intervention imitators.

  2. Re:Why was the show canceled? by Robotech_Master · · Score: 5, Informative
    There are several reasons given, depending on who you ask and when. Among the big ones are:

    Too expensive: The show costs an awful lot to produce, as SF shows tend to, and apparently Sci-Fi's in a bit of a money crunch. The high production cost wouldn't be so bad, except...

    They don't own the show; Henson does, as part of the production agreement (though they each finance half the show's cost). Which means SFC doesn't get the back-end income from syndication and DVD/video and such to recoup their costs. Adding to the problem is the fact that...

    The show's fandom isn't expanding: Farscape is keeping the fans it has, but it's not causing more people to come to watch the show. See, that's the problem with shows that build up a lot of backstory...if you haven't watched the first four seasons, you have no idea what's going on. (This problem has been noted in other mega-arc-based shows, such as Andromeda.) SFC wants shows that suck more people in (and get them watching SFC). And finally, it's been said that...

    SFC is supposedly moving away from "space-based" shows and heading more toward the "paranormal," in keeping with the latest fads/trends in the TV people are watching. Which makes you wonder why they even bother calling themselves "sci-fi," but there you go.

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  3. Re:Why was the show canceled? by spectecjr · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are several reasons given, depending on who you ask and when. Among the big ones are

    These are all the reasons given by SciFi.

    They also have all been - to greater or lesser extents - debunked.

    For example - too expensive? SG1's budget was increased for their 7th season, and is way more than that of Farscape.

    ($2.5MM for SG1 vs. $750K for Farscape, per episode)

    Simon

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