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Olmos Tells Fans: "Don't Watch Galactica"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the felgercarb dept.

Obiwan Kenobi writes "Edward James Olmos, in a meeting with a group of TV Critics, did something unbelievable: he pleaded with them to tell their readers not to watch the new Battlestar Galactica remake on the Sci-Fi Channel: 'I must say one thing and will say this very clearly, if you are a person who really has a strict belief in the original, I would not advise that you watch this program. It'll hurt them.'"

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  1. Reverse psychology? by GreatOgre · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Best way to get people to do something is to tell them not to!

  2. Re:What is Sci-Fi's core audience? by jmorris42 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    AMEN!

    Preach it brother!

    This is a question I have had for years, why doesn't Sci_Fi channel actually run Science Fiction? Take a look at their schedule for a week and count up the hours actually running things that qualify as Sci-Fi and it comes up pretty damned short.

    Freddy, Jason and Chuckie are NOT Sci-Fi.

    Most of the other slasher flicks are NOT Sci-Fi either.

    John Edwards is NOT Sci-Fi.

    Beyond Belief is NOT Sci-Fi. (Having an actor from a Trek franchise as host does not make a show Sci-Fi.)

    In Search of... is NOT SCi-Fi.

    Scare Tactics is NOT Sci-Fi.

    Braveheart is NOT Sci-Fi. (Yes they actually ran it.)

    And I'm sorry, I want someone to explain how Dark Shadows is Sci-Fi. Being a cult classic doesn't make a show Sci-Fi. Let some other channel run it.

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