Is sci fi dieing ?

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Now with the news that bsg blood and chrome wont be a tv series and no new startrek or stargate series or any news of a return of past great scifi tv series on the horizon where does this leave scfi in the form of a tv series a dieing breed or is there still hope for the future ?
 
Isn't there supposed to be a new Battlestar Galactica series starting this year?

Edit: Nevermind, didn't read the whole post :P
 
It certainly isn't what it used to be.

TV exec's these days just want good numbers and want them from day one and that doesn't really lend itself to a good scifi show which can build up a solid story and characters.

Off the top of my head I cannot think of a single pure scifi show that if you started showing it tomorrow as a fresh idea would last that long in the current environment.

We will just have to continue to put up with rubbish with flashy effects and "cliffhanger" endings with no real depth to them which is what most TV is these days.

The only scifi I can seen being given a chance is if a series of books becomes especially popular then someone may put some money into and give it a good run, similar to Game of Thrones.
 
sci-fi was always a niche genre. True sci-fi took its biggest hit when sci-fi channel got bought out and destroyed.

But sci-fi will continue to get made and eventually i think it will have a come back when everyone gets bored of the reality tv emotional rollercoaster garbage.
 
BSG only finished a couple of years ago. I wouldn't start panicking just yet. Something else will come along.

Besides, the best sci-fi is about the stories and characters, and not the science-y bit anyway. BSG was great because of the moral issues, not the fact that there were robots in space.
 
i'de settle for endless re-runs of SG1 and Star trek but i dont think any channels even do that now.
 
I don't think you'll ever get the true cerebral experience that you used to get with some shows.

It's all very much focused on adventure of the week romps that can be produced easily fairly easily and appeal to a wide audience due to their family drama angle. (Warehouse 13, Eureka, Terra Nova, Falling Skies). Granted not all of these have been successful.

Cerebral shows like TNG, DS9 and Voyager won't ever be coming back, at least not on mainstream tv. Their time has been and gone.

Ever since Lost premiered and showed that character based drama can hook sci fi /fantasy audiences the networks have continued to lean in that direction. It was more of a drama than sci fi and as we all should know Drama is a genre that brings in mega viewing figures on tv.

Until a person/people come along with a solid model from which to digitally distribute a sci fi show which i actually profitable than i don't think we'll be seeing any deep and serious shows anytime soon.

Personally i think TV as we know it will change within the next decade as digital content and distribution becomes more mainstream which in turn will render terrestrial broadcasts obsolete in some way.

TV is a business at the end of the day and the money is all that matters in the end. I don't think Sci Fi has died as a genre but it has changed and adapted with the times as has every genre out there.
 
I think part of the problem is we have simply run out of old 70's, 80's, 90's tv/movie franchises to resurrect as you mention. A proper weekly live action series based on Star Wars would go down a treat, but it looks as though 100% CGI is the way things will go on the scifi front for a while, if it gets made at all.
 
Sci-Fi itself isn't dieing it's the TV industrys reluctance to develop Sci-Fi shows that's the problem. It's mainly down to Higher cost and lower ratings compared to other TV viewing thats putting the producers off. The fact that it's a good well written show doesn't cut it any more especially when you've got reality shows and other **** that cost Practically **** all to make.
 
It's not profitable enough for TV studios or channels.

Simple, as already outlined.

To get genuinely good sci-fi, you're probably looking at the gaming genre for ideas as this is where the least 'rish' is for writers in terms of audience uptake.
 
There has been quite a lot of sci-fi lately but bean counters seem to rule the roost these days so most of it gets thrown to the wolves. Stuff like V and The Event could have gone places but didnt have vampires so meh.
 
Sci-fi has very much taken a back seat to 'Fantasy' in the last 5-6 years. At least hollywood and its associated sci-fi directors/writers are keeping the flame alive with some really good projects.
 
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