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The Future of Science Fiction Entertainment

posted by Dopefish on Sunday February 23 2014, @12:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-want-netflix-to-reboot-firefly dept.

TBNZee writes:

"Mainstream television has, for a long time, under-served the science fiction loving segment. But with declining production costs, there seem to be two potential sources of alternative production/distribution: digital content (e.g. Netflix, Hulu) and crowd-funded projects. There's still not a lot of science fiction shows that are being produced by the major streaming services, but we'll probably see more with the success of Hulu's exclusive U.S. distribution of Misfits or Netflix's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Doctor Who. On the other hand, you have many enthusiastic upstarts on Kickstarter that look novel and engaging while having a surprisingly professional look to them.

Which do you think will ultimately be more successful? Do you have any recommendations for other good material out there, or is there something you would like to see?"

 
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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by lubricus on Sunday February 23 2014, @12:17PM

    by lubricus (232) on Sunday February 23 2014, @12:17PM (#5202)

    Just want to point out some projects out there:
    If you like models, pro-building, and industry talk, Steve Neill's Garage [youtube.com] is cool. Some of the people who showed up on his channel include the Space Opera Society [indiegogo.com].

    Also, John Hodgman just talked about this on his podcast: Judge John Hodgman Episode 148: Science Friction [maximumfun.org]. The conversation was pretty interesting. His guest Jane Espenson [imdb.com] pointed out that while SciFi movies do very well, TV is afraid to do SciFi because they fear it will become too campy. She also points out that SciFi can be thought of as a *setting*, not necessarily as a genre.

    So, there's lots of interest, and SciFi fans are pre-adapted to maintain the genere with our own passion and technical abilities, but in the end, I think it's just a matter of trends. We got through the vampires, now we just have to wait out the zombies. One of these times SciFy has to come back, right?

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by mcgrew on Sunday February 23 2014, @12:42PM

    by mcgrew (701) on Sunday February 23 2014, @12:42PM (#5213) Homepage Journal

    I'd like to see more projects like Star Wreck. Community-supported, not corporate cash grabs. Perhaps your comment will stimulate some.

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    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday February 23 2014, @01:24PM

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday February 23 2014, @01:24PM (#5233) Journal

      A modern remake of Gayniggers from Outer Space [wikipedia.org] would be a huge hit among the Sci-Fi crowd, especially with big-name celebrities like the Wayans brothers, Michael Sam, Manti Te'o, RuPaul...the possibilities are limitless!

      A soundtrack could also be provided by famed homosexual rapper Faggot Bruce [youtube.com].

    • (Score: 1) by lhsi on Sunday February 23 2014, @01:28PM

      by lhsi (711) on Sunday February 23 2014, @01:28PM (#5234)

      Did you see Pioneer One? That was out a couple of years ago and was distributed via bittorrent.