OTHER SCIENCE FICTION SERIES

A SciFi ORIGINAL movie......really???

POSTED BY: SHINYVERA2517
UPDATED: Thursday, June 11, 2009 14:49
SHORT URL:
VIEWED: 2445
PAGE 1 of 1

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:34 AM

SHINYVERA2517


I just saw a commercial for a SciFi "origina" movie called "Star Runners" the voiceover guy said something like "Two smugglers, one crate" and in the crate is....guess what....a girl!
Now how is a movie about a girl frozen in a crate picked up by smugglers who are on a space ship 'original'?

_____
"He was mostly brave.....MOSTLY??!?!...he was brave..."

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:37 AM

AVERYFINECOMPANION


It wasn't original when firefly did it either. While I love the show I think its been done quite a lot.

NOTIFY: N   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:40 AM

SHINYVERA2517


Really? Frozen girl in a box is done a lot? Guess I don't watch enough SciFi

_____
"He was mostly brave.....MOSTLY??!?!...he was brave..."

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:14 PM

CYBERSNARK


Heh. "A SciFi Unoriginal Movie" actually would make a pretty cool tagline.

Well, Outlaw Star had a girl-in-a-box, IIRC. Aside from that, I can't really think of any.

Maybe

Select to view spoiler:


Sari's "birth"

in Transformers Animated counts, though it's only seen in flashback (and it's more of an alien-robot-in-a-box anyway).

-----
We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

NOTIFY: N   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 3:52 PM

AVERYFINECOMPANION


Quote:

Originally posted by ShinyVera2517:
Really? Frozen girl in a box is done a lot? Guess I don't watch enough SciFi



Guess not, I just saw it in an episode of Star Trek not too long ago. I forgot what series it was.

NOTIFY: N   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:13 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


I'm guessing that the only thing "original" about this SyFy Original Movie will be how much it sucks. Honestly, have you tried watching any of their "original" movies? The word "laughable" hardly begins to describe them - and they're not trying to be funny.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.


"You're a idiot." -AuRaptor, RWED, May 27, 2009.

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:02 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.


Yeah, the Sci Fi "original" movies they air on Saturday nights are normally uber low budget and really bad. Some are campy, but for the most part, bad.

__________________________________________
Holding the line since December '02!



Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

http://www.richmondbrowncoats.org

Color Officer / Battalion O.I.C.



http://76thbattalion.homestead.com/index.html


NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:03 AM

RIPWASH


Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:
I'm guessing that the only thing "original" about this SyFy Original Movie will be how much it sucks. Honestly, have you tried watching any of their "original" movies? The word "laughable" hardly begins to describe them - and they're not trying to be funny.



Though I haven't really enjoyed Sci-Fi Channel on the whole for quite a while now, I thought "Tin Man" was pretty good. And their series "Eureka" is very good.

*********************************************

"It's okay! I'm a leaf on the wind!!!"
"What does that mean?!?!?!"

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:08 AM

CYBERSNARK


Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:
I'm guessing that the only thing "original" about this SyFy Original Movie will be how much it sucks.

That. . . wouldn't make it very original, actually.

-----
We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

NOTIFY: N   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:07 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:
I'm guessing that the only thing "original" about this SyFy Original Movie will be how much it sucks.

That. . . wouldn't make it very original, actually.



Well, if it rises to the levels of suckitude that I think SyFy is capable of, it WOULD be original - it would be a level of suck never before seen in the annals of film-making. :)

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.


"You're a idiot." -AuRaptor, RWED, May 27, 2009.

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:08 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by RIPWash:
Though I haven't really enjoyed Sci-Fi Channel on the whole for quite a while now, I thought "Tin Man" was pretty good. And their series "Eureka" is very good.



Is Eureka going to be coming back? It seemed to get kind of lost towards the end of last season. I've enjoyed it, but it seems like it's losing direction a bit.

And I recorded Tin Man, but haven't watched it yet. I may have to.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.


"You're a idiot." -AuRaptor, RWED, May 27, 2009.

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:49 PM

RIPWASH


Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:
Quote:

Originally posted by RIPWash:
Though I haven't really enjoyed Sci-Fi Channel on the whole for quite a while now, I thought "Tin Man" was pretty good. And their series "Eureka" is very good.



Is Eureka going to be coming back? It seemed to get kind of lost towards the end of last season. I've enjoyed it, but it seems like it's losing direction a bit.

And I recorded Tin Man, but haven't watched it yet. I may have to.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.


"You're a idiot." -AuRaptor, RWED, May 27, 2009.



From what I've seen they're "continuing" season three next month . . . after about 10-11 months off the air. Which is incredibly odd if you ask me.

Tin Man was good, IMHO. Not great, but good. I always get interested in a story told from a different perspective and this mini-series did just that and did it pretty well. Again . . . IMHO.

*********************************************

"It's okay! I'm a leaf on the wind!!!"
"What does that mean?!?!?!"

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

YOUR OPTIONS

NEW POSTS TODAY

USERPOST DATE

OTHER TOPICS

DISCUSSIONS
**Any other Sci-fi shows worth a look??
Sat, November 23, 2024 13:19 - 36 posts
Binge-worthy?
Fri, November 22, 2024 13:42 - 138 posts
Recommendations?
Fri, November 22, 2024 07:10 - 69 posts
Are There New TV Shows This Fall You Must See?
Thu, November 21, 2024 07:47 - 109 posts
Video Games to movie and tv series and other Cartoon / video game adaptions
Wed, November 20, 2024 06:46 - 101 posts
The Animated Movie Thread: name your favourites
Tue, November 19, 2024 14:35 - 84 posts
Best movie of the 21st Century.
Mon, November 18, 2024 13:41 - 57 posts
I threw my hands up in despair and stormed out- movie and/or show moments with which we just couldn't deal...
Mon, November 18, 2024 13:38 - 141 posts
Cardboard TRON!
Mon, November 18, 2024 13:07 - 8 posts
Shogun, other non scifi series
Fri, November 15, 2024 13:19 - 21 posts
List of Animated stuff for Chris and others.
Mon, November 4, 2024 17:15 - 84 posts
Best TV Show For Fall 2021?
Mon, November 4, 2024 07:40 - 29 posts

FFF.NET SOCIAL