tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post6277549556278439650..comments2023-06-21T06:23:04.453-05:00Comments on What's Next? - The Unemployed Geek: Eureka – More Science Fiction TV Gone Too Soon.DocStouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13239520630901083975noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post-86002537921650058652011-08-11T06:20:24.718-05:002011-08-11T06:20:24.718-05:00So I stopped watching.So I stopped watching.The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post-86873251982085873192011-08-11T06:19:49.325-05:002011-08-11T06:19:49.325-05:00I enjoyed it when I first started watching this sh...I enjoyed it when I first started watching this show on NetFlix, but then after Stark left the show fell flat for me. The writing, the jabs and even the characters just couldn't hold my interest.The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post-12294396623689130832011-08-10T20:22:12.513-05:002011-08-10T20:22:12.513-05:00@ Tim - I think you've hit the nail on the hea...@ Tim - I think you've hit the nail on the head with regard to who bears the lion's share of the blame. The American viewing public will tolerate reality TV. When making business decisions, the cheaper cost of those programs is factored in to determine whether a show is fiscally worth airing or not. I recognize this as reality, but I refuse to accept that just telling a loyal customer base that makes everything okay. <br /><br />Many of us want it both ways. We want the independent spirit of the small online production companies with the budgets of large studio projects. It doesn't work that way anymore, and outrage at the quality and specific type of entertainment I prefer being replaced by reality television seems an appropriate response.<br /><br />To clarify, I'm not advocating a boycott of the remaining episodes of Eureka. Online boycotts, if anything, are less effective than "save our show" petitions. I'm fed up with our entertainment being increasingly banal and trivial, and wondering what, if anything, can be done about it.DocStouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13239520630901083975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post-43822233288392841732011-08-10T18:52:38.314-05:002011-08-10T18:52:38.314-05:00What aren't you buying? There is a small audi...What aren't you buying? There is a small audience for a show that now costs almost 3x as much to produce as when it started and there is a business decision to not thrown money away airing it. <br />The notion of not watching a show because it may be cancelled is the absolute height of stupidity. It is the thinking that leads to shows being cancelled because, while there is a viewer base for a show, those people refuse to watch it (out of some sense of superiority?). <br />Furthermore, from what I've read (and the one email I had answered by someone at NBC Universal), the producers of the show were not at all in the dark about the looming cancellation. Whether or not they decided to share that with the actors is another matter.<br />SyFy (as SciFi) has cancelled better shows with stronger ratings which had fewer episodes air. It is about money, but this specific case is not one of outrage (at least not if one can step aside from some brand of adolescent rage). If you are upset because NBCU is programming where it has found an audience, your problem is with the American viewing public.Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04171171125001954084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post-12767644444538710722011-08-10T17:58:49.937-05:002011-08-10T17:58:49.937-05:00I barely watch tv anymore, anyway.I barely watch tv anymore, anyway.Alphahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10452926880610122478noreply@blogger.com