OH SyFy Channel...What have you done!?

Capn_Jack_Savvy

Capn_Jack_Savvy

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You cancel Caprica and other fine science fiction programming to bring us cr@p like:

- Malibu Shark Attack
- Sharkopus

Yeah.......that is fine programming, fine acting, and Emmy Award Winning shows!:angry:angry:angry:angry:angry
 
If they're gonna make crappy movies they could at least make them tongue in cheek like that one they did about the Mammoth that revives via an alien virus or something. That movie didn't take itself serious at all but these other ones seem to think they're A grade films when they're C grade at best. Well the canceled Anime on tuesday nights and that was the only source of good anime I had most of the time.
 
I can see whining about the WWF being on SyFy but come on, Sharkopus is science fiction if I have ever seen it.
Sure it is less realistic then the cheesy radioactive giant ant monster movies og my childhood, but at least it is on topic.:rolleyes
Showing these shows has nothing to do with cancelling a boring BSG spin-off. That would be the fault of crapy producers hiring people that can't write.:cool
 
KnightAsylum said:
I can see whining about the WWF being on SyFy but come on, Sharkopus is science fiction if I have ever seen it.
Sure it is less realistic then the cheesy radioactive giant ant monster movies og my childhood, but at least it is on topic.:rolleyes
Showing these shows has nothing to do with cancelling a boring BSG spin-off. That would be the fault of crapy producers hiring people that can't write.:cool
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I agree, even if it's totally B grade cheese at least it's the correct theme for the station... I personally would rather see low budget cheese like this in SyFy vs totally irrelevant programming... Sometimes you get a gem in the rough with these low budget films that for me makes it all worth it...
 
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I love the cheesey movies, more so when viewed with family and friends. It's fun picking them apart ala Mystery Science Theater style:)



Some of the best movies...LOL:

Tale of the Mummy - woman finds amulet unleashing ancient undead fiend.
Heatstroke - a model (who is also a soldier) fights aliens that are causing global warming.
Rise: Blood Hunter - woman reporter awakens/becomes undead avenger.
NYC: Tornado Terror: giant twister threatens the Big Apple
Abominable: Bigfoot.
Alien Apocalypse: no description needed.
Alien Hunter: no description needed.
Alien Siege: no description needed.
Andriod Apocalypse: no description needed.
Attack of the Sabre Tooth: no description needed.
Aztec Rex: Steve from 90210 in a black wig fighting the worst CG dinosaur ever.
Bats: Human Harvest - no description needed.
Beyond Loch Ness - Loch Ness Monster, ensuing havok.
Bloodsuckers: no description needed.
Boa Versus Python: Alien Versus Predator except between (large) snakes.
Bugs
Cereberus: Demon dog of the ancient world, bad costuming.
Chupacabra: Goat suckers unleashed.
Deadly Swarm: Flies? Locusts? Hornets? Nope. Bees.
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York - no description needed.
Dragon Fighter: ancient dragon eggs unearthed. Havok ensues involving Dean Cain.
Earthstorm: exploding moon. B-movie actors. Havok ensues.
Frankenfish
Gargoyles: Wings of Darkness - no description needed.
Harpies: Greek Orestia gone wrong.
Haunted Prison: no description needed.
Heatstroke: X-model and elite commando battle aliens causing global warming.
Headless Horseman
House of the Dead 2: where House of the Dead 1 left off.
Ice Spiders: Spiders made of ice (sans flavoring).
Infected: Deadly disease causes havok.
Kaw: Revenge of the crows.
Larva: Something deadly is spawning. Havok!
Locusts: the 8th Plague: Genetically altered bugs fight back!
Magma: Volcanic Disaster
Mammoth: Vengeful Wooly Mammoth wreaks havok.
Man-Thing
Mega Snake: Deadly (large) snake.
Minotaur: Ancient chimera wreaks havok!
Ogre: Ancient scourge wreks havok!
Pterodactyl: Ancient bird wreaks havok (Starring Coolio)!
Path of Destruction: Monster storm wreaks havok!
Pythons 2: They're back from part 1.
Raptor Island: Ancient dinos hunt Lorenzo Lamas.
Reign of the Gargoyles: Ancient creature of lore wreaks havok!
Rock Monster
Showdown at Area 51: AvP but at Area 51.
Supergator: Large Gator wreaks havok!
Wraiths of Roanoake: New England-style undead, ancient evil.
Mogolian Death Worms: Death Worms from Mongolia:)
 
Manthing was actually one of the better Marvel movies lately except Ironman lol. I did like Wraiths of Roanoake explaining what happened to that colony.
 
Moocriket, you left out Highlander: the Source, although it's.... eh.

I wish Syfy and Stan Lee would show season 3 of "Who wants to be a superhero", yet if one of them wins, They only get a 5 minute cameo in one of syfy's original movies.
 
As mentioned above, there have been some good movies. There was one a few years back, I think it was called "Slipstream" or something like that where Chunk (Goonies) invents a device that lets him "rewind" time. In fact, I seem to remember the device looked like a cool prop....
 
What about "RED: Warewolf hunter" ?
I dont get syfy where I live but they play the same movies on the space network. I watched RED and it wasnt horrible, plus it had Felicia Day in it. she's one hot geek!
 
Well, I like that they are trying to create new programming, be it Caprica or Sharktopus - as long as it is on topic.
When they have ghost chasers, horror movies and wrestling, I feel like they want to be the "whorer*" channel or emulate Spike TV. :confused

I did hear Ralph Garmin, a local DJ on morning radio talking about Sharktopus and they played a few clips. He talked as thought they knew all along that it was very campy and totally ridiculous. He plays a ship's captain chasing it or something.



*Get it? Whorer for Horror, like SyFy for Sci-Fi...:rolleyes
Maybe it is cooler if they mis-spell it or they feel like it gives them more programming leeway if they spell it wrong; as if to say "well, we aren't really Science Fiction any more, we even changed our name to be Scyfy, which we define to mean "whatever programming makes us more like every other station (a money earner?)"
 
If you guys think Sharktopus is better than Caprica it is no wonder why that CR@P is aired!

Hollywood Treasures looks like an interesting show from a "prop" perspective!
 
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