The station devoted to science fiction turned its programming strategy one year ago only half in July 2009 with a name change and the promise of gradually becoming a channel not only specializes in the genre of science fiction but in a much more general than capacity had reached a larger number of viewers not familiar with somewhat particular gender.
Gone are big productions such as Stargate and its spin-off Stargate: Atlantis, Farscape or the jewel in its crown Battlestar Galactica, whose end was marked with a before and after, although it is true that the renowned Sci- Fi had been opened long ago an innovative path to the development of paranormal reality shows and dramas away from the cliches of the genre, spaceships and aliens. almost two years ago, spoke of the chain as the home of the cult series and detailed its bid from its inception to date, prospects were good, and that is that the Sci-Fi beginning of their broadcasts had been characterized by high level production issue, as I have mentioned before, with other low-budget and corrosive criticism as Painkiler Jane or Flash Gordon.
The change did not please most the fans but the good faith of the directors and the announcement of the issuance of two new productions from the likes of Caprica and Stargate: Universe to launch reminded the continuous line drawn would be confirmation of its commitment to high-profile series, but nothing is further from reality in the long term.
After the first part of his first season Caprica was a solid drama, different, slow but with the skills to successfully continue a franchise that had fallen to the fans, the ratings were quite irregular, and the Back to the issuance of the second half of the season changes were made in the script, making the structure less dense, but dealing with topics such as philosophy, politics and religion as any other series before he got it. The ratings began to be unsustainable and Syfy immediately canceled it and withdrew of a fulminant your grill in a unusual move in the cable.
Stargate Universe was confirmed from the outset as a much more adult than its predecessors, and with much more elaborate scheme got fed by a group of fans quite remarkable, allowing him to renew for a second season will be the last as recently announced in the chain, its data has fallen steadily but the half a million followers that separates Eureka or Warehouse 13 seems to be insurmountable.
What happens when two productions acclaimed by critics and fans and who continued with the path set by the previous stage of the channel disappear? First and foremost the disappointment of the fans and the bad image as a string that is creating Syfy a general rule of science fiction fans are fervent in monitoring the products that interest them and their target is ideal for advertisers and derived mass merchandising outlet, and second, the perception that it is now when the old Sci-Fi turns the contents to a wider audience with the series continued as much less risky Warehouse 13 or Haven, and new products being developed for next year, with names like Kevin Sorbo or Jenji Kohan in a bid to the supernatural sitcom for years since we saw.
What do you think to you this turn supernatural and science fiction fans?, Is there room for hope, at least on Galactica: Blood & Chrome?
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