What is wrong with US TV?

I assume that the highest value on earth is reason for this. Money.

V - the visitors were badly advertised - although i did like the web advertisement of the broadcaster much
What they did with the episode was just suicide for this movie. Broadcasting one bunch of the series and the other bunch half a year later. Making people hot to know how it end and then take it away for such and let people cool down loosing the interest or forgetting about it.

2ndly i would not claim US TV for this. Broadcasters in Germany for instance are not dependent on what times or when the movies were transmitted in the US. E.g. they could have been waited till the entire movie for V the visitors is out. But they didnt and just aid to loose interest. I would love to see national SciFi series - but honestly no one is able to do them in half way good looking style and for sure a good story that will attract visitors.

Global f...ng crysis....

They need ratings, popularity, money - everything. But serious projects usually don't give the desired effect of popularity and specially - the money that at least must to cover the cost of expenses...

Screw zombie stuff, what's so fun at killing something already dead, that you don't go jail for it ?, and apparently they are famous lately, advertisement about zombie stuff and games even arrived here in Spain.

I really wanted to see the continuation of SGU, the beauty of that ship finding the ultimate knowledge, it started a bit boring but the last episodes (already starting well in season 2) were getting marks of over 9, even over 9.5 (which is very hard to get). But the direct views on TV(in USA) of most of these series were 1 million or under, like SGU usually had a bit over, but sometimes under, and they say it's cheaper making something like Friends, or Doctor House, and get the same or more views than that.

I'm waiting to see when this capitalism style ends and go like in Star Trek, when people work for the good of others, not with the danger of dieing to make you work, and money dissapear *_*
We'd actually be in a sci fi movie ourselves, huh ?

"Sci-Fi yesterday, fact today, outdated tomorrow"
by some doctor.

I stopped watching TV when they canceled SG-U, It was a slow starting series. But being that I liked SG SG1, and SG A. I was very hopeful that this would go a lot further. And they aren't even going to make a movie finishing the story..

Since then, I have replaced most TV time with watching Doctor Who.

I agree with Huor!
Main reason are money and interests!



Fortunately my cable provider has SCI-FI channel and AXN so i am able to follow most of these which OP mention, just to name it few...SGA, SGA,SGU, BSQ, Star Trek, Eureka, Wearhouse 13, also there are some nice Epic fantasy series...



p.s.

Did i mention anything about old seasons?

Must be some politics then...who knows maybe "they" don't want to make us ready for first or second or maybe third contact -j/k and my favorite is Star Treak serial, I grew up with this, also i would like to see UFO again, and Blake's 7, far more realistic in describing humanity and our bad sides is BSQ...

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Main reason are money and interests!

Reminds me one old phrase, may be russian, may be not, but...

"Talents need help. Mediocrity will pierce it's way itself"

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maybe "they" don't want to make us ready for first or second or maybe third contact

Actually, 2011 is known as the alien year. Things are just pointing more at that Since avatar at teh ending of 2010... more and more alien related movies and games appeared.

All the good SciFi movies have been made already. Ok there are place for others too but the margin is very thin (or close). What shall they make what not yet has been transmitted? I mean all pixels of the universe are covered meanwhile and its really hard to make something interesting new that captures a lot of people.

People tend to see more realism, stories with "real" background or better said forecast. For instance i loved the story of "Sunshine" where earthlings tried to recover the health of sun. I am not sure to have seen something before. And i think thats one part of the cake that makes it hard for scifi movie makers. Make something new and realistic that hasnt been seen already. The more i like documentations about our "real" environment - around us little grain of dust - the earth

Ok i tried to run from this explanation, but it catch me behind the corner...
Imo answer is relatively simple.

We live in the new movement!

How it will be called, should be a task for future generation to name it.One for sure, this is a period where humanity lack in creativity.
Life tempo is that fast, that most of us have no time to create something which can be valuable for further generation, in one word humanity is in the constant fear like state.
Where fear for "bare existence" take place, there is no room for creativity and for thinking of course
Who is responsible for this global picture which were created for us? Of course, mass media, which are tools in the hands of powerful, let me add and sick ambitious ppl.

The meaning of life constitutes a philosophical question concerning the purpose and significance of life or existence in general. This concept can be expressed through a variety of related questions, such as "Why are we here?", "What is life all about?", and "What is the meaning of it all?" It has been the subject of much philosophical, scientific, and theological speculation throughout history. There have been a large number of theories to these questions from many different cultural and ideological backgrounds...

All of u must remember from school, for example, Gothic, Gothic back, Romanticism, Italian Renaissance and so on.
Here is the list so u can create a picture in whole.
Take a look at duration... e.g. Gothic 12 th-16 th and
Photorealism: 1960s and 70s...

Enjoy

Art Movements Throughout European History - Presentation Transcript
Art Movements Throughout European History Andrea Cabrera Mrs. Davis AP Euro, Block 3 2008
Timeline Renaissance Realism Impressionism Rococo Baroque Gothic Cubism Neoclassicism Romanticism Post-Impressionism Futurism Fauvism Surrealism Abstract-Expressionism Op Art Pop Art Dada Mid. Ages Expressionism Photorealism 1000 1400-1500 1800 1700 1600 1900 1950
Middle Ages
Themes : Feudalism, Roman Catholic Church, Crusades, and the Battle of Hastings
Characteristics : Elicits fear, guilt and piety
Areas of Influence : Italy, Constantinople, the RCC, Monasteries
Word Association : religious, iconic, transcendental
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Gothic: 12 th -16 th c.
Themes : Focus on God and His glorification, and the end of the Crusades
Characteristics : flying buttresses, dark monastic buildings
Areas of Influence : developed in France, then spread throughout Europe
Word Association : dark, detailed
Gothic Back
Italian Renaissance: 14 th -16 th c.
Themes : Individualism, worldly experience
Characteristics : classicism, perspective, human figures, and myths
Areas of Influence : Venice and Florence
Artists : Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Bellini, Brunelleschi
Word Association : “man is the measure,” secular, individual
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Northern Renaissance: 14 th -16 th c.
Themes : salvation and religious piety
Characteristics : movable (triptych) and produced copies by the printing press (right)
Areas of Influence : Flanders and Northern Europe
Artists : Durer, Bosch, Van Eyck, Brueghel, Grunewald, Holbein
Word Association : religious, Christian Humanism
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Baroque: 1545-1715
Themes : “Return” to the Catholic Church and the power of monarchs
Characteristics : mystery, dramatization, bold
Areas of Influence : Spain, Rome, Middle-class Dutch
Artists : Caravaggio, Bernini, Bruegel, Bosch, Velasquez
Word Association : “sexy,” Catholic Reformation, Council of Trent, monarch
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Rococo: 18 th c.
Themes : Extravagance and wealth
Characteristics : appeal to royals and nobles, light, and ornate
Areas of Influence : France and Austria, Versailles
Artists : Fragonard, Boucher, and Watteau
Word Association : Frivolous, ornate, self-indulgence
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Neoclassicism: 18 th c.
Themes : Return to classical antiquity
Characteristics : Formal, imperial style and imitation of Greek and Roman art
Areas of Influence : mainly France (Napoleon, right)
Artists : David and Ingres
Word Association : Napoleon, Greece/Rome, imperial
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Romanticism: 1780s-1848
Themes : Emotion, passion, and revolution
Characteristics : passionate, dark color and a return to nature
Areas of Influence : France, England, and Spain
Artists : Goya, Constable, Delacroix, Turner, Gericault
Word Association : emotional, loss of youth, mysterious, passion
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Realism: Mid-19 th c.
Themes : Rejection of Romanticism, and the depiction of everyday life
Characteristics : subjects were common people and landscapes
Areas of Influence : the Dutch
Artists : Courbet, Millet, Daumier
Word Association : reality, everyday, revolution
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Impressionism: 19 th c.
Themes : fleeting and brief word of a first impression based on light and the sudden moment
Characteristics : short, choppy, light brushstrokes and en plein aire (outdoors)
Areas of Influence : France
Artists : Monet, Renoir, Manet, Cezanne
Word Association : vibrant, little detail, light, glimpse
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Post-Impressionism: 19 th c.
Themes : represented impressionism, but rejected its limitations
Characteristics : studied depth, sometimes more detailed than impressionism
Areas of Influence : France
Artists : Cezanne, Seurat, van Gogh
Word Association : depth, structure, pointillism (next slide)
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Expressionism: Early 20 th c.
Themes : Indebted to Freud; analyzing psyche
Characteristics : dissonance in color and perspective, and messages of anxiety
Areas of Influence : Germany, Spain, France, Russia, Norway, Holland
Artists : Munch, Kirchner, Kokoschka, Beckmann, Van Gogh
Word Association : anxiety, Freud, dark
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Fauvism: c. 1905
Themes : Color was the main subject
Characteristics : color takes importance over lines or subjects
Areas of Influence : France, Dutch
Artists : Matisse, some Van Gogh
Word Association : COLOR
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Cubism: c. 1910
Themes : synthesized view of subject, represented some African characteristics and new theories (relativity)
Characteristics : fragmented subject, cubes
Areas of Influence : France
Artists : Picasso, Braque, Leger, Delaunay
Word Association : angular, fragmentation, square (as in the shape)
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Futurism: Early 20 th c.
Themes : speed and power of the machine , restlessness of modern life
Characteristics : subjects of modern life, depicts speed
Areas of Influence : mainly Italy and Germany
Artists : Boccioni, followed by Balla and Severini
Word Association : speed, machine, industrial, urban
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Dada Art: 1915-1922
Themes : focus on the absurd, reaction to WWI
Characteristics : techniques of accident and chance creating art
Areas of Influence : Switzerland, NYC, Paris, and large German cities
Artists : Duchamp, Arp, Ray
Word Association : ready-made, absurd, illogical
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Surrealism: Late 19 th -20 th c.
Themes : expression of the imagination in dreams, lack of reason
Characteristics : incorporated ideals of Freud and Marx
Areas of Influence : Norway, Holland, Spain, Germany, Spain, France, Russia
Artists : Dali, Magritte, Delvaux
Word Association : dreams, subconscious, illogical, out of hysteria
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Abstract Expressionism: 20 th c.
Themes : nonrepresentational, shape, line, color
Characteristics : planes, shapes, and color
Areas of Influence : US, many immigrants from Europe, shift from Paris
Artists : Pollock, Rothko, Kline, de Kooning
Word Association : ABSTRACT, subjective interpretation
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Pop Art: Mid-to-Late 20 th c
Themes : bitterness out of WWI, pop culture
Characteristics : Random objects, use of dry humor
Areas of Influence : US
Artists : Warhol, Odenburg, Rauschenberg
Word Association : post-war, everyday objects, iconic
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Op Art: Mid-20 th c.
Themes : geometric abstract, illusion
Characteristics : patterns, lines, checkerboard, circles
Areas of Influence : US and throughout Europe (next slide is in Hungary)
Artists : Vasarely, Riley, Poons
Word Association : optical illusions, patterns, playing with the eye and mind
Back
Photorealism: 1960s and 70s
Themes : depiction of photography, interpretation
Characteristics : painting of a photo, should look like a photograph
Areas of Influence : US, Britain
Artists : Estes, Close
Word Association : photo, everyday streets or objects
The End!!!

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Imo answer is relatively simple.

Riiiiiiiight... relatively... heh
you even arrived to double "back" in the history line

OP you have nearly the same related to sound or music. Is there really much that hasn't yet been composed? How often nowadays you think - moment - i have heard that piece already. For sure there are still parts that can be made, that not have been shown already. But people loosing interest if its every time the same.

And more likely people in times where everything develops fast are not interested to learn about half a season how everything is connected with each other. It has to start with a big bang - and it must end with a big bang. The better if you do this just by 3 or 4 movies of one series

Reading the second line...

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One for sure, this is a period where humanity lack in creativity.

Creativity and capitalism's limitations with money are different things... I mean, I don't think people are more stupid (as they appear) in the same years when there's a crisis going on. If there are no cool new creations, is that they can't afford making them as good as they should, and neither get teh support for improving it with time, as he dissapears right after the beggining.

Seeing the entire paragraph, I see what you mean. But if people would had time to work on what they are good on (creative, skillls), instead of being occupied by surviving and making more and more money... things like Avatar are already part of the history, it already appears on the books of top sold discs, blurays, tickket movies, fundings, and Avatar 2 will be another hit. But he took 3 years to make it, not a week in a studio with a team, to make weekly episodes.

I agree!
Nevertheless i tend to believe its not entirely because they dont know how to tell good stories. They simply dont get the time to tell. And with that the money that stands behind it plays a much bigger role than someone might expect. Unfortunate. Probably they should get away from super effects - sure thats the stuff people also want to see. But if they would learn to tell properly stories then i think people would be interested to watch them. And for sure they should broadcast them in times where normal working follks might follow them. Better advertisement and plans for broadcast should be made. Better plans what to do with the available money