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[cleolinda]

So my computer crashed in the middle of me footnoting "The Prestige in Fifteen Minutes" (and I had just spent like an hour discussing, uh, who I thought was in each scene--if you've seen the movie, you know what I mean) for the e-book project, which was a buzzkill. Meanwhile, my grandmother's sick (a sinus infection similar to mine, I think, only

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[crumpeteer]

They fail to mention that Supernatural's ratings are actually up. Perhaps it's more a case of writing than it is material? Just throwing that one out there. Sure, Heroes first season was awesome, but last season admittedly sucked. Smallville is seven years old. Fringe is sort of a weird, hard sell and Knight Rider? Really? Life on Mars and 11th Hour have had problems from day one. It seems to me more an internal problem on most of them than a lack of interest by viewers in a genre.

[cleolinda]

Yeah, what I wanted to say was, "Stop putting out shows that suck and we won't have this problem."

[skyblade]

Perhaps it's more a case of writing than it is material?

CSI: The best show on TV! (All three of them)

The thing is, sci-fi has never been a stable genre for television. The X-Files is the only one to last more than a hundred episodes on one of the four major networks, and nothing has if you narrow it down to "the three". (Lost will be the first) Whether it's a malfunction in the Neilsons system, I don't know. It would seem strange Tina Fey and Steve Carrell are more successful by film standards than TV standards. (Or how Judd Apatow also seemed to be a big mover and shaker there)

I think the serialized format probably does it, as well. It might intrigue the hell out of people, but as a longtime comic reader, I know such a form of storytelling peters out in the long term, invariably.

[robinmc]

The end of science fiction on TV? I think not.

It may also be true that viewers have decided that they're tired of epic science fiction on a small-screen budget.

As a BSG fan, I can honestly say that I am not tired of epic science fiction (also, kind of offended he didn't mention that show).

I am, however, fed up with JJ Abrams. He is not the be-all and end-all of sci fi on TV. I watched (almost) every episode of Alias, even after it became ridiculous, because I had to know about Milo Rambaldi and that big red ball of water. I watched to the end, and I cannot remember what the explanation was, or if there even was one. I seem to remember Russian zombies?

I watched the first 2 seasons of Lost and somewhere in the middle of the third season, I gave up, because I swear that man likes nothing more than to play with his audience for no compelling reason. WHY IS THERE A POLAR BEAR ON A TROPICAL ISLAND, JJ? HUNH? AND WHAT IS UP WITH THE SMOKE MONSTER? Stop trying to distract me with Others and Tailies and whatever else I don't

[cleolinda]

Yeah... I love Lost, but Fringe has not impressed me so far at all.

[robinmc]

Good to know. There was a part of me that wanted to watch the first episode, just to see. I would have been hooked, whether I liked it or not.

I have that problem a lot.

[celticwitch99]

Fringe just makes me want to watch The X-Files so I can see it done better. I watched the first episode and thought, "Hey, this all looks vaguely familiar..." I watched the second episode wondering where it was going and well, it didn't do anything for me. The third episode I missed and really, I didn't.

Srsly, if he's going to imitate Chris Carter, he's going to have to work a lot harder at it.

[twilightu]

Wow. Good luck with prestige. I'm still not sure what happens. I doesn't help that I watched illusionist the same night and now I think a guy with a million hats faked his death and rode out on a horse then woke up to an aquarium of himself. Can't wait to read it - it should clear up some of THAT confusion.

[redpistolet]

I just want to say that your posts are the only reason I check my livejournal anymore :D

[kelcea]

Seconded.

[moogleybacon]

"Every movie ever made is going to be a musical someday, you guys. Every single one."

Well, in that case, I can't wait for Cloverfield: The Musical. P; lol

And, yunno, a friend of mine was once diagnosed as being bipolar, even though she wasn't. Idiot doctors. They put her on meds for it, and it completely messed her up. She got off of the stuff later, thank god. I hope your stuff works out, though, 'cause that all sounds serious. :/ If there's one thing I've learned--from myself and others--it's that chemical imbalances are nothing to mess with.

[cleolinda]

Yeah, I've been with my doctor (who I trust) for ten years. And even then, we've had to stop a few times and go, "Okay, maybe it's not what we thought it was," or "Maybe it's a little different now." In fact, I don't think we even settled on bipolar until I was the one who brought it up--because, after all, she had no way of knowing that I was having hypomanic episodes until I realized I had symptoms I should mention. We've made mistakes a few times, but I feel comfortable enough with her that we can turn things around pretty quickly if whichever meds aren't not working for me.

[moogleybacon]

Yeah, see, I wish her psychiatrist had talked to her longer before making that diagnosis, gotten to know her family life and such. (I actually think her parents pushed the diagnosis.) So at least you and your doctor talk it through, realize that you're trying stuff that may not work... looking back, I really wish my friend's psychiatrist had done that.

Good luck with figuring your stuff out, though. Sounds like you are edging on mania, from what I know about manic-depressive disorder. (Then again, most of what I know is linked with schizophrenia, which... probably isn't very prevalent in your case. I hope, anyways, for your sake.)