TV Hell - Why Sci-Fi Future Is Still Shaky

After A Couple Key Series Play Out This Season Sci-Fi Television May Have To Check For A Couple Polyps

As more of a fan of science fiction books and movies, television has always been a bit of a dice roll with me.  I was a huge fan of the X-Files as a kid. Occasionally I could get into some Next Generation and if the planets were aligned properly Xena/Outer Limits and many other off-shoots sparingly.

Rich over at TV Hell.net shares my sentiment, when Battlestar wraps up this year and the rest of the newer science fiction shows reveal more of their plots, Sci-Fi television could be up a creek.

I have no problems admitting that this is an entirely skeptical point of view.  In fact, I would love for a movie like J.J. Abrams "Star Trek" to prove me wrong. I've eaten crow before and I'd settle up to eat it now if for some strange reason because of this big budget movie, a new Star Trek TV series was spurned.  We all know it is going to happen regardless of how the movie is received.  I'm speaking in respect to quality. Heroes lost a great deal once a) key characters weren't being killed b)minimal reveals to move the plot along. I like the Terminator show, but I really can't see that going for much longer and I can't speak on LOST because I'm one of 4 people who just aren't watching the show.

I'll end with a quote from Rich:

Star Trek movie we may see a revival in a weekly series for the greatest Sci-Fi franchise of all time as well. While Sci-Fi may not be extinct this certainly is a passing of the torch as most of the older shows bid adieu to weekly series. I’m sure this is enough to get any fan a little nervous in this ever-changing world of television. I can’t really say that I’m all that thrilled about the Sci-Fi’s recent decisions regarding their programming though.