Sci Fi is cancelling Painkiller Jane and making room for its newest series Revamp of Flash Gordon.
Here's the article.
http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=28625
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WTF! That is not cool. It is a great show that never got the propper chance. I guess all those idiots and their complaining won out. Such a shame.
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I wasn't surprised,there was something that just didn't click! And the numbers
for Flash's premiere IMO might've been the final straw for Jane!!!
why not cancel BSG, Dr. Who etc.
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They ARE ending BSG at the end of next season. Dr Who is made by the BBC, so its not up to Sci-Fi to cancel it.
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Oh, lol! thanks
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BSG had comercials running several times a day, PKJ gets three or four a week. It never got the same chance. Just because it follows good shows it doesn't mean people will watch it. I didn't watch bsg after SG:A
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The slot had nothing to do with BSG's popularity. The show is great and the premise fresh and new, and the writing was killer. That's what made it popular. I didn't watch SG1 or Atlantis and downloaded the show directly and I'm not the only one.
PKJ was uneven with a single note -- Jane can't be killed. The writers/producers didn't work more on the big bad corporation angle or the history of neuros and it became neuro of the week. That's what killed the show. Freak of the week just doesn't cut it. Jane gave up Brian, a man she supposedly loved, and then had a major turnaround when the doctor at NICO discovered the brain aberration. Too easy, too pat and not enough emotional involvement in the show. Same notes over and over. Could have been a lot better and should have been great. Audiences are lame, but they're not completely brain dead.
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BSG is a blatant rip off of Star Trek and Andromeda. I'm sure I could find a million things from Star Wars there too if I looked for them.
The Nueros were created by the company. Each one represented a different experiment that the company was running with people. Nearly every episode was stand alone, but at the end they were all a part of the big story. If the show just started off with Jane 113 and Brian telling her about the different nueros it would just have been a bunch of random names on a list, showing you who they are and what they can do like the show did gives all of them some significance. Actually, being brainwashed and giving up her boyfriend like that was a highly emotional event and give you a hint of how seriously brainwashed she really was.
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"BSG is a blatant rip off of Star Trek and Andromeda. I'm sure I could find a million things from Star Wars"
Really? What exactly does BSG have in common with ST, SW or Andromeda? First of all, BSG has notably inferior technology compared to the other three. The only really advanced piece of technology on the show are the jump drives, which is a method of space travel not used in any of the other shows. There are also no transport beams, lasers/phasers or any other type of energy weapons, exotic aliens, regular exploration of other planets and civilizations, lightsabers, etc.
ST, SW and Andromeda focus more on advanced technology, space exploration, aliens, etc. BSG on the other hand focuses more on the human spirit and psyche. Its more an exploration of the inner self and relationships with others than on outer space. It has very little fancy special effects and other flashy futuristic stuff, which the other shows rely so heavily on.
Also, the dramatic tone and atmosphere of the series is vastly different to the other shows. BSG is much darker and more serious.
So please elaborate how BSG is a ripoff of these other sci-fi shows. Because, as I see it, the only thing they have in common is spaceships, which all other space sci-fi shows/movies have anyway
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You do realise that the new BSG originated from the original BSG of 1978, right¿ Andromeda started running from the year 2000, so I don't see how a show from 1978 could be a rip-off of something that started showing 22 years later...
Painkiller Jane was amusing, but it really wasn't that good. The acting was quite poorly and the storylines weren't that much better either. Still, I watched the entire first season and still got entertained by the show, but I've seen much better TV Shows that were cancelled a lot sooner, like Firefly for example. Now that was original....
Ok, fact remains it still rips off Star Trek. In star Trek the enemy was the borg and in BSG, the enemy is the borg.
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I'm not really a hard-core ST-fan exactly, but it's been my understanding that the Borg came much later on, and got seriously (re-?)developed as ST Voyager went on...
Also... In these kinds of series there has to be some ulti-villain so they (The writers) turn to technology. And there's not many shapes to choose from nowadays... It's either robotics or alienisms, or just plain human, with a twist of enhancement mayeth be cybernetics or some other form of enhancements like chemically, clones, genetics.. You name it.
In other words, there aren't that many options to choose from, it's all been done already.
It's only a question of time before someone thinks up something new. Like in the 'ol days (Star Wars - Lightsabres, Star Trek - Phasers, etc).
Someone was bound to be the first.
Of course, there are the people in the business that only care about the money, and not the movie / series in it self, and they cut down the development and take the easy way by taking something already existing and just change something.
This kind of crap you see almost every day on crappy channels after dark has settled...
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One thing popular these days are Nano-bot's and Nanites.
Many would think that Nanites began with Stargate - Wrong! I heard way before that.
Nano-bot's I think I first read in a comic book somewhere between the 80-90's.
And, for the record, we're getting there, technologically that is. Just last year (Gee, sounds so long ago. Really just a few months ago!) I read about the worlds smalles motor. Size I can't recall, but it's was way thinner than a straw of hair, and had gold instead of normally used copper for the coil.
So, it's just a question of time before we can attach some protein molecules with a patch of silicon, and then hook it up to our WiFi and have our (Can't really come up with something plausible right now, so I let myself go here..) all synthetic pet-worm running at peak effiecency with firmware 27.66.999.
"-For crying out loud..." *Jack O'Neill - Stargate SG1*
Lol The Borg are like worker bees in a hive without any individual personality or personal thoughts with only the goals of assimilation and the attainment of perfection through assimilation.
Cylons are androids or organic life-forms, depending on the model and the whole point of them is that they ARE all individuals with unique personalities, being completely different, even from their clones and their main driving force is a holy-war that is actually driven by a desire for revenge against the humans who once enslaved and tried to destroy them.
The only similarity is that some models of cylon have mechanical parts and Borg also have mechanical parts.
They are about as similar as a microwave to a boing 747.
I don't see how you can see them as the same thing or one being based off of the other. But if one IS a rip-off, then it is star-trek ripping off BSG by creating the Borg. Which were thought up and introduced to the star-trek universe decades after the original BSG and it's spin-off ended.
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"They ARE ending BSG at the end of next season."
Really? Do you have a source for this? That would really be a shame because it is one of my favorite shows.
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I'm glad someone else broke the news to you. I read your comment and was like "Oh no... I gotta her him/her what really happened to Old Yeller...."
share"why not cancel BSG"
Because BSG is good and PKJ is not.
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oh man... cancel Dr. Who?! such blasphemy! no I'm kidding... but seriously, Dr. Who is a great show... I grew up watching them back when Jon Pertwee was still the Dr. I guess maybe you'd have to have it kinda symbolize something for you like it does for me to really appreciate it though... I'm sure there's probably some show you like that I can't stand... so I'm not trying to offend, I just had to stick up for my man David Tennant... I got mad love for him. =)
shareDon't think they're making room for Flash Gordon per se. Anyway, this news isn't surprising because this show is terrible. I love Kristanna Loken but her acting in PKJ is embarrassing. They alienated a lot of fans by killing off Maureen, too.
Flash Gordon won't make it to a second season, either. The pilot may have got decent ratings but I'm predicting it'll be downhill from there.
And the world breathes a sigh of relief.
This show really is terrible.
The bad news is that they get to finish the season.
If you liked it, though, don't worry. I'm sure SciFi will feed you a steady supply Uwe Boll movie marathons.
that's just *beep* up
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Amen, natstuff. And the even worse news is that Flash Gordon is just as bad, or worse than, PKJ.
As i've said before... while great/entertaining shows like Firefly, Surface, and Invasion get cancelled left and right, crap seems to somehow prevail. Firefly is dead. Long live Firefly.
'Flash Gordon' has a actress playing Dale Arden on it that is a regular 'Blood Ties' (it's on hiatus). Blood Ties is many times beter than Flash Gordon which is pile of crap FG will go before PKJ goes.
sharei was going to watch Flash for Gina Holden but preview changed my mind
love Blood Ties much better than both Painkiller Jane and Flash Gordon
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1) which is why the main star is changed every season?
2) reasonable answer, who would of thought?
3) two great questions.
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The main star doesn't change every season. Some have stayed, I believe, for up to 7 seasons.
In addition to that, what other show is on its 26th 0r 27th season?
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a season is 13 episodes, I thought it was 22, and the first one was there 30 of them. The second guy there for 13. It was four seasonsinstead of two like I thought.
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I said the season o Dr. Who was half as long as a regular season.
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I'm not surprised. The Original Sci Fi Movie that airs had a lot more substance and bite to it. Of course Why they replaced Emmanuelle Vaugier for Kristanna Loken in the first place is a complete enigma. Loken didn't have enough grit to play a hardcore female action star in T3 and she didn't in this show either.
shareHA HA... about time
I just saw there was a new episode, I were going here to create a thread, asking why this show haven't been canceled yet.
At least it's trash being canceled for once, and not a good show.
I was really excited about this show, until I saw the premier. KL is absolutely horrible in this show. Her portrayal is without depth and the only emotion she tries to convey is a snarl which looks more like she is in pain.
The acting is terrible. The plots are terrible. I won't miss it. One good thing the show did was remind me to watch Dr. Who.
As for Flash Gordon, the movie was ridiculous. Why would I watch the show?
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Indeed. I liked the idea of the original plot, but the episodes are horrible. It's always a run to a different episode. There isn't any type of link connecting any of the episodes together. It's like every single episode seems to replace one crappy one that has already aired.
The characters are horrible. Now, I never read the comics or seen the movie, but if I must say, I like only 1 character it is the tough guy on the entire team. The leader sounds useless. The hacker tries to be funny, but he's still missing something. Jane has no emotion whatsoever.
It's stupid. I seen the Memory Lane episode and was surprised by her reaction (or lack of) in the very beginning of the episode (when her boyfriend doesn't even know her). You're telling me you wouldn't freak out a little bit if you were in the same situation? She just looked stupid as the door closed on her face.
They tried to make it like Dark Angel (which, it did sound similar), but they failed. . .horribly. Not every episode has to have them chasing a neuro. They should have had the characters discover something else or have a new enemy. Or something unexpecting happens.
If anyone remembers Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Remember the episode when Buffy gets the ability to read minds and finds out someone wants to kill people? And the 'killer' was thought to be a loner teen, but it was really the cafeteria lady. See! That's what I mean by unexpecting. Buffy is known to fight monsters and vampires, but the enemy was the least one you would expect in that episode. Another unexpecting: Her mother dead from an aneurysm. Of all the dangers and whatnot that can attack her and her family, her mother dies from an aneurysm.
Now, Dr. Who is cool. I haven't seen an episode all the way through yet, but I want to rent the very first season of it.
As for Flash Gordon. . .lame. I watched one episode and I wasn't impressed at all.
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I for one, liked the show, and think it sucks it's being canceled.
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I heard an advertisement for PKJ and it says the Seasin Finale; not, the series end. I hope it doesn't get cancelled. I'd be realyy p'd off with Sci-Fi!
It's a great show. I've watched it every week after the so-so pilot, it kept getting better and better!
it is cancelled
shareyeah!!! Ding Dong the bad acting is gone- at least in Painkiller Jane.
Sad thing is that FlashG would be better with a better male lead.
Long live Dresden Files!
someone obviously does not watch the same channel everyone else is watching.
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As much as I hate to admit it, I'm liking the series more and more each episode.
Killing Moe was a horrible mistake though, and I agree with the others that may be a factor in the anemic ratings.
I do hope they give this a proper "ending" but I have a feeling it'll be an unresolved cliff hanger.
yeah, I get that feeling too.
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I hope that PKJ does get better, so far I'm really underwhelmed-in spite of loving to look at Kristanna Loken...
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Painkiller Jane is bad, flash gorden is f**ing worse. But both shows can go and maybe they could invest in one show with a bigger budget.
shareuh... Flash replaced Jane. Flash was the reason Jane was cancelled. I'd say cancel Flash now, forever, and bring back Jane. The show was getting really good.
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I liked Dresden Files better then Pain Killer Jane. I must admit that I could at least watch the first couple of episodes before it irked me. Flash Gordon, however, is by far the worst tv show I've seen in ages.
shareI really didn't have any inclination to watch Dresden. Not that I thought it was bad or anything, just didn't seem like my thing. Now, when you say the first couple of episodes, are you refering to literally episodes 1 and 2 or do you mean, the first few?
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first five, just didn't take.
I have been reading that they might actually make 22 eps of Flash Gorden (since they have no other show to fill the time slot with), now that is a depressing thought.
you suck, you deleted it when I was trying to reply to it!
quick recap of what I said, yes that show getting a full season sucks. As does that Stan Lee Show, I hate reality TV. It is cool you gave Jane a fair chance. You didn't see the improvement like I did, so that's cool.
Yes, I realize it was my fault for replying to the obvious duplicate by the way.
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why watch it if it is so depressing? And I agree you don't need to watch this show, though I don't understand why you would if you so strongly object to it.
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flash is bar none the sutpidest show i have ever see they cancel jane for this steaming pile of *beep*
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What a TERRIBLE show....... PLEASE stop this dross now.........
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Damn. And I was literally sitting down to write an spec episode to submit for PKJ.
I think the show had potential, but it always seemed to be unable to flex that muscle. IMHO, there are some fundamental issues... but nothing that couldn't be worked out fairly easily.
- First of all, it is WAY to limited in scope. When you have a show like Alias that can have their characters bomb around the planet (while never leaving LA), why did we get stuck in her apartment and the headquarters for almost every episode? Budget is obviously a major concern, but I think they could have done more to get us outside of their postage stamp sized world.
- We should have seen the NIKO (sp?) facility within the first 5 or 6 episodes.
- I definitely think there were some casting issues... and maybe too many regulars even. With a regular cast of 6 + Mo, limited sets/locations, and only 40 minutes of show each week, each character gets so little screen time that it's tough for an audience to give a damn about any of them.
- Every hero needs a nemesis. Who is Jane's in the context of the show? I would love to have seen her lock horns with a real VILLAIN... someone that they DON'T manage to 'chip'... someone that would become a recurring factor in that universe (ultimately where I was going to take my spec script).
Oh well. Given the chance, I would have loved to have written a few episodes for this show. It's too bad it's been cancelled... especially for Flash Gordon. I really *want* to like Flash Gordon, but the pilot was rough... I'll give it few more episodes, but I don't have a lot of hope.
And there's always Bionic Woman... which I'm still waiting to see the pilot (the preview looked... uh... not so good).
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