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Here's is why the movie NYC TORNADO TERROR WAS NOT AIRED TONIGHT

posted 16 years ago by Vaclav17
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Sci Fi Pulls Tornado Film
Sci Fi Channel Pulls NYC: Tornado Terror Due to Tornado Deaths in Iowa
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/12/2008 11:56:00 PM
Sci Fi Channel said Thursday that it was pulling the premiere of its original "Scinema Saturday" movie, NYC: Tornado Terror, which was to have debuted at 9 p.m. Saturday, June 14.

The move comes in the wake of the Iowa tornado this week that killed four teen-agers in a Boy Scout camp in the western part of the state.

Executives at the channel discussed the move Thursday and initially contemplated going ahead with the show but putting a content warning at the beginning and one at the end pointing viewers to www.redcross.org to support relief efforts.

But after further discussion, those executives ultimately concluded that it would not be appropriate to go ahead with the airing at this time, a network spokeswoman said. The promos for the show are also being pulled.

There was no word yet on what will go in its place or when the film will be rescheduled.

[–] Adam_Newman 16 years ago

Well, whatever the reason...it really sucked. I have been waiting for two weeks to watch this only to find "The Stand" in it's place. I feel for those who lost family as well but do we have to walk on eggshells over every little thing? My father died almost two years ago, within two days I was watching a movie about a guy who lost his father. Maybe I should have asked the execs to not show the movie on the behalf of myself and everyone who's dad had recently died. This is insane. All week they show the teasers and then just stiff us on show night.

"You always have a choice"

[–] SkittyKat 16 years ago

I was dying to see this move too! I had to get digital cable to watch this movie because my cable company took of scifi channel from the analog for being as a duplicate.

[–] Vaclav17 16 years ago

I agree I think it sucks that sci fi cancell this movie and I hope that do show it soon I even took off work to see this movie .

[–] fiercegrizzly 16 years ago

I wanted to see the movie also. Does anyone know of a future airing or video release?

"She might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother"-Norman Bates

[–] Adam_Newman 16 years ago

I think they just left us hanging on this one. Too bad because it looked like one of the more decent SciFi Channel movies.

"You always have a choice"

[–] Vaclav17 16 years ago

Yea I agree I just hope that show it soon alot of people where really pissed off by this .I am one of them

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[–] Vaclav17 16 years ago

Yea I know hell I even took off work to this this movie dam .I hope they do show it .I email sci fi and no answer that sukcs .If anybody can get a response from sci fi let me know here thanks

[–] whitney2 16 years ago

Darn. I worked on this one, here's hoping they air it soon.

[–] MiCharlie124 14 years ago

It's just a matter of respect. In 1966, NBC was going to air the premier of Hitchcock's Psycho - then Ohio Senator Charles Percy's daughter was brutally murdered and the network cancelled the airing out of respect for the family.

[–] Daderica 15 years ago

Good call

[–] mattmann38 14 years ago

This whole discussion thread is hilarious since it really feels like planted discussion to gather some sort of momentum for a horrible movie. I'm watching it right now and can't help but laugh at the terrible writing and even worse acting. I'm pretty sure a group of held back third graders could write a better script. It's a shame MST3K isn't filming anymore, as they would have a ball with this one. Their punchlines would practically write themselves.

Anyway, I hope the guy who "took off work to see this" thoroughly enjoyed it when he finally was subjected to it. I'm pretty sure the only way I would watch it in its entirety would be if I were bound to a chair and had my eyes pried open a la Clockwork Orange.

[–] jensmom18 14 years ago

LOL matt you took the words right out of my mouth. I have a hard time believing, in this age of DVRs and TiVO, that anyone would actually take time off from work to watch a movie. A crappy SciFi (sorry, SyFy...let's be a little more pretentious) movie, to boot.

[–] ShadowsGathered 14 years ago

I like it... I like it a lot... alottalottalot...

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