SFTV_troy
2009-03-17 15:58:56 UTC
I just read this interview in Entertainment Weekly magazine. I'm
beginning to understand why NBC wants to move the Sci-Fi Channel
*away* from sci-fi fanatics by renaming it.
QUOTE:
SACKHOFF ("Starbuck"): ...I got a death threat mailed to me. It mad
me terrified of science fiction fans, which was unfair because 98% of
them are fantastic human beings. But there's 2% of them that scare
the living shit out of ya.
Ron Moore got an up close-and-personal taste of the fan outrage.....
he showed three lengthy clips from the miniseries at a convention:
MOORE (producer of BSG and Star Trek: DS9): They booed and hissed. It
was icy cold in there. It was obvious no one liked it, and their
questions were tipped with a lot of acid. The gist of it was "This is
nothing like the series - how could you do this???" ..... I said,
"This is the show. You may not like the show, you don't have to watch
the show, but this is the show that we're making." Then they got
*really* mad. People started to stand up and yell. And from the back
Richard Hatch stands-up like Moses and says, "Wait a minute; just
settle down."
RICHARD HATCH ("Tom Zarek" and "Apollo"): Whether we agree or
disagree, why don't we give this talented man an opportunity to
present what he has to say. I have a great deal of respect for anyone
standing-up to that hostile audience.
beginning to understand why NBC wants to move the Sci-Fi Channel
*away* from sci-fi fanatics by renaming it.
QUOTE:
SACKHOFF ("Starbuck"): ...I got a death threat mailed to me. It mad
me terrified of science fiction fans, which was unfair because 98% of
them are fantastic human beings. But there's 2% of them that scare
the living shit out of ya.
Ron Moore got an up close-and-personal taste of the fan outrage.....
he showed three lengthy clips from the miniseries at a convention:
MOORE (producer of BSG and Star Trek: DS9): They booed and hissed. It
was icy cold in there. It was obvious no one liked it, and their
questions were tipped with a lot of acid. The gist of it was "This is
nothing like the series - how could you do this???" ..... I said,
"This is the show. You may not like the show, you don't have to watch
the show, but this is the show that we're making." Then they got
*really* mad. People started to stand up and yell. And from the back
Richard Hatch stands-up like Moses and says, "Wait a minute; just
settle down."
RICHARD HATCH ("Tom Zarek" and "Apollo"): Whether we agree or
disagree, why don't we give this talented man an opportunity to
present what he has to say. I have a great deal of respect for anyone
standing-up to that hostile audience.