# Braveheart on the SciFi channel?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braveheart-on-the-scifi-channel/138565>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 25, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braveheart-on-the-scifi-channel/138565 "2002-11-25T00:59:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![artemis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braveheart-on-the-scifi-channel/138565/21 "2002-11-25T23:23:21Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by TheeGrumpy \*  
> \*\*Looks like I [posted too soon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=145474). I predicted SciFi would rely on z-grade cheapies because AMC is now resorting to b-grade SF movies.
> 
> Then I saw the promo for _Braveheart_. Come to think of it, they showed the new _Psycho_ on SciFi, too, but I dismissed it as plausibly within the horror/SF overlap.
> 
> No, this can’t happen. _Braveheart_ can be on AMC (being Best Picture for 1995 gives it automatic “classic” status). _Robocop 3_ is reserved for SciFi. Not the other way around! \*\*

That to me is the baffling thing - not that _Braveheart_doesn’t fit the SciFi Channel because it isn’t SF. Judging from the other offerings that have been “gifted” to the viewers by the SciFi Channel in recent months, _Braveheart_ doesn’t belong on it because it’s too good. These days, isn’t _Mars Needs Women!_ more the SciFi Channel’s speed?

A pity. It actually used to be an enjoyable channel once…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braveheart-on-the-scifi-channel/138565/22 "2002-11-25T23:30:20Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by TheeGrumpy \*  
> \*\*Looks like I [posted too soon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=145474). I predicted SciFi would rely on z-grade cheapies because AMC is now resorting to b-grade SF movies.
> 
> Then I saw the promo for _Braveheart_. Come to think of it, they showed the new _Psycho_ on SciFi, too, but I dismissed it as plausibly within the horror/SF overlap.
> 
> No, this can’t happen. _Braveheart_ can be on AMC (being Best Picture for 1995 gives it automatic “classic” status). _Robocop 3_ is reserved for SciFi. Not the other way around! \*\*

I agree. AMC has also become a disappointment.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braveheart-on-the-scifi-channel/138565/23 "2002-11-26T02:25:26Z")

</div>

Wasn’t there some time traveling involved?

William Wallace had been dead for several years before Isabelle journeyed from France to wed Edward II.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Kitfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@Kitfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitfox)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braveheart-on-the-scifi-channel/138565/24 "2002-11-26T07:07:05Z")

</div>

It irritates me when good channels go bad…

Sci-Fi used to be a great channel, back when it actually had shows…First Wave, the Chronicle, Lexx and ,of course, Farscape, all were reasons to tune in week after week. Even the old shows like Alien Nation, Brimstone and such were worth seeing…

Now everytime I turn over there, there is some bad movie on.

Its sad, really…Are they trying to drive away viewers?

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braveheart-on-the-scifi-channel/138565.md?page=1)