# Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda on Sci-Fi **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-roddenberrys-andromeda-on-sci-fi/236731 "2004-03-27T13:15:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-roddenberrys-andromeda-on-sci-fi/236731/1 "2004-03-27T13:15:50Z")
As some of you may know, Sci-Fi recently acquired Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda. Do you think Sci-Fi can do what it did with Stargate SG-1. That is make it somewhat popular like SG-1? Or do you think this will be a big flop? Personally I kinda like Andromeda. I saw a couple of episodes from before it came to Sci-Fi and I thought it wasn’t half bad. I think since it’s now on Sci-Fi it will probably end up with a bigger budget and hopefully gain a bigger fan base. Does it bug anyone else that Sci-Fi calls Andromeda and SG-1 “Sci-Fi Original Series”? SG-1 was NOT originally on Sc-Fi and neither was Andromeda. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-roddenberrys-andromeda-on-sci-fi/236731/2 "2004-03-27T13:23:02Z")
Personally, i haven’t watched sci-fi channel since they cancelled Farscape, i wouldn’t trust the skiffy channel too much, once Andromeda gets popular enough, they’ll cancel it at the height of it’s popularity… i’m surprised they haven’t cancelled Stargate, after all, it’s a popular show, and skiffy has a tendency to axe popular shows in the middle of their runs (no, i’m not bitter 😉 ) i was actually amazed to hear that skiffy finally canceled that stupid “crossing over” show, a show that was _clearly_ fiction, but had nothing to do with _science_ fiction only good thing skiffy ever did, imho ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-roddenberrys-andromeda-on-sci-fi/236731/3 "2004-03-27T14:43:39Z")
I watched the first couple of seasons of Andromeda. At first I kinda liked it- sure, they play fast-n-loose with the science, but it did have a sense of fun I rather liked. Plus it had Lexa Doig (Rommie) and Laura Bertram (Trance). Lexa Doig. Oh my freakin’ god. Then, I think it was in season three… … they decided to change a few things. Rommie became more, uh, “anime”. Trance lost her tail, turned gold, and became decidedly uncute. According to an article I read, it was to make them more appealing to the fanboys. Bleh. About that time I lost interest. I watched the rest of that season, and then gave up. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-roddenberrys-andromeda-on-sci-fi/236731/4 "2004-03-27T15:47:31Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Personally, i haven’t watched sci-fi channel since they cancelled Farscape, i wouldn’t trust the skiffy channel too much, once Andromeda gets popular enough, they’ll cancel it at the height of it’s popularity… > > i’m surprised they haven’t cancelled Stargate, after all, it’s a popular show, and skiffy has a tendency to axe popular shows in the middle of their runs > > (no, i’m not bitter 😉 ) > > i was actually amazed to hear that skiffy finally canceled that stupid “crossing over” show, a show that was _clearly_ fiction, but had nothing to do with _science_ fiction > > only good thing skiffy ever did, imho I agree. Since they cancelled Farscape(a show that actually started on the network), I won’t watch it. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-roddenberrys-andromeda-on-sci-fi/236731/5 "2004-03-27T15:52:40Z")
Aren’t there a zillion channels that show Andromeda already? Each weekend I have my choice of 5 different channels - some of them even showing different episodes.