# Sci Fi Original Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467 "2010-04-17T17:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/21 "2010-04-19T22:12:17Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > And she was not _any_ kind of Asian. She’s Canadian–perhaps with a bit of First Nations? But she did look fine… ---
**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:** [April 19, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/22 "2010-04-19T22:48:36Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Yeah. It was dull and uninteresting. Just like the last Riverworld thingy they did. I dunno if Ssy Fai hates Phillip Jose or Ursula worse, at this point. But they sure seem to love Steven King. > . I liked the original TV movie they made a few years ago. I mean, it wasn’t great, but it was decent. The new one with Tamoh Peniket, however, is quite dull and a total waste. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/23 "2010-04-20T00:56:08Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > \*\*turner \*\*- I have a graphic to share with you. [This](http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mega-shark.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/24 "2010-04-20T01:00:54Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > In the book, didn’t everybody speak their original language? Establishing communication among these diverse people from all parts of the world & all of history (& prehistory) was part of the fascinating setup. I seem to remember Burton using his linguistic skills to good advantage. In the books, everybody started out speaking the language or languages they had known on Earth. However, the vast majority of Riverworld settled on Esperanto as their lingua franca. Re Langoliers Syfy channel had nothing to do with the making of this one. It was made for NBC, ABC, or CBS. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/25 "2010-04-20T01:11:41Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Wyvern was pretty funny as well. Hick town in Alaska, dealing with a month of sunlight and a dragon. If I wasn’t drunk there would totally be a Sarah Palin joke here. I’ve only seen one, I think. It was truly awesome. It is some dinosaur thing, I believe they were doing some sort of covert Jurassic Park thing and dinos were escaping and eating people. It had Corbin Bernson (sorry, dude), Eric Roberts (?), and Girl With Big Fake Boobs. Nerdy Scientist: You’re letting dinosaurs escape and eat people. I’m going to expose you to the police! You’ll be ruined forever! Corbin: Well, you gotta do what you gotta do. Will you please swing by the T-Rex pens that have gates remote controlled from here before leave? KthanksBai. Nerdy Scientist: Lalalalaa…wait a second. Here I am in front of the T-Rex pens with remote-controlled gates and the laser fence is off. That’s weird. Corbin: Bahahaha! I’m so EEEEEEEEVIL! Nerdy Scientist: Was that an impact tremor? Aaaararghghhggghghgh! I’m being eaten by a dinosaur! Apparently I’m smart enough to clone diosaurs but not smart enough to avoid being eaten by a trap that wouldn’t fool Corky! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/26 "2010-04-20T01:43:24Z")
It also had a late performance by [Don S. Davis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_S._Davis), operating a few notches below his SG-1 days. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/27 "2010-04-20T01:46:32Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > It also had a late performance by [Don S. Davis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_S._Davis), operating a few notches below his SG-1 days. I never got into Stargate (it’s one of those on the list and I’ll get to it eventually), but I recognized him,and that’s sad. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/28 "2010-04-21T00:59:18Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > [This](http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mega-shark.jpg). F-ing Awesome! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/29 "2010-04-21T02:22:46Z")
I’d say the SciFi/SyFy Channel jumped the megashark when it added its own pro wrestling league to the lineup, if it had ever been any good in the first place. A channel showing **nothing but** old SF/fantasy/horror movies and TV shows would be more worth watching. Heck, a “Fandom Channel” – nothing but documentaries, journalism and talk shows about SF conventions and fanac – would be more worth watching. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/30 "2010-04-21T02:45:07Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > [This](http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mega-shark.jpg). I want this poster. Badly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/31 "2010-04-24T03:54:16Z")
This weekend looks good: [_Mothman_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1514425/), starring Jewel Staite. Sneak peek [here](http://video.syfy.com/movies_events/syfy_saturday/sneak_peek/mothman--sneak-peek/v1220664). ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/32 "2010-04-24T04:19:21Z")
Yeah, I saw the commercials for that during Stargate tonight. Looks bad, but I’ll watch it because of Jewel Staite. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/33 "2010-04-24T23:26:21Z")
My stupid cable program guide is listing _The Mothman Prophecies_ instead of _Mothman_. I generally like my Verizon Fios service a lot, but there are always numerous mistakes like this in the program guide. It doesn’t affect the actual program shown, of course, but it can make it hard to find something when you’re using search and they have the wrong thing listed. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/34 "2010-04-25T06:13:04Z")
I’m not sure how to react. It had a few cliches, but maybe not enough to be cheesily enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/35 "2010-04-26T23:37:10Z")
Watched _Mothman_ last night. Wish I hadn’t. Spare yourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/36 "2010-04-27T00:17:25Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Watched _Mothman_ last night. Wish I hadn’t. Spare yourselves. Jewel Staite it is in, that might make it worth seeing… ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/37 "2010-04-27T01:33:22Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Jewel Staite it is in, that might make it worth seeing… Now don’t go throwing my words back at me! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/38 "2010-04-27T02:05:07Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > [This](http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mega-shark.jpg). This is made up physics! Why do they claim the shark needed to dive to at least1500 meters to get up to launching speed. Why can’t it accelerate at 10 gs, or 100 gs for that matter, in a shorter distance? And who’s to say that its fins couldn’t add some thrust once it was already out of the water by acting as wings? And who’s to say it’s not a flying mega-shark, mostly hollow to make flying easier? I mean, c’mon, let’s be real! ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/39 "2010-04-27T02:38:44Z")
> [@turner](#): > > Another good one was Basilisk where a giant snake-like creature who up to this point has been biting people in half, dantilly nips off Yancy Butler’s dress (about 10 years too late in my opinion) leaving her in bra and panties until it finally bites her in half with the most comically incompetent CGI I have ever seen. …okay, I just had to look this one up. (NSFW) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ug7UaeAc5KQ/hqdefault.jpg "Re: Yancy Butler Death Scene - shot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug7UaeAc5KQ) Holy crap! ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467/40 "2010-04-27T03:54:26Z")
Here’s the thing that annoys me about SyFy’s movies. They spend a little bit of money and waste some horrible CGI effects on boring stories. Sure, most are funny. I especially liked SS Doomtrooper or what ever that was called. But they could spend the same money on some of the actors they use who, in some cases, aren’t really bad actors, and young directors, with scripts based on classic or new \*real \* sci-fi stories that its target audience would really enjoy. Like “Duel” or “Gargoyles” to use a couple of semi-famous examples that ABC made back in the day. Of course, I may be misreading their target audience. Then, again, it seems their event mini-series always seem to be lacking. I really wanted to like Tin Man and that Alice in Wonderland thing they tried, but they failed, too. I still like Eureka, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-original-movies/536467.md?page=3)