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posted by Dopefish on Sunday February 23 2014, @04:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-want-netflix-to-reboot-firefly dept.

TBNZee writes:

"Mainstream television has, for a long time, under-served the science fiction loving segment. But with declining production costs, there seem to be two potential sources of alternative production/distribution: digital content (e.g. Netflix, Hulu) and crowd-funded projects. There's still not a lot of science fiction shows that are being produced by the major streaming services, but we'll probably see more with the success of Hulu's exclusive U.S. distribution of Misfits or Netflix's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Doctor Who. On the other hand, you have many enthusiastic upstarts on Kickstarter that look novel and engaging while having a surprisingly professional look to them.

Which do you think will ultimately be more successful? Do you have any recommendations for other good material out there, or is there something you would like to see?"

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Sebastopol on Monday February 24 2014, @03:52AM

    by Sebastopol (2909) on Monday February 24 2014, @03:52AM (#5504)

    Check out "Primer". It is modern SciFi that doesn't attempt to appeal to the Big Bang Theory / How I Met Your Mother spoonfed-scifi crowd, nor does it strive to be a hollywood blockbuster like just about every other SciFi movie since Star Wars broke big. (I'm very old.)

  • (Score: 1) by TK on Monday February 24 2014, @06:14PM

    by TK (2760) on Monday February 24 2014, @06:14PM (#6011)

    Plus it's based on two engineers working out of a garage. Something a lot of people (here) can relate to.

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