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GALACTICA/DOLLHOUSE Star Tahmoh Penikett Cast In SciFi’s New RIVERWORLD Miniseries!!

FIRST! by Divine_Shadow	Apr 6th, 2009 11:54:15 PM
But seriously...this sounds like a fucking great idea if they pay a little more attention to the source materia, than their last attempt!
Awww Vandervoort? Really? by Shermdawg	Apr 7th, 2009 12:05:32 AM
After all of the great guest star actresses that's appeared on that OTHER CW show, they had to go with her?
Also, I hope The Phantom isn't as lame as Flash Gordon. by Shermdawg	Apr 7th, 2009 12:06:53 AM
Boy they screwed that one up good.
Also, where are those Farscape webisodes SciFi? by Shermdawg	Apr 7th, 2009 12:08:30 AM
Still waiting.
by megatom5	Apr 7th, 2009 12:10:11 AM
Interesting, I like Helo as an actor despite how god awful Dollhouse is. He's the only decent part of that show, I've given it a chance and I find no drama or suspense in it. But a Riverworld miniseries could be good. Although I don't think it'd be a good series. I think more scifi books should become miniseries and not movies, any good scifi novel has more than 120 minutes worth of content in it.
I want a mini series of The Many Colored Land by Rumpel Tumskin	Apr 7th, 2009 12:19:50 AM
by Julian May. I loved that book.
hehehe by shazam7	Apr 7th, 2009 12:32:31 AM
He said it wouldn't conflict with a Second Season of Dollhouse.
There is no Matt Ellman in the books by Gorgomel	Apr 7th, 2009 12:50:11 AM

A REMAKE? by alice 13	Apr 7th, 2009 01:10:10 AM
syfy is remaking a scifi miniseries. thank god its not tin man.
Vandervoot, great tits, mediocre actress. by Saen	Apr 7th, 2009 01:17:48 AM
Vandervoot, great tits, mediocre actress. I will watch her in anything!
bring back The Lost Room gods-darnit by cyrent	Apr 7th, 2009 01:26:20 AM
best Sci-Fi miniseries ever, other than the BSG...
by Omar B	Apr 7th, 2009 01:35:18 AM
Never heard of this guy playing Phantom. I do so hope he's good.
Has anyone at Syfy actually read the books? by Phloton	Apr 7th, 2009 01:47:48 AM
The first couple were very good
THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME SAEN by J-Dizzle	Apr 7th, 2009 02:11:06 AM
More tits, less acting.
HE appears in two series, but only when by V'Shael	Apr 7th, 2009 03:10:40 AM
one is cancelled. (e.g. the BSG/Dollhouse crossover) So what does this say about Dollhouse? It's fucking over. Admit it. Get used to it.
Will he appear shirtless in this? by tonagan	Apr 7th, 2009 05:13:14 AM
As we speak, writers are furiously devising ways for that to happen.
"Heaven" The series... by Bill Brasky	Apr 7th, 2009 06:04:55 AM
This show's face will be pants.
I Hope by Cobbio	Apr 7th, 2009 08:34:27 AM
"The planet all Earth people go to after they die," eh? Hmmm... I realize Farmer is a well-established science fiction author, but doesn't Siffy already broadcast that other horrible sham "Ghost Hunters"? I'm tired of poorly made supernatural claptrap. "Supernatural" the show on WB is wonderfully badass, but I'll be surprised if Siffy comes within a mile of that juggernaut. Maybe "Riverworld" will be good, and hiring Tahmoh Penikett is certainly a positive thing, but will they ever get back to science fiction? Oh, that's right, they're Syfy now. They can make whatever they want. I hope this new show is good.
Would like a... by mrfan	Apr 7th, 2009 10:45:29 AM
Doc Savage series.
so the guy is already taking another job by punto	Apr 7th, 2009 11:41:12 AM
good for him
NIce by The Alienist	Apr 7th, 2009 11:42:35 AM
More naked Tahmoh. I approve!
The first four Riverworld books... by DarthCorleone	Apr 7th, 2009 12:04:39 PM
...are awesome. I avoided that 2003 adaptation based on some awful review. Perhaps this will be more faithful in spirit, even if I have no clue who Matt Ellman is. One of the strengths of the book is its characterization; removing the dynamics between Burton, Alice Hargreaves, etc., is not cool, but perhaps they can at least maintain the essence of Riverworld itself.
I vote for Julian May series as well. by hst666	Apr 7th, 2009 01:56:12 PM
I loved all of the pliocene/intervention/Jack the Bodiless books. Although, the final Jack book ending was a little weak.
The first mini series by Engelhast	Apr 7th, 2009 04:25:53 PM
is actually a guilty pleasure of mine. It is a piss poor adaptation of the books but I still enjoyed it quite a bit. Can't wait to see what they do with it this time.
Sci-Fi Channel can suck my cock by antonphd	Apr 7th, 2009 06:04:59 PM
I'll never watch another show on Sci-Fi. They cancelled The Dresden Files for Flash Gordon.
spot On antonphd by DrMorbius	Apr 8th, 2009 12:34:25 AM
Gordon sucked hind tit allright, also the Sara Jane Chronicles, any news on Sanctuary? Doctor Who? Anyone have any info on Primeval?
The SciFi (SyFy) cancellation cycle by ides	Apr 8th, 2009 01:00:52 AM
They cancelled Farscape (a great series) when its ratings were eclipsed by Stargate(an average series), and replaced it with Battlestar Galactica (a great series, somewhat desultory finale aside). Dresden, which wasn't half bad and definitely could have found an audience, was cancelled very quickly. They have a very spotty track record of seeing things through to the end. They're very business oriented in the short term, but have made some very bad long term decisions. Their new moniker is a great case-in-point of their self-consciousness about their subject matter.
Can we see some Muay Tai? by Hardboiled Wonderland	Apr 8th, 2009 07:10:52 AM
I asked Ron Moore to let Tahmoh go Ong Bak on a cylon, but he didn't get back to me. So come on Riverworld, let Tahmoh show his moves!
PINO! by Omar B	Apr 8th, 2009 11:29:53 AM
Phantom In Name Only! Look at this costume! http://scifiwire.com/2009/04/g et-a-sneak-peek-at-the-t.php
Loved the books by Etienne72772	Apr 8th, 2009 11:32:12 AM
But it bothers me that they have to change it so much. I would love to see it play out exactly like in the books as a miniseries. The first one with Burton - and the part where he dies and see the arctic tower, causing him to kill himself over and over and over again to get back, is simply fantastic. But I understand you lose the "other" characters... Unless you have them all there from the beginning doing their own thing and have them meet up down the road again.
I wonder... by psychedelic	Apr 8th, 2009 01:02:03 PM
I wonder if Farmer's recent death as anything to do with development moving forward on this, or is it merely coincidence. Presumably they'd have to pay the same amount of royalities to the family as if Farmer was still alive.

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