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  • Fantasy Series

    Hi.

    I have been thinking that after success of LOTR and other fantasymovies, Why nobody makes SERIOUS fantasy in tv? Nothing like Xena or some others... Serious stuff for older than 12. I would love to watch something like that...

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    Re: Fantasy Series

    The short answer is that it is colossally expensive and has no track-record at all. Way too much of a gamble. Also, sc-fi/fantasy has a loyal but limited base (regardless of the success of LOTR, etc) and that's not what TV is looking for. It's all a matter of perspective: people talk about the "success" of the new Battlestar Galactica" on the SciFi Channel but its best numbers would get it instantly cancelled even on UPN or the WB. TV is all about reaching the maximum number of people, preferably men 18-25, and a fantasy series just doean't do that.

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    • #3
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      Take it as you will, but I'd argue that every one of these television shows was Fantasy.


      Buffy the Vampire Slayer
      Angel
      Highway to Heaven
      Touched by an Angel
      Hercules
      Xena
      Beastmaster
      The Dead Zone
      Highlander
      The Twilight Zone

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      • #4
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        Originally posted by dclary
        Take it as you will, but I'd argue that every one of these television shows was Fantasy.


        Buffy the Vampire Slayer
        Angel
        Highway to Heaven
        Touched by an Angel
        Hercules
        Xena
        Beastmaster
        The Dead Zone
        Highlander
        The Twilight Zone

        I'd argue that every of those is worthless crap except for the bottom one

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        • #5
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          Worthless crap aside, we're all secretly writing a fantasy series just in case an opening appears. Aren't we?

          -Derek
          Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity.

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          • #6
            Re: Fantasy Series

            dclary's got one. The Phallic Tower or Dildo-Tour Noir or something

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            • #7
              Re: Fantasy Series

              I am NOT KMS!!!!!!

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