I think my cynicism has a lot to do with three things:
1. I don't trust Skiffy as far as I could throw them, after the initial cancellation fiasco and all the idiocy surrounding it. My cynical side views this 'online episodes' thing in much the same way as I viewed the mini-series - they can't shut us up, so they throw us a bone. Given how much they underestimated the viewing figures in the first place, I highly doubt they realise it even HAS an online fanbase and will get a horrible shock when all the people downloading the episodes manage to kill their undoubtedly pathetic bandwidth quota... you KNOW it's going to happen...
2. As ever, the US believe they are the centre of the universe and obviously nowhere else in the world owns televisions...
3. I am too world-weary to get excited about fandom any more, especially fandoms which disappoint as much as real life.
At least until we know more, I'm not going to get my hopes up remotely...
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Date: 2007-07-20 12:26 pm (UTC)1. I don't trust Skiffy as far as I could throw them, after the initial cancellation fiasco and all the idiocy surrounding it. My cynical side views this 'online episodes' thing in much the same way as I viewed the mini-series - they can't shut us up, so they throw us a bone. Given how much they underestimated the viewing figures in the first place, I highly doubt they realise it even HAS an online fanbase and will get a horrible shock when all the people downloading the episodes manage to kill their undoubtedly pathetic bandwidth quota... you KNOW it's going to happen...
2. As ever, the US believe they are the centre of the universe and obviously nowhere else in the world owns televisions...
3. I am too world-weary to get excited about fandom any more, especially fandoms which disappoint as much as real life.
At least until we know more, I'm not going to get my hopes up remotely...