Have you seen this?

[auntiemeesh]

I watch the SciFi channel a lot, and it seems lately that Lord of the Rings actors are taking over the channel.

First up was John Rhys-Davies in a SciFi Original, horrific-looking, thriller type movie called Chupacabra: Dark Seas. This movie, to me, epitomizes everything that is wrong with the SciFi channel, and it makes me wonder what it is about John Rhys-Davies, a terrifically talented actor, that he chooses to be involved in such ludicrous movies. This one might make Dragon Storm look good.

Then there's a promo for SciFi's new shows, with someone who looks and sounds exactly like Sean Bean, although I hate to think it's actually him, as the SciFi guy.

Finally, we come to Sean Astin, who is starring in the upcoming SciFi Original Picture, Slipstream which airs on Feb 12, on the SciFi channel. I've seen a number of promos for this and was pretty dubious and disappointed that this is the sort of work that Sean is getting these days. After taking a look at the webpage, though, I must admit I'm curious. I will probably end up watching it, just to find out whether it's as bad as I fear it might be. And who knows, it might even be pretty good, as far as cheesy time-travel movies go. And regardless of anything else, I found the webpage for Slipstream to be pretty entertaining. It was definitely worth taking a few minutes to check out.

Comments

[danachan.livejournal.com]

SciFi is all about the cheesy, it seems. I watched "Chupacabra: Dark Seas" (gah, talk about incredibly cheesy), and I admit to not having high expectations for "Slipstream". I am going to give it a go, though, and see just how bad (or not) it is.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I tried answering this last night, hopefully this one goes through (livejournal seems to have a nervous tic these days).

I stayed as far away from Chupacabra as I could. I was forever traumatized by the X-Files episode about el chupacabra (about eight or nine years ago). It still freaks me out if I think about it too much. (Yes, I get freaked out pretty easily, sad as it is to admit.)

But Slipstream looks as though it could be entertaining, although I'm afraid that my dismay over a fine actor like Sean Astin being in such a cheesy movie may taint my enjoyment of said cheesy movie a bit.

[danachan.livejournal.com]

See, I never saw that X-Files episode, so I went into Chupacabra with my eyes wide open. And then I whine a lot about the main female character, because she irked me so. The scary wasn't very, well, scary. But then, Sci Fi = so cheesy.

And, well, I am going to give Slipstream a chance, even if the station it on is known for the cheesy.

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine who is luck enough to get Sci Fi channel says that it is indeed Sean Bean on those promos. She has been enjoying seeing him pop up from time to time.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I thought that was him! He's lovely and sexy in the promos, and I do love his voice, but it just seems sad that he's shilling for the Sci-Fi channel (but then, I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the Sci-Fi channel).

[rosiegardener.livejournal.com]

oh, thanks for telling me about that new Sean Astin movie, it does look quite interesting judging from what I've seen in the trailer ( but then I do love Sci-Fi). I'm afraid though that this is one of the movies that don't make it to Europe.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I'll be taping it as I won't be home when it's on, but unless you have a region one VCR that won't help you much. If you do have (or have access to) a VCR that would play my tape and want to see it, let me know. :)

[rosiegardener.livejournal.com]

oh, I do have a VCR that plays region one tapes! I'd be so happy if you could do this for me, but are you sure that it won't be to much trouble to send me the tape ?

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

No trouble at all, Rosie. Just send your address to auntiemeesh@yahoo.com and I'll get the tape out in the mail sometime this weekend or next weekend. :)

[dreamflower]

The SciFi Channel seems to fluctuate between *really* excellent and *really* dire when it comes to their original programming. They don't seem to have any middle ground at all, and lately they seem to be going through a patch of unrelieved dire...one can only hope the pendulum will soon swing back to excellent.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Friday nights are picking up a bit. Stargate is really patchy but Atlantis is fun and Battlestar Galactica seems to have promise. Their original movies seem to be unrelieved dren and sludge, though. But at least slipstream doesn't involve swamp monsters or giant snakes, lol.

[lil-banik-slave.livejournal.com]

Oooh, let us know what "Slipstream" is like. I remember Sean Astin mentioning this in his SFX interview.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I love this icon! I'm not sure who the middle guy is but the end brackets are just delightful! *bg*

I'll be sure to give you a full review of slipstream at some point over the weekend.

[lil-banik-slave.livejournal.com]

*Grins*

CARSON. I've only seen two episodes of SG atlantis, and I'm already in love with this guy :-D

Middle guy, BTW, is Tony Curran. He's in 13th Warrior, Blade 2, and he was also "The Invisibe Man" in The Leage of Extraordinary Gentleman, sporting a fake cockney accent of course. He's very good.

:-D