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betacandy's LJ.
I suspect that RCC, BW, and the other producer/writers weren't as surprised or 'hurt' as everyone thinks. They did, after all, see the writing on the wall earlier, and left off writing/plotting the final three scripts of the season for exactly this eventuality.
I'm not all that sympathetic to the production staff (the ones that make the big decisions, anyway). They've had ten years on this show, some of them less, and, if you believe some stories floating around the net, they've been trying to kill their own show off for years in the hope of a movie deal or a new series 'franchise'. So, now that they've gotten the Word that their show HAS finally gotten the cancellation notice, it's Incredible News? Pffffft, as they say. Was the timing *bad* for the Incredible News? I suppose so. But SciFi is made up of asshole suits to begin with, from stories I've heard in various CGI studios that make the cheesy movies they show every week.
I dunno. Has everyone forgotten how terribly the producers have treated the actors in the past, how they manipulate them, and (in Tapping's words) make them feel like they're lucky to have a job? Not to mention the circumstances the decided MS to leave the show in the first place? And how hard Tapping had to negotiate to FINALLY get her directing job? And how they threw the HARDEST and most complex episode to direct at MS for his first time directing? No, I think these guys are pretty shitty themselves, even as far as producers go here in Hollywood.
As for the actors - I have a feeling that after ten years of doing the same things over repeatedly, and trying to find something *fresh* in their characters - well, MS hadn't signed any papers, and Tapping has plans in the works for another series, I have a feeling they knew the gig was up.
betacandy's LJ.I suspect that RCC, BW, and the other producer/writers weren't as surprised or 'hurt' as everyone thinks. They did, after all, see the writing on the wall earlier, and left off writing/plotting the final three scripts of the season for exactly this eventuality.
I'm not all that sympathetic to the production staff (the ones that make the big decisions, anyway). They've had ten years on this show, some of them less, and, if you believe some stories floating around the net, they've been trying to kill their own show off for years in the hope of a movie deal or a new series 'franchise'. So, now that they've gotten the Word that their show HAS finally gotten the cancellation notice, it's Incredible News? Pffffft, as they say. Was the timing *bad* for the Incredible News? I suppose so. But SciFi is made up of asshole suits to begin with, from stories I've heard in various CGI studios that make the cheesy movies they show every week.
I dunno. Has everyone forgotten how terribly the producers have treated the actors in the past, how they manipulate them, and (in Tapping's words) make them feel like they're lucky to have a job? Not to mention the circumstances the decided MS to leave the show in the first place? And how hard Tapping had to negotiate to FINALLY get her directing job? And how they threw the HARDEST and most complex episode to direct at MS for his first time directing? No, I think these guys are pretty shitty themselves, even as far as producers go here in Hollywood.
As for the actors - I have a feeling that after ten years of doing the same things over repeatedly, and trying to find something *fresh* in their characters - well, MS hadn't signed any papers, and Tapping has plans in the works for another series, I have a feeling they knew the gig was up.
