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Red
07-13-2004, 04:50 PM
We recieved an email from The History Channel with a correction regarding "Decisive Battles". Ben Browder worked on the pilot of the series, but the pilot will not be televised. The regular series, which begins July 23rd on the History Channel, is hosted by Matthew Settle.
JrMissToughChick
07-13-2004, 04:51 PM
FRELL! oh well, I guess... I was looking forward to it though.
Antrobus
07-13-2004, 05:02 PM
Matthew Settle

Who's that?

Well, Ben has other things to worry about - like more Farscape!
stellar
07-13-2004, 05:22 PM
Swine history channel.
Leviathan
07-13-2004, 05:26 PM
That's such a let down. :(
grinner
07-13-2004, 05:27 PM
Who's that?


http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0786136/
Martincore
07-13-2004, 05:28 PM
that is such a shame... Oh, well... there will be other jobs!
Centurion
07-13-2004, 05:29 PM
Shame, part of wanting to watch that show was because Ben Browder was going to be narrating the battles!

~Cent~
JrMissToughChick
07-13-2004, 05:53 PM
Well, Ben has other things to worry about - like more Farscape! but they are not even showing what he already did :(
Jeff O'Connor
07-13-2004, 05:54 PM
As long as they paid him, I won't complain... too much. I just need to know he at least got compensated. I know he isn't a millionaire; he had to look for work because he needs it, I can understand that. I'm sure he got paid some, though, so... I will say... damn, I was looking forward to seeing him!
StarsGoBlue
07-13-2004, 06:26 PM
rats. :pissed:
Antrobus
07-13-2004, 06:50 PM
Of course I don't know the TV business, but it seems odd that you'd hire someone to do a pilot of a series - someone who must have auditioned for said series - and then turn around and give the show to another actor and throw the pilot out!

Jeez!

Well, actually in this day and age it doesn't seem that odd! People get screwed all the time! (Screwed as in "crapped on" - in the other context, some do and some don't!)
Spedoinkel
07-13-2004, 06:53 PM
Drat! Frelled again.
atlantagirl
07-13-2004, 06:55 PM
Of course I don't know the TV business, but it seems odd that you'd hire someone to do a pilot of a series - someone who must have auditioned for said series - and then turn around and give the show to another actor and throw the pilot out!

Jeez!

Well, actually in this day and age it doesn't seem that odd! People get screwed all the time! (Screwed as in "crapped on" - in the other context, some do and some don't!)


Did you ever see the pilot for Star Trek (TOS)? ;)
Nessus
07-13-2004, 09:29 PM
Well, they lost one viewer
Martincore
07-13-2004, 10:57 PM
a couple, I'd say...
Vinona
07-14-2004, 02:31 AM
well... as long as it didn't affect ANYTHING he had to do with farscape at the time then its allright by me...
But it it did... i'd send a couple of million scarrans to that frelling history channel and then they could try to comment that... LOL
faustus
07-14-2004, 03:16 AM
great more stupidity
SabaceanBabe
07-14-2004, 06:22 AM
Well, poo.
Antrobus
07-14-2004, 09:23 AM
Did you ever see the pilot for Star Trek (TOS)?

No, they buried that too.

It's like being hired to make a recording demo as they do in the recording field and then handing the song off to someone else! I know that happens often.
Emeraldcity
07-14-2004, 09:32 AM
Of course I don't know the TV business, but it seems odd that you'd hire someone to do a pilot of a series - someone who must have auditioned for said series - and then turn around and give the show to another actor and throw the pilot out!


Doing the pilot of a show is basically just to sell it to the network. Once the show is sold, the series is then cast and production begins. Unfortunately, although the show was picked up, there was something they must no haved liked in Ben that they liked better in this other actor......(what I have NO idea!!!) it could be a number of things.... but unfortunately that is the nature of the beast.......it sucks....but that is what happens......
HiRes
07-14-2004, 11:02 AM
Could it be that the miniseries production interfered with the History channel production? The actors did say that some had to give up other (possible) commitments to heed the Farscape call...
La Bomba
07-14-2004, 11:04 AM
Swine history channel.

:rollin:
CrystalMoon
07-14-2004, 11:55 AM
Unfortunately, although the show was picked up, there was something they must no haved liked in Ben that they liked better in this other actor......(what I have NO idea!!!) it could be a number of things.... but unfortunately that is the nature of the beast.......

That's a big assumption!

There are a number of different reasons as to why Ben only did the Pilot. Maybe *he* didn't want to do the series for whatever reason. Maybe there was a scheduling conflict. Maybe a new contract couldn't be negotiated. I wouldn't assume that THC didn't like Ben, especially when there's no evidence to support that.
SeasonOfDeath
07-14-2004, 12:49 PM
Well.. now that that's official.. can we bomb the HC with pleading emails as previously suggested?
so-much-4-sanity
07-14-2004, 02:21 PM
That's a big assumption!

There are a number of different reasons as to why Ben only did the Pilot. Maybe *he* didn't want to do the series for whatever reason. Maybe there was a scheduling conflict. Maybe a new contract couldn't be negotiated. I wouldn't assume that THC didn't like Ben, especially when there's no evidence to support that.

Thank you for saying this!!!!