Comments on: Guestblogger Craig to BoingBoing readers: So long, and thanks! It's been awesome. http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 04:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788482 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788482 Enjoyed your guest blogs! Hope you will start your own blog somewhere. Enjoyed your guest blogs! Hope you will start your own blog somewhere.

]]> By: Chrs http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788487 Chrs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788487 I've enjoyed hearing the perspectives you've posted, thanks! I’ve enjoyed hearing the perspectives you’ve posted, thanks!

]]> By: Von Haus http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788489 Von Haus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788489 It's been really intersting but seriously, two weeks? Damn, where did my life go, I could've sworn it's been a week at most? It’s been really intersting but seriously, two weeks? Damn, where did my life go, I could’ve sworn it’s been a week at most?

]]> By: sequelguy http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788513 sequelguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788513 This was a great series Craig Engler -- very enlightening. Between this and Charles Stross' series on <a href="http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/04/common-misconceptions-about-pu-1.html">Common Misconceptions About Publishing</a> I can see sanity in what previously I often could not. As a consumer its easy to interpret the actions of networks and publishers as madness with no view into the hidden parties and their interactions and motives. Anyway, great series, I'd love to read more like it, and I quite enjoy SGU (FWIW =) ) This was a great series Craig Engler — very enlightening. Between this and Charles Stross’ series on Common Misconceptions About Publishing I can see sanity in what previously I often could not. As a consumer its easy to interpret the actions of networks and publishers as madness with no view into the hidden parties and their interactions and motives. Anyway, great series, I’d love to read more like it, and I quite enjoy SGU (FWIW =) )

]]> By: Daedalus http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788330 Daedalus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788330 It's been really interesting and enlightening. Hope you can find ways to address some of the problems up there. Y'know, finding out a way to avoid silly name changes and pro wrestling, at least, if not entire brand new business models for television. ;) Looking forward to seeing what SciFi is gonna be like in the next 10 years, Craig! It’s been really interesting and enlightening. Hope you can find ways to address some of the problems up there. Y’know, finding out a way to avoid silly name changes and pro wrestling, at least, if not entire brand new business models for television. ;)

Looking forward to seeing what SciFi is gonna be like in the next 10 years, Craig!

]]> By: Ray http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788332 Ray Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788332 Thanks Craig...comeback soon...great articles Thanks Craig…comeback soon…great articles

]]> By: dogmatique http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788343 dogmatique Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788343 Thanks for the great posts, really interesting stuff! Thanks for the great posts, really interesting stuff!

]]> By: Wordguy http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788350 Wordguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788350 Dammit, why did they cancel the Craig Engler series? Those clueless suits at BoingBoing didn't even give it a chance! Dammit, why did they cancel the Craig Engler series? Those clueless suits at BoingBoing didn’t even give it a chance!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788353 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788353 Thanks for your time. Thanks to your articles, I feel like I have a much better understanding of some of the strange moves that the entertainment industry in general and the television industry in specific make on a regular basis. Thanks for your time. Thanks to your articles, I feel like I have a much better understanding of some of the strange moves that the entertainment industry in general and the television industry in specific make on a regular basis.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788358 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788358 i didn't agree with a single thing you mentioned, sir, but i thank you for your time. it was definitely informative reading, and it generated some really passionate discussion. come back again! i didn’t agree with a single thing you mentioned, sir, but i thank you for your time. it was definitely informative reading, and it generated some really passionate discussion. come back again!

]]> By: pato pal ur http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788360 pato pal ur Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788360 Thanks for the posts, Craig. Normally I have no respect people like yourself who are working in a horrid industry that is destroying the world (I'm not a TV fan, as you can tell), but you seem to be a different breed. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas and I hope you can find work in a respectable industry one day :) Thanks for the posts, Craig. Normally I have no respect people like yourself who are working in a horrid industry that is destroying the world (I’m not a TV fan, as you can tell), but you seem to be a different breed. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas and I hope you can find work in a respectable industry one day :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788380 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788380 Enjoyed reading your posts! Come back soon! Enjoyed reading your posts! Come back soon!

]]> By: sloverlord http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788384 sloverlord Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788384 We should start an internet petition to bring it back. Those always work ;) We should start an internet petition to bring it back. Those always work ;)

]]> By: social_maladroit http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788641 social_maladroit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788641 So long, and thanks to your channel for <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>. I haven't read your posts yet, but I intend to. Sorry if it's been asked and answered already, but did you all really change your name to Syfy® because "Sci-Fi" couldn't be trademarked? So long, and thanks to your channel for Battlestar Galactica.

I haven’t read your posts yet, but I intend to. Sorry if it’s been asked and answered already, but did you all really change your name to Syfy® because “Sci-Fi” couldn’t be trademarked?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-791459 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-791459 Best Boing Boing guest-blogger ever. Best Boing Boing guest-blogger ever.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788397 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788397 Bringing a dose of the real world to BoingBoing, thanks for the time. Bringing a dose of the real world to BoingBoing, thanks for the time.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788400 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788400 I don't watch TV. Live long and prosper, Craig. I don’t watch TV. Live long and prosper, Craig.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788407 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788407 Thanks for blogging, appreciate your insight though didn't always agree. Thanks for blogging, appreciate your insight though didn’t always agree.

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788408 IronEdithKidd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788408 At least you can come away with a concensus from a bunch of geeks of what has no place in the science fiction pantheon: wrestling and ghost "reality" shows. Come back any time. It's nice that you directly addressed some of the comments. It's appreciated, even if we don't agree with you. At least you can come away with a concensus from a bunch of geeks of what has no place in the science fiction pantheon: wrestling and ghost “reality” shows.

Come back any time. It’s nice that you directly addressed some of the comments. It’s appreciated, even if we don’t agree with you.

]]> By: tsdguy http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788922 tsdguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788922 Sorry but to be curmudgeonly (wow, spell check actually fixed this word) but I have little respect Mr Engler. This was just a 2 week session of damage control and marketing. I didn't see 1 sincere or interesting post - plenty of great comments which is why he appeared here in the first place I guess. The type and quality of programming on his channel speaks at a much higher level than his posting these last weeks. (That would be crapola in case I was too subtle) Sorry but to be curmudgeonly (wow, spell check actually fixed this word) but I have little respect Mr Engler. This was just a 2 week session of damage control and marketing. I didn’t see 1 sincere or interesting post – plenty of great comments which is why he appeared here in the first place I guess.

The type and quality of programming on his channel speaks at a much higher level than his posting these last weeks.

(That would be crapola in case I was too subtle)

]]> By: hbl http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788675 hbl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788675 Love Wordguy's comment. Kudos. Kudos also to Craig, a great insight into the world of TV execs, commissioning and cancellation. Keep wearing the suit man, or whatever it is you faceless TV corporate shills wear these days... ;) Love Wordguy’s comment. Kudos.

Kudos also to Craig, a great insight into the world of TV execs, commissioning and cancellation. Keep wearing the suit man, or whatever it is you faceless TV corporate shills wear these days… ;)

]]> By: Klb9037 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788422 Klb9037 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788422 Thanks Craig, I really enjoyed the articles. Hope it's not too long till your back! Thanks Craig, I really enjoyed the articles. Hope it’s not too long till your back!

]]> By: madzack http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788426 madzack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788426 dont you mean fysh? dont you mean fysh?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788428 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788428 "At least you can come away with a concensus from a bunch of geeks of what has no place in the science fiction pantheon: wrestling and ghost "reality" shows." I don't generally watch wrestling, but I can watch episodes of it without wanting to tear my face off, as I do with any watered down "history" documentaries, or terrible science "reality tv" shows. “At least you can come away with a concensus from a bunch of geeks of what has no place in the science fiction pantheon: wrestling and ghost “reality” shows.”

I don’t generally watch wrestling, but I can watch episodes of it without wanting to tear my face off, as I do with any watered down “history” documentaries, or terrible science “reality tv” shows.

]]> By: Craig Engler http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788447 Craig Engler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788447 Quoting a TV show to tell me you don't watch TV = Irony? Quoting a TV show to tell me you don’t watch TV = Irony?

]]> By: Phlip http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788451 Phlip Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788451 "Live long and prosper" is from a TV show? I thought Vulcans said that! (Or maybe it was Ayn Rand;)... “Live long and prosper” is from a TV show? I thought Vulcans said that!

(Or maybe it was Ayn Rand;)…

]]> By: classic01 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788456 classic01 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788456 After reading all this, I still didn't understand why SGU ditched all fans of the old intellectual SG series. To a smaller niche of melodrama space soap opera lovers. :-/ After reading all this, I still didn’t understand why SGU ditched all fans of the old intellectual SG series. To a smaller niche of melodrama space soap opera lovers. :-/

]]> By: lewis stoole http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788717 lewis stoole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788717 another great contributor to boingboing. this has got to be the best blog out there! another great contributor to boingboing.
this has got to be the best blog out there!

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788464 Rich Keller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788464 Thanks, Craig. Your posts were really insightful and a lot of fun. About the wrestling - try having the wrestlers wear rubber monster suits and fill the ring with minature buildings. It's crazy, but it just might work. Thanks, Craig. Your posts were really insightful and a lot of fun.

About the wrestling – try having the wrestlers wear rubber monster suits and fill the ring with minature buildings. It’s crazy, but it just might work.

]]> By: aelfscine http://boingboing.net/2010/05/14/guestblogger-craig-t.html#comment-788468 aelfscine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788468 Thanks for stopping in! Your posts were interesting - it was cool to see some of the thought that goes into these decisions. Whether I agree or not, it's good to know that television folks are aware they're making tough choices. BB Mods: More guest bloggers with insightful real-world applications, fewer Crazy Crop Circle Guys. Thanks for stopping in! Your posts were interesting – it was cool to see some of the thought that goes into these decisions. Whether I agree or not, it’s good to know that television folks are aware they’re making tough choices.

BB Mods: More guest bloggers with insightful real-world applications, fewer Crazy Crop Circle Guys.

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