Starhyke DVD

[Mardroid]

I've been waiting for this for a while. It's finally coming available.

Information here.

It was supposed to have been available around Christmas time last year. Still better late than never, as the cliché people say.

To be honest I haven't watched anything apart form the trailers, which seemed a mixture of cool sci-fi effects* and extreme goofiness. I welcome the former (as long as its an accompaniment to a good story and acting) and I'm a touch worried about the latter. I like the odd bit of silliness, but I hope it doesn't overdo it. To be fair, you can't really tell from a trailer though. They're going to highlight the wacky stuff.

Here's hoping it's better than Hyperdrive anyway.

It looks like they've got a nice set of extras on the DVD. Apart from the fruit-lady-from-Brainiac's bosoms, I mean.

*It was actually filmed a few years back but they weren't able to find a home for it. They took the opportunity to keep the effects up-to-date in the meantime, which is nice.

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Never heard of this. Bit difficult for Space comedies as they are expensive to produce and don't always find an audience. Red Dwarf took almost 3 seasons to hit the right track and it only reached cult status.

They seem to have attracted some good,reliable actors but without a good script their lost in space. 

[Mardroid]

I love Red Dwarf. I think it reached a bit more than cult, but I know what you mean.

As for Starhyke, they went ahead and did 6 episodes anyway, even though this was a few years back... Seems rather a risk to me. I hope it's decent anyway. I'll probably risk it and get the DVDs at some point (although when I don't know). I doubt there'll be a second series anyway, since nobody has bought the first.

A couple of years back there was mention of a channel that was interested, but I'd imagine it fell through.