SciFi Channel doesn’t totally suck in July
I hate the SciFi Channel - I really do. As a lifelong sci-fi geek, I should be totally into something called the ‘SciFi Channel’. But instead of discussions about genre greats like Asimov or Clarke, or documentaries about great science fiction film, we get endless retreads of B-list shit like Mansquito or Alien Apocalypse. Every time I tune into SciFi in the hopes that something remotely interesting might be on, I turn away feeling as used and abused as a cheap Bangkok boy-whore.
Okay, now that I’ve finished venting my spleen at the aborted fetus milkshake that is the SciFi Channel, I can happily remind you that there might actually be a reason to give them your attention as the AniMonday programming block (starting at 1am) has been renewed by SciFi and Manga. Lots of good stuff, believe it or not. I’ll be curious to see if Gurren Lagann lives up to the hype.
Among the movies set to air during the Ani-Monday block are “Strait Jacket,” “Blood: The Last Vampire,” “Ghost in the Shell,” “Jack,” “Dead Leaves,” “Go Shogun” and “Negadon: The Monsters From Mars.”
The block will also feature the TV premieres of the classic anime series “Now and Then, Here and There” and “Descendants of Darkness,” as well as the U.S. debuts of “Gurren Lagann” and “Gundam 00.”
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I can’t believe you said that about Mansquito. That film is a classic. It’s on now!!