Re:Can Farscape Fans Reinvent TV?
Actually, if you go directly to salon.com, you can get a “day pass” to read the premium sites by looking at a short ad. It might be worth it to read the article. It presents some interesting ideas, but I don’t think the present initiatives have any realistic way of bringing about a continuation of Farscape or raising funds for a “viewer” sponsored production–not to mention that you can produce anything you want, you also need access to distribution.
Aside from that though, it’s interesting to see people starting to think about alternatives to the present broadcasting system.
For me personally, I’ve never been particularly fond of the long running series format anyway. But it’s the most lucrative economically, so I guess we’re always going to have disruptive cancellations.
elmey