DIY Science Fiction Channel
What happens when classic science fiction, streaming video, and a disgruntled television viewer get together? The Classic Science Fiction Channel, of course — a homemade television hub on the internet.
“This guy really loves science fiction, and REALLY hates the Sci-Fi channel for not airing enough classic SciFi,” says writer and actor Wil Wheaton. “So he found all sorts of shows online, and has created his own incredibly awesome repository of classic science fiction television show links. As far as I can tell, it’s all legal, and there are hundreds of hours of programming to choose from.”
Site owner Steve Davidson writes, “I’ve been very disappointed by the so-called SciFi Channel since its inception. Like many others, I believed that I’d be able to tune in and regularly catch repeats of classic shows, great classic movies, some SF oriented ‘made-for’ content (coverage of conventions, literature, authors, etc) and maybe some original movies or series, carefully chosen to insure the preservation of the genre and treat it in a positive, perhaps even marginally experimental, way. You can probably guess that’s not what I got.”
Programming includes links to many popular streaming content sites, as well as Davidsons’ own archive of classic gold. Television series titles include Babylon 5, Flash Gordan, Star Trek and Lost in Space, and classic flicks such as A Boy and His Dog and Things to Come.
Davidson also includes a blog and a forum with his channel, and also runs a RimWorld site.
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