Talk:Earth 2 (TV series)

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Contents 1 Fan Stuff 2 Adding UPN Information 3 Cast, Episode Guide to seperate pages 4 60 min? 5 Earth 2 at Wikiquote 6 Chronological order of two of the episodes 7 Copyright violation? 8 Missing text.

[edit] Fan Stuff

Someone should probably add a paragraph or two about the various fan-related events that took place during and after Earth 2's original network run. I seem to recall reading that fans of the series were the first to run a full-page ad in Variety magazine; they also paid for an airplane to pull a banner supporting the series at some awards show. Plus, there were a few Earth 2 conventions put together by fans following the demise of the series.

[edit] Adding UPN Information

After NBC dropped the show, UPN expressed some interest in picking it up. A promotional video was quickly put together to show UPN executives (you used to be able to see it at an Earth 2 website). However, changes that had been instituted by new showrunners that NBC had brought in turned UPN off of the series. I cannot find much information about this aside from Usenet and Earth2TV.com so I am not sure what to say about it. But I think the page needs a paragraph about how close we came to Season Two. 209.51.77.64 02:01, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

• I assume you're looking at http://www.earth2tv.com/info/second-season. First of all, good lord, those were some crappy changes they wanted to make. Perhaps it's better that the series died after a good first season rather than a horrible second one. I'll write up a paragraph later when I'm not so tired, but I agree it should be mentioned. Are fansites like this considered an acceptable source though? Koweja 03:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Ok, it's added. If anyone can find any other sources, that would be great, because right now we only have this one source to go one.

[edit] Cast, Episode Guide to seperate pages

Given how large the cast section is, perhaps it should be moved to a seperate page. Same goes for the episode guide. 209.51.77.64 02:01, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

• I disagree. The page as a whole isn't that long, and both of thoses sections are fairly short - especially when compared to cast/episode lists for other shows. You really only need to split off episode guides when the series runs for several years and/or there are detailed entries for each episode. The Earth 2 guide has neither of those two qualities, nor does it really need them. As a result, it's easier to really all of Wikipedia's information on the show when it's kept to one page. Koweja 02:49, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Changed my mind, I'm undecided now. The page is now just over 30kb, which is kind of long, but not really. I'm planing on expanding the episode descriptions soon, but I'm not yet sure how long the page will be. If the episode section gets really large (say around half the size of the article), then we should split it. But, for right now, let's leave it. Unless other people feel strongly about spliting the page. Koweja 01:19, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 60 min?

Were the episodes actually 60 minutes long, or has someone included commercials in the running time? Arctic Gnome 16:45, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

• Sixty min includes commercials. The Man Who Fell to Earth (Two) was 47 minuets long, so I'm going update the page to reflect that. Koweja 02:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Earth 2 at Wikiquote

I've started an Earth 2 page at Wikiquote, so if anyone has any good Earth 2 quotes, please add them. Koweja 02:08, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chronological order of two of the episodes

"After the Thaw" aired April 2th and "The Boy Who Would be Terrian King" aired April 23rd. Now Thaw takes place 109 days after the crash and Terrian King takes place 104 days after the crash. Is this another case of the network screwing around with the series and showing them out of order, or did the show's writers decide to make Terrian King take place out of sequence? Koweja 01:41, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright violation?

It appears that many sections of the article are directly copied and pasted from Ann White's Earth 2 FAQ. Did anyone secure her permission before copy-pasting the data onto Wikipedia? --Edward Sandstig 15:45, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes. It appears it was copied word-for-word, I've removed all the plagiarised text and will start doing some work to this page soon once I've finished with the LOE. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 09:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing text.

Look and you shall find what I'm talking about. One of the sentences is cut off, near the beginning. Unfortunately, I don't know much about the series, so I can't amend this. 83.21.19.172 17:13, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Never mind. It's fixed - that was fast, too. 83.21.19.172 17:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC)