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[olivermoss]

Paul De Meo, co-creator of The Sentinel, has passed.

I miss the days of Sentinel fandom, even though I never managed to be part of it. I think the show was over by the time I came across it.

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[highlander_ii]

I was peripherally in Sentinel fandom. Or came in near-ish the end or something. I do know the fans are responsible for bringing the show back for the last season b/c they all lost their shit about the end of s3 or something (i'm fuzzy on the details, though i agree w/ the rage).

I'd love to be able to watch more than s1 - b/c the series is prohibitively expensive at the moment. I mean - i do have the remainder of the series on old school vhs tapes where i taped 'em off the TV - but ugh.... i think they'll look awful on my HD tv.... /o\ (1st world fan problems)

[klangley56]

A sad and unexpected passing, to be sure.

The Sentinel didn't have a greater impact on the larger world (or fandom, for that matter), I think because it was on a small netlet, UPN.

Which makes it even more remarkable that it developed such an active fandom--multiple email discussion lists, bunches of fanzines, lots of 'net fiction, some conventions and other fan gatherings, etc.

And there still is plenty of that out there so, along with the DVD sets, it's never too late to get into the fandom. :-)