question of the day: What are the makings of a great science fiction hero?
SFX magazine recently conducted a poll to determine the Top 10 Sci-fi Icons Of All Time, and the just-published results are a tad surprising…
Battlestar Galactica
question of the day: What film (or TV show) have you had the biggest change of heart about?
I get asked the question about changing my mind so often that I figure this must be a more regular thing for other movie lovers. So now it’s your turn…
trailer break: ‘Game of Thrones’
Could it be? Serious high fantasy given a serious treatment by TV? Could this be the Battlestar Galactica of high fantasy?
who is Ebert protege Ignatiy Vishnevetsky?; Hollywood hates Netflix; the FCC delivers smackdowns to broadcasting’s old guard; more: leftover links
Plus: celebs run afoul of Twitter; is True Grit going to the Oscars?; Hurley’s lotto numbers come up (almost); more…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: geek fave Mark Sheppard to appear in Season Six
The Firefly and Battlestar Galactica actor will appear in the season premiere as ‘Canton Everett Delaware III.’ Let the speculation upon the whatsitness of that impressive moniker commence…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: is the U.S. government in possession of TARDIS blueprints?
Friday night’s new episode of *Eureka* dropped a little *Doctor Who* reference that made me laugh out loud…
a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “The Good News”
‘Shall we begin 1965?’ Joan asks the top guys at SCDP at an executive meeting at the end of the episode. But what a way to exit 1964!
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Torchwood news!
Tidbits are coming out about *Torchwood: The New World*…
a few thoughts on the new season of ‘Eureka’
Damn you, Eureka. I had been enjoying Syfy’s Eureka since its beginning a few years ago. It has been perfect Friday-night TV: smart but not overly demanding, the kind of show that didn’t insult my intelligence but allowed me to relax with it. Nice, likeable characters (for the most part, aside from one or two … more…
question of the day: Will ‘Lost’ end as (un)satisfyingly as ‘Battlestar Galactica’?
A few days ago, reader JoshDM emailed me a suggestion for a QOTD: Will Lost end as (un)satisfyingly as Battlestar Galactica? I responded that maybe it would be better to wait until after the finale and then ask what everyone thought of the ending. And that was my plan: to wait. And then, last night, … more…
