I don’t have a lot to say about ‘Falling Skies’…
…right now except that it is everything I wanted the new V and The Walking Dead to be, and weren’t.
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Battle: Los Angeles (review)
Battle: Los Angeles may be about invasion, but it’s not about aliens: it’s about us. This isn’t science fiction: It’s a bleak fantasy about karma being a bitch. It’s about collective cultural guilt. Looked at from that angle, it’s fascinating.
trailer break: ‘Falling Skies’
Like 80s V, only better than the terrible ABC redo that’s about to return.
if only humans and Silurians could work together…
…we could kick the V’s off Planet Earth in two 45-minute episodes. With the Doctor’s help, of course. Doctor Who: “Cold Blood” is on BBC One tonight, and on BBC America, “Amy’s Choice.” Don’t spoil “Cold Blood” here! (We’re already spoiling “Amy’s Choice” here.) My blogging coming asap tomorrow.
can Twitter predict box office?; reality shows hit a new low; buy your way into X-Men; and more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
so, how much did ABC’s ‘V’ reboot suck?
[spoilers] Man, I kinda knew that ABC’s updating of V — a dubious idea if ever there was one, except that anyone who scoffs at anyone who wants to update old sci-fi right now will get the glory that is Battlestar Galactica thrown in their face — was gonna suck. But I never imagined it … more…
watch it: the first 8 minutes of ‘V’
Okay, I know it’s gonna be stupid, and I know ABC is gonna jerk us around by airing the first four episodes and then pulling the show till next year, but I can’t help it — I’m psyched. Spectacular in some ways, but that is so not New York City. Hmm, could it be, I … more…
question of the day: Is ABC’s aerial stunt to promote ‘V’ worth getting our green panties in a twist over?
Lisa de Moraes in The Washington Post takes on ABC over an announced scheme to promote the about-to-debut series reboot of V: The next time ABC and its parent company Disney start thumping their chests about how they’re “going green,” please spit in their eye and remind them of Monday’s announcement that the broadcast network … more…
girls at Comic Con! yuck!
I’m not going to San Diego Comic Con this week. I wish I was. One of these years, I will get there. And I wouldn’t be alone, of course: it’s been a long time since fandom and geekness has been a primarily male domain (if it ever was). But you’d hardly know that from the … more…
watch it: “UFO Fly Over the Inauguration of Barack Obama”
Even ET was excited about Bush leaving town: It seems our new President is absolutely beset by alien menaces. Another UFO was spotted in the skies over Henderson, Nevada, on November 1, 2008, as Obama was giving a speech: And more UFOs over Philly during the Bruce Springsteen/Obama concert: I wonder, though… Ever since I … more…
