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Over the US Thanksgiving Day weekend I finally had the opportunity to catch up on Lost. I’ve made it through seasons 4 & 5 and am now working on season 1, with 2-3 to follow. Present Theories: Jacob is the father trying to raise his child. A loose parallel of Christian and Jack. The Island [...]
I’ve finished the remade Battlestar Galactica and it is to Sci-Fi what Sarah Palin is to a competent political career. Though mildly entertaining it was more of a Thornbirds in space or Dynasty with rocketships than it was anything close to Science Fiction. The story was internally inconsistent and the writers had only one formula [...]
My first brush with the series came at a 2005 Halloween party in San Francisco. The woman I was dating at the time noticed someone dressed in blue pants, deck shoe, and dark blue jacket with white piping and cried out “The Prisoner”. I thought to myself… doesn’t look like a prisoner.. she must have [...]
I’ve been watching my way through older Science Fiction television series. Where older = no longer in production. So far I’ve watched: Farscape – very good. Sadly there was no 5th season leading for a rushed movie. Sliders – meh. Two and a half good seasons out of 5. Firefly – YAY. One season and [...]
Continuing in my exploration of “classic” Sci-Fi series I’ve been watching Sliders. For those that you that are not familiar with the show it follows the adventures of four individuals that have a discovered a way to move or Slide between alternate universes. Most of the episodes focus on the main characters exploring various versions [...]
