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Sci-Fi's Turkeys ... Just In Time For Thanksgiving

What were the eye-rolling duds of 2011 so far in this great genre?

It's time for Thanksgiving in America, celebrating the legend of New World settlers making nice with the natives who had possession of the land first. But really, it's about football and turkey. Since Airlock Alpha is a science-fiction site, you won't find much football here, unless William Sh ...

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'The Cape' - Dice

The odds of chance do not always anticipate unexpected variables

This article may contain spoilers. If you could see the future, why would you leave anything up to chance? In the case of Tracey Jerrod (Mena Suvari), she is a quantum mechanics savant. She can predict the future based on the laws of probability on how physical objects react to one another. B ...

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'The Cape' - Scales On A Train

Mixing costume parties with superheroes and villains only leads to chaos

This article may contain spoilers. It was time for the Carnival of Crime to stir up a bit of trouble. And they did when they derailed Vince Faraday’s (David Lyons) plan to have Dominic Raoul a.k.a. Scales (Vinnie Jones) unmask Peter Fleming (James Frain) as the villain known as Chess during ...

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Sci-Fi On TV: My Thoughts on 'The Cape'

Ed Left likes NBC's attempt to get back into comic-book territory

Earlier this month, NBC brought "The Cape" to the airwaves. The premise is simple. Detective Vince Faraday is wrongly accused of murder and is believed dead. He adopts the costumed persona of his son's favorite comic book hero, The Cape. He is trained by the leader of the Circus of Crime, Ma ...

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'The Cape' - Kozmo

Not every battle is about money and power, sometimes it is just about a cape

This article may contain spoilers. In a funny twist of fate, "Kozmo" focused not on Vince Faraday’s (David Lyons) vendetta against Peter Fleming, a.k.a. Chess (James Frain), but rather in a tug-of-war for the cape itself. Apparently, Faraday is not the only one who sees the full value of su ...

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'The Cape' - Pilot/Tarot

A hero rises from the ashes to battle a villain corrupting the heart of a city

This article may contain spoilers. In an ambitious endeavor to borrow from some of the greatest comic book heroes and their stories, "The Cape" introduces its own hero, Vince Faraday (David Lyons) -- an honest cop unwilling to be seduced by corruption and ends up framed for murder. Thought to ...

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'The Cape' Debuts To Not-So-Stellar Reviews

Critics generally dislike new NBC show, although not everyone agrees

NBC will try to pull one last genre trick out of its bag of tricks Sunday with the premiere of "The Cape" at 9 p.m. ET. A cop is framed for a crime he didn't commit, and corrupt officers leave him for dead once he's caught. Using the fact that others think he's dead, Vince Faraday (David Lyons) ...

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'The Cape' Not Your Average Superhero Show

David Lyons, Summer Glau star in new NBC series

NBC unveiled its full pilot episode for "The Cape," a new series that's not exactly manned by superheroes, but at least features people who would like to be. Heroes are not born as heroes, they are thrust into their calling by the cruel hands of fate. In "The Cape," which was shown to attendees a ...

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