Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers with Scott Nance
The SciFi Channel has put together another great night of original programming on Sundays, pairing its new "The Dresden Files" with "Battlestar Galactica."I particularly enjoyed the recent Sunday that ran the "Dresden" episode Bad Blood with BSGs Dirty Hands. Both were well-told, compelling stories ...
Read MoreSciFriday tries to share some friendly advice
If there was anything that I could change or fix on "Stargate: Atlantis," it would be to give them a new enemy that is not the old and boring replicators, but who could help balance out the threat of the Wraith.It's not that I don't like the Wraith, mind you. But even Star Trek had more than one vil ...
Read MoreWayne's Worlds with Wayne Hall
If anything should give courage to Star Trek fans, its "Doctor Who."For example, "Who" started on the BBC before Trek was ever seen on NBC. The show has had several leaders, each one having his own personality. Then, too, the series left the air for several years, and now is back, attracting viewers ...
Read MoreSciFriday's Michael Hinman might be jumping the shark here
This, my friends, is going to be an historic column. Not because it's my 15th installment of SciFriday since re-introducing this weekly feature a few months back, but because I am going to fully define (hopefully for the last time) a term that I concocted a couple years back that explains one the ma ...
Read MoreSciFriday's Michael Hinman wonders when space opera turns to soap
The following column contains MAJOR SHIPPER DRAMA from the third season of "Battlestar Galactica." Please proceed at your own risk. Do not attempt to read this column and heavy machinery at the same time. Read only as directed.Previously on "Battlestar Galactica," Starbuck finally realizes that no v ...
Read MoreAlan Stanley Blair takes a look at 'Taking A Break From All Your Worries'
The following story contains MODERATE SPOILERS for "Taking A Break From All Your Worries" from "Battlestar Galactica."Very aptly named, Taking A Break From All Your Worries not only takes a break from the run from the Cylons, but also seems to take a short sabbatical from everything else that has ma ...
Read MoreCOMMENTARY: Can 'Wonder Woman' succeed purely as action hero?
When Joss Whedon announced almost two years after signing on to write and direct a "Wonder Woman" movie that he was no longer attached to the project, the air of shock around the Internet was almost palpable.Around the same time, David S. Goyer, who wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for "B ...
Read MoreSciFriday's Michael Hinman tackles the controversial new play, 'Equus'
The headlines over the last week have said it all."Parents angry as Harry Potter strips," the Chinese news service, Xinhua said."Anger over Harry's horseplay," read London's Daily Telegraph."The not-so-pure blood projects of 'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe," said Hudson Valley, N.Y.'s Times-Her ...
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