Sci-Fi On TV with Ed Left
If youre reading this, then you realize I am a new columnist for Airlock Alpha. I thought it would be nice to talk to you about who I am, and the subject of future columns.I am a fan of televised genre programming and I have been since I saw my first "Star Trek" episode at the age of 6 in 1966. I a ...
Read MoreMichael Hinman is back with SciFriday
I know you see the name "Dumbledore" in the headline, but I promise that the column you are about to read is completely free and clear of any spoilers from the final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." But just so you know, I think that if you haven't read the book yet, then shame on you!A ...
Read MoreWayne's Worlds with Wayne Hall
This series of articles that I have been sharing here in Wayne's Worlds has been outlining how much of an influence the character of Batman has been in my life. Id like to include just a few more thoughts before I turn my attention back to shows currently on the air.The Batmobile. I know "chicks dig ...
Read MoreSciFriday with Michael Hinman
Every once in a while, especially if I get flooded with a bunch of e-mails that I think are good enough for publication here, I like to do SciFriday's version of "Open Line Fridays."It's a feature that seems to be real popular with Rush Limbaugh's radio show, or so I hear, so why not here?But before ...
Read MoreThe Trek Within with Brian Meskimen
Everything that can be invented, has been invented.Those infamous words were uttered by Charles H. Duell in 1899, which, in case you are a little behind in your history, was before the radio, television, airplane, computer and just about anything else many of us consider creature comforts.And even t ...
Read MoreCOMMENTARY: Adding Washington is bad move by NBC
Before I climb onto the ranting soap box, let me share a few words spoken by the subject of this commentary.The "F" word to me, at that particular time, before this took off in this other direction in terms of sexual orientation, it meant something -- it meant to me, someone who is being weak ... a ...
Read MoreSciFriday with Michael Hinman
I have something to say about campaigns. And relax Hillary, Barack and Mr. McCain ... I ain't talking to you guys.Every once in a great while, you'll open up Airlock Alpha and see us talking about some fan campaign somewhere. It could be efforts to bring closure to "Farscape," or some fleeting attem ...
Read MoreThe Trek Within with Brian Meskimen
As I was sitting watching the obligatory fireworks last week at the end of a hot, sunny Fourth of July in rural Minnesota, I began to think about what the anniversary of the independence of the United States meant to me. The more I thought about it, the more dissatisfied I became.Now dont get me wro ...
Read MoreSciFriday with Michael Hinman takes a strange turn
The following story contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the third season finale and parts of the fourth season of "Doctor Who."Now before I get an angry e-mail from one of Britain's most cherished comediennes, I just want to say for the record that I really like Catherine Tate's work. I think she is absolut ...
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