With a night off from SyFy Radio, and recovering from a ruptured ear drum, I thought it might be fun to watch the A&E live special of "Mindfreak" with Criss Angel, especially since it was happening about a half our or so from Airlock Alpha world headquarters in Clearwater Beach. There Angel -- a pop ...
Read MoreLet's face it. The cast of the original "Star Trek" series was far from cheesecake. With the exception of Nichelle Nichols, pretty much everybody else in the cast was average, or at best, mildly pleasant-looking. Kirk looked like my father with a smaller nose. Spock looked like my husband with a bi ...
Read MoreThe following contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the "Broken Ties" episode of "Stargate: Atlantis." "Mr. Woolsey, do you have children?" -? Teyla"No, but I had a Yorkie for many years." -- Woolsey Ronon faces the ultimate betrayal, and Teyla must decide her future with the team. When I first heard the prev ...
Read MoreWith the first panel not even starting until around 10, I thought getting at the San Diego Convention Center around 8:30 was plenty of time. That statement alone is all anyone needs to prove that I was a Comic-Con International newbie coming into this weekend, but you know, I'm OK with that. I had t ...
Read MoreOne feature film, two television series, two straight-to-DVD movies (possibly a third) and a cartoon show ? is this too much Stargate? While ratings received from the recent season premiere of ?Stargate: Atlantis? may suggest otherwise, the television market is becoming over saturated with the Starg ...
Read MoreIf the daily dose of global warming isn?t a sure-fire indicator, the tidal wave of comic book-based superhero movies hitting theaters surely tells us that we?re smack in the middle of the dog days of summer. As we come to the 10th anniversary of Airlock Alpha, I thought we would celebrate by looking ...
Read MoreThe following contains MAJOR SPOILERS for "The Seed," the second episode of the fifth season of "Stargate: Atlantis." "That's not exactly by the book." -- Sheppard"Don't get used to it." ? Woolsey A new commander comes to Atlantis, and an old teammate is brought out of stasis. Dr. Keller becomes obs ...
Read MoreWell, this is the last column I'll be writing before I head off to Comic-Con in San Diego next week, and I have to say that I can't wait. This is the first ever time I've attended the convention, a little hard to do when you're a few thousand miles away from the venue. But in the 10 years that Airlo ...
Read MoreThe following contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the feature film, "The Dark Knight." As a lifelong Batman fan, one of my chief complaints about the Joker was that I always felt he was being restrained. Even in "Batman: The Animated Series," the Clown Prince of Crime was toned back to make sure the kids wo ...
Read MoreIt's time for part II on my discussion about the endless battle (at least in the mind of fans) against Marvel and DC. Before I go any further, let's check in on a few e-mails and forum posts. ACT I ? And the audience says ... I get lots of great e-mails from readers with each column and I sometimes ...
Read MoreThe following contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the fifth season premiere of the SciFi Channel original series, "Stargate: Atlantis." "Now, you need to catch him." -- Teyla "Catch him?" -- McKay "Yes, you need to catch him when I push him out." -- Teyla "Oh God! Okay, well just ... underhand him, all righ ...
Read MoreThis review contains MAJOR SPOILERS for "Continuum," the upcoming direct-to-DVD movie for "Stargate SG-1." Don?t mistake ?Continuum? for a new adventure; instead, it?s a collection of the best bits from the last ten seasons all tied together to form one cohesive story. Think of the popular tales ?Th ...
Read MoreI'm taking an extended weekend this weekend because I haven't had one since ... well, last week. So with that, I decided to open up the mailbox and answer some e-mails. I answered one from Al Medard on SyFy Radio this past Wednesday, but trust me, I have hundreds more. I usually don't write into thi ...
Read MoreThis story contains MODERATE SPOILERS for the ABC Family show "The MIddleman." With "Battlestar Galactica" already airing its last episode of 2008 and USA Network's "The 4400" cancelled, June was looking like a pretty desolate month as far as genre programming goes for me. I'm anxious for "Stargate: ...
Read MoreI?ve always enjoyed the Airlock Alpha Genre Awards. Seeing other awards constantly ignore the type of programming I enjoy, it?s reassuring to see the shows and actors I enjoy being recognized for their work. The Genre Awards are one way I can help honor outstanding performances. I am a self-proclaim ...
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