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FeatureSciFriday: Looking Through The TV Mirror

I can't figure out what is wrong with SciFi Channel. It seems like they are so close to breaking through as a premiere cable channel, but just when they're about to emerge from the cocoon, they get sucked right back in. I mean, look at what they have on the air right now. "Stargate: Atlantis" isn't ...

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FeatureWayne's Worlds: They Died Too Soon

It does my heart good to see so many science-fiction and genre-related shows on the airwaves. I struggle to watch and keep up with them all, but thats a good thing. Im always afraid some morning Ill wake up and find this was all a dream, and science-fiction will have vanished from the small screen a ...

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FeatureA First Look At ABC's 'Pushing Daisies'

I recently had the chance to watch the pilot episode of the new fantasy series "Pushing Daisies" created by Bryan Fuller, the man behind the series "Dead Like Me" and "Wonderfalls." While the pilot did contain things I wasnt thrilled with, its a solid show, and I look forward to seeing more. Befor ...

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Feature'Flash Gordon' Shows Hint Of Promise

SciFi Channel's new series "Flash Gordon" has been an easy target for critics and such -- including me.In all the years that I have reviewed television shows, however, one mantra has remained consistent: Never judge a series by its pilot.Of course, the pilot is a series' first introduction to potent ...

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FeatureSciFriday: Is FedCon Guilty By Association?

When I was 8 years old, a bunch of kids I was hanging out with decided it would be fun to start throwing stones at a neighbor's window. Me, being scared to death of the consequences of throwing the stones, sat in the grass and didn't participate.Suffice it to say, a window broke and we were all caug ...

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FeatureWayne's Worlds: 'Eureka' Doesn't Suck

"Theres no place for humor in science-fiction!" "Science-fiction shouldnt be funny!" "It's serious business." As the highest-rated SciFi Channel original series ever, "Eureka" blows those myths away.I have to admit -- I was terrified that yet another show that resembled "Tremors: The Series" (freak ...

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FeatureNine Years Of Great Luck At SyFy

It's almost surreal looking back over the past nine years of Airlock Alpha and realizing that yes, we're still here. I mean, the number nine may be something we're looking at in terms of years, but for anyone who has been with SyFy for a long time, you know that the "nine" might better represent the ...

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FeatureSciFriday: We Are The Fans, We Will Be Heard

How many times have you become completely captivated by a television series only to go online and read that it's the latest casualty in the ongoing network ratings war? I for one am fed up becoming invested in a series only for it to end without any kind of satisfying conclusion.Farscape, although n ...

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Feature'Flash Gordon' Missing The Flash

I really had a lot of hope for the new SciFi Channel series "Flash Gordon," that premieres Friday at 9 p.m. ET. I mean, they had a great comic book premise to build on, some great-looking actors, including Eric Johnson and Gina Holden, and a neat remake of the show's logo.But when fans tune in to se ...

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FeatureSciFriday: Unlocking 'The 4400' In Me

Over a period of 60 years, 4,400 people were declared missing or dead. But all at once, they were returned in a fantastic ball of light not far from Seattle with absolutely no memory of where they had been.None of them have aged, and some have even returned with amazing new abilities that will chang ...

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FeatureGetting Ourselves Out Of The Present

The Trek Within with Brian Meskimen

I had a professor in a political science class tell me this past spring that we should not get ourselves caught in the "fallacy of presentism."He went on to explain what he meant by this semi-complex and confusing term. As humans, we tend to get too caught up in the here and now. We think that the w ...

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FeatureLet Me Please Introduce Myself ...

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 ...

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FeatureThe Great Wizards: Dumbledore And Roddenberry

Michael 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 ...

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FeatureConcluding Images Of Batman

Wayne'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 ...

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FeatureIt's Your Turn To Speak

SciFriday 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 ...

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