Jeremy Van Cise reviews 'Time Bomb'
This week's "Angel" episode, "Time Bomb," picks up with Illyria (Amy Acker) breaking Gunn (J. August Richards) out of Wolfram & Hart's idea of a happy family. You know the kind, blonde wives with big guns and basements filled with lovely, evil tormenters. Kind of makes you fuzzy inside, huh?Well, OK ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Michael Hinman looks at Battlestar Galactica, Part 2
Please note that the following review contains major spoilers of the second part of the Sci-Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica" miniseries.Billions of people are dead on 12 colonies. The unity felt by the human colonists are gone as a new wave of attacks by the Cylons threaten to wipe out humanity c ...
Read MoreWho were the ones that made a difference this year?
While many fans might say that science fiction in general is on a downslide, it still was quite an active year, with the genre making the mainstream several times, and with some interesting developments take place.Like every year, Airlock Alpha takes a look back at the year that was, and picks out w ...
Read MoreAirlock Alpha accepting your Genre Awards nominees!
It is now just a little less than two months away before Airlock Alpha begins its fifth Airlock Alpha Genre Awards!The fan-voted favorites of television and movies will begin April 25, and continue through May 25, with winners to be announced in June. Site visitors will be allowed to vote once per d ...
Read MoreWill be considered by the nominating committee
Who should be nominated for the fifth Airlock Alpha Genre Awards, that begins at the end of next month?Airlock Alpha gave readers a chance to submit their suggestions to our Genre Awards nominating committee, and the result was nearly 1,000 responses with a huge list of potential nominees.In order t ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Michael Hinman looks at 'Azati Prime'
The following review contains MAJOR spoilers of the "Star Trek: Enterprise" episode "Azati Prime."After almost an entire season where it seemed that the Xindi arc was dragging on, the crew of the NX-01 was finally able to piece things together as we enter the beginning of the end of this portion of ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Michael Hinman takes a look at the pilot for 'Century City'
The following review contains moderate spoilers of the pilot episode of "Century City."One of my favorite non-science-fiction shows growing up was, by far, "L.A. Law."That's right. One of my dreams was to become a lawyer, and even my good friend -- who is a lawyer -- still thinks I should go back to ...
Read MoreTake a look at the list that this year's nominees will be chosen from
The long list of nominees for the upcoming Airlock Alpha Genre Awards has been released.This list was compiled from all the nominations submitted by the Genre Awards Nominating Committee. Each committee member was asked to submit six nominees in each of the 13 categories, which were later ranked.Onl ...
Read MoreClosing of Fireworks production company main cause
Two series produced by the Canadian production company Fireworks appears to be going down with the ship.CanWest Global Communications earlier this week announced that it would be closing Fireworks and would sell its library of productions, which include "Adventure Inc.," "La Femme Nikita" and "Highl ...
Read MoreRichard Boykin and Alan Stanley Blair join staff
The SyUniverse Group, which operates Airlock Alpha, has announced the addition of two new writers to Airlock Alpha, who are expecting to make their debut sometime this week.Richard Boykin and Alan Stanley Blair will begin sharing writing duties with Airlock Alpha founder and news editor Michael Hinm ...
Read MoreRecord number for a series to return in USA Today survey
While it's hardly scientific, it seems that "Star Trek: Enterprise" fans want UPN to bring the struggling series back for a fourth season.According to the seventh annual USA Today Save Our Shows survey, 70 percent of fans said that they wanted to see Star Trek return. The newspaper said that the rec ...
Read MoreRecord number for a series to return in USA Today survey
While it's hardly scientific, it seems that "Star Trek: Enterprise" fans want UPN to bring the struggling series back for a fourth season.According to the seventh annual USA Today Save Our Shows survey, 70 percent of fans said that they wanted to see Star Trek return. The newspaper said that the rec ...
Read MorePLUS: Eliza Dushku might reprise Faith character
Although The WB seems to be quick to get rid of "Angel," apparently, the next television season on the network could open with the first of a series of television movies based on the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" spinoff.According to Mediasharx, the first telemovie could include Eliza Dushku's Faith ch ...
Read MoreCould possibly concentrate on Dark Phoenix character
It's not a secret that a third "X-Men" movie is in the works. But it doesn't hurt to get some of the principle actors to confirm it.Hugh Jackman, who plays Wolverine in the movie series, told Sci-Fi Wire that there will be a third film in the franchise."I know they're in discussions about it," Jackm ...
Read More'Transylvania' will appear on NBC
Although Hugh Jackman's "Van Helsing" is not out in theaters yet, NBC already is planning on a sort-of spinoff television series that will be set in the same universe.Sci-Fi Wire is reporting that Bob Ducsay, a producer for "Van Helsing," that his new series will be called "Transylvania.""It's the w ...
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