Comments on: Sci-Fi TV Saturday: Heroes, Fringe, Doctor Who, Day One, Flash Forward + more

By: Marvin the Martian

Marvin the Martian — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:16:10 +0000

So… when do we get a Remastered version of Next Generation? :-)

It’s been a while since anyone brought this up, so I thought I would.

By: Bob Tompkins

Bob Tompkins — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:37:22 +0000

This looks like a good area to post miscellany.

So far, so good. Those of you who have wished my wife Cindy well and included her in your prayers, I thank you. We got the first positive report from the Oncologist in 18 months today, her tumors have shrunk in size by about 50% although there are now a few more tumors to deal with. It is an overall positive result.

She is still Stage 4 terminal, but thanks to prayer and other devices, she now has some more time to spend with family, especially our new grand-daughter..

We thank you all.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:45:39 +0000

I’m so glad that I signed up for NetFlix this past weekend. One more reason for me to not watch the junk that’s on tv these days.

By: Dom

Dom — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:50:18 +0000

29. Orin’The other problem that Moore has is that with BSG he’s basically come out and said “I don’t have to explain the core mysteries in my series”. Case in point – Starbuck just disappearing.’

Depends on what you’re looking for: for me, the fun is being able to make my own assumptions and discuss them with people. I hate this modern tendency to spell out everything in tedious detail, as if the audience is too stupid!

By: brokenbacktango

brokenbacktango — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:51:21 +0000

I’m peeved about Virtuality but yaaaay Merlin! I never expected it to do that well!

By: the doc

the doc — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:23:14 +0000

Okay, Doctor Who is no longer a first run show (in the USA anyway) on SciFi or SyFy or whatever the channel is called now. It is being first run (starting with the special “The Next Doctor”, on BBC America. SyFy might pick up second run air rights; but, they premier in the USA on BBCA.

“The Next Doctor” did not air (legally) in the USA before the June 27 premier on BBCA.

[SPOILER ALERT.. do not read if you haven't seen "The Next Doctor"]

The actor, David Morrissey, who co-starring with David Tennant in “The Next Doctor” is NOT in fact the Doctor. The next actor to play the Doctor, Matt Smith, hasn’t even filmed for the show yet. We don’t know what his costume even looks like!

By: Orin

Orin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:33:39 +0000

The other problem that Moore has is that with BSG he’s basically come out and said “I don’t have to explain the core mysteries in my series”. Case in point – Starbuck just disappearing.

Virtuality set up a couple of mysteries – but we already know that the writer feels that it isn’t always necessary to explain what is going on – so these things go from being mysteries to being annoyances. Weird computer guy turning up in everyone’s VR? Nah – string you along for a couple of seasons and then never explain it. Dead guy turns up in VR (which is very much like the trick used in Caprica BTW) – we don’t have to explain that one either because you guys totally fell for having Starbuck die and then turn up and interact with people and then vanish without any explanation.

By: sean

sean — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:46:14 +0000

#15

Oh yes. Remember the glory days of intelligent television like ‘Gilligan’s Island’ or ‘I Dream of Jeanie’? Oh wait…

Please, TV has always been full of stupidity, we just have an easier way of filtering it out these days.

By: ken1w

ken1w — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:03:39 +0000

“Virtuality” is excellent. If the idea did originate with Joe Haldeman’s “Old Twentieth” novel, they should acknowledge it. But it is certainly different enough to have been an original idea. As a series, it would be like Battlestar Galactica, in miniature. The backdrop is scifi, but the stories would be about these characters and their interactions, in situations that will no doubt become more and more desperate over time.

I watched it on Hulu. Fox’s promotion was so pathetic that I, a serious scifi fan, did not even know it was on last Friday. Ron Moore has a good relationship with SciFi Channel, so he should get it on that network if Fox passes. As a show, if deserves a full run. Or do it as a 10-hour mini-series (like Taken) that completes the story. If Fox actually OKs it as a series, it would probably last one season, or maybe even less, and we would be left with an incomplete story.

By: The Original Spock's Brain

The Original Spock's Brain — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:30:30 +0000

13. Simon
#3 – You really think geeks & nerds are out on dates & stuff and not home Friday nights? ;-)

14. Trekee

FOX set it up to fail with that scheduling. I’m also geek/nerd who gets out on Fridays.

Excellent pilot.