Dreamland sounds pretty cool. RTD is always fun to listen to — so enthusiastic. Even though he did mis-pronounce “Newfoundland”. ;)

Smallville the walking dead lumbers on for yet another season, and yet Sarah Connor Chronicles got cancelled. It’s a travesty of justice, I tells ya.

To save the show: get Lex back and put tom in the cape. If necessary, make it a new series, with new writers (for a fresh start), and call it “Metropolis” or “Superman.” And if Durance is really that bad (I never noticed), then get someone else…..

Author Robert Sawyer of Flash Forward did an interview which is linked on Roddenberry.com essentially saying Science Fiction is dead in this country. He pointed out George Lucas and his Star Wars saga has relegated Science Fiction to the overgrown adolescent boys demographic. Also pointing out that a good series like Battlestar Galactica only gets 813,000 viewers in a country of 315,000,000 people. Sawyer and his executive producer are downplaying the science fiction elements and focusing on character drama. Excuse me? When did Science Fiction become mutually exclusive of character drama? Sawyer also said the familiar science fiction elements such as aliens, flying cars, robots, etc will not appear in the show because that will turn off a lot of people. What has happened to our society? Are we so cynical because of 9/11 that we are caught up in “reality” TV and hard edged crime dramas, courtroom shows, medical dramas and espionage shows? I realize I may be preaching to the choir here but does anyone else see the alarming direction out society is taking? So deeply rooted in “practical” shows? Is that why our space program has taken a “practical” course the last two decades? Robot missions, no manned exploration of the Moon or Mars? I thought television was supposed to be an escape? Who wants to be rooted in the reality of rapes, wars, corrupt politicians, overpaid lawyers and doctors on TV everyday? Don’t we get enough of that in our everyday lives? What happened to getting inspired about humanity’s future? The mysteries of the universe to unlock? I don’t know if my critical review of this interview is actually directed at Robert Sawyer or our society’s television tastes as it stands right now. I hope the next Star Trek movie inspires. I hope it is fun and inspires and opens eyes for all these people who are mired in their middle-eastern wars, espionage, crime dramas, medical mysteries and singing competitions to the world that is our universe and the….possibilities.

Even just one TSCC movie to wrap up the series would be really nice.

I hope Sarah Connor fans get their wish, if only to prove somebody in gives a damn about the fans.

In a way I hope my comment got back to Ms. Durance. If you have the nerve to audition for a big show and then get on it and stink up the place, you should be told the truth!

Get good or get off the stage!