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Mourning the Demise of the Space Opera
The end of Stargate Universe earlier this year was a sad ocassion not only for the series and the franchise that spawned it, but also for live-action space opera as a subgenre on television. It’s not that long ago when shows set largely or entirely in space were an expected part of the television landscape. Time [...]
SPACE Brings Britain’s Outcasts Back to Earth
Canada’s SPACE channel aired the first episode of the BBC series Outcasts this past weekend and the evidence so far is that it’s giving us another piece of superior British sci-fi. Outcasts is ostensibly about a colony of humans who have settled on an Earth-like planet called Carpathia. They named the planet aft [...]
Is Falling Skies TNT’s Answer to The Walking Dead?
After the success of AMC’s much-heralded Walking Dead series, television producers doubtless began to ask: “Are there other ideas that can effectively explore the human condition inside an established genre format?” TNT’s Falling Skies believed it had the answer. The pilot for the series aired on the network las [...]
We Pick the Ten Greatest ‘Best Picture’ Movie Posters
When The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out all its various artistic and technical awards each season, there’s one category that’s omitted: promotional artwork. And there’s no more famous artwork for motion pictures than the ‘one-sheet’, or movie poster. The clear purview of the marketing depa [...]
The Chicago Code Solves the Enigma of a Satisfying Finale
It has been a year of solid writing and disappointing cancellations. One project that exemplified this knock-down combo was the Shawn Ryan crime drama, The Chicago Code. With fellow Terriers alum, Tim Minear (aka @CancelledAgain on Twitter … seriously), producing, Ryan created a riveting hour of television week a [...]
Canadian Lost Girl Finds Her Way to Syfy
Syfy network announced this past Tuesday that they had acquired the US distribution rights for the runaway Canadian-made hit, Lost Girl. FINALLY. Now all my American friends can (legally) see one of the best shows to air since Buffy went off the air. Ever since its debut last fall on Canada’s Showcase Televisi [...]
ABC’s Castle Goes Out with a Bang in Possibly the Best Season Finale Ever
“I love you, Kate,” declares Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) to a fallen Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) in the closing moments of the third season finale of ABC’s Castle. It was some of the best television yours truly has ever seen. Feeling more like one of the finer episodes of 24, Castle demonstrated last night [...]
Smallville’s Series Finale Offers Frustrating Mix of Meaning and Mediocrity
Don’t be put off by the headline of this article. Not just yet, anyway. Watching the series finale of Smallville last night I found myself frequently on the edge of my seat with anticipation. The two-hour conclusion to a ten-year franchise was, in many ways, beat perfect. Threads were wrapped up nicely. Clark (T [...]
Stargate Universe Finale Provides a Somber Semblance of Closure
Warning: this review contains MILD SPOILERS Watching ‘Gauntlet,’ the last episode of Stargate Universe, I couldn’t get one overriding thought out of my head: surely this can’t be the end? Are we really never going to see these characters again or know how Brad Wright and Rob Cooper’s five year plan was going [...]
