Endeavour Morse... DCS Foyle... Jackson Brodie... Aurelio Zen... I could go on...

So it’s Vorlons and Shadows all over again... ;-)

Apparently they were terrified of Sauron and would only get involved once he was dead. From what one LotR uberfan I know says, that goes back to the last war or something Silmarillion-y...

The Fades, yes!!!! And that stupid Atlantis thing is getting another season?!?

Same here. We cheered.

I actually lept to my feet atop the sofa and hollered the first time I saw this scene — which was also the first time it ever aired. I was already a fan from the moment I read a description of the concept, BTW: it was almost as though someone had asked me what I wanted in a TV show. I love horses, the wild west,…

Yes. This one. The "Push" world would've made a great RPG, too. I love this movie — so stylish and fun, enjoyable dialogue and clever mythology. To this day I still can't figure out why it flopped. :-(

Believe it or not, I've actually found myself in that "explaining science with random objects" situation more than once. For example, when explaining (over dinner) to sales/marketing types the relative complexity of protein molecules compared to little things like aspirin. That one's actually true to life in a big…

Ray Vukcevich is a master of the mystery opener — and of openings in general. I've been in writing workshops with him where I just sat there looking at his opening paragraph feeling like I should just stop writing altogether. ;-) Everything I've ever read of his — even works in progress — just made my jaw drop.

Depends on how far away they are at this point. I've seen some estimates that our general broadcasts fade to noise before they even reach the nearest stars. As for direct, laser-focused communications, you'd think that would be an option (unless the system were conveniently damaged by a meteoroid impact or…

I'm shocked that they would try it at all. Can't even see how it would be adaptable to TV... But it is nice to see them looking to the classics. And utterly ridiculous that they have to "go back" to the genre at all...

Yup, same here. I was being realistic at the time, so I'm nowhere near as disappointed as so many other folks seem to be. We've spent decades skewing rightward; getting a real liberal in there isn't going to happen any time soon. We have to spend the same kind of time skewing everything leftward for that ever to…

That could be taken as a commentary on our attitude toward him at the time, evidenced by our total freak-out at the inauguration, etc. and collective disappointment since then.

There was that nice couple who won tickets on the "Titanic." They were very devoted, too.

Really, I've never thought of it as science fiction at all. Almost nothing that happens or has happened in the show's history/canon is remotely possible. And I don't care. I love it anyway. Must be I'm just a 5-year-old in a 45-year-old's body. ;-)

I was of the impression that he was never any kind of leader, but just a grunt. His trauma seems to stem from that, in fact.

Yeah that was weird...

The writer is an author of children's books. With that in mind, I watched it as a fairy tale. Not like we haven't had a few of those in the Dr. Who world before... This show has never been anything close to (hard) science fiction — often even less so than "Star Wars" is... As such, I usually watch it from Maebh's…

That movie was surprisingly good despite the lame title.

Viggo was a sexy Satan. And somehow slimy at the same time. :-)