Battlestar Galactica definitely dragged on for too long....now before we start debating the quality of the (self-admittedly UNPLANNED) ending, what I'm talking about is Ron Moore's basic philosophical approach to "new seasons".

As many of you may recall....well, remember between seasons 2 and 3, when Ron would…

Babylon 5 *did* have a pre-planned ending, JMS knew how to end it, the problem was that his 5 year plan got derailed due to Executive Meddling when the network said that he could only have four seasons....so "Season 4" is what was planned as the storyarcs of seasons 4 and 5.....then that material was so good that the…

This is what Bene Gesserit look like. They are not all bald.

I'm hoping other poses give us a better idea of how it looks "live", but overall, I think "austere and no frills" was the way to go - he can't just be chasing after "a gimmick" each time like bad fanfiction; sort of like what they did with the Ninth Doctor.

0:34 - "Arbeit macht frei"?!

"Killed" is a bit strong: it had so many other problems. Retroactively I'm not as mad at Berman & Braga because in the Blu-rays they've revealed....just how utterly insane UPN became, some of the worst executive meddling ever. Still, the opening song was "unpopular" and did turn off many people, or at least,…

All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event — in the living act, the undoubted deed — there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask. That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the spacewhale agent, or be…

I remember them, but they died before the CDC team arrived - I don't think Hatake included them in his introductory count - even though he didn't keep them a secret but showed the bodies to the CDC team.

While I'm on the subject, I'm confused about the spread of the virus:

Btw, this is episode 4 - what's the running killcount?

Hiroshi's "blinkless stare while speaking in an emotionless, calm monotone" routine is starting to wear thin. Yeah it's creepy....but in the "look how EEEVIL I am!" obvious way.
I am annoyed they killed off Doreen, she was the best one on the show.

The 1980s version is the definitive adaptation - it was *very* faithful to the books, and even had relatively decent Triffid props. I mean dear god, the whole point of the Triffids is how weird it is to see an ambulatory plant. The 2000's remake? Make some CGI tentacles. They're NOT the same!

Admittedly the impact is simply lost when done as a movie - the book is told from his perspective, so this only works as a literary device via his narration: the impact of the slowly dawning realization that their entire society exists only in colors of black and white. And on top of that, that most people are…

Unless of course the plot devolves into "Lorelei seduces Ward, Sif angrily declares that Lorelei 'isn't woman enough' for him, and a catfight ensues."

I am perpetually stunned that TNG is considered a benchmark for scifi TV. Well, maybe I'm not keeping a timeline straight and just weighting the first two seasons too heavily. I knew growing up that season 1 was supposed to be unwatchable, but seeing them again in rerun as an adult, I've truly realized just how…

What if the canary died of natural causes?

The movie is supposed to be in *black and white*, like Wizard of Oz! In similar fashion, it should switch to color by the end.

MAYBE they're just releasing all of their promotional materials this way, because they fear that a mainstream audience will be scared off by that.

I forget the episode, but O'Brien *actually said* in DS9 that he didn't like being Transporter Chief (it was a stepping stone to bigger things). That is, someone asks him why it doesn't seem to bother him that Deep Space Nine is always falling apart and he's so busy as Chief of Operations as a result. His…

" the part of the human population wasn't wiped out by "Simian Flu" got killed in bloody human-vs.-simian battle. "

Horseshoe Crabs are not "atavistic" - "atavism" implies that something changed *back* into what it used to be. In contrast, these majestic beasts were *always* like this, for millions of years. They're slow walking tanks that didn't feel the need to change - life takes a shot at them, but they stand their ground. …