You do realize that if you break into ANY US military base you'll, in all probability, be held at gunpoint, regardless of the presence of alien lifeforms? You can, however, walk into a US embassy any time you want.

Good or bad – I think Asimov’s novels are a great illustration of how much Star Wars changed science fiction. Most of Asimov’s later work in the Foundation universe reflected not only the changing morals post-sexual revolution but reflected how Star Wars turned the speculative science fiction of the Golden Era into…

So how many other television shows cancelled halfway through their premier season are we still talking about ten years later? I agree the film didn't pull spectacular numbers. I, for one, had never even heard of Firefly and happened to catch Serenity in theaters only because it was the only thing that looked worth…

I’ve known a lot of fans who’ve slowly, reluctantly dropped off over the past few years as it becomes more and more apparent that Firefly is over for good with the exception of these now too familiar reunion panels. I count myself as one of those who will never give in or give up. Firefly was not only an amazing…

Is that Walter Day at the beginning? Where is Billy Mitchell? You know he's got to be in this movie somewhere...

Seems like this one comes with a built-in base of haters and bashers. I supposed it's deserved considering the negative buzz surrounding this film. Did find the voice over interesting - "...from the time of Alexander the Great, no man could travel faster then the horse that carried him. Not anymore. Imagine time…

What development - Terra Nova had a cop, a doctor, a cutesy kid, and not one but two love-lorn and hormone addled teenagers. Terra Nova was the frozen dinner of television characters - pop em the microwave for a minute or two and they're good to go. No development needed!

So they've tossed in two former LOST actors and are using flashbacks...I guess that's a decent strategy for not getting cancelled. I've hung on for three episodes, show is still boring and wow do I find the main girl annoying. I will stick with it till the mid season reruns start. Felt the same way about Grimm but…

Actually diesel engines only need a spark to start, they don't require it to keep running. But still, we act like it would be just too inconvenient to have to modify vehicles to run without electricity or to build steam engines that ran on burnable fuels so it's somehow easier to raise horses? It's not as if all of…

Agreed, one of my original complaints when I saw the first clips for this show - and the mid-drift shirt (with plenty of clean, white, skin exposed) and the tight leather pants, although they do created the intended Hollywood-idealized young sexy female look, are not exactly practical considering the environment. In…

So why the necessity for Civil War era black powder firearms in Revolution? There's nothing electrical about a firearm nor is electricity required to re-load spent cartridges. It seems an ingenious dictator like Monroe would figure out that he can produce bullets (after all, wasn't slave labor the original power…

I don't even think they used the word "flop" when the Wizard of Oz was released but the fact is, it did fail to remake it's shooting budget and didn't not, upon its first release, make money which by definition would make it a flop. When compared to Gone With the Wind, arguably Hollywood's first block-buster, it…

All that aside - an accurate portrayal of humanity sans apocalypse would likely not translate into a successful television series. That said, I thought Jericho had a great deal of promise and there are number of similarities though the de-evolution of society was, in that series, far less severe and certainly not…

This mysterious loss of all electricity is nothing more than the stand in for the necessary "event" that sets up the apocalyptic environment. It really doesn't matter what it is, nuclear war, environmental catastrophe, virus...the reality is that our culture is actually quite fragile when you consider how dependent…

Yeah, I'm with you. Saw most of the pilot and little about it seems close to accurate depiction of just how significant society and culture would implode. It would take at least a couple of generations before civilization would even begin to crawl out of the dark ages. I find it almost ridiculous that people would…

Most people have no idea that The Wizard of Oz was a box office flop when it was first released in 1939. It was only with re-releases that it made up the original 3 or million the studio shelled out for it. Arguably, it didn't become the pinnacle of pop culture icons that it is today until became a staple on TV. …

How about Admiral Motti - " Any attack made by the Rebels against this station would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they have obtained. This station is now the ultimate power in the universe..."

Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space novels - proof that you can write great, enjoyable science fiction without breaking the rules of physics.

You mean ships that can travel faster than the speed of light?

Science also tells us there's no sound in space and big lasers can't blow up entire planets. Face it, Star Wars Science is an oxymoron.