Edward James Olmos needs to be the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s anti-alien arm, S.W.O.R.D. Put him up on the command bridge of an orbiting space station and they'll make a million nerds' heads explode with joy.

#NotAllSlytherins

Unknown to muggles, in the wizarding world, she was a well known witch from House of Slytherin.

Enter "NOT ALL MEN" argument.

I've come to the harsh realization that there is not nearly enough laura roslin in any of my social media pages.

Hmmm ... if we aren't holding it to Sci-fi/fantasy ... I'm going to stick to U.S.-centric views here with apologies. I'm also going to keep it at shows though there are some clear developments in tv that were game changing that did not involve a show (Moon Landing, JFK vs. Nixon, 24 hour a day 9/11 coverage ... etc.).…

I haven't seen Xena: Warrior Princess mentioned yet. In addition to being a great action show in its own right, XWP demonstrated that an anti-hero struggling for redemption can be a woman. Without Xena, I doubt we would have had Buffy and all that followed in Buffy's footsteps. XWP was also the first SF/F to do a…

I also think the Rupert Giles is responsible for Benedict Cumberbatch's career...It's kind of like an old testament "begets" situation, but it works! (I am also drinking wine from a drink box)

I haven't seen anyone mention this, and considering this is io9, that's probably not surprising, but:

This show doesn't get nearly enough credit. It had strong characterization and the cast had terrific chemistry, and it portrayed a group of old women who were self-reliant, smart, and even had active sex lives. Most old people on TV comedies are basically there for old people jokes (haw haw, grandpa forgets things and…

Before Buffy, there were certain rules TV obeyed when it came to genre television: sci-fi/fantasy shows are a niche genre which can never appeal to mainstream viewers. Action shows must be either completely serious or total parodic farces. You can either have episodic storytelling or full-on soap opera serialization.…

When I heard "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was being turned into a TV show I couldn't have been more disinterested. I hated the movie. Part way through the first season my boyfriend convinced me to watch it, and I was hooked. In addition to having incredibly witty dialogue, the show had found an incredibly fresh way to…

The show that helped create an entirely new network, moved to another new network, and now those networks merged and we have all the teenage vampire insanity we could ever want.

Well played, sir.

Who else would've thought four elderly women would've resonated with so many?

For better or worse I feel it kinda made "supernatural" things relevant again.

Arrested Development. Set the bar to high for me. The writing was just too good.

The problem is, the story flows so well, and Ford instills so much charisma in the character, it masks the fundamental flaw in the plot:

Pitch Perfect. If I ever taught a class on paradigmatic Hollywood screenplay structure, this would be the top of my list. COME AT ME BRO