McQuarrie always gives great commentary. His contributions in "Way of the Gun" are insightful and often pretty damn funny. :)

True, but I doubt that many people have read it lately which is why I mentioned it. It has the reputation of being sort of the Ulysses of SF literature.

Ooh, ooh! I got one! How about Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney? It was ahead of its time, and very good at illustrating a world gone sideways after an unnamed cataclysmic event that reads suspiciously like a collision of multiverses (before they were a popular trope). Really blew my mind as a young reader. [en.wikipedia.…

Try this (hopefully the comment code won't eat the link): [www.nbc.com]

I'm cautiously optimistic. I hadn't paid much attention to this but the preview seems smartly written and well executed. Plus, Yay B.D. Wong! For some reason I always like him in any show he's in.

I say go ahead. This doesn't spoil anything, unless you don't want to know the premise of the show (which you already know if you've read the article paragraph above :D).

I enjoyed the original show quite a lot but I really hope they don't do the 'nuclear explosion moon traveling' bit, and come up with something more plausible to replace it (happy to read that "plausible" is a concern for them!). It seemed kind of silly even when I was a teenage scifi geek watching the original, and I…

...if only to learn the details of what weapon everyone's carrying and the type of ammo it's loaded with.

I don't recall the exact details but Dale and Shane were together when Shane drew a bead on Rick with his rifle and held it for a few seconds, and Dale saw him do it. From then on Dale hasn't trusted Shane and expects the worst from him.

Oh man, the comment code ate my links! Oh well, go the ESO image site [www.eso.org] and look for the pic (3rd one down on the left).

Yay for awesome space porn! If you'd like a repulsively titanic version, go here: [www.eso.org]eso1208a/">[www.eso.org] and look on the right side of the page.

Don't feel guilty! It's one of the better supernatural shows on TV right now. I'm just happy that we don't have to wait as long for it as we do for new Dr. Who!

100% Agreed. Scott should bring the Admiral out of retirement one last time. But- only if the mustache can come along for the ride. :D

TinEye says it a stock photo. The highest resolution I could find (640 x 640, not watermarked) is not surprisingly from Gizmodo: [www.gizmodo.jp] Hope it's OK to post here. :D

I've seen both, and the SyFy one is every bit as good as the Beeb original. It's kind of fun to watch the first half-dozen episodes of each; they're nearly shot-for-shot identical (not in a bad way). :)

That was the first thing I thought of too! And I've always thought it'd make a heck of an animated feature (though they'd have to really prune the main story. :D)

Olivia's character was completely locked-down, repressed and disengaged at first. It wasn't until the backstory of Fringe began to unfold that viewers began to understand why. That helped me find a new perspective on and even appreciate Torv's early performance. The writers gave her a tough job to do in the first…

That's how I saw it. I even wondered for a minute if the machine 'felt' protective of Finch and believed Ingram was a threat to him, which makes me wonder how they're going to explain Ingram's death.

Wow, I missed that when watching the episode but you're right!

I will admit I do enjoy the occasional breakfast cereal digression. :)