Can't SyFy find anyone with an imagination and a typewriter? Everything seems so rehashed and derivative - they can't come up with any truly original programming along the lines of The Fades? Perhaps they could dip into the same talent pool used by FX and AMC to create their excellent "late night" programming?

Yes, I was disappointed by the title - even more so when I saw that Charlie Jane wrote the article. Not sure if it was meant to be a joke (which doesn't work) or just a moment of thoughtlessness.

Well, they can't feature heavily, because they're only allowing one album per artist. So its a question of which album (In Search of Space or Doremi would be my picks) and where (I'm fine with #2, but Bowie needs to be #1).

If only one Bowie album, Ziggy Stardust better be #1.

How about Harvard's research faculty all agree - yes, I realize this has already become an unlikely scenario - to publish only in open access journals like PLoS until Elsevier et al reappraise their subscription rates?

Informative comment, thanks. On the one hand I agree its hard to sympathize with Harvard, if they chose to not pool their resources with the other local institutions. On the other hand, if Harvard can't afford to maintain its subscriptions, what about other institutions where there are few or no local journal sharing…

Thanks for the thoughtful reply - you make some excellent points that go some way to addressing my initial comment (perhaps poorly phrased, in hindsight) and its clearly an area in which you have more knowledge and understanding than I do. Perhaps your observation that the show isn't really science fiction and that…

I understand all that perfectly well - the fact that I think it is a great show should be a clue that I've been watching it. It has in no way been explained how the surveillance data are processed to determine that an identified individual will kill or be killed. Are you seriously suggesting that the NSA is capable of…

The one issue I have with PoI, which I think is a great show, is that it has never been explained, even partially, how The Machine works. I was hoping they would provide at least some clues as the season progresses, but they seem to be happy with just taking for granted that it works. Perhaps they could apply SCARE…

Yeah, I lived in one of those during a previous event in London called grad school.

The Sixth Sense, which I believe was PG-13, scared the hell out of me. I watched Hammer horror movies as a kid and since then have watched most horror sub-genres, but none had the same impact on me. I think it was partly because I was expecting "Yippee Ky Ay" instead of "I see dead people" and partly because we lived…

Rather than a random selection, maybe a weighted lottery similar to the one used in the NBA draft. I'd suggest teachers and nurses as the Charlotte Bobcats of the electoral process.

I was delighted that we got to see the two sides of Walter's personality separately in the same episode - the Walter we're used to seeing being a composite of the brain-addled and brain-supercharged ones we saw last night. (Although Fringe often plays fast and loose with science, last night's brain transformation was…

If anyone knows anyone who knowingly exists in multiple, preferably infinite, universes and has a Nielsen box, make sure they watch tonight. Should be a good ratings boost.

So, no danger of an upturn in teen pregnancies in India then. Seriously, this is obviously about correlation, not cause, as suggested.

Classic movie, but Shah Rukh Kahn't be blamed for this.

In all probability people who do not consider the consequences of their actions are more likely to get drunk in the first place. In terms of alcoholism (and addiction generally) it is likely that the lack of consideration of long term consequences of actions is contributory to the addiction - especially for early…

I agree. It would have come as a wonderful surprise to discover the underlying mystery as the story unfolds. That said, I probably wouldn't have read it if io9 had not described the plot device. Oddly enough, I much prefer the mystery/suspense elements to the science fiction elements.

They made sure there weren't any loose cable connections to the IceCube, right?

On the off chance that Ryan Murphy reads Meredith's AHS updates (and of course he should) and the even offer chance that he reads the comments, please no more cry-wanking. Otherwise, carry on as before.