It should have been obvious from the network name change alone that the SyFy channel isn't serious about delivering science fiction programming. Expecting credible science fiction from SyFy is like expecting actual music programming from MTV.

I have no moral qualms about recreational drugs even though I've never taken any. However, I simply can't understand anyone who would willingly damage their lungs just for a temporary high. Seriously, if you're gonna consume cannabis, eat some special brownies or something, don't smoke it fer heaven's sake.

I've read the first book. It was...okay. Not great, but fine for what it is (too many names to remember, though). My friend who has read them all and loves them insists that the first book is the weakest of them all and that they just get better and better as they go. Fair enough.

You forgot to mention Jensen Ackles who played Lana's love interest for an entire season.

The Final Destination films are really just creative writing exercises; the goal is to come up with as many unusual ways to kill the characters off as possible. The fact that this is really quite a challenge—if you try to stick to anything remotely plausible—explains the Rube Goldbergian quality they acquire as the…

Unless the writing is absolutely scintillating, I predict epic failure for this show. If it survives its first two episodes, I'll be amazed.

Well, if that New Yorker article is at all accurate in its assessment, then I think I understand why I don't understand the popularity of this YA trend. Viewing the "high school/adolescent experience" as equivalent to mortal gladatorial combat is an alien perspective to me, and strikes me as even more melodramatic…

It must be said that there are essentially two budget numbers to consider. There is the production budget, which is what the director gets to play with. Then there is the P&A (print and advertising) budget which can actually be twice as large as the production budget. When you see a figure for a movie's "budget" you…

Can anyone explain to me why the current zeitgeist appears to be obsessed with zombies, post-apocalypsism, and YA fiction?

My theory is that Fox simply wants to reach the syndication threshold so they can make their money back on the show.

Count me among the Lincoln Lee fans. He is one of the most likeable characters on the show. I'd love to see him end up with Fauxlivia...I guess that makes me a Liv-Lee 'shipper.

Yeah, that episode naming was both ominous and surely calculated to tweek us sci-fi fans.

Understood. I bring it up only because when a show gets renewed due to being a ratings winner, then chances for seasons beyond the fourth are high. When a show gets renewed simply so it can get a syndication run, then chances for seasons beyond the fourth drop precipitously. I only care to the extent to which the…

Typical network television economics, that's all. This is FOX, after all, not the CW.

Speaking of fans of Norse mythology, anyone who knows how Odin lost his one eye according to myth is going to be really disappointed with how the movie explains it. And I'm still not clear on why the script changed Laufey's sex, but whatever. I'm still looking forward to the film!

I love Fringe, so this is great news.

I think there are two reasons why full-blown superhero storytelling simply does not appear on television:

No, you're right, kids will sometimes respond to another adult in a positive manner. It's just that said adult is fighting the conditioning that the kids get from the home environment, and quite often nothing will really help until the core problem is addressed (and that involves the parents).