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‘Caprica’ and ‘SGU’: Who Gets To ‘Galactica’ First?

I have two new favourite TV shows.
One of them caught me completely by surprise.

How I Will Save The X Factor

This was the week that Simon Cowell announced to the nation that the X Factor was all about who could sing Ghostbusters the most off-key.
Which would have been fine if he’d said that from the beginning.
“X Factor Is Dead”, shout the newspapers! “Fields of Piss” says Sting! The public marches on the X Factor studio, [...]

Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse”: Why Bother?

Mr Brooker, I sympathise.
But you’re wrong.
(Kinda).
The first 5 episodes are a worrying experience. Your expectations are high – because this is Joss Whedon of “Firefly”, which showed that Mr. Whedon could make TV history in just 14 episodes (New Scientist’s “World’s Best Space Scifi Ever”; inspiration for the name of Google’s next-gen application, Wave; and [...]

TV Is What Films Will Be When They Grow Up

I’m a reluctant cinema-goer nowadays.
This is because broadly speaking and generalising wildly, I’m a grown-up.

Please excuse me the following rant / soliloquy.
(I like to vent occasionally: it makes me a better person the rest of the time, in theory).
Right.
I love a good story (and yes, I’m a scifi/fantasy geek, but not exclusively). I want my [...]

Stellar Quest 1: The Beginning

November 2004
(Fevered Mutterings v1.0)
…..
*sigh* Yes, send them in, please.
Hello, hello, sir. My name’s Mike Sowden! *offers hand, not taken* And this is my assistant, John. And yes, I’m here to present my idea for a scifi series.
Ah now now now, I can see your eyes glaze over. But listen. This series has everything. Drama. Intrigue. [...]

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