Battlestar Galactica

Is This End of Sci-Fi on Television?

source: thetvwatchtower.com

That leaves shows such as “Stargate Universe,” “Sanctuary,” “Doctor Who,” “Torchwood,” “Eureka,” and “Warehouse 13” being the last holdouts of the sci-fi television era.  We can only hope and pray that “Caprica” (the “Battlestar Galactica” prequel) captures enough of an audience to...

Published Fri, Nov 13

Review: The Prisoner Reboot Takes Sci-Fi Out of Spy-Fi

source: Wired

The new Number Six, played by Jim Caviezel, is marooned in a dystopian Village in the 2009 remake of The Prisoner.All images courtesy AMC Things heat up in Episode 5, “Schizoid,” which — like its inspiration “The Schizoid Man” (viewable above), one of the weirdest episodes television has...

Published Fri, Nov 13

Sackhoff and Helfer Takeover CBS Comedies

source: Tricia Helfer

Chicago Tribune: Features Blogs www.chicagotribune.com Katee Sackhoff and Tricia Helfer stage ‘Battlestar’ takeover of CBS comedies by: Maureen Ryan Near the end of this post, you’ll find a photo of Katee Sackhoff in the Nov. 23 episode of “The Big Bang Theory.” If you hadn’t heard about he...

Published Thu, Nov 12

Stargate Universe - Earth

source: flamingscript (WordPress)

Rush couldn’t hold his angry face for the whole episode and even though essentially nothing happened, we finally have our first major dynamic; the Destiny and the relatively helpless Stargate team on Earth. Yes, anyone with two brain cells knocking about knew this was how it was going to g...

Published Tue, Nov 10

Tune-in alert: Watch 'Sons of Anarchy' take its place as one of TV's best dramas

source: The Watcher

So check out previous Season 2 episodes on Hulu. To get caught up even more quickly, watch "three minute replays" of the last few episodes here. Read critic Alan Sepinwall's rave about the show (and he also supplies a concise recap of the Season 2 story so far). Or just watch Tuesday's episode (...

Published Tue, Nov 10

Katee Sackhoff and Tricia Helfer stage 'Battlestar' takeover of CBS comedies

source: The Watcher

I've put the photo and the episode summary below in case you don't want to see the circumstances of the appearance by Sackhoff, who is most famous for playing Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on "Battlestar Galactica" and is a series regular on the upcoming season of "24."

Published Thu, Nov 5

V -- Episode One

source: totallytv (WordPress)

I wonder if I would like this show better if it didn’t already have the same urgent, dramatic tone as FlashForward (a show I am more invested in at this mid-point in the season). And because the aliens look like humans on the surface, they have the whole “are you a real human or an alien” angle we...

Published Wed, Nov 4

First look at Mark Sheppard on 'Supernatural' (and a few thoughts on Thursday's fun episode)

source: The Watcher

I'm looking forward to seeing what Sheppard (who played Romo Lampkin on "Battlestar Galactica" as well as a billion other roles on TV) will bring to that "Supernatural" outing. (And be aware that, as part of the Mark Sheppard Full Employment Act of 2009, he will also appear on the Nov. 12 "CSI...

Published Tue, Nov 3