Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Last night’s Lost was entirely kickass. And not just because it was the first after a hiatus.
Good news for us fans: the season finale will be two hours long! It’s going up against the finale of American Idol, but what self-respecting geek watches that over hyped karaoke contest? (And if you do, don’t tell me.)
Last Saturday night’s triumphant return of Dr Who was such a ratings boom that the BBC has already commissioned a second series (Brit-speak for season).
Woo-Who!
Jimmy Smits is running for President. On TV, anyway. He’s one of three contenders for the Democratic nomination on The West Wing.
But he hasn’t forgotten Star Wars:
“The ‘Star Wars’ politics has a lot more gravitas to it,” Smits explains. “It’s got that kind of lore and tradition, the decorum. I think it’s much more akin to what our Founding Fathers had with the wigs and stuff, in its own futuristic kind of way.”
On “West Wing,” there’s little pageantry to politics. “It’s much more quick, we [make] the audience keep up with us,” he says.
I guess the whole ‘long time ago’ thing does factor into it…
I just read this article in this morning’s USA Today about Lost. (I didn’t see any spoilers.) It’s mainly about the writers and how they work on the show, but there’s one part that I had to mention. It’s a quote from one of our favorite SW authors:
Kevin J. Anderson, co-author of Dune: The Battle of Corrin, marvels at the writers’ balancing act.
“I have to say I’m amazed as a writer. How are they going to keep this up?” he says. “They have a foreground story with problems on a mysterious island. But the back stories are just as interesting.”
If you want to read the rest of the article, go here: ‘Lost’ Island burns with mystery
Looks like whiny fanboys everywhere will soon have someone other than George Lucas to blame for ruining their childhoods: new and ‘improved’ Looney Tunes.
There are no words.
Battlestar Galactica has been renewed for a second season. The latest episode, “You Can’t Go Home Again,” got 3.2 million viewers.
A new episode of Lost airs tonight, and some viewers are worried it will turn into the “bad” X-Files. (And why aren’t people saying that about Alias?) ACIN has some spoilers for the episode tonight and an overview of what the next few shows will be about.
I’ve been terribly lax in writing about the new Battlestar Galactica series. It’s excellent, and if you’re not watching it, I beg you to give it a try. Sci-Fi is playing the first 5 episodes of the series (all that’s aired in the US so far) Tuesday night, starting at 7, and the miniseries/pilot is available on DVD. New episodes air Friday night at ten and rerun Mondays at the same time.
The showrunner, Ron Moore, keeps a blog, and it’s well worth reading. I especially enjoy his entry on the first episode, 33. Down with fanboy technobabble!
I’ve seen a few episodes of the original, and heard of original fans going up in arm over the changes that were made, but almost everyone I’ve spoken to has embraced the new series. Give it a try. Please.
Fantasy and sci-fi is now in demand on TV. Wasn’t it only yesterday that Angel and Firefly were canceled?
Naturally, Lost is on the forefront of the trend, and J.J. Abrams talks about the show’s future. Meanwhile, producers are thinking about releasing an ‘official album’ from Charlie’s band.
On Alias, Weiss gets some action.
And, last but not least, Kevin Smith drops by Degrassi: The Next Generation a show I totally do not watch (erm) to mack on his childhood crush. Jason Mewes (Jay) and Alanis Morissette also appear.
It was inevitable. After four shaky seasons, UPN is giving up on Star Trek: Enterprise.
The show never managed to maintain much of an audience after its initial strong debut. And in recent weeks, it apparently has been getting beaten in the ratings by Stargate SG-1. (Great show, but on SciFi Channel, not expected to outshine a broadcast network.)
No new TV series or movies have been announced. Perhaps a few years in spacedock will allow the fans to come back to Trek again.
Here’s hoping!
For the Firefly fans among us, Buffy.nu has posted the entire unaired script of what would’ve been the 15th episode of Firefly. Read and enjoy!