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Wed, Jul 20 2005 2:05 PM

The final beam up

James Doohan died today after many health problems. He played Scotty, the chief of engineering, on Star Trek. I remember watching the movie Trekkies when he was interviewed. He said he was astonished at how many people he inspired to choose engineering...
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Wed, Jun 1 2005 11:48 AM

Charlie Jade

At the recommendation of Chris I decided to go ahead and add another tv series to my growing list. This one is called Charlie Jade and runs on the Canadian version of the SciFi channel. Very good so far, I love the film noir quality, awesome. Gritty,...
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Tue, Mar 8 2005 10:42 PM

Dr. Who

So they are making new Dr. Who episodes in the UK again. Yay! This is the ninth doctor to do the role. I did a little reading and this guy seems to be one of the more serious actors in the UK right now. Funny he should take this role. His assistant is...
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Wed, Oct 13 2004 11:10 AM

Neandertal souls?

So I've been reading this book Hominids by Robert Sawyer . As usual he's put together a good story. About a parallel universe in which the Neandertals became the dominant Homo species instead of us. So one them gets transported over to our universe with...
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Mon, Jul 26 2004 4:29 PM

4400

I'm not sure if anybody out there in the cable TV ready world have had a chance to catch a new show on USA called The 4400 . It's an ok scifi show, I've enjoyed the first 3 episodes so far. A reviewer on imdb.com hated it. Said it was poorly acted with...
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Tue, Apr 6 2004 11:50 AM

SciFi awards

As reported in SciFi Weekly : Ruff Wins Tiptree Award att Ruff has won the 2003 James Tiptree Jr. Award for his novel Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls , it was announced yesterday by the James Tiptree Jr. Literary Award Council. Ruff will be...
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Fri, Nov 14 2003 8:06 AM

Battlestar Galactica ... please R.I.P.

So the SciFi channel is going to bring back Battlestar Galactica to TV. I never cared for the first incarnation that much. It was definitely one of the many children that the Star Wars movies gave birth to. The writing in the show was what I found silly...
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Thu, Nov 13 2003 1:52 AM

Matrix Revolutions

I heard the latest Matrix movie sucked. I downloaded a cam version of it last night. Couldn't hear squat so I X'd it. I'll wait for the DVD to come out.
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