Author Archives: The Dome

Hey, NBC Has An Idea! (just not a good one)

February 20th, 2008 | Posted in Daily Rants, TV

The WGA Writers Strike has had many consequences, many intended, some completely unintended. To understand what one of the MAJOR unintended consequences is, we have to take you, the home viewer, into the murky backrooms of how stuff gets on TV. From the time a writer gets an idea to the time a pilot is […]

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An Open Letter To Stephen Gould and Michael Knight

February 18th, 2008 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature, Movies, TV

Dear Mr. Gould, I had read you novel, Jumper, years ago and loved Davie Rice and the challenges placed in his way and how he coped with them. The novel was a complex study of current politics and a single persons solution to it.. The CIA playing cops of the world and vigilante justice sci […]

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Eli Stone- Too many smarmy ideas come to mind for this title

February 4th, 2008 | Posted in Daily Rants, TV

The Particulars: ABC Johnny Lee Miller         Eli Stone Natasha Henstridge      The Girfriend/daughter of the boss Matt Letsher                 Eli’s brother, the convenient Neurosurgeon. OK, so I’m watching the première of Eli Stone, and I have a few questions.  

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8 Things I Am Currently Hating

January 31st, 2008 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature, Movies, TV

1. I hate that People/Reviewers/Geeks /Fans refer to “Genre” Movies/TV/Books/Comix/Graphic Novels. When did things get so upper crust that we had to draw hard line distinctions between us and everyone else? I am old enough to remember when rock and roll was rock and roll and not 173 different flavors fom Trance to Inde, to […]

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The Day The Earth Stood Still (and we don’t mean the WGA Strike) 2008

January 28th, 2008 | Posted in Daily Rants, Movies

Hey kinds, let’s remake another classic! Never mind that the subtext is irrelevant. Never mind that the original characters were stereotypes. Never mind that Michael Rennie was both warm and chilling in his portrayal of Klaatu.   We used to have a game here at SCIFICO. We would sit around in moments of relaxation/despair/angst and […]

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The Stanley Kowalski Effect , or Howard Beale Was Right. As Far Off Frackin Topic As I Can Get

January 25th, 2008 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature, TV

I am sick of this. To which “this” am I referring to today? Could it be the untimely death/suicide/overdose of “veteran” actor Heath Ledger? Nope. Could it be the economy of the US spiraling into the crapper as the less then 1% grows richer and richer? Nope. I am mad as hell and I’m not […]

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You Had Me At Blowfish – Torchwood Season 2

January 20th, 2008 | Posted in BBC, Daily Rants, TV

All right kiddies, Lets begin with some differences between what was seen in the UK and what might be seen on BBC America. In the UK 2 versions are run, a family friendly version at 8:00pm and the real deal hardcore version later in the evening.

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TORCHWOOD SEASON 2 developing…stay tuned

January 18th, 2008 | Posted in BBC, Daily Rants, TV

Capt. Jack, James Marsters, OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! full disclosure with mutiple spoilers asap! Life is Good

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Sarah Conner Kicks ASS!

January 15th, 2008 | Posted in Daily Rants, Movies, TV

Last  night was Episode 2 of The Sarah Conner Chronicles, letting it settle into its timeslot (9pm EST). Well kiddies, this is just good fun at its television best.. There are some rules that must be obeyed to completely enjoy this new guilty pleasure. Rule #1 – T3 never existed at all. Fogetaboutit. Didn’t happen. […]

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I Hate Stupid People Who Write

January 14th, 2008 | Posted in Daily Rants, Movies

So today I am surfing the net when I come across an article by Mark Harris (and of course the first thing I can think of is the guy who is always on Howard Stern, once married to Martha Ray…. And…no, it’s not THAT guy) and the ever so provocative title is Is Sci-Fi Out […]

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