Sci Fi

Science Fiction and Fantasy in TV, Movies, Books, etc.

Do Dwarves Come From Dwarf Planets?

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Poor Pluto. For nearly a century it had been sitting at the big table with the other planets. And did it complain? It did not. It was just happy to be here. But rather than admit potentially a dozen smaller planets to that exclusive club, the International Astronomer’s Union decided to demote Pluto to the … Read more

Dead Like Me, Eureka, Who Wants to be a Superhero?

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I’m kinda actually enjoying the SciFi channel now and then. Since I have a reliable way to see TV listings, I can deftly avoid accidentally tuning into Stargate – it used to be “all Stargate, all the time”, and I just can’t watch that show. It’s a shame… I liked the movie. Dead Like Me … Read more

Eureka: All Icing, No Cake

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Sat down in anticipation last night for Eureka, the SciFi channel’s newest show. I turned on the TV a little early and caught the end of “Dead Like Me”, where a young woman is just getting started in her new job as the Grim Reaper, with Mandy Patinkin as her mentor. The bits I saw … Read more

Made In Eureka

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Who’d have thought a sleepy little Northern California lumber town would become the setting for a new Sci-Fi TV show? Actually, I dunno if Eureka, the TV show, has anything to do with Eureka, California (one is SF and one is north of SF…). The teaser commercials remind me a lot of the upcoming Doctor … Read more

Kung Fu Widescreen Action

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I know, I shouldn't have bought it. I can't really afford it. But I love my widescreen monitor. And I haven't even tried to play a game on it. Took me about half an hour to teach Linux about it, mostly because of a stupid typo I made in the xorg,conf… but since then… movies… … Read more