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We have forums as part of Airlock Alpha and the GenreNexus website, but you rarely read about them in things I write, and rarely you will see my posting there. I know that having these community areas are important for readers like you to have a place to congregate and share thoughts and opinion ...

Well, I strongly believe there are no such thing as ghosts (although I won't deny that there might be unexplained energy floating around out there) and that superstitions are just that. But I have to admit that I'm still hesitant to kill a spider, break a mirror, or continue down a path that a bl ...

You can't be an entertainment news outlet of any sort without planning a (very expensive) trip to San Diego Comic-Con each July. A convention that started out with just a few hundred people sharing their love of comic books, this event has become a huge economic boost to the San Diego community b ...

Well, I get approached on an almost monthly basis asking me to use Airlock Alpha to back a fan campaign to save a show. Almost every single time, I say no. Not because I don't like the show, or admire the passion of those fans who want to save it. But because it's pretty much a waste of time. ...

Every so often, I find myself using the SciFriday platform to defend television ratings. It seems that efforts to measure television audiences from companies (well, company) like The Nielsen Co. is so hated, that I am almost a lone voice in support of Nielsen. And no, I've never received a dime f ...

This really isn't the forum where I like to get political. Hell, even in my personal life, I try to stay out of the two things that get people in trouble the most: politics and religion. Yet, here I am. For the first time in the more than 13 years I've run Airlock Alpha, I am bringing forth my op ...

About 15 years ago, I had to blame James Cameron for making me spend a lot of money at the theater. Yes, I was one of those people who were in love with "Titanic," and would watch it multiple times, with multiple people, and never felt it would get old. I later had a chance to actually touch a p ...

We have finally entered the fun part of "Star Trek 2's" pre-production process where speculation -- and bad rumors -- begin to circulate about the new film. Of course, I'm only assuming they're bad rumors, because I don't know what's really being planned for the film. But I have to say, I serious ...

There are a lot of things that I dislike in the world. But one thing I really hate are stories that are absolutely false. Even more, I hate stories that are so false, they actually hurt the reputation or even livelihood of other people. That happened over the past couple weeks with Andrew Niccol, ...

Well, I had a rare experience while at San Diego Comic-Con this year. I had a chance to share a small room with three captains from Star Trek: William Shatner, Avery Brooks and Scott Bakula. They were there to promote a new documentary that Shatner had put together, where he flies around the worl ...