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FeatureSciFriday: Once Upon A Time On ABC ...

After a slow start, this fairy tale really starts to grow on you

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It's so hard to find time to watch all the great television programs out there, and I know that I am missing out on a lot. "Once Upon a Time," which was just renewed for a second season, almost became one of the victims of shows I never got around to watching. I stuck it out for the first handful ...

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FeatureSciFriday: Kickstarter Model Makes Me Nervous ... Sometimes

Raising money for film projects is great, but it's not investing

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As someone who is a champion not only of the creative arts behind television, film, Internet and other media we write about on this very site, it's hard to not support anything that helps create as much of these projects as possible. Kickstarter is one of those sites that help make it possible. D ...

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FeatureThe Fannish Life: Seeking Treasure And Finding Gold

Ann Morris gives you the inside scoop on Syfy's movie event, 'Treasure Island'

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One of the perks of writing for Airlock Alpha is getting to be in on press conference calls with actors, creators and the powers that be of the cool stuff. Having the screener of Syfy’s version of “Treasure Island,” which airs May 5 beginning at 7, was particularly fortuitous for me this pa ...

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Feature'Fringe' Renewed: Fox Deserves Forgiveness Now

It's been almost a decade since 'Firefly' was cancelled

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Genre fans don't really have a big place in their hearts for Fox, and it's probably rightfully so. Fox would order great science-fiction, only to never give it a chance, canceling it after mere episodes. "Firefly" was the biggest one that sticks out in most people's minds, and to some extent, ...

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FeatureAstrojive: Tax Time In Superland

What do citizens of the DC and Marvel Universes complain about when it’s time to file taxes

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Whether we’re Tea Partiers, Progressives, or fall somewhere between the two on the political spectrum, all us Americans bitch about our taxes. We gripe about how much we pay, who else pays too much or too little, and what the money gets spent on. As this year’s filing deadline looms, it occur ...

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FeatureSciFriday: Let's Abolish The MPAA ... Now

The fight to create competition in film ratings begins with theaters

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It's easy to not like the Motion Picture Association of America, because there are too many times we're sitting around scratching our heads on how some films are rated the way they are. You know the MPAA. They are the group of people representing the movie studios, theaters and supposedly the ave ...

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FeatureSciFriday: Digital Domain Needs A Different Approach

Charging students to generate free labor could hurt rather than help

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As much as I love writing for Airlock Alpha, I've never made it a secret over the years that my ultimate dream would be the chance to develop abilities to create great fictional stories that at the very least my mom and people I bribe could enjoy. If I were to ever follow through with that, you k ...

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FeatureHBO Go's Interactive Features Perfect For 'Game Of Thrones'

Michael Hinman explores the iPad app that brings the Seven Kingdoms to life

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Well, I admit: I really don't have a lot of time to read. And while George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" are quietly sitting in the iBook section of my tablet, I just really haven't had a chance to get into it yet. So watching the amazing HBO series "Game of Thrones" means, at least for ...

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FeatureYeah, We're Party Poopers: No April Fool's Here

Every year, someone makes Michael Hinman jump on his soapbox

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You know it's April 1 when your day is filled with pranks and jokes, you can't trust the news you read online, and you find yourself reading yet another whining column from me asking my counterparts in the news industry to respect what they do. I actually woke up Sunday morning thinking that this ...

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FeatureSciFriday: CBS Is Right To Claim Lost 'Star Trek' Script

Some fans are crying foul, but there's nothing heavy-handed

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If you're a Star Trek fan, then chances are you've seen one of several excellent fan productions online: "Star Trek: Phase II." Originally founded as "Star Trek: New Voyages," executive producer and star James Cawley spent tens of thousands of dollars of his own money to continue the original "St ...

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FeatureSpecial Message: Did You Miss Me? I Missed You

Michael Hinman explains his sudden absence the last few weeks

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There are times I wish that we had built this huge media operation where I would have a huge team of writers and editors that would keep things going whether the chief was there or not. But this is not the old days of newspapers (and sadly for newspapers, it's not the old days of newspapers, eith ...

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FeatureAstrojive: Howard And Burroughs: Box Office Poison?

Richard Lee Byers contemplates the poor box-office performances of Conan the Barbarian and John Carter

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When I was a kid, I thought pulp writers Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of John Carter (and Tarzan), were two of the greatest writers who ever lived. Decades later, I’d still say they were two of the supreme masters of fantasy and SF, even though I now see th ...

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FeatureThe Fannish Life: Why Aren't There More Capt. Janeways?

Science-fiction is less the good old geek boys club than it used to be

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James Tiptree, Andre Norton, and C.L. Moore all have in common that they were science-fiction writers. They also were all female and they began writing in a time when it was difficult to sell science-fiction books under a female name. At least that's what editors and publishers (who were almost ...

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FeatureSciFriday: Trying My Own Hand At Writing

Michael Hinman talks about the struggle to complete a work of fiction

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Well, I have decided, for sure, wholeheartedly and under no other circumstances, that March will not end without me finishing a story treatment that I've been working on since late last year. I know that sounds very disciplined of me, but to be honest, it's not the first, second or even third mon ...

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Feature'Celebrity Apprentice' Week 2: Grace Under Fire

Penn Jillette calls out George Takei, but he doesn't bite

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Sometimes, even when you're winning, you're losing. The "Celebrity Apprentice" men's team, Unanimous, took its second challenge in as many tries this week. But that didn't stop Donald Trump from trying to create some drama among a team that seems to be gelling quite well -- and that drama almost ...

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