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SciFriday with Michael Hinman

Why is it that big announcements about shows we cover always come out when I'm almost done writing my column for the week?Seriously, I was just putting the final touches on a column I was writing about how campiness does have a place in great television shows, and then Ronald D. Moore and David Eick ...

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FeaturePlease Kick Me For This ... But Why Not The CW?

SciFriday with Michael Hinman looks at 'Jericho' alternatives

I really cannot believe I am even putting this on the table. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I am realizing it might be the worst idea of all time. But then again, that's what people said about the ball-point pen.I've been pounding my head against the wall trying to develop some ideas o ...

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FeatureCartoon Images Of Batman

Wayne's Worlds with Wayne Hall

Last time I shared some thoughts in Wayne's Worlds, Frank Millers "The Dark Knight Returns" had rocked the comics industry and led to a hit feature film.During the early 90s, I used to comb the Internet looking for any news on Star Trek for my local clubs monthly newsletter. Id print every credible ...

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FeatureHey, CBS! I'm Nuts For 'Jericho'

Michael Hinman throws his support behind the fans

I was going to let this wait until my regular weekly column, but now that hundreds of "Jericho" fans have the attention of CBS, there is no better time than now to make sure it's clear that many of us here at Airlock Alpha want to see "Jericho" continue not just as a movie of the week, but as a seri ...

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FeatureWill 2007-08 Be Another Season The Genre Falters?

SciFriday with Michael Hinman

Just hours after the major networks finished making their fall and spring schedule presentations, Airlock Alpha added six -- yes, I said six -- television shows to its coverage schedule. That's six new genre television shows, and that's not even all of them that are airing. They just happen to be si ...

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FeatureSpending Time With A Legend: Edward James Olmos

SciFriday with Michael Hinman

I remember how nervous I was as we pulled up into the desolate sand dunes in Richmond, a city just outside of Vancouver, B.C.I checked the map twice, trying to make sure that I wasn't being punk'd or anything like that, but it still seemed the most unlikely place for "Battlestar Galactica" to be fil ...

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FeatureImages Of The Dark Knight

Wayne's Worlds with Wayne Hall

Last time, I began to explain just how much of an influence Batman has had on my life. When I ran out of space, Frank Millers "The Dark Knight Returns" was about to be published.Now, I had given up comics prior to this event, as I pointed out last time. But Batmans sidekick, Robin, had been instrume ...

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FeatureIf Only I Had A Transporter

The Trek Within with Brian Meskimen

I sit here writing this column, already well past its deadline, at the end of one of my last semesters in college. As anyone who has gone to college surely knows, the end of the semester is one of the most stressful times for students, with all the papers, projects and exams culminating into one clu ...

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FeatureWhere Is Doctor WhoHeaded In Year 3?

SciFriday: Alan Stanley Blair once again steals Michaels weekly column

The following column contains MODERATE SPOILERS for the third season of "Doctor Who," as well as speculation on what will happen at the end of Season 3.Its hard to believe that is has already been three years since the return of "Doctor Who" was announced. It was a project that the media often refer ...

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FeatureFinally, A Time Paradox Story With A Happy Ending

Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers with Scott Nance

Ive got to let you in on an ugly secret: I dont really much like Disney movies. And with a 6-year-old at home, Ive seen more than my share.While the plots are often good, I seldom find much there to take away to make the film stick in my head. "Aladdin," "Finding Nemo," "Cars" - theyre all the sam ...

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FeatureLeaving, On A Jet Plane

SciFriday with Michael Hinman

If you read the headline on this column, then you probably think I'm going somewhere. Likely, on some type of aircraft.Well, the headline is only half right. I'm going on vacation (fresh off of turning a year older), and while I'll still be around doing light work during that time, I'll be getting s ...

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FeatureImages Of Batman

Wayne's Worlds with Wayne Hall

Where I work, there are a number of genre (including comics) fans. There are enough of us to make the others wonder what it is like to look forward to the weekly trip to the comics store and SciFi Fridays.So, when the final seasons of two of my all-time favorite shows, "Justice League Unlimited" and ...

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FeatureRemembering Our Friends At Virginia Tech

SciFriday with Michael Hinman

Being a journalist for as long as I have, I believe I have become desensitized to the fact that I am desensitized.I know that sounds funny, but it's actually true. I used to have an awareness to the fact that I am desensitized to many things that happen, but nowadays, I almost have to be knocked bac ...

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FeatureThe Struggle Of Humanity Is Really The Struggle Of Identity

The Trek Within with Brian Meskimen

As people, we all deal with many important questions through our lives. Perhaps one of the most important of these is the question of identity.We all struggle with it at one time or another — granted in different ways and at different times, but we all deal with it. Identity is a key concept ...

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FeatureHow Death Separates Sci-Fi From Reality

SciFriday with Michael Hinman

Sometimes I have to take a step back and take a view of the world as if I'm not in it. It's difficult to do, because of the obvious, but every once in a while I find it almost fate-like to see life -- and even death -- play out the way it does.As I was planning this week's SciFriday column (and you ...

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