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Party Like It’s 2012

19 December 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Do you remember the Year 2000 craze?  Once upon a time, 2000 was widely held as the magic year that would signify the end of the world.  When 1999 came around, rather than party like the year it was, some stockpiled food, gold and weapons instead.  Oh, and to make matters worse, there was the Y2K Bug - a computer glitch that did, indeed, have the potential to cause problems at midnight on New Years' Eve.  How many problems, no one could say for sure, but the fact that there was something … [Read more...]

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How Doctor Who Found Its US Geek Niche

27 June 2012 by 1 Comment
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So maybe you prefer David Tennant's 10th Doctor to Matt Smith's 11th; maybe you like Steven Moffat at the helm more than Russell T Davies.  Whatever your opinions, it's hard to deny that if you live in the US, it has never been better to be a Doctor Who fan than it is right now.  So what made this British import finally click with US geeks en masse? It's not like Doctor Who was never aired in the US prior to 2006.  I consider myself a fan of Classic Who now, but I didn't grow up as one; … [Read more...]

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Doctor Who: Spooky Speculation

25 March 2011 by 1 Comment
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With only a month away before the Easter weekend premiere of the new season (or series, depending on your location) of Doctor Who, fans are brimming with speculation.  Here I present to you some of the main themes that are being hashed out on forums, and in my own personal conversation.  We only have a month left for our most radical ideas, after all!  (Note: While obviously I have no access to real spoilers, this does discuss the trailers and teasers for this season, as well as the events of … [Read more...]

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Doctor Who: A Companion Trifecta

9 March 2011 by 1 Comment
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I've made no secret that I'm something of a Moffat fangirl when it comes to Doctor Who.  The Eleventh Doctor is potentially my favorite Doctor; Amy Pond is definitely my favorite new companion.  I even like Rory. However, I'm beginning to feel like the new series needs to be shaken up a bit when it comes to companions.  We've had three Doctors and four main companions; each of them has been a human girl, and there's always one main companion at a time.  The only recurring tag-alongs have … [Read more...]

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Older Doctor Who: Where to Start?

10 June 2010 by 9 Comments

So maybe you've watched all of the new series of Doctor Who, from Eccleston on, but the older Doctors are a mystery to you.  Maybe you want to see Sarah Jane Smith in all her young nubile glory.  Or maybe you've never seen any Doctor Who because you're a completist and want to do it "right."  Where's the best place to begin? Option One: Begin at the Beginning Well, you could start with the first Doctor... but it won't be easy.  For one thing, it's in black and white, and slower paced.  … [Read more...]

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J’s Soapbox: Syfy – Self-Loathing and Lazy

16 April 2010 by 27 Comments

It's no secret that I've been upset with Syfy's choices in the past year (not the least of which was the choice of the name 'Syfy').  It wasn't so much that I had issue with the name change itself; it was the sentiment behind it, the feeling that a channel that supposedly caters to those who like speculative fiction and fantasy were actually ashamed of their own audience.  They didn't really seem to want sci-fi fans; they wanted mainstream, which, for a niche cable channel, seems like a poor … [Read more...]

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Wishes for a New Doctor Who

4 January 2010 by 4 Comments
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So this New Year's Day marked the final episode of Doctor Who with David Tennant as the Doctor, and with Russell T Davies at the helm as head writer and executive producer. Technically there was nothing remarkable about the death of Tennant's character; it was a bog-standard regeneration, as those things go.  And in the grand scheme of things, Davies was just another writer for the Doctor in a long, long line of them. But let's not kid ourselves here.  Davies essentially brought the … [Read more...]

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Movies That Molded a Geek: Taken

25 November 2009 by Leave a Comment

Taken, this month's movie, might not have been from my formative years, but I think my formative years explain why I like it so much. No, I'm not talking about that movie with Liam Neeson.  Technically, the Taken I'm talking about is a miniseries that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel (RIP) in 2002.  It was a relatively big-budget Spielberg project that followed in the wake of Band of Brothers but didn't get near the popularity or acclaim. And I totally love it. I was in college when it … [Read more...]

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Rebranding: How Would You Market PBS?

3 August 2009 by 1 Comment

Everyone knows that I disagree with the rebranding of SyFy.   Still, that doesn't mean that there aren't other brands out there that deserve a fresh look,  a new perspective.  When thinking about TV channels, the most misunderstood one might be the comfortable shoe that is PBS. … [Read more...]

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