Mokka mit Schlag » Sci Fi

It’s out September 9 according to Amazon. I don’t have any other details yet, but I’m digging.
(more…)

Was that a spectacular episode of Battlestar Galactica Friday night or what? I was on the edge of my seat the entire hour. And the scene where the Galactica “arrives” at New Caprica? I know it’s just special effects, but it was amazing. I’ve never seen anything like that, and it totally surprised me. The whole episode just set new standards for what a sci-fi show can look like. If not for the Cylons and laser beams, you’d think you were watching the nightly news from Iraq, not fiction. If you aren’t watching this show, start now. There hasn’t been anything this good on TV in years.

Yesterday while shopping for my wife’s anniversary present, I noticed that season 2 of the new Doctor Who (i.e. season 1 of the tenth doctor) is already available on DVD in the UK, even though the BBC hasn’t finished broadcasting it yet!. The unbroadcast episodes aren’t available yet, but apparently every three episodes or so, they release a new disc. No more waiting six months to catch up, or hoping they’re some decent seeds on BitTorrent.
(more…)

I’ve never been convinced by the hypotheses that the Lost survivors are either in the future, on another planet, in another dimension, or on some sort of Holodeck. After last night’s season finale, I am more convinced than ever that they are on Earth, in the present, probably on an island in the South Pacific. Minor spoilers follow.
(more…)

Serenity is out on HD-DVD. That’s almost enough to convince me I want an HD-DVD player, though personally I suspect BlueRay is going to win in the end.

I’ve just started catching up on the first season of the new Doctor Who–a.k.a the ninth doctor–via the Sci Fi Channel and other sources the MPAA would prefer I not have access to. I used to be a big Doctor Who fan back in the day; but after the sixth and seventh doctors, the unimpressive TV movie, a fifteen year hiatus, and a wife who found the whole Dr. Who series to be pretty much unwatchable, I’d lost touch with the good doctor. However, Russell Davies (Queer as Folk) seemed like a really bold choice for a new producer so when the SciFi channel picked up the U.S. rights I tuned in.

What I saw nearly blew me out of my seat. Even my Who-hating wife agreed. This is a great show.
(more…)