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Sci-Fi Channel Destroying Definition Of Science Fiction

Have you ever flipped over to the Sci Fi Channel and wondered why it was showing wrestling, or a series about superheroes' naughty wives, or a movie like Field of Dreams or Indiana Jones? It's because this sort of brand dilution is the only way to reach women and thus grow ratings, Sci Fi President Dave Howe believes. He told the Times, "It’s not just aliens, spaceships and the future... It’s about asking that simple question, 'What if?'" His NBC cylon overlord Bonnie Hammer found a more menacing way to say the same thing: More »

5:58 AM on Mon May 19 2008
By Ryan Tate
2,393 views, 39 comments

Latest by n/a: Rebranding SCI FI to the Imagination Channel would show a considerable lack of imagination, as that's the tagline (well, The Imagination Station) of Space, aka -- make that "eh - 'kay? - eh" -- Canada's sci fi channel: www.spacecast.com more »

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Report: The Future Might Not Suck

60 Minutes dinosaur Mike Wallace has brought together sixty (see what he did there?) of the world's smartest smarties for a collection of essays called The Way We Will Be 50 Years From Today. Global warming? Alzheimer's? Ant overlords? Forget that crap. Gasoline will be water and we'll all live for freaking ever! "The consensus view is that we'll muddle through many of the issues that vex us today - including climate change and terror threats. And we'll hit upon so many medical and technological wonders that today's 50-year-olds will have a fair chance of finding out firsthand how the world will look in 2058." More »

10:57 AM on Sat Apr 19 2008
By ian spiegelman
1,413 views, 15 comments

Latest by famousauthor: You've got to admire the fact that Mike Wallace, at age 97, is still setting our agenda for the future. I hope I can do that at his age. more »

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The Diablo Cody Effect: Why Every Story Opens With A Pile Of References

All through college I loved writing short stories. But because I am a cad, when I found out how unprofitable the medium was I switched to blogging and TV scripts. Turns out there's still one way to market a short story: Pack it with references. Not thought-out T.S. Eliot ones, but marginal-pop-culture ones. Your story doesn't have to be good if it's about Vampire Weekend, the Tipping Point and Twitter. More »

5:48 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Nick Douglas
6,129 views, 88 comments

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Battlestar Galactica: There Will Be Blood

The Sci Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica, which is the most important science fiction TV show ever, returns for its fourth and final season on Friday, and it could be a gorefest. (It damn well better be.) "Admiral Adama arrived at the door with blood on his hands. 'I'm sorry, I don't think you want me to shake,' actor Edward James Olmos said, presenting his red palms. With his world-weary eyes and the stained cuffs of his military coat, he looked like some battlefield surgeon fresh from triage." Oh! Oh! It's blood! Whose blood? More »

2:53 PM on Sun Mar 30 2008
By ian spiegelman
2,080 views, 7 comments

Latest by Furious George: @dandles: Or am I missing something? Were the last few episodes of the season great? I thought they were dreadful, actually. So you're not alone on this one. It just seemed as if they'd run out of "crazy" twists to take, more »

What explains the rise in popularity of science fiction on television? Our theory: Now that porn is easily available, basement-dwelling virgins have more free time for regular TV. [Guardian]

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