Battlestar Galactica
Spoilers for "Battlestar Galactica" just as soon as I have some of what Adama and Roslin were smoking... The Gradually Expanding Flashback is one of my least favorite narrative devices. Everybody uses it, and they rarely use it well, either giving away the big secret long before they
Battlestar Galactica
Spoilers for "Battlestar Galactica" just as soon as I calculate exactly how lucky Gaius Baltar is... Okay, I'm starting to get just a little bit concerned about the post-exodus portion of the season. The virus two-parter had some interesting moments and ideas but never quite clicked,
Battlestar Galactica
Actually, I wasn't especially bored by the latest "Battlestar Galactica," but given the episode's obvious Jean-Luc Picard influence (which even Ron Moore copped to in the podcast), I couldn't resist the hacky play on words. Sue me. Spoilers ho... Does humanity deserve
Battlestar Galactica
So a couple of weeks ago, a reader sends me an e-mail complimenting Neil Patrick Harris for his ability to succeed playing a character so different from Doogie Howser, and whether I could think of other TV actors who had successfully reinvented themselves like that. I didn't have
Battlestar Galactica
Spoilers for "Battlestar Galactica" coming right up... "We all feel the need for justice, and we all feel the need for vengeance, and telling the difference between the two can be difficult at times." -Laura Roslin After the budget-blowing action epic that was "Exodus Pt.
Battlestar Galactica
Spoilers for “Battlestar Galactica” just as soon as I go set off this nuke I have lying around... “Galactica” is not an action show. Ron Moore says this over and over in interviews, on the podcasts, at audience panels, probably even while he’s cleaning out the litter box. But
Battlestar Galactica
Spoilers for the latest "Battlestar Galactica" just as soon as I decide whether to wear my glass eye or eyepatch today... "Look around you. Take a good look at the men and women that stand next to you. Remember their faces, for one day you will tell
Battlestar Galactica
Twice the "Battlestar Galactica" spoilers comin' right up... Not sure which is more shocking: that the Cylons gouged out one of Tigh's eyeballs, or that Ron Moore has suddenly flipped the 9/11 allegory so that the Cylons are now America and we're
Battlestar Galactica
Technical difficulties prevented the posting of today's column on "Battlestar Galactica" until just now. I'll also be back tonight at 11 with thoughts on the two-hour premiere, which is just one big slice of awesome. Anyway, on to my tete-a-tete with Mr. Moore: The
Battlestar Galactica
So, "Battlestar Galactica." If you haven't seen the finale yet, go away and don't come back until you have. And if you don't watch the show at all, I am very, very disappointed in you. Like I've been saying, Ron
Battlestar Galactica
Been a great few days of viewing, the kind of stretch that recharges the batteries and reminds me why I do this. First, I finally got around to Tuesday night's "The Shield." Told almost entirely from Kavanaugh's point of view, it was mesmerizing. Even
Battlestar Galactica
So the big event of my weekend, other than the end of my "Sopranos" death march, was going to be hitting the first major comic book convention in New York in about 15 years. (Say it with me: Alan's a big fat dork.) Long story short,
