Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (12/12/10)

12/12/10 | Kevin Davis

[KevinDavis]

You are not...

[GSWarrior]

I watched a movie called Moon over the weekend. It was pretty good. I’m sure others here have seen it.

[Calvin Locke]

I watched a movie called Moon...

If it's the one with Guy Fleegman/Zaphod Beeblebrox, it was an
interesting twist on the isolation/loneliness theme.

However, it plodded along, for the most part.

[GSWarrior]

That was the one. No explosions or weird aliens, but I thought it was pretty good. I wasn’t bored at all.

[Calvin Locke]

I'm overly sensitive to slow moving stories.

I remember an WSJ article on VCRs that could be sped up like
16% or so. Film makers had a fit, saying it destroyed the "artistic
integrity" of the film.

Even in HS, I complained about the play "The Skin of Our
Teeth"'s third act dragging on. The teacher explained that
Wilder wanted to exhaust both the audience and the actors to
better appreciate what his play's characters were going
through.

[LibertarianLiz]

Hey, Kevin. For your scheduling: I got the new t.v. guide today, and saw something that caught my eye. They are having a new season of Primeval and it begins on January 1. BBCAmerica gets it at the same time as the UK. Here is the link to the info: Primeval

Some new cast members, including the doctor from DS9.

[LibertarianLiz]

Also, (forgot for my previous post) a third season of Merlin begins on SyFy on January 7.