Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (03/22/09)

03/22/09 | Kevin Davis

[KevinDavis]

This week in SciFi:

Sun:
8/7 -- Kings (Dystopian Future) -- NBC

Wed:
8/7 -- Lost -- ABC

Fri:
8/7 -- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles -- Fox
9/8 -- The Dollhouse -- Fox

[KevinDavis]

Well BSG ending was fantastic... I thought the ending of BSG will be one the top ones.. Also BSG has change the standards of SciFi for now on.. To be Star Trek started it.. B5 changed the direction of SciFi (proof that non Trek show can succeed in America)..BSG can show you have good SciFi without Aliens (Firefly started it)...

Also I want to give kudos to Ron for being nice to the classic BSG fans by showing the classic raiders and the classic tin cans....

[KevinDavis]

A big thanks goes to Visualops for the Banner!!

[BenLurkin]

BSG finale ... ... ... not bad.

[xkaydet65]

Also kudos to Ron for using the original theme music as the fleet headed into our sun.

[KevinDavis]

Yes indeed.. I thought that was a perfect ending for the Ship...

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

...as the fleet headed into our sun.

I thought that was a monumental waste of good raw materials.

[MrLee]

I heard they’re making a movie “Jericho” that goes from where Season 2 ended. Heard once that Sci-Fi was going to keep the series going but don’t know if the movie is connected to Sci-Fi Channel or not. Anyone?

[Scutter]

Yeah, and I didn’t like the whole implication that they were leaving technology behind. Let’s see how good that works the first time one of them gets an infection.

[KevinDavis]

I have heard no other details about Jericho..

[BenLurkin]

I thought it was a waste of a good line.

The last order to Anders should have been "Set the controls for the heart of the sun."

[Truth29]

"...as the fleet headed into our sun. I thought that was a monumental waste of good raw materials."

Agree and more. Great show, but the ending had an anti-technology bias, although saved somewhat by the flash forward to the future. The Adam and Eve ending of leaving all their technology behind would have likely met a grim end in the jaws of the local carnivores and diseases.

[KevinDavis]

Indeed...

[Jack Deth]

Hi, Guys:

Caught 'Kings' when it premiered last week. An excellent vehichle for Ian McShane. Kind of an updated, more biblical variant of 'Deadwood'. I kept waiting for some good old fashioned, foul mouthed, Al Sweringen-speak.

'Sarah Conner Chronicles' wasn't half bad. The nuclear sub, Jimmy Carter was destroyed with the 'Thing in the box'. The show needs to focus more on Cam (Summer Glau) and cut down on the flash-backs.

'Dollhouse' finally hit its stride Friday night! There seems to be more and more glitches with the memory-wiped 'Actives'. The FBI guy got too close and was fired for his meddling and Echo can play a full-blown, kick -a** psycho-chick!


Jack.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

An obscure Pink Floyd reference. I love it. That would have been great.

[TomGuy]

I thought that was a monumental waste of good raw materials.

I have to agree.

There were so many things that were bad with the ending.

Adama Jr gets to decide that he doesn't want a city, thus no technology for any of the survivors, thus they destroy the ships. What about the other 39,000? Oh, except that Daddy Adama gets to keep one.

It seemed 'stretched'. We did Earth destroyed by nukes (how pc), so now we can do New Earth but at 150,000 years ago. That chimed more of filler material.

And then they all scatter, except for the line of them walking across the plains at the very end. Adama leaves Jr? That was unreal.

The final chapter was full of holes.

[Marie]

I agree! Dollhouse truly upped their game last week and I am hooked. Very impressive.

I was starting to think that it was going to become very formulaic, but they broke out of that fast.

[wally_bert]

For the most part, I liked the ending too. I wasn't disappointed.

[FreeManWhoCan]

The ending was great in that they found “Earth.” But I must agree with others that I would have been the first one to steal a small ship or something and keep for myself. Who would come after me? Also how could Jr just leave his old man behind? All those people just “walking off”; what would they do next with no shelter, food or training to live in the wild? I wish they would have killed Baltar when they found out that he gave the Cylons the codes. How can they shoot that one-legged guy who lead the revolt so easily and let Baltar live? And finally if Kara was an angel then thats the foulest talking, tattoo sporting promiscous angel I’ve ever heard of! Good show though. The fighting was great and the battle scenes were nice. I only wish most of the shows were like that.

[Hyzenthlay]

Dollhouse was AWESOME! Up until this week it’s been alright, and things have been moving but kind of slowly, then everything started blowing up in everyones’ faces... If you haven’t been watching, all six episodes so far are available on Hulu, and sitting through the first five is well worth seeing what happens in the sixth, although it swings back and forth between kind of heavy and depressing and really hysterical and just plain awesome.

[Perdogg]

King is supposed to be alternative timeline in the present.