My review of Primeval is up at Strange Horizons today. I know there can be few people in the world today who wouldn't rate this groundbreaking drama as their favourite show of all time, so I know you'll all want to head over and take a look. Ah, go take a look anyway.

I'd comment on the Life on Mars finale but it's been covered in many other ( Read more... )

Just as a quick heads up for those that consider Stargate to be a worthwhile waste of 44 minutes, it looks like Sky One have the world premiere of Stargate SG-1 10x11 ("The Quest, Part 2") on Tuesday, and the same for Stargate Atlantis 3x11 ("The Return, Part 2") on Thursday Wednesday. Neither show returns from its mid-season break in the US for a ( Read more... )

Saw a trailer for the new season of Doctor Who last night. It looked rather nifty, with a couple of moments that made me wince slightly. So same as always, then. :-) It's on the website too.

I'm not a massive fan of the Mission: Impossible movies, though the first one had its moments, but I get nostalgic about the TV show. So I'm heartened to ( Read more... )

US TV seasons are about to resume...

Battlestar Galactica (Season 2) - Fri 6th Jan
(Also S2 starts on Sky One on Tue 10th Jan at 9 p.m.)
Stargate: SG-1 (Season 9) - Fri 6th Jan
Stargate Atlantis (Season 2) - Fri 6th Jan
The West Wing (Season 7) - Sun 8th Jan
House, M.D. (Season 2) - Tue 10th Jan
Lost (Season 2) - Wed 11th Jan
Veronica Mars ( ( Read more... )

Time for a round-up of my recent TV feasting. I'm keeping my discussion to generalities and opinions so there are no plot spoilers here beyond what you'd learn in the pilot episodes.

( Empire )

There is a really deeply spiffy interview with Joss Whedon here which is worth your time. Lots of in depth discussion about his contribution to films in general, including Toy Story, Speed, Wonder Woman and of course Serenity, with no significant spoilers that I've noticed.

EDIT: ...and Batman, and Global Frequency, and Iron Man, and Powers, and ( Read more... )