And yes, I'm getting the whole Star Trek vibe here: the movie was Classic and the source of all canon. SG-1 the more popular and long-running one and the one with movies based on it, SG: Atlantis was Deep Space Nine, a remote base on the edge of a war zone, and now Universe being Voyager (except it's moving further away.)

But the worst, the absolute worst is the overweight nerdy kid wearing an ironic t-shirt and with all the answers. He is Mr. Fanboy in the most insulting way. (If the role was filled by a woman, she'd be pasty white, overweight, dark-haired, and wearing glasses.) The same way every fan who ever won an appearance contest for SGA looked so horribly out of place.

All we need is to see his watch. If it's digital, I will reach into this TV and yank out your throats in Vancouver.

Oh jesus christ, these Sanctuary commercials! They tell one nothing about the show except they're all oversexed and running around with guns. We see no aliens, no real verbal interactions, and no sense of overall story. I never watched the show as it seemed some sort of sop to keep Amanda around. (Such as her year of “leading” Atlantis while her real pet project was getting funded and up and running.) And now I have no desire to watch this season either.

Dear Sci-Fi:
You will eventually get the same ratings for SGU that you got for SGA. And you could put on an hour of Sister Agnes (?) at 9 pm on Friday nights and you would get the exact same number of viewers. Thanks for continuing to set back the definition of science fiction and its fans.
I wish you (and the SG production team) had Imagined Greater.
Worst,
Vigs


 

Again, who are the Kardashians?

Time magazine has declared that Jay Leno is “the future of television.” Time to pick up a book.

With the exception of Flash Forward, there’s *nothing* coming this fall that I want to watch.

In case you were going to spend time reading the Fall TV Issue of Entertainment Weekly, let me save you the trouble.

Emmys-Though I don’t watch most of the nominated shows, I kept the ceremony on in the background last night. I thought it went smoothly, was pretty funny, and everyone on the whole looked beautiful.

Neil Patrick: thank you for being the US’s John Barrowman. Even if I don’t want to hang your pic in my locker, I applaud your ability to put Starship Troopers behind you.

Ricky Gervais: I don’t think the crowd remembered your “connection” to The Office.  And Steve Carrell looked like he’d like to forget it. But you were desperately needed and you delivered. Thank you. (Next year, bring Eddie Izzard with you!)

I’m going through YahooEntertainment’s red-carpet photos:

I’m not so sure books have that kind of shelf life.

I got rid of the Vatican banking scandal book a few moves back.

I just haven’t decided what to do with Ahab’s Wife.