thebitterguy

A cute article on the backlash in the US about Battlestar Galactica suddenly becoming 'politically incorrect'. He even takes a shot at Lileks sexification of Trek ("Put the liberals in the disintegration chambers!").

Man, it's funny watching crazy people when they live someplace else.

But, hey, it's Saturday.

So, remember a few years ago when Andromeda started up? And it didn't suck? And it was kinda fun, and neat, and the character were interesting and the stories were neat and it felt good to watch it?

Well, that didn't last. Eventually, we got the Adventures of Kirkules. But, Robert Wolf, who ran that puppy like a well oiled machine, wrote his own ending.

And it seems strange, you see. Like something vaguely reminiscent of a bad Robert Sawyer novel. But I think I could have dealt with a bit of wonderful strangeness like that, instead of the shallow mediocrity we ended up with.

edit: A Q&A with the author is here.

For those of you who were geeks who lived in Ontario in the late '80s, early '90s, you'll have fond memories of Prisoners of Gravity.
The show, hosted by the_frantics survivor Rick Green and created by one of Mordecai's kids and Alan Moore's #2 fan, Mark Askwith,(and what a great picture THAT is) covered SF and comics in a way that was unique.

The show was about a guy who, fleeing turmoil on Earth, crashes his space car into an orbiting space station where, to pass the time, he interviews SF authors. Well, of course.

It was great. Authors got interviewed in these big hunks, which would be split down into various themes. It was also my introduction to the ethereal loveliness of Canada's Luminous Angel of Dark Fantasy, Tanya Huff. And the story of defying wardrobe expectations is nice.

There are also sequences with Canada's only yadda, yadda, yadda as well as the Gar & Judy "we can make Trek not suck" Reeves Stevenses, Spider "lemme play ya a song!" Robinson, and a cavalcade of various other writer types.

I think it came poorly timed for me. I was listening, but I don't know if I was hearing what it had to say too well. Or perhaps I'm just a simple guy.

All I know is it was a delight, and I miss it. The website is great.

Saw Buck Rogers today at work; just the disco part, anyway. "What are you doing?" "I'm getting down". Just not worth it.

Speaking of Gil Gerard, James Marsters has cancelled TCon. I"m torn between mild dissapointment and shining glee. Now I will be the sexiest man there!