‘has’ was intended as ‘had’ at the start there & well the missing spaces are obvious. [sigh]

Wish we could edit our posts on-line here ..

While on TV -SF & the works of Abrams & Whedon(again all IMHON & please remember all art is subjective) :

‘Lost’ started well but trailed off with too many flashbacks and absurdities.

‘Buffy’ and ‘Angel’ were fun with good dialogue and some nice satire – not to mention eye-candy and the odd bit to make you think.

Personally, my own favourite TV-SF shows were : ‘Babylon5′, ‘Dr Who’ & ‘StarBlazers’ (aka ‘Spacebattlecruiser Yamato’ a kids anime which took the idea of a spaceship somewhat literally but which got me hooked on SF.)

As far as finding science (or viewing pleasure) goes in all TV / movie forms of SF, my advice is take them for what they are but as ‘Trek’ goes I’ve got to admit I feel I’ve taken enough.

Let it rest Trekkies,its been a fun ride but let it rest in peace.

The Original Series was ground-breaking for its time.
The Next Generation was a welcome revival.
‘Deep Space 9′ & ‘Voyager’ had their moments ..

‘Enterprise’ — errkkk — contradictory and really a backward step in many more ways than just chronologically.

Movies wise – I didn’t think ‘Nemeisis’ was as bad as its been tarred but much preferred Isaac Asimov’s eponymous novel which had nothing to do with Trek!

If they were going to make another Trek movie (which I wouldn’t recomend really, IMHON, the franchise has become decidedly stale and past its used-up date)then isn’t it time one of the later spin-off’s got the nod?

I enjoyed ‘Serenity’ and ‘Firefly’ but resurrecting Kirk and spock isn’t CPR but necrophilia …

Battlestar Gallactica uses “Frack”.

And I would have to agree with Jack Hagerty, that ‘2001 – A Space Odessy’ was/is the most realistic portrial of space conditions etc. at least until the ending. I was never perplexed by it, explaining it to others was a problem though.

Ivan.

I used to love the Tom Corbett books when I was in the 4th grade… But I thought
the vacuum tube bit was a trick question on one of his exams. I remember it
especially due to the fact that vacuum tubes were clearly obsolete at the time
(early 60’s), so even in the 4th grade, it struck me as very funny.

“Frelling” is from “Farscape”. It seems to mean about the same thing as
“Belgium.”

Movies are almost always worse than the book. I wonder if this is also true
of screenplays? The only exception I can think of to this rule is “Jaws.”
“The DaVinci Code” may also prove to be an exception, but I don’t have high
hopes.