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by Rick Norwood
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Meanwhile, on Smallville, a great 100th episode was followed by a female version of Marvel's
Punisher and a guest spot by Teen Titan Cyborg. Quality is up. Ratings are up. The
new head writer, Steven DeKnight, is deserving of praise.
What is on in March?
March comes in like a lion and leaves with nothing on but reruns. The only new "real" SF -- that is, SF not
set on earth in the present day -- is on Sci-Fi Friday. But you may want to watch the conclusion of the Brainiac
story on Smallville, if you missed it the first time around.
At which point, with no real SF left on the air, try 24 or Veronica Mars.
But wait!
Who is coming?
Who is coming!
Where is Who coming?
The SciFi Channel.
When is Who coming?
Friday, March 17.
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Rick Norwood is a mathematician and writer whose small press publishing house, Manuscript Press, has published books by Hal Clement, R.A. Lafferty, and Hal Foster. He is also the editor of Comics Revue Monthly, which publishes such classic comic strips as Flash Gordon, Sky Masters, Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Odd Bodkins, Casey Ruggles, The Phantom, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Alley Oop, Little Orphan Annie, Barnaby, Buz Sawyer, and Steve Canyon. |
In the most recent Battlestar Galactica, the series goes further away from SF than ever, with a scene
set in a parking garage, with what look a lot like modern American cars parked in it. Ron Moore is no fool, so either
he or the Sci Fi channel gods -- the same ones who canceled Sci Fiction -- have decided that all TV watchers are
idiots, and will believe that alien planets and life aboard spaceships is exactly like life in the United States
in 2006. Which is a shame, because as pure drama, Battlestar Galactica is the most compelling
fiction on television. It might be even better, and find a larger audience, if it abandoned entirely the
pretense of being science fiction.
Thursday, 2 March
 
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