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by Rick Norwood
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While I'm waiting for something else good to show up on television, I've been
watching all the old good movies in chronological order, starting with Elmo Lincoln
in Tarzan of the Apes. I'm currently up to 1983, when the best films of the
year were all either sf or borderline sf: The Right Stuff, Testament,
Return of the Jedi, and War Games. All hold up well. The computers in
War Games look more ancient every time I watch it, but the story is still
great. 1983 was a good year for science fiction and 1984 looks even better. I
also watched what may be the worst major film of 1983, Superman III,
which despite a great cast and a great director was ghod-awful.
Jane Espenson is writing for Once Upon a Time. Her episodes may be worth
watching even if those by other writers are not.
SF on TV in February 2012
Fringe started with 9 million views, has lost 2 million viewers each season it's been on, now down to
just 3 million. Fox reports that they are losing money on the show and will probably cancel it. One problem with
the series is that too many Fringe fans are downloading Fringe and bypassing the
commercials. If Fox cancels, Fringe may continue off-network.
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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. Visit his web site at comicsrevue.com. |
The Doctor Who Christmas Special was the best sf I've seen on tv
this year, and is a likely winner of the 2011 best sf drama Hugo, short form.
Thursday, February 2
 
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