The SF Site: Babylon 5.1 by Rick Norwood

Babylon 5.1 by Rick Norwood
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. Ratings Ratings are based on a four star system. One star* means that the commercials are more entertaining than the program. Two stars watch if you have nothing better to do. Three stars is good solid entertainment. Four stars means you never dreamed television could be this good.		Websites For more information, you can try the following sites: Rick Norwood's Website Worldwide TV Schedule The Official Babylon 5 Website The X-Files Pocket Books: Star Trek Paramount Star Trek

Babylon 5.1 Columns

2008

Babylon 5.1
TV reviews by Rick Norwood
Rick has some thoughts on Battlestar Galactica so far and how the length of a TV series has changed over the years. He also gives us a list of SF on TV in May.

Babylon 5.1
TV reviews by Rick Norwood
Rick has some thoughts on Dr. Who, and the Dr. Who spinoffs, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. All three begin their run on American TV in April. He also has some notes on new shows by Ronald D. Moore and by Joss Whedon on Fox coming this Fall.

Babylon 5.1
TV reviews by Rick Norwood
Rick has some thoughts on the return of Battlestar Galactica for one final season and what sort of year Smallville is having. He also gives us a list of SF on TV in April.

2008

Babylon 5.1
TV reviews by Rick Norwood
Rick offers his thoughts on believing everything he reads such as the start of the next season of Stargate: Atlantis, some of the points made in the book, The World Is Flat, whether climate change is a hoax and did Barak Obama attend a madrasa. He also found time to see to see 10,000 A.D. and to do a DVD review of Slings & Arrows.

Babylon 5.1
TV reviews by Rick Norwood
The writer's strike is over. The networks are spacing out the shows they have to try to cover the gap due to the strike, so there is very little SF on TV. But what there is, Rick gives us a list of what to watch in March.

Babylon 5.1
TV reviews by Rick Norwood
Again this year, Rick offers his movie predictions for what is worth seeing in 2008 (based entirely on the reputation of the writers) and reflects upon his predictions for 2007.

Babylon 5.1
TV reviews by Rick Norwood
Rick offers his thoughts on where the strike by writers stands and what may happen before it ends. He also gives us a list of SF on TV in February.

Babylon 5.1
TV reviews by Rick Norwood
With the dearth of SF on TV, Rick has some thoughts on Sunshine, a movie directed by Danny Boyle along with the first two episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and how it fits into the branches of the Terminator saga.

Babylon 5.1
TV reviews by Rick Norwood
Rick has some news on new episodes of Smallville and Torchwood along with reviews of Battlestar Galactica: Razor and The Water Horse, Legend of the Deep.