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Rick offers his thoughts on Enterprise's on-going story arc. It is about a "temporal cold-war" but what, exactly, do they mean by that?
The best of many SF novels on this theme is the Hugo Award-winning The Big Time, by Fritz Leiber,
a masterpiece in which the entire story takes place inside a single room. Poul Anderson's
The Time Patrol series and H. Beam Piper's The Complete Paratime cover the same ground on
a more epic scale. So, how does Enterprise stack up against these classics?
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Rick offers his thoughts on the musical episode of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer written by Joss Whedon
and The X-Files episode, "Nothing Important Happened Today" written by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz.
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Rick offers his notes on what to watch in November along with his experiences while watching his
brand new wide-screen high-definition television set.
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Rick offers his thoughts on 2 episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise, Fight or Flight" by Rick Berman and Brannon Bragga
and "Strange New World" by Rick Berman and Brannon Bragga, teleplay by Phyllis Strong and Mike Sussman plus the first episode of
Buffy, The Vampire Slayer's 6th season.
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Rick offers his notes on what to watch in October along with his view of the
Star Trek: Enterprise episode, "Broken Bow" by Rick Berman and Brannon Bragga.
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In his column, Rick offers us some thoughts on the new Star Trek series Enterprise
and some memories of past series.
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Last issue, Rick recommended Witchblade. Now, he's had a chance to watch a few more episodes.
He is pleased he did. In this column, he's got a few thoughts to share, he offers some pointers,
a bit of the series' history along with a guide to the episodes.
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With nothing to interest him on TV, Rick offers his thoughts on 50s science fiction films. He's seen them all. He
love them all. A few of them are actually worth watching.
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Rick offers his thoughts on TV's fantasy mini-series spectaculars which began with Gulliver's
Travels in 1995. There have been good ones and bad. How did this one find an answer to the question of how you film a
classic?
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Rick offers his thoughts on the forthcoming TV mini-series version of The
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. He also shares some ideas on why the screenplay
has the greatest influence on a film using the animated films, Shrek and Atlantis, as examples.
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Rick tells us what is planned following the success of the TV adaptation of Dune and
offers his thoughts on the recent DVD release of
Close Encounters of the Third Kind written and directed by Steven Spielberg.
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In his column, Rick has put together a 2000-2001 episode guide for
Star Trek: Voyager, and The X-Files.
Check it out, print off a copy of each one and keep them handy for the summer reruns.
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Rick offers his thoughts on TV and the Best Dramatic Production Hugo Award nominees. Why are no programs among the nominations?
As well, he provides us with 2 capsule reviews for each of the May episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and The X-Files.
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Rick offers his notes on what to watch in May on Star Trek: Voyager
and on The X-Files. As well, he's been watching recent DVD releases for Farscape,
Roughnecks, Starship Trooper Chronicles, Frank Herbert's Dune and the entire first season of The X-Files.
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Rick offers his notes on how he expects TV watching to change in the future and 3 capsule reviews of
Star Trek: Voyager and The X-Files episodes. There were 2 four-star episodes in the past 2 weeks.
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Rick offers his notes on what to watch in April on Star Trek: Voyager
and on The X-Files and tells us about a new Babylon 5 made for TV and appearing on the SciFi Channel.
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Rick has watched the first 2 episodes of The Lone Gunmen and has a warning to impart.
He's also been DVD shopping. New discs in his player are episodes of The Prisoner and
The Complete X-Files. One fared better than the other.
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Rick offers his notes on what to watch in March on Star Trek: Voyager and a review of
Star Trek Voyager's "The Void" in which Janeway tries to uphold Federation ideals in a dog-eat-dog Sargasso
of space.
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Rick offers his opinion on two of the best and the worst episodes of Star Trek Voyager and The X-Files:
The X-Files' "Medusa" which is set in a Boston subway tunnel and
Star Trek Voyager's "Prophecy" in which 205 Klingons beam onto Voyager.
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Rick offers his notes on what to watch in February on Star Trek: Voyager
and on The X-Files (Mulder is back, Mulder is back). As a special treat, he's composed some verse
in honour of the Dune mini-series.
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Rick offers us tips on what's worth watching on television during January --
brand-new episodes of Star Trek: Voyager,
The X-Files and what seminal SF character may have the same name as Agent Doggett (Robert Patrick)
of The X-Files.
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Rick continues his answer to the question, Whatever Happened to Mr. Straczynski?
The gentleman who gave us the Babylon 5 and the Crusade TV shows has
moved on to Rising Star.
And he offers us tips on what's worth watching on television during December.
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Rick tells us why he writes about some TV shows and not others. He also tells us what is coming up in November's
Star Trek: Voyager episodes.
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Rick offers his notes on what to watch in November along with his view of the
Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Drive" by Michael Taylor.
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Rick offers his opinion on James Cameron and Charles Eglee's Dark
Angel and whether it will stand the test of time. He also has some
thoughts on the first episode of the new season of Star Trek
Voyager, "Unimatrix Zero."
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Rick offers us tips on what's worth watching on television during October --
the brand-new Dark Angel, the 7th season opener of Star Trek: Voyager,
The X-Files rerun of "Requiem" by Chris Carter and whether to
watch Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.
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Rick offers his opinion on a wealth of interesting DVDs coming onto the market -- from
Sherlock Holmes to The Lathe of Heaven written by Roger E. Swaybill
and Diane English, from the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
and Destination Moon written by Robert A. Heinlein, Rip Van Ronkel, and James O'Hanlon.
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Rick tells us of a few rumours floating around on the web he's picked up and
treats us to an excerpt from Gilbert and Sullivan's little-known operetta, Xena; or, The Warrior Princess.
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Rick offers his opinion on the music for the Star Trek DVD release of "The City on the Edge of Forever"
and has a few comments on how well The Avengers on DVD has stood the test of time.
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While waiting for the Fall Preview Issue of TV GUIDE,
Rick tells us about his philosophy of art and some wonderful music and films that he knows about and you don't.
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Rick trades in his TV hat for his radio one.
He's been listening to City of Dreams, the new radio series by J. Michael Straczynski.
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Rick is deep in the summer doldrums and indulging his passion for making lists --
his top 22 entertainers alive at century's end.
It seems clear to Rick that the greatest artists of the last half of the 20th Century have been the
writer-directors, just as the greatest artists of the first half were the writer-artists.
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Rick asks the question, Whatever Happened to Mr. Straczynski?
The gentleman who gave us the Babylon 5 and the Crusade TV shows has
moved on to Rising Star.
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In his column, Rick has put together a 1999-2000 episode guide for
Star Trek: Voyager, and The X-Files.
Check it out, print off a copy of each one and keep them handy for the summer reruns.
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Rick offers his opinion on twins raised by separate parents in
The X-Files episode "Fight Club" by Chris Carter,
on the return of Kes in the
Star Trek: Voyager episode "Fury" by Brian Fuller, Michael Taylor, Rick Berman, and Brannon Braga
and on another episode featuring Reg Barclay and Deanna Troi in the
Star Trek: Voyager's "Life Line" by Robert Doherty, Raf Green, Brannon Braga, John Bruno, and Robert Picardo.
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Rick offers us tips on what's worth watching on television during
May -- the season's final 3 episodes from The X-Files and 4 for Star Trek: Voyager
(the final episode of Voyager features the Borg).
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Rick offers his opinion on actors as writers, Gillian Anderson (and Vince Gilligan)'s script for
The X-Files' "all things" and
the suburban werewolf story in
The X-Files' "Chimera" by David Amann.
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Rick offers us news and rumours regarding The X-Files and Star Trek: Voyager
plus his opinion on the
Star Trek: Voyager episode "Good Shepherd" by Dianna Gitto and Joe Menosky
and The X-Files' "En Ami" by William B. Davis.
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Rick offers his opinion on the presence of Borg children in
Star Trek: Voyager episode "Child's Play" by Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky
and the swordplay of a computer-generated killer in
The X-Files' "First Person Shooter" by William Gibson and Tom Maddox.
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Rick offers us tips on what's worth watching during
March of the four episodes from The X-Files and five for Star Trek: Voyager
(X-Files looks like the better bet).
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Rick offers us his view on the World Wrestling Federation and Mulder's sister.
You can read his opinion on the
Star Trek: Voyager episode "Tsunkatsa" by Kenneth Biller, Robert J. Doherty, and Gannon Kenny
and the 2-part X-Files' "Sein und Zeit" and "Closure" by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz.
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Rick offers us tips on what's worth watching during
February of the 4 episodes from The X-Files and Star Trek: Voyager
(it looks like a toss-up). For those William Gibson fans out there, look for his second
The X-Files script at month's end. Gee, is it sweeps week?
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Rick offers us the answer to the question:
Do the men and women of Voyager have sex with holograms?
He considers this and other intrigues when he takes a look at
a Voyager episode, "Fair Haven" written by Robin Burger.
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Rick offers us tips on what's worth watching during
January of the three episodes from The X-Files and Star Trek: Voyager
(X-Files looks like the better bet). Plus
one excellent Voyager rerun you may have missed.
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