Altered Carbon, a Netflix original series.

Altered Carbon is the kind of gritty, post-cyberpunk science fiction series I really enjoy. Unfortunately that means it’s exactly the kind of series that rarely makes it to network television. Thankfully, this is a Netflix original series. Maybe in the near future I’ll do a full review of the series. I don’t do episode recaps … Read more

Star Trek Discovery, a CBS All Access original series

Perhaps I will never see another episode of Star Trek Discovery. That’s rather unfortunate. After waiting years for a new Star Trek TV Series, I’ll never know how Discovery develops beyond its pilot episode.Star Trek Discovery might be worth a watch, too bad its only available on CBS all Access I’ve been a Star Trek … Read more

Black Mirror, a Netflix original series.

Black Mirror is a Netflix original anthology series. Each delightfully dark short story is an uneasy reflection of our relationship with modern technology. Many of the tales explore the consequences of the basest human desires, enabled by said technology and the omni-presence of social media. I discovered Black Mirror on Netflix quite accidentally. Biscuits was … Read more

The Expanse gets a second season on SyFy.

The Expanse has been renewed for a second season on SyFy. I was pretty excited to learn that SyFy Network ordered a second season of The Expanse, a series that, in its first season, served up a winning recipe of interplanetary intrigue with overtones of oppression and conspiracy. The network must have been satisfied with … Read more

Stargate Universe

The SyFy Network premiered the newest spin-off of the beleaguered Stargate franchise this weekend, with the new series Stargate Universe. SGU is darker and grittier than the previous Stargate properties. All of which were campy and suffered from cliche after obvious cliche. The bottom line: Stargate Universe is a huge improvement over previous efforts. If … Read more

Battlestar Galactica, the final season on SyFy

The fourth season of Battlestar Galactica is finally here. SyFy claims final season will be an action packed conclusion with no filler episodes. The final season of Battlestar Galactica has begun. I’m disappointed that this will be the end of one of my all time favorite television series, but I’m exited to see how it … Read more

Knight Rider, a series reboot on NBC.

Justin Bruening and Deanna Russo star in Knight Rider, a reboot of the popular 1980’s series which starred David Hasselhoff. NBC’s entertainment executives must think that re-envisioning old programs is the cats ass. Unfortunately, We’re all tired of half-heated reboots. Either that, or they have simply run out of new ideas. Battlestar Galactica was a … Read more

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, on FOX

Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, and Summer Glau in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a new fox series based on the Terminator franchise. The premise of the series seems to be Sarah Connor’s continuing struggle to protect her son John from robotic executioners from the future. The new series is produced by Josh Friedman, David Nutter, … Read more