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Oddly enough Bronx gets more screen time than most of the cast except Goliath and Elisa. I'm watching their world tour right now in season 2, but the penultimate episodes are the season 2, 4 parter "city of stone" and 3 part "Avalon".

Well, it's better than Janeway as a fairy queen.

My recent bout with Shakespearean re-interpretation came from the cartoon series that I just found again. It's perhaps the only American cartoon, the only Disney made series, which has complex themes and intricate plots with a basis on Shakespearean material. The character of MacBeth is perhaps my favorite anti-villain. He is closer to the historical MacBeth in his behavior as a noble king rather than a power hungry despot, but the background is from the play. He is a villain damned by his own immortality, which has stripped him of his human qualities. Anyone remember the cartoon? Here's the link to the series, I advise watching season 1 and 2, but not season 3, which sucks. Gargoyles Series

I try my hand at cooking, when I feel like it: Let's see tonight, Top Sirloin with curry mayonnaise reduction sauce of roasted onions and peppers. Some stir fried Chinese Asparagus with oyster sauce. Finally, a little jasmine rice with a hint of chicken flavor from the Chicken bullion I placed in the water base. I try to avoid cooking, because my style leaves a lot of things to clean.

Drum roll........... It's the year of the Tiger: Have a good one to all you tigers on the site.

Here's another little note and first in science fiction: A gay gangster/assassin as the main character. Even on a website full of gay writers, I haven't read such a character before in science fiction with the edge and interesting subtlety in Caprica. If you missed the latest episode, I really advise it. Sam Adama might not be a role model, but it is about time that people get to see fictional gay characters with a bit of edge.

Maybe, I am more use to improvisation of strategies, cuz of the Patriots. When we had our Def and OFF coordinators, the pats kept changing up. We weren't a one pony show like the Colts (ironic horse pun ). I mean comon, they needed change their strategies; the offensive coordinator should have worked through the Saints defense by doing more runs than they did. It's an issue with the colts offensive strategy, they don't keep enough mix offense. The Saints were amazing in how they controlled the ball without a doubt. Also, their drives were impressive and had a good blend of running and throwing. Yes, they did not have the huge Manning-esque deep throws towards the endzone, but it's what football really should be. Drew should be celebrating merrily, he and his TEAM deserves it. As I said James, I don't like Manning or his style of football.

Yup, everyone is happy to see them win. New Orleans deserve it, they played well and worked for victory. Truly an inspirational tale of adversity and triumph. Being from New England, I know the sweet taste of a super bowl victory, the first one was the best, and the exhausted Laranx from a night of wild screaming and chanting, thank god our teachers gave us the day off. I hear New Orleans is doing the same. As no one has mentioned the Colts, I will be the first to cast the stones. First a little on my take, I hate Peyton Manning's gameplay, I hate how the entire offense is based around him, and I hate those commentator declaring him as the best QB in the league. Give me a break, he's good but not great. If you think those attacks were bad, I have more against the defensive and offensive coordinators of the Colts, what the hell were you guys thinking? Your weren't adapting or making the necessary corrections to win the game. The Saints onside kick should have been a wake-up call for you guys to get your asses out and change your formations. Hmmm.....I will leave it at that as I have a litany of anti-colts observations.

There are three sides: "your side, their side, and the truth" The Shadows, Vorlons, and Lorien are fun to quote. James about the song angle, didn't you think it was weird how they used that musical score for Battlestar Galactica at the end of the series. Personally, I think the entire coming back from the dead, messiah thing for Kara was stretching a lot of the story elements towards the end. Introspection is dangerous too, remember "Fear is the mind killer" - a little Bene Gesserit wisdom.

Ender's game was interesting; although, I am more interested in Asimov's Foundation series concepts than Scott Card's use of Heinlein's militaristic plots (Bugs are now a cliche in sci-fi ), which I do still enjoy. I use to like the militaristic stuff, but I have grown into liking stories with the bigger picture with cosmic significance on where we are all going and what we want for our future. Battlestar Galactica had a really good premise up to season 3, when hell broke loose. The problem with Ronald D. Moore's style of sci-fi is not conceptual, he understands his concept well, but it comes to how the sci-fi story works together. Most of the TV/Movie writers in sci-fi today were former Star Trek writers, which you can actually see in their work and why Star Trek is both a pillar of Sci-fi and one of its deepest issues. JMS' Babylon 5, a masterpiece of action, conspiracy, scientific mythology, and a human ethos, is more like a novel than a sci-fi show. Although, it has its own issues, season 5 will be the most forgettable and Crusade simply could not carry the premise. Four questions of Babylon 5 will always be in my heart as I write my stories, basically I think they are the keystones of Sci-fi: 1. Who are you? 2. What do you want? 3. Why are you here? 3. Do have anything to live for?

Part of me still thinks Kyle is gay, but I don't know why exactly. Probably too much slash fiction on him Roswell highlights another aspect of sci-fi, history. The 1947 Roswell crash is famous now due to the large amount of press about the subject. Personally, I think it single-handed spawned most of modern science fiction, many of the modern sci-fi writers are UFO enthusiast or "believers". Sci-fi has part of its roots in history.

I remember Roswell, the show, very well. It was interesting premise that combined what I liked about teen drama and a little sci-fi in between. To be honest, other than the premise, it felt more like a fantasy show a lot due to the plot in the later seasons. The Alien powers were fun before they went overboard. The Sheriff character felt one note after the first season, probably due to the motivation behind him disappearing. I liked him, when he was anti-alien and seeking the truth. Still you got to give Max and Liz much of the credit for keeping the show alive throughout the seasons, yeah I do enjoy hetero couplings if they have been hell and back (I also dreamed of Max and Michael a bit too, Can you blame me for wondering how alien teenage boys have gay sex ).

Here's an episode with even darker undertones for computer technology and the possibilities of linking people via a global network for information (a fun idea about the future of the internet and our technological society): Stream of Consciousness

Amazing stories was before my time; I watched the old episodes, they were more geared towards fantasy and paranormal than science. I liked it, but thought the show didn't explore science fiction enough. As to the new Twillight zone, basically I will be alittle bias on it, it sucked (That's just a little bias, I can be even more venomous about the new series). Sterling would be spinning in his grave with what the producers created. Outer limits was a show based on science as its premise, while it did delve into the realms of fantasy and the paranormal on occasion; it's core was science.

The darkness of Sci-fi was to counter scientific excess; I think the best and most classic example of dark/light sci-fi goes to the 90's Outer Limits series. The outer limits redefined our generation of science fiction and opened the world to technological issues with progress and human nature. Here's one of my favorite episodes of the series: The Final Appeals The argument against science and for science are classic and something I really enjoyed. Theology has also begun to take more of presence in sci-fi, which was originally dominated by atheistic ideals. I really liked the Outer limits from so many levels.

Poor boxey, the kid carries so much weight on his shoulders. Noah Hathaway His biography makes me question his sexuality a little, the dance instructor thing is interesting It is also another consideration that Battlestar Galactica the original series only lasted one season

From my point of view, the original BSG series didn't deal enough with character psychology and their human traits. I would've loved to see Boxey become a drug addict, get into a few fights, or at the very least show some kind of irrational emotional reaction. For kids to be taken seriously as part of a dark sci-fi series, you got to make them human and do things that are both wrong and understandable. That's where I think the original BSG had many issues. There has to be consequences for the plot to be believable. Star Trek slowly fell into disarray due to this issue, ending in what amounted to a complete reboot with the new Star Trek Movie, because they couldn't work in the consequences within a Utopian setting.

I thought about the topic for a while now; I just re-watched the Stargate SG1 episode Fifth Race, which still gives me goosebumps for the idea of human potential. When I am writing sci-fi, I see a large scope of human endeavors and our innate potential along with our vices and current issues. When I was a younger, I thought what made good sci-fi was merely current social exploration, but there is much more to the idea than merely human issues. I think many sci-fi viewers have changed their attitude along with me during the time. In the 90's, when I grew up on Star Trek TNG and DS9, I thought that was what sci-fi was. Babylon 5 also approached the concepts differently with a military theme. Yet, Great Sci-fi has always had a trans-human quality to it. There's something about the nature of man now and the nature of man's potential that makes science fiction last. What do you guys think? What makes a good sci-fi last through the test of time?

Around 58 years, but it's still cool to see their society. I could imagine it happening. Online Avatars and personality, it's basically what we have right here. Robots are in existence. Virtual reality with full organic motion is getting closer to reality. The online free sex rooms, makes me think of Nifty at first or the old Alt sex site.

Well, I got to say this series is quite impressive and intriguing as a sci-fi show. I loved BSG and Caprica is no exception. It has the feeling of nostalgia, modernism, and religious overtones that combine to create a story of humanity. The Adama character is interesting; he reminds me of early Italian/Irish American with connections to the mafia, while also believing in justice and law. His character has so much potential to give onto the sci-fi premise that was only hinted at by his background. The Greystone's are dynamic characters to say the least. I think there's both a universal ideal and humanistic quality to their portrayal. As for the Cylons, I won't reveal anything more unless you watch the show. Suffice to say, I love the direction they are going in. By the way, the Cylon in this series is a bisexual and there are tons of gay references including mentions of gay marriage and polygamous gay marriage (Think of the possibilities for that) Caprica is perhaps the height of Sci-fi that has been created so far with its rich back story and intriguing characters. If NBC had the intelligence, they should make it a prime time series with a large budget and audience.

Well, the guy did write one of the first sexually questioning novels. I would give him some credit for breaking the mainstream barriers and being the precursor to our stories today. He will be missed.

Kids change what they believe after puberty in many cases, so they might end up a best man at their gay friend's wedding I think childhood experiences help create the reality of what a Child will become, but it is not the sum of a child. No child is born to dislike homosexuals or dark skinned people or any other grouping of humanity. We learn to hate from our experiences over time. I don't put much grains of salt in this study either.

I keep thinking of the song from the movie: "The Bible told me so...", it's a documentary movie about Christianity and gays with a funny little cartoon. Anyone remember it?

This will always be my favorite, despite the author and my disagreements on politics: "When you're middle-aged, jobless, broke, with no living relatives to fall back on, ten thousand dollars is a lot of money and a lot more temptation than I could say no to and not regret it for the rest of my life." - Do Over by dkstories Could tag line DK

Awesome, I really should start my own denomination for only gay, lesbians, bi's, and anyone who has thought a certain person of their same sex was cute. You think that would make headlines