Recent content by Theophilus

Unfortunately, I will be moving on Friday, and will not be near a cable/satellite tv, nor do I know anyone who has one. If someone could tape the season finale and send it to me, I'd sure appreciate it. I'd be glad to pay for the tape, shipping, and a modest amount for your trouble. Personal...

>Jermeiah is 100% canadian show with 95% canadian actors and crew Simple economics. Rising wage rates caused by unions is forcing much of the TV market into Canada. Our loss, their gain. We're going to see more and more of this. (I always love identifying the Canadian shows by picking up on...

>For that matter why dont they ever use guns? That's a big one for me, too, and it's a running theme on tv shows nowadays. With the exception of cop shows, no good guy ever uses a gun. I know that all the liberal media types are trying like the dickens to brainwash America into thinking...

>Dialogue has always been JMS weakest part ("Get the hell >out of our galaxy" line for exaple) so it's not surprising that >different writers will sound fresh. But i´m not complaining - i >rather like JMS "power style" (Maybe its not most realistic >but i like it) JMS has a very theatrical...

I second that motion. Definitely turning the screws. And what was that with the last ten seconds? Talk about being obscure. Is it just me, or is time for someone to smack Lee REALLY hard? (Of course, as much as JMS is making us hate him, he's probably going to turn out to be a really good guy.)

I really liked this ep. I appreciated seeing, if not necessarily home-grown technology, at least basic technology systematically provided. Michelle's organization is doing a great job, and it's refreshing to see some budding large-scale entrepreneurs in the new world. More has been done by...

>But then again, we have all got experience on how often >good shows get laid down... Tell me about it. Sometimes I just don't understand network execs at all. For instance, there was a Friday night series called "Thieves", on ABC I think, that got cancelled last year after only a handful of...

Yeah, except that they wrote Daniel Jackson out of Stargate last night. What'sup wi'dat? Yeah, sure, he was the whiny guy, but after five seasons it'll be disturbing to change the mix. Looking forward to Witchblade again, although I was disturbed by the way they ended season one. That seemed...

>But when you look at DS9 and B5 they have much more of >an elaborate mythology. Sisco is a “the one” of the >prophets. And “the one” theme in B5 is 3 fold. So what has >changed? I don't know much about post-modernism, but in my estimation what has changed is that they got better writers on...

I was just considering what the specific differences were between Firewall and The Red Kiss that makes everyone love the first and be so-so about the second. Looked at objectively, The Red Kiss is really pretty good. I think what blew people away about Firewall is that it had a certain frenetic...

Re: The \"Firewall\" Thread (Spoilers) >Satellites typically use the opposite. High frequency, low >wavelength. Lousy at penetration, but allows directional >antennas and fast data transfer. Works with small antennas. Heh. So now I know why my satellite TV doesn't work during a rainstorm...

Re: The \"Firewall\" Thread (Spoilers) Corn: >Well. A nuclear reactor. Yes you could do it. If I'm not mistaken, nuclear subs have to surface to send their messages to a satellite. Think about it. Thunder Mountain was built to protect not just from a blast but from radiation. Now, I'm a...

Re: The \"Firewall\" Thread (Spoilers) I must agree with Lennier...I don't see Valhalla Sector as a credible threat to take over the world. Even if they had the natural immunity that everyone else has (for crying out loud, they're running around in environment suits) they've gotta be too small...

Re: The \"Firewall\" Thread (Spoilers) Okay, that was one fantastic episode. "Signs and Portents", indeed! A couple of things, though, one minor and one major: The minor one. Quantrell says "we're going to build a society based on power." Now, I know good and well that there are scary dudes...

Nobody's mentioned it here, but there was a Thunder Mountain fuel depot in "The Bag", so that answers one major thread on this discussion. I dunno why, but I've never gotten into Niven. I listened to that Ringworld story once while I was at work (streamed over the internet), and it was okay...