"Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science fiction is the improbable made possible." - Rod Serling, creator, The Twilight Zone

I created this space mainly to indulge in all things scifi as I've been a fan since Day 1 (well, Star Wars did come out when I was born ;) and sorely miss my weekly TV fixes and Forbidden Planet trips since we left ( Read more... )

Dear LJers - I've migrated my blog to http://myvirtualife.tumblr.com

Guess what I caught up on during Glee's winter hiatus? SPARTACUS! The Gods Of The Arena prequel, that is. Talk about two vastly different shows, eh?! Esp. with regards to sex and nudity ( Read more... )

So uhm, anyone else feel like we're having a bad case of split personalities on Glee? I still enjoy the show but I fear fandom is looking a LOT more intriguing than canon lately. The Special Education ep went a bit overboard in constrasting the humourless, conformist Warblers (except when they perform!) vs the individual, dramatic chaos of New ( Read more... )

GLEE's story arc around acceptance and bullying has been pretty timely given the latest reports of youth suicides, gang attacks, et al. The cast seem to understand the impact their on-screen characters have on our youth and some have taken this responsibility one step further, e.g. getting involved in The Trevor Project.

Given GLEE's record- ( Read more... )

The latest cast addition to GLEE gives me much glee! Here's hoping Blaine aka Darren Criss sticks around for a good long while (and the writers do his character justice...)

Like most, this was the scene that hooked me. I didn't even LIKE this song till Darren and the Tufts Beelzebubs put their spin on it:

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Also, doesn't their upcoming duet just ( Read more... )

My newest guilty pleasure on TV is Starz's Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Ironically, I'd first dismissed the trailer as a mashed up Rome/300/Gladiator copy; and the pilot somewhat affirmed this with its stylised sex and violence, and one too many nude and bloody fight scenes. However, subsequent episodes have revealed surprising depth to the show and ( Read more... )

So we finally contributed towards Avatar's quest for glory as the highest grossing movie of all time. Although we missed the first ~10 mins, the subsequent ~2:30 hours more than made up for the lost time and filled in any critical background info. While the plot was predictable and some dialogue predictably left-wing liberal, it was overall ( Read more... )

Anyone else out there excited about the upcoming eps of Legend of The Seeker? Finally! Some angst :)

Here's the trailer for ep 207 Resurrection:

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Plus check out these spoilery stills for subsequent eps at Spoiler TV

It's been a while since I caught up with Battlestar Galactica. I remember being so involved with the reimagining until S3 where things moved more sideways than forwards for me. That said, The Plan - the new ~2 hour DVD movie - seems like a decent attempt to leverage the BSG legacy, depict a different perspective with a deep dive into the Cylon ( Read more... )