In February 1990, over 18 years ago, the 63rd epsiode of Star Trek: The Next Generation aired, titled Yesterday’s Enterprise. In Yesterday’s Enterprise a time rift is opened and the Enterprise C emerges 22 years after the date of its disappearance. Upon emerging, the timeline completely changes, and the crew of Enterprise D become a military crew, in the middle of a decades long war agains the Klingons. As Guinan’s unique abilities lead Picard to believe the arrival of the Enterprise C has somehow created an altered reality, it is determined the only way to avert the war against the Klingons is to send the Enterprise C back to where she came – in the middle of a losing battle where the ship and her crew will be destroyed. This episode has a 9.5 out of 10 rating on TV.com’s Summary of Yesterday’s Enterprise and for good reason, it is one of the better Next Generation episodes. I watched it again yesterday more than ten years since I last saw it, and loved it just as much. If you’ve never seen this episode grab it now, it is well worth a watch.
Enjoy a scene out of Yesterday’s Enterprise (don’t watch this if you don’t want a spoiler because this is the end scene!): Read the rest of this entry »
In March it was announced that Sci Fi had given the green light to Caprica, a two hour pilot for a new prequel series to the current hit, Battlestar Galactica. If you’re already a fan of Battlestar Galactica, this was great news, particularly in light of the fact that it is also common knowledge that the current season of Battlestar Galactica is the last. Now, the trailer is out.
Athough most of the trailer looks more like a modern day drama than a prequel to Battlestar Galactica, my mouth is watering. It is scheduled to air in December on the Sci Fi channel, although rumor has it that it may be held off until 2009 – not surprising given the Sci Fi channel’s decision to hold off the last half of Season 4 of Battlestar Galactica until 2009. I imagine they want to screen Caprica at the end of Battlestar to ensure the audience is kept for the new pilot and, hopefully, the new series. Or, just maybe, they’ll finalise Battlestar before December of this year, and retain the December 2008 premiere for Caprica. Here’s hoping on that one. Read the rest of this entry »
Season 1 of Eureka was excellent. Season 2 of Eureka was excellent. The Sci Fi channel were calling Eureka their number one science fiction show and, if you ignored the existence of Battlestar Galactica, I thought it was a fair call. At least, the ratings made it a fair call. Then, after what seemed like an eternity of waiting, came season 3.
Having just watched the third episode of season 3, “Best in Faux“, I’m left wondering – did they change writers? There was a writers strike after all, so perhaps yes, perhaps they did. We know the writers strike apparently lead to Eureka being commissioned for 21 instead of 13 episodes for season 3. Perhaps the rush to produce more quantity has led to the unfortunate side effect of less quality. It seems the only possibility, since a quick check shows its the same writers. It’s the same actors, it’s the same characters, and its the same writers. But somehow, the show isn’t the same.
Eureka currently isn’t what it used to be. Instead of a nice, cohesive and ongoing storyline spread with enjoyable character driven humor, it now seems to be a try hard comedy with impossible to believe scenarios. After looking forward to Eureka for almost a year, I have to say, I”m quite disappointed. I also have a friend who had listed Eureka as her favorite television show for its first two years, but like myself, has watched the first three episodes of season 3 and asked, “What’s going on?” Read the rest of this entry »
