Tag: sci fi

Violent Redemption; We all love to see violence and chaos (part one)

20 December, 2010 (10:54) | The Watcher | By: James Tyler

With projects galore overwhelming my time and leaving this site lacking, I’ve decided to open up a new string of geeky lists. One of the themes of one project has been violence and if we portray violence, do we glorify it? My opinion? Simply, no. Everyone loves a bit of action and violence. We can [...]

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Looking back; True Blood, Dexter, Stargate, Die Hard and other stuff..

2 December, 2010 (11:45) | The Watcher | By: James Tyler

Quite an eclectic post title, but… I haven’t written anything for a while, I’ve been snowed under with work and now it seems I’m just plain snowed under. Even my daughters love of snow has faded now she’s knee deep in the stuff. So while I’m sitting around and thinking, researching and generally trying to [...]

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Caprica obsessed fans ignore common sense.

19 November, 2010 (10:33) | Captains Blog | By: James Tyler

This is just a quick post to share some annoying stupidity. Yes, more annoying and more stupid than that James Callis obsessed woman. If you’re a sci-fi fan you may have read this article, or at least… known about the plan. And can I just say, what a pointless, stupid waste of time. Lets take [...]

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Derek, Caprica is s–t (or how the SyFy channel got it right)

31 October, 2010 (10:43) | Captains Blog | By: James Tyler

Since SyFy announced Caprica was coming to an end I’ve read a lot of angry fans being angry fans and blasting the SyFy network for letting this tremendous piece of science fiction fall at the first hurdle. That it was a travesty that a true original SyFy show was being axed and of course, how [...]

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Are Obsessive Fans Ruining the Internet? (from AfterElton.com)

7 September, 2010 (08:25) | Captains Blog | By: James Tyler

“There’s this phenomenon of fans who become very proprietary, not just about the objects of their fannish-ness, but also their status in the fandom,” she says. “They always want to be the one who had the inside story, the inside contact, the latest cutting edge stuff about the show or the actors. There’s almost a [...]

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