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by Rick Norwood
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Most of the 13 million people who watched the ending of Lost either loved it or loathed
it. Me? I'm deeply conflicted. I liked it. But I would have liked it better if it had ended shortly after
the birth of Aaron in imaginary time. The DVD will have an after-the-ending ending.
SF on TV in June 2010 (taking into account that the only tv vampire that interests me is Barnabus Collins)
Next month: Eureka and Warehouse 13 return to SyFy on July 9 and a crossover is in the works.
As previously announced, Fringe will be back in the Fall. Smallville and
Supernatural will return. (It takes a lot fewer viewers to keep a CW series on the air.) Season
Ten will be Smallville's last. They better show Clark in the red and blue suit (which we got
a glimpse of this season), that's all I've got to say. V and Stargate Universe have
been renewed. FlashForward has been cancelled. Heroes has been cancelled (but they
may wind up the plot in a made-for-tv movie). New superhero series next Fall: The Cape and
No Ordinary Family. Also coming in the Fall, a dinosaur series produced by Steven
Spielberg, Terra Nova. I'm deeply dubious. When George Lucas or Steven Spielberg try to do
television, as Rocky said to Bullwinkle, that never works.
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Rick Norwood is a mathematician and writer whose small press publishing house, Manuscript Press, has published books by Hal Clement, R.A. Lafferty, and Hal Foster. He is also the editor of Comics Revue Monthly, which publishes such classic comic strips as Flash Gordon, Sky Masters, Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Odd Bodkins, Casey Ruggles, The Phantom, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Alley Oop, Little Orphan Annie, Barnaby, Buz Sawyer, and Steve Canyon. |
I took an instant dislike to the new Doctor Who. But then I always take an instant dislike to every new Doctor,
and I always come around. It didn't take me long to learn to like the frighteningly young and amazingly intelligent
11th Doctor. The current season of Doctor Who is the smartest show on television. And, let's face it, not
everybody is smart, so you may want to watch it under the influence of powerful drugs. Single malt scotch is
my personal drug of choice.
Friday, June 4
 
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