Bryce Zabel has posted a PDF of his and JMS’s failed Star Trek treatment to his blog. Basically, it’s a Battlestar Galactica style re-imagining of Star Trek—not necessarily in terms of tone, but rather in terms of removing the accumulation of restraints that bind a story teller’s hands. The treatment articulates the need for a reboot quite well: The Question... more
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According to hearsay from WesternStandard, Steven Harper is a Trekkie! This would probably be a personal tidbit that would help humanize Harper a bit—well, humanize Harper to me that is, seeing as most people would consider a Trek fan to be a barely functioning, techno-babbling cretin. Unfortunately though, the Conservative leader is reported to be a fan of the original... more
There is a growing voice calling for the US Postal Service to issue a postage stamp in honour of Isaac Asimov. Led by the people behind The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, supporters of the Asimov stamp are conducting a letter-writing campaign to make licking the authour's backside a reality. The Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee, to which the letters... more
Let's face it, the current landscape for televised science fiction is a barren wasteland devoid of anything but the most painfully derivative storytelling you could imagine. Yes, I can hear fans of Enterprise et al protesting such a claim. Yet, try to recall the last time fans of the genre had not just an innovative series to watch but also... more