Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Sunday, March 23, 2025
WHAT IS STARBUCK?! Battlestar Galactica EP Ron Moore finally answers!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Q0T9QLqT4
Battlestar Galactica is a great military science fiction series with a supernatural ending.
Battlestar Galactica is a great military science fiction series with a supernatural ending.
Friday, March 21, 2025
Friday, March 14, 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Andor Season One is on Hulu & YouTube? | Tony Gilroy talks about how important Andor is to him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhUFKtqtGwY
Andor is a fantastic series. It is a prequel to Rogue One, A Star Wars Story.
It is not a normal Star Wars story with space wizards. It is about people living under fascism and how that foments a rebellion.
The first episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EuCoDo2k9A
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Ranking All 79 'Star Trek: The Original Series' Episodes from Worst to Best
https://www.hollywood.com/tv/ranking-star-trek-original-series-79-episodes-best-worst-59094091
The first episode I recently watched was The Doomsday Machine, which I remember from decades ago. The music is reminiscent of the Jaws theme.
The first episode I recently watched was The Doomsday Machine, which I remember from decades ago. The music is reminiscent of the Jaws theme.
Next, I watched Devil in the Dark, a decent episode, though not perfect.
Last night, I revisited All Our Yesterdays, an episode I recall from at least 50 years ago. It features a Middle Ages-like inquisitor character who closely resembles one from an episode of Stargate SG-1.
Recently, I watched Journey to Babel, which was surprisingly good. The abundance of aliens made it feel more like Star Trek: The Next Generation. I don't remember seeing this one before.
Sometime in the last couple of years, I watched The Galileo Seven, which is good.
While living in Utah, I caught The Return of the Archons and enjoyed it.
In the late 1980s, I watched Balance of Terror because it is regarded as the best Star Trek episode.
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Star Wars Youtuber gives detailed response to my question
My question was in response to a previous video in which he ascribed weird motives to people who enjoyed "The Acolyte" series.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Sci-fi TV Shows
I can't recommend Babylon 5 enough. The first season is just barely okay, but then the series takes off. It has a five-year story arc that was compressed down to four years because they thought it was going to be canceled. Surprisingly, the show was renewed for a fifth season, so they had to follow new storylines that were just okay.
Unlike Star Trek, Babylon 5 has a vibrant story that takes 4+ years to tell. Things hinted at in season 1 come to fruition 2 to 3 years later. I have seen the series at least three times.
I have similar feelings about Star Trek Deep Space 9. The problem is that it is mostly episodic with the grand story arc not starting till the end of season 2. Then the grand story doesn't get full attention until seasons 5 and 6.
However, what I love about Deep Space 9 is the terrific set of characters, which are more interesting overall than the Babylon 5 characters.
I think that the 2003 reboot of Battlestar Galactica surpasses both these shows. It has a grittiness that makes it very compelling along with great characters and a great story.
I feel the same way about LOST which might be the greatest TV show ever.
The 2004 reboot of Doctor Who started out a little silly, but became incredibly epic around the year 2010. However, it has been mostly on a steady decline ever since. The recent reboot of the series has been interesting, but borderline. I hope they do something good with it.
The Star Wars animated shows on Disney+ are well worth watching. These started with The Clone Wars series and ended with the amazing The Bad Batch series, which I watched four times The animation style initially in 2008 looked more primitive but slowly evolved into something incredible.
I like all the Star Wars live-action TV shows, more than most people, but the only ones that have universal acclaim are Andor and the first two seasons of The Mandalorian. Both of these are incredible.
Best wishes,
John Coffey
Unlike Star Trek, Babylon 5 has a vibrant story that takes 4+ years to tell. Things hinted at in season 1 come to fruition 2 to 3 years later. I have seen the series at least three times.
I have similar feelings about Star Trek Deep Space 9. The problem is that it is mostly episodic with the grand story arc not starting till the end of season 2. Then the grand story doesn't get full attention until seasons 5 and 6.
However, what I love about Deep Space 9 is the terrific set of characters, which are more interesting overall than the Babylon 5 characters.
I think that the 2003 reboot of Battlestar Galactica surpasses both these shows. It has a grittiness that makes it very compelling along with great characters and a great story.
I feel the same way about LOST which might be the greatest TV show ever.
The 2004 reboot of Doctor Who started out a little silly, but became incredibly epic around the year 2010. However, it has been mostly on a steady decline ever since. The recent reboot of the series has been interesting, but borderline. I hope they do something good with it.
The Star Wars animated shows on Disney+ are well worth watching. These started with The Clone Wars series and ended with the amazing The Bad Batch series, which I watched four times The animation style initially in 2008 looked more primitive but slowly evolved into something incredible.
I like all the Star Wars live-action TV shows, more than most people, but the only ones that have universal acclaim are Andor and the first two seasons of The Mandalorian. Both of these are incredible.
Best wishes,
John Coffey
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Diana Muldaur
Diana Muldaur played three different characters on Star Trek. Right now I am watching an episode of the original series, Return to Tomorrow, where she is referred to as a young woman. She was 29.5 when the episode aired. I remember seeing this episode a very long time ago.
Twenty years later when she played in the second season of Star Trek The Next Generation, she was 50. Her character, Doctor Pulaski, was interesting but the character had mixed reactions from the fans. She was not invited back for the third season.
She stopped acting in 1993. But she has come out of retirement to play in an upcoming film called Finding Hannah. She is 86.
Time has a way of sneaking up on all of us.
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Bill Mumy | The Complete Pioneers of Television Interview
I grew up watching Bill Mumy, so I can't help but be a fan. In addition to the campy Lost in Space, he played in one of the best and scariest Twilight Zone episodes, It's a Good Life. Forty years later, he made a sequel episode, It's Still a Good Life, on the revived Twilight Zone series.
However, fans will remember him most for playing Lennier on Babylon 5.
Friday, February 7, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Why Ahsoka Tano is one of the greatest characters in all of Star Wars
This Star Wars character, whom you may have never heard of, is beloved by millions of fans. This is due to her long arc of character development, which has spanned over a decade.
She was almost the main character of the animated The Clone Wars series, as the show began and ended with her. She also appeared in the animated Star Wars Rebels and was at least referenced in The Bad Batch. More recently, Rosario Dawson portrayed her in live-action appearances in The Mandalorian, its spin-off series The Book of Boba Fett, and the titular series Ahsoka.
My favorite of these series is The Bad Batch. It is the most fun and perhaps the most beautiful. I've watched it four times.
Rod Serling's Greatest Obsession (William Windom)
The episode starred Wiliam Windom, a character actor who played supporting characters on many old shows.
He is maybe most famous for a Star Trek role...
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/William_Windom
"Windom was a tournament chess player... and a life member of the United States Chess Federation"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Windom_(actor)
https://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?12546262
Saturday, January 18, 2025
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