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Nov 23 | 5-Page Preview of Third Issue of Galactica 1980 Comic Book

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Nov 23 | Chuck returns to NBC with a special two-hour show on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010, before returning to its regular time slot, Mondays at 8pm on the following night. It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year. CHUCK is a one-hour, action-comedy series that follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. This upcoming season will include some special guest stars, including Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" who will play CIA agent Daniel Shaw in an episode, and the addition of SUBWAY restaurant as a major advertiser to the show. Chuck averaged a 4.0/6 rating last season, about eight percent better than the recently cancelled "Trauma". Ratings-challenged Heroes moves back an hour when Chuck returns on Monday nights. STAR TREK VOYAGER's Robert Duncan McNeill serves Chuck as a supervising producer and director.

Nov 17 | Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He now serves as an executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson and oversees the day-to-day functions of the show.

Nov 12 | Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig, reports Risky Business.Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year. The movie centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman's adopted son.Chaz Thorne is directing the pic, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series "The Listener."

Nov 11 | The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com. One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers. The president of our organization is Carol Abrams, JJ's mother, and she arranged for the donation from Bad Robot Production Company. J.J. Abrams is also a major donor to their organization. The funds raised will go to help find a cure to neurological disorders in children. The auction link is here.

Nov 10 | Candice Bergen, Charles Lisanby, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry, Tom and Dick Smothers and Bob Stewart have been selected as the next inductees into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a Jan. 20 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "This year's inductees have challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally while doing so," TV Academy Chairman-CEO John Shaffner said. More info at the Hollywood Reporter

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Post Comment to: Send in the Spores! Mind-Controlling "Hatchery" Time-Worn But Manages a Few Punches, Says Deus

Message you're replying to Pretty good By Steve Krutzler When I first learned that this episode actually involved Archer under undue alien influence, rather than my original assumption that he would try to use the hatchery to gain a tactical advantage, I was disappointed. I had thought a desperate Archer might try to do something to the Insectoid hatchlings to gain an advantage in the war against the Xindi, and that the crew's mutiny was in response to the captain finally taking his unethical behavior over the edge. In fact, the episode was just the opposite, and I think it worked very well. "Hatchery" took advantage of the divided loyalties of the MACOs and the Starfleet crew, something I'd been hoping for since word of their arrival on the show last summer. Since Hayes has received a good bit of development lately, this plot worked very well in depicting the loyalty of Hayes to Archer and the tension with Reed. Hayes and Reed's final scene in sickbay was very effective to this end. As someone else pointed out, at every point along the way, Archer's pleas for saving the hatchlings seemed to make sense. Despite the delay, it was plausible that saving them could prove a future tactical advantage. Of course once the issue of transferring Enterprise's anti-matter reserves comes into the picture, it's clear that Archer is out of bounds. The final scene with the insectoids running all over him is what really hammers it home and the mutinty etc. was handled well. I have a couple quibbles: Eugenics Wars seem to be getting coalesced into World War III mythology. This indicates a lack of clearly defined backstory. Maybe they should have (when developing ENT) gone back and actually written a lot of backstory for all this so that they could keep everything straight, rather than make it more convoluted with every reference. I have no problem with the away team removing their helmets, but if that was the only pressurized room, shouldn't it have been depressurized when Archer and Hayes arrived the first time and opened the door while the rest of the crew inside still have their helmets off? How do they tow things in this era? Tow cables? OK, but they just hang right off the back of the shuttlepod through the impulse exhaust? In any case, definitely one of the better episodes of the season. A good bottle show that used the unique Xindi situation to explore important questions about the MACOs and the ethics of the mission in general. Compose your message		Status You are not logged in. To post, you must enter your login information as well.
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[q]When I first learned that this episode actually involved Archer under undue alien influence, rather than my original assumption that he would try to use the hatchery to gain a tactical advantage, I was disappointed. I had thought a desperate Archer might try to do something to the Insectoid hatchlings to gain an advantage in the war against the Xindi, and that the crew's mutiny was in response to the captain finally taking his unethical behavior over the edge. In fact, the episode was just the opposite, and I think it worked very well. "Hatchery" took advantage of the divided loyalties of the MACOs and the Starfleet crew, something I'd been hoping for since word of their arrival on the show last summer. Since Hayes has received a good bit of development lately, this plot worked very well in depicting the loyalty of Hayes to Archer and the tension with Reed. Hayes and Reed's final scene in sickbay was very effective to this end. As someone else pointed out, at every point along the way, Archer's pleas for saving the hatchlings seemed to make sense. Despite the delay, it was plausible that saving them could prove a future tactical advantage. Of course once the issue of transferring Enterprise's anti-matter reserves comes into the picture, it's clear that Archer is out of bounds. The final scene with the insectoids running all over him is what really hammers it home and the mutinty etc. was handled well. I have a couple quibbles: Eugenics Wars seem to be getting coalesced into World War III mythology. This indicates a lack of clearly defined backstory. Maybe they should have (when developing ENT) gone back and actually written a lot of backstory for all this so that they could keep everything straight, rather than make it more convoluted with every reference. I have no problem with the away team removing their helmets, but if that was the only pressurized room, shouldn't it have been depressurized when Archer and Hayes arrived the first time and opened the door while the rest of the crew inside still have their helmets off? How do they tow things in this era? Tow cables? OK, but they just hang right off the back of the shuttlepod through the impulse exhaust? In any case, definitely one of the better episodes of the season. A good bottle show that used the unique Xindi situation to explore important questions about the MACOs and the ethics of the mission in general.[eq] Notify via email when someone has replied After my reply is posted: Go to it Go back to where I was		Quoting Links Styles Images

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