I remember the original Battlestar Galactica series as if it was on just yesterday. For a kid who grew up with the one-two sci-fi punch of Star Trek and Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica was an entirely different animal for me – I saw the show as a retelling of the Biblical story of Exodus. What…
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The Pink Floyd Easter Egg in “Emerald City”
As you may have heard, I’m really getting intrigued with NBC’s hit drama Emerald City, the Friday night retelling of The Wizard of Oz that borrows from nearly every part of L. Frank Baum’s legendary stories. And last night’s episode, “Everybody Lies,” was as good as the series has been so far. Especially at the…
Read MoreAccepting any and all Netflix recommendations…
“You’ve got to watch this show on Netflix called Lilyhammer, it’s the best one on the channel.” “Dude, you have to check out Peaky Blinders. I love this show. It’s on Netflix right now.” “Chuck, you need to watch Stranger Things on Netflix. Trust me on this.” A couple of months ago, I blogged about…
Read MoreNBC’s “Emerald City” surprised me … for all the right reasons!
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about this new show on NBC that purports to take the Wizard of Oz story and update it for television. The show, Emerald City, airs on Friday nights and has an abbreviated 10-episode first season. And after watching the first three episodes, I’m thinking … RENEW THIS SHOW…
Read MoreWas that a flying robot I just saw on TV?
I couldn’t sleep. This happens a lot to me of late. So I started playing Time Warner Cable Roulette and started cycling through channels I never knew existed. And lo and behold, I found a station called Comet TV. No, it’s not a station devoted to kitchen cleansers. Apparently Comet TV shows limited-run science fiction…
Read MoreShould I follow the “Emerald City” yellow brick road?
Apparently this new television show has been years in the filming, years in the writing, and years in the anticipation. NBC plans to air a ten-episode limited series that features a re-imagining of the classic The Wizard of Oz in a futuristic, fantasy setting, with the show called Emerald City. Here’s a sneak clip of…
Read MoreShould I get a Netflix subscription for Christmas?
I know, I know. Everybody in the whole world has a Netflix subscription. I get it. And I don’t have one. I get that, too. Part of the reason why I haven’t acquired a Netflix subscription is because, well, I’ve always thought that there were already plenty of shows I could watch that didn’t require…
Read MoreSaturday morning cartoons that starred live-action comedians
Sometimes as a kid, when I was watching Saturday morning cartoons, I happened to come across little short shows that featured comedy teams from the past, or comedians from the present. I thought this was an odd phenomenon – having late night comedians appear in materials that were well-toned-down for the Cap’n Crunch set –…
Read MoreWhy I’m appreciating Westworld
I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with genre television. Build a premise that I can appreciate, and I will follow a show to its logical conclusion – that is, of course, so long as I can GET a logical conclusion. Don’t create something that’s so confusing and complicated that I need to visit Wikipedia or…
Read MoreMasterMinds – the Capital District high school quiz show
Those of you who read my blog with any sort of regularity know that in 1981, my high school (Street Academy of Albany) demolished three other schools on WRGB’s Answers Please high school quiz show. Greatest. Moment. Ever. Answers Please aired on WRGB for many decades, until it aired its last episode in 1989. About…
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