Television

This is a considerably darker and less kitschy version than the original 70’s incarnation, ala the recently re-envisioned Battlestar Galactica. Exec producer David Eick even hails from Galactica. It stars Michelle Ryan as Jaime Sommers (natch), the recipient of some unexpected biological replacement parts. She then becomes the target of both the agency that created her and … [Read more...] about Bionic Woman – An Early Review

This was an excellent pilot. It’s smart. It’s funny. It’s sexy. A successful blend of comedy and action, it grabs you very early on with some pretty cool action sequences. Chuck is a highly intelligent but underachieving employee at a Best Buy-type of store. He gets an email from an old college roommate who is now a spy. Chuck opens the email and is barraged with images … [Read more...] about Chuck – An Early Review

Ilya Somin is thinking way too much about Star Trek's United Federation of Planets: I would suggest that it is only Earth that is socialistic, while the other member worlds have free market systems or mixed economies. The human-dominated Star Fleet military is the only Federation military force, and is tasked with collecting tribute from the nonhuman planets for redistribution … [Read more...] about Examining the Federal in the Federation

The Illinois Review has a post by David E. Smith of the Illinois Family Institute about CBS's appeal of the fine they paid to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for televising Janet Jackson's bare breast during their 2004 Super Bowl coverage. While the government cannot regulate speech, they can prohibit indecent broadcast content on the public airwaves. The case of … [Read more...] about Who Benefits From Janet Jackson’s Bare Breast?

I just saw a preview of The Big Bang Theory, a sitcom about two highly intelligent but nerdy roommates who have a pretty new neighbor move in across the hall from them. It was co-created by Chuck Lorre, the man who gave us Two and a Half Men so I had reasonably high expectations. It seemed to be well written with plenty of clever lines, but the characters were little more … [Read more...] about The Big Bang Theory – An Early Review