television – J.G. Follansbee

UFO sightings are about to spike. Here’s the truth behind them.

May 29, 2021

UFO sightings are having another moment in the sun. Or the night sky, if you will. … More UFO sightings are about to spike. Here’s the truth behind them.

Better Than Us is a feminist’s nightmare, but I still loved it.

May 13, 2021

Better Than Us is a American feminist’s nightmare. But the Netflix sci-fi series is Russian, not American, which makes it all the more fascinating. … More Better Than Us is a feminist’s nightmare, but I still loved it.

Netflix’s “Alien Worlds” takes you to planets no one has visited, and likely never will

January 29, 2021

Netflix’s Alien Worlds takes you to planets no one has visited before, and unlikely to ever visit, except in your imagination. … More Netflix’s “Alien Worlds” takes you to planets no one has visited, and likely never will

Why I miss the old Dr. Smith and Robot in the Netflix Lost In Space reboot.

June 7, 2018

Robot fed Dr. Smith lines that set up the most creative insults ever hurled at a computer. … More Why I miss the old Dr. Smith and Robot in the Netflix Lost In Space reboot.

I’ll remember this Black Mirror episode until I’m dead and buried.

December 27, 2016

How do you measure greatness in science fiction television? … More I’ll remember this Black Mirror episode until I’m dead and buried.

I Want to Believe in Planet Nine

January 23, 2016

Once a week from 1959 to 1964, Rod Serling invited Americans to “the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.” The Twilight Zone illustrated the permeable boundary between fact and fantasy, a region explored by science, which pushes the edges of the unknown, postulating things unproven, but inferred. The announcement of the … More I Want to Believe in Planet Nine

Has Game of Thrones reached its sell-by date?

November 22, 2014

Ok, so I’m late to the party, but I just spent the last six or eight weeks (I’ve lost count) reading the 1,123-page paperback edition of George R.R. Martin’s A Dance With Dragons, book five of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, mostly because my obsessive-compulsive tendencies prevented me from abandoning the door-stopper. … More Has Game of Thrones reached its sell-by date?