tv – Sean's Mental Walkabout

The current third season of The Expanse will be the space drama’s last one on Syfy. The cable network has decided not to renew the show for a fourth season, with the last episode slated to air...

https://dague.net/2018/05/11/the-expanse-vs-syfy/

I just finished Continuum, and it had one of the more satisfying series endings that I’ve seen in a while. Spoilers will be saved for a bit later. Seasons 1 – 3 are up on Netflix now, and Sea...

https://dague.net/2015/10/19/continuum/

Early in January I found out that the SyFy channel has a new TV series coming this year, called The Expanse. It’s a story that takes place 200 years in the future. Humanity has colonized Mars, ...

https://dague.net/2015/02/15/the-expanse/

Even though I was only 4 at the time, Cosmos left a distinct impression on my when I was a kid. My path into science and engineering probably can be traced back to being filled with things like C...

https://dague.net/2013/08/04/a-new-cosmos/

What I learned from watching the Revolution pilot: 1. When the power goes out all planes immediately go into a flat spin and kill everyone in them, but cars nicely stop, and no accidents. 2. 15 y...

https://dague.net/2012/09/22/what-i-learned-from-the-revolution-pilot/

The London games have swept me up in an Olympic Fever that I haven’t had since Sydney (when I was there). The live extra streams (even with all there problems) take me back to being in the comm...

https://dague.net/2012/07/29/olympic-fever/

Note: minor spoilers ahead, don’t read if you care. Susan and I are going through Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Netflix instant, and just finished Season 3 last night. I haven’t watched Buffy s...

https://dague.net/2010/11/22/rewatching-buffy/

http://widget.nbc.com/videos/nbcshort_at.swf?CXNID=1000004.10045NXC&widID=4727a250e66f9723&clipID=1242077&showID=243 What could be better and geekier than a rap about Hubble vs. the James Web on ...

https://dague.net/2010/08/06/hubble-vs-the-james-webb-in-rap/

http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:342882

https://dague.net/2010/08/04/the-daily-show-comes-to-rhinebeck/

Definition: Sci-fi Channel: Short for ‘science fiction’, it was a channel where old sci-fi shows were displayed for fans of science fiction, including classic movies, B and otherwise. Syfy Ch...

https://dague.net/2010/08/01/definition-of-syfy/

Phil Plait’s Bad Universe is coming to Discovery this fall.  Can’t wait.

https://dague.net/2010/07/26/bad-universe/

This year of Doctor Who has just been brilliant.  Upon rewatching the season, I’m pretty confident in stating that this has been the best year since the reboot, and that Matt Smith (should he ...

https://dague.net/2010/07/04/fish-custard-and-the-year-of-doctor-who/

One of the things that most excited me out the Google I/O event a couple weeks back was Google TV.  It’s a set top box that brings a lot of web content to the TV.  But what really excites me ...

https://dague.net/2010/05/31/why-im-excited-for-google-tv/

Carl Macek was the TV producer that brought American kids Robotech in 1985.  Robotech was spawned out of the Anime series Macross, but because Macross was only 36 episodes, and you needed 80 to ...

https://dague.net/2010/04/24/rip-carl-macek/

Via The Onion: SILVER SPRING, MD—Frustrated by continued demands from viewers for more awesome and extreme programming, Science Channel president Clark Bunting told reporters Tuesday that his c...

https://dague.net/2010/01/26/the-onion-on-the-science-channel/

2010 is still an odd year for me to write, much more so than 2000 was.  2010 is clearly the future in my head.  If you had any doubt we are now living in the future here are things that will ha...

https://dague.net/2010/01/08/we-are-clearly-living-in-the-future/

I missed the whole balloon boy thing, it was a busy day, and happily none of the people I follow on twitter seemed to get wrapped up in it.  So it wasn’t until later that night, once local new...

https://dague.net/2009/10/17/cable-news-needs-to-go-back-to-science-class/

I appreciate that even though Toshiba threw in the towel on the HD-DVD front over a year ago, their software team is still working on fixing issues with equipment out there.  My wife got me an A...

https://dague.net/2009/05/12/a-new-breath-of-life-for-my-a3-hd-dvd-player/

The Daily Show did a great bit on the LHC last night with John Oliver.  And, yes, they interview the guy that is suing to shut it down.  It’s amazing that after all the media coverage he got ...

https://dague.net/2009/05/01/the-daily-show-on-the-large-hadron-collider/

Susan and I finally watched Into the Wild Green Yonder last night.  Typically I had watched these on release day, but after Bender’s Game, it didn’t feel like it had the same sense of urgenc...

https://dague.net/2009/03/15/thats-the-futurama-i-remember/