The studio production process in TV/film forces mediocrity. Look to web-centric productions for the emerging wave of quality entertainment. Indie artists are producing Hollywood-quality work for cheap on the web, without studio constraints. [Continue]

ABC's fall show Pan Am cuts smoking, alters racism to vie for 1960s nostalgia market. Is this selective clean-up a recipe for mediocrity? [Continue]

Mad Men's Sally Draper watched spies on tv, and so did I - same shows, same year, same kind of tv. And that's where Forbidden Planet's Anne Francis first inspired me: as the kick-ass P.I. Honey West in 1965. [Continue]

I’m rattling around back here in the cyberdust getting ready to resuscitate my regular blogging schedule. Not quuuiiiiite there yet but just came across this I wanted to share: Science Fiction and Fantasy Dominate the 2009 Prime-Time Dramas [Continue]

Life on Mars was a re-working of the hit BBC series of the same name. I thought it creative, unique, challenging - until the last 15 minutes of the series finale. In a heavy-handed act of juvenile storytelling, the creators managed to pull the rug [Continue]