The final episode of Battlestar Galactica? Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

Here is the trailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth, the third season of the Doctor Who spinoff. Torchwood: Children of Earth is a miniseries that will air on five consecutive nights on BBC One in the UK in late spring or early summer, and will air on the exact same days in the US on BBC America, so there will only be a lag time of a few hours for US fans this season instead of the usual weeks or months.

The two hour pilot of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel, will be released first on DVD on April 21st, with the series proper to debut on the Sci Fi Channel in 2010. Caprica is set fifty-one years before BSG, focusing on the rivalry between the Adama and the Graystone families as well as the creation of the Cylons. The showrunner is former 24 writer/producer Remi Aubuchon.

It looks like the next DC Comics superhero to hit the big screen will be Green Lantern. Warner Bros. has a script by Eli Stone creators Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim and former Smallville and Heroes writer Michael Green, and the studio is in final negotiations with Casino Royale director Martin Campbell to direct. No casting yet, but the film will feature the Hal Jordan incarnation of the character.

Just eight days until the premiere of Joss Whedon's new show, Dollhouse. Some reviews have suggested the first episode is a little uneven, but that's to be expected. All of Whedon's previous shows took a little time to find their voice, too. I just hope the FOX network shows some patience, unlike with Firefly.

The promo for the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica is here. The second half of the fourth and final season begins on January 16th.

Caprica Trailer

Here's the promotional trailer for Caprica, the upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel telefilm (it starts with a brief promo for the Stargate: Continuum direct-to-DVD film, so just keep watching).

Reviews: Battlestar Galactica 4.10/Charlie Jade 1.2

Review: Battlestar Galactica, Episode 4.10, "Revelations"

The first half of the fourth and final season comes to a close (the second half of the season will air later this year or early in 2009) with an episode that can be summed up in two words: holy frak. No, really. Holy frak. Just one incredible scene after another right up to the very end. Where will the final ten episodes lead to now? I can't wait to find out.

Some of you are probably tired of hearing me sing this show's praises, but if there's ever been a finer science fiction show on television, I haven't seen it.

Review: Charlie Jade, Episode 1.2, "Sand"

I'm still not entirely sure what's going on here, but it certainly holds my interest for an hour with distinctive visuals and a story puzzle to battle with my wits.

Reviews: Battlestar Galactica 4.9/Charlie Jade 1.1

Review: Battlestar Galactica, Episode 4.9, "The Hub"

Former Buffy the Vampire Slayer staff writer Jane Espenson delivers another strong episode, deftly balancing action and character-based drama while moving the final season closer to some major revelations, some of which may occur next week judging by the preview (although last week's preview for this episode turned out to be a bit of a tease). Every time I think this show can't possibly get any better, it does. The suspense for how it all ends just got ratcheted up another notch.

Review: Charlie Jade, Episode 1.1, "The Big Bang"

This Canadian/South African co-production, originally broadcast on Canada's SPACE network in 2005, finally makes its US debut on the Sci Fi Channel. Created by Chris Roland and Robert Wertheimer (noted science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer also had a hand in its development), it's a science fiction drama involving travel to parallel universes and a conspiracy spanning several of them. It's like The X-Files meets Sliders, but it's much closer to the tone of the former. It's also visually stylish, with its look established in the first episode by veteran television director T.J. Scott (Xena: Warrior Princess, La Femme Nikita), and part of what makes it look different are the unfamiliar Cape Town shooting locations. My overall impression of the episode is positive and I'm intrigued enough by the premise to want to see where it goes from here.

Review: Battlestar Galactica, Episode 4.3, "The Ties That Bind"

It should just be assumed by now that I love any episode of this show. Love, love, love. This episode is no exception. Former Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager staff writer Michael Taylor serves up a nice dish of OMFG, especially the ending.

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That ending. Cally being flushed out of the airlock by Tory. Wow. Until the very last moment, I thought it might turn out differently. I'll miss Cally.

Tory is turning out to be a seriously evil toaster. It makes me think that there may be a split brewing among the Galactica Cylons that will mirror what's going on with the other Cylons and their civil war.

I love the little reference to Star Trek: The Next Generation, the show where BSG developer/showrunner Ronald D. Moore began his television career as a writer, script editor and producer. Weapons Locker 1701D, indeed.

I'm always happy when original Apollo Richard Hatch and new Apollo Jamie Bamber share scenes together.

I really dislike Roslin. Good for Lee for making her squirm.

Review: Battlestar Galactica, Episode 4.2, "Six of One"

Oh, very nice indeed. I like the way the season has begun, and there were several nice plot twists here.

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A Six leads a coup. Can a Cylon civil war be far behind?

Baltar talks to his newly discovered Inner Baltar. Baltar is either the unknown Cylon or insane...or possibly both. Which doesn't stop him from getting some more action, this time from a female Cylon (hasn't he slept with just about every female Cylon model except an Eight?).

Adama hedges his bets by giving Kara a ship to try to find the way back to Earth.

Review: Battlestar Galactica, Episode 4.1, "He That Believeth in Me"

After a year's absence, the best genre show on television (possibly even the best show on television period) returns for its fourth and final season, picking up moments after the events of the jaw-dropping third season finale. Good episode, but I'm really looking forward to the next one. With all the possible outcomes for the show, I still can't get a read on where it's going. Well, only nineteen episodes more until we find out.

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Baltar is taken in by a religious group...and is apparently still irresistible to women. I've had suspicions of Starbuck being the last Cylon model for awhile, but my second choice has been Roslin.

With the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica set to begin airing in two weeks, it was announced that a prequel called Caprica has been greenlighted. Set five decades before BSG, it will reportedly be a drama about the rivalry of the Adama and Graystone families, and the development of the technology that created the original Cylons. Caprica will be a two hour telefilm that if successful could lead to a full series.

A report on SCI FI Wire indicates that the Bionic Woman has been canceled, even though it hasn't been officially announced by the network. Executive producer David Eick said, "the conditions under which we were making that show never really came to fruition in such a way that I felt like we could make the show well." I stopped watching after three episodes, so it's not like I'm going to miss it. May Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles soon share its fate!

It was rumored last year that actor-turned-director Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom) was being considered to helm the latest attempt to bring Frank Herbert's Dune to the screen. That rumor is now fact, and with a director aboard the production is now looking for a screenwriter. Will the third time be the charm? Previous attempts have been far more compelling visually than dramatically, and it's perhaps simply the case that Herbert's novel is unfilmable.

I re-read Watchmen a few weeks ago. It's as brilliant as ever, but it makes me even more worried about the upcoming film adaptation. Alan Moore hasn't been treated very well by Hollywood, after all. From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen were wretched adaptations. V for Vendetta was entertaining on a surface level but replaced Moore's substance with the Wachowski Brothers' style. Moore at his best is a challenging writer, and if there's one thing Hollywood likes to avoid, it's challenging an audience to think. I have my doubts about Watchmen director Zack Snyder. His previous films, the Dawn of the Dead remake and 300, were mixed efforts. The former was entertaining while the latter was the worst film of 2007. Neither showed an ability to manifest an intelligent film.

Here is the first photo of Benicio del Toro in full makeup from the currently in production remake of The Wolf Man. Awesome. The original 1941 film was the last of the classic Universal horror films. The remake is being directed be Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer, Jumanji) from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en, Sleepy Hollow) and David Self (Road to Perdition).

Speaking of Universal horror, my dream project would be Tim Burton directing remakes of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein (or possibly combing them into a single film) with Johnny Depp as the Monster, Helena Bonham Carter as the Bride, and Ian McKellen as Dr. Pretorius. Please, someone, make this happen!