George Allen Miller One Geek's take on all things SciFi

Over the weekend NBC aired the last of it's mini-series series Persons Unknown. The big ending was, well, lacking in one big way. Just what the hell was the 'program'? Why do it? What was the point of the organization behind it? Some not for profit/charity group? Do you have a bad taste in your mouth? It's called, 'that's it, you little shit', and you just had a big helping of it. This show was never meant to be a single season mini-series. It was clearly meant to test the waters and determine if it had legs to be picked up for a spring or next summer slot. Because of that, those that were into it, I being one, never really got the ending we were looking for. Nothing really got explained in the final episode that we didn't already know. We have known for weeks that a big secretive organization kidnapped them and was training them to join their ranks. So it's really no big surprise when they are taken to level 2 on some derelict ship. They are in training and what ... More

It should be of no surprise that I am a fan of the paranormal. That is to say, I find the topic interesting and do not dismiss it outright. But I am very quick to point out that 99% of the paranormal crap you'll see on TV and in one bedroom studio apartments belonging to some gypsy are full of shit. Ghosthunters, Crossing Over, all fake and for entertainment purposes only. Don't believe it. Now, does that mean it's all untrue? If one hundred people in a train station are asking for money because their wallet was stolen, are they all lying? Ok, probably, but there is always the chance that they are not. However slim that chance is, it's still there. James Randi is a scientific skeptic and big time debunker of all that is paranormal. There was a challenge on his website once for anyone to prove they had psychic abilities, no one ever won. If it weren't for this one little book I read on amazon I would probably have hung up my paranormal shoes for good and never looked back. ... More

Yes, that's right, I said it. Lets face facts here, this should have been called the Fargo Gets Some crossover event. But i'm only kidding, calm down all you geeky pervs. I do have some issues with this crossover and the merging of these two worlds. And I am very aware that I am analyzing these TV shows a bit to far but what the hell else do you do on a blog. For the episodes themselves, one on Warehouse 13 and the other on Eureka, they were pretty good. I liked the whole computer upgrade slant and the bringing in of veteran actor Rene Auberjonois. I also liked the Eureka episode with the time slips and the sexual tension of Fargo and Claudia. That said, though both episodes were good in and of themselves, was a crossover really the best thing? One of the biggest issues with the whole SciFi / Fantasy genre is that they are often lumped together in a big ole ugly soup of fiction. Want to get a book? Go to the scifi/fantasy section. Most of ... More

For those that found there way to ABC this late spring/summer and watched a little show called Happy Town, that feeling in your backside is the feeling of getting f***** by a TV exec. I am a big fan of Farscape so I know this feeling well. For those that don't know, read on and learn what it feels like to be fucked by an elephant dick. Happy town was a neat show. Honestly. One that took a seriously strong jump for me in interest with the inclusion of Sam Neil. This is a top acting talent as far as I'm concerned. Not to mention Frances Conroy, star of HBO's Six Feet Under, a top talent in the acting world in her own right and the supporting cast wasn't bad either. Granted Ms. Conroy was a guest star technically but she certainly added to the show's talent pool. David Cronenberg even had a guest spot on it for god's sake and the chick from Cujo! Bet you didn't think I could pull that one! Why then am I so upset by this ... More

I just got finished watching a movie on Netflix called "The Man From Earth". It was so good I thought I'd write a review. Perhaps it was so good because I had just finished watching The Men Who Stare at Goats, which was not so good, but either way here's the review. There's no real spoilers possible here. The movie description on Netflix summed up everything about the movie. A man that was born 14,000 years ago spills his secret to a room full of colleagues. Well, there is one little spoiler and i'll share it later on with a warning, but mostly the movie was just what the description said. The idea is at once so simple but so very intricate and filled with imagination that the movie doesn't need any other plot twist or major surprises. It is a very solid and real look at what a man would be look that had lived for so very long by just some quark of evolution wherein he didn't age. On to the review. First, the basics. The cast is really good. These are not D ... More