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November 16, 2010

TV DeathRay Podcast 5: The Future of Syfy, ‘SGU’ and ‘Battlestar Galactia’

Filed under: featured,Podcasts — Tags: , , , , — TVDR Staff @ 12:40 pm

This week, Mike and Jason welcome Michael Hinman of Airlock Alpha to talk about the cable network that TV nerds love to hate — Syfy!

We here at TV DeathRay have a love/hate relationship with Syfy — we love a lot of the network’s shows (like Stargate Universe, Warehouse 13 and Eureka), but we hate its trend of edging out serialized sci-fi dramas in favor of reality shows.

In this episode, the boys discuss the cancelation of Caprica and the future of Stargate Universe and speculate on what the new Battlestar Galactica prequel, Blood & Chrome, will look like once it hits the air.

Stream or download the podcast below.

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November 9, 2010

TV DeathRay Podcast 4: David Blue of ‘Stargate Universe’

Filed under: featured,Podcasts — Tags: , , , — TVDR Staff @ 6:15 am

Listen up, Stargate Universe fans! This week’s TV DeathRay podcast features a new interview with David Blue, who plays Eli Wallace on the Syfy series.

TV DeathRay’s Mike Moody chatted with David about season 2 of SGU, the differing fan reactions to the show, and about his future projects — which David says could include a collaboration with David Hewlett of Stargate Atlantis. Exciting! Stream or download the cast below and send us some listener mail at contact@tvdeathray.com. (Don’t forget to check out a text version of the interview soon at Aol’s TV Squad.)

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November 7, 2010

Check Out The Trailer For Syfy’s US Version Of ‘Being Human’

Filed under: featured,Video — Tags: , , — Mike Moody @ 11:21 am

Honestly, I never watched the UK show much beyond the pilot, but I’m looking forward to this version. It looks a little sillier than the original show, which is probably a good thing, right? We’ll find out when the new Being Human premieres in January.

November 2, 2010

‘Sanctuary’ Recap: The Team Pulls Off A Risky ‘Bank Job’

Filed under: featured,Recaps — Tags: , , — Jason Hughes @ 3:55 pm

If I hadn’t seen Magnus, Will and Kate in this episode I’d have sworn we were watching an ep of TNT’s Leverage instead of Sanctuary. While there was a decided lack of planning in the heist that went down, it still had those same clever elements that always made Leverage so much fun to watch. You could try and figure out their next move, and you’d usually still be surprised by it.

After the continuity-heavy episodes we’ve gotten so far this season, Sanctuary relaxed a bit and brought us a “monster-of-the-week” episode. This particular monster was a creature that hibernates most of the time in an egg-like state. When temperatures rise enough, it can hatch and then it seeks out a living host to gestate inside of. When that process is complete, it explodes out of that body and then feeds, before falling into a peaceful hibernation-like state again.

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October 29, 2010

Syfy Exec Talks ‘Caprica’ Cancelation on Twitter

Filed under: featured,News — Tags: , , , — Mike Moody @ 3:31 pm

Syfy exec Craig Engler took to Twitter earlier today to answer fan questions about the recent cancelation of the Battlestar Galactica prequel series  Caprica.

Engler took about an hour to explain what most of us already knew — the show’s live ratings were too low to justify a second season renewal. Still, the Q&A is worth a look. Not surprisingly, the Caprica fans are a pretty smart bunch, and they asked Engler some pretty tough and direct questions. Check out the Q&A below (or read the Twitter feed):

Engler: Getting a lot of questions and comments about #Caprica, naturally. Have put together some responses/answers for you all. Here you go:

Q) “You never liked the show and never wanted it to be a success”
A) We love #Caprica & spent years of effort creating and supporting the series to try and make it a success. We want all our shows to succeed.

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TV DeathRay And Friends Talk ‘Caprica’ On Alpha Waves Radio

Filed under: featured,Podcasts — Tags: , , , — Mike Moody @ 3:03 am

Nerds and fans of quality TV everywhere are hugging their toasters this week in mourning of Caprica, the latest primetime sci-fi show to get the axe in its first season. Our friend Michael Hinman from Airlock Alpha, who loved the show (almost) as much as I did, invited me on his live sci-fi talk show Alpha Waves Radio last night to chat about the series’ cancelation and about the upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel Blood & Chrome.

Other guests on the show included Curt Wagner from Chicago Now’s Show Patrol and Joe Beaudoin Jr. from Battlestar Wiki. You can listen to or download the recording here or stream it below. I had a blast recording the show, and I hope you enjoy it.

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October 28, 2010

‘Caprica,’ A Beautiful Mess, Is Canceled by Syfy

Filed under: featured,Features — Tags: , , , — Mike Moody @ 8:43 am

Syfy canceled the Battlestar Galactica prequel series Caprica yesterday afternoon. The news probably didn’t come as a shock to anyone who kept an eye on the show’s ratings over the past few weeks. To put it bluntly, Caprica was a ratings disaster, and it failed to repeat the critical success of its Peabody Award-winning predecessor. Syfy made a quick and cold business decision and immediately pulled the show from its schedule, promising to air the remaining episodes sometime next year.

I’m a little broken up about this news. Caprica was one of the most challenging and uncompromising shows on TV. It was a mess, of course, but it was a beautiful and ambitious mess. It was like a Soderbergh film – elegant, stylized, sad, angsty and rambling. But the series also delivered unexpected visceral moments, bizarre visual treats and biting social commentary. And robots! Who could forget the robots?

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October 27, 2010

‘Stargate Universe’ – ‘Cloverdale’ Review @ TV Squad

Filed under: Recaps,Recaps — Tags: , , , — Mike Moody @ 11:03 am

I’m covering Syfy’s Stargate Universe for AOL’s TV Squad this season. My review of the latest episode, ‘Cloverdale,’ was posted earlier today. Click the link below to read and comment, and feel free to discuss the episode in the comment thread at the end of this post.

‘Stargate Universe’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap

Here’s an excerpt from the review:

Last night’s episode of ‘Stargate Universe’ offered a bit of a departure from the show’s usual ultra-serialized storytelling style. Instead of watching the Destiny crew dealing with the ongoing problems and challenges of season 2 — Rush’s attempts to control the ship, taming the Lucian Alliance prisoners, drowsy aliens — we got a stand-alone story about Lt. Scott and his trip to Oz the town of Cloverdale.

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October 25, 2010

‘Sanctuary’ Review: Will Nurses A Deadly Hangover in ‘Firewall’

Filed under: featured,Recaps — Tags: , , , — Jason Hughes @ 5:35 am

Apparently, dying leaves a lasting mark on you that can’t be erased in a single episode, as we saw with Will grappling with the hangover from his “death” in last week’s season premiere. In a way, this ep of Sanctuary was very much an epilogue of the three-parter we just finished last week. It also set the stage for a potential new season-long quest for the team to embark upon. But first, there’s the matter of the two weird creatures in white unitards flashing all over the Sanctuary.

I’m hoping the writers and costumers weren’t hoping we’d be fooled into thinking the creatures were nude and that was just their skin, reflective properties or not. I think it’s another clue as to just what they were. Given clues like weird white skin, chameleon abilities, super-advanced technology, and the fact that they shopped at a dancewear store, Grissom would have had this solved by the end of the hour.

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October 23, 2010

Awesomely Bad Trailer Alert: Felicia Day in Syfy’s ‘Red: Werewolf Hunter’

Filed under: featured,Video — Tags: , , , , — Mike Moody @ 3:53 pm

Emphasis on the awesome, of course, since Syfy, in a brilliant move, has cast The Guild and Dr. Horrible star Felicia Day as an ass-kicking werewolf hunter in its ultraviolent, post-apocalyptic Little Red Riding Hood update, Red: Werewolf Hunter.

Don’t forget to catch Day pumping furry beasties full of silver bullets when the Syfy original movie premieres next week (Oct. 30). Stream the flick’s trailer after the jump to get a taste of the action.

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