Heroes of Cosplay and Face Off - SyFy's Tuesday night line-up

I mentioned earlier in my blogging career what a Star Trek fan I am.  And yes, years ago I attended cons several times around the U.S.  I had a Starfleet uniform, but never participated in the costume contests.  I remember seeing people walking around in elaborate costumes, a gorn, a green female slave, lots of Spocks, Kirks, and once a very credible T'Lar (played by Judith Anderson in STIII: The Search for Spock.)  She scared me a bit she was so into her character.  One lifted eyebrow from her and I knew I wasn't measuring up to Vulcan standards.  But then that ticked me off...Hey, wait a minute, I'm human, not Vulcan...so Bite me, T'Lar!!  (Emotional human!)

I have been aware that sci-fi/fantasy/horror/video games conventions are once again in favor.  No longer are they "Star Trek Conventions" - they cover most of the sci-fi/fantasy/horror genres.  The costume contests have grown to the point that many of them offer cash prizes.  People compete who are trying to be professional costumers and prop makers.

SyFy has a series that follows a handful of competitors from con to con, showing how they come up with their costume(s) and the process through which it is made.  Sometimes their ideas work, sometimes they don't.  It is fascinating to watch to see the process from beginning to end.  Often, they make a new costume in the limited time between one con and the next - as little as a week.  They have wonderful ideas and talented hands for sewing and building complicated props.  The contestants range from successful costumers to first time entrants and everyone in between.  Even the newbies can come up with some fun and innovative ideas.  It's a pleasure to watch.

Gee now that I'm older, I could probably pull off T'Lar!  I'm certainly wrinkled enough.  I wouldn't need any latex creases.  What a time saver that would be...

Now that's a quandry to ponder...how come the older Vulcans get wrinkled like humans when they don't use much expression on their faces?  They're probably all smiling in secret!  I've long thought that was the case.  They'd probably appreciate some botox.

Face Off which leads the evening line-up is in its fifth season.  I've been watching this show from the beginning.  Talented make-up artists are given a challenge each week to create characters out of sci-fi, fantasy, or horror movies.  Usually they are given three days to develop their concept based on the theme they are given, create the make-up (often with elaborate prosthetics), make the costume, apply the look on the model and present it to the panel of professional judges.  The judges are usually from the film industry, known individually for their work.  One of the panel members is an Academy Award winner for her make-up designs.

There are different levels of skill among the chosen contestants, but all are professional make-up artists.  It is surprising how good some of them can be.  Even the ones with less experience can come up with an impressive make-up job and win.  They are competing for $100,000 among other prizes.  So the competition is fierce.

I hate to see people eliminated each week from Face Off, but know the exposure on the show will help them with their careers.

Both shows are enjoyable and riveting if you're charmed by creativity like I am.  I wouldn't miss either.  Too bad they have relatively short runs.

No shark movies listed for SyFy this week....that's a relief!  You need a break from such things.

Hope your weather is turning autumnal.  Ours hasn't quite gotten there yet.  But at least there aren't any hurricanes menacing us from the ocean as yet.

Enjoy your Labor Day weekend!  Remember to indulge in pop culture.

True Blood - Season 6

Can you believe it?  True Blood has been on for six years now.  Sunday night was the season finale of Season 6.  I have to say I liked this one better than Season 5.

BEWARE! SPOILER ALERTS all over the place...

I knew Warlow was up to no good.  I am glad he got his comeuppance.  I am glad Niall was freed from the dimension in which Warlow put him.

I am glad the vamps were freed from the ghastly prison and even glad that the governator met his just desserts.  That's one of the things I like about TB.  The bad guys usually get what's coming to them.  Love that karmic justice!

I am glad that Sookie and Alcide are together, at least for a while.  Neither one of them seems good at maintaining long-term relationships.  (Well, that's an understatement, Miss Thing!)

I am glad that Tara and her often ditzy mother have made up to some degree anyway.  I'm glad Andy's fairy daughter Adalynn has found her light and is learning its uses.

I am MOST glad that Bill is back to himself, that he realizes his love for Sookie again, although she doesn't reciprocate and probably never will.  I always liked the old Bill best of all the vamps.

It's a bit weird to see Arlene as the charitable owner of what was Merlotte's.  I wonder if Sookie still works there?

It's also a bit weird to see Sam as the mayor of Bon Temps.  It's so weird in fact that the first time I saw the final episode, I thought the minister addressed him as "Mr. Mayes."  I thought, "gee, did he change his name?"  But on second viewing I got that it was "mayor."

I'm not worried about Eric.  After all Bill greeted the sun in an earlier episode and survived okay.  I have a feeling Eric may be just fine.  He could bury himself in the snow, after all.  If Eric is truly gone that would be a travesty.  But we won't know until next June.  I'm willing to bet Pam will find a way to help him.  Remember, we don't know where she is.

But I have to say the thing I disliked the most about this season was the fact that Terry Bellefleur died.  He was such a sympathetic character.  He did have a lovely funeral with the most poignant moment being his friend and associate in the kitchen, Big John, singing beautifully at the service.  I am going to miss Terry very much.  The character was wonderful as was Todd Lowe's portrayal of him.

As for the cliff-hanger at the end, well we just have to wait until next June to find out what happened, if the non-infected vamps protect their humans...

All in all, it has been an enjoyable season.  I'll probably buy the dvd set when it comes out...

In a side note, SyFy channel is showing Sharknado YET AGAIN tonight to be followed by their newest shark opus Ghost Shark, which apparently can appear in any water and eat the unwary...

I've got four words for the silliest shark movie of them all - Jersey Shore Shark Attack...I watched that this morning on SyFy during a violent rainstorm.  So there wasn't much else to do.  Actually, it was pretty funny.  I am part Italian after all.  It was a huge farce.  That's not necessarily a bad thing some noted playwrights and writers have written successful farces - anybody ever heard of the infamous Moliere?

Until next time, enjoy pop culture and stay away from sharks...

Oh yes, I'm looking forward to seeing City of Bones, the first Mortal Instrument movie.  I finished the book last week.  It was great!

Also on my list for viewing is The World's End.  I LOVE Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.  They make such hilarious and irreverent films.  This one looks to be wonderful...

ELYSIAN FIELDS by Suzanne Johnson

Suzanne Johnson's third novel in her wonderful SENTINEL OF NEW ORLEANS SERIES, ELYSIAN FIELDS, has been released.  This novel continues the story of Drusilla Jaco, also known as DJ.  She continues her work protecting the people of the Crescent City from the ever-greedy, ever-hungry preternaturals who inhabit the city along with the mortal population.

In this case, DJ is trying to find a serial killer who murders with an ax.  Though she thinks he's a copycat of an infamous New Orleans murderer from many years ago, she learns he is the original.  So how do you kill an already dead serial killer?  And what if he's "gunning" for you?!!!

Throw in lots of romantic confusion with Alex Warin, changes in his loup-garou brother Jake, and a strange man named Quince Randolph, who doesn't seem to know the meaning of the word "no" and you've got an entertaining story with a well constructed plot. 

It's filled with scary surprises, vivid characters, lively dialogue, and dangerous twists.  I especially like the descriptive settings such as the time DJ spends in the Beyond as the guest of Jean Lafitte. Sigh, he is a gorgeous rogue!

This one is a keeper.  A must-read for fans of the paranormal, it is a good story that will attract readers of other genres as well. 

I know I'll never think of Six Flags in the same way after reading ELYSIAN FIELDS.

Another Brava, Ms. Johnson.

 



ELYSIAN FIELDS

An undead serial killer comes for DJ in this thrilling third installment of Suzanne Johnson’s Sentinels of New Orleans series....The mer feud has been settled, but life in South Louisiana still has more twists and turns than the muddy Mississippi.

New Orleanians are under attack from a copycat killer mimicking the crimes of a 1918 serial murderer known as the Axeman of New Orleans. Thanks to a tip from the undead pirate Jean Lafitte, DJ Jaco knows the attacks aren’t random—an unknown necromancer has resurrected the original Axeman of New Orleans, and his ultimate target is a certain blonde wizard. Namely, DJ.

Fighting off an undead serial killer as troubles pile up around her isn’t easy. Jake Warin’s loup-garou nature is spiraling downward, enigmatic neighbor Quince Randolph is acting weirder than ever, the Elders are insisting on lessons in elven magic from the world’s most annoying wizard, and former partner Alex Warin just turned up on DJ’s to-do list. Not to mention big maneuvers are afoot in the halls of preternatural power.

Suddenly, moving to the Beyond as Jean Lafitte’s pirate wench could be DJ’s best option.

Links:

Amazon -http://www.amazon.com/Elysian-Fields-Sentinels-New-Orleans/dp/0765333198/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376597785&sr=8-1&keywords=elysian+fields

Barnes and Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/elysian-fields-suzanne-johnson/1113106698?ean=9780765333193

Books-a-Million - http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Elysian-Fields/Suzanne-Johnson/9780765333193?id=5294290508730 

Book Depository - http://www.bookdepository.com/Elysian-Fields-Suzanne-Johnson/9780765333193

42 - The story of Jackie Robinson

For those of you who may not know, Jack(ie) Robinson was the first African-American to play in major league baseball.  He was recruited in 1947 by a man named Branch Rickey, who owned the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The film "42" about him breaking the barriers in major league baseball was released earlier this year.  It is an excellent film with only a few moments not based on historical fact.

Honestly, I put off seeing it because as a child of the south born only a couple of years after the time frame of the film, I knew what I would see.  I've lived in the south my entire life.  And as I have mentioned before, I was a sapient life form during the turbulent 1960s - saw the civil rights movement take wing, watched a filmed version of Dr. King's famous "I have a dream" speech with the amazing crowds surrounding him.  As a thinking person I turned away from some of my friends when they expressed bigotry and hate.  I have become less tolerant of such things as I have aged.

But back to "42".  It is a "no holds barred" story showing it like it was.  Some of the comments in the film and actions of some of the characters made me uncomfortable.  Some made me downright furious, primarily because I knew it was a realistic depiction of that baseball season when a talented player named Jack Robinson became the first of his heritage to break the barrier.  The movie is the story of his rocky road.  Not only does he have to face the crowds, some of whom are less than thrilled to have him on the team, he has to face teammates who start out not so thrilled, either.  It is a story of growth for most of them as they learn to work together.

As Robinson, Chadwick Boseman, not only bears a physical resemblance to the man himself, but he plays him with dignity, resolve, and a good sense of humor.

Harrison Ford plays Branch Rickey, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers.  Rickey is a complicated man who loves the game of baseball and Christianity.  He knows what will happen when the first African-American player joins a major league team.  He searches for the perfect man to be the first, a man who "has the courage not to fight."  Ford gives a surprising performance immersed in a character you have never seen before.  He didn't miss a beat.

Nicole Beharie plays Rachel, Jackie's girl friend who becomes his wife.  She is his anchor and his love.  A beautiful woman, Ms. Beharie brings a layered performance to her character.  Mrs. Robinson founded a scholarship fund in her late husband's name.  You see the strength of character in the portrayal of the woman who did that.

Christopher Meloni, of "Law & Order: SVU" and also last season's "True Blood" plays Leo Durocher, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.  Actually, I remember Leo Durocher as an older, frankly speaking man from my childhood.  My dad used to watch baseball on television every Saturday when I was little.  So I saw a lot of the game.  (Later he took up golf and I didn't watch much baseball any more.) Meloni gives a good performance as the brash Durocher.

Andre Holland plays Wendell Smith, an African-American reporter hired by the team to chaperone Robinson and chronicle his exploits on the diamond.  Since Robinson cannot stay in some of the hotels with his teammates, Smith takes him to homes of prominent African-Americans in the towns where they play.

In the film, there is an early incident that takes place in Sanford, Florida.  If that town sounds familiar to you, it's probably because that's where George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin.  In a bit of ironic ugliness, Robinson was staying there and asleep in a prominent citizen's home.  A man came to the house and said other men were coming for Robinson (he didn't call him that) and he'd best get out if he didn't want to get hurt.  So Wendell Smith wakes him up and speeds him out of town finally telling him why they left and why Mr. Rickey instructed him not to tell Jackie the reason.  Rickey was concerned Robinson would want to stay and fight.  Given the time it takes to get a feature film produced and in the theaters, I am certain the recent incident in Sanford had not happened at the time they made this film.  Like I wrote, ironic ugliness.

This film is a salute not only to Robinson, himself, but to all the heroic men and women who broke down barriers to claim their rights and have the careers they wanted.  It is a very real portrayal of the struggles and obstacles faced by this man and all others who broke barriers.

The film is a triumphant portrayal of the indomitable human spirit, but with a liberal sprinkling of the "n-word" as you can probably imagine.  There are also many examples of meanness and bigotry.  But it only makes Mr. Robinson more of a hero.

And why is the film called "42?"  It was Jackie's Robinson's number, the only number to be retired from baseball.  Every April, ALL major leaguers wear number 42 in his honor.

I knew I liked baseball!

Until next time...   

Why's It Gotta Be Sharks?

SyFy ran Sharknado, yet again, last night, along with a whole day of previous SyFy movies featuring sharks as the villains.  Such fishy creatures as the two-headed shark, prehistoric shark, sand shark, dino-shark, and my personal favorite for sheer silliness - octoshark, threatened us through our screens all day yesterday.

Like a mesmerized loon, I watched some of the movies while I was home yesterday.  Actually, Sharknado on the third viewing put me to sleep.  I snored through the climax when the enormous shark (looked like a Great White on steroids) dropped out of a tornado and swallowed first the heroine and then the hero - who fortunately had a chainsaw with him.  All he had to do was cut his way out and poof!  He was saved and so was the heroine.

And now they're advertising the annual Shark Week when a week's worth of programs are shown with real sharks and real gore.  What is it about sharks that fascinate us so?  I admit I DO NOT watch Shark Week, never have.  I'm an animal lover and don't care to watch any creature being eaten alive.  I didn't even watch the Disney nature films of the African Veldt when I was a small child.  I know that happens, but I don't have to watch it.

I do sit back and wonder at our society's obsession with sharks.  SyFy posts some of its' highest ratings when they run their goofy shark movies.  As case in point, Sharknado got huge ratings, that's why they've run it three times.

The movies are fun in a twisted way.  Done with the tongue planted firmly in the cheek, they are part of the grand tradition that includes the old monster movies, irradiated villainous creatures stomping Tokyo or whatever city happens to be there when they come ashore, and let's not forget the great Bruce Campbell.

These movies are pure escapist fun, easy to watch, easy to watch while doing something else, too...Everybody gets it - it's not reality.

But the obsession with sharks is rooted deeply in reality.  I remember a line from the movie JAWS, uttered by Murray Hamilton as the Amity mayor.  "When you yell barracuda, people say what?  But when you yell shark..."  That's true.  People are terrified of sharks yet fascinated with them at the same time.

I remember many years ago when I was a young girl (yes I was young once...)  I saw a woman pulled out of the water in Miami Beach.  Her legs were sliced to ribbons.  That's something you never forget seeing.  In her case, she had the misfortune to have been swimming through a school of barracuda.  From then on I have had a healthy respect for the little sharp toothed creatures.  They're bigger than piranha, not as aggressive, but can be if disturbed.

But the media doesn't report barracuda attacks.  Of course there may not be many of them.  But they always report shark attacks.  In the city in which I live, attacks are reported, fishermen catching sharks are reported, and marine biologists have been catching great whites off our shores and putting radio tags on them for tracking purposes.  When they get a live signal in the area, it is broadcast through the internet and the local news media and beaches are closed for swimming.

I guess we as humans have a healthy respect for such an efficient predator.  After all, we want to think we're at the top of the food chain...sharks don't respect that at all.  How dare they?!  Easy, we're just another dining opportunity to them.

Perhaps we make light of the very real threat by indulging in these silly movies - minimizes the threat by making it comical.

Just think what the world would be like if everybody in Germany and around the world had laughed at Hitler...There would have been millions of people who lived out their lives.  We would have been a different world - not necessarily better, but certainly different.

There isn't anything wrong with laughing at what scares us.  It eases the tension in our daily lives.
Laughter is good for our physical health as well as our soul.

Okay, I get it.  I'll quit ragging on the shark movies...after all, we ALL need a good laugh and escape now and then.

Until next time, enjoy whatever makes you laugh - laugh heartily and long.  You'll feel better.
But don't swim where sharks have been reported - and get out of the water if you see a fin...the consequences of staying in the water and laughing would not be at all amusing.

Red 2 (Retired Extremely Dangerous)

I had a lovely time today at the movies.  I saw Red2 on its opening day.  Yes, I know there were special previews last night, but the vampires have a contract out for a hit on me, so my night travel is limited...(You do know I'm kidding, right?)

I loved the first movie in this series, Red.  I can easily relate to it.  Older people steadily become invisible in public.  Just ask my dad.  He's been saying that for years.  The first movie came out after I had retired.  I loved the idea of RED - Retired Extremely Dangerous, of the retirees beating the younger hotshots at their own game.  Of course my best friend and I call ourselves REG most of the time - Retired Extremely Gorgeous.  Well, that's enough of my fantasy world - on to the movie.

In Red 2, Frank (Bruce Willis) and Sarah (Mary-Louise Parker) are still together.  But she is becoming more and more restless.  Frank doesn't want to do any more missions.  He wants to keep her safe.  She wants action, adventure.  No small conflict, there...Throughout the film, everybody gives Frank advice on relationships including Marvin, Victoria, Ivan, the Korean hit man, and their target a man known as The Frog.

They run into Marvin (John Malkovich) who is as paranoid as ever, at a Costco.  (What is it with Costco in the movies lately?  Anybody seen The Watch?!) He insists the CIA are coming after them.  And like last time, they are indeed.  The action takes off from there.  They all team up again with Victoria (Helen Mirren) who has been given a contract by her old employer, MI-6, to eliminate Frank.  Into the mix comes her old lover Ivan (Brian Cox).  Catherine Zeta-Jones plays Svetlana, a former lover of Frank's, who is with Russian Intelligence.  Also added to the cast is the "best hit man in the world" a Korean played by Byung-Hun Lee, who has been paid by the CIA to eliminate Frank as well.  Anthony Hopkins does a 180 degree turn as a famous scientist, apparently mad...he seems jolly, forgetful, not at all sinister like his Hannibal Lecter, but very effective nonetheless.

This movie is filled with adventure, major stunts, mayhem, and laughs.  The auditorium of the large theater was half filled this morning.  Most of the audience were older people.  We all laughed uproariously and got the gags.

Filmed in Colorado, New Jersey, London, Paris, and Moscow, it was a fast moving story.  There were shots of modern Moscow whose populace is much more at ease, smiling on the streets, than they were in the Soviet days.  One funny bit that made me howl - our good guys were searching for something hidden there thirty plus years ago.  When they got to the entrance to the underground tunnels they needed, there was a Papa John's Pizza store in the way.  Easy, they just blasted through the men's room wall and found the tunnels.  But the thought of that store in Moscow was a hoot!

Produced by DC Comics, I kid you not, this film is an action picture - high octane and filled with comedy.  I laughed myself silly and was highly entertained.  As in the original, they take another job at the end which ends the film on a note of comic hysteria.  The end credits roll to Perry Como's (Perry Como?!!) version of "Papa Loves Mambo."  It's a fitting end to the film.

It's much more fun than the first one, less serious.  Oh there are things with deadly consequences, but they all keep going, often with hilarious results.

Great job to the cast, the director, the stunt people.  It is a riotous ride, especially considering the ages of the stars.  Some of the stunts are memorable.  I never thought I'd see Helen Mirren ... well, you'll just have to see the film.  There were a long list of stunt doubles in the credits.  I can certainly see why.

In all seriousness, Kids, time passes very quickly.  It will surprise you how one day you turn around and a lot of people at your job are much younger than you.  Your kids are grown with kids of their own.  Intellectually, you know it's been years and years, but you don't think about it on a daily basis.
The world starts passing you by as you take a step back, out of the action.  It feels good to do that, but you know what?  The downside is you know you're becoming irrelevant in the eyes of society.  That does NOT feel so good.  You are ignored more and more by society, because you remind your peers of how old they are, and the younger folks of their fate to be, a dreaded thing in our youth centered culture.

It's a lot of fun to see your peers in a movie full of action and adventure.  For most of us it's pure escape, but what's wrong with that?  It's why we invented pop culture.

Go see this one.  It's a megawatt action flick and a hoot...

Oh, and just because I was glad to see my peers in an action movie, does NOT mean I won't be going to see the new THOR movie coming out soon...Now, he's cute.  Woof!!!

The Host - the movie with an afterward about Sharknado

Early on in the life of this blog, I reviewed the book The Host by Stephenie Meyer.  The film came out this spring.  As usual, I didn't make it to the theater to see it.  But now it's available on video and pay-per-view.

The film version of The Host opened to mediocre reviews.  Who cares?  I loved the book, especially the concept of an alien implanted in a host's body, lots of room for dramatic conflict in such a situation.  But this isn't the invasion of the pod people.  This host is very strong-willed and does not give in to the intruder.  They learn to work together and call each other sister in the end.

Shot in part in the New Orleans area, some of the film features beautiful historic settings, and areas deep in the bayou.  Much of the rest of the film was shot in the Shiprock area of the Navajo nation in New Mexico - a beautiful, spiritual setting in the desert.

It seems renegade humans are hiding from the all-powerful aliens wherever they can find sanctuary.
Wanderer is implanted in Melanie and the battle begins.  Melanie finally convinces Wanderer that she must honor her promise to her young brother and go back to him.  So Wanderer/Melanie go in search of them. 

Wanderer is not welcome among the humans, nor does she trust them.  But she is an old soul, veteran of 1,000 years of life lived in various hosts on different planets.  As she learns from the humans, they learn from her as well to a unique and satisfying conclusion.

Into the mix, there is an ambitious seeker of her people in a human host, who is relentless in her pursuit of Wanderer.  The seeker violates all of the beliefs of her peaceful species by committing acts of violence and murder.

How can the species be peaceful if they take over humans, you ask?  Simple, time-honored concept - they think they know best.  They don't intend to do harm and do not understand the harm that they inevitably do.  But in the end, some of them become enlightened by the human way of life, leaving an opening for a most interesting future.

Saoirse Ronan as Melanie/Wanderer is a beautiful young woman and a capable actor.  She works with an inner dialogue, often contentious, and always audible to the audience.  Melanie/Wanderer becomes two unforgettable characters.

Diane Kruger as The Seeker/Lacey is a memorable villain, refusing to give up the hunt when ordered by her kind to do so.  She makes a perfect counterpart to Melanie/Wanderer.

Max Irons as Jared is Melanie's longtime love interest.  He does a good job of portraying the confusion and disbelief when confronted with Melanie/Wanderer.

Jake Abel as Ian is Wanderer's love interest - yep, she has her own.  Now THAT does get a bit complicated, but is well handled in the film.

William Hurt as Melanie's Uncle Jeb adds the wisdom of a lifelong warrior to the cast.  He is one of the first to believe that Melanie is alive inside her body, along with Wanderer the alien.

Frances Fisher as Melanie's Aunt Maggie is great in her role of angry, disbelieving woman who has seen too many people that she loves be taken over by the invading aliens.

The script follows the wonderful novel very well.  The only thing I miss in the film are the descriptions of the other worlds Wanderer has visited and the type of hosts she has had.  There is some hint of it.  The individual aliens "souls" as they call themselves are beautifully depicted from the description in the novel.

The film is lovely, a couple of beautiful love stories rolled into one movie.  The colors of the production are muted but beautiful.  The desert panoramas are glorious and make me want to go back to visit New Mexico once again.

Honestly, I read all the books in the Twilight series and saw all the movies.  But The Host, novel and movie appeals to me more.

The closing credits roll to Radioactive by Imagine Dragon, the same theme music used for SyFy's great new series, Defiance.  What's not to like?

Watch the video of this one. You won't be disappointed.

And now from the sublime to the ridiculously campy - Thursday night, SyFy premiered another of their often ridiculous, often hilarious horror films about marauding monsters.  In keeping with their oft-used theme of sharks (when they're not doing crocodiles and snakes), this one was about hordes of sharks being sucked up into multiple tornadoes and dropped down on an unsuspecting populace.

I watched it and enjoyed it but did not focus on it - in other words I was reading and doing other things.  These movies don't require one's complete attention.  And remember, I'm not a big fan of gratuitous gore...

But the funniest thing of all about Sharknado is that it broke all records on Twitter with lots of folks, including famous ones, watching and tweeting about the film while it was being aired.  That makes me laugh more than the movie did...I guess watching big breasted bimbos in skimpy clothes with buff guys in peril from sharks dropping from tornadoes appeals to a bunch of us...

Wonder what the founding fathers would say about that?  Pass the popcorn?

Later, Gator...oh wait, that movie will be out next month...bless you SyFy.  From Ghost Hunters to Defiance to Face Off to the monster movies, you represent a microcosm of American entertainment.
You go SyFy!  Besides, you were the creators of my all time favorite, Battlestar Galactica.

Enjoy!