• Technology, Entertainment, Design: SyFy’s Helix

    DESPITE SOME B-grade acting and melodramatic character back stories which do not inspire me to take their emotional depths seriously …

    The Future, As Seen on TV

    In 1982, cultural critic Fredric Jameson published “Progress verses Utopia: or, Can We Imagine the Future” which argued against the …

    The New Posthuman: SyFy’s Helix

    THE BIG NEWS in sf television this week is the premiere of SyFy’s Helix, from producer Ronald Moore whose reboot …

    Back to the Present of the Future: Continuum and the War on Terror

    By Jonathan Alexander I’LL BEGIN WITH A DISCLAIMER: as much as I love SF, time-travel stories are my least favorite.  …

    Superheroes and TV IV: Possibilities and pitfalls of contemporary television

    THE TERM TVIII has been used in television studies to describe the state of television in the 21st century. This …

    One Season Wonders: “Outcasts” and “Terra Nova”

    by Jonathan Alexander ONE OF THE PLEASURES of TV these days is the Netflixable delight of watching entire seasons in …

    Men Behaving Badly: White Masculinity in Science Fiction Television

    TELEVISION IS A PLACE where we work through our cultural anxieties and project idealized versions of our selves. Even if …

    Civil Wars: Reinventing America in Science Fiction Television

    NEW GENRE TELEVISION this week included the return of CW’s Arrow, an adaptation of DC’s character Green Arrow, the alter …

    Science Fiction Television: Still Lost in Space?

    WE LIVE IN A GOLDEN AGE of television, as the recent Emmy Awards broadcast never failed to remind us. Although …