When "Grimm" and "Once Upon A Time", two new fairytale television series were announced for the fall schedule there was much attended buzz from the entertainment media.
Grimm & Once Upon A Time - A Slice of SciFi Comparative Review
November 6, 2011 By 7 Comments
"Doctor Who: The Wedding of River Song" -- A Slice of SciFi Review
October 3, 2011 By 6 Comments
As Doctor Who closes in on its fiftieth anniversary, it's nice to know that while the future is bright, this new chapter and celebration appears it will be built on paying homage to long, rich history that has come before it. No where was that more evident than in Saturday evening's cliffhanger that once again tries to inject the "Who?" back into Doctor Who.
"Terra Nova" -- A Hollywood Reporter Review
September 22, 2011 By 4 Comments
Terra Nova makes its debut Monday night at 8 p.m. EST on Fox. Is the show worth tuning in for?
"Doctor Who: Night Terrors" -- A Slice of SciFi Review
September 6, 2011 By 11 Comments
While I enjoy much of what the new series of Doctor Who has to offer, it's still nice every once in a while to have a story like "Night Terrors" that feels like it could easily slip into just about any season of the classic run without too much difficulty.
"Doctor Who:" Let's Kill Hitler -- A Slice of SciFi Review
August 29, 2011 By 6 Comments
Reviewed by Michael Hickerson (Slice of SciFi Editor) One of the chief criticisms lobbed at Doctor Who in the 80s was that it became too insular with certain stories being so stepped in what's come before that novice fans would have a difficult if not an impossible time not just figuring out what was going [...]
"Eureka" and "Warehouse 13" -- A Slice of SciFi Review
July 11, 2011 By 3 Comments
As irritated as many of us are that Syfy airlocked SGU, there's still some good news. Their solid one-two summer punch of Eureka and Warehouse 13 are back tonight and both shows are still as entertaining as ever.
"Alphas" -- A Slice of SciFi Review
July 6, 2011 By 19 Comments
On the surface, Syfy’s new summer series Alphas feels an awful lot like a clone of NBC’s Heroes. Ordinary people with extraordinary abilities are brought together to fight evil. But dig a bit deeper and you’ll see that, well, the show really is a lot like Heroes, only this time instead of fighting against a mysterious governmental agency, our elite team is a special branch of the Department of Defense.
"Falling Skies" -- A Slice of SciFi Review
June 13, 2011 By 3 Comments
While best known for his work on the silver screen, Steven Spielberg is no stranger to television. One of his earliest directing jobs was the movie of the week classic Duel and many genre fans will recall that he produced the anthology series Amazing Stories in the early 80s.
"Doctor Who: A Good Man Goes To War" -- A Slice of SciFi Review
June 6, 2011 By 47 Comments
Reviewed by: Michael Hickerson (Slice of SciFi Editor) One of the problems with Internet rumors is that they can create false expectations for an episode. For example, last week I heard that as many as two other previous Doctors could turn up for a cameo in this week's mid-season finale. The story was backed up [...]
"Doctor Who: The Rebel Flesh" -- A Slice of SciFi Review
May 23, 2011 By 5 Comments
Last year when Steven Moffat took over as producer and show runner for Doctor Who, the buzz was all about seeing what a full season under his guidance might look like. Most fans agree that Moffat delivered solid results in his first season at the helm and that just amped up the curiosity to if and how Moffat might top himself in his second season as showrunner.
"Doctor Who:" The Doctor's Wife -- A Slice of SciFi Review
May 16, 2011 By 12 Comments
Reviewed by: Michael Hickerson (Slice of SciFi Editor) On paper, the combination of Doctor Who and Neil Gaiman looks like a winner. And while many fans were looking forward to the season premiere of series six, I'd be willing more than a few were equally or more excited to finally see the story from writer [...]
"Doctor Who": The Curse of the Black Spot -- A Slice of SciFi Review
May 9, 2011 By 8 Comments
In the overall arc of the sixth series of Doctor Who, "The Curse of the Black Spot" has the poor luck of being sandwiched between two highly anticipated episodes--the two-part season premiere and the Neil Gaiman episode.
Doctor Who, "Day of the Moon" -- A Slice of SciFi Review
April 30, 2011 By 23 Comments
If "The Impossible Astronaut" was all set-up, then "Day of the Moon" should have been mostly pay-off. And, for the most part, it was. Except for the fact that watching this two part opener to series six, I couldn't shake the feeling I used to get during Lost and The X-Files--namely that we were answering one question only to replace it with six or eight more.
Game of Thrones, The Kingsroad -- A Slice of SciFi Review
April 25, 2011 By 6 Comments
Let's start at the beginning--how cool are the opening credits for Game of Thrones? In a day and age when credits and theme songs are being cut to make room for more commercials, it's nice to know that at least on HBO we can have an opening title sequence that not only features a well done theme song, but also offers some clues to what's coming up in the episode. No, it's not snippets of what's to come in the hour as we saw with Battlestar Galactica. Instead, it's the map of Westeros showing us where much of the dramatic action will center that week.
Doctor Who: The Impossible Astronaut -- A Slice of SciFi Review
April 24, 2011 By 9 Comments
Reviewed by: Michael Hickerson (Slice of SciFi Editor)
impossibleaSeven years ago, I was really, really excited about the return of Doctor Who. As a long-time fan, I'd endured the wilderness years when being a Doctor Who fan wasn't necessarily cool, when merchandise was hard to find and every year on April 1, we got that inevitable the show is coming back thread cropping up. So, when news came that Doctor Who was returning in the spring of 2005, I was excited but skeptical. Finally, my skepticism was put to rest that Easter weekend in 2005 when the new series debuted and a new era of Doctor Who was born.
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