Hey, I’m glad SciFi is going to be showing Star Trek:TNG. I want more SciFi and less teeny-bopper, fantasy operas like Smallville, Charmed, Buffy, etc.

How about as a council topic discussing the state of the SciFi channel. For us here in the states it should be our go to network but instead it’s craptacular fare like Mansquito, wrestling and (shudder) Caprica.

1) Casino Royale is NOT a great movie, or even a great Bond movie.
I hear from my daughter that Enchanted was really good. Have you guys putting it down seen it? If you haven’t then you shouldn’t put it down.

Also, Mission Impossible 3 sucked (well, it was OKAY at best) and Independance Day was only great as a so-bad-it’s-good type thing. But if a computer’s going to save humanity, it’s going to be a MAC.

2)Dr. Virginia Knot- THAT’s what Stephany’s Halloween costume should be. Photos!

3) Vince, if you step out of your Mom’s basement and into the light, ask a non comic book fan (which is most of humanity) to tell you Iron Man’s origin, they can’t. It is not a part of popular culture.

4) Specials about Superman, Batman, Harry Potter, the Sci Fi Channel, etc are a GREAT idea, but I have some suggestions to make them really great-
a) they should be standalone specials, perhaps with extra content like sound clips, etc.
b) you should bring in a guest expert in each subject.
c) time these to come out during a “tentpole” event- like the upcoming Batman movie (get crankin’!).

5) I know you’ve met him, Casey, and I haven’t, but nonetheless, ADAM WEST IS AWESOME. Also, Hitchcock is SO a genius and everyone loves Stan Lee. C’Mon.

6) Lex’s replacement on “Smallville”- how about Ursa/Mala/Faora, the man-hating girl soldier of General Zod. That makes most sense.
Also there’s Aethyr, the spirit of the Phantom Zone, who was actually on the show before.
I wish it could be one of Darkseid’s minions, but that would mean he’d be Lex’s replacement and not Doomsday.
And what’s up with picking Doomsday, the guy who killed Superman? Calrk hasn’t even BEEN Superman yet! I hope they’re not going to do “The Death of Superman”, because 1) it sucked and 2) they kind of already did it on Smallville.

7) Stephanie, Chim Chim is a main character in the cartoon- it wouldn’t be a faithful recreation without him.
You want to see a franchise marred by crap marketing, just wait for “Speed Racer the Next Generation” from Nicktoons Network. The chimp is a ROBOT that transforms into a SCOOTER. I’m serious.

Stephanie, you are a bad representative for Trekkie Malcontents everywhere. Amanda appeared in the TOS episode “Journey to Babel”. Whorf’s babymama was named K’Ehleyr, B’Elanna absolutely had a child, and Janeway was mother to an entire starship crew, and a great one at that. Defense!

9) Cylon babies- you’ve all forgotten, but Sharon’s baby got sick on the Basestar and was rescued and brought back to Galactica. No mention has been made of the fact that Terl’s baby is half Cylon. I beieve the whole Cylon/Human baby plotline has been abandoned because it was going nowhere and the producers hope we will all forget about them. Either that or one of the babies is the final unrevealed Cylon? Naa- that’s stupid.

10) Joss Whedon vs. Trek. You’ve got to be kidding. Let’s see if millions of people are still talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly 40 years from now. ‘Nuff said.

You didn’t screw up- you’re just not some crazed old Trekkie who grew up in a time when the only Trek was 79 episodes that you’d watch over and over and over…

We’re a dying breed. That’s why nobody but me seems to mind this new movie replacing our heroes with twentysomething imposters.

I didn’t say Casino Royale wasn’t Bond, it’s just not Great. Still, there was something about the Bond movies that distinguished them from all other spy flicks that they chucked in favor of a more “realistic” Bond. Yeah, that’s what I go to a Bond movie to see- realism.
Thank YOU for the feedback- and the podcast!

Hey Robert give ‘em a chance before you leave. Personally, I don’t mind the profanity and find it humorous. However, adding profanity might slightly limit the all-inclusive vibe that you all have going.

Perhaps the regular show should be profanity free and the council show could be a No Holds Barred cavalcade of curmudgeonly cursing.

Thank you, everyone for commenting here. We really do like the feedback. John, you are very thorough about making your points. Nice work. As for the issue of explicit language, it’s never been our intention to just start swearing for the sake of it. In this episode, It was completely my fault and I let it get way out of hand. The reason I let it stay was because of the discussion that ensued. I am going to get everyone’s feedback that is associated with the show because I have to make a policy decision on this issue. I have to point out that I am dissatisfied with how the “Explicit” tag is handled at iTunes. There doesn’t seem to be a way to tag a single episode. I’m not an ID3/RSS expert so I’m not certain if there is a solution to this. One idea that I had was to pull explicit conversations out and put them up on a second feed that is reserved for “off-color” conversations or “unrated” bonus features or something. Please feel free to comment on this. I would like as much input on this as I can get.

Here is an update on the “explicit” issue. I’ve edited this episode and replaced the audio on the server so anyone who downloads it from this point on will be given beeps instead of swear words. I’ve also remastered the audio so it sounds a bit better as well.

Thanks for the input. Iron man was great!

Just a note on the “Explicit” thing. While I don’t mind the swearing, I think you should keep it out of the show. Specifically for people like Robert who listen with their kids. You have to remember, not only are you informing current Sci-Fi geeks, you’re educating the next generation of geeks.

Good comments people.

Darren, thanks for your comments. Surplus One is currently undergoing a “rethink.” I hope it can be revived soon.

And I’m not a fan of the whole “not swearing = censorship” thesis.

I know it’s in vogue, but c’mon–whatever happened to common courtesy? I can cuss like a proverbial sailor when I want to, but I hold back when speaking in public because I know there are some people who find such language offensive, even if I don’t.

“The greatest good for the greatest number”, as the Vulcans say–if a sizeable minority of people are offended or otherwise put off by explicit language, and the rest of us can live without it, I say keep it clean.