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Super-Fast Evolution Means Capricans Would be Hideous, Not Hot.

Brace yourselves, Battlestar fans: in real life Starbuck would probably be ugly as sin. Think more like a Ferengi, less like a supermodel. So would anyone else from the 12 Colonies, most likely. That's the implication of a new study of evolution here on Earth, which shows that natural selection can work at break-neck speeds. More »

9:30 AM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Michael Reilly
7,606 views, 83 comments

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The Truth Behind the V Franchise

We mentioned earlier that V might be heading back to television. The big news is that the book that could inspire this V resurgence will hit store shelves tomorrow. But how well to you remember this show and its creator? Creator Kenneth Johnson gave us the original Bionic Woman, and we all know how that recent retread has been going. Would a new V series fare any better? Go behind the scenes with some V trivia in the list below which is rife with decades-old spoilers. More »

11:15 AM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Kevin Kelly
3,530 views, 60 comments

Latest by Zantor: A "V" redux? Yes! I recently re-watched the original miniseries and really enjoyed it again after all these years. The thing that really troubles me is that it is far more relevant today than it was 20 years ago. Only, more »

Alien Lizards Are Making A Comeback Is it time to bring back V? In 1983 we had the two-part miniseries called V, then the following year they gave us V: The Final Battle, which spawned a TV series called, appropriately enough V: The Series. But it's been 20 years since we've heard from those reptilian alien invaders who pretend to be our friends. What's been happening to the franchise? Creator Kenneth Johnson thinks the time is right to adapt his novelization V: The Second Generation into a movie or a new series. [IESB]

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