What We're Looking Forward To In 2010: Sci-fi TV

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Though the 2010 pilot season won't be here until August, the new year is upon us, and this means we must look to the future of our prime time entertainment. With the cancellation of Joss Whedon's FOX series Dollhouse, we're left (once again) to pick up the pieces of our sci-fi/fantasy TV fandom and look elsewhere.

Here's what we're looking forward to on the small screen in 2010

Torchwood
A BBC spinoff of Doctor Who (with much more nerve), Torchwood's future was a little up in the air after the success of it's third season, Torchwood: Children of Earth. Still, rumors are swirling once again that the show will return for a fourth season in 2010.

LOST
After five stranded seasons, ABC will wrap up its sci-fi Gilligan's Island with the sixth and final season, slated to kick off on Feb. 2. We're expecting one hell of a finish for the survivors of Flight 815, and the lack of teasers for the first few episodes makes us even more curious.

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  1. I find Caprica largely irrelevant. We all know the interesting part. The pre-robot-apocalypse is just sort of lame. That, and the pilot bored me.

    However, Torchwood! I'm anxious to see how that turns out. After Children of Earth, it's going to be tough to reunite the team - what's left of it anyway. Maybe a whole new bunch is the order of the day?

    masurix

    Dec. 30, 2009 18:05:pm

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  2. And WHY isn't Doctor Who on this list?

    But yes, I'm excited for Torchwood, too. I just love Jack. ^_^

    noconfusion

    Dec. 31, 2009 10:23:am

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  3. I find Caprica EXTREMELY relevant! We didn't see it coming, some of the more interesting narrative threads (alien Mayan-esque Mafia, for example). The apocalyptic thread is so very topical. Proof? The show's opening scenes, the virtual playground where "anything goes--its real-life doppelganger? Godlessness abounds on JERSEY SHORE, on MTV. Crackerjack writing from Ronald Moore and Jane Espenson. Hope they catch this commentary.
    ***Footnote to Ron: At this year's Comicon Battlestar panel, I totally, completely regret not getting up and praising how the Galactica series ended; the exhibit hall wiped me out from so much walking [no one is complaining here]. However, I regretted so badly, even to this day, not telling you how AWESOME the message was, towards the show's end. I even caught the ENTIRE discussion panel from the United Nations. MORE, please! God is in the details, people. Had a chance to reach out to others through my business, using Galactica. Reference spiritualheadlines dot com. Anybody interested, I could send you the link, once you Email me. This very week, I partook of a round-robin talk regarding Astrology (I am Christian). Many of the keynote speakers were passionate about Sci-Fi, the cosmos, and spirituality in its many forms. When it came for me to say something, this began my remarks, "Just asking. WHY not become knowledgeable about the 'GUY' who made the actual constellations, at least as much as you know about their alignments?" See, shows like Galactica give the entire world a SOFT APPROACH way to tell people about the Almighty without hitting them over the head with preachy prose that falls short. Thanks, Ron! Happy New Year, everyone! Jesus loves you. Arthur.

    spanklins

    Dec. 31, 2009 11:03:am

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  4. Sorry, but "God did it," is a lazy way to end a sci-fi series. The fact that Christians are using it as a propaganda tool makes me like it even less.

    clgoodson

    Dec. 31, 2009 12:12:pm

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  5. "Just asking. WHY not become knowledgeable about the 'GUY' who made the actual constellations, at least as much as you know about their alignments?"

    Because many people do not believe that a 'GUY' did do it. There are actual scientific explanations for the existence of the stars and constellations, and as clgoodson says "God did it" is not the real explanation, and that won't change no matter how many times you say it is.

    geekygirluk

    Jan. 5, 2010 12:07:pm

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  6. I think I'd actually have preferred it if the last twist had been Mr. Moore waking up from his nap and crying 'gosh, too much Boursin before bed again!'

    missknee

    Mar. 16, 2010 13:53:pm

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