I'm a Sci-Fi Nut

This page will be about the TV Shows, Movies, Video Games, And the other things that I enjoy. My page is best viewed at 1280x960 and with the Firefox browser. My name is Justin, I like the outdoors and nature, biking, hiking, collecting/finding old objects, rock collecting, playing video games, And reading/learning about strange things in history and in the Bible. I guess that about sums everything up about me, I hope you enjoy your stay...
Short Plot Summary for "Battlestar Galactica"
In a distant galaxy lie The Twelve Colonies of Man, a civilization that has been at peace for some forty years with an empire of machines they built, the Cylons, who were created generations before as worker drones for mankind, but became independent, rose in rebellion, and launched war on their masters. Now, the Cylons have evolved into more human like form, into machine-created biological beings, who seek to exterminate true biological humans. To this end they use a human scientist, Gaius, to help one of their infiltrators, known as #6, penetrate the Colonies' master defense mainframes; Gaius is reluctant but smitten by #6, a Cylon woman of seemingly insatiable sexual desire, and the result of their affair is a nuclear sneak-attack that obliterates the Colonies and the star navy deployed for their protection. One ship, however, survives, an obsolete battlestar known as the Galactica; scheduled for decommissioning, the Galactica instead now must lead the 50,000 rag-tag fleet of survivors on a lonely quest to find humanity's fabled 13th colony -- a planet long lost that is only known by its name, Earth.
Short Plot Summary for "THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES"
At the end of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," Sarah vanquished the Terminator sent from the future to kill her teenage son, John. Sarah and John now find themselves alone in a very dangerous, complicated world. Fugitives from the law, they are confronted with the reality that still more enemies from the future, and the present, could attack at any moment. TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES reveals what happens when SARAH (Lena Headey) stops running and goes on the offensive against an ever-evolving technological enemy bent on destroying her life, and perhaps the world. Her son, 15-year-old JOHN CONNOR (Thomas Dekker), knows that he may be the future savior of mankind, but is not yet ready to take on the mantle of leadership that he's told is his destiny. John finds himself inextricably drawn to CAMERON (Summer Glau), an enigmatic and otherworldly student at his high school, who soon proves to be much more than his confidante - she assumes the role of Sarah and John's fearless protector. On their trail are not only threats from the future, but an intelligent and tough FBI agent, JAMES ELLISON (Richard T.Jones), who soon becomes a powerful ally. TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES represents an exciting reinvention of the "Terminator" franchise, in which the strong and intrepid Sarah discovers that protecting her son and stopping the rise of the machines is more difficult than she had ever imagined.
Short Plot Summary for “Bionic Woman”
Struggling as a bartender and surrogate mom to her teenage sister, Jaime Sommers (Michelle Ryan, "EastEnders") didn't think life could get much harder. But when a devastating car accident leaves her at death's door, Jaime's only hope for survival is a cutting-edge, top-secret technology that comes at a hefty price. With a whole new existence and a debt to re-pay, Jaime must figure out how to use her extraordinary abilities for good -- while weighing the personal sacrifices she will have to make. Ultimately, it's Jaime's journey of self-discovery and inner strength that will help her embrace her new life as the Bionic Woman in this new action-drama series on NBC.
Short Plot Summary for “Heroes”
Heroes is an American science fiction drama television series, created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. The show tells the story of several people who "thought they were like everyone else... until they woke with incredible abilities" such as telepathy, time travel and flight. These people soon realize they have a role in preventing a catastrophe and saving mankind. The series follows the writing style of American comics with short, multi-episode story arcs that build upon a larger, more encompassing arc. Even with small story arcs that move the story forward, Kring said "we have talked about where the show goes up to five seasons". When the series premiered in the United States, it was the night's most-watched program among adults aged 18-49, attracting 14.3 million viewers overall and receiving the highest rating for any NBC drama premiere in five years. And on January 17, 2007, Reilly announced Heroes had been picked up for a second season. The plot of Heroes is designed to be similar to the stories of comic books. Like comic books, Heroes has large overall arcs and small arcs within the main arc. No matter what characters exist and what events makeup a season, all seasons of Heroes will involve ordinary people who discover their abilities and their reactions to their self-discovery. Each episode reveals new answers and questions and progresses the story and/or the characters. There is an overall arc of the first season that revolves around stopping an explosion of immense proportions that happens in the future. That arc is initially carried by two characters, Hiro Nakamura and Isaac Mendez, where the former saw the act in the future and the latter painted it from his visions. The first four episodes of the first season primarily revolved around characters discovering their powers, dealing with the issues of normal life and coping with the consequences of their discovery. At the end of the fourth episode an event occurs that kicked off a smaller arc revolving around a message received by Peter Petrelli, "Save the cheerleader, save the world" which is tied to the explosion already foreseen. By the end of that arc, the characters slowly discovered their abilities and the existence of others like them, and some of them even began to realize the need to come together to prevent a catastrophe. As characters progress through the first season learning of others similar to them, the plot turns to the question of how the explosion seen in Hiro's trip to the future and Isaac's paintings will occur and what role the various characters will play to stop it or cause it. This is one of those series that really pulls you in and keeps you wanting more, Season two can’t come fast enough lol.
Short Plot Summary for "Stargate Atlantis"
When a secret base abandoned by the Ancients — the original builders of the stargates — is found buried in the ice of Antarctica, the Stargate Atlantis team is recruited for the most daring stargate mission yet: a one-way expedition to the distant Pegasus galaxy.
There the Stargate Atlantis team encounters a number of primitive human civilizations ... as well as the Wraith, a sinister new enemy that threatens human life everywhere.
The Stargate Atlantis mission is headed by Dr. Elizabeth Weir (Torri Higginson), a specialist in diplomatic relations. Her political savvy is balanced by the go-with-your-gut bravado of her military counterpart, Maj. John Sheppard (Joe Flanigan), a courageous and gifted pilot. Rounding out the team are Lt. Aiden Ford (Rainbow Sun Francks), the enthusiastic young officer who becomes Sheppard's second-in-command; and Dr. Rodney McKay (David Hewlett), a clever and quick-witted astrophysicist with previous experience at Stargate Command. The team is befriended by Pegasus galaxy native Teyla (Rachel Luttrell), a beautiful young leader among the Athosian people, with whom the Atlantis team has forged an uneasy alliance against the Wraith.
Rounding out Team Atlantis are Ronon Dex (Jason Momoa), a human native to the Pegasus galaxy who has fought the Wraith for seven years in defense of his planet; and, from Earth, Col. Steven Caldwell (Mitch Pileggi), the commander of Earth's newest intergalactic battle cruiser, the Daedalus.
Short Plot Summary for "EUReKA"
As World War II came to a close with mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the impact that science and technology would have on the continued security of our world became catastrophically apparent. America nearly lost the race to build the atomic bomb; it could not risk such a close call again.
With the help of Albert Einstein and other trusted advisors, President Harry S. Truman commissioned a top-secret residential development in a remote area of the Pacific Northwest, one that would serve to protect and nurture America's most valuable intellectual resources. There our nation's greatest thinkers, the über-geniuses working on the next era of scientific achievement, would be able to live and work in a supportive environment. The best architects and planners were commissioned to design a welcoming place for these superlative geniuses to reside, an area that would offer the best education for their children, the best healthcare, the best amenities and quality of life. A community was created to rival the most idyllic of America's small towns — with one major difference: this town would never appear on any maps. At least, none that haven't been classified "eyes only" by the Pentagon.
Thus, the town of Eureka was born. But for all its familiar, small-town trappings, things in this secret hamlet are anything but ordinary. The stereotype of the absent-minded professor exists for a reason, and most of the quantum leaps in science and technology during the past 50 years were produced by Eureka's elite researchers. Unfortunately, scientific exploration is rarely what one expects, and years of experiments gone awry have yielded some peculiar by-products.
From unrequited love to professional jealousy, from addiction to depression, the problems of Eureka's townsfolk stem from life's myriad of everyday challenges. But with the population's unique talents, troubled psyches and limitless resources, these small-town concerns have a way of becoming big-time problems. It is at that intersection, where human frailty and super-science collide, that Eureka begins...
Short Plot Summary for "Doctor Who"
Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, (and a 1996 television movie). The programme shows the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as "the Doctor", who explores time and space in his TARDIS timeship with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. The programme is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest-running science fiction television series in the world and is also a significant part of British popular culture. It has been recognized for its imaginative stories, creative low-budget special effects during its original run, and pioneering use of electronic music (originally produced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop). In Britain and elsewhere, the show has become a cult television favorite and has influenced generations of British television professionals, many of whom grew up watching the series. It has received recognition from critics and the public as one of the finest British television programmes ever, including the BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series in 2006. The programme originally ran from 1963 to 1989. A television movie was made in 1996, and the programme was successfully relaunched in 2005, produced in-house by BBC Wales.
Short plot summary of the SciFi Channel Doctor Who. The Doctor is an alien adventurer called a 'Time Lord', and the last of his race from the planet Gallifrey. The Doctor's race The Time Lords have been wiped out by the Daleks in a war and the Doctor is the last Time Lord alive. He travels through time and space in his TARDIS battling evil where ever he finds it.
Short Plot Summary for “Lost”
A plane crash strands the surviving passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 on a seemingly deserted tropical island, forcing the group of strangers to work together to stay alive. However, their survival is threatened by mysterious entities including polar bears, an unseen creature that roams the jungle, and the island's malevolent inhabitants known as the "Others". Episodes of Lost include a number of mysterious elements which have been ascribed to science fiction or supernatural phenomena. The creators of the series refer to these elements as comprising the mythology of the series, and they form the basis of fan speculation. Among the show's mythological elements is a "monster" which appears to roam the island; a mysterious group of inhabitants whom the survivors refer to as "The Others"; an organization called the "DHARMA Initiative" which has placed several research stations on the island; a sequence of numbers which have made frequent appearances in the lives of the characters, in both the past and present; and personal connections between the characters, of which they are often unaware. As with most cult television shows, Lost has generated a dedicated and thriving international fan community. Lost fans, sometimes dubbed Lostaways or Losties, have gathered at Comic-Con International and conventions organized by ABC, but have also been active in developing a large number of fan websites, including Lostpedia, and forums dedicated to the program and its related incarnations. Because of the show's elaborate mythology, its fansites have focused on speculation and theorizing about the island's mysteries, as well as on more typical fan activities such as producing fan fiction and videos, compiling episode transcripts, shipping characters, and collecting memorabilia. In short Lost is a hit series, And a money maker for ABC network.
Short Plot Summary for "Star Trek"
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series. The Star Trek fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry in 1966 is the setting of six television series, And ten feature films (with an eleventh in pre-production), dozens of computer and video games, hundreds of novels and other fan stories, as well as a themed attraction in Las Vegas. The TV series alone is said to be one of the biggest cult phenomena of modern times. In the Star Trek "universe," humanity developed faster-than-light space travel following a post-apocalyptic period in the mid-21st century. Later, humans united with other sentient species of the galaxy to form the United Federation of Planets. As a result of alien intervention and science, humanity largely overcame many Earth-bound frailties and vices by the twenty-third century. Star Trek stories usually depict the adventures of human and alien beings who serve in the Federation's Starfleet. The conflicts and political dimensions of Star Trek form allegories for contemporary cultural realities; the original Star Trek television series addressed issues of the 1960s, just as later spin-offs have reflected more modern topics. Issues depicted in the various series include war and peace, authoritarianism, imperialism, class warfare, racism, human rights, sexism, and the role of technology.
Star Trek originated as a television series in 1966, although it had been in the planning stages for at least six years prior to that. Although The Original Series was canceled after its third season due to low ratings, it has served as the foundation for five additional Star Trek television series. Altogether, the six series comprise a total of 726 episodes and ten theatrical films (with an 11th in the works) across twenty-two different television seasons (twenty-nine, if one separately counts seasons running concurrently), making it the second most prolific science-fiction franchise in history only after Doctor Who.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) is set nearly a century after The Original Series and features a new starship, the Enterprise-D, and a new crew led by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, played by Patrick Stewart. It also features the first Klingon in Starfleet, Worf. The show premiered on September 28, 1987 and ran for seven seasons, ending on May 23, 1994. The Next Generation had the highest ratings of all the Star Trek series and was the #1 syndicated show during the last few years of its original run. It was nominated for an Emmy for Best Dramatic Series during its final season in 1994. It also received a Peabody Award for Outstanding Television Programming.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999) is set during the same timeframe as The Next Generation and ran for seven seasons, debuting in 1993. It is the only Star Trek series to take place primarily on a space station, rather than aboard a starship. The show chronicles the events of the station's crew, led by Commander (later Captain) Benjamin Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, living on the Cardassian-built Bajoran spacestation Deep Space Nine, which initially orbited the planet Bajor but was moved to a nearby, newly-discovered, uniquely stable wormhole that provides immediate access to the distant Gamma Quadrant. Recurring plots include the repercussions of the lengthy and brutal occupation of the nearby planet Bajor by the Cardassians, Sisko's unique spiritual role for the Bajorans as the Emissary of the Prophets, and a major war with the Dominion of the Gamma Quadrant. Deep Space Nine stands apart from other Trek series for its lengthy serialized storytelling and conflict within the crew – things that Roddenberry had forbidden in earlier Trek series.
Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001) was produced for seven seasons and is the only Star Trek series to feature a woman as the commanding officer: Captain Kathryn Janeway, played by Kate Mulgrew. Voyager takes place at about the same time as Deep Space Nine. The series' pilot shows the USS Voyager and its crew stranded in the Delta Quadrant, 70,000 light years from Earth. Given a 70-year voyage back to Earth, the crew must avoid conflict and defeat challenges on its long and perilous journey home. Voyager was originally isolated from many of the familiar aspects and races of the Star Trek franchise (with the exception of the individual races amongst the crew). This allowed for the creation of new races and original plotlines within the series; however, later seasons saw an influx of characters and races from prior shows, such as the Borg, Q, the Ferengi, Romulans, Klingons, Cardassians, and even multiple instances where members of the Next Generation crew appear in the series.
And then we have Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005) Star Trek: Enterprise (originally aired as "Enterprise"), is a prequel to the other Star Trek series. The pilot episode takes place ten years before the founding of the Federation, about one hundred years before the original Star Trek series. The series depicts the exploration of space by the crew of the Earth starship Enterprise. Commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula), Enterprise is able to go farther and faster than any human vessel had previously gone. Enterprise showed the origins of several features that would become common in the sequel series, such as the inventing of new technologies, primarily the static warp bubble, and first contact with new species, such as the Klingons. For the first two seasons Enterprise was episodic, like the original series and The Next Generation. During the third and fourth seasons, the series used long story arcs spanning several episodes at a time. Ratings for Enterprise started strong, but declined rapidly. The show continued to lose ratings during the third season, and Paramount cancelled the show in early 2005. And there you have it, a short look at the 40 years of Star Trek.
Short Plot Summary for "Stargate SG1"
Step through the stargate with SG-1, a team of soldiers and scientists, as they travel instantaneously to other planets to explore, forge alliances, defuse crises, establish trade, investigate ancient mysteries, and defend Earth from such hostile forces as the Goa'uld, the Replicators, and the Ori.
For eight years, from their base at the U.S. Air Force's Stargate Command in the Rocky Mountains, Gen. Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), Lt. Col. Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping), and alien warrior Teal'c (Christopher Judge) have braved everything that the universe has thrown at them, from interstellar war and evil twins to death and ascension.
But changes came to SG-1 as it began its ninth year of fearless service to Earth. New faces joined the team: Cameron Mitchell (Ben Browder) will try to fill the very big shoes of former SG-1 leader O'Neill (who is now in charge in Homeworld Security), while Gen. Hank Landry (Beau Bridges) must adapt to the unique challenges of running Stargate Command, a posting unlike any other the military has to offer.
As the team embarks upon its tenth year, Vala (Claudia Black), a former Goa'uld host turned freedom-fighter, joins them in their battle to defend the galaxy from the holy war of the Ori. Meanwhile, relations between the Jaffa and Earth continue to be strained by the political maneuvering of Gerak (Louis Gossett Jr.), a Jaffa leader whose rise to power has put him into conflict with Teal'c.
Short Plot Summary for “Highlander”
The first film of what became a series, Highlander, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was released on March 7, 1986 with the tagline, "There Can Be Only One." The film features a number of flashback scenes establishing Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod's early history and builds up to his final destiny amongst the last of the mysterious immortals. Through a mentor – Juan Sánchez Villalobos Ramírez played by Sean Connery, he learns of the existence of immortals such as himself, who occur spontaneously throughout history. The immortals can only die by being beheaded and must battle each other to the last, until the 'Gathering' when the last immortals left will battle until only one remains to take 'the Prize'. The film remains arguably the best-known piece of the Highlander mythos, and the one best-received by the public. It introduced many themes and concepts that were further explored by the later movies and TV series. The 1990s TV series used the same basic ideas as the films, and was simply called Highlander: The Series. Its first episode was released on October 6, 1992. The series follows the life of Duncan Macleod, a clansman of Connor Macleod, star of the movie. Connor (Christopher Lambert) made a guest appearance in the first episode of the series to ensure continuity. Duncan's an immortal, who has been alive for four hundred years. The first season follows his attempt to live a normal life with his French girlfriend, Tessa. He took in a young street kid named Richie, whom he confided his secret--that he's an immortal and can only be killed when he is beheaded. And also once beheaded their power goes into the one who beheads them, which means that there's always an immortal who wants to take their head. The second season Duncan discovered there's a secret society, whose duty is to record what immortals do. And the one assigned to "watch" Duncan is Joe Dawson. It seems that some of their members feel that immortals are abominations and must be disposed, which they tried. Also Tessa and Richie were killed but Richie then learned that he is an immortal which is why Duncan took him in and confided in him. Duncan would constantly run into Amanda who ia an immortal and a thief but Duncan tries to reform her and has occasional success. He would also meet Methos who is supposedly the oldest immortal. Now the first half of each season begins in North America while the second half takes place in Europe, mostly France. This was a great series while it lasted, Go rent the movies or buy the series on DvD today.

Short Plot Summary for "MythBusters"
Did a Medieval Chinese astrologer make it into space by strapping rockets to his chair and setting them off? Just how hard IS it to find a needle in a haystack? Can you in fact go insane by having water drip on your forehead?
These are just a few of the myths, urban legends, and improbable sayings that the Mythbusters try to figure out each week. They don't just tell the myths, they put them to the test to see which ones are possible, and which ones are just plain bunk.
The MythBusters select two to three urban legends, myths or Internet rumors to focus on in each hour-long episode, usually consisting of one that requires complex preparation and building and is the main focus on the episode, with less screen time afforded one or two simpler myths that are more easily testable or entail less visually dramatic results.
The show MythBusters was originally pitched to Discovery by producer Peter Rees from Beyond Television Productions in 2002. Discovery commissioned three pilot specials at that time. Hyneman came to appear on the show through Peter Rees, who had previously interviewed him for his appearance on the show Robot Wars. Savage, who had worked with Hyneman in commercials and the same Robot Wars episode, was later approached by Hyneman to help co-host the show, because, as Hyneman explained, he wasn't dynamic enough to host the show on his own.
Most of the team's methods of testing myths are planned and executed in a manner to produce the visually dramatic results possible, which generally involves explosions, fires, or vehicle crashes. Because of the emphasis on visual spectacle, and the many mishaps and injuries that have ensued, Savage has described the show as "Jackass meets Mr. Wizard." In addition, the Mythbusters will usually only select a myth or claim for the main focus of the episode if it lends itself to such a spectacle, such as the idea that use of a cell phone will ignite gas fumes if used at a gas station, or the allegation that a shark can penetrate a boat or compromise a shark proof cage.
When a myth involves the limits of the human body, the MythBusters use either their resident crash test dummy, "Buster", or ballistics gelatin, which adequately replicates the consistency of human tissue and is used by ballistics engineers to test firearms and other projectiles. If the myth being tested is not too hazardous, the cast can conclude the show by performing the experiment on themselves.
By the end of each episode, the MythBusters conclude each myth to be "Busted", "Plausible", or "Confirmed". The MythBusters deem a myth to be "Confirmed" when they are able to recreate the myth’s purported outcome with the described circumstances. The MythBusters often corroborate a confirmed myth with documented instances of the myth occurring in real life. "Plausible" conclusions (first used in the second season) are reached if they can only produce the described results by expanding the parameters by a reasonable margin (that is, if the circumstances needed to make the myth work are impractical, but still doable), or by the practical necessity of setting additional parameters that may or may not have been part of the myth described. This judgment is used if a myth is possible but unlikely, or if documented accounts of the myth exist that the MythBusters were not able to duplicate. A myth is "Busted" if the results cannot be replicated via either the described parameters nor reasonably exaggerated ones, or occur only with parameters so unusual that the likelihood of the myth’s validity is virtually nil.
Other staff members on the show are Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, metal worker and welder Scottie Chapman, electrical engineer Grant Imahara, and Discovery Channel contest winner Christine Chamberlain. The MythBusters have also regularly consulted with other experts, such as folklorist Heather Joseph-Witham, who explained the origins of certain myths being explored in the first season.
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