It is a sad and solemn occasion that we must bid farewell to “Battlestar Galactica.” In its heyday, “Battlestar Galactica” was a strong, powerful and intriguing series packed with the kind of hardcore drama that would leave you weeping with regret, gasping in shock and whooping in sheer elation; its special effects were of a standard that would leave you giddy at their majesty and stunned in their detail; its writers, all experts in their craft, offered concepts and ideals that no other sci-fi had ever dared to attempt; and its cast, so versatile in their talents that when they cried, you cried along with them.

If the last scene is all that mattered, then this episode was superb. Unfortunately, it is impossible to ignore the fact that the first 55 minutes of the episode was largely uneventful. Still, that ending was a real game changer.

Life on Mars lived up to its name this week. After setting up an apparent tragedy at the end of last week’s episode, the tragedy simply didn’t materialize. Instead, it was pretty much business as usual in the 125, and that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

I am honestly shocked about all the griping over the series finale of “Battlestar Galactica.” Really, I’m shocked. When “Star Trek: Voyager” ended, fans were mad because it seemed the writers were more interested in giving us action and adventure to end the series, and not much character wrap-up. In fact, the return to Earth lasted all of what, 60 seconds? “The 4400″ seemed to end on a cliffhanger of sorts, as did “Carnivale.” And people still complain about “The Sopranos” ending, but that’s not entirely science-fiction there. But yet, after all that, with Ronald D. Moore and others listening to the cries of fans in the past, those very fans have turned around and told the “Battlestar Galactica” producers, “Just kidding! We liked the old endings better!” Of all the finales for …

Don’t call it SyFy Radio anymore. Now, you can simply call it Alpha Waves. The online radio show, hosted by Airlock Alpha founder Michael Hinman until last January, returns March 27 with all-new episodes exploring the past, present and future of science-fiction. The new hosts of the show are Wayne Hall, the news editor of Airlock Alpha, and Nick Chase, the chief technology officer of Airlock Alpha’s parent corporation, Quantum Global Media Inc. However, because Hall is recovering from surgery, fans of the older show will get a treat as Michael Hinman will return to guest host the return episode. And it’s a good time to come back for him. Less then two weeks following the announcement that SciFi Channel is going to rebrand itself “Syfy,” using a term Hinman created more than a decade ago, …

J.J. Abrams’ Bad Bad Robot Productions will stay with Paramount Pictures through 2013. Paramount recently locked the deal as an aggressive promotional push accelerates on “Star Trek.” Abrams directed and produced the film, which opens May 8. The studio first partnered with Abrams and producer Bryan Burk in July 2006. Their first venture was “Cloverfield,” grossing $170 million worldwide and leaving a doubtless sequel in its wake. “Star Trek” marks their second effort, followed by the Harrison Ford picture “Morning Glory,” which begins production this summer for a 2010 release. “Bad Robot was one of the first deals we made to help rebuild the studio,” Brad Grey said, Paramount Pictures chairman and chief executive officer. “J.J. has since become part of the fabric of Paramount, and …

The moment I’ve been dreading has finally come. “Battlestar Galactica” is no more. Having been an avid fan of the show since TiVOing the miniseries on a whim all those years ago, I’ve been waiting patiently for the resolution of this amazing story for quite some time. But in the end, was it worth it? Yes and no. Part One of “Daybreak” was promising (click here for my review), but the conclusion to the finale was a mixed bag and for many passionate fans, it was a huge blow. There’s no denying the greatness of “Battlestar Galactica” as a series — each season has brought new and interesting concepts to the table, plenty of amazing action and superb character development. But for some reason much of what made “Galactica” such a one-of-a-kind show was thrown to the wayside with “Daybreak,” the …

The name “Syfy” may not exactly be one of the newest words to hit the English language (and certainly not in the Polish language, where it has some other not-so-nice translations), but it does represent what NBC Universal believes is the future of science-fiction fandom. After all the interviews SciFi Channel president Dave Howe did over the past couple weeks, he was finally able to spend some one-on-one time with me, who many (including myself) credit for actually creating the “Syfy” moniker, in a conversation that was both refreshing, enlightening, and really made an impression on me. Seriously. I know that some expected a conversation between myself and Dave Howe would come off like Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer, but it wasn’t that at all. Mr. Howe is most certainly the right leader at …

Sometimes, spoilers get out just too quickly. Back when Airlock Alpha was a spoilers site, we would always worry about releasing some spoilers too quickly for fear that the writers would go back and change it, or worse yet, those scenes would just get edited out. Luckily for us, the ending of “Battlestar Galactica” remained intact, just as we had predicted, but the same can’t be said for the upcoming “Terminator: Salvation.” It seems that spoilers leaking of the movie’s ending, where John Connor is killed but his skin is transferred to metal to keep the dream alive, got Warner Bros. in such a tizzy, they decided to change the ending again. Now we don’t know what the ending is. But it is testing much better with audiences, and maybe that might mean “Salvation” can be saved after all. …