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A fter just three seasons, Colony (2016-present) goes the way of Defiance (2013-2015) and is cancelled by USA (July 21 2018) with clearly much more story to tell. What a disappointment.   When The Expanse (2015-present) was terminated by SyFy after three seasons it was saved by Amazon . Could Colony get a second lease on life? Time will tell. It's a great little series. This writer would have enjoyed a bit more revelation with regard to the aliens and the alien technology and where it was all heading, but it was a slow burn in that area favoring the human turmoil and I happily remained on board. Such a shame to learn of the news of its cancellation, because with one Colony episode remaining as of this writing there is no chance any of it will be resolved properly. Boy sometimes it just doesn't pay to be a science fiction fan. Judging by its ratings where were you people?  (c) Susan Okoro's Blog

"I t's programmed to follow a predetermined path."   -Nicholas Rush- S targate Universe (2009-2011) delivers on a host of levels for the pressure cooker entry that is Stargate Universe , Season One, Episode 16, Sabotage . Following a sabotage event of one of a number of Destiny's FTL drives, a series of partitioned drives that work like a kind of Blade Server, Matthew Scott, Chloe Armstrong and Eli Wallace miraculously return through the gate back aboard the Destiny. While each episode highlights the character that is the ship Destiny, Sabotage presents a host of wonderful new renderings of the ship that are glorious to behold for fans of the craft's designs. See images to behold. Composer Joel Goldsmith graces the audio component of the episode with some new compositions that further underscore yet another tense build of an episode. But it's also worth noting Sabotage is an exceptional illustration of the series use of silence. Sometimes the

W elcome to F A B F R I D A Y and all things vibrant and vivid from the future worlds of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson .   "G erry's great strengths were his ideas and his leadership, his ability to bring a team of people together and to see what people might be capable of." -Terry Curtis, sculptor and prop developer for Thunderbirds , UFO and Space:1999 [ FAB #44, p.39, 2002]- A t the time of writing this entry this writer learned of a massive car race crash in the first lap in Vila Real, Portugal. How fitting. The latest entry in the Gerry Anderson series, Thunderbirds , centers on a kidnapping at the Parola Sands Grand Prix car race highlighting Thunderbird 3 pilot and racing star Alan Tracy in a bit of further developing its wooden character base. In Thunderbirds , Series One, Episode 9, Move - And You're Dead the story begins with Alan Tracy and Grandma Tracy atop a red bridge loaded with explosives. The two must remain still or die. Perhaps the