So the "boys" were surprised at Gerard Butler's female fan following? Four words: Phantom of the Opera.

On a recent TV special, a wonderful young singer sang "Music of the Night." He sang it perfectly ... beautifully ... and not for one instant was I tempted to run off and live in a sewer with him.

But Gerard ... take me away. I'll go underground with you anytime.

I started college the same year the original Battlestar Galactica started, and have watched every episode of both the current and original series at first run. I remember at the time the original show first ran that there were two main criticisms.

First, the constant battles in every episode was turning the show in "Cylon battle of the week," especially since they kept re-using the same footage.

Secondly, the original Battlestar Galactica never explored the real problems and logistics of holding a fleet together with little to no access to resources. In my opinion, the current show has not only done an excellent job handling these questions, but in the process has raised topics such as abortion, terrorism and even labor relations in a way no other show on television does today. This is hardly "jumping the shark."

The original show did have other problematic issues, but considering it came from the same general era when Fantasy Island and Charlie's Angels were first-run shows, and Gilligan's Island or The Brady Bunch could be seen several times a day in reruns, the original Battlestar Galactica was a breath of fresh air.

My only complaint of the current series is that we don't get to see more of Richard Hatch's character, Tom Zarek. While all the characters on the show are evolving, I think Tom Zarek is the most complex and multifaceted character from the start, and I if I could sit down to dinner with any one character from either BSG series, I think Tom Zarek would make for the most interesting conversation.

I am writing again to defend the Stargate Atlantis fans. We don't think we own the show, and we don't want it canceled. For goodness' sake, it's almost the only thing left that's worth watching! Being a loyal fan of Atlantis from the start ... what's going on is just heartbreaking. If the future of the show was so iffy that the powers that be had to do all this, I am afraid that there isn't much hope anyway.

Losing Torri and Paul is just crazy. Did anyone watch season two? Samantha Carter coming over is not even a decent replacement. Dr. Weir was the true base of the show. You could always rely on her to (diplomatically) save the city. SG Atlantis doesn't need sexy new doctors and more SG-1 crossovers, it needs Carson and Elizabeth.

It's clear enough to me now that Heroes is the fresh spark that the superhero genre has needed for a long time. When you think of The X-Files meets the X-Men, it's easy to understand why Heroes is such a big hit. The bravery to combine the originalities of separate sci-fi epics into one to make it attractive enough has been successful for Doctor Who. Few others in the genre have been brave enough to follow that example with success.

Heroes appeals to me with its striking sense of realism that we don't often see in most superhero stories. It certainly seems to generate a cult status parallel to X-Files and has already attracted distinguished guest talents like Chris Eccleston, George Takei, Eric Roberts and Malcolm McDowell (who seemed easily attracted to fresh new sci-fi efforts with his uncanny guest stint in Lexx).

Heroes succeeds for its clear intelligence and shows its potential for hitting the mark that Dark Angel, Birds of Prey and Mutant X may have missed. Everyone involved with Heroes, Tim Kring and the marvelous cast, including Masi Oka as Hiro (who my mother likes most), deserves congratulations. We can show them that congratulations by showing our support in keeping Heroes on the sci-fi map for a long time.

We've recently heard that it was the Powers That Be's decision to cut Torri Higginson's role from Stargate Atlantis to recurring. I personally think, and I'm sure I'm not alone in this, that this is probably one of the worst moves in SCI FI history, the other being Paul McGillion's exit to the show.

For a show like this, shouldn't it be the actor's/actress' choice to leave or have their time cut?

Over on the Save Weir thread on Gateworld, we've chosen one of their own catch phrases from an SG-1 episode for the campaign, which happens to be from the SG-1/Atlantis crossover, "The Pegasus Project."

"The time to join this fight is now."

So come on over, people, and let's make a difference.

What the frak has happened to Battlestar Galactica? This show was fantastic in its first two seasons. It delivered strong emotional stories, characters that we cared for and a simple, yet compelling, plot that was a joy to watch. Yet season three has been a long, boring disaster. Battlestar has gone from being the best show on TV to a dreary, directionless soap opera. I can only hope the show's writers and producers can arrange a decent sendoff for what used to be an amazing story.

I watched the Ghost Hunters marathon a month ago. I have never seen this show before, and I found that I could not stop watching it. The best show was the one about the Florida St. Augustine Lighthouse. The reason being that out of all the shows on that day, the lighthouse was the only one that showed any evidence of an actual haunting. I love this show.

First they canceled Stargate SG-1, then they dumped two of my favorite characters on Stargate Atlantis, and now we hear whispers of Battlestar Galactica's demise. Sorry, SCI FI, I’m about done with you.

Your new Dresden Files is iffy, at best. The effects are cheap-looking, and the stories revolving around hot women are boring. I gave up after three episodes. I'm not even giving Painkiller Jane a glance. I'm tired of women on your new shows resembling supermodels with half a brain. Where are more mature women? Forty-year-old women are just as beautiful as college cheerleaders, and much more intelligent and interesting (Laura Roslin, for example).

The programming staff at SCI FI are completely out of touch with what sci-fi fans are looking for. I would love for SG-1 to return, and for SGA and BSG to keep their casts intact, and have some programming people get tossed out instead.

*Flips channel to Spike*

If Battlestar Galactica goes, I'm ready to remove SCI FI from my cable package. I mean there will be nothing on the channel worth watching.

I hope they package Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and peddle them to syndication—it would be two better hours than we usually get. Meanwhile, why don't one of the networks grab BSG? Even HBO or Showtime? Imagine how stark and dark they could go on cable!

Mr. Brazil has given me some very intelligent food for thought ("Peter Jackson Could Improve Shangri-La"). Taking original stories into specifically different directions, without damaging the basic significance of the stories, makes remakes practical and potentially successful. But the good sense to take them into the "right" different directions is also a factor. From what I have learned about Shangri-La since seeing Lost Horizon, including Mr. Brazil's valuable information in his response, the challenge of our being truthful to the story of Shangri-La indeed demands careful exploration.

Peter Jackson, with his own research into the mythology of The Lord of the Rings and into the era in which King Kong was set, could be dedicated enough to give Shangri-La a new and significant dimension that could still be sincere to the original Lost Horizon. Of course, I do agree with Mr. Brazil that there is always a chance for a remake to fail, as the Rollerball remake understandably did. The secret to successful remakes, as with all film classics, sci-fi or other, is smart choices. I can still agree with Peter Jackson as a smart choice for directing a fresh story of Shangri-La, even if it is not necessarily a remake of Lost Horizon. The story always is the pivotal element, and choosing a wise storyteller like Peter Jackson is usually known to pay off.