Summary: Join Unkk, Karen, and Rick as they explore the ways Science Fiction deals with, or doesn't deal with death.<a href="http://www.simplysyndicated.com/sb66_119/reaper/" rel="attachment wp-att-15694"></a><br> Show notes: <br> An unsettling confluence of tragedies inspired this week's topic, as history marks three space-related anniversaries: <a href="http://history.nasa.gov/Apollo204/" target="_blank">the Apollo 1 launch pad fire</a> on January 27, 1967; <a href="http://history.nasa.gov/sts51l.html" target="_blank">the Challenger explosion</a> on January 28, 1986; and <a href="http://history.nasa.gov/columbia/index.html" target="_blank">the Columbia explosion</a> on February 1, 2003. <br> In light of the real sacrifices made by these astronauts, the Starbase crew ponders the treatment of death within the fictionalized worlds of Trek and other genre fictions. <br> First, however, the Admiral blows off a bit more steam over the continuing Abramsgate saga. What is it this time? Abrams is now <a href="http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/02/22/star-trek-movie-jj-abrams/" target="_blank">signed on to direct whatever new Star Wars movie</a> will be coming down the pipeline. After he unequivocally stated he would not be directing the next Star Wars movie. Shocking that Abrams would lie to people, eh? <br> The Admiral then made the mistake of referencing one of the Bajoran's favorite musical groups and she completely lost the gist of the conversation while this song played in her head: <br> <br> Oh, those bad boys of hard rock. Those Toxic Twins. Those...woah. WTAF? <br> <br> What the hell were we talking about? Oh yeah. Star Wars. And something about 3-D. And prequels. Or not. And how to bootleg 3-D movies. Or not. <br> Then more space talk. Iran. Iran so far away. Far enough to kickstart the American program again? Who knows? <br> Super Nick Cage and Amazon Wonder Woman? Emo teen Dawson's Smallville. Arrow. CW fun. But, hey, Wonder Woman, eh? <br> Then comes the main event. How do some of our favorite genre shows handle (or avoid handling) death? Flippantly? <br> <br> [P.S.--Want this shirt? <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/d00d/" target="_blank">Go see the Geeks.</a>]<br> Futilely? Ham-fistedly? Snoringly? Lamely? Poignantly? Pointlessly? Eternally? <br> Assignment from the Admiral: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-View-Bridge-Memories-Hollywood/dp/B005SNO1P4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1361679716&sr=8-2&keywords=nicholas+meyer" target="_blank">Read this book.</a> You'll learn something valuable. <br> And on that note, we bid you adieu. And we salute the missing Kanadian and that animated hero Duck Dodgers with this festive one-two punch:<br> <br>
