While a record 6.3 million viewers tuned into Night 1 of SCI FI’s original miniseries TIN MAN, this TV Addict — having just received his screener in the mail — must ask the question: Is TIN MAN worth investing six hours of my time in? Sure the preview looks fantastic, but shortening Dorthy’s name to ‘D.G.’ and lines like “Welcome to the O.Z.” have me concerned. Post away with your thoughts on Night 1 and whether or not you’ll be tuning into Night’s 2 and 3.

By: Amrie Cunningham

First things first – all TV shows should be shown on a movie theatre screen. I had the opportunity to see Battlestar Galactica: Razor at a theatre near my house, and it blew me away. I have to admit that the storyline itself felt kind of pulled together and I struggled to find myself caring about this tertiary character that had never once been mentioned in the show I’ve dedicated hours upon hours of viewing time to. But seeing the show on the giant movie screen gave me a whole new appreciation for many things.

Edward James Olmos (Bill Adama) says more with a look than any modern actor probably can. The screen lights up every time Mary McDonnell (President Roslin) appears, even if for just one minute. Jamie Bamber (Lee Adama) on the big screen is just frakkin hot. Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck) is obviously having so much fun playing a complete bad ass. Tricia Helfer (Gina/Six) is beautiful and conveys pain and pride in a combination that would have knocked me over if I had been standing up. And Michele Forbes (Helena Cain) is my hero. How’s that for set up?

A little back story about Razor, so you all can catch up (slight spoilers – I won’t give any of the big reveals away). Razor is the story of how the Pegasus came to be under Lee’s leadership after Cain, Fisk, Garner, etc., all died in a variety of (sometimes violent) ways. Did you know that Lee had an XO that wasn’t Dee when he first started as Commander Adama? No? Neither did I. His original XO was Kendra Shaw, an Aussie (though they don’t have Australia as a country in the world of BSG, so I’m not sure what her background there was) who learned how to be who she is from the amazing (and sapphic…) Admiral Helena Cain, the scary, manipulative, homicidal woman that ruled the Pegasus with an iron fist. Without giving too much away, because you have to turn in to the movie to see just how it all comes together, Kendra is Helena Cain, Jr., complete with wicked tendencies to be completely crazy and at times, possibly as un-human as the Cylons.

I’ve heard mixed reviews of the two-hour movie, but I’m in the positive category – I thought it was a wild ride, and though it doesn’t move the story of Kara Thrace’s miraculous rebirth or the four new Cylons, or any of that crazy business forward, it sets up so much new stuff to explore in the final season of this amazing show!

TheTVaddict.com has some exciting news. Not only are we thrilled to present the first in a series of upcoming BATTLESTAR GALACTICA RAZOR flashback clips. We’re one of the only sites online allowing fans outside of the United States to watch them.

Flashback #1 introduces us to William “Husker” Adama as he prepares for his rookie combat mission as a Viper pilot during the first Cylon War. Click here to head on over to theTVaddict.com Screening Room to check it out.

And don’t forget to mark your calendars [or TiVo's] for November 24 when BATTLESTAR GALACTICA RAZOR premieres exclusively on SCI FI at 9PM.

Admittedly, riffing on the words ‘THE OC’ was cool, you know, like three years ago — but all the same, with a cast featuring the likes of Zooey Deschanel, Richard Dreyfuss, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough and Kathleen Robertson — we’re psyched all the same for SCI FI’s re-imagined take on the WIZARD OF OZ. Enjoy this first look at TIN MAN.

Hoping to squeeze every last dollar from the concluding BATTLESTAR GALACTICA franchise, rumours are swirling online that SCI FI may delay the second half of BSG’s final season until 2009. For a more informed take on the rumours, check out SyFy’s interview with GALACTICA producer David Weddle [click for more]

After failing to strike a deal with Apple, NBC Universal has made the bone-headed decision to bite the hand that feeds them to form an alliance with Amazon. Unfortunately, Amazon’s UnBox service doesn’t work with Macs or iPods. Which begs the question, who’s in charge of this negotiation — 30 ROCK’s Jack Donaghy? [click for more]

Kevin Smith will not be directing an episode of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA this season. While those ‘in the know’ sight scheduling conflicts — we have a feeling what really ended his involvement was the story-line he had planned for Baltar and Gaeta! For all the scoop, check out SyFy’s story. [click for more]

For some inexplicable reason, HEROES has cast another former Trek legend. This time, bringing on Nichelle Nichols for five or six episodes. Which begs the obvious question — does anyone else think it’s far too early in HEROES run to be going to the ’stunt casting’ well this many times? How are they going to revitalize the show in season seven? [click for more]

SCI FI has announced their fall schedule and four of the five Cylon Gods agree — it rocks thanks to a November BATTLESTAR GALACTICA mini-series, and the upcoming holiday movie event TIN MAN. [click for more]

JERI RYAN’S former stalker has been arrested again. We have a feeling, Jeri Ryan’s new co-star Sebastian SHARK won’t be defending him. [click for more]

Executive producer Joel Silver promises that his new show MOONLIGHT will not be ANGEL 2.0. That sigh you heard, thousands of really disappointed ANGEL fans. [click for more from SyFy] or check out the original article at classic-horror.com

And finally, In spite of predominantly negative reviews, SCI FI’s latest series FLASH GORDON pulled in decent ratings. Having seen the second and third episode, this TV Addict can’t help but hope fans give the show another look. The show’s second and third episodes are a vast improvement over the first. With the writers realizing that FLASH GORDON is supposed to be light-hearted escapist fun, not serious and dull.

‘Flash Gordon’ Missing the Flash — SyFy Portal

‘Flash Gordon’ not out of this world — Newsday

‘Flash Gordon’ Fizzles — The Tampa Tribute

You’ll pan this ‘Flash’ as soon as you see it — USA Today

Lost in Space — NY Post

Super zero: ‘Flash Gordon’ likely to pass quicker than speed of light — Boston Herald

Poor writing leaves ‘Flash Gordon’ grounded — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Proving yet again the art of subtlety is lost on The Hollywood Reporter comes, “Flash Gordon” remake a little ridiculous. With the award for least flashy headline going to Cleveland.com’s ‘The Plain Dealer’. Who gives us, ‘Sci Fi Channel brings back Flash Gordon.’ (well duh!) That said, the newspaper does have the word ‘plain’ in the title. We probably shouldn’t have expected anything flashy.

For theTVaddict.com’s recent take on FLASH GORDON, click here.

This year’s BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Panel was all about the ladies. Joining Showrunners Ronald D. Moore and David Eick on stage were Tricia Helfer (Six), Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck), Mary McDonnell (President Roslin) and one surprise guest. To discover who dropped by the panel, click the link below. (Spoilers Ahead!)

Turns out Lucy Lawless will return to GALACTICA for its fourth and final season. Lawless’ D’anna will be “unboxed” for a three episode arc late in the season. What else did we learn from BSG’s final Comic Con Panel? Quite honestly, not much. But who are we too complain? We just spent an hour with Tricia Helfer, Katee Sackhoff, Mary McDonnell and Lucy Lawless.

Moore promised that not everybody will make it to earth, Lee Adama will be taking a really interesting journey and the Cylon nation will go through a very surprising transition. Moore also said, “I think I would say Baltar and Six’s,” when asked which character’s destiny fans will be most surprised by. Added executive producer David Eick [jokingly, we think], “the question we want to answer most is which of the crew of Galactica is NOT a cylon!”

While the fourth season won’t start until January 2008, fans can rest easy knowing that RAZOR, the two hour GALACTICA movie will premiere November 24, 2007 on the SCI FI Network. The movie, which is actually a two hour extended episode will not resolve the season finale cliffhanger, but rather set up certain story-lines that will play out throughout the fourth season. Having already suffered through three months without our beloved GALACTICA, we’ll take what we can get.

The TV Addict is getting set to head out on a West coast adventure. First stop Los Angeles, followed by a drive down the PCH to San Diego for Comic Con 2007. And yes, I know what you’re thinking — I’ll be sure to say ‘Hi’ to Weevil and the PCH’ers on the way down to Neptune, sorry San Diego.

In celebration of our trip to nerd fest Comic Con — theTVaddict.com is giving away a WHO WANTS TO BE A SUPERHERO? prize pack in an effort to help spread the word that [not surprisingly] Stan Lee’s WHO WANTS TO BE A SUPERHERO returns to SCI FI for a fantastic second season starting this Thursday July 26 at 9PM.

Interested in winning a Season One DVD, a Frakk Off t-shirt and one Feedback comic book? Simply post in the comments below your favorite childhood superhero and why. The winner will be notified via email on Wednesday August 1, 2007.

For more information on WHO WANTS TO BE A SUPERHERO? and to create your own superhero online, check out becomeasuperhero.com.

For more info on this developing story, check out our good friends at SyFyPortal.com