You may already know that Stargate Universe is coming to the SyFy network — and it’s promising to bring back the starships, bigtime. Darker, edgier, bloodier – SyFy is clearly applying the lessons of Battlestar to the Stargate formula. Just in time.

Like vampire or zombie bites, geekdom is infectious. But this year it really seems like something has changed. Everyone seems to be talking about Comic-Con. With an entertainment industry that is interested in sequels, franchises and the already-proven value of any new investment in an entertainment property, Comic-Con has become the center of both the entertainment-industrial complex as well as the countless fan-universes that each franchise has created.