Star Trek’s Planet Vulcan is real? May 17, 2007
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NASA has just posted a video titled ‘Search for Spocks Home’ on the JPL site.
According to Star Trek canon Vulcan is located orbitting the star we know as 40 Eridani A.
Guess what?
It’s real and NASA’s got a plan to find out what’s out there.
But is it logical?
and will life, Live Long & Prosper there?
Stargate Atlantis 3×15 The Game May 16, 2007
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wow.
Great episode..not an entirely new idea for SciFi but definitely a new idea for Atlantis.
Funny too.
McKay vs Sheppard in a Pegasus galaxy REAL version of Age of Empires (or maybe Sid Meyer Civilization?).
Atlantis is digging deeper than ever into the SciFi well to deal with interesting plot lines and themes that go beyond the simple – let’s kill some wraith episodes.
Stephen King Dark Tower Gunslinger Born #4 May 16, 2007
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Young Roland Deschain seems willing to put his friends in deadly danger by staying in Hambry when his relationship with the beautiful Susan Delgado deepens. Meanwhile, the evil Marten Broadcloak’s agents-a.k.a. the Big Coffin Hunters-are zeroing in for the kill on Roland and his ka-tet
Though still visually glorious this issue is the weakest of the set so far. That shouldn’t be too surprising though since issue #3 was so awesome.
It’s difficult to put your finger on what makes a series like this work or not other than to say that certain issues just ‘grab’ you more than others. This issue was basic plot developments nothing too crazy and no overly dramatic scenes that really stick out.
Sure it’s still a fine read..but hey across a seven issue set we can’t expect every issue to be spectacular can we?
NBC’s Journeyman set to travel through time May 15, 2007
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Remember Quantum Leap? Looks like NBC has a weird take on it coming up soon in a new show called Journeyman.
According to NBC’s description it's a drama about a dude who finds himself with the uncontrollable power to travel through time. It stars Kevin McKidd, (who played Lucius Vorenus on HBO’s Rome), and it is somewhat difficult to describe.
I loved Quantum Leap and was sad to see it go (but it was time in the end)..it’ll be interesting to see how NBC shapes this Journeyman show together.
So let’s look at a clip shall we??
Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck) in Bionic Woman fighting the Bionic Woman May 14, 2007
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Gotta hand it to NBC they sure know how to cast for a SciFi show. They’ve just released some initial footage from the new Bionic Woman show..one of the clips has Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica’s Starbuck) fighting The Bionic Woman Jamie Sommers. Katee Sackhoff is set to guest star in a re-imagining of the 1970s show.
Guess Starbuck (Sackhoff) really is a fembot! (aka Cylon!!)
The Bionic Woman – An East-Ender? May 14, 2007
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I guess Lindsay Wagner is too old…
Former Eastenders actress Michelle Ryan is set to become the Bionic Woman (Jamie Sommers) in the upcoming series.
This is the same Bionic Woman show in which
Still no word yet on if the Bionic Man – The 6 Million Dollar Man (Steve Austin) will also be remade.
Battlestar Galactica Cylon Apocalpyse #3 May 14, 2007
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All-Out War as the Galactica and her Viper’s do battle with the Cylons and their Raiders as Adama has ordered the virus released against the Cylon Empire! But, all doesn’t go as planned for Starbuck as he finds himself left behind on the Cylon world!
Another solid issue in a real solid storyline.
Starbuck getting stuck behind isn’t anything particularly inventive but he was just about to propose to Cassie so that kinda adds a twist to the whole thing. Only one issue to go and then this series is done.
Will all the cylons turn into reptiles and Will Galactica make it to Earth?
Just a few more weeks and then we’ll all find out.
Star Wars Legacy #11 Return To Ossus – AWESOME. May 13, 2007
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FINALLY.
Cade Skywalker returns and with him one of the best Legacy stories in a while (not that the issue 10 wasn’t great..but this one was over the top). Oh and the incomparable art of Jan Duursema returns too…
VADER.
Mara Jade.
THE FREAKIN VONG!!!
They all make an appearance in this issue that finally sees Cade return to the Jedi, to Ossus and to his destiny. His former bounty hunter pals get captured by Krayt’s empire too so the threads of this story are rapidly converging..as Cade seeks his Jedi heritage and the rest of universe is out looking for Cade.
What’s the deal with the Vong?
Will they side with the Jedi and/or Emperor Fel to overturn the Sith? Are they out to destroy the Jedi? the Imperial Remnant on Bastion?? Who knows?!? All I know is that it adds another dimension to an already wickedly cool comic book storyline.
Awesome story..AWESOME ART that is beyond compare. Legacy continues to impress and exceed all expectations.
AND only 4 more issues until the truth is revealed about who Darth Krayt really is.
Stargate SG-1 10×12 Bounty May 11, 2007
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This was a neat but kind of strange episode…who cares about the ‘lucian’ (?) alliance anyways right?
The real fight is Orii…or maybe I’ve got it wrong..and the alliance is helping the Orii??
IN any event a neat on Earth episode where we see Col Mitchell’s Kansas hometown..and for plot dev purposes…also shows us his future love interest and the future of the lucian alliance.
I wonder why these strong Stargate Military types always have to be from Rural areas…doesn’t anyone live in New York?
Knights of the Old Republic issue # 16 May 11, 2007
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Alrighty finally a brand new story arc..maybe this one won’t totally SUCK.
(or maybe it will).
The cover would make you think that this issue at LONG FREAKING LAST is about Zayne and that original incident with the deaths of his fellow padawans. no such luck though..we get a few measly pages of a dream sequence and that’s it.
The rest of this issue is about Jarael and her quest to figure out what’s wrong with Camper.
What’s wrong with Camper is that he’s a lame character!
This issue also has a low page count and a tonne of ads. Dark Horse should be paying readers to take this from their comic book retailers and not the other way around.
Battlestar Galactica Season 4 will be the last season ! May 11, 2007
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THAT’S IT!
Season 4 which is still 7 months away..WILL BE THE LAST for Battlestar Galactica.
Olmos says “This will probably be the most extraordinary season of ‘Battlestar’. It’s the final season, so it’s definitely going to be the most vicious. As far as we know, in respects of the way we have this show constructed, this is the final season.”
Sackhoff says “I think part of the problem is that it’s an expensive show. It is [a great show], but we don’t have the viewership that a great show should get.”
FRAK!!!!!!!!
Ultimately it’s the not the viewership that is killing BSG – It’s SciFi Channel and that is where ALL THE FRAKKING BLAME should go.
How the frak can you have an 8 month layoff between seasons?
How can you put a tier 1 show on at 10 pm on a Sunday night and expect ratings?
Sure it’ll be a great season knowing that all the loose ends need to be tied up..but it’s sad knowing that SciFi totally mismanaged this awesome show.
Star Wars Legacy : Darth Krayt Revealed in 6 issue story arc May 10, 2007
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We all want to know who Darth Krayt is right?
WE’ve been actively debating it here on ShowMeSciFi…and Dark Horse has indicated that in issue #15 the truth will be revealed.
Looks like it’s going to be REAL GOOD.
Star Wars Legacy issues #14-19 will in fact be a six issue story arc simply titled, ‘Claws of the Dragon’ all about Darth Krayt.
From its inception LEGACY has not disappointed and has only gotten better with each issue. With the return of Jan Duursema, for the Krayt story arc and the final truth being revealed about who Darth Krayt actually is, this series is going totally ballistic.
Thank you John Ostrander for penning the finest Star Wars comic book series of all time..someone should name a planet after you.
Terminator 4 Won’t Star the Governator May 10, 2007
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Looks like MORE Terminator movies are on the way. According to DarkHorizons Halycyon Co has acquired the rights and is already intending on making a Terminator 4 set for a Summer 2009 release.
Neither creator James Cameron or original star Arnold Schwarzenegger will be involved in the project, which picks up with John Connor in his 30s leading what’s left of the human race against the machines.
Terminator 1 was an awesome movie. T2 was fantastic. T3 SUCKED.
There are some really great Terminator books out there too but they don’t follow into the T3 cannon so there is a divergent set of stories and histories. Will T4 FOLLOW the T3 CANNON? Who knows.
Will the new Dynamite Entertainment Terminator comic book series be related? again unknown.
For a film franchise that started so well with a solid time travel loop story it has gone from Science Fiction to Science NonSense.
Beyond T4 – don’t forget the Sarah Connor Chronicles TV spinoff series is also under development. Again it is unknown if/how it will relate or tie into T4.
Battlestar Galactica Season Zero Issue Zero – The Most Popular BSG comic of all time??? May 9, 2007
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The series has barely begun but Battlestar Galactica Season Zero can already lay claim to being the most popular BSG comic book of all time.
How can that be??? It’s only at issue Zero.
EASY.
Dynamite gave issue Zero away.
On Free Comic Book Day.
They gave away …drum roll please…
….
100,000 COPIES
Is it any good? Not really. It’s a pre TV movie era prequel that likely won’t ever be considered to be canon. Adama crosses into Cylon space to rescue a lost expedition and run into..surprise surprise – CYLONS.
Kinda reminds me of the bulldog episode.
Artwork is crap and the story is real baseline. But hey it was FREE.
2 New Star Wars Live Action Movies in the Works!!! May 9, 2007
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No it’s not a joke.
George Lucas told a FoxNews reporter that he will make two more live-action films based in the “Star Wars” era.
“But they won’t have members of the Skywalker family as characters,” he said. “They will be other people of that milieu.”
The two extra films will also be made for TV and probably be an hour long each. But, like “Clone Wars,” Lucas doesn’t know where on TV they will land.
WOOHOO!
Technorati Authority?!?! May 8, 2007
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Technorati has recently changed the way they calculate blog links and position. It’s something they call ‘Technorati Authority’.
Personally i think they should just be honest and call it Link Farming.
Technorati used to count how many blogs link to another and how many links in total (including multiples from the same blog). Now in their infinite blogging wisdom they’ve decided to only count total number of blogs for a six month period.
It’s an infantile and amateur approach to measuring authority.
Simply counting links as opposed to counting the authority of those links and volume doesn’t prove anything. If ShowMeSciFi is the linked in the Top Blogs listing on WordPress (which it has been numerous times) that should have more ‘authority’ than if it is linked just once in the Top Blogs listing – it should also have more ‘authority’ than if it gets linked on a link farm.
What would make more sense is something along the lines of how Google’s Page Rank works. Using links alone is what killed search relevancy for all other search engines. I’m not sure why Technorati which has such a strong and solid understanding of the blogging world would degrade itself in this way.
Technorati ‘Authority’ does not reward true authority it awards popularity which is something that can be manipulated.
I hope that Technorati is just doing this as an experiment on a path toward a true ‘authority’ metric that accurately reflects both the popularity, the relevance and the actual ‘Authority’ of a blog.
Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck) Returns To SciFi This Saturday! May 8, 2007
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Well we all now know that Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck) isn’t actually dead on BSG. AND ShowMeSci readers know that she is a Cylon.
She’s also doing double-time on the SciFi channel with top billing credit in a movie set to air this weekend called – The Last Sentinel.
The basic premise is ‘basic and sorta like BSG, but more like Terminator. Humans build machines to protect them, then the machines turn on them.
“He was mankind’s last defender. Then he lost the will to fight. She (Katee Sackhoff) gave it back to him.”
Set in a deserted and ruined city it tells the story of the last survivors who remain fighting the lost fight against Drones, cultured and raised by mankind. Once again the human race is doomed by uncontrolled exposure to its very own futuristic technologies.
Heavily armed with implants of all kinds Tallis (Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson, „Bloodfist“, „Blackbelt“), the soldier forms part of the last human array sent out against the predominant antagonists to save the world. Left with no chance at all they have to face a staggering defeat.
Left behind as the only remaining survivor of the disastrous battle Tallis prepares himself to operate discreetly, collect equipment and evade any kind of contact with the enemy from that time on. His pacifistic disposition doesn’t change until he rescues a heavily wounded female rebel (Katee Sackhoff, “Battlestar Galactica”, after being ambushed. Unified, the two of them pit themselves against the forces of evil.
Trailer is below – ENJOY BSG fans!
SpiderMan 3 – Excelsior? May 7, 2007
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Like tens of millions of people around the globe this past weekend, I found myself in a theatre watching SpiderMan 3.
The black suit is no stranger for me though. I remember very well when i first read SpiderMan #252 when spidey first puts on the suits in his own title and i remember very well the Secret Wars Issue when he first finds the suit (or the suit finds him). I still own pristine mint copies of both books too.
That the suit can bend its wearer to evil is true to the comic – but of course comic book timelines are MUCH MUCH longer than a movie (though spidey 3 was WAY too long).
The Evil Spidey vs. Good Spidey contrast in the movie reminded me more of how SuperMan 3 treated good SuperMan vs Bad Superman than the way the story unfolded all those years ago in the pages of marvel comics.
In the theatre that I was at, there was plenty of laughter when MJ breaks up with Peter Parker and he starts to cry…and plenty of laaughter when ‘evil’ peter sports his flock of seaguls haircut to indicate he’s different.
Not sure if Sam Raimi intended for people to laugh..this movie isn’t a comedy after all.
Cheesy moments galore in this flic, but lots of good ones too.
Stan Lee (creator of SpiderMan) himself makes a (very) brief appearance, saying something like..’..one man can make a difference if he is the right man. Nuff Said.’
Not quite Stan.
If I had scripted your line i would have added one more word to sum this all up..
EXCELSIOR!!!
USPSjedimaster.com With 18 Days To Go Yoda Rules! May 6, 2007
Posted by showmescifi in Darth Vader, jedi, science fiction, sciencefiction, scifi, sith, stamps, Star Wars, USPS, uspsjedimaster, Yoda.4 comments
With only 18 days to go..Yoda is winning in the poll at USPSjedimaster.com..over Darth Vader! This is the contest that’s been running for the last six weeks or so.
Hard to believe..but it’s not over yet..you can vote up to once a day and it’ll be interesting to see who ultimately wins. Not that it really matters though does it?
The US Postal Service will print both Yoda and Vader stamps in the end…but it’s all good fun nonetheless.
Stargate Atlantis 3×14 The Tao of Rodney May 4, 2007
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Stargate Atlantis Season 3 episode 14 The Tao of Rodney – is another one of those where a Stargate character gets super-human powers and must get rid of them or will die.
In this episode the ‘victim’ is Rodney and the ‘twist’ is that the super-powers come from an ancient ascension machine…problem is Rodney is neither willing (or apparently able) to ascend.
Sure this kind of thing happens all the time on Stargate (SG-1 or Atlantis), but it’s still decent fun, though not an episode that I’ll likely care to see more than once.
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