I Don’t Get Journeyman October 16, 2007
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I finally got around to watching an episode of Journeyman last night…and I was somewhat underwhelmed.
The basic premise is that the dude travels back and forth in time to ‘fix’ things.
It sounds alot like Quantum Leap – but it’s not even close. The time transitions are awkward and confusing – which i understand they should be..but it makes it difficult as a viewer to follow along.
Also there is no ‘catch’ no real rationale behind the jumps other than to – set things right.
It’s a concept that Quantum Leap did much better.
Battlestar Galactica Season Zero #2 October 16, 2007
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This series is pretty now pretty frakin good.
With no real Battlestar Galactica on save for the Razor flashbacks – the comics are our only BSG refuge and this series is now really coming into its own.
The best part of this issue is how well it ties in with what we already know from the series. This could easily be canon.
Issue #2 marks the end of the first mini-arc and is a real solid issue that shows Adama being the stand up man we know him to do.
Battlestar Galactica Razor Flashback #2 October 15, 2007
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The second Battlestar Galactica Razor Flashback is now out. Long and the short of it is that Adama loses his bunk buddy from the first flashback …and so his hatred of the Cylon is ignited..
For those of you outside the US – here’s a link to the clip
Blog Action Day : SciFi is Littered With Tales of Worlds Gone Wrong October 15, 2007
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So today is Blog Action Day with the theme being about the environment…considering that Al Gore just won the Nobel Peace price for his work – (and Al Gore of course famously once claimed that he invented the Internet) – i guess this makes sense.
How many SciFi classics deal with a world (Earth or otherwise) that has gone bad because of environmental disaster? The list is certainly very very very very long. It’s actually almost a cliched theme in SciFi actually.
The fact that now in 2007 it is front and center is just a testament to the fact that SciFi leads the way for society and that beyond being great entertainment – there are things that we humans today should be doing to save this planet before it is destroyed.
Then again a big meteor could come loose from the Oort cloud and head towards earth (as it did 200 million years ago) – in which case, we’ve got bigger problems to deal with.
The answer of course is colonization of worlds beyond Earth. The time will come when the Earth becomes uninhabitable – that shouldn’t mean that life as we know it and that human life should then cease to exist too.
Stargate Atlantis 4×3 Reunion October 14, 2007
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Another solid episode – once again Ronon shows his true colors AND
Col. Carter FINALLY TAKES COMMAND!!! Hurray!
We also get a nice little cameo from T’ealc. Did we know before this episode that the Wraith could make humans live forever? I think so..but apparently that won’t help heal flesh wounds (so what good is it really?)
ShowMeSciFi Hits 200,000 Views October 14, 2007
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Thanks readers! Earlier today we marked a new milestone for this little blog – 200,000 views!
So to everyone that has ever visited this site, to those that have commented and to those that subscribe via RSS:
Excelsior
May The Force Be With You
Live Long & Prosper
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Thank You!
Metroid Prime 3 Corruption : Not Great SciFi But Great Gaming October 13, 2007
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Big bad weird looking dudes spreading seeds all over the galaxy and you’ve got to stop them. That’s the basic premise of Metroid Prime 3 Corruption.
The Corruption part is this phazon stuff that feeds both the bad guys and the hero Samus Aran ..it gives you great power but if you overload you corrupt.
Basic SciFi stuff but the gaming side is SOLID. Moving about with the Wiimote and Numchuck is awesome, slick and seemless. The Metroid 3 gaming experience really is unlike any other first person shooter ever created. It’s that much fun.
My basic issues with this are the same basic issues i generally have with all FPS console games : You can’t save on demand and there is always a BOSS that you need to eliminate to make it to the next level. Sure that’s expected but COME ON…that’s just so boring.
That said Metroid Prime 3 Corrupoint is highly recommended as a must have…but I suspect I’ll be trading mine back well before Star Wars The Force Unleashed is available – though Samus is cool and all – Vader’s Secret apprentice is going to be a whole lot cooler. Though Samus has some neat weapons…Samus doesn’t have a lightsaber either.
Star Trek XI Sulu Goes To White Castle October 12, 2007
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Mr. Sulu engage Warp factor 5 – we’re going to White Castle!
John Cho, star of cult movie favorite “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle has now been signed up to play Sulu in Star Trek XI.
I think this is great news – George Takei is no comedian but getting a bit of a comic edge in the younger Sulu is a great thing….you never know where a wayward NCC-1701 could end up…
All The Bionic Woman Toys (and 6 million dollar man too) You Could Ever Want. October 12, 2007
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Feast your eyes Bionic Woman / 6 Million Dollar Man fans. ShowMeSciFi.com has found what is likely the biggest toy haul for these classic series ever offered. According to the eBay seller’s description it’s *HUMONGOUS RARE*…considering that we’ve never seen such a collection in one spot I suspect that description isn’t wrong.
Here’s the breakdown of what is being offered:
Figures (Loose)
* Six Million Dollar Man
* Six Million Dollar Man in Mission to Mars Spacesuit
* Bionic Woman
* Oscar Goldman
* Bigfoot
* Maskatron
* Fembot
Playsets and Accessories (Loose)
* Back Pack Radio
* Bionic Woman jogging suit and shoes
* Bionic Transport and Repair Station
Figures (Boxed)
* Six Million Dollar Man with Biosonic Arm and Bionic Grip
* Bionic Woman with Mission Purse
* Bionic Woman with Mission Purse Special Edition
Playsets and Accessories (Boxed)
* Venus Space Probe
* OSI Headquarters
Miscellaneous
# Six Million Dollar Man Game
# Bionic Woman Game
# Bionic Crisis Game
# Bionic Woman thermos
# Bionicon convention flyer
# First Man on the Moon: Commemorative 45rpm Record of Apollo 11 Flight
The seller has a Buy It Now list price of $1,500 but somehow i suspect this lot will end up being sold for less. Check it out for yourself and if you do pick it up – brag about it here!
***UPDATE *** We were right! the final price for this auction came in at $1,200. *
**UPDATE 2** eBay removes listings after 90 days so you can’t see the auction anymore..but don’t worry here’s another great link to see all current Bionic Woman toys on eBay:
Juno Set for Jupiter Flyby in 2016. October 11, 2007
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NASA is hard a work on its next Jupiter exploration craft called Juno.
This week NASA settled on an Atlas 5 model 551 rocket, provided by Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, to launch the $700 million Juno mission in August 2011.
According to NASA’s mission page:
Using a spinning, solar-powered spacecraft, Juno will make maps of the gravity, magnetic fields, and atmospheric composition of Jupiter from a unique polar orbit. Juno will carry precise high-sensitivity radiometers, magnetometers, and gravity science systems . Juno’s 32 orbits over 11 days will sample Jupiter’s full range of latitudes and longitudes. From its polar perspective, Juno combines in situ and remote sensing observations to explore the polar magnetosphere and determine what drives Jupiter’s remarkable auroras.
Personally I think this sounds VERY LAME – especially in comparison to what the Galileo probe accomplised with 1980’s era technology. Apparently NASA is really aiming low these days. What ever happened to the idea of long term orbits examining all of the Jovian system? Or like Galileo some kind of atmospheric probe?
NOPE. NASA may know the way to Jupiter – but the US Space Agency apparently has lost its adventurous ways.
Star Trek XI Bad Guy a Real Hulk October 11, 2007
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Alright so Eric Bana will be one of the bad guys in Star Trek XI.
We don’t know yet whether he’ll be a human/Romulan/Klingon/ or some other species.
We don’t know if there will be another bad guy in the movie either.
We do know that it’s classic era stuff – so Klingon or Romulan would still be my guesses..
But we’ll have to wait some time yet till we know for sure. Star Trek XI doesn’t hit the theaters till Xmas 2008.
Oh and let’s not forget …they still have to cast KIRK!
Bionic Woman 1×3 Sisterhood October 10, 2007
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With so much of the Sarah Corbis (Katee Sackhoff) fembot in this episode ..the show could easily have been called Bionic Women.
An o.k episode with some nice character development and a wee bit of action. But the premise and the basic plot complications are starting to get thin. It sure would be neat if there was a whole army of fembots just like in the original show…and we here at ShowMeSciFi love Katee Sackhoff…but she should have some accomplices too.
Bionic Woman Website In The Top 10 most trafficked TV Websites October 10, 2007
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According to website statistics service Hitwise – NBC’s Bionic Woman was the 9th most trafficked website among TV show last week.
Hitwise reported a 1.82 percent market share for Bionic Woman based on a sample of 10 million US internet users.
The top TV website? Deal or No Deal.
Bionic Woman’s third episode is on tonight.
Battlestar Galactica Season 4 – Promo Trailer October 9, 2007
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“We’re Going The Wrong Way.”
-Kara Thrace (Starbuck the Cylon).
Though we’ve got to wait till 2008 for the final season of Battlestar Galactica (season 4), SciFi Network is already teasing us with what it’s all about.
We’ve known all along that like the original Battlestar Galactica – it’s about the quest for Earth. With the re-imagined series its also a quest for the final five cylons and their mysterious link with humanity.
The promo trailer gives us a few hints of what we’re going to see. Starbuck is captured and her Cylon butt is put into the brig. The final five cylons do their non-human thing – like Col Tye pulling a weapon on Admiral Adama.
AWESOME stuff and I can hardly wait for it to start.
Ohhh – for those of you outside of the US – here’s the full Season 4 Promo Trailer. Enjoy!
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Star Wars Rocket Models Blown To Bits October 9, 2007
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PlasterWars6 tested the ‘plaster’ of Star Wars rocketry in a way that hasn’t been done before. Model builders tested a scaled X-Wing and a Y-Wing both of which didn’t do better than a 100 ft of lift before the thrust ripped them apart.
Not surprisingly though an A-Wing type cylindrical model made it a whole lot higher.
GREAT FUN to watch – we’ve got a montage video below – Enjoy!
Serenity 2 (Firefly) Not Just a Fanboys Pipedream October 8, 2007
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Apparently the runaway success of the special edition of Serenity has led to talk of a Serenity sequel.
Alan Tudyk (he’s the dude that played the pilot Walsh and got speared by a Reaver) told movie site that a sequel may happen.
“They had to put the new DVD out because they’ve been selling out of the other one [the DVD that isn’t the ‘Collectors Edition’] and so Universal’s like ‘So, let’s do another one’”, he says, adding “And now… there’s now a chance there’s going to be another movie”.]
Let’s hope they call it Return of the Browncoats or something like that and have it be a full out battle with the browncoats taking back what they lost at Serenity.
Firefly was cut short by Fox and was not properly marketed as a movie by Universal – maybe a direct to DVD flick is the answer – i don’t know. All i know is that Firefly fans WANT MORE.
Stargate Atlantis 4×2 Lifeline : R.I.P Dr. Weir? October 8, 2007
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What a great episode. They get the ZPM and save Atlantis but lose Dr. Weir – or do they?
We all knew that Weir would be losing command of Atlantis this year -the way she has left leaves lost of possibilities for her return.
Maybe Weir will be a Stargate version of Picard’s Locutus – but this time her mission is leading the replicators against the wraith as opposed to the assimiliation or destruction of humanity. Time will tell.
Not sure why Stargate Command left Atlantis without a commander at the end o fthis episode we all know that Col.Carter (Amanda Tapping) takes over…guess there needs to be some kind of dramatic twist that needs to occur first.
Star Trek : The Menagerie In Theatres on Nov. 13! October 8, 2007
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Star Trek XI may not be in theatres until xmas of 2008, but that doesn’t mean that trekkers/trekkies need to wait that long to see Trek on the big screen.
Real Classic Trek too.
The original episode – The Menagerie is being aired in full HD super special effect goodness across the US and Canada. The showing is a one day event in honor of the HD-DVD release of Star Trek Season One.
No question that the re-mastered Star Trek is awesome. but on the big screen.
WOW.
Battlestar Galactica Razor – Flashback #1 October 8, 2007
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For those that don’t have the stomach to watch Flash Gordon or are outside the US and are blocked by the braniacs at SciFi.com (that block everyone from outside the US from seeing some of their videos)…
The first Razor preview isn’t much too look at but for here it is for what it’s worth. Young Admiral Adama as a nugget ..in the first Cylon war with his ‘bunk buddy’
Pirated Stargate Atlantis Season 4 Episodes – Have No Special Effect Sounds October 5, 2007
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First off – piracy is bad. No one should pirate or illegally download or distribute pirate versions of TV shows and ShowMeSciFi certainly doesn’t support or encourage the practice.
That said – it happens, it’s out there now and that’s reality.
It has come to our attention through anonymous sources (privacy of the press and all that) that there are pirate version of Stargate Atlantis Season 4 available for download before they air.
So far it has just been 4×1 Adrift and 4×2 Lifeline. Apparently they’re pre-broadcast copies (not iTunes) and..get this…they’re missing all the sound effects for the special effects.
So no sounds for things like drone fire from a jumper, background theme and even stuff like announcements over the Atlantis comm system.
You know it’s only $1.99 an episode to buy from iTunes of Amazon Unbox but hey a buck is a buck. Personally speaking, I like sound effects.
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