Initial Battlestar Galactica Razor Review in one word – AWESOME November 14, 2007
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We’ve heard from a few people that made it out to the free advance showing of Battlestar Galactica Razor the other day..
Apparently Jamie Bamber (Apollo) was at the Seattle showing (thnx ODA!).
In general all the comments pointed to one singular conclusion.
One single word to sum it all up.
AWESOME.
Those that missed out get to watch it on TV in 10 days on Nov. 24th!!
Knights of the Old Republic #22 Zayne Returns To Taris November 14, 2007
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A new story arc begins..and so far..so VERY VERY good.
After 21 issues and almost two year Zayne finally comes back to Taris which is now under the control of the Mandalorians…why it has taken this long..don’t know but it’s neat to see it now.
A nice balance of resistance fighters, Mandalorians and past intrigues in this issue that set the tone for this new arc.
Artwork in this issues is consistent – which is good – since past issues have been week in the art department.
If you’ve been avoiding KOTOR..this might be a great spot to jump in and ENJOY.
Cade Skywalker Hooks Up With The Sith – Star Wars Legacy #17 November 12, 2007
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Star Wars Legacy #17 continues the string of unbroken AWESOME stories in this series.
Cade Skywalker now hooks up with the Sith – literally and figuratively. I never thought of the Sith as sexual creatures but there it is…certainly a first in Star Wars comics as far as I know.
The T’willek’s lekku (those long things coming from their heads) being used as a tool for seduction is also something i’ve never ‘seen’ in a comic book. Has Cade actually turned to the Dark side? well….sure there is darkness in him..but somehow I think that the battle between light and dark is one that Cade will face his entire life (as did Quinlan Vos whom Cade’s exploits mimic in alot of ways).
The depth, complexity and richness of this series continues to grow and like most other fans..i can’t wait to get my hands on the next issue!
Stargate Atlantis 4×7 Missing November 11, 2007
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Dr. Keller is a wimp.
We’ve known this all along this episode just re-enforces that simple fact -Jewel Staite was a wimp as Kaylee in Firefly too..so nothing wrong with that..she’s been typecast that way.
That said..another great Stargate Atlantis episode..two huge revelations in this episode though which will make it pivotal for the rest of the season.
#1 Where are the Ethosians?
#2 Tayla is PREGNANT!
Star Wars Clone Trooper LOTS – build your own Clone Army November 10, 2007
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We got alot of interest the last time we posted a Star Wars clone trooper lot – so we’ve decided to seek them out again.
**UPDATE** eBay removes listings after 90 days or so..as such the original listings are no longer showing up…but here’s a great link for all Star Wars clone trooper lots currently avail :Star Wars Clone Trooper Lots
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There are a number of interesting Clone Trooper lots up for grabs now – here’s the ShowMeSciFi.com take on a few of them.
You gotta have droids to fight…
Destroyer Droid Battle Launcher
Droid Army with Battle Droid, Super Battle Droid and Destroyer Droid
Jedi Knight Army
Clone Trooper Army with Lieutenant (blue) and two troopers
Clone Trooper Army with Captain (red) and two troopers
Clone Trooper Army with Sergeant (green) and two troopers
Clone Trooper Army with Commander (yellow) and two troopers
Clone Trooper with Speeder Bike’
Durge with Speeder Bike
Anakin Skywalker with Bonus Clone Trooper Lieutenant
ARC Trooper with Bonus Clone Trooper
Yoda with Bonus Clone Trooper Commander
ARC Trooper (red)
Obi-Wan Kenobi General of the Republic Army
Durge Commander of the Separatist Forces
Asajj Ventress Sith Apprentice
Mace Windu General of the Republic Army
Kit Fisto
Super Poseable Clone Trooper
Saesee Tiin
Check out the auction here
I’d expect both lots to end up at around $60 or so..but we’ll see!
Star Wars Lego for Nintendo Wii – Not so great for Wiimote November 10, 2007
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We’ve been playing the new Star Wars Lego the Complete Saga for the Nintendo Wii for the last three days….
YES it’s the first Star Wars game available on the Wii.
YES it is the best version EVER of Star Wars lego – as it has EVERYTHING in it and lots of little extra cut scenes too.
NO it doesn’t make proper use of the Wiimote or Nunchuck. You can use the WiiMote to slash but it’s not consistent or fluid – it’s much easier and better for gameplay just to press the B button.
It won’t be until Star Wars the Force Unleashed comes out that we’ll finally see what the Wii was made for.
Star Wars Legacy of the Force Revelation – out February 26, 2008 November 9, 2007
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The Eighth book in this awesome series – Star Wars Legacy of the Force : Revelation is set for a Feb 26, 2008 release.
Unfortunately it’s written by Karen Travis, the author that wrote the worst book in the series Sacrifice and killed Mara Jade Skywalker.
Who is on the cover? Looks like Jacen.
What’s the Revelation? That the Sith suck?? that He killed Mara?? we’ll find out…
Jaina Solo Will Be on Cover of Star Wars Legacy of the Force Invincible November 9, 2007
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Star Wars Legacy of the Force is the final book in the series – and LucasFilm has now confirmed that Jacen’s sister Jaina will be on the cover.
As of the date of this posting – no image cover for the book was publicly avaiable.
Invincible is set for a May 13, 2008 release in hardcover and is being penned by the best krifing author of the series Troy Denning.
Does Jaina on the cover mean that she’ll destroy Jacen?
Does it mean that she too will turn to the Sith?
I think so…I expect Jaina to marry Fel – from whose offspring Roan Fel will emerge. Roan Fel though not officially Sith – is kinda/sorta there with his whole ‘i’m the Emperor’ deal.
Winona Ryder to Play Spock’s MAMA in Star Trek XI November 9, 2007
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NO JOKE! Ryder will play Amanda, the human woman who marries Spock’s Vulcan father, Sarek.
No word yet who will play Sarek though…
Is this good or bad? frankly i think it’s great to have at least one A list actor in any movie…even if it is just a bit part.
Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection Volume 8–Splinter of the Mind’s Eye November 9, 2007
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I remember well reading Allan Dean Foster’s Splinter of the Mind’s Eye when i was (much) younger. It was THE FIRST Star Wars expanded universe book and as such hold a very special place in the Star Wars pantheon.
I had never seen the Splinter of the Mind’s Eye comic though..so when Dark Horse included it as part of the 30th Anniversary Hardcover set…i grabbed it.
The art is pretty solid – the story not quite as rich as the Allan Dean Foster novel – but then again it’s not too shabby either. It’s always tough to see Luke and Leia in comic form since we always visualize the actors that played them.
That said this is a fine collection and another must have for all Star Wars fans and it will hold a treasured place on my book shelf.
Bionic Woman 1×6 The List November 8, 2007
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With Jamie’s new love interest..i was beginning to worry that this show would really lame out.
That wasn’t the case.
Another solid (though predictable) episode where the Bionic Woman gets her man.
What this show is lacking is a greater depth in plot and much better visual effects for her bionic strength attributes. If the producer could beef the show a bit it would be enough to put it over the top.
Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection Volume 5–Light and Dark HC November 8, 2007
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WOW.
I’ve totally enjoyed the Star Wars 30th Anniversary hardcover set to date..but Light and Dark may well be the best of the bunch.
First off this book is very difficult to find…my local retailer never even got a shipment..i tracked it down at Midtown Comics in NYC after some difficulty…but nothing like the difficulty Quinlan Vos has to deal with.
Man is he one awesome Jedi – double agent for the republic and the confederacy page turning excitement with Jedi hunter Aurra Sing..this is one big book jam packed with cover to cover non-stop pure Star Wars excitement.
Star Trek XI : Greenwood to Play Capt Pike November 8, 2007
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I always thought that poor Captain Pike got shafted badly in Trek. His chair and the whole blinking lights thing was just..saaaaaaaaaaad.
Well Pike makes a return – on two legs – in Star Trek XI by way of Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood.
It will be neat to see Pike in full command of the NCC-1701 AS he should have been all along…
Star Trek XI is set for an XMAS 2008 release.
Straczynski’s Star Trek – Boldly Going Where Star Trek Had Gone Before November 7, 2007
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J Michael Straczynski is one the greatest storytellers of this generation…the original run of Babylon 5 is proof positive of that fact.
Turns out in 2004 he sent a proposal to CBS Paramount for a rebooted version of Star Trek that would have been a re- imaginging of the classic series.
Although fan accusations of burn-out and story-repetition from the creative teams may be part of the explanation, and certainly any team may need a time away after nearly sixteen years at the helm, there’s a simpler answer at hand, one that need not paint these accomplished people in any kind of negative light.
The best solution is to go back to the original and start again.
It’s time to re-boot the Star Trek Universe.
Concept
What we propose is not Star Trek: Another Generation, or Star Trek: A New Ship, or even Star Trek: The Search for Plots. In other words, not a copy of a copy, or a distillation of a variation.
We want to re-boot STAR TREK. The original. Pure and simple. The characters, universe and situations that have attracted, and continue to attract, a worldwide audience. Re-set…re-imagined… re-invigorated…
Personally i think the Straczynski proposal is ABSOLUTE MADNESS AND LUNACY. Unlike Battlestar Galactica where the classic series was campy nonsense. Classic Trek while camp was incredibly well written and conceived. Look how well the new HD series shapes up for FRAKS sake!
Check out the full proposal at IESB
oH and filming for Star Trek XI – which doesn’t re-imagine but is a prequel to Classic Trek – starts today!
Battlestar Galactica Pegasus – one shot from Dynamite November 7, 2007
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The great Battlestar Pegasus – the episode in which it appeared in the Classic BSG was a ‘classic’ itself. In the modern re-imagined Battlestar Galactica – the Pegasus is soo very much more. The upcoming Razor movie will shed a whole lot of light on exactly how much more…but till then Dynamites Pegasus one shot isn’t a bad filler.
And make no mistake – ‘filler’ – is what this book is…it’s not terribly complex and essentially hits on that key period just ahead of the main cylon attack.
It’s a ripe period for plot..and this little book gives a first look – not sure if its canon – on Cain’s first modern day encounter with the Cylon. Art is ok and the story progresses well..it’s just not as deep as say the Season Zero or the Zarek mini-series.
NASA Takes A Step Back With Orion November 6, 2007
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Remember when the Shuttle was first rolled out? Wasn’t that cool? Futuristic?
Well NASA is now going backwards and is rolling out its next generation manned space transport and its a total throwback to the Gemini capsule days.
It’s a SAD SAD SAD day for Space science and the manned exploration of space.
Toronto Observatory – once one of the largest in the world – to be sold. November 6, 2007
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Further proof that Toronto is a second rate city. The University of Toronto is selling off the David Dunlap Observatory and the 191-acre property that surrounds it.
When the observatory opened in 1935 the 188-centimetre telescope was the world’s second-largest.
The first Black Hole ever discovered – Cygnus X1 was discovered by the Dunlap observatory..
But now the GREED OF TORONTO is sending this great center of science into a black hole fueled by a lack of foresight and a total disrespect for the memory of the man who donated the money to endow the observatory in 1935.
Toronto apparently values development over science – and apparently has little regard for Astronomy.
The Toronto Star has a solid story on this travesty. It’s a darn shame that the University of Toronto, the Government of Ontario and Canada have no respect for the wishes of the people.
Toronto has a very poor relationship with Astronomy in fact – it was just yesterday that we reported on the sad state of the Toronto McLauglin Planetarium…which is now likely set to become a condo development.
SHAME SHAME SHAME.
Former Toronto Planetarium Site to be sold– for Condos? November 5, 2007
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Toronto claims to be a world class city – but how could it be..when it has turned its back on the stars?
Over a decade ago the Royal Ontario Museum closed what was the Toronto McLaughlin Planetarium – over money issues. They sold off the stellarium, the Zeiss star projector and abandoned–no they NEGLECTED the population of Toronto.
The building has stood vacant – with a few exceptions – for most of this millennium. Now the geniuses that run the ROM who spent all their money on the crystal monstrosity that grows out of the side of the legacy ROM building like some kind of malignant tumor – want to see the Toronto Planetarium site sold for condo development.
SHAME. SHAME. SHAME.
The shame is not just on the ROM but on Toronto itself.
Mirror Universe Star Trek Enterprise NX-01 November 5, 2007
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We sure love locating rare finds here on ShowMeSciFi.com – this is definitely one of those RARE finds.
Though Enterprise itself was a weak show that met a timely demise – the mirror universe episode of Enterprise – “In A Mirror, Darkly” was easily one of the best if not THE BEST episode of the whole series and likely one of the best Mirror Mirror universe episodes in the entire star trek cannon.
From the beginning – with its custom show intro – to the ridiculously cool plot – what an awesome show..and hey NX-01 as an ISS battleship – WOW.
And hey thanks to Art Asylum – you can own your own mirror universe NX-01 …check out this eBay auction for yourself….and then look in the mirror and laugh…
Mirror Universe NX-01
Stargate Atlantis 4×6 Tabula Rasa November 4, 2007
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At first we thought that this was going to be yet another amnesia episode…the kind we’ve seen a few times over ten years on Stargate SG-1.
Tabula Rasa is better. The name Tabula Rasa itself is never mentioned in the episode, a quick Wikipedia lookup shows that it means – “Tabula rasa (Latin: scraped tablet or clean slate) refers to the epistemological thesis that individual human beings are born with no innate or built-in mental content, in a word, “blank”, and that their entire resource of knowledge is built up gradually from their experiences and sensory perceptions of the outside world.”
That’s exactly what this episode is about – the Atlantis expedition figures out what they’re supposed to do piece by piece – with clues they left themselves..and the easy plot out that Tayla and Ronen are immune (sort of like in STar Trek when Data is immune in the amnesia episodes).
Still a gripping and entertaining episode easily a 3.75 out of 5 stars.
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