Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -A SciFi Fantasy? September 10, 2007
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Well we finally know the name of the next Indiana Jones pic – The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
No word yet on the plot – but here’s the ShowMeSciFi.com totally unofficial hope/guess :
The Crystal Skull is really an advanced piece of technology from another off planet society which enables out of body communications with the offworlders.
..yeaaah I know wishfull thinking…it’s probably some other non-historical nonsense…(not the that the holy grail is nonsense that was cool, oh and the ark of the covenant was cool too…)
Build a Battlestar Galactica toy ship fleet September 9, 2007
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As part of ShowMeSciFi.com’s irregular look at SciFi toys you can buy on eBay..this week we’ve got a real treat..Battlestar Galactica ships!
Unlike Star Wars, BSG ships aren’t always as easy to find but this week we’ve found a fleet of 8 ships, a vintage ship and the much sought after Art Asylum model.
Why not start big? This auction has 9 BSG universe ships in total
1 Scar Cylon Raider
2 The Battlestar Pegasus
3 Colonial One
4 A Colonial Raptor
5 A Classic Cylon Raider
6 A ** Just Released August 2007 *** Colonial Viper MARK II (Black/blue)
7 A ** Just Released August 2007 ** Colonial Viper Mark V II ( White / Red)
8 A Colonial Viper MARK VII (purple)
9 A Classic Colonial Viper (white /Orange)
Build your own Battlestar Galactica fleet and check out the bidding yourself
Our second find is an extremely rare classic BSG model
Family Guy – Star Wars Edition Season Premiere September 7, 2007
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There have been alot of great Family Guy Star Wars ‘spoof’ moments over the course of this great Fox show.
The upcoming season premiere looks like it could top them all with a full hour long Star Wars inspired spoof.
After the Griffin’s lose power, Peter entertains the family with the greatest story ever told…the story of Star Wars! After Princess Leia (Lois) comes under siege by Darth Vader (Stewie) and his evil Storm Troopers, C-3PO (Quagmire) and R2-D2 (Cleveland) escape to find the only person who can help the Rebel Alliance. On their quest thorough the desert planet of Tatooine, C-3PO and R-2D2 find extra help in Obi-Wan Kenobi (Herbert), Luke Skywalker (Chris), Han Solo (Peter) and Chewbacca (Brian) and head back to battle the Death Star in an epic intergalactic fight to the death in the “Blue Harvest” episode of FAMILY GUY on Sunday, Sept. 23 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT.)
Here’s the preview that aired some time ago (thnx to jedi insider)
Battlestar Galactica Finale in 2009? September 6, 2007
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Sit tight nuggets! SciFi intends to frak with you.
Though we all know now that that the next season is the last for Battlestar Galactica – apparently the season may well be split over the course of not one but two calendar years (2008 and 2009).
This is what i would call adding insult to injury.
Ok so the show is ending – that’s both good and bad. True diehard fans will watch no matter what. But the casual fan isn’t going to bother. The current 10 month gap between the last season and the next is bad enough..but SciFi channel that FAN HATING BASTION of non-creativity is going to do it to us again.
But what can we do? Petition the network? Boycott them?
i DON’T know….i guess as long as SciFi Network’s parent NBC Universal is making money they don’t really care.
Spaceport America – Is this real or just a pipe dream? September 5, 2007
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I suppose at the dawn of the Aviation age there were those that would have argued that thousands of airports around the world would one day exist with millions of travellers.
It would only be logical to assume that the same would one day be true for space travel as well. However considering how slowly manned space travel has progressed in the last 30 years – i think that lots of people have their doubts.
The people behind Spaceport America aren’t among them.
When the 100,000 square-foot (9,290 square-meter) facility is completed — the centerpiece of the world’s first, purpose-built, commercial spaceport — the structures will serve as the primary operating base for Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceliner, and also as the headquarters for the New Mexico Spaceport Authority.
More on Space.com.
Sandworms of Dune – Review September 5, 2007
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I finally finished Sandworms of Dune..it’s been out for nearly a month at this point).
Like its predecesor – Hunters of Dune – this is a very well written book. Unlike Hunters of Dune which ended with the realization that after 15,000 years the machines were back – i wasn’t as blown over with the final outcome. In fact it was a bit of a let down.
Sure the final ultimate Kwizatch Haderach is revealed – woohoo – and ultimately – the machines are confronted and the ultimate resolution is acheived.
But the path to reaching those ultimate conclusions was too long, and convoluted. The fact that so little of the Universe outside of the New Sisterhood and the no-ship is discussed or revealed is terribly disappointing.
Then again – the final resolution does bring back many of the great heroes that have spanned the Dune universe. But not all.
At no point is the great Vorian Atreides discussed. He was the one that served Omnius/Erasmus after all and it would have been great to have him return as well.
At points the book is thoroughly engaging and it is a MUST READ for all fans of Dune. Sandworms is not however the best (nor the worst) of the Dune books. It could have been as brilliant as the Dune: The Battle of Corrin (which was supposed to have been the end of the thinking machines) but somehow it stutters a bit.
Supposedly this is the last – chronologically speaking – book in the Dune series. Though it will not be the last in the Dune series in terms of publication.
Searching for Star Wars in Sweden – Galaxy Galleri Trend Malmo September 3, 2007
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I recently found myself in Sweden (south Sweden’s Malmo to be exact) and of course had to get my SciFi fix.
This store – Galaxy Galleri Trend was one of the only things i found..the Star Wars name on the sign is what caught my eye.
Basically alot of Power of The Force ships, tonnes of figures – and ridiculously overpriced stuff and very unfriendly staff.
It’s a small store and I probably would have bought something (just because) but hey when you’re the only person in the store and the store owner won’t even look at you…well…what ya gonna do. Also their collection of Star Wars comics ends around 2002 so no Legacy!
Star Trek Remastered Season 1 DVD Teaser Trailer September 2, 2007
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CBS is going all out with its high quality remastered version of Star Trek season one. We’ve already seen the awesome special effects that have been layered in – but what the DVD promises is oohhh so much more.
Inline commentary, scene by scene comparisons and a degree of interactivity that i don’t think i’ve ever seen on any SciFi DVD – EVER.
Star Trek remastered is set to come out in November and it looks like
Amazon is already doing pre-orders at 30 percent of MSRP. Check it out for yourself . The only issue is that its HD-DVD (which adds to the cost) though its a dual format release meaning it will run on regular DVD players as well.
Star Trek.com just put out an 8 minute teaser trailer that lays it all out – in all of its glory.
New DUNE Movie in the Works? August 31, 2007
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If only melange flowed freely and Maud’ib had never wandered into the desert of Arakis..
Apparently a new version of Dune may well be on the way if rumors are to be believed.
Personally I’ve enjoyed both the David Lynch and the SCIFI channel versions…i’m not terribly interested in yet another version of the first Dune book…but maybe we could have..The Butlerian Jihad? that would be awesome.
Star Trek XI Chekov To Be Played by Russian Actor August 30, 2007
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First Scotty played by a Scotsman
Now Chekov being played by a Russian. I guess J.J.Abrams and his casting staff on Star Trek XI are aiming for real ethnic authenticity.
Anton Yelchin – a relative unknown in North America has been officially cast as Chekov…
I wonder if he’ll be able to find the ..’nucleal wessel…”
There are also active rumors circulating today on Uhura…nothing official yet though.
And the big question – who will be Kirk still remains.
Flash Gordon – Filmed in Canada – not available on Canadian TV August 29, 2007
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Flash Gordon is filmed in British Columbia thanks in part to grants from the Government of Canada.
Yet if you live in Canada – it’s not all that easy to find Flash Gordon on the tube (legally that is). Canada’s Space Network (spacecast.com) which is the Canadian home to Battlestar Galactica and Stargate Atlantis among other first run SciFi shows IS NOT running Flash Gordon.
There is no official word on why that is.
Then again considering how bad Flash Gordon is – Canadians aren’t missing all that much are they?
Star Wars Legacy of the Force Inferno OUT TODAY! August 28, 2007
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Holy Jawa do these books come out fast! Inferno is officially available today (though i don’t have a copy in my hands just yet).
As opposed to Sacrifice which we all knew would be the story in which Jacen Solo takes his Sith name – Inferno has no such penultimate highlight…though there is alot of ground to cover and it promises to be a riveting tale spun by Troy Denning
On a personal level I’m really going to take my time reading this one enjoying every page of what has become one of the best (if not THE BEST) Star Wars Expanded Universe book series ever.
Star Wars Lightsaber Finally Goes Far Far Away August 27, 2007
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30 years after Star Wars propelled us to that place far far away..an actual piece of the Star Wars legacy will be headed into Space.
Apparently the original prop of Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from the first Star Wars movie will be sent into space aboard the space shuttle Discovery in October.
What i’d like to know – officially or otherwise – is if astro or cosmonauts have ever watched Star Wars on a Shuttle/Soyuz/Mir/Space Station mission. Sure these guys work very full days..but hey it’s not that improbable is it?
And what of the lightsaber? will it just stay in a locker on the shuttle the whole time?
It’s A Google Universe – And We Just Live In It August 23, 2007
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If you ever had a doubt that we’re all just playing in the Google Universe – doubt no more.
Google Earth has gone Universal. That is Google Earth which up until this week was limited only to our little blue planet now has a ‘sky’ portion that shows you the stars from your location.
This is perhaps the greatest thing to happen to astronomy thus far in the young history of the Internet.
How many times have I struggled – traveling as much as I do – trying to figure out the sky from wherever my travels take me? – Sure the charts help but Google Earth Sky mode is…
AWESOME.
It is the most fluid, dynamic and visually accurate astronomy program i have ever seen and i strongly encourage anyone with an interest in the skies to check it out.
Star Trek XI : Real Scotsman to play Scotty August 21, 2007
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James McAvoy has been named as the actor who will play NCC-1701 chief engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott..
The only movie that i’ve ever seen this dude in is the Chronicles of Narnia – though he was also in the Last King of Scotland.
Considering that Star Trek XI is set for an X-mas 2008 release, and i’d assume there is alot of special effects work to be done…i gotta say the producers are really cutting it close by only figuring out their cast now. At least the script is done..so maybe Abrams and co have already started on specing out the effects and are just going to do principal photgraphy last….(officially set to begin in November).
We don’t know who is playing Kirk yet – but we do know that Zachary Quinto is Spock, and Leonard Nimoy and possible Will Shatner will cameo.
Logans Run – REMAKE! August 21, 2007
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from the ‘let’s remake every film every made files..’
Logan’s Run the classic 1976 movie where everyone over a certain age is eliminated to keep the population under control..is being remade. Multiple news sources (with Reuters being the key) are reporting that the remake is now in full swing.Commercials veteran Joseph Kosinski will make his directorial debut on the sci-fi thriller, which has been in the works at the studio since the mid-’90s.
Sure the pacing of the 1976 movie may be a bit slow by today’s standards but Logan’s Run is a concept film and it still holds up well to the test of time.
Well the movie does…70’s trailer…not so much..but check it out for yourself below:
Some great Star Wars Auctions this weekend. Vintage AT-AT oh my! August 17, 2007
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When i was a kid i always wanted the big AT-AT walker. Never did get it..but there is an interesting eBay auction now that might be the one..bidding has started at only $10..check it out for yourself!
Star Wars Vintage AT-AT Walker
How bout a rebel blockade runner? bidding on this beauty is real low now too..
Painkiller Jane – CANCELLED! August 15, 2007
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Yes Kristanna Loken is awesome. BUT Painkiller Jane on SciFi really really really sucked.
And now the network if finally admitting it too and canceling the series after just one season.
Will anyone miss it though? I watched two or three episodes but then ran out of bags in which to heave my disgust.
Why did it the show fail?
Easy – there was no plot.
Star Wars Rebellion #9 – Another Dark Horse Winner! August 14, 2007
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Sure Star Wars Rebellion is Star Wars pulp – but it’s good pulp and
I LIKE IT.
Issue #9 has a great panel flow that really captures the traditional Star Wars flow of multiple things happening that then come together.
What makes this current story arc so engaging is our ‘hero’ Wyl Tarson is a scumbag two timer that is now being two timed double crossed himself.
And since he’s a minor Star Wars universe character he can easily die too which makes the ending of this arc also interesting.
This is the third issue in this story which left off in issue #8 (also awesome). Issue 10 will see all this wrap up.
Will Tarson’s head EXPLODE? Will the Imperial hub EXPLODE?
And whose arm/leg/head will Vader hack off with his angry Sith Lightsaber?
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