V: The Second Generation – Coming Soon ? March 24, 2008
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Remember V?
V – is for Victory? The classic 80’s SciFi series?
It could be coming back to a screen near you soon…though in the new series based on the new bestseller from the original creator of V – the Vistors have never left …they’ve held control of the planet for over 25 years.
Guess V ..really stood for Vanquished.
Arthur C. Clarke – One Last Time March 24, 2008
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The grandmaster was layed to rest this past weekend in his home of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan TV had some great footage (unfortunately not in English) – so we’ve taken their footage and mashed it up with some audio from 1968’s 2001 : A Space Odyssey.
Star Wars Legacy #21 – Return of the GA? March 23, 2008
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I like this Admiral Stazi and its too bad this is only a two issue story arc.
SOLID STUFF..good characters, good dialogue, good action.
The fact that Stazi has no Jedi with him is surprising..not sure why the Jedi and the GA wouldn’t be more closely aligned.
Then again perhaps we’ll see that in a future arc..when Cade joins the GA..wouldn’t that be sweet?
Anyways a solid mini-story within the awesome Legacy universe, it’s now time to see what else is going on…like where is Roan Fel???
Jericho Sucks and now its Cancelled Too – Good Riddance March 22, 2008
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I never cared for peanuts or Jericho.
Sure lots of ppl do and that’s great ..but apparently not enough for a network TV show..and so it’s dead — again.
“The March 25th episode of Jericho will be the series finale,” CBS said in a statement. “Without question, there are passionate viewers watching this program; we simply wish there were more. We thank an engaged and spirited fan base for keeping the show alive this long, and an outstanding team of producers, cast and crew that went through creative hoops to deliver a compelling, high quality second season. We have no regrets bringing the show back for a second try. We listened to our viewers, gave the series an opportunity to grow, and the producers put a great story on the screen. We’re proud of everyone’s efforts.”
Bottom line here is network TV is no longer for niche show that are mostly sucky like Jericho.
Star Wars Rebellion #12 Small Victories – Fun Reading March 22, 2008
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Star Wars Rebellion is not brilliant comic book writing — but it sure is decent fun.
Sure you can predict/guess what the next page will bring but it’s still fun getting there. Rebellion #12 is a case in point. We know that the rebels will get caught ..but it’s still neat to see how and where…(and then eventually how they’ll escape).
Will Deena escape?? That we don’t know for sure do we? She’s a minor character so Dark Horse could easily kill her off..or…?
Will Rebel One come back for their pals? I dunno..but i bet they will. Overall an interesting (though predictable) issue in a series that we’re really starting to like (even though it’s pulp!)
Chekov is John Connor’s Father in Terminator 4 March 22, 2008
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NUTS.
No it’s not the Walter Koenig (nuclear wessels) Chekov but the new one Anton Yelchin from Star Trek XI coming in 2009.
Yelchin is apparently in discussions to play Kyle Reese, father of John in Terminator 4 which also should be out in 2009. Michael Biehn was the original Kyle Reese in the first Terminator.
So if thing work out Yelchin will be in two major scifi films in 2009. I wonder who’ll they’ll cast as Kyle Reese’ brother – derek now played by Brian Austin Green in Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Stephen King – Dark Tower The Long Road Home #1 March 20, 2008
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Wow.
What an awesome first issue.
Roland is already messed up from seeing poor Susan Delgado and then he gets sucked into …what was that thing?
Awesome art as always and what a great opening issue for what looks to be another great Dark Tower series.
The only drawback is that with the comics we wait month to month to read more — and i don’t want to wait!
Top 10 Reasons To Watch New Season of Battlestar Galactica March 20, 2008
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Generally speaking I like David Letterman.
I also like Battlestar Galactica – so you would think that having all the stars for BSG on the Late Show would be a winning combination right?
IT WASNT’.
IT WAS LAME. The actors (all dress in their BSG costumes) looked totally fake and the only one that was even close to being real was Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff.
The rest were bad and looked like crap.
The top 10 list was also lame (though the Starbuck line – we get chased by killing machines in the new season..same sh*t as last year ..was funny..). And of course who doesn’t want to see Caprica Six naked?
If you missed it CBS has posted the full bit online …here ya go..
Another DUNE Movie Adaptation set for 2009 March 19, 2008
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We love Dune. Frank Herbert’s Dune and even the prequel/sequel books done by his son and Kevin Anderson.
The David Lynch movie…aaah not too bad.
The SciFi Channel made for TV version …ok
But now another one is in the works set for 2009 release. We first heard about this back in August of 2007..but now it looks like it’s definately for real.
WHY????
Why not do the Butlerian Jihad? or one of the other prequel ideas? too long??
Arthur C. Clark – His Odyssey is now over March 18, 2008
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It was barely three months ago that we celebrated the 90th birthday of Arthur C. Clarke.
The grandmaster died this morning.
To say that he will be missed is an understatement.
To say that he will never be forgotten is one too.
For as long as his books and the ideas behind them remain alive so too will with spirit of the Grandmaster.
Save Sarah Connor Chronicles March 17, 2008
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It’s Monday and for the first time in weeks – we don’t have a Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles episode.
We don’t know if Sarah is coming back after the ‘season finale’. We don’t know if there will be a Season 2.
We the fans cannot allow FOX to kill yet another fine SciFi show (they killed Firefly and should never be allowed to kill another).
It’s time to let FOX know how you feel. Write them at askfox@fox.com
Subject: Save Sarah Connor Chronicles !
The fight to save the future has just begun – we want Season 2!
Star Wars Legacy of the Force Revelation (REVIEW) March 16, 2008
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After 3 weeks of some really great reading..we’re ready to finally offer a full review of Star Wars Legacy of the Force Revelation (which officially came out on Feb 26, 2008).
No this is not the best book in the series – BUT yes it is an AWESOME book and one that at points is an intensely riveting page turning adventure.
Revelation follows follows Fury, Sacrifice, Exile, Betrayal 
The axis on which this whole book sits is the Battle of Fondor and what a battle!
Since the first book of this series – Legacy of the Force has been all about Civil War. What do we call it now – double civil war? The GA now has two factions, then there is still the Confederacy and somewhere inbetween is the Imperial Remnant.
Did i shed a tear for Admiral Palleon? You bet I did.
But amongst all that chaos that is the middle to the end of this book the number one question in my mind was – Where was the Confederacy in all this? Why didn’t Bothawui or Correlia show up?
Also what’s up with Tahiri? Suddenly she’s now a Sith apprentice – yet we never really any discourse from her/Caedus on her becoming Sith?
Jaina’s training with the Mandalorians is awesome stuff and clearly Karen Traviss is cut out for writing about the Mando’ade – it’s what she exels at.
The fact that OH FINALLY Ben/Luke et al accept the fact the Caedus killed Mara was far too drawn out and lame but hey..Fondor makes up for it (A BIT).
Overall we give this 3.5 out of 5 stars.
We have to wait until May 13th for the last book in this series – Invincible – where the only question is — Will Jaina Kill Jacen/Caedus??
Stargate Atlantis The Ark of Truth – REVIEW March 15, 2008
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Hallowed are the Orii
Stargate the Ark of Truth has now been out for a few days and we’ve finally got the chance to watch it.
The Ark of Truth is a decent movie. It’s not WOW, it’s not fantastic. It’s not better than an average episode of Stargate Atlantis.
The movie plods along a bit, with Teal’c spending a whack of timing walking…
There are no great battles…I would have thought that with extra time/budget we could’ve seen a full all out battle with the actual Orii ship armada with the Earth and its allies..but no such luck.
We get a few Orii ships shooting at the Odyssey but that’s about it.
and what about Adria?? COME ON! She had a bit role that was way to minimal.
Sure bringing replicators back into the mix was kinda neat, and yes it was cool to see the end of the Orii story line BUT
MGM did not do everything it could have with this movie which really wasn’t more than we would get in a typical episode (and in fact in many respects we got less).
Let’s hope that the next Stargate movie has MORE (ships, special effects, drama and plot).
Katee Sackhoff (aka Starbuck the Cylon) on the CBC March 14, 2008
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We all know they film Battlestar Galactica in Canada.
It’s only every so often that the stars of Galactica actually do Canadian interviews…but with the gear up towards the return of Galatica in a few weeks, they’re out talking.
Case in point is Katee Sackhoff who had this hilarious interview on CBC the other day.
Atom Films official Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge 2008 March 14, 2008
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Along time ago…(before YouTube) AtomFilms was THE place to go for neat video clips.
One of the greatest things they ever had was the Star Wars Fan clips competition. Apparently (though I thought Atom went bankrupt years ago) they’re still around and the Star Wars fan film competition is back.
We’re entered the competition in the past (like 7 years ago) but we’re still on their mailing list :
Hello Star Wars Fans!
You’re getting this email because you overfloweth with awesome and have, in the past, entered your fan movie in the official Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge.
The deadline for the next Fan Movie Challenge is MAY 27th. Make sure you submit your fan movie to AtomFilms by May 27 for a chance to be in the running for awards at the San Diego ComicCon in July.
More details at http://starwars.atomfilms.com.Get those cameras rolling!
Cheers
AtomFilms
Sci-Fi Channel Sucks March 13, 2008
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We here at ShowMeSciFi.com have written many times about the boneheads (no offense intended to any species that are actually boneheads like Klingons or Minbari) that run NBC Universal’s SciFi Channel unit.
I mean what were they thinking with Flash Gordon?
Apparently we’re not the only ones who think Sci-Fi Channel has gone downhill. In fact there is now a very long thread over on Sci-Fi.com with viewers complaining all about the suckyness and non-SciFi programming on Sci-Fi Channel.
What will it take to get Sci-Fi Channel back on track?
That’s EASY. Just put someone in charge of the network that is an actual Sci-Fi fan. Get the rights for Firefly. Bring back Stargate SG-1. License Star Trek. Produce more original shows instead of just rehashes. and then of course reruns of Space1999, Buck Rogers, Forgotten Planet, Babylon 5, Classic Battlestar Galactica the list goes on and on for the shows they could have but don’t – because they SUCK.
Serenity (Firefly) Better Days #1 Out TODAY March 12, 2008
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It’s a better today Firefly fans, now that a new chapter is out.
Serenity : Better Days #1 hits comic book retailers today.
Yes it’s still a prequel to the Serenity movie..which of course means that Wash is still alive (hurray).
More importantly the Browncoats yet live and we the fans should rejoice that today is in fact a better day.
(we don’t have our copy yet but once we get it we’ll post a review on ShowMeSciFi.com)
Cassini Goes in for a Close up of Enceladus March 11, 2008
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Big day for NASA Cassini on March 12th as it zoom in for an extreme closeup of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
This daring flyby requires exquisite technical finesse, but it has the potential to revolutionize our knowledge of the geysers of Enceladus. The Cassini mission team is eager to see the scientific results, and so am I,” said Alan Stern, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington in a statement
Apparently Scientists and mission personnel have determined that flying at close distances to Enceladus poses little threat to Cassini because, despite the high speed of Cassini, the plume particles are small. Add that to the fact that Cassini regularly crosses regions made up of dust-size particles in its orbit around Saturn.
Neat stuff. Good luck Cassini and PLEASE don’t get burned.
Star Wars Last Supper Mosaic March 11, 2008
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You know we’re getting close to easter when you see more Last Supper pics…but you’ve never seen one like this.
This is actually a mosaic made up of (get this) approximately 69 thousand images taken from all six Star Wars movies.
Check it out for yourself on Avi’s website (where he’s also planning on selling them)
Star Wars Legacy #20 The end of the Galactic Alliance March 10, 2008
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After 6 plus issues of nothing by Cade Skywalker it’s great to see ‘the other side’ (or at least of them) in the massive universe that is Star Wars Legacy.
The Galactic Alliance (GA) or rather what’s left of it is still on the run … remember this isn’t just about Sith and Jedi
It’s not even about GA vs Empire..its wider…remember that we’ve got GA, Roan Fel’s Empire and then the Sith Empire ..and then the Jedi in between in various sections.
I don’t think i’ve ever seen the docking ring above the Mon Calamari homeworld which was awesome to see and the plot (as always) was fantastic.
Of course the Sith would want to finish off the GA, and what better way than a trap!
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