Blade Runner – REDONE? (again?!) April 26, 2007
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Looks like a special 25th anniversary edition of Blade Runner is in the works.
BEST PART? Scene RESHOOTS!!
We’re not talking about Director’s Cut here where all they do is take out the bogus voice over narration. We’re talking about NEW footage.
At this stage we know only about one of the reshot pieces. Joanna Cassidy who played Zhora, one of the movie’s “replicants,” or androids confirmed on a blog post that she’s done a reshoot.
ZHORA of course has the awesome scene where Decker (Harrison Ford) shoots her and she goes crashing through all the retail windows.
No word yet on whether Harrison Ford is reshooting scenes too..but here’s hoping he is (and that this time the movie shows him to be the REPLICANT we all know he is!).
Just in case you don’t remember the scene….here it is:
Babylon 5 Lost Tales – Already in top 10 Amazon bestsellers and its not out till July! April 26, 2007
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ShowMeSciFi has written before about Babylon 5 The Lost Tales.
It is one most anticipated SciFi releases of the year and finally FINALLY brings back one of the greatest (if not the greatest) SciFi TV franchise of all time in a direct to DVD movie.
The DVD has a running time of 75 minutes. Basic timeline is that it’s the tenth anniversary of the Interstellar Alliance, and President Sheridan is on his way to Babylon 5 for the celebration.
Officially Babylon 5: The Lost Tales” will be released on July 31, 2007 but Amazon.com already is doing pre-orders.
Apparently it’s already in HUGE demand. Babylon 5 The Lost Tales is already the number 6 bestseller on Amazon’s DVD list.
It’ll be interesting to see just how popular this DVD becomes before its release.
30 Minute Robot Chicken Star Wars Spoof – sanctioned by Lucasfilm! April 25, 2007
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ShowMeSciFi has linked to plenty of Robot Chicken Star Wars spoofs before (George Bush as a Jedi and Vader tells all most recently).
Now it looks like George Lucas himself has sanctioned a 30-minute stop-motion animation special
Robot Chicken: Star Wars will include the voice of George Lucas as well as Mark Hamill as the voice of Luke Skywalker in one sketch. The ensemble voice cast will include: Conan O’Brien, Seth MacFarlane, Robert Smigel, Malcolm McDowell, Hulk Hogan, James Van Der Beek, Donald Faison, Abraham Benrubi, Breckin Meyer and Joey Fatone.
The special will premiere at 10 p.m. June 17 on the Cartoon Network and YES ShowMeSciFi will link up to excerpts as soon as possible.
Earth-like Planet Found? I don’t think so April 25, 2007
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Mainstream media has been keen to pick up on the apparent discovery of the most earth like exoplanet yet discovered.
Problem is they’re wrong.
Apparently astronomers were researching two Jupiter-size planets with the Keck Telescope in Hawaii, when they noticed a wobble that could not be accounted for by the two-planet model they used. Doppler measurements revealed an inner planet. It orbits Gliese 876, an M dwarf star about one-third of the Sun’s mass.
“This planet answers an ancient question,” says team leader Geoffrey Marcy. “Over 2,000 years ago, the Greek philosophers Aristotle and Epicurus argued about whether there were other earthlike planets. Now, for the first time, we have evidence for a rocky planet around a normal star.”
Now I don’t know about you but I don’t consider a Red Dwarf to be normal or Earth-like. Maybe more like Superman’s homeworld of Krypton.
Our Sun is not a red dwarf and has some very specific radiation and magnetic characteristics that are key to the existence of life in this Solar system.
Does a Red Dwarf have such characteristics?
There are undoubtably Earth-like planets out there. I suspect that that they orbit Earth-like stars.
If I were a betting man i’d say they orbit the two closest Earth-like stars: Epsilon Eridani and Tau Ceti.
Stargate Atlantis Season 3 x 13 Irresponsible April 23, 2007
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KOLYA!!!!!!!!
Jenai strongman Kolya and Sheppard have had a serious hate on since the first time they met.
FINALLY – in this episode they settle their score (or so we hope).
When the Atlantis team finds Lucius Luvin up to his old tricks again, they try to blow the whistle on his scamming ways — but their well-intentioned intervention leads to a showdown with their old adversary Acustus Kolya
The Lucius angle in this episode is terribly cheesy and actually works quite well to setup the final Jenai Kolya showdown.
If I had shot this episode, I likely would have stretched out the final shootout just a bit..but as it is, it’s great stuff.
Sheppard stares down Kolya..offers him the chance to surrender…both men’s hands angle towards their respective firearms.
Shootout in the Pegasus Galaxy. GREAT stuff overall.
Which Science Fiction Writer Are You? April 21, 2007
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There a nifty little quiz I just came across that helps you determine which Science Fiction writer you’d like be. 
Mine came up with Gregory Benford.
Certainly not a bad option but not what I would have thought.
Now if you were to ask me which SciFi writer would I aspire to be like that’s an easy one.
Asimov hands down.
It is Asimov’s Empire stories and the the Foundation series that first lit the SciFi spark for me.
Asimov had a personality that just enlivened and enriched everything he wrote. You can feel the masters presence in each page and with each page you want to read more.
It is a gift that will always be remembered. Asimov will never be forgotten.
Stargate SG-1 Season 10 Line in the Sand April 20, 2007
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Not a bad episode but not a great one either.
Something goes wrong when SG-1 attempts to use Merlin’s phasing device to hide a village from the Ori army, forcing Mitchell and the critically wounded Carter to hide themselves out of phase from an occupation force of ruthless Ori soldiers
It’s entirely predictable and not particularly challenging except for Vala’s Ori husband who defies the prior.
Beyond that…looking forward to the next episode….countdown to the series finale is still on…
Daleks the Scariest Doctor Who villian? April 20, 2007
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Apparently so.
In a survey of 21,000 fans conducted by the BBC, the Daleks were voted the scariest Doctor Who villain.
EXTERMINATE. EXTERMINATE.
Now sure Davros is one ugly looking dude, but the Daleks, though sinister aren’t really scary are they? Not to say i’d like to face one down in an dark alley but still.
Maybe i’d fight ’em in a stare case.
They now have some kind of hovering ability, but they don’t climb stairs all that well and don’t do well over rough terrain either. Personally i’d be more worried about the CyberMen.
AND ACTUALLY…i’d say that in my view THE MASTER was the most sinister of all Doctor Who villains.
OOHh..right the Cybermen did fight the Daleks too didn’t they..and here for your viewing pleasure…Cybermen vs. Daleks..
According to the BBC poll.. top ten are:
TOP 10 DOCTOR WHO VILLAINS
1. The Daleks
2. The Empty Child Zombies
3. The Beast
4. The Cybermen
5. The Clockwork Droids
6. The Ood
7. The Empress of Racnoss
8. The Werewolf
9. The Autons/Nestenes
10. Chloe’s Dad
Family Guy Star Wars Compilation April 20, 2007
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Family Guy has done alot of great Star Wars parodies over the years…But never before have I ever seen them all in one master compilation.
Here it is..and it is impressive…MOST Impressive.
Thank God You’re Here – Jason Alexander Star Trek Spoof April 19, 2007
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Seinfeld almunus Jason Alexander (George) is well known for his Shatner/Kirk schtick.
In one of the funniest examples yet from him of his Shatner/Kirk talent Alexander was on the new ‘ Thank God You’re Here improv show last week and he really laid it on thick.
Funniest part? Mid-way through when the crew asks Jason Alexander to start the launch sequence…
“GIDDY UP YIPEE KAY-yay!! ”
Hey! J.J. Abrams!! (Star Trek Movie producer) how bout casting Jason Alexander in the next movie?
Star Trek Shields Soon To Be Science Fact – Not Science Fiction April 18, 2007
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RED ALERT SHIELDS UP!!
Where would the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701 be without her shields?
(oh yeah it would be the NX-01 with that totally bogus hull plating nonsense).
According to a report on the BBC, British scientists are actively working to make SciFi Shields a reality. Details have been presented at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting in Preston, UK.Scientists hope to mimic the magnetic field which protects the Earth.
Don’t expect to be deflecting Klingon disruptors anytime soon though..the shields are more about deflecting solar radiation than incoming particle weapons fire.
You don’t need much of a magnetic field to hold off the solar wind. You could produce the shield 20-30 kilometres away from the spacecraft,” explained Dr Ruth Bamford, from the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory in Didcot, UK in a statement
Read the full story on the BBC site.
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic issue #15 April 18, 2007
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The “Days of Fear” story arc reaches its explosive conclusion in a story of dangerous visions, unheeded warnings, and decisions made too late
UNFORTUNATELY this issue still confirm my belief that KOTOR SUCKS…but at least this issue doesn’t suck as badly as issue #14 did.
Long story short Zayne’s visions come true, the Mandalorians attack (though we never actually see Mandalore except on the cover of this comic) and Zayne gets arrested on a Republic ship that apparently will bring him back to the Jedi. How this marks the end of a story arc, I DON’T KNOW.
I’m glad that this lame, pathetic story arc is over. HOpefully it means the writers can finally get down to some real story telling business.
I don’t know what’s up with the artwork lately either. In this issue Zayne Carrick (the main character after all) is drawn very different than he has been before. I actually had to do a double take and read the text bubbles before i realized that it was Zayne…and that’s just LAME.
Dark Horse is shooting itself in the foot with this series which is incomparably inferior to Star Wars Legacy at this point.
Battlestar Galactica Cylon Apocalypse issue #2 – Cylons came from snakes?! April 17, 2007
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With the popularity of the new re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, there has been alot of speculation about how the Cylons evolved from machines to flesh and blood.
Cylon Apocalypse issue #2 offers a potential answer – though it will never EVER show up in the new series – since Cyclon Apocalypse is a classic era based comic.
Long story short is that the Cylon are experimenting with some kind of biogenic substance that reverts the cylons to a reptilian/mamilian form.
In this issue of the comic (which continues from the excellent issue #2). Adama decides to try and negotiate with a Cylon viceroy but as well all know there is no negation with the cylon.
GREAT FRAKKING STUFF. It really makes me wish that the new show was
a) actually on now instead of on an 8 month hiatus
b) that the new show had an imperious leader, viceroys and cylon mainframe worlds.
In the absence of the SciFi show, the Dynamite Entertainment comic series is THE BEST BSG thing running.
Clash of the Titans Set To Return Thanks to Empire Strikes Back Writer April 16, 2007
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Remember 1981’s Clash of the Titans?
I sure do. Cheesy special effects and all, it’s a classic. And like all good classics it’s going to be remade.
But this remake is going to be written by Star Wars Episode V Empire Strikes Back Writer Lawrence Kasdan.
The original 1981 story revolves around Zeus’ son, Perseus, and his journey to save Princess Andromeda during which he must complete various tasks set out by Zeus, including capturing Pegasus and slaying Medusa and fighting the Kraken.
No word yet on when this beast will hit the screens or on who might be cast. Sir Lawrence Olivier was Zeus in the original – who’s gonna top that?
Here for your viewing enjoyment – the original 1981 trailer.
Darth Vader Tells Luke ALL – from Robot Chicken April 15, 2007
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Everyone remembers the first time they saw the Empire Strikes Back when Vader says,
“Luke I am Your Father.”
But what if Vader told him the rest of the story? You know all the stuff that we learn through the 6 movies?
One thing is for sure it makes for a hilarious Robot Chicken bit.
Stargate SG-1 Season 10 – The Quest Part 2 April 14, 2007
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Having finally overcome all the obstacles protecting the sangraal, SG-1 and Ba’al are automatically beamed away from the underground cavern at the end of their quest, leaving an infuriated Adria behind. Arriving in a new chamber, they are astonished to discover not the mystical weapon they’ve been hunting, but rather an old man frozen in a stasis pod. The sangraal was actually destroyed long ago. In its place, however, sleeps the one man who can build a second version of the weapon: Merlin himself.
WOW.
Great episode from top to bottom. No suprises as SG-1 figures out how to defeat the dragon…
FUNNIEST LINE in the whole episode is when the team is trying to guess the dragon’s real name and Teal’C deadpans with his name suggestion of – “PUFF”.
but an interesting twist with the discovery of Merlin.
Too bad Merlin himself dies..
And too bad that Daniel gets captured by the Orii.
Oh well. Guess that just helps to set up the next few episode where SG-1 will undoubtedly track, locate and save Daniel. The countdown for the final episode of Season 10 is on!!
Stargate Atlantis season 3 – Echoes April 14, 2007
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When the people of Atlantis begin to have visions of ghosts, Teyla believes the apparitions are actually Ancients unable to ascend warning them of a great danger.
Kind of a weird episode – but Stargate Atlantis does a great job of tying in stuff from previous episodes. In this case, it’s the whales that live on Atlantis.
We had this episode figure out about half way though, but still solid entertainment that’ll keep you in your seat for a full hour.
No wraith or replicators in this episode..which makes you wonder when they’re coming back (next episode maybe?)
Chad Vader Episode 7 April 12, 2007
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The lastest episode of Chad Vader is out and it’s not quite up to snuff.
Episode 6 was one of the funniest things i’ve ever seen. with Vader like odd job jack working as a telemarketer, a copier repairman and a taxi cab driver.
In Episode 7 Chad is just trying to get his job back..it’s o.k as something that kinda/sorta moves the plot along..but hope Episode 8 is better.
If you haven’t heard of Chad Vader – it’s a YouTube sensation with a ‘Vader’ character as a day/night shift manager at a grocery store. Most of the time it’s great stuff.
Episode 7 inline below:
Battlestar Galactica Cylon Apocalypse – issue #1 April 12, 2007
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Dual revelations rock the rag-tag fleet as a routine Viper patrol puts them on the edge of a bizarre scene – Cylon Raiders attacking one of their own Basestars!
With the regular SciFi channel series out till January..comics are the only salvation for BSG fans.
Dynamites Cylon Apocalypse is a welcome respite…
Sure it’s classic era stuff..and sure they now use the word FRAK alot more often..
But it’s good (pulp) fun. Art is rudimentary but o.k, story is predictable but entertaining.
This is the first issue in a four issue set and one that we’ll continue to review here on ShowMeSciFi till it’s conclusion.
Flash Gordon to be played by Smallville Alum April 11, 2007
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Eric Johnson is set to be Flash Gordon in the upcoming series set to air on SciFi in August. ShowMeSciFi first reported on the re-emergence of Flash Gordon earlier this year.
Eric Johnson, played the role of Whitney Fordman on Smallville from 2001 to 2004. He was the first man to come between Clarke and Lana.
SciFi has ordered 22 episodes of Flash Gordon to start (if it’s good let’s hope they go for more). Flash Gordon is hopefully going to be a reimagined version (think of BSG) though its set to include Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov and of course the archtype of evil Ming the Merciless.
No word yet on theme song – but let’s hope its Queen inspired.
FLASH..aH AH!!
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