Star Trek Captain Together For the First Time (Minus Capt Pike) June 4, 2012
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Doesn’t it totally suck that there is no Star Trek on TV anymore (new shows that is). Remember the awesome days when we had both TNG and DS9 on at the same time? those were the days…
Star Wars has made $33 Billion. That’s Almost $1 Billion for Every Year It Has Existed June 4, 2012
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We all know that Star Wars is huge – but did you know that Star Wars has generated at least $33 Billion in revenues over the last 35 years?!
Yeah we were a little shocked too.
Facebook is a $100 Billion IPO and Star Wars isn’t as big? that’s nuts. No wonder Facebook is tanking
Blade Runner Sequel is a Go – but No Harrison Ford in sight May 18, 2012
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Apparently Ridley Scott is have a resurrection of sorts.
Next month we get the Alien Prequel Promtheus and now in a year — or two, we’re getting a Blade Runner sequel.
Is this a world with replicants gone mad? a world with replicant rights? or will we just see a replication defecate on the tomb of Dekker?
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Read the press release below:
LOS ANGELES, CA, MAY 17, 2012—Hampton Fancher is in talks to reunite with his “Blade Runner” director Ridley Scott to develop the idea for the original screenplay for the Alcon Entertainment, Scott Free, and Bud Yorkin produced follow up to the ground-breaking 1982 science fiction classic, it was announced by Alcon co-founders and co-Chief Executive Officers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove.
The filmmakers are also revealing for the first time that the much-anticipated project is intended to be a sequel to the renowned original. The filmmakers would reveal only that the new story will take place some years after the first film concluded.
The three-time Oscar-nominated Scott and his “Blade Runner” collaborator Fancher originally conceived of their 1982 classic as the first in a series of films incorporating the themes and characters featured in Philip K. Dick‘s groundbreaking novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?“, from which “Blade Runner” was adapted. Circumstances, however, took Scott into other directions and the project never advanced.
Fancher, although a writer of fiction, was known primarily as an actor at the time Scott enlisted him to adapt the Dick novel for the screen. Fancher followed his “Blade Runner” success with the screenplays, “The Mighty Quinn” (1989) and “The Minus Man” (1999). He has continued to write fiction throughout his career.
Scott also will produce with Alcon co-founders and co-Chief Executive Officers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove as well as Bud Yorkin and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin. Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble, CEO’s of Thunderbird Films, will serve as executive producers.
The original film, which has been singled out as the greatest science-fiction film of all time by a majority of genre publications, was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1993 and is frequently taught in university courses. In 2007, it was named the 2nd most visually influential film of all time by the Visual Effects Society.
State Kosove and Johnson: “It is a perfect opportunity to reunite Ridley with Hampton on this new project, one in fact inspired by their own personal collaboration, a classic of cinema if there ever was one.”
Released by Warner Bros. almost 30 years ago, “Blade Runner” was adapted by Fancher and David Peoples from Philip K. Dick‘s groundbreaking novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” and directed by Scott following his landmark “Alien.” The film was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Visual Effects, and Best Art Direction). Following the filming of “Blade Runner,” the first of Philip K. Dick’s works to be adapted into a film, many other of Dick’s works were likewise adapted, including “Total Recall,” “A Scanner Darkly,” “Minority Report,” “Paycheck,” and the recent “The Adjustment Bureau,” among others.
Sh*t Stormtroopers Say May 18, 2012
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From our friends at Death Star PR.
This is the vid you’re looking for…
Alien Prequel Prometheus Trailer is Pure Awesome May 1, 2012
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Boba Fett is Dead. Dark Times out of the Wilderness is over. Crimson Empire III is over too April 25, 2012
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Dark Horse Star Wars overload this week and we couldn’t be more excited
Leading the hit parade this week is STAR WARS BLOOD TIES BOBA FETT IS DEAD #1 (OF 4). YEEAAAh illustrated or should we say PAINTED by Chris Scalf.
This isn’t your regular comic book art – this is
ART.
While a new Blood Ties begins – Crimson Empire III ends with issue # 6 of 6 out this week. It has been a good ride but it’s time for Kir to go now.
STAR WARS CRIMSON EMPIRE III EMPIRE LOST #6 (OF 6)
OOOH but wait Dark Horse has one more awesome ending for us this week with Star Wars: Dark Times-Out of the Wilderness #5 – illustrated by the one and only Douglas Wheatley. Dark Times is an awesome series that has been plagued by publishing delays since the beginning – let’s hope that this final issue is everything we’ve been waiting for!
This post first appeared on our sister side ShowMeSciFiComics.com
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic War #3 Zayne Carrick Is Still a Wimp April 9, 2012
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Zayne Carrick is the hero that we kinda/sorta love to hate.
After all he has no blood lust, he just wants to live his life, he’s not interested in being the hero.
Yet in this issue when force the Mandos to return to the planet from which the Republic drafted him, he helps them take control of a station — in an effort to save lives.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawww.
Then he comes back to help save his Republic friends.
Nice.
But no, we still see no signs of his girlfriend, but for the first time in this series we do see his old ‘boss’ Gryph.
Good fun.
Star Wars Agent of the Empire #4 Jahan Cross Finally Lands on the Iron Eclipse April 9, 2012
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We had some doubts about this series when it first started, but Dark Horse and the GREAT John Ostrander have proven us wrong.
From first page to last, this issue gripped us with action that we couldn’t put down. Jahan Cross beds his enemies sister, then she gets toasted not by her brother as we expect, instead the brother is killed by the robotkilling father.
Nice twist.
Now how are they going to get off the iron eclipse?
Sure Han and Chewie will just swoop in …..
Or will they?
In any event, the addition of Jahan Cross to the Star Wars canon is a great one, he’s a character that we want to see a whole lot more of from Dark Horse in the months and years to come.
Star Wars Fate of the Jedi Apocalypse : THE WORST STAR WARS BOOK EVER WRITTEN?! April 7, 2012
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Fate of the Jedi started out as decent story….the introduction of Vestara Kai and the Lost Tribe of the Sith to the Star Wars cannon are both worthy additions.
That said, this last book was such a total piece of sh*t it makes us sick.
How this book ever got through editorial oversight is beyond us. This book could have been 200 pages shorter and it would have been much better, delivering the key plot points. As it was, this was easily the most painful Star Wars book we’ve read in years. Long, slow drawn out action. Sure action is great to have, this whole book is action and most of it makes no sense at all.
Were this not the last book in a series we’ve read from the beginning, there is no way we would have read this to the end, it’s that bad.
At the beginning of this series Luke leaves Coruscant, then he comes back. Then the Jedi leave, then they come back, Then they all leave again. And in between Abeloth is destroyed and Jaina get married to Fel. And oh yeah Vestara — is she good or evil? who knows…the author of this book totally buthered her character so much so that we just don’t care.
Yes we love Star Wars books, and yes we’ll still buy the next series that comes out — even though at this point it’s clear that the publisher is just abusing readers.
Get Ready of JabbaScript! April 5, 2012
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If you’re a programmer you’ve likely heard of JavaScript. Now there is a Star Wars version for fans of everyone’s favorite sleemo – jabba.
From the article:
JabbaScript, a truly portable, cross-platform language that can be picked up by anyone in a matter of minutes.For example, a simple applet which “lights” buttons as a user looks over them:
{
OnMouseOver=”chisa_kawa_bo_Wookie”;
OnMouseOut=”na_chana_wanga_Solo”;
}
else get “ban_shi_koba,_Jedi!”;
Total Recall REMAKE – Better Effects, but will it be a better movie? March 27, 2012
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The Total Recall remake starring Colin Farrell is coming…how this will compare to Arnold’s classic remains to be seen, but the initial teaser trailer points to a darker, bigger world view.
http://comingsoon.springboardplatform.com/mediaplayer/springboard/video/cs008/71/463385/
Doctor Who Season 7 : Cyborgs and the Wild West March 27, 2012
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New trailer for the upcoming season of Doctor Who is now out. Looks like we’ve got some wild west action and a new bad guy/cyborg..
Though apparently there might be some Daleks too.
Battlestar Galactica Blood & Chrome CANCELLED?! FRAK YOU SYFY!!! March 25, 2012
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Not that any of us really need more proof – but SYFY Channel has no interest in scifi.
SyFy has just CANCELLED the Battlestar Galactica Blood & Chrome show – before it even aired.
They’re keeping the pilot as a standalone, but no show.
that’s right! the Frakkers have FRAKED us BSG fans yet again.
This show was the only good thing coming to SyFy that we were excited about and they killed it.
FRAK YOU SYFY.
Happy 81st Birthday to William Captain Kirk Shatner March 22, 2012
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He’s not Dead Jim!!
William Shatner turns 81 today and he sure seems as vibrant and as relevant as ever.
Sure the Sh*t My Dad Say show didn’t go anywhere.
Sure JJ Abrams didn’t include him in the Star Trek reboot
But that does mean that fans the world over still don’t love shatner.
So on his 81st birthday we have a few special words.
Mr. Shatner:
LIVE LONG & PROSPER!
Star Wars Agent of the Empire and Knight of the Old Republic WAR Return to comics this week. March 14, 2012
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A great week ahead for SciFi comic book fans.
At the top of our list is Dark Horse Star Wars Agent of the Empire #4. This series first story arc is coming to a close and we really have no idea quite how this will be resolved. So far it has been a fun ride though. this new issue looks to continue that trend.
We get a double dose of Star Wars goodness this week too with the release of STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC WAR #3 (OF 5).
Yeaah Zayne Carrick is still a P*ssy but the story is good fun..and really we just want to see how he figures a way out of the mess that he’s stuck in…
Looking beyond Dark Horse we’re also interested in:
DC –
LEGION LOST #7
IDW –
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING VOL 2 #15
STAR TREK 100 PAGE SPECTACULAR 2012
and
WILLIAM SHATNER MAN O WAR ONGOING #1 (
Terra Nova CANCELLED!!! FRAK YOU FOX!!!! March 6, 2012
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No surprise is it?
THE FRAKKERS AT FOX HAVE CANCELLED TERRA NOVA.
Remember these are the same douche bags that cancelled Firefly and the same scum bantha poodo that keep Fringe on the air (wtf happened to Fringe? that show is unwatchable now). and hey a year ago we predicted that Fox would do this – cause after that’s what they do, they cancel great shows.
Terra Nova was just starting to get good too.
the final episode of season 1 however wasn’t a cliffhanger, it was a decent (though not complete) ending.
Hope Plaza was destroyed – though we did have that mystery…of how a ship for Earth’s past was found in pre-history – we guessed that it was just the Bermuda Triangle, but now we’ll never know..
Unless of course we get Terra Nova in novel or comic book form…
Star Wars : Darth Palgueis – THIS book Sucks. No he’s Not Anakin’s Dad either February 25, 2012
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Great idea – except for the fact that this book sucks and is the worst Star Wars book we’ve read in years.
From a reader’s perspective – the author- James Luceno, appears to have written this book with a thesaurus in-hand as there was hardly a page spread that went by where we didn’t need to consult a dictionary to figure out what a word meant. For a Star Wars book, that’s rare and totally unacceptable. How this got past the publishers copy editing team is beyond us..this book as is should never have been published.
Once you get past Luceno’s obscene use of arcane language – the story is so bland, it’s disgusting. We kept waiting for something to happen that never did.
Yes we do find out about the early years of Palpatine on Naboo – and there are some cool scenes. But in general this book skirts the edges of Episode I – during which Plagueis apparently still lived?! really?
We had also thought that Plagueis would be the dude that ‘created’ anakin just by his ability to manipulate midchlorians…but that’s not the case.
Going a step further into the absurd, we get some limited insight into Dooku – who apparently meets Palpatine – knowing it’s palpatine – wearing a cowl in the district where he in later movies meets Sidious. Does Dooku know that Palpatine is Darth Sidious? who knows.
And no – we don’t find out what ever really happened to Master Sifo Dias either.
This book had the potential to be awesome but the combination of over-writing and weak plotting left us totally unsatisfied by this book.
The JE’DAII Revealed. Where does the name Jedi come from? Dawn of the Jedi February 21, 2012
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Forget about Jedi – the new Star Wars Dawn of the Jedi Series is about the JE’DAII.
These JE’DAII are the predecessors of the Jedi we all know…they’re also a bunch of wimps that have been sequestered in black hole surrounded planet Tython to protect them.
Yeaah we’re talking about the new Dark Horse comic book here – it’s an amazing concept, but unlike Legacy which from the first page was PURE AWESOME. This title might take a bit more time till it grows on us.
What Dark Horse is doing here is giving us the ultimate prequel – but it’s a bit too far fetched in some respects..so far.
Anyways – we do find out what JE’DAII (or later Jedi) means it’s a Dai Bendu terms meaning : Mystic Center
These early jedi were all about finding balance between the light and the darkness. Though at this early stage the darkness are not the Sith.
The evil forces are led by Force Hounds like Xesh – that’s the dude on the cover of issue #1. He’s working for the Rakatan and their empire.
Apparently and this shocked us.. the Rakatan are the dudes that turn Tatooine from a lush paradise into a dessert too..
Saying No to Star Trek ‘s Worf – hilarious February 21, 2012
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We wouldn’t dare of saying NO to mr/lt/commander Worf – but apparently he got rejected a whole lot.
This amazing montage of clips shows just how much he got the NO.
Star Wars Agent of the Empire #3 Jahan Cross is still on the run February 19, 2012
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This series is also really picking up nicely…though this particular issue was all about one thing..
JAHAN CROSS ON THE RUN.
Nothing more really, the agent of the empire is running from the corporate sector police (into Han Solo’s smuggling containers too!) but no new major revelations about the plot.
Still, an entertaining run..but the real plot is hopefully coming in the next issue as we finally see what this conspiracy is all about. Issues like these make us wonder if we should just wait for the trade..cause then we don’t have to wait a month to see what happens next…
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