R2D2 Projector is Awesome June 16, 2008
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Came across this just today – an R2D2 projector that will handle just about any type of input you can imagine, built in dvd player, iPhone dock and flash memory card reader.
the remote? a millennium falcon!
The price? A little steep at almost $3000 over on StarWarsShop.com.
What really got me excited though is this little video which shows everone’s favorite astromech droid in action (as a media playing droid!)
Battlestar Galactica 4×10 – EARTH!! but…..?? June 14, 2008
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This was one fraked up episode. Four of the final five reveal themselves –
Cylon’s almost blow up all of humanity (again).
Somehow Starbuck’s magic viper has the co-ordinates for Earth magically pop up
Cylons and humans are friends again – four of final five get amnesty
and
BAAAAM.
They find Earth?? But it’s been destroyed by a nuclear holocaust.
OOHHH and no more new Battlestar Galactica episodes till 2009..and there are 12 more episode apparently still in the works.
I liked this episode until the Earth part – in the classic series getting to Earth was the whole purpose of the show as it was here.
With another 12 episodes to go (in 2009) what happens now??? Sure there are a lot of loose ends and oh yeah the final cylon who somehow will make all things btr.
Ronald Moore could have ended this mid-season finale with the jump to Earth and then just seeing the blue planet….but no he had to go and ruin it and remind us that his version of Battlestar Galactica is a dark place where no one is ever really happy and its all just a big frakin allegory for how messed up our own planet is.
A year or more from now when Battlestar Galactica returns sure we’ll watch – we all want to know what happens.
Though one thing for sure now – Battlestar Galactica 1980 isn’t happening again..Starbuck isn’t going to walk into a McDonalds and no one can ever truly go home again.
At least they didn’t show a Planet of the Apes Statue of Liberty sticking out of the mud but the vision of a destroyed New York isn’t all that far off. One day, i’d really like to see a truly original view of Earth in popular SciFi instead of the same boring vision.
Chad Vader’s Weird Jimmy is just plain WEIRD June 13, 2008
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OOOOOOOOOH AAAAAAAAAAAH.
Another Chad Vader training video is now out – this latest one is titled ,”Chad Vader Training “Custodial Empowerment and You”.
Basically it’s about Weird Jimmy and his mop.
NO it’s not particularly great – but come on it’s Chad Vader and Chad is funny even if his co-stars are not.
Star Trek New Frontier #3 June 10, 2008
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Yeaaah I know we wrote that the last issue didn’t make any sense (so why would we continue to buy this title right?)..bUT hey there is only so much SciFi on the comic book shelves these days and I want to support my local retailer.
That said Star Trek New Frontier #3 is a decent issue….the plot twists thicken as we learn that Admiral Jelico isn’t quite who he seems to be…we don’t see Shelby at all in this issue (a good thing)..but we do get some humor..from the Romulans of all places
The overall content per issue ..the bang for the buck..is still sorely lacking, but for now I’m hooked on Star Trek New Frontier and i’lll be reading till the end of the series to see where it goes.
Star Wars Dark Times #11 Vector part 5 June 9, 2008
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Dark Times enters Vector with the best artist in the Star Wars Universe Doug Wheatley.
Vader comes into possession of the living coffin that Zayne left Celeste in…The way that Wheatley draws Celeste is VASTLY superior to the cartoon bitch she was in Knights of the Old Republic. She’s not a cartoon character she’s ‘real’ and so is her anger.
Celesete wakes up ready to fulfill her goal of eliminating the Sith ..by taking on Vader. I’m not sure how Bomo and his band of friends will fit in…but the Vader angle is slick.
Vader has little or no relationship with the ancient Sith at this point so this might be an interesting part of his further exploration of his Sith legacy.
It’ll also be interesting to see how they get rid of Celeste or the Talisman this time around…
Battlestar Galactica 4×9 : Death to the Cylon! June 8, 2008
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Another solid episode with the main Cylon resurrection hub getting nuked to oblivion…
BUT what gives with the lame background music during the battle?
What gives with the lack of any cylon on cylon dogfighting..or dogfighting in general?
What should have been a monumental battle wasn’t as good as it should have been
It didn’t have the action that it should have had and it lacked the pop that BSG once did so very well.
The 3 – Lucy Lawless is an awesome character and it’s great to see her back. She had the best scene in the whole episode when she dropped the bombshell that Roslyn is one of the final five cylon —-(what a head fake!!)
Yes it’s neat that Roslyn now loves Adama – wawawawa. And helo helped to double cross the cylon..ok…but now what?
With only one episode to go..till the frakin morons that run SciFi cut the series till what…2009?! there are more loose ends now then there were at the beginning of the season. Hopefully we won’t have to wait until June of 2009 but hey we JUST DON’T KNOW at this point.
Yes this is still a decent show, but the producers are trying real hard to do their best to kill it.
Knights of the Old Republic #29 : Exalted Part 1 June 5, 2008
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wow…Dark Horse has really cranked up KOTOR lately …sure the Vector storyline that concluded in the last issue was tremendous — but this new story arc looks pretty cool too.
After all Zayne is finally going after the Covenant.
The only problem -AND ITS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THIS KRIFING SERIES IS THE ART – Zayne is drawn completely differently but i’m kinda used to that..
But Jarael?? She is unrecognizable.
Doesn’t anyone have a style guide at Dark Horse? Is there no quality control?
Inconsistent character art aside – a great start to what will hopefully be the final resolution of Zayne and the Covenant’s attempt to pin the Padawan murders on him.
Serenity : Better Days #3 REVIEW June 4, 2008
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So this is how Better Days ends…in typical Firefly fashion it’s an ending that leaves as many question as it answers.
Yes this was a good series but this last issue had a few flaws….
Like who was that guy that got fired from his job and then went nuts shooting at Alliance and Dirt Devil alike?
That was just odd.
Then in the end they’re all ‘just good’ seems a little strange but then again that’s the quirkiness that makes Firefly interesting.
The ending of this little series just felt a little rushed but then again maybe that’s just cause we want more Firefly.
I can hardly wait till the next Firefly Serenity series is out later this year which should be a focus just on the Shepard.
Terminator 4 Will Have New Skynet Toys Hunting Humans June 4, 2008
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I remember the first vision of the post Judgment Day world…from the original (and still the best) Terminator. Reese and the resistance were fleeing from the HK’s – the hunter killer flying machines that Skynet deployed to destroy the resistance.
No word yet on whether or not the HKs will be in Terminator 4 – but we will see some other Skynet human hunting tech.
Director McG blogged that:
This movie takes place several years after Judgment Day, but prior to 2029. Just like it took a long time to get an HD plasma screen in our world, it took Skynet a lot of research and development to get to the T-800, and this movie explores that “space between.” We have all been fascinated with the world after Judgment Day. Here it is.
In this film, there are Hydrobots that patrol the water, Transports that move human prisoners around, Harvesters that collect human beings as lab rats for Skynet and Aerostats that survey all that is going on with the resistance the world over.
No HKs but still sounds kinda cool
Torchwood Gets Torched by BBC with Only 5 new episodes for 2009 June 3, 2008
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We’re not big Torchwood fans here at ShowMeSciFi.com but it is a show that can grow on you…that is if it were allowed to grow.
The braniacs that run BBC have somehow decided that for season 3 of Torchwood there will only be five episodes.
What’s the POINT?! And how do these people get jobs working with SciFi? They obviously just want to taunt fans and drive audience interest down.
Battlestar Galactica 4×8 : Everything Changes May 31, 2008
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WOW.
Talk about an episode that changes EVERYTHING.
From beginning to end this episode had more plot twists and turns than any other episode in the previous four years of Battlestar Galactica
First off when they rushed the Six (that Athena shot) into Doc Coddle area, we figured they were rushing her there to save here…and she’d survive – NOPE.
Tigh impregnating Caprica Six!!!! Who saw that coming???!! WOW.
Adm Bill ‘Husker’ Adama relinquishing command? aNOTHER FRAKIN wow.
Tigh – a FRAKING CYLON SKIN JOB – taking command of the fleet!!
Lee Adama as President???!! where did that come from..
And Lampkin’s cat?? Did we just imagine the cat the whole time? (seeing at it had been dead??)
Just a lot of stuff to digest in one epsiode…this season sure did start of slow but man oh man has it picked up the pace now. This one episode of intense dramatic shift makes it all worthwhile doesn’t it?
Chad Vader – A Spy in Produce – Not a New Season but still funny May 31, 2008
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So we’ve waited and waited and still no new season of Chad Vader.
Not sure if the folks at Lucasfilm put the kybosh on it or if the Blame Society ppl are just too busy (the dude that is the voice of Chad Vader is the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars The Force Unleashed).
Though we don’t have a new season there is a new ‘training video’ out – A Spy In Produce – funny stuff ..check it out:
The Girls of Battlestar Galactica – in leather, on bikes May 29, 2008
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Not sure how to classify this other than….i saw it and figure ShowMeSciFi readers might want to know.
There is an interesting photo spread of the girls of Battlestar Galactica in Interview Magazine -(click to see the full size). I guess BSG producer are desperate for ratings? Or maybe Katee Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer and Grace Park just wanted to show a uh… different side of their personalities…(seeing as personality is what you see in these pics right?).
Battlestar Galactica Set for an Unhappy Ending May 29, 2008
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Guess what? Edward James Olmos – Admiral “husker” Adama himself is now saying that the end of Battlestar Galactica is going to be a real shocker.
“It’s not a happy ending, we end up with almost nothing,” Olmos told SciFiNow.
Neat.
Guess that means they don’t find Earth and they just end up blowing each other up and the Cylon win!
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic #28 Vector #4 May 29, 2008
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The fourth and final issue for Knights of the Old Republic’s Vector story arc is pretty decent issue.
Though we’re not fans of the really caricature/cartoony style of art – the panel flow here was great.
From a plot perspective Celeste becoming an instrument of the Sith and then being entombed on the planet is cool.
Obviously she’s going to reappear in the next Vector installment which should be in Dark Times – i’d bet that after having been stuck in that thing for a few thousand years she’s not going to be too happy when she gets out.
As far as KOTOR goes – finally it looks like Zayne has got is posse together and he’s going after the Covenant. FINALLY.
Next issue should be a real keeper!
Zachary Quinto : A Logical Spock for Star Trek XI May 28, 2008
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Looks like Zachary Quinto – the new Spock for Star Trek XI – is a Star Trek fan.
woohoo.
In an interesting interview on SciFi Wire Quinto reveals that he thinks the new Trek will ‘honor’ classic Trek.
He also almost slips into his Vulcan character during the interview, by referring to the process as being ‘logical’.
“I always do that,” he said. “When I’m going to say the word ‘logical,’ and then I stop myself. There are certain things that I can no longer do with as much ease as I used to. Using the word logical is one of them.”
Star Wars Dark Times #10 Bomo Goes Ballistic May 28, 2008
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The Parallels story arc has been a really neat one – showing the contrasting parallel storylines of Bomo Greenbark and Jedi Master K’Kruhk.
In the end they both end up much the same don’t they?
They both go nuts killing the bad guys.
The way that the panels were set up in this issue – showing the parallel lines of action – is nothing short of amazing.
Sure this was an issue with more action than chatter but it was an enjoyable and thoroughly satisfying end to a solid story arc.
Terminator Salvation : Let’s Wreck L.A! May 27, 2008
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Filming is now in full swing for Terminator 4 officially known as: Terminator Salvation : The Future Begins.
The movie’s director blogged the other day about what will make T4 different:
Everything we’re shooting is designed to be tactile and real, you’ll be seeing a whole set of inspired designs you’ve never seen before, and best of all you’ll finally get to see some of the post-judgment day future that was only hinted at in the previous movies.
To give us a small taste – T4’s director has also released some early concept art of what L.A will look like:
Star Wars Legacy #24 – Uncle Nate Skywalker May 27, 2008
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Just when you thought Star Wars Legacy couldn’t get any better – or more complex – it does.
Uncle Nate Skywalker just added a whole new dimension.
Cade kinda/sort looks like Uncle Nate and it’s kinda cool to see that Cade isn’t the only Skywalker of the Legacy era to have gone the rough and tumble route. There was no indication whatsoever at the end of Legacy #23 that Nate was a Skywalker or Cade’s real uncle.
We finally find out a little more about why Cade didn’t know about his mother…and we get a little bit of insight into Cade’s upbringing…
Oh and a nifty new former ‘beau?’ from the Jedi Academy who is really an Imperial Knight. Wicked cool stuff.
It looks like we finally might see Cade come face to face with the Princess and (maybe Roan Fel too) after what seems like a 14 issues hiatus.
T4 : Salvation for the Terminator Franchise May 23, 2008
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Let’s all be honest here – T3 sucked.
T4 if the early plot is any indication …not so much. Filming is already underway and Warner Bros has a release out with some nifty details:
In the highly anticipated new installment of The Terminator film franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.
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