Star Wars Vector – First Images Released January 25, 2008
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Star Wars Vector – the comic book event of the year is coming next week from Dark Horse.
All Dark Horse Star Wars titles will be pulled in stretching a massive 4,000 year scope.
There has been massive speculation about how it all ties together with few details shared thus far.
But in a set of preview panes that Dark Horse has made available for the first issue of Vector (appearing in Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic #25)
It clearly looks like they’re going to draw the connection very early on .
Hard to say quite what the issue is but until i see otherwise i think it’s a massive Sith…not the Dark Jedi Sith..the ancient Sith..plot spanning the generations.
Then again with Vader apparently fighting alongside Luke and Cade Skywalker as well as Zayne Carrick maybe the Sith aren’t the prob…. we’ll find out soooon!
Which Terminator Model is the Best? January 24, 2008
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Awesome article up on Popular Mechanics this month breaking down all the various Terminator models from the first T-800 model up to the unknown model in Sarah Connor Chronicles (Summer Glau’s ‘Cameron).
Easily the most awesome in my view is the T-1000 (the one made of liquid metal in Terminator 2). That robot could change its shape and was the first to do so.
After that it’s all just about strength which is difficult to measure and then intelligence and personality. Which is where Cameron fits in ..sure she’s strong but she was specifically designed for a purpose..and we’ll find out as the series goes on what that purpose really is all about.
New Star Trek XI Starfleet Uniform January 24, 2008
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Until now most Starfleet Uniforms have been military yet not militaristic (if you know what I mean
Sure in ‘Yesterday’s Enterprise’ we saw a stiffer collar as the Federation battled the Klingons but…
Star Trek XI is going the Imperial route..or so it would seem.
JFXonline has posted some intriguing pics of the new Starfleet uniform.
It really does look like a knock off from Star Wars Imperial wardrobe with the hat and all.
Never before have we seen Starfleet personnel with hat as part of the Uniform. It also looks like they’re tossing out the oh-so-hip shirt look off the classic series and the vested look of the early Star Trek movies too.
Too early to say what this is all about..but one thing is for sure – J.J Abrams is messing with alot of stuff.
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Teen Titans Lost Annual : JFK Abducted by Aliens January 23, 2008
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There have been conspiracy theories about the shooting of JFK for years.
Teen Titans Lost Annual #1 has a very interesting ‘comic’ take.
In a nutshell JFK is abducted by Aliens (who look like clones of The Beatles) to lead them in battle against other aliens.
While JFK is in space, he’s replaced on earth by a clone and it is the clone that is assassinated.
JFK himself remains in outer space leading various Alien species to peaceful negotiations with their neighbors.
Weird stuff but a fun read that is highly recommended if you can find a copy of this issue.
NCC-1701.COM Watch Star Trek XI ‘s Enterprise being built January 22, 2008
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Time to get excited Star Trek XI fans.
Looks like there is an UNDER CONSTRUCTION site for Star Trek XI’s NCC-1701.
The site? Why it’s of course — what else would it be?
There are four cameras of the shipyard (i’m still hoping it’s Utopia Planetia) showing different stuff under construction..trick is you have to bring each camera into focus which by changing the frequency.
Sure you could try and figure it out yourself but why bother? Here are the frequencies:
camera 1 frequency of 555 (99.1%)
camera 2 frequency 120 (99.5%)
camera 4 frequency 289 (100% )
Now Camera 3 is the money shot! It only comes up every so often and it’s a pic of the interior of the new Star Trek XI NCC-1701 interior!!!
It looks ALOT like a TNG interior to me…i wonder if they’ll decide to put in a holodeck too..
Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles 1×3 January 21, 2008
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Alrighty the pilot is out of the way so now we’re into the regular stuff and so far it’s not that great, though it did have some neat plot developments.
In the pilot Summer Glau (Cameron)’s Terminator was a believable teen – hey she fooled John Connor and he’s trained to locate Terminators. In this episode she was rigid, robotic and entirely unbelievable as a normal teen.
Oh and what was with that girl that sat next to John in science class? (before Cameron came in) ..she clearly knew John ..she’s gotta be a resistance fighter from the future or something.
The resistance fighters subplot is really a great idea and clearly they’ve been sent back from the future to hunt down skynet themselves. Who built Skynet is the big question in this show..unlike T2 and T3 there is a question in Sarah Connor Chronicles.
OHH and with all the hype behind this series FOX is already dropping the ball – an hour after the show FOX still didn’t have a listing for the episode up on the show’s website. Compare that with Stargate Atlantis for example where each week’s episode is listed the week before – to give the fans something to look forward to and a name for the episode. I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope FOX is planning on stranding us the way they stranded Firefly.
Star Trek XI : Shatner Out Because Kirk is Dead January 21, 2008
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Among all the excitement of the new Star Trek XI movie there is a major controversy.
William ‘Bill’ Shatner a.ka. Captain James Tiberius Kirk has been SHAFTED by the producers of Star Trek XI and will not be making an appearance.
Leonard Nimoy (SPOCK) is in it, but apparently Shatner isn’t good enough for J.J. Abrams.
“I think they’re coming toward the end (of shooting, so) they’ve got another three weeks to hire me,” Shatner joked at the opening of the traveling exhibit Star Trek: The Tour in a recent interview with USAtoday. “No, I don’t think you’ll be seeing me, unfortunately. I don’t know the reason why.”
Apparently the reason why is because Kirk died in Star Trek : Generations.
WHAT A LAME EXCUSE. Spock died at the end of Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan – he came back. Why not Shatner’s Kirk?
No i think the reason is because Shatner is such a giant in the Star Trek world that his appearance in Star Trek XI would overshadow all the others in the recast classic roles.
Want Shatner’s Kirk back? You’re not alone. Go check out BringBackKirk.com for a group that has got the right idea. It’s time for Kirk to Return. J.J. Abrams may think he’s some kind of hotshot director but without Shatner something will be missing from Star Trek XI.
Stargate Atlantis 4×13 Quarantine (aka Ronon set to hookup with Dr.Keller) January 20, 2008
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After all the excitement of the last two episode..this one was painfully sloooooooooooow.
There was only one redeeming aspect of this episode…that Ronon got to know Dr. Keller a whole lot better. Will their relationship progress? I think it will and it will make for some interesting episodes too.
Indy’s Back and he’s Brought George Lucas With him January 19, 2008
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In this months’ Vanity Fair – Indiana Jones is all the rage with some insider information on the new Indy which will be out on May 22.
The story is set in 1957, and this time Dr. Jones goes up against cold-blooded, Cold War Russkies—led by Cate Blanchett in dominatrix mode—instead of the Nazis he squashed like bugs in previous installments. Making a return alongside Ford is Karen Allen, as Marion Ravenwood, Indy’s pugnacious true love, last seen in the first film.
Beyond the Indy stuff Vanity Fair has an awesome interview with George Lucas – and the best bits are the Star Wars questions which are all online!
Here’s one small snippet:
How did you feel about the reception to Revenge of the Sith? And did you complete the story to your satisfaction?
I’m happy that the whole thing is finished, finally, so that was very satisfying, to have it complete and in one piece. It was a great sense of completion. I was happy with how it turned out—as well as I could have hoped. The reception is always lukewarm for those movies, so that’s not new.
Read the whole thing over at Vanity Fair.
Love and Sex With Robots on Colbert Report January 18, 2008
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You see a lot of funny stuff on the Colbert Report..one of the funniest things i’ve seen since he’s been back from the Strike break is an interview with the author of “Love and Sex with Robots”
The guy that wrote the books comes off as a little weird and Colbert nailed him asking him the question that i’m sure everyone wanted to know…..why write the book and is the author a major perv?
Apparently the author was awarded a PhD for his effort on this book too.
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The First Real Star Trek XI Teaser Trailer January 18, 2008
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Forget about paying down good money to see Cloverfield just to see the Star Trek XI trailer..multiple copies are now online (one linked below)..
Oh and no need for the early fan trailer anymore either (though i bet a few will be made based on the real thing).
The trailer – is all about construction and ends with the words UNDER CONSTRUCTION. The NCC 1701 Enterprise looks wicked and they’ve refreshed the Starfleet Logo itself too.
Anyways enough of me..here’s the trailer..
First Look at the New (Old) Star Trek XI NCC-1701 Enterprise January 17, 2008
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An early first look at the Star Trek XI Enterprise is out today over on the Moviephone site (linked through the pic above).
Looks like a typical NCC-1701 ..though if you look close the forward tips of the warp nascells look like big turbines..something like you’d see on an Airbus A340.
It also looks like there is alot of scaffolding so she’s clearly in space doc of some sort (Utopia Planetia maybe?)
The first ‘real’ look of course comes on Jan 18th in the preview trailer showing ahead of Cloverfield.
Battlestar Galactica : Caprica – Back on Track? January 17, 2008
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We’ve been hearing about the Battlestar Galactica : Caprica prequel series for at least a year.
The general idea behind Caprica is that Caprica would take place more than half a century before the events that play out in Battlestar Galactica. The people of the Twelve Colonies are at peace and living in a society not unlike our own, but where high technology has changed the lives of virtually everyone for the better.
In the latest issue of TV Guide (the one with the Sarah Connor Chronicles cover) there is a news bit that would seem to indication that SciFi will now put Caprica into production.
The reason why now is simple. The script is already done – and with the strike SciFi is desperate for scripts so why not use something it already has but just hasn’t produced?
“I just got a call from NBC-Universal,” SciFi VP Mark Stern told TV Guide. “They want us to take another look at the project.”
The Road – Charlize Theron set to star January 16, 2008
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Charlize Theron has signed on to join Viggo Mortensen in the bigscreen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy‘s bestselling novel “The Road”
The Road is actually currently at the top of Amazon’s best seller list for SciFi .
I’ve still got it on my to read list…
The Terminator Tour Bus – coming to a town near you soon January 15, 2008
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Get on board
Step inside you’re going on a magic ride
Where Terminators will relentlessly hunt you down.
Yup..Terminator is going on tour with a green screen bus that lets us the fans jump into the scene to experience what it’s like to be chased by cold robotic killing machine from the post apocalyptic future.
The full tour schedule isn’t quite as comprehensive as we would like but hey..not too shabby either.
Boba Fett to be in New Live Action Star Wars series January 15, 2008
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In the latest issue of Star Wars insider producer Rick McCallum has confirmed that Boba Fett is coming back.
That really shouldn’t be a surprise to followers of the expanded star wars universe.
Fett after all in the Star Wars books managed to escape from the belly of the Sarlacc on Tatooine and is a major character in the Star Wars Legacy of the Force series too.
I suspect that Fett will be one of Palpatine’s bounty hunters tracking Jedi…
Join the Force! Lucasfilm is hiring!! January 15, 2008
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Interested in SciFi?
Do you have ‘skills’?
Well you might be in luck. Lucasfilm is hiring!
You wouldn’t expect a typical want ad from Lucasfilm and that’s not what they have. Instead they’ve got this neat little short with Chewbaka in it.
Check it out and good luck with your job applications!
Oh..and if you didn’t catch it in the vid their main recruiting address is:
Terminator : Sarah Connor Chronicles Pilot Part 2 – how long can this go on for? January 15, 2008
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Alright after the euphoria of seeing a new Terminator the second part of the pilot was a bit of a let down.
Sure since the first Terminator we know that Terminators keep coming back, again and again and again.
In this series it looks like there will be multiple Terminators coming at the Connors. While that may make sense in a way..in others its annoying. The Terminator that was blasted in the Bank vault in 1999 should have been toast.
The missing dad syndrome for John is interesting and i’m sure that we’ll see plenty more of that in the future.
Again the fact that the Summer Glau Terminator takes orders from no one in the present is somewhat annoying.
But the fact that we’ve got freedom fighters from the future coming back in time too makes this even more complex.
Still, week after week, wave after wave of Terminator coming against the Connors – it’s going to be a really tough sell to keep this show fresh.
Star Trek : Lt. Crusher of the Starship Titan? January 14, 2008
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Yup. Wil Wheaton (yeah the little twerp who grew up on the Enterprise in Star Trek:TNG) is coming back to the Star Trek universe.
Wheaton has confirmed that he has shot a four minute segment where he is the Assistant Chief Engineer of the USS Titan. Apparently the 4 minute spot is just for the Star Trek Tour event but hey you never know.
Star Trek Titan started out as a masterful series – thought the last book was awful. Perhaps with Crusher on board as well as Riker and Troi – Titan will again be an interesting Star Trek spinoff.
Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles – pilot part 1 (review) January 13, 2008
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Cool.
From the get go in this pilot, there is no mistaking that this is part of the original Terminator franchise (not the lame Terminator 3 stuff).
No Lena Headey is not Linda Hamilton…she’s different..a far more tortured Sarah Connor and one that is more teacher than mercenary. It is Linda Hamilton that next to the Schwartzenneger was one of the most memorable actors in the Terminator series..so Headey has some pretty big shoes to fill.
Summer Glau is awesome as everyone had expected… so far we know she’s ‘different’ but we don’t know why..i suspect we’ll find out the series goes on. She never answers John’s question about what her model is..so it’s a very curious thing as to who she is responsible to and who exactly sent her back in time to protect John.
The concept that Terminators from the future come back into the past to build parts for super weapons that the Connors get to use is a neat plot tool but thankfully they’ve kept with the original concept that you can’t travel through time without anything but your skin.
BUT and a very big but..i believe this to be the first time that there has been a FORWARD TIME TRAVEL in Terminator..so far everything has been backward.
Overall a great first part episode..nothing in it that didn’t make sense..very tight, well acted and scripted with the right amount of action.
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