Doctor Who – Amy’s Choice was Really the Doctor’s Choice Wasn’t it? June 9, 2010
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Amy’s Choice
What’s real and what’s not?
Obviously the Tardis had to be real right? How could the future – with Amy preggers living in a quiet town – be real?
The bad guy had to be the Master right?
Man were we wrong – and what an interesting twist. Both scenarios were the dream!! We didn’t see that coming at all. Amy didn’t really make the choice, the psychic beads made the choice for them all.
No companion ever really ends up with the Doctor — that’s just not the way the dude from Galyfrey rolls…
Star Wars Legacy #48 – Darth Krayt Returns from the Dead!!! June 8, 2010
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WOW. KRIFFING WOW.
So much action and plot in this issue, it’s nearly impossible to think of anything to say other than..
WOW.
Cade is one serious Sith hunting machine now – he is the ultimate sith/jedi hybrid and we doubt there is any force in the universe that can stop him now.
The princess FINALLY makes her return appearance (she has been so underutilized in this series..)
And the biggest surprise on the last page of this issue…the man that created the new Sith isn’t dead after all…then again did anyone of us really think he wouldn’t return??
Doctor Who City of the Daleks – Adventure Game – for Free! June 4, 2010
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Gotta hand it to the BBC – they’ve got a real winner with Matt Smith and the new Doctor Who.
They’re now taking the great new Doctor and the lovely Ms. Pond to the next level though with a series of free downloadable adventure games.
The first one looks like great fun too..
Sir Patrick Stewart Knighted – Make It So Queen Elizabeth! June 4, 2010
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Jean-Luc Picard,
Prof X – or just plain Patrick Stewart, the man is a living legend and now he’s been Knighted by the Queen of the England.
Congrats Sir Patrick!
How many other great SciFi actors have been knighted?
Well we know of Sir Alec Guiness (Ben Kenobi) of course…but beyond that the list gets a little sparse…Doctor Who’s Tom Baker hasn’t been knighted yet has he?
Star Wars Clone Wars Adventure MMO for Free?? June 2, 2010
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Massively Multiplayer online games are great — if you’ve got money to burn.
That’s why Sony’s announcement this week of the new Clone Wars Adventures MMO amazed us – basic online gaming capabilities will be …wait for it…FREE.
yESS there are paid upgrades — but the basic gaming capabilities – the stuff that will suffice for most 8 -12 year olds is free.
That’s amazing and will likely help to make this the top MMO in the world in short order –but first the game needs to be officially released. That’s expected now in the fall.
Superman New Krypton Saga Ends – The Best Superman Story Ever Told!! June 1, 2010
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That’s it. The New Krypton saga is now over
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War of the Supermen #4 marks the end of a saga that in our opinion — is one of the greatest Superman story arcs of all time.
It began with Kandor coming out of the bottle and ending up as a city on Earth – then they got their own planet and called it New Krypton — that got blowed up 
real good so the Kryptonians came to Earth to trash it.
The trashing of Earth – that’s the basic War of the Supermen story and it comes to an end in War of the Supermen #4.
In the end, General Zod gets banished back to the Phantom Zone, General Lane dies and Metropolis goes back to its (not so) normal self.
Overall the New Krypton saga has been an incredible ride. We saw the first issue on the stands and it was the first time we actually bought a Superman title in at least ten years.
It was New Krypton that pulled us back into the Superman universe. Here we had the Man of Steel, as not unique- but being one among many. A superman on a planet of supermen. On New Krypton, Superman was just Kal-El. He was a ‘regular’ guy and he ‘technically’ for a time reported to Zod and even took over for Zod when Zod was out of commission for awhile.
Ohh and the ending of this story is nothing short of brilliant with the great prose of Lois Lane:
One Kryptonian came to Earth and helped make it a better place.
We made him our greatest hero.
100,000 Kryptonians came and they were seen as a threat. They were met with suspicion, hatred and eventually death. We–humanity–were incapable of accepting what they had to offer, accepting that change, so we lashed out at them. Destroyed them.
New Krypton gave us a different perspective on Kal-El and one that we looked forward to reading often and regularly. Will we now continue to pick up Superman titles? That remains to be seen, but now that the New Krypton saga is done, how can anything else not be a letdown at this point?
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Doctor Who Fights Stone Statues (Weeping Angels) in Flesh and Stone May 30, 2010
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We’re a little behind on our Doctor Who viewing – but we just got the chance to watch episodes 4 and5 which is really just one story (we got them both on Amazon -> The Time Of Angels
At first this seemed like a dumb idea – the most dangerous entity in the universe is a stone statue?
But as we watched the two part episode – the whole concept really grew on us. Stone angels are everywhere — and when you look at them nothing happens, look away and hey…
This is a unique kind of concept and once that Matt Smith as Doctor Who made very real, believable and incredibly entertaining. The stone statues ‘wheeping angels’ is a basic enough idea, but one that was well executed, we’ll likely never look at a Stone Angel the same again.
And what’s the deal with Doctor Sung? Is she the Doctor’s wife? Does she kill the Doctor in the future/past?
FlashForward Series Ends with a FlashForward May 28, 2010
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The Series Finale of FlashForward was one amazing show.
The FlashForward’s that began the series – mostly – came true didn’t they? The show -mostly- came full circle.
And the biggest surprise is that the show ends on another blackout – with another set of FlashForwards.
The whole thing with Mark Benford fighting like a madman with the terrorists in the FBI building was amazing – esp with Asst. Director Witteck in the washroom with his shotgun – (whereas in his original flash forward he was just in the washroom taking a dump).
What were these new FlashForward’s? Charlie saying – ‘They Found him!’ – was she talking about her dad — who jumped out of a window as the building blew up.
What was the deal with the kangaroo during the blackout again?
We’ll likely never know now as the series as far as we know hasn’t been picked up by ABC for a second season.
No this isn’t the ending that the show should have had – there are still a tonne of unanswered questions. But make no mistake about it – the series went out with a bang.
Chad Vader S3 Ep4 “Nothing Happens” – Literally May 27, 2010
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Best line – Hello Lloyd, stealing coffee I see. are you stealing anything else?
Lloyd – no Just coffee (the name of the coffee brand is Just Coffee).
And we thought that episode three was pointless…but hey this was still kinda fun in a quirky way…and next episode Clint returns!
Chad Vader Season 3 Ep 3 – That’s a wrap May 26, 2010
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Lloyd is officially the worst day shift manager ever??
Really?
Is it just us or is Chad Vader now totally bereft of any entertainment value?
Firefly: Still Flying – Brings Us 4 new Tales From the Verse May 26, 2010
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Firefly has been off the air and movie screens for years, but the fans keep asking for more.
A new book that just came out yesterday Firefly: Still Flying: A Celebration of Joss Whedon’s Acclaimed TV Series
give us some new insights into the show from the shows writers.
But the real bonus here is four new stories from the Firefly verse.
FUN WITH DICK AND JAYNE written and drawn by Ben Edlund
WHAT HOLDS US DOWN by Jane Espenson
CRYSTAL by Brett Matthews
TAKE THE SKY by Jose Molina
Anyone of these could have been episodes – as they were written by the same writers who wrote the show. Yeaah, we’re excited too.
Star Wars Crosscurrent – Sith/Jedi Hybrid clones? Darth Krayt in a book?? May 26, 2010
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Star Wars Crosscurrent by Paul Kemp – the short review is that this is an awesome book.
We get multiple timelines 5,000 years ago with Jedi and Exar Kun era Sith, colliding with the post Darth Caedus era.
We also get the first mention of Darth Krayt outside of the Star Wars Legacy comics that we know and love.
The structure of having multiple plots come together is the Star Wars formula and Kemp follows it well. The Jedi Jaden is a decent but troubled Jedi and it’s easy to see his parallels with the ancient Jedi.
The ancient Sith Saes is another cool character, though it’s a shame we won’t get to see more of him. The Anzat ‘soup drinker’ character was a bit weird and didn’t quite fit in, but still that didn’t detract from a great story.
And oh yeah, Jedi/Sith hybrid clones are on the rampage. Great stuff.
From beginning to end, this book held our interest with a combination of great plot and interesting new characters.
Stargate Universe – Telford is a Traitor – as SG-1’s Jackson and O’Neil cameo May 24, 2010
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With Stargate Universe being a very different type of show than typical Stargates – it’s great to have an episode like —Subversion
The whole leutian alliance thing – seems so far away – cause it is after all 18 episodes and 17 hours + of this show ago right?
That said, is it any surprise that there was a traitor?
Now we don’t really know Col. Telford all the much so we don’t care, but still neat to make that whole connection.
Also great to see General O’Neil get on board Destiny for the first time.
Stargate Universe is its own show, but we should never forget that is it (thanks to the stones) tightly linked with the whole Stargate universe of shows. Wonder when the Stargate Atlantis team will show up…
FlashForward – Jericho Caused the Blackout?? May 21, 2010
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So we finally reach D Day that day that the FlashForward are supposed to have occurred and (some) things are as they should be.
The biggest surprise for us though – is the chase to try and figure out who triggered the blackout.
No where did we have a previous hint that it was Jericho – but it kinda/sorta makes sense in the end esp wit the whole President getting killed thing – or does it?
And was Jericho paying Simon and Lloyd?
Guess we’ll have to wait until season two to find out!
Fringe – Season Finale Olivia Lost on the Wrong side May 20, 2010
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“You have to come back because you belong with me,” Olivia Dunham.
Wow – the good Olivia finally admits her feelings for Peter — and then she gets trapped on the wrong side.
What’s an amazing twist.
Also amazing to see dr. bell and Walter together – and the final revelation that it was Walter himself that asked for parts of his brain to be cut out.
V – V is For Victory! Finally the show comes full circle the sky turns Red and Anna goes nuts May 19, 2010
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Red Sky
Chad Decker finally sees the truth, Anna finally pulls the trigger on Earth and we get the line we’ve been waiting for since the show began.
V isn’t for visitor. V is for VICTORY! (remember that from the original series?)
So what is Red Sky? it’s gotta be the V’s poisoning the Earth somehow isn’t it? So that way their slimy Lizard tails and come out…
And speaking of Lizard tails, why didn’t we get to see the Baby’s face?
Stargate Universe – Pain – Lt. James is a Nympho Nutbag May 17, 2010
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Stargate Universe –Pain
Lt. James (that’s her breasts on the left) semi-naked rolling around with Lt. Scott. If we wanted to watch porn, we wouldn’t watch Syfy. But hey that’s Lt. James role in this show. She’s the disturbed nympho that craves getting Lt Scott back and would kill him if she could.
Why every shot of her focuses on her breasts is all about her role in the show. It’ll be interesting to see if she ever moves beyond the sex to be a real character or if the camera is just stuck on her for one reason alone.
Fringe – Over There – is one freaky place with Fringe division of Department of Defence May 14, 2010
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Over There
And oh yeah, Walter Bishop is not a nutcase, he’s the Secretary of Defence.
Talk about a freakshow mirror universe.
What I want to know though, is how do they plan on getting back to the other side? Will Dr. Bell help? and why isn’t the fabric of Crazy Walter’s Earth ripped too? Or is that all part of the Pattern that we were supposed to be following in the first place?
FlashForward Flashes Back with Roger Ramjet May 14, 2010
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This week’s episode of FlashForward had a cool flash back with Gabriel (Dr. Baltar from Battlestar Galactica) – watching retro cartoon:
Roger Ramjet – Hero of Our Nation
That sure was a blast from the past wasn’t it? It’s been a VERY long time since we’ve seen or heard Roger Ramjet anywhere – so I nice tip of the hat from the FlashForward ppl to SciFi geeks.
While you can now buy the an entire deluxe DVD with all the Roger Ramjets episodes at Amazon (Roger Ramjet – Hero of Our Nation (Deluxe Collector’s Edition)
FlashForward – D-Day May 13, 2010
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So we finally get caught up to the the flash forward date…has it really been that long?
Amazing how Benford got Janice Hawk to spill the beans on her CIA involvement…how she didn’t end up dead at the end of the show…we don’t know, but she’s got to have a target painted on her head now.
So what’s next? Another blackout??
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