Ron Moore’s Virtuality gets backburnered December 12, 2008
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Ron Moore’s Battlestar Galactica days may be numbered but it doesn’t look like he’s a golden boy for everything.
FOX apparently is pushing back on Moore’s Virtuality show that we first wrote about back in April. Basically its a ship in long duration flight – with a crew have virtual reality experiences throughout the journey.
According to the Hollywood Reporter:
The two-hour backdoor sci-fi pilot “Virtuality,” might stay in consideration for May and be reworked as a more mainstream drama.
Remember friends – this is FOX. The same network that killed Firefly and is now butchering Sarah Connor Chronicles…so i suppose we didn’t have much cause to be hopeful in the first place.
SCI Fi Channel Shows Off Starbuck’s Chest December 11, 2008
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Starbuck (aka not a cylon) is our fav character on Battlestar Galactica.
Apparently Sci Fi Channel wants viewers to look at her chest –
that is if this new teaser add for the new season is any indication.
New season starts in two week – and the webisodes start tomorrow (Dec 12th) at Noon ET on SciFi.com!!
Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles : Alpine Fields Suck December 8, 2008
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Ok it’s official as far as we’re concerned. Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles sucks.
Tonight’s episode was total garbage. There was more dead air (and not the shooting kind) than dialogue or actual action.
The show was so bad to be honest we could NOT watch it end to end -we watched much of it in PIP window while watching The Big Bang Theory – and switching to see when something looked like it might be happening.
It’s a darn shame – we really had high hopes for this show in the beginning – the new season looked like it good be a good one too – but it’s not. I’ts just a waste of time at this point and I doubt we’ll bother to watch another live episode again – much easier to record and then fast forward through the garbage….which is most of the show.
Doctor Who 4×12 Stolen Earth Davros Returns December 7, 2008
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Doctor Who Series 4 is easily one of the best seasons of Doctor Who in a long long long time.
The return of the Daleks in this episode is fantastic – and it sure is great to see Davros once again (btw where is the MASTER?).
Having all of the Doctor’s friends and companions aligned in this episode is also great – with the funniest easily being the ex prime minister – with the Daleks noting that they know who she is.
For year Doctor Who fans have called the Daleks the most fearsome of all the Doctor’s enemies – I still have a problem with them though…they are basically rolling trash cans with limited mobility. Yes i know they can hover now but come one i would expect that the human commandoes would be quicker than the Dalek army and able to take them out.
Star Wars Clone Wars S1E09 December 6, 2008
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Asaaj Ventress is awesome! We knew that Gunray would get rescued but that was great.
And Senate Commandoes? Guess those are the predessecors to the Red Imperial Guards.
All told a tonne of action for a 30 min episode – there was hardly a 3 minutes sequence without some kind of intense action.
That’s what makes this new animated series superb – decent stories- evil villans and non-stop action
Stargate Atlantis S05E17 Hello Todd December 6, 2008
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The ship got sick! Great stuff…and great to see Wraith drone warriors without their masks on too.
Darn shame the treatment doesn’t work to help the Wraith…but
Ultimately this episode was about Sheppard and Todd and the bond between the two.
It’s a bond that we’ll see again – hopefully before the series ends in three more episodes…it totally sucks that SciFi Channel has cancelled the show.
Fringe – The Safe is a Teleporter December 3, 2008
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I did not see that one coming – first of all . Walter is the root of all technology in the show – good or bad. It’s a neat concept but what that is really starting to get very tired.
So he built a teleporter – not a time machine – that took the ‘gentleman’ to the little hill.
neat.
Bad guys passing through wall – like the phase inverter that stranded one of Riker’s ships on Star Trek (remember the show with the Teleporter..). Ok maybe not a totally unique idea. but still fun.
A fun episode overall though – and it will be interesting to see how AGent Dunham is rescued and by whom – i’ll put an early guess that it will be Massive!
Battlestar Galactica Caprica gets Ordered by Sci Fi Channel December 3, 2008
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Ok so maybe we were a little hasty in calling Caprica dead the other week.
Sci Fi channel has now ordered 20 hours of the Battlestar Galactica prequel. Originally it was supposed to have a pilot this month but now it looks like that pilot will show up sometime in 2009 with the full series likely to debut in 2010.
The pilot trailer looks like frakking crap to me – but hey with 20 hours now booked – maybe they can build this up and actually make this as cool as BSG itself.
Set 50 years before “Battlestar Galactica,” “Caprica” follows two rival families — the Graystones and the Adamas — as they grow, compete, and thrive in the vibrant world of the 12 Colonies, a society recognizably close to our own. Enmeshed in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the creation of the Cylons, the two houses go toe-to-toe blending action with corporate conspiracy and sexual politics. “Caprica” will deliver all of the passion, intrigue, political backbiting and family conflict in television’s first science fiction family saga. As the series begins, a startling development is about to occur — the creation of the first cybernetic life-form node or “Cylon” — the ability to marry artificial intelligence with mechanical bodies. Joseph Adama (Morales) — father of future “Battlestar” commander William Adama (Najafi) — a renowned civil liberties lawyer, becomes an opponent of the experiments undertaken by the Graystones (Stoltz), owners of a large computer corporation that is spearheading the development of these living robots: the Cylons.
Superman New Krypton December 3, 2008
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To be honest we haven’t been regular Superman collectors in years – but that
changed with this new storyline – Superman New Krypton – a nine issue cross-over event.
The basic story is simple – Braniac years ago captured a Kryptonian city – Kandor –
(saving it in the process) and now Superman has saved the city and 100,000 Kryptonian’s are now living on Earth.
It’s a great premise and one that challenges the notion of Superman being special (supergirl aside) – since there are now 100,000 people just like him flying around Earth.
It started off in a one issue special edition – then moved over to Superman #681 – and then over to Action
Comics #871 where we get to see more of what Kryptonian’s are really up to –
from there to Supergirl (didn’t care for that issue).
The latest issue is Superman #681 New Krypton part 6. The Kryptonian’s now actually kill humans and this is clearly a turning point. General Zod (remember him from the Superman II movie ?) still has followers loyal to him and they seem to be stirring up some trouble.
Oh and remember the Phantom Zone ? Yeaaah it’s back too.
So for this comic book fan – after years and years of not reading Superman regularly – here I am back reading Superman again thanks to this New Krypton storyline. It’s great that anew issue is out every week – which sure makes a big difference too.
Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles – T-888 1920’s style December 1, 2008
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So the T-888 was hidden in a wall waiting for 80 years to shoot someone.
NEAT.
This was a great episode for Cameron – maybe her best yet. She’s a methodical killing machine – with a gun or with research. It was a really interesting treat to see how Cameron noticed the terminator in the past and pieced all the threads together to figure out where he was in the present.
Now as for John Conner – he’s still a mega wimp – and a lame acting job overall. Every episode i’m hoping he’ll get whacked or better yet shaken up so he becomes a more likeable character.
Ghostbusters : The Other Side issues 1&2 – I ain’t afraid of no ghost December 1, 2008
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We all remember the classic Ghostbusters movie – but what happens after the movie?
That’s where this new comic series comes in – the basic plotline in issues 1&2 is that that Ghostbusters get ‘whacked’ and end up as Ghosts themselves.
What happens when a Ghostbuster becomes a ghost?
Good question – so far (issue 1 and 2) it’s alot of figuring out what’s going on – but i suspect that issued 3 and 4 we’ll actually see the answer appear.
Will they become ‘mortal’ again? i dunno – but i’d bet so – in any event – solid storytelling and decent art makes this a fun read.
Star Wars Legacy #30 Vector part 11 : The End is Near November 30, 2008
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WOWOWOWOWOWOW.
Last issue was solid but this issue was non stop cover to cover action.
What a great kriffing issue. The double cross (or maybe triple cross?) is in with the Muir Talisman and its human host vs Cade Skywalker vs. Darth Krayt vs. The Imperial Knights.
Will Karness Muir take hold of Cade? (maybe next issue) – but still seeing Krayt in this position is awesome – i doubt we’ll see the end of Krayt, but hey anything can happen.
and what about Darth Talon (aka the Sith Hottie?) SHE’S BAAACK and she still has the hots for Cade (where was Delilah Blue ?)
The artwork – always great in Legacy was ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT in this issue – the cell arrangement and powerful imagery is what great storytelling and great comic books are all about.
But of course this issue is just a stepping stone to the final issue of Vector!! Vector before it hit Legacy was kinda ok – in Legacy it got real good real fast.
I suspect that Karness Muir and/or the Talisman will be destroyed – but that somehow Celeste Morne survives (but maybe i’m wrong). In any event it will bring to a close a year of wondering where this would end – and it might be the end for Krayt too.
Doctor Who 4×11 Turn Left November 30, 2008
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A standard Sci Fi plot tool here – what happens if one simple action doesn’t occur – it ends up unravelling a Tapestry (yes a pun on the Star Trek TNG episode Tapestry) that in this episode’s case is the whole of Donna Noble’s experience with Doctor this season.
Brilliantly executed and a nice romp through all the events thus far – so a good hour of SciFi.
The best part (for us) was clearly the end when Donna realizes that she won’t make it in time to change her actions in the past and makes a decision – that ultimately changes her history.
As for the time distortion insect on her back – that wasn’t terribly clear to us – but still not a bad idea.
Every season needs a recap episode of sorts – and this is it for Series Four – it’s all go forward from here.
Battlestar Galactica Caprica on Hold till 2009 (or later) November 27, 2008
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It’s December almost and we were supposed to see the Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica this month. (We saw the trailer back in July.)
But we won’t and that sucks.
According to TV Guide : “Though Sci Fi once planned to air Caprica in December, it’s now on hold, pending the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica. It definitely won’t see the light of day until after the BSG series finale … but also maybe not at all.”
Black Friday 2008 Comic Book Deals November 27, 2008
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It’s that time again – and it’s a great time for some great comic book deals. TFAW has some really great ones this year – here’s their full list of Black Friday door crashers – and here’s the ShowMeSciFi.com short list of some of our favs:
Serenity Valley Topographical Map Lithograph–Save 40%
The battle for Serenity Valley was the final decisive battle in the Unification War in Joss Whedon’s popular Firefly television series.
Save 50% on Joker HC– Just $9.99
The Crown Prince of Crime has been released from Gotham, and he’s ready to have some fun! Be sure to pick up this brand-new original graphic novel. It’s dark, funny as hell, and just might give you new insight into Batman’s greatest foe!
Then there are the Nick and Dents – this are the graphic novels that have minor imperfection and are already marked down – but now they’re dropping the price by 60 percent on some titles. We’ve bought a bunch of Star Wars graphic novels this way – and to be honest in most cases we couldn’t even find where the nick or dent was.
Here’s one crazy nick and dent deal – the first Star Wars Legacy Trade paperback for only $7.18.
The first Knights of the Old Republic Trade paperback for only $7.58
There are also whole sets of Star Wars Tales and Star Wars Clone Wars and Star Wars Empire graphic novels at 60 percent off too.
Lot’s of good deals to be had there for sure.
Star Trek XI Teaser Trailer with Leonard Nimoy November 26, 2008
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This is the same as the trailer that we saw last week except for a 4 seconds add-on with Leonard Nimoy.
Live Long & Prosper!
(AND WHAT A KRIFFING SHAME THAT Abrams and his ego couldn’t get together with Shatner and his ego).
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #35 – THE END. November 26, 2008
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After three years and 35 issues this is it.
Zayne is finally vindicated. It should be a moment of triumph and climax –
BUT IT’S NOT.
This is a weak issue and one that insults the loyal readers that stuck with this book for the last three years. After everything that happened to Zayne in the very first issue we expected more – a lot more.
Zayne goes into to see the Jedi council but – do we see what happens? NOPE.
Instead Hazen (who was awesome) gets nuked from orbit – which was cool – and Zayne gets cleared.
I don’t know it’s an anti-climax and a letdown. Maybe after three years of buildup – no matter what happened would have been a downer.
Will we continue to read this title? SURE – I want to see Darth Malak, Revan and the Exile.
Futurama Bender’s Game REVIEW – Roll the Dice November 26, 2008
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Here’s the short review – the third Futurama movie is easily the worst of the bunch. But that doesn’t mean it’s bad – it’s just that it’s not as good as either Bender’s Big Score or The Beast with a Billon Backs.
We knew that this would be a Dungeon’s and Dragons Lord of the Rings spoof fest – but there really wasn’t anything that innovative or knee-slappingly funny here.
Yes it was entertaining and yes i actually paid for the DVD – having the Nibblonians being the source of all dark matter – and the whole crap factory thing – SURE that’s funny and the real saving grace for the whole movie.
I just think that more could have been done even on the ‘normal’ side of the D&D game as well as the Dark Matter angles in terms of things that were more than just spoof. Bender (as always) steals the show here and his medieval knight is awesome.
So expect to be entertained but don’t expect to watch a ‘classic’ that you’ll want to watch again and again.
Battlestar Galactica Epic Journey Season 4.5 Trailer November 25, 2008
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As we get closer and closer to the January 2009 re-start for Battlestar Galatica the trailers are gonna come fast and furious.
This week we’ve got the ‘epic journey’ trailer. No big surprises here – Roslyn hooking up with the elder Adama, Starbuck communicating with a hybrid..but the big surprise is behind the scenes – who is the fifth??
Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles – Riley is from the Future November 24, 2008
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I did not see that one coming.
Riley is from the future – go figure.
Then again – John Connor so far has been a mega whiney BEAATCH so why would any woman want to be with him unless it was her mission? kinda makes sense but still a real nice surprise and the first great plot twist so far this year.
Ohh and Cromartie is back – but now he’s John Henry – the future SkyNet.
The overall pacing in this show is wrong — it’s deadly boring in parts and then you get the big plot twists – it sure could use some better editing and overall production direction to create a tighter pacing.
Still, the show progresses and it’s progress (slowly) but nicely isn’t it?
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