Star Wars Uncut : Director’s Cut – Star Wars by the fans for the fans January 23, 2012
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what do you get when you try and crowdsource the greatest movie ever made?
You get the greatest crowdsourced movie ever made – a fan version of star wars. Sure it’s hokey at more points than i care to count and some performances are pretty bad, some are awesome and the totality of the effort is astounding. This is what fandom is all about. Let’s just hope that Lucas doesn’t decide to try and sue.
Star Wars : Knight Errant Deluge #5 – The Dehydrated Hutt January 22, 2012
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We’ve finally gotten around to reading the final issue of the latest Dark Horse Knight Errant title, Deluge #5 and it’s a real treat.
Kerra returns to save Daiman’s homeworld from being flooded by Zodoh the Hutt…yeaah it’s strange Kerra saving Daiman–but it’s really all about the ppl right?
In any event, a decent story, though the ending of how one ship was able to crash into Zodoh’s capital ship and destroy it…is a little unbelievable.
The final ending of Zodoh though is a bit dark..with Daiman using Zodoh’s own tech against him to end the hutt’s life…somehow fitting.
Well that’s it for Knight Errant until June when the next series – titled Escape – takes off and we can hardly wait.
LEGO Star Trek USS RELIANT – KHAN!!!!! January 22, 2012
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The LEGO ppl sure do love Star Wars, but they’ve never shown any love for Star Trek…but hey that’s what fans are for.
One dude built the USS RELIANT on his own with 15,000 bricks and a year of effort..and what a fine job he has done.
Check out his story – in his own words here – http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=65163
What’s Next for Star Wars The Old Republic? STUFF that should have been there from day 1 January 22, 2012
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Star Wars The Old Republic has been out for a month now and the fine folks at Bioware are REALLY scared that they are going to lose tens of thousand of players. The one month mark is when players need to decide to continue to subscribe or not and it’s a critical make or break point for this game.
So what is Bioware doing? They’ve got a new flashpoint – which by the way is unplayable – and they’re promising changes to the game.
For one, we will FINALLY get the ability to resize and move menus around easily. SRSLY? That’s not a feature that’s a bug that should not have made it this long.
As well, they’re promising Guild Banks – again, that should have been there day one.
So what is there to look forward too?
NOT MUCH.
That said there is so many classes and missions in the game to begin with..and i doubt that anyone has been able to hit level 50 for all classes yet….
The Mystery of the Missing NASA Moon Rocks January 22, 2012
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The only moon rocks that ever were returned to Earth came from NASA. And it has been NASA’s mission over the last 40 years to protect those rocks..
Much like NASA’s failure to protect manned space flight launch capability, NASA has failed in its responsibility to keep track of all of its’ moon rocks as well.
“Although such losses at any time are regrettable, and NASA agrees with the I.G. report that continuing to improve certain procedures could reduce the rate at which they occur, the benefits to science of making these samples available for study have vastly outweighed the tiny risk of loss,” a NASA spokesman in Houston, William P. Jeffs, said in a statement.
The whole story is up over on the New York Timesand it’s a fascinating read
Star Trek Typhon Pact: The Struggle Within – 1 word Review – meh.. January 17, 2012
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Star Trek: Typhon Pact: The Struggle Within
We’ve read all of the Typhon Pact books so far – and the last one Star Trek: Typhon Pact #4: Paths of Disharmony
The Struggle Within is not as broad as the other books, it’s a relatively short book and is confined to two plots that don’t really overlap at all. We get some interesting insight in the Kinshaya and Lt. Choudary (Worf’s woman) …the book serves as a reminder that even inside of the Typhon Pact there are still just regular people that want to be free.
It’s a relatively slow moving book, with a plot that is interesting but not riveting. While we’re waiting for the next big novel, it’s an ok stop gap, but it’s a relatively bland book.
Star Trek 3D coming May 17, 2013 January 15, 2012
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It’s Official! The first Star Trek movie in 3D! No word yet in plot but lets hope we see some Klingons!!
JJ Abrams Begins Production On Next “Star Trek” Movie
Paramount Pictures announced that principal photography has commenced in Los Angeles, CA on the sequel to STAR TREK from director J.J. Abrams. The film will be released on May 17, 2013 in 3D. The 2009 re-launch of the “Star Trek” franchise by Abrams was met with critical acclaim and a worldwide gross of over $385 million at the box office.
Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions present a Bad Robot Production of a J.J. Abrams Film. Returning to their posts on the Enterprise are John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, and Anton Yelchin. They are joined by new cast members Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve and Peter Weller.
Based upon “Star Trek” created by Gene Roddenberry, the film is produced by J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The script was written by Alex Kurtzman & Robert Orci & Damon Lindelof.
Jeffrey Chernov, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Paul Schwake are the executive producers. The director of photography is Dan Mindel, ASC, BSC. The production designer is Scott Chambliss. The film is edited by Maryann Brandon, A.C.E. and Mary Jo Markey, A.C.E. The costume designer is Michael Kaplan. The music is by Michael Giacchino.
Terra Nova: What Lies in the Badlands? It’s the BERMUDA TRIANGLE PEOPLE!! December 27, 2011
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Terra Nova’s first (and likely last) season is now done. The two hours season/series finale was a fun tour-de-force with all the great element that make this show work.
dinosaurs, heroism, a little sexual tension..the dad that won’t leave his kids..
But let’s cut to the chase…
What is in the Badlands? They found the remains of an 18th century ship?…and the Phoenix people all run to it when they thought they were cut off from the future?
It has to be the BERMUDA TRIANGLE or some other kind of second gate/portal to the future.
Yeaah it’s that obvious.
Star Wars Agent of the Empire: Dark Horse? Srsly? You’re doing this instead of Legacy?? December 18, 2011
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Ever since John Ostrander revealed he would be working on a new series – after the greatest Dark Horse Star Wars comic of all time — Legacy — we’ve been excited about his new project.
After reading it – we’re interested, but a bit underwhelmed.
Agent of the Empire is essentially a James Bond kind of character working for the Empire.
Ok that’s alright, but he’s a stick figure of a character (so far) without much personality.
That artwork is passable and not up to Legacy standards yet either.
And from a canon perspective – when did we find out that Han Solo went to the Imperial Academy? somehow i missed that before…a neat twist though and seeing a younger Han Solo makes this book almost worthwhile.
So long story short, empire’s agent is hunting down bad apples in the Empire…..
Sure we’ll keep reading this – it’s only a five issue series after all – but the premise isn’t nearly as strong as the previous generation of Star Wars titles and so far, neither is the plot, artwork or characters.
Star Trek Enterprise: The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm December 18, 2011
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That story continued in The Romulan War – which similarly was a great read..so yeah we had high expectation for To Brave The Storm
This is a real conclusion to the Romulan War saga…and a more fitting end to Star Trek Enterprise than the crap that showed up on TV.
We get some real insight into the Romulan Star Empire of the day and Vulcans too…
But perhaps most importantly, we get the final resolution of the whole Trip / T’Pol situation. That resolution doesn’t come until the last page of this book, in a brilliantly crafted literary maneuver of looking back 25 years after the founding of the Federation (and the Romulan War itself).
No, I don’t know how or if any other writer could possibly now extend Enterprise – this is likely it and it’s a fitting end.
Star Wars Battle on the Cello? You Gotta See This! December 13, 2011
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We’re always looking for neat Star Wars vids here on ShowMeSciFi – we recently came across really cool music one. Where the musicians play Star Wars music on their cellos, while fighting lightsabers and an accordian playing Darth Vader (Mos Eisly Cantina theme no less).
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan – REVIEW – what a sad, sad story December 2, 2011
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But what happens after that?
That’s where the new Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan
The first half of this book is pure AWESOME. We see the real Revan, the human, the husband and the man.
Then by way of his friendship with the Mandalorian Candorous, we begin to see the Revan we all know from the game. Match that up with the parallel plot of Darth Scourge on the other side ..and wow this was a book that we just could not put down. Scourge was headed the other way from the dark to the light …
until…
well (spoiler alert)…………….
Meetra (the Exile) returns to save Revan and then WTF happens? what a sad, depressing ending. This is much worse than Han Solo trapped in Carbonite. Revan was close to ending the Emperor and then instead he suffers in stasis, never knowing his son.
Then again, I suppose since this is all lead-up for the new Old Republic game what this book does is it set up the return of Revan. Since he’s not dead…it would make sense that for the Jedi one mission would be to retrieve Revan from stasis to help defeat the Sith…
Anyways…another awesome old republic book..and hey the game is out soon too…and we can hardly wait.
Terra Nova : Sky is the Spy? November 29, 2011
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Sky is the sixer spy.
Wow.
We didn’t see that one coming and her mom is still alive too. That’s a great twist especially after Josh had made a deal with the Sixers too.
Now the whole Enemy Mine (remember that movie?) thing was kinda neat too, Taylor and Mira aren’t all that different…but we did learn more about the future in.2149 with the seccessionists…what was that all about?
Terra Nova – It’s all about stealing from the past to feed the future November 28, 2011
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Ok so now we know what Terra Nova is all about.
Col. Taylor had to kill his own commanding officer in order to preserve the ‘Hope’ of Terra Nova, as a new birthplace for mankind, when the reality is that it was just supposed to be a resource for the future to pillage.
We also finally understand that the Taylor’s son is the one behind the drawings on the cliff and the only one that really knows how to create a two way bridge to the future.
Sure this show progresses at a sometimes painfully slow pace, but it’s still entertaining and slowly but surely the plot is thickening. What’s not clear though is whether or not FOX has the cojones to keep this show on the air..remember this is the network that cancelled Firefly after all.
Star Wars Fate of the Jedi Ascension : REVIEW. Vestara is a Bitch November 10, 2011
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With Ascension we get some of the most kriffing nonesense plot elements ever and also some of the best. This book overall is a mess in terms of having any real credibility in terms of plot and dramatic progression. The again what should we have expected?
The first book in the series, Outcast saw Luke Skywalker exiled from Coruscant. Now in Ascension he’s back…and then he exiles all the Jedi from Coruscant.
The Backlash second book was ok, Allies was also ok, Vortex was great and Conviction sucked arse.
****SPOILERS AHEAD ***************
How does Abeloth get Gavar Kai to fire on his own homeworld? that made no sense. How did Kai get others to join him? also made no sense. How and why did he end up on that other planet? Also no sense.
Vestara Killing him? Now that was great, so at least we don’t have to hear that whiny bstrd anymore.
But how do we go from the Lost Tribe wandering to having them in control of the Senate? in like what the span of a month or two? That makes no kriffing sense at all. Abeloth voted in as a Senator? well that i could see coming, but the Sith…i dunno.
The population going along with the imprisonment of Leia? I dunno about that either.
Daala magically getting her own fleet? Another pile of nonsense. But the twist where we thought Head of State Fel was dead was kinda neat.
We will say this…the book ended well. We’ve got Abeloth in control of the Senate, Vestara proving that she is a Sith Bitch after all and a showdown setup where the Jedi will come back and kiss arse.
Terra Nova – So far, so good. November 4, 2011
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Long story short, we like Terra Nova.
The characters are real, the acting is great and the show holds our attention for the hour that it’s on every week.
We\ve got some decent insight into the workings of the colony in the 4 episodes we’ve seen so far..and lots of good stories about the ppl that live there.
We know about the sixers, but we don’t know what their deal is. We know that they can communicate with the future but we still have no idea what their beef is with Taylor.
As for the future..except for the first episode we’ve seen nothing. Let’s hope we see some future flashes soooner rather than later.
and PLEASE FOX DON’T SCREW THIS UP!!
Fringe – Peter is Back! but so are the shapeshifters November 4, 2011
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sorry, but we have to admit that we had *almost* given up on Fringe. This season so far has mostly sucked with no real direction…
that is until the last couple of episodes when Peter ’emerged’ from the dead somehow…No the story doesn’t quite make sense, yet…Walter has his own set of memories about peter drowning the lake..it’s almost as if this was yet another new Earth…but it’s not.
How will all the world’s memories be restored? Was the time blip/look with the reports that Olivia encountered a sign of things to come?
NO this season doesn’t have the same entertainment value of ANY of the preceding seasons, but let’s hope FOX doesn’t kill the show entirely before they tell us WTF is going on.
The End of Voltron – Red Lion dies October 24, 2011
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No we still don’t have the live action Voltron. But that isn’t stopping fans from making their own shorts. Most really suck, but not this one.
This is as good as anything we’d likely see in the theatre – or maybe even better, since in Hollywood we always get a happy ending.
Fringe – season 4 week 2 – still no peter but love the dual universe olivia tag team September 30, 2011
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another week and another messed up episode of Fringe that leaves more questions than answers.
Peter is still missing and walter is still hearing voices – ok that’s…interesting..but come on…how long will this get stretched out for?
Aside from Peter…the whole cross-universe team up of the two olivias and two Broyles was cool..(but wait wasn’t the alternate Broyles killed by Walternate?).
Oh wait, that’s right..this season makes no frakking sense and has limited to no proper continuity with the three seasons that came before it.
We’re giving this season another week or two and then we’re giving up on this show.
Introduce Yourself Like a Klingon you Peta’Q September 12, 2011
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