Sci-Fi Storm

Alien Nation, even though it only lasted one full season on the fledgling FOX network, was popular enough to to spawn off not one but five TV movies – even though the first one (Dark Horizon) didn’t appear until 4 years after the series was canceled, resolving the season-ending cliffhanger. The series came out on DVD two years ago – finally, all five movies (Dark Horizon, Body and Soul, Millenium, The Enemy Within, The Udara Legacy) are being released in the Ultimate Movie Collection on April 15th. Read More for the press release, and expect a review this weekend. And if you can’t wait, catch a clip of the gag reel from Dark Horizon in Quicktime or Windows Media.

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Star Trek fan fave George Takei (Hikaru Sulu) tried to show is “country” side, singing “On The Road Again” on the CBS reality show “Secret Talent Of The Stars”. Fortunately, we won’t have to hear the likes of it again. The show, that featured the “talents” of Takei, Sasha Cohen (contortions), Clint Black (stand-up comedy), and Mya (tap dancing), had so many (of its few to start) viewers turn it off during the hour that CBS has already canceled the show. I bet CBS is really glad that the writer’s strike is over. Fear not, Sulu – your performance will live on thanks to YouTube…

Jewel Staite (Kaylee of Firefly, more recently Dr. Keller on Stargate Atlantis) at the 2008 Supernova Pop Culture Expo in Melbourne, Australia said that a new special edition DVD box set of Firefly was in the works, and she was asked to do a commentary for it. TV Guide checked with Fox, and they confirmed it – and that it will be Blu-Ray, but nothing on a release date. Update: unable to spell or type last night.

Sci-Fi Maverick writes “This is a sci-fi directory which also includes some fantasy and horror websites. PsiProne’s Sci-Fi Portal [Doc: Link removed – site is defunct]. Its been around since 2001, while it experienced some difficulties for a couple years, its been back in business since September 2007. It has a listing of over 1400 websites and is one of the largest sci-fi directories on the web. Its has a sidebar with a list of various websites, and the main part of the main page has a large list of categories. The categories can be confusing, but the first one is a general science fiction category, followed by a some categories for popular tv series in alphabetical order. If you click on a series name, you will go to a page with subtopics for that TV series. The last TV category is a broad category called More SciFi TV with subcats for other TV shows, the next categories are movies listed in alphabetical order. Some of the categories include Babylon 5, Farscape, General Science Fiction, Buffy, and BattleStar Galactica to name a few! In addition, every website listed has a spot where you can rate the website. Check out this site! Add your website to the directory!” Thanks to whoever rated Sci-Fi Storm a 10!

The past few weeks I finished off going through my Blake’s 7 VHS collection with Series 4, the final season of the BBC show. You’ve already lost your title character, now what are you going to do without your ship, arguably one of the “7” characters? Read More for thoughts on the final season.

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Charlton Heston, who has uttered some of the most memorable lines in some of the greatest movies (and occasionally at press conferences), has passed away at the age of 84. In case anyone doesn’t know him, he starred in several biblical epic films (like Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments), and of course Planet of the Apes. He also starred in The Omega Man, based on the same story that was recently done as I Am Legend.

Our favorite insider has sent us some more production stills of the new shots being added to the remastered original Star Trek episodes with “The Enterprise Incident”, airing this weekend (check local listings). Read More for the episode and shot descriptions, and links to the images. You will notice that the Romulan ships from the episode have been updated.

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The SCI FI Channel has signed for a new pilot called Revolution, about an Earth colony outpost in the 22nd century struggling with unrest. Billy Campbell (The 4400) stars as a soldier-turned farmer Tom Hart who may be the natural leader they need. Also starring are Rowena King (The Bucket List) as the new governor, and Steve Sandvoss (Kiss The Bride) as Hart’s older son.

Aside from Knight Rider, The Peacock has made a variety of SF-related announcements. First up is Heroes, which will return on September 15th, allowing time for the producers time to get ahead in planning, leading up to a 3-hour Heroes event, with a clip show and then a 2-hour movie. However, the planned prequel series Heroes: Origins has been scrapped. Medium has also been renewed. NBC also unveiled a late of new programs as well (see the article for all the details) that will air spread out over the next 18 or so months. Some interesting highlights: Merlin, starring Colin Morgan (mysteriously billed as being in Doctor Who, but I have no reference), exploring the lives of Merlin and Arthur before they became legends; and My Own Worst Enemy, starring Christian Slater, which sounds similar to the excellent British mini Jekyll, mixed with Bourne Idendity.

As expected, the continuation of Knight Rider has been picked up by NBC, and a show runner has been named. Gary Scott Thompson, creator/producer of Las Vegas, will executive produce and run the production under a two-year deal with United Media Studios.