Sci-Fi Storm

It’s 2010, and its time to get back to new TV episodes. SCI FI Wire has a nice roundup of what’s coming up in the next week…notable the return of Heroes tonight, and we see the other side of things on Battlestar Galactica: The Plan on Sunday…and would the upgraded Chuck on Chuck next Sunday be considered an “Up-Chuck”?

I just got a link to this video…anyone know anything about this? Any chance of an English dub, like the original?
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Just a programming reminder that David Tennant’s final episode as the Doctor, The End Of Time, Part 2, airs in the U.S. at 8:30pm ET tonight on BBC America. Find out just what is coming back, and may rip time itself apart…

Just a humorous look at what it might be like if the characters from Star Wars conversed with each other on Facebook…

The 2009 class of movies being preserved in the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry includes 1957’s The Incredible Shrinking Man, the only obviously SF film, although 1979’s The Muppet Movie and Michael Jackson’s Thriller are included in some broad lists…

Apple Trailers now has an English trailer for the upcoming Inception available, and aside from the synopsis (“A contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind.”), still little is known about the plot…but it seems like some pretty wacky dream sequences are involved. That is, unless we’ve perfected roll-up cities.

In case you weren’t sure why you’ve blocked out all memories of it, or why George Lucas attempted to destroy all copies, here is a short version of the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special…

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Just a reminder for those of us in the U.S., Doctor Who: The End Of Time, Part 1 airs on BBC America tonight (12/26) at 9pm ET. And expect a big twist at the end – The Master isn’t the only one returning…Part 2 will air one week later, at 8:30pm ET on January 2nd.

Happy Holidays to all…there will be sporadic if any updates for about a week, so I leave you with this…the latest trailer for the last season of Lost…
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News about fake memorabilia isn’t new, but this one seemed a bit different. A Trekkie collector purchased three items in 2006 on auction from well known auction house Christie’s – a poker visor supposedly worn by Data (Brent Spiner) ($6,000), a table from the set ($6,600), and a uniform ($11,400). When he met actor Spiner in 2007 and showed him the visor, the actor pointed out it was not authentic. The collector said that he later found that the table was also fake, and the uniform was not unique (he claims it was represented as being unique). So he filed a $7 million lawsuit. Well, a New York court has ruled against him saying is is not entitled to “the massive recovery he now demands,” and is at best entitled for refunds on the visor and table. The uniform was apparently not represented as unique by Christie’s and therefore he is not entitled to anything. Seems like his eyes got a little too large – $7m?