Sci-Fi Storm

oMaT writes “According to a post by the man himself on the TOR books site, Robert Jordan has been diagnosed with primary amyloidosis with cardiomyapathy. Apparently it’s pretty serious as his own medical professionals have indicated they believe he has a median life expectancy of four years – though he states his intention to live another thirty. I wish Mr. Jordan all the best and convey my deepest gratitude for the sheer pleasure he’s brought forth thus far.” Jordan is the author of The Wheel of Time series of novels.

A day after it was announced that The Invincible by Polish SF writer Stanislaw Lem was in development, we learn that Lem himself has passed away. Lem’s most famous work was Solaris, which was made into movies twice – once in 1972, and again with an American remake in 2002 by Steven Soderbergh starring George Clooney.

Wish you could talk for just 15 minutes with the producer/director of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and King Kong? Now here’s your chance. To promote the release of the DVD this Tuesday, you can enter to win a 15 minute phone conversation with Peter Jackson on the MSN Movies site. In the meantime, an online Flash game is also available: “The Battle for Skull Island”.

I’ve finally added the US release of the new Who series to the Sci-Fi TV Store (which won’t be out until July 4th to give the SCI FI Channel a chance to air the show), as well as two new releases: “Genesis of the Daleks” and “Revelation of the Daleks”, both due out June 6th.

The last Babylon 5 production, the pilot movie The Legend of the Rangers – To Live and Die in Starlight, will finally be released on DVD on March 14th (Pre-order from Amazon now). Read More for the review of the feature and DVD.

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Hawley Griffin writes “WORD HAS IT that buried somewhere in the Northwest San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, is one of the most intriguing Sci-Fi/High Adventure TV Shows that, as yet, has not been made.

Cryptically, and simply entitled, ?51″, the show?s backdrop is the equally intriguing and cryptic Area 51 located at Groom Lake Nevada. With all the urban legend and modern mythology surrounding this mysterious locale, writer-creator Michael David Stewart has come up with an ensemble based series that embraces the best elements of Science-Fiction and the type of high adventure found in the great Hollywood films like ?King Solomon?s Mines?, ?Journey to the Center of the Earth?, and ?Ice Station Zebra?.” Read More for the full release.

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As my aging mind is failing me again, I’m remembering a scene from a movie that I’m pretty sure was SF (albeit happening on present-day Earth), but I can’t connect it with the movie. This has worked before – so help me out again and help repair the synapses…Read More for the description.

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It wasn’t a very good weekend. We have had to say goodbye to Don Knotts (The Andy Griffith Show, The Reluctant Astronaut – a personal favorite as a kid), Darrin McGavin (Kolchak: The Night Stalker among other genre films), and Hugo and Nebula winning SF author Octavia Butler.

Doom 3 was, frankly, the most frightening video game I ever played. Visually and aurally stunning, I actually had to limit my playing or else I had trouble sleeping. Now turned into a movie, would Doom: Unrated Extended Edition live up to the game?

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I am working full speed at trying to get another job (I’m laid off as of the end of the month), and various other emergencies are eating up my time, so please forgive if I don’t updated the site as regularly as I intended. I do owe a review for Doom – Unrated Edition. And if anyone knows of a senior UNIX/Linux admin position in the Boston area, please let me know…or if Yahoo or Google wants to buy this site it may tide me over 🙂