Sci-Fi Storm

Kate Zuparko writes “Atom be airing a special STAR WARS FAN MOVIE CHALLENGE episode of Atom TV, their weekly TV show on COMEDY CENTRAL, this upcoming MONDAY, OCT. 6 at 2 am! Fans of Star Wars will get the chance to see all their favorite fan films on the airwaves, including George Lucas himself introducing the 2008 Selects winner, the Juno spoof PADME. Other favorites include this year’s Best Comedy Winner TARKIN N FRIENDS, the ever-popular CHAD VADER, and a montage of the best SW clips Atom has to offer, including favorite PINK FIVE.

The episode will premiere Monday night/Tuesday AM (depending on your sleep patterns!) on Comedy Central, so make sure to set your DVR (or stock up on caffeine-laced drinks!), but if you can?t watch it the first time, Comedy Central will be replaying the episode throughout the week:

– Wednesday, 10/8 at 12:30pm
– Thursday, 10/9 at 2am
– Sunday, 10/12 at 10am (yes, daylight hours!)

So there are plenty of chances to catch it if you can?t make it up that late this Monday!”

Video mashups aren’t anything new, but sometimes you find something interesting. This time around it’s edited video from Star Trek with the audio from the opening of The A-Team, with some added credits. Read More to see the video.

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The Thunder Child writes “It is The Thunder Child never-ending attempt to bring science fiction entertainment to the masses. To that end, we watch a lot of YouTube videos, seeking out the gems… and we’ve found one… a one-eyed alien, sounding remarkably like Gloria Gaynor, sings I Will Survive… the first few stanzas, anyway….until…

http://dailyspace.blogspot.com/2008/09/alien-sings-gloria-gaynors-i-will.html

And, albeit not science fiction, OTR lovers might like to listen to Three Skeleteon Key, one of the most famous episodes of Escape (and reprised on Suspense). It starred Vincent Price and is also affectionately known as… The One With the Rats.

http://dailyspace.blogspot.com/2008/09/three-skeleton-key.html“

Star Trek fan Joan Winston, who helped organized the first ever Star Trek convention in 1972 in Manhattan and started a fandom movement never seen before, passed away on September 11th at the age of 77.

Tracey writes “Loud Silence, a free ezine by award winning artist and author William VanDorin. Featuring flash fiction and original art of a very different sort. The best description of his work is a cross between the twillight zone and Edgar Allen Poe. This one is a must see and best of all it’s free with no advertising or pop ups. Have apeek at.
http://loudsilencestudio.com/loudsilence.htm“

Shatner took to a new frontier to dispute a statement by J.J. Abrams regarding a part for James T. Kirk in the upcoming Star Trek movie. Although some reports term it a “blasting”, I think Shatner was in fact very cordial about it and complimented Abrams several times. Read More to see the video.

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The Thunder Child writes “Last week I shared the info about Bill Cosby’s version of The CHicken Heart That Ate New York. Now, listen to the Lights Out original episode, The Chicken Heart. The audio is accompanied by animation that only an artist with my particular skills could have created.

http://thethunderchild.com/TheChickenHeart.html“

Kate Davids writes “Mesa-The Phoenix Comicon has added actors Marina Sirtis, ‘Deanna Troi’ from ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation,’ Tiffany Grant, known for her role as ‘Asuka’ from anime ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion,’ Erin Gray, known as ‘Commander Wilma’ from ‘Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,’ and Gil Gerard, ‘Buck Rogers’ himself.” Read More for the details. The Phoenix Comicon takes place January 23-25, 2009.

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The second season of Torchwood comes out on DVD on September 16th, and here is a review of what you can expect in it. I’ve also given Torchwood its own section in the Sci-Fi TV Store.

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Sorry for the lack of…well, anything. Due to the after effects of tropical storm Hanna, we had a tree land on our house at 3am in the morning Sunday. Fortunately the damage was limited to the roof and the structure was OK, but I’ve been running around this week dealing with work and insurance issues. Hopefully back on track now, and there will be some worthwhile news. At least they were able to turn on the Large Hadron Collider without ending the world…