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You can be in The Empire Strikes Back
by Doc on May.04, 2010, under Fun Stuff
In honor of today apparently being “Star Wars Day” (May The 4th Be With You) and this year being the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, you can now star in your own personal version of the movie, thanks to JibJab.
Amy Pond pregnant in upcoming Doctor Who episode?
by Doc on May.03, 2010, under Television
It seems a production still from the upcoming episode of Doctor Who, entitled “Amy’s Choice”, has fans all a-twitter…as companion Amy Pond is visibly pregnant. Of course we have no idea what is going on, but in this show pretty much any speculation is conceivable, and it will probably still be wrong. UK viewers will find out at least some of the story on May 15th, but the US will have to wait two more weeks…as River Song says,”Spoilers…”
Max Headroom DVD set for release August 10th
by Doc on May.03, 2010, under Video/DVD
The entire 1987 TV series of Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into The Future, a series perhaps ahead of its time (hundreds of TV channels competing for the limited attention spans of viewers in a cutthroat business), finally comes back to the future with a [sfs=1024]DVD release on August 10th[/sfs]. Ah, the Commodore computers (I owned one at the time), the Amiga graphics…I’m getting nostalgic…
Two new Iron Man 2 Photos
by Doc on May.03, 2010, under Movies
Here are two new exclusive pictures from makingof.com: http://www.makingof.com/posts/photos/1716/1/makingof-iron-man-2-on-set-photos
SyFy will air The Phantom miniseries on June 20th
by Doc on May.03, 2010, under Television
SyFy will show all four hours of its upcoming miniseries (and backdoor pilot) The Phantom on June 20th starting at 7pm. There hasn’t been much I’ve seen on this…is that a good or a bad thing?
The Collected Writings of Steve Vertlieb
by TheThunderChild on May.01, 2010, under General News
The Thunder Child fantasy and science fiction webzine has established a new e-publishing arm, Sacred Poet Press. Our first book is From Forry Ackerman to Orson Welles: The Views and Reviews of Steve Vertlieb.
Check out all the details at: http://dailyspace.blogspot.com/2010/04/from-forry-ackerman-to-orson-welles.html
Third Batman movie confirmed
by Doc on Apr.30, 2010, under Movies
Another case of the IMAX announcement that got out a little ahead of the studios, although it shouldn’t be a surprise for anyone: A third Batman feature from Christopher Nolan has been confirmed by Warner Bros. with a release date of July 20, 2012 – although there aren’t any further details than that, including a production start date.
Apollo 11 launch pad high speed video
by Doc on Apr.30, 2010, under Science
Here is a cool, narrated video showing the launch of Apollo 11 up close using a 500 frames per second camera. If you’ve ever wondered how they protected some of the structures from the intense heat, fire and steam at launch, you’ll learn something here.
Expect one last question on Lost
by Doc on Apr.29, 2010, under Television
We may get all our current questions answered on Lost with the finale, but apparently we’re going to be left with at least one more question – “What did they mean by this?” Sounds like we may get one of these philosophical discussion endings…
The Hobbit on track for 2012/2013 releases
by Doc on Apr.28, 2010, under Movies
Warner Bros. has announced that the release dates for parts 1 and 2 of The Hobbit will be set in December 2012 and 2013, respectively (despite an IMAX release that gave 2013 as the release date of just The Hobbit, which was an error). Both scripts are details are being worked out, but it looks like full production could begin on time by this summer.