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Iron Man 2 reviews hit the wires – “uneven”
by Doc on Apr.27, 2010, under Movies
Seeing some of the early reviews of Iron Man 2, there is a lot of variance. Although Rotten Tomatoes currently is giving it a 75%, The Hollywood Reporter was quite down on it: “Everything fun and terrific…has vanished…” And from across the pond, where the movie opens this week, The Mirror calls it “a travesty – a mind-numbingly dull, chaotic and often unwatchable muddle.”
End of Legend Of The Seeker?
by Doc on Apr.26, 2010, under Television
Things don’t seem to be going well for the sophomore adventure series Legend Of The Seeker…a number of Tribune stations have dropped the show from their syndicated lineups due to low ratings, and according to EW’s Mike Ausiello, has already gotten the axe. The team of Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, who managed to keep similar series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess in syndication for six seasons a piece, tried to shop it around some more but apparently haven’t found buyers. Alas, I enjoyed it more than most network shows lately, but is there just no real market for syndicated drama now? I didn’t even watch it on the local market station here (WCVB) but on WGN, because it was often not shown according to schedule in the late hours whereas WGN was consistent with late afternoon showings.
Upcoming DVD releases – classic Doctor Who, Lost, Eureka
by Doc on Apr.25, 2010, under Video/DVD
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[/sfs]The next batch of classic Doctor Who episodes has been set for release on July 6th: [sfs=1016]The Space Museum/The Chase[/sfs] (Hartnell), [sfs=1015]The Time Monster[/sfs] (Pertwee), [sfs=1014]Underworld[/sfs] and [sfs=1013]The Horns Of Nimon[/sfs] (both Tom Baker). And speaking of who, the animated Tennant episode [sfs=1004]Dreamland[/sfs] appears to have been delayed until October.
Also, on August 24th, the final season of Lost comes out on [sfs=1018]Blu-ray[/sfs] and [sfs=1017]DVD[/sfs] – and for those that were waiting to just spend money once, the entire series will also be available on [sfs=1019]Blu-ray[/sfs] and [sfs=1020]DVD[/sfs] as well on the same date.
Lastly, the second half of Eureka‘s 3rd season, dubbed [sfs=1011]Season 3.5[/sfs], will be released June 29th.
Updated: A couple more releases – [sfs=1021]Warehouse 13: Season One[/sfs] is out June 29th as well, along with Sanctuary [sfs=1022]Season One[/sfs] (already out) and [sfs=1023]Season Two[/sfs] (June 15th).
Avatar breaks 1st-day BD sales records; in-progress review
by Doc on Apr.23, 2010, under Movies, Video/DVD
Apparently I wasn’t the only one that got Avatar – so did 5.5 million others, with 1.5 million of that being Blu-ray copies, beating The Dark Knight‘s 1st-day sales record – despite the promise of the 3D Blu-ray (and expanded) version later this year. I’m watching right now, so read on for an live in-progress review (check for updates) from someone who hasn’t seen the movie yet (yes, shame on me…)
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Boxleitner in SyFy’s 51
by Doc on Apr.23, 2010, under Television
Bruce Boxleitner (Captain Sheridan, Babylon 5) will return to Sci-Fi (and SyFy) in the upcoming TV movie 51 (can’t have two many movies with that in the title I guess), about reporters trapped in a top-secret Air Force Base (I wonder which one that would be?) with malevolent aliens.
U.S. Torchwood plans at Fox shut down
by Doc on Apr.21, 2010, under Television
Bad (or not?) news for Torchwood fans…the plans for Fox to work with the BBC on a U.S. version of Torchwood have been shut down. BBC Worldwide is still pursuing other options though – and a U.S. version is still a possibility, and that there are other interested networks.
Nimoy hanging up his ears
by Doc on Apr.21, 2010, under Movies, Television
Leonard Nimoy, having just finished filming his final guest appearance on Fringe, plans to retire from acting after working in the industry for 60 years. “I want to get off the stage” he said, but it pleased that his famous character will live on with Zachary Quinto.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Appeal
by TheThunderChild on Apr.21, 2010, under Television
Few TV shows have fans 40 years after they first aired. Star Trek is one… Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is another.
VTTBOTS expert Linda Delaney brings us tinto the world of the show, to find why this is so.
Check it out at http://volcanoseven.com/TheThunderChild/AmazonOnlyReady/VoyageCharacters.html
Brief thoughts: Dragon, Wonderland
by Doc on Apr.19, 2010, under Movies
Did a double-header today – first we watched How To Train Your Dragon in 3D, and were incredibly surprised – it was a great movie, with great detail in the animation (the characters breathe!) and a great story. And if the main dragon’s face and expressions seemed a little familiar – this is Chris Sanders’ first feature after leaving Disney, where he created Stitch. Although I think there was a little blend of Doctor Who Sea Devil in there as well. And apparently all older Vikings are Scottish 🙂
The second feature was Tim Burton’s take on Alice In Wonderland (not in 3D though). Not as dark as some of his other features, it definitely had his stamp on it. However, at times it was a bit confusing, the dialog was hard to understand, and some scenes couldn’t hold my attention (but after one movie and lunch, I so much wanted to close my eyes). I think it is worthy of a second look though…
Doctor Who premiere breaks records
by Doc on Apr.19, 2010, under Television
Matt Smith’s debut as the Doctor this past Saturday broke records for BBC America, becoming the channel’s most watched telecast ever. For those who were apprehensive of the new Doctor, have no fear…although he is different (as were they all), and the production has a slightly different feel, my spy network over the pond and my own peek into the future shows that the show is in good hands…read on for the press release.
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