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Alien Nation reboot on the event horizon?
by Doc on Jul.01, 2009, under Television
Apparently the soon to be SyFy has big eyes for the reboots of other franchises…next up is the Fox series Alien Nation, about alien slaves being integrated into the general population after their crippled spaceship lands on Earth. The show dealt a lot with the political and social issues in a procedural drama more than the science fiction aspects, although when the scifi did come in, it often was dealt with in a fun way, making the series interesting. Apparently the focus on this will be less oriented on arc-based stories, instead taking a more mainstream self-contained approach, but there will be a developing mythology
Toy that can train future Jedi to use the Mind Trick
by Doc on Jul.01, 2009, under Games
It’s not cheap, but it looks like it could be fun for a few hours – the Star Wars Force Trainer is expected to retail for $120 starting in August, and uses a headset that measures brain waves to allow you to control a fall floating in a column. This is the toy you are looking for…
Transformers rips apart box office
by Doc on Jun.29, 2009, under Movies
I guess it didn’t need all the promotion Michael Bay wanted…Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen took in a whopping $201.2 million in five days, second only to The Dark Knight, and even took in another $181.6 million globally.
Star Trek Magazine interview with Kurtzman and Orci
by Doc on Jun.27, 2009, under Movies
Also from Issue #19 of Star Trek Magazine is an interview with Star Trek producers/screenwriters and frequent J.J. Abrams collaborators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Here is a brief excerpt.
Star Trek Magazine interview excerpt with Eric Bana
by Doc on Jun.27, 2009, under Movies
Issue #19 of Star Trek Magazine is on shelves now in the U.S. (July 9th in the U.K.) with plenty of interviews included. Read More for an excerpt of an interview with Eric Bana, who played the Romulan Nero.
Torchwood: Children of Earth beginning July 20th in US
by Doc on Jun.24, 2009, under Television
Just learned this yesterday…Torchwood: Children Of Earth – the third series of the Doctor Who spinoff, except it is airing as a 5 part miniseries – will debut in the U.S. on BBC America on July 20th at 9pm ET, with the remaining parts airing on consecutive nights. It will debut in the U.K. on July 6th on BBC One.
Updated: Transformers makes $16M midnight run, $60M day
by Doc on Jun.24, 2009, under Movies
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, with an unusual midnight opening on a Wednesday morning, took it $16 million in midnight showings, the biggest for opening on a Wednesday, and near the midnight haul of Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith. Updated 6/25: It concluded its first full day at a hefty $60.6 million, second only to The Dark Knight ($67.2M with a Friday opening), and may be on schedule for surpassing the goal of $150M through Sunday.
Wil Wheaton on Leverage
by Doc on Jun.24, 2009, under Television
PumpHunter writes “Wil Wheaton, once dislike by school kids everywhere for portraying Wesley Crusher on the star ship Enterprise – a young man who actually wanted to do his homework, is going to be in an episode of TNT’s “Leverage”. Wil Wheaton told the world this via his twitter account, and posted a picture on set of himself and Leverage regular Aldis Hodge. Hodge plays Alec Hardison an all around smooth talker and computer nerd. Wheatons description of the picture suggests his role is along the same lines. Leverage returns July 15th.” Wil has definitely moved from Hated Geek to Cool Geek…he even appeared on an episode of This Week In Tech back on February.
Brian Fuller won’t be involved in Heroes
by Doc on Jun.22, 2009, under Television
Writer/Producer Brian Fuller, who returned to Heroes in December, has apparently left again, despite hopes he would bring some more focus to the storylines. According to Fuller it is not due to creative differences, but “to focus on developing new projects for NBC.”
Impact could be unintentional comedy
by Doc on Jun.19, 2009, under Television
OK, we have a new contender for worst science in a scifi movie, giving Earthstorm a run for its money. In fact, some plot and scenes look similar. Impact, and ABC miniseries which airs this Sunday (6/21) at 9pm with the second part a week later, stars David James Elliott. But to appreciate the science behind the movie, check out his description of the problem, and then follow it up with the preview on YouTube. And then start chewing on how reversing the polarity of the neutron flow-er, I mean the Moon, causes gravity to fail and people to float off the Earth…