23 years of this site still chugging along...
Chuck gets full season order
by Doc on Nov.28, 2007, under Television
Despite the bleak outlook for its network sibling Journeyman, freshman series Chuck has gotten an
order to complete a full season – even in the face of the writer’s strike. No official word yet on the other NBC freshman SF show, Bionic Woman.
Billie Piper will appear in Series 4 of Doctor Who
by Doc on Nov.28, 2007, under Television
Sorry I’m late…been trying to get a lot of things done in advance of a much needed vacation. Anyways, after lots of unconfirmed reports, the BBC is finally confirming the return of Billie Piper for three episodes in the fourth series of Doctor Who. This means that the Doctor will have three different companions in the series – although it isn’t specified if Rose Tyler will overlap with Martha Jones, who will only appear in half of the episodes.
Space Western Limerick Contest Winners Announced
by Doc on Nov.26, 2007, under General News
Anonymous Coward writes sends us in the link for the Space Western Limerick contest we announced here. Drinking and Serenity seemed to be common subjects…
Journeyman may fall victim of strike, ratings
by Doc on Nov.26, 2007, under Television
In a chat with the Premium Hollywood web site, Journeyman producer Kevin Falls says that the show could end with the 12th episode, which was the last one on the initial order for the show. Due to the WGA strike and the mediocre numbers, it seems unlikely that they would get an additional order for episodes. Falls said, “If?and let?s not kid ourselves, it?s a long shot that we would get a back nine, given the strike and our questionable numbers?but we wrote it in a way so it could be the series-ending show. I mean, it wouldn?t answer every question, but it would give you a lot to chew on.”
Flash Gordon Commentary Featuring Sam Jones and Melody Anderson Just Released
by Doc on Nov.25, 2007, under General News
Liz Martin writes “On November 17, 2007, Sam Jones and Melody Anderson recorded a downloadable commentary track for Flash Gordon with Bob Lindenmayer and Big Kev’s Geek Stuff, a pod-cast and occasional XM radio feature staring The Opie and Anthony Show’s resident geek, Big Kev. In addition to the downloadable track, there is also a limited run of DVD’s available which contain the commentary track, a filming of the taping of the track, a filming of Melody Anderson and Sam Jones on Big Kev’s Geek Stuff, live on on XM radio, and still photos featuring Melody and Sam posing with props from the show. Also, the cover of the disc is an exclusive Alex Ross original, only available on this disc which is also signed by both Sam Jones and Melody Anderson. The commentary track and limited edition DVD are available for purchase at www.bigkevsgeekstuff.com.”
Verity Lambert, original Doctor Who producer, passes away
by Doc on Nov.23, 2007, under General News
Verity Lambert, the award winning and founding producer of Doctor Who in 1963, has passed away Wednesday, days short of her 72nd birthday. In the early 90s she attempted to revive Doctor Who as an independent production, but the BBC at the time was looking in to a joint BBC-U.S. production, which eventually became the Doctor Who TV movie.
Could Riddick return?
by Doc on Nov.22, 2007, under Movies
David Twohy, who wrote and directed Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick), believes more Riddick could happen, according to a post on his web site. It would likely be an independent film, and thus be on a much smaller budget – but since Pitch Black was filmed for only $22 million, it’s possible.
More Trek casting: Ben Cross is Sarek
by Doc on Nov.20, 2007, under Movies
Veteran actor Ben Cross (Dark Shadows) has been selected to play Spock’s father Sarek (originally played by Mark Lenard), and will be opposite Winona Rider as Spock’s mother Amanda Grayson (originally played by Jane Wyatt. Anyone else need to be cast? Yeoman Rand? Lieutenant Riley? I think I’ve mentioned Lieutenant Leslie before. Will they figure out how to include some of the Klingons like Kang and Kor? And will that be with or without ridges?
Behind the scenes work
by Doc on Nov.19, 2007, under General News
I’ve been working on setting up a whole new server over the weekend. I’ve already moved some stuff to it, including all of the Sci-Fi Storm Stores – gone are the annoying redirects to stores2.scifistorm.org:8000. This site will move as well, hopefully invisibly – except it should be a LOT faster than it was.
Whatever happened to Storm 2.0 you ask? It’s been on the backburner for quite a while, but I hope to get some traction on it soon. I’m actually re-thinking the whole platform, since I’ve got a need to learn Ruby anyways…or I may just break down and use something like Drupal and write my own modules for it.
More store updates with Harry Potter
by Doc on Nov.15, 2007, under General News
The new Sci-Fi Movies Store has been given some more sections, for Blade Runner (with all its new versions), Lord Of The Rings, and a Harry Potter section with all the new releases – and re-releases – including both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. Check out the different versions available – most will be released on December 11th.