scifi

Given that my last post was about the Expanse getting cancelled, I'd be remiss to not write about the show getting saved. Amazon Studios has stepped up for Season 4 (... and possibly beyond?). The announcement happened…

The current third season of The Expanse will be the space drama’s last one on Syfy. The cable network has decided not to renew the show for a fourth season, with the last episode slated to air in early July. Alcon…

I just finished Continuum , and it had one of the more satisfying series endings that I've seen in a while. Spoilers will be saved for a bit later. Seasons 1 - 3 are up on Netflix now, and Season 4 (which recently ended)…

"I'm stranded on Mars. I have no way to communicate with Hermes or Earth. Everyone thinks I'm dead. I'm in a Hab designed to last 31 days. If the Oxygenator breaks down, I'll suffocate. If the Water Reclaimer breaks…

“Stories,” Gaiman said, “teach us how the world is put together and the rules of living in the world, and they come in an attractive enough package that we take pleasure from them and want to help them propagate.”…

Early in January I found out that the SyFy channel has a new TV series coming this year, called The Expanse. It's a story that takes place 200 years in the future. Humanity has colonized Mars, which has become…

A wonderful 6 minute compilation of visually stunning clips from 35 amazing films, from 1968 to 2014, including Star Trek, Star Wars, Aliens, Interstellar, Gravity and Guardians of the Galaxy. This short film by Russian…

STAR TREK: THE VIDEO GAME -- Shatner vs. Gorn Trailer - YouTube . ... love it.

What I learned from watching the Revolution pilot: When the power goes out all planes immediately go into a flat spin and kill everyone in them, but cars nicely stop, and no accidents. 15 years in the future no one has…

Just awesome.

Avengers broke all the 3 day openning financial records this weekend, and they don't yet have my money to push them forward (I'll fix that this week). I've been reasonably annoyed that most of the talking heads about…

This project on kickstarter jumped out at me, both because it's a hard Sci-Fi short film, and because it's being shot an hour north of here in Hudson, NY. They've already passed their kickstarter goals, and are closing…

Warning: If you haven't seen up through "A Good Man Goes to War", here be spoilers. If the gif isn't animated, click through.

Isaac Asimov's Foundation series was based on the idea that in the future overall societal events, like the rise and fall of governments, could be modeled mathematically. Folks at the New England Complex Systems…

Note: minor spoilers ahead, don't read if you care. Susan and I are going through Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Netflix instant, and just finished Season 3 last night. I haven't watched Buffy since it was first on, and…

Definition: Sci-fi Channel: Short for 'science fiction', it was a channel where old sci-fi shows were displayed for fans of science fiction, including classic movies, B and otherwise. Syfy Channel: Short for 'syphilis…

Futurama Cupcakes by Unicorn Magic Baking Co. (photo courtesy of Unicorn Magic Baking Co.) Want!

Take two of my favorite movies, slam them together, and here's what you get:

This year of Doctor Who has just been brilliant. Upon rewatching the season, I'm pretty confident in stating that this has been the best year since the reboot, and that Matt Smith (should he decide to stick around for a…

Very cool.

How cool is that! (credit pu-sama on deviant )

We're nearing the end of Doctor Who for this year, after the year of Dr Who hiatus. I had become such a David Tennant fan during his reign as the Doctor that I had severe trepidations on what a new Doctor would bring.…

Want!

Carl Macek was the TV producer that brought American kids Robotech in 1985. Robotech was spawned out of the Anime series Macross, but because Macross was only 36 episodes, and you needed 80 to get a daily syndication run…

Hollywood did a few years of double takes, where they did 2 movies with the same story in the same year: 2 comet movies , 2 bugs movies , 2 mars movies . Then we got instant remakes. Open Your Eyes / Vanilla Sky being…

Porkchop sent me a link to this comic and I loved it, especially after having a "sensors" conversation about a year ago. Click on the image to get to the site.

I just finished Wil Wheaton's Memories of the Future Volume 1, and hope that Wil get's writting fast to get Vol 2 out there. This book is just too damn fun. The book is an episode by episode look at Star Trek The Next…

What a great graphic. Click it to get to the original post.

I nearly lost it when I saw that Charlie Jade is coming to SciFi channel next week . This was a south african production a few years ago, and is one of the most innovative shows I've seen in a long time. The series has a…

I can't wait to see the blog post today that follows this one.

With the writers strike on full bore, and the clock counting down on scripted television going off the air, I thought this morning's Ctrl Alt Delete comic was very apropos.

The writers strike is going to start having an impact on scripted TV in about 4 weeks, when all the shows that were "in the can" end up being aired, and there are no more left. (Inspired by season pass by jwz…

Ben had the following as his AOL status today: The Browncoats Prayer OUR JOSS, Who art in Hollywood, Whedon be thy name. Thy ideas come, and will be done On film as they are in Comic Books. Give us someday a little more…

The first time I watched an episode of Coupling , I knew I was watching something different. It was much like a Joss Whedon show, smarter than it needed to be for the genre, and funnier because of it. There was a very…

Check jwz's blog for both the BC ads out there now . They are awesome.

Our weekly Scifi Night continued last night with episode 3 of Torchwood, plus episodes 5 & 6 of Babylon 5. Torchwood... is not doing so well. There didn't seem to be really a point to the episode last night, it just…

We begun watching Babylon 5 from the beginning on Sci-Fi night at my place, which I'm quite excited about. It's been 8 years since B5 went off the air, and I really can't wait to get through the entire story arc again.…

Yes, it's been a picture heavy couple of days, but what can I say, there have been some great pictures out there.

Sunday mornings always tend to be reasonably productive hacking time, as I tend to wake up early, and Susan likes to sleep in. I've gotten quite a bit of my exif tagging program put together now, using perl gtk2, and…

I just happened to notice G4 TV listing Star Trek 2.0 on their schedule, with Mirror Mirror as the episode. As this is one of the better Star Trek episodes ever, I decided, hey, I'll flip over. I am instantly assaulted…

Toon Disney has been playing The Tick recently, which is great, and it has been lots of fun rewatching the show. However, any time you air a mid 90s cartoon on current TV in syndication, you end up loosing a couple of…

Brisco County Jr has finally made it to preorder status on Amazon. We've been watching digital transfers of really old VHS recordings of this recently, and I can't wait to buy the series with a real video transfer. :)…

I came across the following while looking for shower parts for our bathroom remodeling. The next time I need to travel through time, fighting the Daleks, while smelling fresh as an Irish Spring, I know where to look.

Found this website of dr who remixes from an entry on website at the end of the universe . People can create their own Dr Who theme song remixes and upload them. What a great idea. :) Man, I can't wait for new episodes…

Finally there is a return date for Dr Who on BBC, which is 2 weeks from now. :) Full details at bbc.co.uk .

I noticed that there is a new The Batman animated series on the WB, so I promptly TiVoed it to see if it was any good. I was most amused that the first voice actor I saw was Adam West as the Mayor of Gotham. I guess the…