Archive for the 'Science Fiction' Category
Another Red Dwarf episode?
Robert Llewelyn, best known to Red Dwarf fans as the android Kryten, has confessed on KTSC-TV in Seattle that the BBC has commissioned a one-hour special of Red Dwarf to film in October. For those keeping track, Red Dwarf hasn’t been on television since 1999.
This may be a mistake. On one h…
Witchblade: The total Series - DVD review
There’s a moment in one of the extras on the Witchblade DVD set where Peter Mensah, who played Hector Mobius, says that the show was ahead of its duration. Now, I tend to think most citizens involved in a project of the size and scope of Witchblade would say something similar. In that case though, …
Wizard’s First Rule to premiere in November
It’s taken a couple years, as we first posted about the series in August 2006, but Sam Raimi’s adaptation of the Terry Goodkind books will finally be beaming into our televisions the weekend of November 1, 2008. That’s about as specific as anyone can be, considering that is a syndicated series…
Dammit, Jim! It’s a catch-phrase! - VIDEO
Having grown up in a Star Trek household from way back, I’m fairly familiar with a lot of the catch phrases from the original series, which ran from 1966 to 1969. Here are six that still construct their way into conversation around here:
1. “Beam me up, Scotty.” Gracing bumper stickers and …
Dark Shadows comes to the big screen
We’ve kind of been conditioned to have lowered expectations when a TV show makes the jump to the big screen. It’s generally an iffy proposition at best. For every Mission Impossible, The Fugitive, or The Untouchables there is a Bewitched, Wild Wild West, or Starsky & Hutch. With that in in…
Some X-Files film sequel hints - VIDEO
Can you take in the eerie music fitting louder and louder? That’s the sound of the X-Files film being one step closer to being released on the big screens that summer (more than likely on July 25)! Being an X-Files and a spoilers fan, I jumped up and down a few times while humming the show’s t…
V: The moment Generation, the book and TV film?
Aint It Cool posted an interview with Kenneth Johnson, the creator and writer of the V television mini-series from 1983. He has recently released a sequel book called V: The moment Generation (available on Amazon here).
The most interesting facts to come out of the conversation with Johnson i…
The Sword of Truth fantasy series comes to TV
Poor Robert Jordan. I was certain his The Wheel of Time series would be the first contemporary fantasy series to manufacture the leap to ongoing television series. But not only did George R.R. Martin’s much newer A Song of Ice and Fire get picked up by HBO final year to be made into a series (what’s…
Some more spinoffs I’d like to see
When one of our favorite TV shows goes off the air, it can be devastating. However, many times, the cancellation is the birth of a spinoff. Sometimes it can be a great thing (Frasier) and sometimes not so much (AfterM*A*S*H). Here are some that month’s spinoff ideas that I would love to see.
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Dead Like Me film trailer - VIDEO
Even whether the Dead Like Me straight-to-DVD movie will only be released next summer, the first trailer already made its way to the world wide web. The quality of the trailer is not the great but it does give a good glimpse at what’s in store for the reapers and introduces Sarah Wynter as Daisie an…
New KITT car for Knight Rider film unveiled
Today I went to NBC studios for the unveiling of the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) for the upcoming two-hour television film Knight Rider set to air on February 17 at 9 p.m. ET. that modern-day sequel to the iconic 1980’s show stars Justin Bruening (Cold Case), Deanna Russo (The Young …
Press Kits Unwrapped: FOX’s The Sarah Connor Chronicles
After fairly a quiet spell from the impressive (or possibly “overdone”) press kits, FOX stirs things up once again with a press kit for their new upcoming show, The Sarah Connor Chronicles (starting Jan. 13 at 8PM EST).
Last week the TV Squad offices received a “mysterious” key in an envelope (it…
Tin Man: Part Three
So, I thought that final night’s Tin Man was a huge improvement from the first night. Sunday night felt like a Sci-Fi Channel rip-off of the original story — slightly modernized with scarier special effects (scarier in comparison to the overall-wearing lollipop-holding munchkins).
By contr…
Tin Man sets new ratings records for Sci Fi
According to preliminary documents, and as reported by Variety, Tin Man appears to have beaten virtually every record the Sci Fi channel has ever seen. It’s 6.4 million viewers surpassed the 6.1 million who saw Steven Spielberg’s Taken, back in 2002. Demo ratings were equally as strong, where Tin Ma…
Tin Man: Part Two
After reading the comments about final night’s part one of Tin Man, I’m a bit skeptical about how many public will (or won’t for that matter) tune in tonight. certain, plenty of folks found it entertaining but those who hated it seemed to really loathe it.
For myself, I thought it was prett…
The Pretender to return in new digital format?
From 1996-2000, NBC had a modest hit on their hand with The Pretender, a show in which main character Jarod used his abilities to assume other people’s identities to help those in need. Kind of a Quantum Leap with identity theft instead of bodysnatching. Creators Steven enlarged Mitchell and Craig V…
Tin Man: Part One
Like many folks, I am a big fan of The Wizard of Oz. For a little warm fuzzy nostalgia, I’ll put on the original film with Judy Garland. I’ve read Gregory Maguire’s The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (and loved that version too). I even own the soundtrack to Wicked (although I’ve y…
Giveaway Thursday: Awesome Sci Fi’s Tin Man prize pack
As you can see, we’re doing something different that week with giveaways. We have a bunch from Monday, two from earlier today, and now that. So, what the heck — moment to give absent more stuff!
This moment we’ve got something a bit different. Sci Fi’s pulling all the stops on promoting their …
