Tag: scifi
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BBC sci-fi classics show up for free on on YouTube – TV Squad
The BBC’s official YouTube channel is offering free Christmas gifts to sci-fi fans in the form of a classic hero and a field full of deadly plants. The move gives American viewers a great (legal) chance to catch up on quality productions that didn’t (yet?) make their way over to BBC America. Among the…
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Philip José Farmer has passed away
Philip José Farmer passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning. He will be missed greatly by his wife Bette, his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, friends and countless fans around the world. via The Official Philip José Farmer Home Page.
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Ghost Hunters, Grant’s reputation hangs by a thread
The above youtube clip shows Grant getting his collar pulled by some allegedly unknown force during the live Halloween event. As you will notice from the clip Grant has his right hand in his pocket. I believe that Grant had a string that ran from his collar down the his back and into his right…
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Sci Fi Channel orders Battlestar prequel Caprica –The Live Feed
Sci Fi Channel has given the long-gestating "Battlestar Galactica" prequel "Caprica" a series order. The network has made a significant commitment to the project, ordering 20 hours, including a two-hour pilot. Cast members include Eric Stoltz "Milk," "Chicago Hope", Esai Morales "Jericho," "NYPD Blue", Paula Malcomson "Deadwood," "ER" and Polly Walker "Cane," "Rome". " Caprica…
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YouTube – Shatner comments on the new Star Trek XI trailer
via YouTube – Shatner comments on the new Star Trek XI trailer
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | David Tennant quits as Doctor Who
David Tennant is to stand down as Doctor Who, after becoming one of the most popular Time Lords in the history of the BBC science fiction show. Tennant stepped into the Tardis in 2005, and will leave the role after four special episodes are broadcast next year. He made the announcement after winning the outstanding…
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DVICE: Amazing Star Wars (and Star Trek) origami made from dollar bills
Hawaii resident Won Park’s origami first got our attention with his One Dollar Camera. Then we started browsing through his work online, and we discovered a treasure trove of pictures of his origami projects, including paper versions of the Millennium Falcon and the Starship Enterprise. The most amazing thing about them is that they’re all…
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Star Trek movie: Inside scoop! | Star Trek | Cover Story | Movies | Entertainment Weekly | 1
Aboard a monstrous and gloomy interstellar cruiser — part Death Star, part Mordor — the man who would be the next captain of the starship Enterprise finds himself under fire from bald, blue-tatted alien brawlers. At the moment, James T. Kirk (Chris Pine), the hotheaded, horndog hero of Star Trek, is still a fresh-faced space…
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Don Cheadle Replaces Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2 | /Film
It has always bothered me when a new actor is brought in to replace another actor who has already been established as a franchise character. I don’t think I’m alone in this viewpoint. The first time I noticed this occurrence was when I was a child and Sarah Chalke replaced Alicia Goranson as Becky (otherwise…
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Leapin Lizards V Gets Rebooted – Yahoo News
Los Angeles E Online – Hide the hamsters…the Visitors are baaack Hoping to do for V what the Sci Fi Channel did for Battlestar Galactica, ABC has given the go-ahead on a reboot of the hit 1980s franchise about alien lizards from another planet who take over Earth. Scott Peters, the brain behind The 4400,…
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Star Trek hero Patrick Stewart to play Time Lord | The Sun |Showbiz|TV
ACTING legend Patrick Stewart is to make a giant leap across space — from Star Trek to Doctor Who. He has agreed to a major role in the Time Lord’s next series after teaming up with the Doctor David Tennant on stage. The pair starred in a production of Hamlet in the summer. Patrick —…
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BBC – Today Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 6th book
All the characters have been blown to pieces, and the trilogy is already two books too long. But the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has never had a problem with highly improbable events. Douglas Adams died in 2001, having written five of the enduringly popular Hitchhiker books – still inaccurately dubbed a trilogy. About 16…
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Belly Dancer Turns Sci-Fi Fantasy Into Career | The Underwire from Wired.com
For testosterone-driven sci-fi devotees in their 30s and early 40s (such as this reporter), the universe changed about 15 minutes into 1983’s Return of the Jedi. The Star Wars galaxy (and, in most cases, our own lives) were blissful, asexual realms of brave adventures and weapon-wielding heroes threatened only by their assigned villains and (if…
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