With weeks left in the series, Battlestar Galactica gives us bad decisions, soap opera, and barroom piano.
Weekend Review: Pretty Bloody
“Werewolves are rapists; vampires are seducers.”
–Maitland McDonagh
This Canadian-made documentary on women in horror debuted on Space last week. In order to review this interview-and-clip-based production, we’re trying out a variant format, and would welcome comments on it as well as the film.
Nebula Award Nominees List Up
Sci-Fi Wire has the final ballot for the SFWA’s Nebula Awards. Notable nominees include Making Money by Terry Prachett, Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin, and Little Brother from Cory Doctrow. Not surprisingly, The Dark Knight and Wall-E got nominations Best Script – though Battlestar Galactica didn’t get any nominations for that category.
Tatsunoko, Marvel Crossover Anime To Come in 3 Years
AnimeNewsNetwork is reporting that Tatsunoko productions (creators of Gatchaman/Battle of the Planets, Casshern, Speed Racer, Samurai Pizza Cats, and others) is working on a televised anime series featuring both Tatsunoko and Marvel characters. The series is slated to air in 3 years.
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Dollhouse Discussion – “Stage Fright”
The third episode airs tonight. Is the series potential starting to be realized? (I still haven’t had time to watch last week’s episode.)
Philip José Farmer: R.I.P.
SF great Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) passed away this morning in his sleep. Perhaps best-known for his Riverworld series, he has been a major part of SF since the early 1950s.
Smallville and Supernatural Get New Seasons
obiwan writes, This link tells us that Supernatural and Smallville are getting renewed.
Smallville?
How in the world to they plan to keep it up? Season eight has been more enjoyable than recent seasons, but that’s because they’re moving things forward. There’s a definite expiry date on the series, though, as they either stop marching towards the end or get him to where he needs to be and end the series.
Movie release dates roundup
A number of press releases came out yesterday confirming release dates for a number of genre movies and filming dates. The list is below, sorted chronologically. I’ve also thrown in some previously announced titles that are likely of interest to people in the next few months.
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Weekly Comics Discussion – February 25, 2009
The complete list is available in the usual place. This week has a lot of Dark Reign stuff. Next week sees the first issue of War of Kings.
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Heroes Discussion: “Cold Wars”
Noah Bennet and Matt Parkman attempt to learn the truth about Nathan Petrelli’s plans, and his desire to be humanity’s sentinel.