Tidal heating and other processes could result in life-bearing moons of gas giants, according to this article. Don’t count those red dwarf stars out, either.
So maybe Lucas was onto something with his forested moons, and Whedon with his wild west satellites.
A “choose your own adventure” style podcast will begin
in a few days via iTunes. The complete Silent
Universe press release is below.
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It appears that Toy
Story 3 is back in development, this time
being run by Pixar. This is better news that the
Disney-only sequel we’d heard about.
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writes, Sci Fi Wire is reporting that Lucy
Lawless will join the cast of Battlestar Galactica on
a more or less permanent basis beginning in season
3. D’anna Biers is also scheduled to appear on
the February 24th episode of this season, an episode
that reportedly deals with the fleet from a Cylon
point of view.
Let’s hope that this turns out better than when
she joined The X-Files in a similar capacity.
Galactica is tasked to protect a mining operation within an asteroid field, putting a heavy burden on the Viper pilots who must contend with a hotshot Cylon raider they call Scar.
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Amazon.com has cut the price on the first three seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. It’s down about 1/2 from the original list.
Next Generation
Deep Space Nine
Actor Al Lewis, best remembered as Grandpa on The Munsters, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2006 at the age of 82 (or possibly 95– see the comment below). A former vaudeville performer and baseball player, Lewis had a diverse acting career. He went on to open a successful restaurant and made unsuccessful forays into politics, running for governor of New York on the Green Party ticket.
The weekly DVD choices are becoming more plentiful.
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The Saturday movie reviews continue.
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Sorry about the lateness of this review; yesterday’s
management meeting ran quite late, and I couldn’t
watch it until today.
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