joe__gee writes, For whatever reason, writer’s strike, or Paramount deciding this movie has a chance of being a Big Summer Film, according the film’s web site it is now due to be released in May of 2009. Other web sites also reporting the change include Ace Showbiz, The Baltimore Sun, and Trek Movie.com.
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BSG to begin final season in April
joe__gee writes, It won’t be March, but the first week in April for new frakking BSG!
Novel review: The Dragon Never Sleeps
ViperDriver writes,
There is no shortage of science fiction that explores the Interstellar
Empire. There are, in fact, whole series of collections whose short
stories are nought but that. One of the most popular words in sci-fi
politics, ’empire’ is approached in popularity only by various forms of
‘federation.’ There are even explicit explorations of the Roman Empire
extended interstellar, both explicitly and via political theory.
Discussion– Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Dungeons and Dragons
This week’s episode flashes forward to the world of the Terminators. The premise has potential. Was it any good?
Weekend Review: Them!
Experiments dating back to the 1920s showed that exposure to radiation can produce mutations in subsequent generations. The early experiments with fruit-flies had implications for pop culture, ultimately breeding the X-Men and Kaiju‘s close cousin, the Giant Radiation Monster. The original was Them!, made when drive-in SF was still being produced, written, directed, and acted like other films.
EC for Me, See?
John Landis will direct a forthcoming biopic of William M. Gaines and EC Comics.
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Science round-up
It looks as though Saturn’s most famous moon may contain valuable resources. It’s a long way off, of course, but such discoveries could fuel further space exploration.
And speaking of a long way off….
Leads appear cast for Spider-man: The Musical
According to SuperHeroHype, Jim Sturgess (of Brit TV and Across the Universe fame) will play Spidey and Evan Rachel Wood (Across the Universe and Thirteen) will be MJ. Swing music makes a comeback.
Discussion– Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
In this week’s episode, “Queen’s Gambit,” Sarah. Summer Cameron, and John discover that a chess competition could have world-shattering repercussions.
Steve Gerber R.I.P.
Steve Gerber, one of the most original talents in comics, died February 10, 2008 from Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Gerber, perhaps best-known as the creator of Howard the Duck, will be missed.