It has emerged that the fifth season of Stargate Atlantis will be the last one, and will be replaced by a new, third show: Stargate Universe. The Stargate spin-off will end its…
Year: 2008
Jackson, Walsh and Boyens to co-write ‘Hobbit’ movie
Lord of the Rings co-writer and director Peter Jackson is to write the screenplay for The Hobbit alongside director Guillermo Del Toro. After an eight-month search for a co-writer for the Lord…
Potter star Radcliffe speaks about rare brain disorder
Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe has told the Daily Mail newspaper in Britain that he suffers from a little-known brain disorder known as dyspraxia, which often causes clumsiness. The disorder means that…
Stargate Atlantis: Season Five: The Daedalus Variations
In-brief:
Better…
In-detail:
Thank goodness. A glimmer of hope. Nothing outsanding, nothing overly memorable; but it was better. A nice sci-fi concept nicely realised with minimal garbage. Atlantis should try this more often.
It’s been a few weeks since viewing the episode unfortunately – busy times have afflicted me, so I’m writing a few weeks later with only a hurried re-watch for guidance. Here are my thoughts, anyway.
Depp, Farrell and Law Donate Earnings to Ledger’s Daughter
Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law, who completed the late Heath Ledger’s partially filmed role in the upcoming movie “The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus“, have all donated their salaries to Batman…
Four New ‘Star Trek’ Posters Unveiled
Paramount have used one of Creation Entertainment’s largest Trek conventions to unveil four new character posters. All follow the same idea as the Kirk/Spock/Uhura/Nero posters, only this time revealing McCoy/Scotty/Chekov/Sulu. Images below,…
Battlestar’s Remaining Episodes "Extra-Long"
According to TV Guide, the final ten episodes of Battlestar Galactica will not adhere to the standard 42 minute episode limit. Executive producer Dave Eick told the audience at this year’s Comic-Con…
First Cut of Star Trek XI Shown to Execs
According to TrekToday.com, the head honchos over at Paramount were recently shown the first cut of Star Trek XI, and were reportedly extremely impressed with the quality of the film. This first…
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Nuking the Fridge: Explained by a 10-year old.
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Stargate Atlantis: Season Five: Broken Ties
In brief:
Continued mediocrity.
In detail:
Jason Momoa (Ronon) can act, at least a bit. This episode proved that. He had some truly nifty scenes throughout here, and there were indeed strong moments from Sheppard, Teyla and Woolsey.
That’s all that redeems this episode in any way. The plot is truly awful. Barely existent. “Broken Ties” follows on from last season’s “Reunion” (which was average) and manages to further cloud and confuse Tyre’s character.
‘Dollhouse’ Pilot Becomes Second Episode
Source: Variety At the request of Joss Whedon, “Dollhouse” will be aired out of sequence. After Whedon received feedback that his pilot episode wasn’t making sense to audiences, he has decided to…
Two New "Max Payne" Posters
Gotta admit: those are pretty darn cool, especially the second. As movie posters go, I imagine the first one is more effective with its title and date clear. The second, while…
"Caprica" Trailer Released
SCIFI.COM have just posted the first official trailer for Battlestar Galactica prequel, ‘Caprica’. So far, it looks pretty much as promised; set sometime between modern life and Galactica, dealing with the Adama…
"The Dark Knight" Smashes Box Office Records
According to Box Office Mojo, the new Batman movie grossed $155.3 million last weekend, which awards it the title of largest weekend opening, snatching the coveted slot from Spider-Man 3.
Stargate Atlantis: Season Five: The Seed
In-brief:
Average, yet quietly promising.
In-detail:
Atlantis Season Five holds a lot of promise.
I think everyone would agree with that. We’ve been through cast changes and plot shake-ups galore since the show’s inception, yet one gets the impression that if the writers and producers could stick with the current cast, we could be on to something.
The second episode of Season Five, titled “The Seed” (yet another fine example of the poetic talents of the Atlantis writing team), has two main purposes. To introduce the character of Richard Woolsey (Robert Picardo) into the Atlantis fold, and to progress the Carson Beckett/stasis plot. In this regard, the episode is reasonably successful.
Star Trek XI Official Site Launched
The Powers That Be have launched the official site for Star Trek XI. So far, there’s not much content available on it apart from the trailer and high-resolution wallpapers of the teaser…