Well, first of all, what a blast I’ve had with the release of Serenity! $267 million at the box office — in Des Moines alone! Ten sequels lined up, March declared “National…
Category: Analysis and News
An in-depth look at Sci-Fi events and news.
Shatner writing new Star Trek Series
The Captain of the original Starship Enterprise, William Shatner, is supposedly writing the pilot of a new Trek series – another prequel – in an effort to bring back the glory days…
Clever Technical Things
With site traffic trebling in the last 9 months (round of appluase, everyone – that’s over 2,500,000 hits so far this year!), are we content? Nay, we aren’t. We shall not rest…
“Threshold” moves timeslots
As CBS is currently figuring out its midseason schedule, they have announced a few changes in their current programming. In short, “Threshold” and “Close To Home” are swapping time periods. “Threshold” will…
Serenity DVD Art and Cover Details
DVD Answers has posted the first look at the DVD Cover Art and also menu designs for the upcoming Serenity DVD. They also say the special features will include “a feature commentary…
Silence Is, in fact, Golden
You may noticed some ads around the site recently (carefully and strategically placed so as not to annoy you, I might add!). These are the product of a campaign we are running…
Michael Pillar passes away
Billed as the greatest loss to “Star Trek” since the death of Gene Roddenberry himself, Michael Pillar passed away at home this morning aged 57, after a long struggle against an aggressive…
Joss Whedon Says STAR TREK is the Father of SERENITY
(From TrekWeb) The latest issue of Cinefantastique magazine features an exclusive interview with SERENITY director Joss Whedon. Here is excerpt of the interview. Q : When FIREFLY was getting ready to debut,you…
Major Changes for SG-1 Cast
Stargate SG-1 Solutions has written a blog post detailing some possible rumoured upcoming cast changes involving potential departures from Daniel Jackson and Samantha Carter, and the arrival of Claudia Black as a…
Enterprise Plot Count
Ex Astris Scientia has a rather humourous Enterprise Plot Count. 10. Being Vulcan, T’Pol is immune against an infection/injury/radiation: 4 9. T’Pol is going to be recalled, but stays aboard: 7 8….
So very quiet
Well, sci-fi is pretty dull at the moment. Doom isn’t worth talking about. No Star Trek. Stargates and BSG on hiatus. The only thing of interest was that Kevin Kilner was in…
We’re DOOMed
It’s a sad state of affairs when the mind-numbing gun-em-down monster flick based on a video game grosses more than the intelligent, witty, character-driven Serenity. Grr to you, America.
Doctor Who Spin-off, “Torchwood”
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has announced its plans to air a Doctor Who spin-off series. “Set in modern-day Cardiff, Torchwood stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack from Doctor Who; it’s in…
“Lost” dominates another Wednesday for ABC
From Zap2It ========= ABC won the Wednesday Nielsen race for the fourth week in a row, but improved performances from “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY helped CBS keep things interesting. For the…
Dharma Initiative Countdown *Lost Season Two Spoilers*
Want to see what it’s like to input the numbers ever 108 minutes? Download the Dharma Initiative Countdown Clock for Windows and try it for yourself! Kalrac wrote this program that simulates…
Serenity Tops UK Box Office
There are reports coming in that Serenity has managed to knock Pride and Prejudice off the top spot, and earn #1 in the UK Box Office. Official figures are yet to come…
Sky Showbiz – Matthew Stays Positive
Lost star Matthew Fox is urging the rest of the hit show’s cast to “stay positive” after grumblings they’re not being paid enough. Some unnamed cast members of the ABC show are…
Serenity DVD in December?
According to rumours starting to circulate around the Internet, Universal plans to get Serenity on DVD ASAP and hopefully cash-in on Christmas sales. From an online rumour site: Our ever reliable industry…