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Frak Me: New BSG Series On Deck
Looks like SyFy is aiming to cash in on the still strong Battlestar Galactica fanbase. The new series, Blood and Chrome, sits nicely between the immensely popular reboot of the cult classic BSG series and the still trying to find it’s foothold Caprica. As they describe it: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome takes place in…
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More Balanced Commerical Sound Almost Mandated
For those of us who still watch TV real time (sometimes), there’s good news coming in from Washington. It’s about to be mandated that the volume of commercials be comparable to the volume of the show they appear during. That means no more having to clap your hands over your ears when a car commercial…
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And I’ll Form The Head!
Well, it looks like Voltron is coming back. Next year Nickelodeon and Paramount (and, of course, Mattel) will introduce a whole new generation to a multi-colored team of five robot lions that get together to form one of the most bad-ass plantetary defenders this side of Robotech. I hope it gets done well… Voltron was…
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New Season of Torchwood, Only on Starz?
According to this article at Scifi Wire, there will, indeed, be a new season of Torchwood hitting the BBC. (Something that was a little doubtful after the crushing, but amazingly played, events of the last miniseries.) Thing is, it won’t be showing up in the US anywhere other than the pay cable channel Starz. This…
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Soul Fire Rising
The more one bounces around online, the more little interesting things one comes across. This bit of new online series came my way via Kelly Stables Twitter account, most recently recognizable as part of the cast of Romantically Challenged, the very hastily (and unfortunately) canceled sitcom headlined by Alyssa Milano. Stables is a producer on…
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Alias reboot? Already?
According to this little tidbit from SciFiWire, JJ Abrams is in talks to reboot Alias on TV… except without the semi-mystical Rimbaldi backstory that motivated both the good guys and the bad guys. My question is: what’s the point? First of all, the show hasn’t been off the air that long. Secondly, without Rimbaldi behind…
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Review and Coming Attractions
New monthly bit here. Just a quick note catching up and looking ahead. A kind of regular check and balance to make sure things are moving in some direction that vaguely resembles “forward.” In Review Things have been kind of quiet here. Many other concerns have kept me from getting to the backlog of reviews…
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Trenches: Worth the Wait
Trenches hit the web today. So far, it’s looking like it was worth the wait. First three episodes are up at Crackle. Here’s the first one: From Crackle: 1: Fubar My friend Kelley doesn’t show up just yet, but the production value is pretty high and the space battle and ground conflict are intense.
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Trenches Finally Sees the Light of Day
A few years ago, my friend Kelley was involved in the production of a sci-fi series called Trenches that really piqued my interest. It was an online series with some pretty hefty backing (Disney/ABC) about a bunch of space marines shooting it out on an alien planet when things go from bad to worse. Unfortunately,…
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Karate Kid – We’ve Changned Almost Everything
First, go and watch this trailer for the new Karate Kid movie staring Jacki Chan and Wil Smith’s talented son Jaden. If this weren’t being billed as The Karate Kid, I don’t think it would be that bad. My problem is that, once again, we’ve taken everything except the most very basic story idea (kid…
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