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New Star Trek TV show in the Offing?

SFG — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:19:51 +0000

Well, possibly.
At least if the reports that Brians Singer and Fuller are considering pooling their resources to get one made are to be believed, then there could certainly be the foundations for new Trek on TV.

Harrison Ford in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner Sequel? Yes please.

SFG — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:28:35 +0000

This is big news.
If this happens I’d be a very happy visitor to the cinema upon the film’s release.
Digital Spy article.

DIY TARDIS

SFG — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:45:35 +0000

Now then, this is how it’s done.
Ladies (and the BBC props department!), take note!

This is brilliant!

SFG — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:16:44 +0000

The Bark Side: 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial Teaser

Bad NASA

SFG — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:21:24 +0000

A new documentary about space tourist Richard Garriott’s flight to the International Space Station is hitting theaters now, but the sci-fi movie he made aboard the orbiting lab remains under wraps.

C’mon, NASA. Sort it out.

1st Science Fiction Movie Filmed in Space Stays Underground on space.com

Sci-Fi Films of 2012

SFG — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:12:41 +0000

Got a couple of links for you in this post.
First up is The Best Science Fiction Films at This Year’s Sundance from io9.
A lot of these look good to me, but out of all of them I’m intrigued most by Song of the Spindle and Chasing Ice.

Second link is Eleven Science Fiction And Fantasy Films To Look For In 2012 from Forbes.
Of this list I’d most like to see The Hunger Games, Prometheus and ParaNorman.

I guess my ‘Films of 2012′ list at the end of the year will reflect how many I actually got to see.

Film Set Photos : Destination Moon

SFG — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:44:01 +0000

I found a wonderful little webpage that has set pics of the 1950 film Destination Moon.
There’s something very cool, I find, about looking at photographs of a film that are clearer and better resolution that what you actually get if you watched the film itself.
Here is the IMDB page for the film.
Here is the film set photos page.
Enjoy.

My Films of 2011

SFG — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:58:36 +0000

It’s that time of year again, where I post up my list of films that I’ve seen throughout the whole of the past 12 months.
For those not familiar with the concept, basically I keep track of all the films I watch (I’ve been doing this since 2006) on a monthly basis over the course of the year, just so I can post the list up on my blog at the end of December.

It was a bit of a lean year for me watching films (In 2010 for example I watched 145 films, this year I make it only 88). Maybe I’ll get to watch more this year than last? *shrug*
This does seem to be an appropriate time to post this link … 600+ films in 2011. That’s excellent going and something I’d dearly love to do; watch every film released at the cinema over the course of a year.

Hit the link below for my full listing.

January
Knight and Day
The Killer Inside Me
Wall•E
Monsters
1408
Until Death
Persepolis
Raiders of the Lost Ark
A Serious Man
Green Zone
Splice
Gorgeous
Catfish
The Ghost Writer
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

February
Twin Dragons
The Room
Hard Target
Invasion U.S.A.
The Social Network
Primer
The Mechanic
Centurion
Animal Kingdom
M:I:III

March
The Darjeeling Limited
The Matrix
Scary Movie 3

April
The Whisperer in Darkness
Outcast
The Pack (La Meute)
Wound
The Taint
Source Code
Donnie Darko
12 Angry Men
In Hell
The Blues Brothers

May
The Bank Job
Dogtooth
About a Boy
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
30 Days of Night : Dark Days
Predators
Million Dollar Baby
Max
Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps
Get Him to the Greek
Solo
Devil
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

June
Drive Angry
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
In the Loop

July
S.P.L.
Infernal Affairs
Hobo with a Shotgun
Infernal Affairs II
Sucker Punch
The Lovely Bones
Highlander : Endgame
Gran Torino

August
NEDS
Gerry
The Fighter
Jackass 3.5
The Eagle
Cop Out
The Infidel

September
RoboGeisha
The Warrior’s Way
Maximum Risk
147 Hours

October
Hanna
Knowing
The Myth
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

November
The Princess Bride
Heart of Dragon
Bodyguards and Assassins
Captain America
Thor

December
Warrior
Push
My Neighbour Totoro
Season of the Witch
Yo También
Trollhunter

Did PKD dream of a message from God?

SFG — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:11:28 +0000

Aside from the personal comments of the author, this piece is also a good run-down of the works of PKD that have (and will be) adapted to film and TV.

Zombie Sci-Fi

SFG — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:38:52 +0000

Vader, Spock, Spidey and 26 other sci-fi icons as rotting zombies