Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Apparently, this is the week to release news about next season. So it is that TV Guide’s Ausiello Report cornered David Eick to get some tidbits.
In short: mystery guest star, BSG movie, spoilage for the end of Season 3, Caprica is still a possibility.
Sci-Fi continues to test the patience of Stargate fans with their pronouncements.
Happy news! Stargate-Atlantis is, indeed, back for Season 4. (Didn’t we hear that already?) And it will have the first-ever fall premiere for the Stargate franchise. Plus, we get the lovely Jewel Staite and Amanda Tapping joining the show. We also get to meet a new race.
Grumpy news. As if we haven’t waited long enough, they’re pushing back the second half of both Stargate seasons one more week to April 13. And we get to “mourn the loss of beloved friends.” (Who’s fault was that?)
Breaking News! – The Chicago Tribune‘s The Watcher blog spoke with producer Joseph Mallozzi about the Sci-Fi announcement; giving more details on Sam’s role in SGA, the upcoming casting changes (which, let’s face it, everyone has already heard about) and a few more details on what was hinted. SPOILERS abound, but not in terribly much detail.
Don’t they know they shouldn’t mess with a fanbase that costumes in camouflage?
The nominations have come out for The Saturn Awards; basically sci-fi’s answer to The Oscars and The Emmy’s combined.
Superman Returns leads the pack with ten nominations in the film categories. But even if you weren’t a fan of that film, there are tons of nominations to make most fans’ hearts go pitter-pat in at least one category.
And the TV categories seem to be a wide-open battle between Lost, Heroes, Dexter and Battlestar Galactica.
The winners are announced in May.
Maybe Kelly and I are the only ones excited about this project, but they’ve selected the new Bionic Woman!
Michelle Ryan has been chosen to fill the iconic shoes of Jamie Sommers.
Ms. Ryan is best known for her work on the UK soap opera Eastenders.
The new online show called Sanctuary has started to tease a little more with the addition of a teaser trailer and the start of recruiting for viewers.
If you’re interested in participating in this experiment, head on over!
According to GateWorld, Amanda Tapping (who stars and produces) has explained more about the show’s premise on the Canadian show Urban Rush.
A summary of key points can be found in the GateWorld article. Those wishing to watch it for themselves can head on over to YouTube.
So our “bigger shocker” from yesterday turned out to be a quote from a tongue-in-cheek roast of the publicist being honored.
After being serious in public for so many years, George will just have to forgive us for having to get used to him being funny.
Big thanks to Marvolo7 for tracking down the real scoop!
Been by StarWars.com, lately?
Notice the pretty picture from a little ol’ cartoon coming up soon?
Feeling your geeky heart pitter-patter yet?
We join the world of Star Wars with two interesting tidbits found in the same article on CinemaBlend.
Big Shocker – Hasbro revealed that there will indeed be a DVD release for the 30th anniversary
Are you doing okay? (You should be. Honestly. This isn’t much of a shock.)
Bigger Shocker – George thinks Empire is the worst of all the films; crediting a recently-honored publicist for convincing us so well.
Okay. The mind boggles on this one in so many ways….
ETA: This second quote turned out to be from a roast. Context, people. Context.
Natalie Portman (aka Mrs. Skywalker) is considering directing and acting in a film version of the autobiography of Israeli writer Amos Oz.
Directing yourself. Never easy.
So now that the episode-that-has-been-causing-much-angst in Stargate fandom has aired in Canada, the actor at the center of the episode-that-has-been-causing-much-angst has started to give interviews about what really happened and how he really feels about it.
We move to a spoiler cut to allow those who just don’t want to know avoid the temptation….