Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Author Michael Crichton died Tuesday of cancer at the age of 66.
Best known for the movies based on his novels, the novels themselves were a satisfying dip into the pool of science fiction. Such titles as Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, and Timeline have been enjoyed by many over the years. He was also the creator of the long running series ER on NBC and the screenwriter of Twister.
Well, it’s official – he’s leaving after finishing up four specials, and a new Doctor will be stepping in sometime in 2010. Let the speculation begin continue.
It’s fall here in the Northern Hemisphere. Always a nice time to get into a fantasy story. And since the rest of the genre shows seem to be tanking, let’s see if this one’s a good one?
Legend of the Seeker is a syndicated series (they still have those?) based on Terry Goodkind’s The Sword of Truth novels. It looks to be from the same folks who brought us Xena and Hercules, so that might cloud or clear up your expectations.
Of interest to Star Wars Celebration fans is that our ever-charming Celebration host (and Captain Typho) Jay Lagai’aia is playing a big supporting role.
Come back after you’ve seen it and let everyone know what you think.
And now, we give you concept art for the upcoming Stargate Universe series. Thankfully, they seem to be staying away from designs that suggest Beverly Hills; hopefully reinforcing their reassurances that the unfortunately-phrased initial press release will not result in Stargate 90210.
In other Gate news, Gateworld nabs interviews with Corin Nemec (aka Jonas Quinn) and Colin Cunningham (Major Davis).
Colin is promoting his film short Centigrade, which is now available on iTunes. I got to see it at Dragon*Con. It is seriously creepy and intense. I’d highly recommend it; especially for those who enjoyed the darker Twilight Zone and Outer Limit stories.
The Youtube is gone, but UGO has it – plus analysis!
Oh, Lost. You tease us with next to nothing new, and I still want to watch. (via)
Star Trek nutcrackers and a Battlestar Galactica PC? Shine on you crazy diamonds. (Thanks, Zee Zee!)
Spike TV’s SCREAM 2008 awards rewarded The Maker with the Comic-Con Icon Award Saturday. Since the SCREAM awards honor the best in fantasy, sci-fi, comics and horror, plenty of our other faves also took home awards, most notably 12 for The Dark Knight. The awards will air on Spike tomorrow night at 9pm. (via)
UPDATE: StarWars.com has a report
Bonnie scored yet another cool interview. This time, she talks to JJ Abrams; he of Lost and Fringe and of another small series you might have heard about. (Star Trek, people! Not Felicity.)
So apparently JJ found out that you can’t take cows across the border from Canada. It had to have an American stand-in. And he loves creating interactive websites that expand his shows.
And as a long-time Star Wars fan, he had a really cool idea for StarWars.com: how about an online Galactic Senate where fans could debate issues? Star Wars fans love to debate things!
We got a look at a Millennium Falcon from Charm City Cakes back in July, and it seems that the Ace of Cakes episode featuring it has finally aired! Alas, none of us got word of it beforehand, but Food Network isn’t exactly skimping on the reruns: Look for it tonight at 10pm. (via)
A couple of nice interviews with two of the actors behind some of the “minor” roles in Stargate:
And the official site posts a teaser for The Lost Tribe (the second part of a 2-parter featuring Daniel Jackson) that doesn’t give it all away like the SciFi promo apparently does.