The new season hasn't even started yet, and NBC has already announced they are picking up the "back 9" to give Chuck a full season order.
Blythe Danner will be guest starring on Medium this season.
Someone has scanned and put the entire first year of Astounding Stories magazine online. Now if only the navigation and image quality were a little better.
Videohound is listing 10 Underrated Sci-Fi Movies. Talk about a mixed bag. They include the wonderful Gattaca and Enemy Mine, some I thought were good, a few I haven't watched that I might track down, but there are also some weird ones listed I just didn't like.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
8-27-08
SciFi Wire has an interview with the writers of Fringe about how they came up with the show.
SciFi Wire also has a look at the Sookie Stackhouse TV show True Blood and why they think it will be good.
i09 has and interview and gallery of Bob Eggleton's amazing artwork.
To promote the new season of Pushing Daisies, ABC is bringing free pie to 10 cities - including SF.
CNet has a slideshow look at IE8. Some of the new features actually look pretty good (but I'll stick with Firefox).
Anticipation (next year's Worldcon) has announced they will have a special Hugo award for Best Graphic Story. And, while you're thinking of Graphic Novels, the Washington Post has an article on their history. (Although they lose points for not mentioning ElfQuest.)
SciFi Wire also has a look at the Sookie Stackhouse TV show True Blood and why they think it will be good.
i09 has and interview and gallery of Bob Eggleton's amazing artwork.
To promote the new season of Pushing Daisies, ABC is bringing free pie to 10 cities - including SF.
CNet has a slideshow look at IE8. Some of the new features actually look pretty good (but I'll stick with Firefox).
Anticipation (next year's Worldcon) has announced they will have a special Hugo award for Best Graphic Story. And, while you're thinking of Graphic Novels, the Washington Post has an article on their history. (Although they lose points for not mentioning ElfQuest.)
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
8-26-08
Torchwood season 3 has begun filming. Check out the article at Futon Critic for recurring characters who will appear.
Researchers using Google Earth images from around the world have found that cows tend to rest in a north/south orientation, showing they have an internal compass that nobody noticed before. Sources: Yahoo article, CNet article, LA Times story.
Wallace & Gromit are the new fashion models for British department store Harvey Nichols. It is amusing to see Wallace wearing something other than the same old sweater vests, but I hope this doesn't delay the next movie too much.
Cat story of the day: A German cat survived being walled in beneath a bathtub for 7 weeks. She lost 9 pounds, but has now (18 days later) recovered almost completely.
ABC has picked up 5 new shows for midseason. I don't know if any of them will be watchable, but they all have good cast/crew people. The shows are: "Cupid" (Rob Thomas is remaking his show from the 90s), "Castle" (with Nathan Fillion), "Single with Parents" (with Alyssa Milano, Annie Potts, and Beau Bridges), "The Unusuals" (with Amber Tamblyn, Harold Perrineau, and Adam Goldberg), and "Better off Ted" (with Jay Harrington and a writer from My Name is Earl).
It sounds like they might be building a carbon-neutral ziggurat in Dubai that could house up to 1.1 million people.
The script for Transformers 2 has been modified to include Shia LaBeouf's hand injury (which he got in a car accident last month) so he doesn't further injure himself completing the movie.
Looking for a reading list? Books that have had at least one nomination so far for the 2008 Nebula Awards are listed at nebulaawards.com. This is not the preliminary ballot, but it is likely the books making the preliminary ballot will be a subset of this list.
DVR for tonight:
Eureka
Greek (2nd season premiere)
Researchers using Google Earth images from around the world have found that cows tend to rest in a north/south orientation, showing they have an internal compass that nobody noticed before. Sources: Yahoo article, CNet article, LA Times story.
Wallace & Gromit are the new fashion models for British department store Harvey Nichols. It is amusing to see Wallace wearing something other than the same old sweater vests, but I hope this doesn't delay the next movie too much.
Cat story of the day: A German cat survived being walled in beneath a bathtub for 7 weeks. She lost 9 pounds, but has now (18 days later) recovered almost completely.
ABC has picked up 5 new shows for midseason. I don't know if any of them will be watchable, but they all have good cast/crew people. The shows are: "Cupid" (Rob Thomas is remaking his show from the 90s), "Castle" (with Nathan Fillion), "Single with Parents" (with Alyssa Milano, Annie Potts, and Beau Bridges), "The Unusuals" (with Amber Tamblyn, Harold Perrineau, and Adam Goldberg), and "Better off Ted" (with Jay Harrington and a writer from My Name is Earl).
It sounds like they might be building a carbon-neutral ziggurat in Dubai that could house up to 1.1 million people.
The script for Transformers 2 has been modified to include Shia LaBeouf's hand injury (which he got in a car accident last month) so he doesn't further injure himself completing the movie.
Looking for a reading list? Books that have had at least one nomination so far for the 2008 Nebula Awards are listed at nebulaawards.com. This is not the preliminary ballot, but it is likely the books making the preliminary ballot will be a subset of this list.
DVR for tonight:
Eureka
Greek (2nd season premiere)
Monday, August 25, 2008
8-25-08
The US version of Eleventh Hour is switching their pilot episode. I actually think this is a good decision this time, since it sounds like they are going for an original script instead of an adaptation of one of the weakest scripts from the UK version.
Modern Rosetta Stones (containing 8 languages and 13,500 pages of text) meant to be readable for 2,000-10,000 years have been created and distributed.
MSNBC has an article about an exoskeleton in clinical trials in Israel which allows paraplegics to walk.
In honor of Ray Bradbury's 88th birthday last Friday, SF Signal had a funny vintage TV commercial in which he makes an appearance.
Cute Overload today has some great pictures today showing that some people have way too much fun playing with food presentation.
John Scalzi has released a deleted chapter from The Last Colony (some parts were changed and put in other parts of The Last Colony and some moved into Zoe's Tale, so not all of it was deleted) as part of Subterranean's Summer magazine.
DVR for tonight:
The Closer
The Middleman
Daily Show
Modern Rosetta Stones (containing 8 languages and 13,500 pages of text) meant to be readable for 2,000-10,000 years have been created and distributed.
MSNBC has an article about an exoskeleton in clinical trials in Israel which allows paraplegics to walk.
In honor of Ray Bradbury's 88th birthday last Friday, SF Signal had a funny vintage TV commercial in which he makes an appearance.
Cute Overload today has some great pictures today showing that some people have way too much fun playing with food presentation.
John Scalzi has released a deleted chapter from The Last Colony (some parts were changed and put in other parts of The Last Colony and some moved into Zoe's Tale, so not all of it was deleted) as part of Subterranean's Summer magazine.
DVR for tonight:
The Closer
The Middleman
Daily Show
Friday, August 22, 2008
8-22-08
One day after announcing the ending of Stargate Atlantis (which producer Joseph Mallozzi comments on in his blog), SciFi is announcing the launching of a 3rd Stargate show. Stargate Universe will premier next summer, beginning with a 2-hour movie. SciFi Wire announcement.
The earlier discussion of the Top 20 SF Novels of the Past 20 Years, has led to an attempt to make a similar list for Fantasy. I'm sure I'll disagree with any list they come up with, but I find the discussion interesting. (Tastes really vary, but there are some great books and authors listed.)
There is a great interview with Michael Chabon (Yiddish Policemen's Union) at the LA Times.
DVRs for tonight:
Monk
Psych
Stargate Atlantis
Olympics
The earlier discussion of the Top 20 SF Novels of the Past 20 Years, has led to an attempt to make a similar list for Fantasy. I'm sure I'll disagree with any list they come up with, but I find the discussion interesting. (Tastes really vary, but there are some great books and authors listed.)
There is a great interview with Michael Chabon (Yiddish Policemen's Union) at the LA Times.
DVRs for tonight:
Monk
Psych
Stargate Atlantis
Olympics
Thursday, August 21, 2008
8-21-08
Stargate Atlantis will end with this season (5th) and continue as movies.
Hayao Miyazaki (Howl's Moving Castle, Princesss Mononoke, Spirited Away, etc.) has a new movie, "Ponyo on the Cliff," which is getting raves in Japan. It sounds like a variation on The Little Mermaid. I wonder when we'll get a chance to see it here.
The Australian Museum Eureka Prize for scientific research has been awarded to a PhD student who found a way to make solar cells cheaply in a pizza oven.
Dave Langford has published his Top 20 SF books (although he cheated and also included other "Top" lists in boxes).
F&SF has a discussion about online short fiction.
InfoWorld has an article claiming that the standardization of JavaScript was a mistake. I'm not sure if I agree, but it was interesting.
DVRs for tonight:
Burn Notice
Olympics
Hayao Miyazaki (Howl's Moving Castle, Princesss Mononoke, Spirited Away, etc.) has a new movie, "Ponyo on the Cliff," which is getting raves in Japan. It sounds like a variation on The Little Mermaid. I wonder when we'll get a chance to see it here.
The Australian Museum Eureka Prize for scientific research has been awarded to a PhD student who found a way to make solar cells cheaply in a pizza oven.
Dave Langford has published his Top 20 SF books (although he cheated and also included other "Top" lists in boxes).
F&SF has a discussion about online short fiction.
InfoWorld has an article claiming that the standardization of JavaScript was a mistake. I'm not sure if I agree, but it was interesting.
DVRs for tonight:
Burn Notice
Olympics
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
8-20-08
Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens will be writing The Hobbit screenplays.
Grasping for the Wind has an article about the popularity of Urban Fantasy and predictions for the next big subgenre.
SciFi Wire lists the 9 Best Star Wars Spoofs. How is it that I've only seen 3 or 4 of these?
SciFi Wire also has a look at the characters of Virtuality.
It looks like IE is contemplating adding a privacy mode for version 8. Firefox discussed this option earlier this year, and ended up pushing it off to a future version. I wonder if IE will do the same.
i09 has an article on Space Construction in scifi and in real life.
Truthout has an article on the progress of Adult Stem Cell Treatments.
DVR for tonight:
Olympics
Grasping for the Wind has an article about the popularity of Urban Fantasy and predictions for the next big subgenre.
SciFi Wire lists the 9 Best Star Wars Spoofs. How is it that I've only seen 3 or 4 of these?
SciFi Wire also has a look at the characters of Virtuality.
It looks like IE is contemplating adding a privacy mode for version 8. Firefox discussed this option earlier this year, and ended up pushing it off to a future version. I wonder if IE will do the same.
i09 has an article on Space Construction in scifi and in real life.
Truthout has an article on the progress of Adult Stem Cell Treatments.
DVR for tonight:
Olympics
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