Beginning in April, Lost will move to the post-Grey's Anatomy timeslot, Thursdays at 10pm. I hope that doesn't mean it will be shorter, since Grey's frequently runs long.
The release date for the new Star Trek movie has been changed from this Christmas to May 8th, 2009. Other release date changes are announced in the article too, but I hadn't been as aware of the films.
Several actors are urging the Screen Actors Guild to begin negotiations early, so they can avoid another strike. Even with the writers back, studios are reluctant to start projects with the possibility of an actors strike in June, so it would be good for everyone if they could put together an agreement early.
With only about 2 weeks left for Hugo nominations, Spectrum is urging people to make nominations based on published works in 2007, not name recognition of their favorite artists. They link to the excellent gallery at Locus which can be used to determine which artists had which cover art pieces for books and magazines in 2007.
Locus has also tabulated genre books that appeared on multiple "Year's Best" lists for 2007.
DVRs for tonight:
9pm Lost & Supernatural
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Friday, October 12, 2007
10-12-07
Happy Birthday to my Mom & Sis!
DVRs for tonight:
6pm Flash Gordon
7pm Stargate Atlantis
8pm Ghost Whisperer & Blood Ties (Lifetime)
9pm Moonlight & Women's Murder Club (ABC - I'll try a pilot)
10pm Numb3rs & Men in Trees (ABC)
Nobel prize news:
Al Gore (along with a UN panel) has won the peace prize.
For the first time, a former Worldcon guest of honor (1987) has won the literature prize. Doris Lessing has apparently said that she didn't suppose this was for her earlier Science Fiction novels which people didn't consider proper 'literature', though she thought they were amongst her best work.
Sulu and Scotty have been cast for the new Star Trek movie. John Cho will be Sulu. I love John Cho, but I really don't see him as Sulu. This will either be weird or show a totally different side to his acting. Simon Pegg (Shaun in Shaun of the Dead) has been cast as Scotty. I was actually hoping that Paul McGillion (Dr. Beckett from Atlantis) would get the role, since I knew he was trying for it.
Fisher Stevens will have a recurring role on Lost this season.
5 hard drive companies are being investigated by the International Trade Commission for possible copyright infringement. They have 45 days to complete the investigation or come to agreements with the copyright holders or hard drives by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell could be banned from the US. Can you imagine that? Talk about shutting down all PC sales in the US.
Scary article about bad information ("cascades of error") leading to fad diets in the US.
CNet has a photo gallery of "dinosaurs" today - computers from the 70s. Interesting.
New technique for making solar panels - from a liquid crystal solution. They think they can cut the costs too. If they can, there may be applications for LCD screens as well as solar panels.
New material designed for aircraft combines layers of aluminum and glass fibers in a lightweight crack-resistant composite.
DVRs for tonight:
6pm Flash Gordon
7pm Stargate Atlantis
8pm Ghost Whisperer & Blood Ties (Lifetime)
9pm Moonlight & Women's Murder Club (ABC - I'll try a pilot)
10pm Numb3rs & Men in Trees (ABC)
Nobel prize news:
Al Gore (along with a UN panel) has won the peace prize.
For the first time, a former Worldcon guest of honor (1987) has won the literature prize. Doris Lessing has apparently said that she didn't suppose this was for her earlier Science Fiction novels which people didn't consider proper 'literature', though she thought they were amongst her best work.
Sulu and Scotty have been cast for the new Star Trek movie. John Cho will be Sulu. I love John Cho, but I really don't see him as Sulu. This will either be weird or show a totally different side to his acting. Simon Pegg (Shaun in Shaun of the Dead) has been cast as Scotty. I was actually hoping that Paul McGillion (Dr. Beckett from Atlantis) would get the role, since I knew he was trying for it.
Fisher Stevens will have a recurring role on Lost this season.
5 hard drive companies are being investigated by the International Trade Commission for possible copyright infringement. They have 45 days to complete the investigation or come to agreements with the copyright holders or hard drives by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell could be banned from the US. Can you imagine that? Talk about shutting down all PC sales in the US.
Scary article about bad information ("cascades of error") leading to fad diets in the US.
CNet has a photo gallery of "dinosaurs" today - computers from the 70s. Interesting.
New technique for making solar panels - from a liquid crystal solution. They think they can cut the costs too. If they can, there may be applications for LCD screens as well as solar panels.
New material designed for aircraft combines layers of aluminum and glass fibers in a lightweight crack-resistant composite.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Roundup for 9-20-07
Lost will be resurrecting Libby (through flashbacks) in multiple episodes this season.
Student thrown out of Harvard bookstore for writing down book ISBN #s & prices. Since when is comparison shopping worthy of being thrown out of a store? I guess it's a good thing I didn't go to Harvard.
Be afraid: There is a Star Wars Musical online.
Apparently SciFi is afraid of what will happen when they lose Battlestar Galactica (hence talking about splitting the final season over as much as 2 years). They are now talking about picking up the prequel spinoff Caprica after all.
Even more TV on the web options from NBC and ABC.
The creators of Scary Movie, Naked Gun, etc. are now working on a superhero spoof called "Superhero" (duh!) to be released 3-28-08. The cast (listed in this article) is pretty good.
Student thrown out of Harvard bookstore for writing down book ISBN #s & prices. Since when is comparison shopping worthy of being thrown out of a store? I guess it's a good thing I didn't go to Harvard.
Be afraid: There is a Star Wars Musical online.
Apparently SciFi is afraid of what will happen when they lose Battlestar Galactica (hence talking about splitting the final season over as much as 2 years). They are now talking about picking up the prequel spinoff Caprica after all.
Even more TV on the web options from NBC and ABC.
The creators of Scary Movie, Naked Gun, etc. are now working on a superhero spoof called "Superhero" (duh!) to be released 3-28-08. The cast (listed in this article) is pretty good.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Roundup for 9-17-07
Somebody has created a list of 50 intelligent SF movies. They've broken it up by theme and left out a few I like (ex. Enemy Mine), but overall it is a very good list. There are some I've never seen that I might actually track down.
Microsoft lost its appeal in the European antitrust lawsuit = $613 million fine. They have 2 months to decide if they will appeal again.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/17/financial/f063656D71.DTL&feed=rss.technology
RIP Robert Jordan. In March 2006 he announced his illness, reporting that the median life expectancy was 1 to 4 years, depending on treatment. I am sorry to say that,despite the treatment, he only lived 1.5 years more. He died yesterday. According to this, it looks like he left good notes, so hopefully the Wheel of Time series will one day be completed. He spent 17 years writing it, and I'd hate for it to remain unfinished, and (selfishly) I'd like to know how it ends.
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/005652.html
http://www.tarvalon.net/news.asp?article=501
Jay Mohr will be a regular on Ghost Whisperer this season. I guess that means that his pilot (I don't remember what it was) didn't get picked up.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=44151
I didn't watch the Emmy awards, but it looks like the only major-category win for genre shows was Terry O'Quinn getting Best Supporting Actor for Lost.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=44152
Mars is going to keep 100% cocoa butter in all its chocolate products. The industry is trying to save money by saying that 5% vegetable oil is still chocolate. That just sounds wrong, and I'm glad that Mars (who makes M&M, Dove, Twix, etc.) is standing up to the pressure.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/17/national/a105023D61.DTL&feed=rss.news
Nebraska Senator sues God (to make a statement that lawsuits where you can sue anyone for anything have become ridiculous).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/17/national/a155624D13.DTL&feed=rss.news
A group of MIT alumni have made a low-cost solar generator to bring refrigeration to developing nations.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9779928-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Microsoft lost its appeal in the European antitrust lawsuit = $613 million fine. They have 2 months to decide if they will appeal again.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/17/financial/f063656D71.DTL&feed=rss.technology
RIP Robert Jordan. In March 2006 he announced his illness, reporting that the median life expectancy was 1 to 4 years, depending on treatment. I am sorry to say that,despite the treatment, he only lived 1.5 years more. He died yesterday. According to this, it looks like he left good notes, so hopefully the Wheel of Time series will one day be completed. He spent 17 years writing it, and I'd hate for it to remain unfinished, and (selfishly) I'd like to know how it ends.
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/005652.html
http://www.tarvalon.net/news.asp?article=501
Jay Mohr will be a regular on Ghost Whisperer this season. I guess that means that his pilot (I don't remember what it was) didn't get picked up.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=44151
I didn't watch the Emmy awards, but it looks like the only major-category win for genre shows was Terry O'Quinn getting Best Supporting Actor for Lost.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=44152
Mars is going to keep 100% cocoa butter in all its chocolate products. The industry is trying to save money by saying that 5% vegetable oil is still chocolate. That just sounds wrong, and I'm glad that Mars (who makes M&M, Dove, Twix, etc.) is standing up to the pressure.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/17/national/a105023D61.DTL&feed=rss.news
Nebraska Senator sues God (to make a statement that lawsuits where you can sue anyone for anything have become ridiculous).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/17/national/a155624D13.DTL&feed=rss.news
A group of MIT alumni have made a low-cost solar generator to bring refrigeration to developing nations.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9779928-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Friday, September 14, 2007
Roundup for 9-14-07
There's a fight over California's electoral votes. I can see dividing up the votes if all other states are doing it, but doing this just in California sounds like Republican desperation and trickery.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_6891834?source=rss
Adrian Paul talks about the new Highlander: The Source movie.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=44094
Rumors are that Lost, when it returns, will move to Mondays at 8pm. I think this will be a better slot for it, overall.
Cool science award for the day: Photonic Laser Thruster. It could take a spacecraft to Mars in a week instead of six months.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_6891834?source=rss
Adrian Paul talks about the new Highlander: The Source movie.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=44094
Rumors are that Lost, when it returns, will move to Mondays at 8pm. I think this will be a better slot for it, overall.
Cool science award for the day: Photonic Laser Thruster. It could take a spacecraft to Mars in a week instead of six months.
Friday, August 3, 2007
8-3-07
If you want to watch the video of the Heroes panel from Comic-Con, they put it online.
http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/video_display.shtml#mea=135233
Same for Lost
http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2007/07/comic-con-2007-lost-panel-video.html
Dresden Files has been canceled. Not an official announcement, just a by-the-way comment in casting for another show: the lead actor has been cast in Big Shots for ABC (great cast, bad premise, I doubt I'll watch). I'm sad, I actually liked the show.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=43015
Good news and bad news from Fox: They changed their schedule and have moved Bones to Tuesday. I like this timeslot much better - there isn't any competition. They are also holding New Amsterdam for midseason. It actually looked good, and now I'm afraid they'll bury it (and Tim Minnear isn't even in the crew).
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070803fox03
Here's a list of the extras for the box set of Stargate. (I hate extras only available for a set when I already have the individual seasons.)
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7773
Interview with Joss Whedon.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20049318,00.html
We're used to lists of best shows and prematurely canceled shows, but someone has now made a list of 5 SF shows that were completely trashed and destroyed before finally going off the air. Since 3 of the 5 are shows I was recording in first season and not even watching when they went off the air, I pretty much agree and would have a hard time finding better examples. What do you think?
http://hubpages.com/hub/How_Five_Science_Fiction_TV_Series_Were_Destroyed
ResQer's Mr. Woo is in a TV commercial. She has a YouTube video of it on her blog today.
http://threewoofs.blogspot.com/2007/08/mr-woo-kohl-commercial.html
John Scalzi posted all his SF links today: blogs from writers and publishers, etc. I love the SF Signal link, and just added it to my RSS feeds. I may check a few others in the next week or so.
http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/2007/08/02/science_fiction_links.html
http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/video_display.shtml#mea=135233
Same for Lost
http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2007/07/comic-con-2007-lost-panel-video.html
Dresden Files has been canceled. Not an official announcement, just a by-the-way comment in casting for another show: the lead actor has been cast in Big Shots for ABC (great cast, bad premise, I doubt I'll watch). I'm sad, I actually liked the show.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=43015
Good news and bad news from Fox: They changed their schedule and have moved Bones to Tuesday. I like this timeslot much better - there isn't any competition. They are also holding New Amsterdam for midseason. It actually looked good, and now I'm afraid they'll bury it (and Tim Minnear isn't even in the crew).
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070803fox03
Here's a list of the extras for the box set of Stargate. (I hate extras only available for a set when I already have the individual seasons.)
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7773
Interview with Joss Whedon.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20049318,00.html
We're used to lists of best shows and prematurely canceled shows, but someone has now made a list of 5 SF shows that were completely trashed and destroyed before finally going off the air. Since 3 of the 5 are shows I was recording in first season and not even watching when they went off the air, I pretty much agree and would have a hard time finding better examples. What do you think?
http://hubpages.com/hub/How_Five_Science_Fiction_TV_Series_Were_Destroyed
ResQer's Mr. Woo is in a TV commercial. She has a YouTube video of it on her blog today.
http://threewoofs.blogspot.com/2007/08/mr-woo-kohl-commercial.html
John Scalzi posted all his SF links today: blogs from writers and publishers, etc. I love the SF Signal link, and just added it to my RSS feeds. I may check a few others in the next week or so.
http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/2007/08/02/science_fiction_links.html
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
8-1-07
Joss Whedon and the BBC are finally working on the Buffy spinoff about Giles.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070731k.php
ABC Family has doubled the order for Greek (season 1 will now be 20 episodes instead of 10). I don't know when the Charisma Carpenter ep will be (#10 or #20).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070801/tv_nm/greek_dc_1
Mickey might be coming back to Doctor Who. No mention of how this is possible when he's supposed to be in the parallel universe with Rose.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=42951
Jack and the Beanstalk is the first of 10 live action low-budget family films being made by an independent studio. How they manage to be low-budget with the announced cast, I have no idea. The cast includes: James Earl Jones, Christopher Lloyd, Chevy Chase, Gilbert Gottfried, Katey Sagal, and Wallace Shawn (Vizzini from Princess Bride).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070801/film_nm/beanstalk_dc_1
http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-jackandthebeanstalkcast,0,3684356.story?track=rss
New style of ergonomic keyboard, curving up at the edges for shorter pinkie fingers, is being made by Logitech. Laurel: I know you use ergonomic keyboards - would this help you? Anyway, it looks kinda cool.
http://news.com.com/2300-1042_3-6200140-4.html?tag=ne.gall.pg
It looks like Battlestar Galactica is going to keep Starbuck's return a mystery for a while.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=42918
Closer has been renewed for a 4th season of 15 episodes.
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tntrenewsthecloserfor2008,0,4001487.story?track=rss
Small (family owned) Napa wineries are being sold. The article focuses on Stag's Leap and Duckhorn.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/01/MNFBRAN0I3.DTL&feed=rss.news
Lost is adding 2 new characters (as yet uncast). This post is the character description and a lot of speculation (especially over who should play them).
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Lost-Introduces/800019665?rssDate=12345678
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070731k.php
ABC Family has doubled the order for Greek (season 1 will now be 20 episodes instead of 10). I don't know when the Charisma Carpenter ep will be (#10 or #20).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070801/tv_nm/greek_dc_1
Mickey might be coming back to Doctor Who. No mention of how this is possible when he's supposed to be in the parallel universe with Rose.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=42951
Jack and the Beanstalk is the first of 10 live action low-budget family films being made by an independent studio. How they manage to be low-budget with the announced cast, I have no idea. The cast includes: James Earl Jones, Christopher Lloyd, Chevy Chase, Gilbert Gottfried, Katey Sagal, and Wallace Shawn (Vizzini from Princess Bride).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070801/film_nm/beanstalk_dc_1
http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-jackandthebeanstalkcast,0,3684356.story?track=rss
New style of ergonomic keyboard, curving up at the edges for shorter pinkie fingers, is being made by Logitech. Laurel: I know you use ergonomic keyboards - would this help you? Anyway, it looks kinda cool.
http://news.com.com/2300-1042_3-6200140-4.html?tag=ne.gall.pg
It looks like Battlestar Galactica is going to keep Starbuck's return a mystery for a while.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=42918
Closer has been renewed for a 4th season of 15 episodes.
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tntrenewsthecloserfor2008,0,4001487.story?track=rss
Small (family owned) Napa wineries are being sold. The article focuses on Stag's Leap and Duckhorn.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/01/MNFBRAN0I3.DTL&feed=rss.news
Lost is adding 2 new characters (as yet uncast). This post is the character description and a lot of speculation (especially over who should play them).
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Lost-Introduces/800019665?rssDate=12345678
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