Tag: scifi
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New Season of Torchwood, Only on Starz?
According to this article at Scifi Wire, there will, indeed, be a new season of Torchwood hitting the BBC. (Something that was a little doubtful after the crushing, but amazingly played, events of the last miniseries.) Thing is, it won’t be showing up in the US anywhere other than the pay cable channel Starz. This…
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Trenches: Worth the Wait
Trenches hit the web today. So far, it’s looking like it was worth the wait. First three episodes are up at Crackle. Here’s the first one: From Crackle: 1: Fubar My friend Kelley doesn’t show up just yet, but the production value is pretty high and the space battle and ground conflict are intense.
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Trenches Finally Sees the Light of Day
A few years ago, my friend Kelley was involved in the production of a sci-fi series called Trenches that really piqued my interest. It was an online series with some pretty hefty backing (Disney/ABC) about a bunch of space marines shooting it out on an alien planet when things go from bad to worse. Unfortunately,…
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Farscape finally hits DVD in a big set
According to Movieweb.com, come November, Farscape will finally be available in one complete box set. Some of us have been waiting a very long time for this. Twice before the series started to get released, first in bulky, expensive, partial season boxes then in the more streamlined, slightly less expensive, and no less partial “Starburst”…
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Virtuality – The Real World: Deep Space
Fox just ran a two-hour TV movie that’s obviously a set up for a series. I think it would be a pretty good one. Virtuality is set on board the first deep-space exploration vessel Phaeton. The crew has been picked for their various areas of expertise… and how interesting they’ll be on camera. See, part…
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Gemini Division
Genetically engineered terrorists, superscience and heavy doses of corporate sponsorship from Microsoft, Cisco and Intel. That’s what you get from Gemini Division, an online/On Demand series from NBC and Electric Farm Entertainment. Well that and a pretty good story starring Rosario Dawson as a NYC cop who gets drawn into an international conspiracy of secret…
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Atlantis Sunk
Less than a year after the original Stargate series made the jump to direct-to-video movies, Stargate: Atlantis seems to have gotten the ax. It won’t be completely gone right away, though. Thanks to the odd way the Sci Fi Channel breaks up its seasons, the current (fifth) season will run through January some time. Then…