As some of you know, my first date with my wife was to “Shaun Of The Dead” and so it holds a special place in my heart. I took the tickets from the film off a friend who at the last minute couldn’t go. She had won them in a local radio contest. The first person I asked to go was another friend and he bailed so I thought to myself. Gee, that girl at Starbucks sure is cute. I had spoken maybe half a sentence to her previously, something like, “Hi, Yeah, ah, grande dark please”. I ran off to Starbucks and asked her in line to go with me. Boom Pow. Now am I Mr. Cool or what? Non stop frivolity ensued that evening thanks to Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and we’ve been married a year.
Archive for December 16, 2009
The 10 Best Sci-Fi Films Of The Past Decade
It’s the end of the first decade of this new Millenium. The singularity is at hand. The oceans are swelling and even I, your resident prescient sage can only imagine what lies ahead for us. For the first time I really feel like we made it. We’re really living in the future. Science is no longer something we have to go to. It’s not once removed from our daily existance, it’s now in us and all around us and the super science future of nano, quantum, robotic and bio is just right there , inches away.
Christopher Nolan’s Inception Poster
The first official poster for Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi/crime film “Inception”, his follow-up to his mega hit “The Dark Knight” has landed online via FusedFilm. Written and directed by Nolan, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio (in case you can’t read), Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard. Warner Bros. has been trying desperately to keep the film’s plot shrouded in mystery, but you probably know about it, and then some if you’ve been reading us for a while now.
Three New Images from Percy Jackson and the Olympians
“Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” is the latest in a long line of big budgeted teen-centric fantasy movies vying for the title of “the next ‘Harry Potter’ franchise”. I’m not sure if “Percy Jackson” will make it, but here are three new images from the movie that probably won’t convince you either way. The film stars Uma Thurman, Logan Lerman, Rosario Dawson, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Kevin McKidd, Catherine Keener, and Alexandra Daddario.
SyFy Renews Stargate Universe for Season 2, Sanctuary Season 3
Well so much for all the hope and praying by longtime “Stargate” fans that the SyFy Channel will see the error of their ways and dump “Stargate: Universe”, because it’s now official: the cable channel has given the much-derided “Universe” a Season 2 commitment, along with handing out a third season to its original series “Sanctuary” starring former “Stargate” alum Amanda Tapping.
Character Posters For The Book Of Eli
Distracted as I am with all this sketchy “Avatar” business, I just about forgot that Denzel Washington is about to get busy striking down layabout evil wanna be post-apocalyptic King Gary Oldman in “The Book Of Eli”. I saw an early review that said that “Eli” is a little cheesy. No matter. How can this movie not be good? Denzel Washington, among the coolest men to ever live channels the very coolest, Clint Eastwood, as he lays the lone drifter smack down, samurai style, on a world full of villains intent on depriving Denzel of the “Book” that may be the key to the future survival of all that makes human civilization worth living for. The stunning Mila Kunis plays the girl sent by the horrid Gary Oldman to secure the “Book” from Denzel with her awesome powers of gorgeous. Here we have three character posters for you, showing Denzel, Mila and Gary in all their heroic, lovely or evil dripping glory. “The Book Of Eli” hits theatres Jan 15th. Thanks Scifiwire for the scoop.
Hey Look, It’s A New Iron Man 2 Pic!
One of the reasons I loved “Iron Man” (and there were plenty) was how real the tech looked that Tony Stark put together. It actually looked feasible and that put a powerful surge into my permanently engorged geek gland. “Iron Man 2″ looks to give us more of the same. How many of you out there dream of having a lab of such glass and glowing magnificence down some spiral staircase in your home by the sea? Here we have a new pic of Tony Stark, gadgeteer, tinkering away madly with his unlimited budget and over-sized brain. Oh and cool goggles too! Thanks ComingSoon.
Defying Gravity Season 1 DVD Cover Art and Specs
I wasn’t much of a fan of ABC’s canceled “Defying Gravity”, mostly because I don’t like too much drama with my space faring action. Plus, it just never struck me as overly sci-fi, astronauts and space notwithstanding. In any case, I do know there are a lot of fans of the show on the site, and perhaps this will interest them. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing the entire first season on DVD January 19, 2010. DVD cover art and complete specs for the 4-disc set below.
Frank Miller Ejected from Buck Rogers Movie
Let’s face it, this was coming, especially after the disaster that was his live-action screen adaptation of “The Spirit” — Frank Miller, according to producers, no longer has any ties to the upcoming “Buck Rogers” movie from Paradox Entertainment. That’s according to the studio’s producer, Fredrik Malmberg, who tells IGN that Miller is no longer involved in the movie in any capacity.
CBS Getting In The Time Travel Business With Murmurs
CBS is getting in the time travel business with their forthcoming Sci-Fi drama “Murmurs”, with writer Jason Smilovic (My Own Worst Enemy) and producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, according to The Hollywood Reporter .
Trade Reviews for James Cameron’s Avatar
The reviews are coming in for James Cameron’s “Avatar”, and the word seems to be that it’s a winner. The special effects are proving to be as industry-changing as we had heard throughout the film’s production, even if the movie’s “Dances with Wolves”-inspired storyline is a tad on the less-than-subtle side. The film officially opens today in the UK, so UK readers will have already seen the movie by the time this post goes up. If you have seen the movie, let us know what you think.
James Cameron Sets The Record Straight On His Next Sci-Fi Project
Yesterday, all the scuttlebutt was that James Cameron was soon to direct a kind of seven samurai in space film from a script written by Shane Salerno maybe called Doomsday Protocol. While this may one day come to pass and will likely be pretty sweet, James Cameron himself spilled the beans on his next dip into the salty Sci-Fi seas. On the red carpet, during the London premiere of a small indy film James just finished called “Avatar”, James scoffed at this idea and said that he will be producing a new film soon based on Fantastic Voyage. Fantastic Voyage is about a team of intrepid science types that get miniaturized by a probably evil Soviet scientist and injected, with spaceship, into a human with issues.
Preview Clips from Sanctuary’s Stargate SG1 Reunion
Here are two minute-long clips from the SyFy Channel’s “Sanctuary” episode “Penance”, airing later this week, and which features a reunion between Amanda Tapping and her long-time “Stargate: SG1″ co-star Michael Shanks. Shanks, who plays Doctor Daniel Jackson on “SG1″, gets to put away the smarty glasses to play an abnormal (the show’s word for mutants) named Jimmy. Too bad General O’Neill is currently stuck as a bloated sidebar on “Stargate: Universe”, but what about Teal’c? Is Christopher Judge even still acting? anyways, two preview clips.
Did Thomas Dolby Spill The Beans On A New Star Wars Movie?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. There’s more Star Wars movies coming. It’s just a matter of time. George Lucas is 66, still well preserved but he is getting up there and he just cannot be immune from the critical beating that the last trilogy took from fans. I think he wants another go at it and my bet is that more films are in development right now.
Drilling Too Deep Is Hazardous In OceanSize Animated Short
It’s animated short film day here on SciFiCool. Here we have another really good one about a crew of French parkour loving dudes manning a deep sea oil rig that drills into something that was best left sealed away in a very deep and dark place. It has subtitles so you’re safe, at least from the French. Thanks Io9.
