I have to admit, I’m really not looking forward to Ron Moore’s Battlestar Galatica prequel, Caprica. I just feel that it’s the same old stuff, rehashing what’s already been done, and one of the reasons why I just don’t like prequels in the first place. We’ve already seen what becomes of the characters, why would we want to see how they get there? It all just seems so anti-climactic to me when movies do it, and it’s the same when TV does it. Anyways, here’s your first look at Ron Moore’s Caprica TV prequel to Battlestar Galactica. Maybe you’ll like it better than I did.


My enthusiasm for Alex Proyas’ “Knowing” didn’t exactly leap up there after seeing this first trailer for his upcoming movie “Knowing”, starring Nicolas Cage as a teacher who discovers that predictions made 50 years ago are coming true; worst, the predictions eventually run out, then what happens? The trailer is good, the kind of slick stuff Hollywood does well, and it certainly doesn’t showcase the brilliance that Alex Proyas showcased in “The Crow” and “Dark City”. Having said that, I’m still holding out hope that he’ll one day return to such greatness, and maybe “Knowing” is a step in the right direction. I don’t see it in the trailer, alas, but who knows, Cage never does good trailers, so that may be it…

Wow, what a CGI fest. I knew that Simon Hunter’s “The Mutant Chronicles” was going to be heavy on the CGI, but I have to admit, I didn’t think it would be THIS heavy with CGI. I don’t think they ever went outside a warehouse to shoot this thing. Mind you, not that that is necessarily a bad thing; they didn’t go outside for “Sin City”, either, and that turned out pretty good. Likewise with Zack Snyder’s “300″. But man, the CGI I’m seeing for “The Mutant Chronicles” seems to be struggling to not look completely cheesy. I guess we’ll have to see what the final product looks like.

Here’s your first look at Keanu Reeves as the alien Klaatu in the upcoming “The Day the Earth Stood Still” remake. You remember, the one where they’ve swapped Global Warming hysteria for Nuke Hysteria? Yeah, that one. And yes, it’s just a single picture of Reeves in a suit, which could be from anything, but according to site Film1.nl, it is indeed Reeves as Klaatu from the remake.

Yahoo! Movies is currently hosting an exclusive two-minute clip from “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” (seriously, just typing that subtitle makes me feel dumber), which they say is the opening scene from the movie. It doesn’t actually look like an opening scene — it has a bunch of FBI agents, led by Billy Connolly (playing a psychic) going up and down a frozen ice patch, while the scene is intercut with a woman is being stalked at her house, apparently at another time and place. Or something. Eh, who knows, Chris Carter and company are so desperate to hide every shred of info about their precious movie in the hopes of making it uber secret and thus more “in demand”, it borders on being desperate.

The last time we saw this very nice, action-packed trailer for Vin Diesel’s “Babylon A.D.” it was in French. This time it’s in English, and I have to admit, now that I know a little bit more about the character and the plot, the movie is sounding a little better. But of course, the action is the thing with a movie like this, which will probably be compared too much to the recent “Children of Men” for the film’s benefit. Let’s hope it can stand on its own.

Let’s face it, if you were a fan of “The X-Files” when it was still a series on FOX, all you’re really waiting for is that moment when Scully and Mulder finally gets together again after all these years. And after that? Well, there’s a story about how some serial killer is abducting women in some cold ass place and Billy Connelly shows up as a psychic who helps out. Plus, rapper Xzibit plays a barely credible FBI agent, and Amanda Peet has a co-starring role as a hottie FBI agent, and is just a tad more credible.

Another look at Vin Diesel’s “Babylon A.D.”, which is really shaping up to be more of an action movie than a sci-fi movie, but then again, it is Vin Diesel, so what did we expect? The teaser trailer is in French, so be forewarned if you don’t speak the language. Still, it’s a teaser for an action movie, so does it matter what language it comes in as? I think not.

Here’s your first look at the American remake of the British TV show Life on Mars. The American version is premiering on ABC this Fall, and stars Jason O’Mara (In Justice) as a modern day cop chasing a serial killer who, after getting nearly run over by a car, somehow time-jumps to 1972. As it turns out, he’s a cop back then, too, except he’s the only one who knows he’s from the future. Or is he?

Wasn’t it just earlier today that I posted an interview with Dollhouse creator Joss Whedon about how the show came about? Well forget about that, because at this moment we have the two-minute trailer for the upcoming show, which was created and shown to the media at the recent FOX upfront show, where networks present their shows, new and old, to the press. The trailer is called “Where Are You”, and the show stars Eliza Dushku, Olivia Williams, and Tahmoh Penikett.