I’m trying very hard not to post every single “Avatar” video or preview I find floating around on the Internets for a very selfish reason. Since I have to watch the thing to see if it’s suitable for you out there in the Sci-Fi community I will inevitably end up seeing a goodly amount of all the choice inner bits of what I’m really , really hoping is going to be a fantastic ride.
Archive for Sci-Fi Videos
The British Version Of Heroes Gets It Right
For those of us that once loved Heroes and now feel betrayed and often sickened by the disaster it’s become, the Brits have come around once again to demonstrate how exactly a show about ordinary people with super powers should be done.
Two Full Scenes from James Cameron’s Avatar
Cineplex has two full scenes from James Cameron’s “Avatar” that you probably haven’t seen before. The first scene is completely new, but the second scene is a continuation of the Thanator chase we saw earlier. I have to say, I’m still not sold on the CG work. I mean, it looks impressive, but can CG really ever replace live flesh-and-blood human beings? I’m not so sure. The film is being heavily hyped as the movie that will change moviemaking, and I think that’s putting way too much pressure on it. In any case, see for yourself December 18, a short two weeks from now. Yes, “Avatar” is coming in less than two weeks. Wow, time flies, huh? Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, and directed by James Cameron.
Slingers Is Rat Pack And Oceans 11 Awesome
Holy crap. When I watched this test and funding bait loop for the soon may be piloted Brit Sci-Fi “Slingers”, my immediate thought was, (after I stopped hyper blinking) This thing is too good to succeed.
Alice Goes Sci-Fi In A New Wonderland
Alice seems to be a hot girl these days. We’re awaiting Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland”, which from early looks appears dependably Tim trippy. Johnny Depp plays the Mad Hatter in this film version so I won’t be missing it.
Jeff Bridges Talks About His Technical Duality In Tron 2
So far, “Tron 2″ secrets are pretty hard to find. We’ve seen a tiny teaser trailer with some wicked light-cycle battles and we have a vague idea about what’s going to go down, but I imagine it’ll be awhile before we get any real juice. Principal photography is finished but the likely to be ridiculously awesome effects won’t be finished until, like “Avatar”, just before the film is about to get reeled.
New Trailer for Bekmambetov’s Black Lightning Looks Familiar
Basically, it’s like “Spider-Man”, but instead of web shooters and superpowers, our hero has an old car that can fly. That’s pretty much the plot of the Timur Bekmambetov-produced movie “Black Lightning”. A second, Russian trailer for the film has appeared online, and it introduces the movie’s romantic elements — in short, the blonde is Mary Jane, and the hero is Peter Parker, and the mean looking Russian guy who kidnaps Russian MJ is the Green Goblin. They even end the movie with a duel (using flying cars!) in the skies over Russia at night, with Russian MJ’s life at stake. Plus, our hero has a suave, rich buddy who has everything our hero wants, but can’t have, being that he’s poor and such. And is that my imagination or did they also throw in a scene where our hero rescues someone from a burning building — with his car? Personally, I’m waiting for the scene where our hero hangs upside down while strapped into his old car and leans out the sun roof to kiss the girl in the pouring rain. Or, er, pouring snow. It is Russia, after all.
30-Second Teaser Trailer for the New Buck Rogers Web Series
I’m not a big fan of Buck Rogers or anything, or at least, I really don’t know his history. But I am a pretty big fan of the old Gil Gerard TV show “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” when it ran for a few years in the late ’70s and early ’80s. That show was pretty cool, and I loved it as a child. (Or maybe it was all about Erin Gray? Could be, could be…) But it apparently diverted quite a bit from the original source material, which isn’t a surprise. Hard to be faithful when you’ve got a lot of episodes to fill up for a given TV year. In any case, someone name James Cawley is bringing the property back to its roots with a new series of web episodes. Check out a teaser trailer for it below.
New York City And Sci-Fi Disasters
Poor New York City. For some reason, film makers and obviously audiences can’t get enough of watching the Big Apple get pulverized again and again by aliens, waves of fire and water, monsters or big monkeys. If you can think of a way for New York to get pwned then you’ve seen it on film.
The Season Six Preview Of LOST
From the Cuatro television network comes this eyebrow raising promo for the 6th and final season of LOST. What does it all mean? If the characters wandering around on the Island are chess pieces then who is knight and who is pawn? Of course more importantly, who is the King and Queen?
First Look at the Justice Society on Smallville
Ha, look, Green Arrow is getting his ass kicked again. Remember when Green Arrow was actually a cool character on “Smallville”? Now everytime I see him on the show, he’s getting his ass kicked. I mean, by everyone. Some chick. Some dudes. Some gangbangers. It looks like Green Arrow’s status as “Smallville’s” resident punching bag will continue in the “Smallville” two-hour Justice Society-themed movie “Absolute Justice”. Check out two images from the upcoming February 5 episode below via EW. The “event” episode will guest-star “Stargate” fave Michael Shanks as Hawkman (seen below putting the smack down on Green Arrow), Brent Stait as Doctor Fate, and Britt Irvin as Stargirl. The Doctor’s costume looks completely impractical, though the abs on Stargirl is kinda hot.
Fede Alvarez’s Alien Invasion Pitch Goes To Ghost House
Some of you might remember that recently I posted a fiendishly awesome vid of commercial director and special effects man Fede Alvarez’s “Panic Attack”, where giant robots entered cinematically from the mists and proceeded to drop some heavy metal on the innocent? denizens of some unnamed city.
Hobby Bot Maker Stumbles On The Missing Link To Humankinds Eventual Doom
I always knew it would be some dude in his basement that makes the giant leap, or horrible error, that leads us all down the garden path to the day that we live scattered like mice, running pell mell through the rusty wreckage of our once towering society as the robots come a huntin.
Here’s A Sneak Peek At The Next Episode Of Stargate Universe Called Justice
No one is pickier about their programming than Sci-Fi fans. We’re like piranhas on guppies when there is blood in the water. I for one, remain optimistic that SGU has some legs. People putting this show together and acting in it give a shit. I think it’s killing them that the show hasn’t had the reception they expected.
Doctor Who: The End of Time Preview (BBC Children in Need Special)
The Doctor’s been a marked man all year, and now all hell’s about to break loose. David Tennant departs “Doctor Who” and the BBC is giving him a grand sendoff, with a shattering story of epic proportions that will alter the show forever.
