Hard to believe that The Empire Strikes Back is 30. It is! 30! That’s older than many of the people visiting this blog. Over on SciFi Wire they’ve posted some clever linkbait. Periodic Tables seem to be all the rage – and with this one we’ve got the Periodic Table of The Empire Strike Back. […]
A quick introduction to Iron Sky – Space Nazis
It’s been a long wait for Iron Sky – and there’s a lot more waiting to do. The first trailer now has over 1,000,000 views on YouTube and the second, published on the 13th of May, has over 300,000 at the time of posting. The concept is simple. The Nazis have been hiding on the […]
Lego movie: Blade Runner (Tears in Rain)
This is a short clip but so very executed. It’s well worth the minute of your life that it’ll take. Here’s the quote; “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be […]
Was V the last program shown on Sci FI UK or the first of SyFy UK?
It might just be that V isn’t drawing in the audience numbers in America that it needs in order to survive. Nevertheless, V has a touch of immortality to it in the UK due to key role is played in SyFy’s rebranding. The date that Sci Fi UK became SyFy UK was Tuesday April the […]
Vincenzo Natali’s Splice
Splice is a sci-fi horror from Vincenzo Natali. He’s the chap behind Cube and so that might give you an idea of what sort of move he makes. Guillermo del Tero produced the movie as well. A strong pedigree. Boasting the tag line; “Science’s newest miracle is a mistake”, Spice features Adrien Brody (King Kong) […]
Project London trailer – indie sci-fi leaps forward
This movie will eat your planet. Project London bills itself as “nearly no budget”and you can detect a sense of pride from their press releases and fan communication. Take a look at the trailer and you’ll see why. The special effects look amazingly good. Described as a “crowd sourced” movie, Project London is using every […]
Sci-Fi channel found guilty of showing too many ads in the UK
Official British watchdog has found that NBC Universal’s Sci-Fi channel breached the rules by showing too many adverts for the second time in the month. Rule four of the British code on the scheduling of television advertising (COSTA) states that TV stations are only allowed to show 12 minutes of ads every hour. The Sci-Fi […]
SyFy coming to the UK
Last year the SciFi channel in the US became the SyFy channel. The fans weren’t that happy but the channel wanted to broaden the group of people it appealed too. Many fans grumbled; one my favourites is this Open Letter to SyFy from marketing guru Roger Wehbe at the Tribble Agency. In it Wehbe complains […]
Wow! $2699.99 for awesome Firefly Serenity model
Sideshow Collectables have an awesome but expensive model with their latest Firefly offering. The limited edition Serenity requires a $570 deposit and will ultimately set you back $2700. Wow. If you are that much of a fan then you can pay $470 a month rather than the large one-off payment. Yep; you can order it […]
William Gibson reads from Spook Country
Famous for his 1984 debut novel “Neuromancer” William Gibson is an established thought leader in the Sci-Fi community. This video harks back to 2007 and features him reading an excerpt from the book Spook Country.
