Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (05/13/12)

05/13/12 | Kevin Davis

[KevinDavis]

Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (05/13/12)
Monday:
9/8 -- Eureka -- SyFy

[skinkinthegrass]

LOL! :-D
ah...Invaders from Mars, a (relatively) young Lief Ericsson (1950s)
very corny sci-fi, saw opening credits/30 min. got bored(40+ years ago :)
prefers Tim Burton's Mars Attackack.. ack.. ack.. (poor birds *ZOT!* :) ack.. ack.. ack

[LibertarianLiz]

Touch has been renewed for a 2nd season. [I have gotten aggravated at Jack Bauer running around asking, whining, ‘what do you want me to do, Jake?’ ‘Is this what I’m supposed to be doing, Jake?’ ‘Help me, Jake’. Awake takes the dirt nap.

I just saw over at AICN that Touch will be the lead in to Fringe next year (for Fringe's abbreviated last season). I was sorry to see that Awake is going away. Hubby and I have been really enjoying that show.

[Steve Newton]

Thank you all VERY much. They both sound right so I will just read them all to find out.

Blessings!

[skinkinthegrass]

Capt. Cosmo or Buck Rogers of 21st Century
movie serials

[Little Ray]

Just wait to get the point where the traitor, Jake, loses communications with all his allies, then turn it off. Voila! Happy ending!

[Krankor]

No. It's a movie. Here's a couple more clues

[MarkL]

Does anyone remember a book, or a series, about warriors that came from a planet where they had to carry a gun with them at all times because everything on the planet would attack a human?

Sounds a little like Harry Harrison's "Deathworld" series. It was a series of books where the protagonist went to a planet where pretty much every thing could kill you. Like Australia on steroids! I really loved them, many years ago. And his "Stainless Steel Rat" series too. I think that HH was WAY underrated as a writer, and thought the Stainless Steel Rat books would have made really great movies.

Mark

[MarkL]

In a Sci-Fi tie-in, the ABC series Castle (Nathan Fillion from Firefly) has a new bad guy for the next season... Tamoh Pennicut (sp? - Helo on Battlestar Galactica and Paul Ballard from Dollhouse) is the new bad-guy.

I found myself shouting at the TV, "No!!! Not Helo!!!!! He can't be the badguy!!!!

Mark

[Steve Newton]

Thanks Mark and everyone!

[Jack Hydrazine]

Sexy Jedi Bubblebath! Saber 2: Return of the Body Wash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwpb&NR=1&v=B64aihw3kco

Hot and hilarious!

[Jack Hydrazine]

From Coast To Coast AM:

Space Command

In the first hour, writer Marc Zicree talked about his new project, a series of sci-fi films entitled Space Command. He was joined by Oscar and Emmy Award winner Doug Drexler as well as director Neil Johnson, who are working with him on the project. He detailed how the inspiration for Space Command comes from the science fiction films of the 1950’s, with the goal of bringing back “the kind of hopeful vision of the future we had back then.” Drexler marveled at the early success of Space Command’s fundraising campaign and declared that “if the studios don’t want to make it, we’re going to make it, no matter what.” As to the project’s timetable, they hope to film the first movie in September and then spend the following year working on the elaborate post-production CGI effects. To that end, Zicree promised that “it will be as polished as a jewel by the time we’re done.”

Interview here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuycQ6v5HFU

[Jack Hydrazine]

Space Command page
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/58936338/space-command
So far they have raised $61,000+.

Doug Drexler website
http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/

[skinkinthegrass]

wag: Capt. Fathom?
i recognize the actor, Kenneth Tobey...from around the time of
"it came from beneath the sea / the thing from another world"

[Krankor]

Actually Kenneth Tobey does look a bit like Richard Denning. Good eye. Anyway, here's your final clue.
Click here please
There's a new pic on this week's post, by the way.