A CBS report today credits both rabid Gerard Butler and Internet-based comic fans for the success of 300 in theatres. The eye-candy appeal of the cast didn’t hurt either, as droves of women attended a film most critics wrote off as a teenage boy’s fantasy with limited appeal. But the movie-going public revealed that most mainstream [...]
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Get your geek on.Archive for July, 2007
The following stories gained traction in the mainstream press today: Reviewing of Masters: Reviewers like new ABC anthology series better than the network. Apprentices of Science Fiction: Meet next-gen SF filmmakers cutting their teeth in the genre.
A really interesting article, Race the final frontier, in the Boston Globe today is among the first in the mainstream media to recognize that science fiction – and fandom – is not just for white men. Reporter Vanessa E. Jones focuses on African American genre fans as well as modern and 20th century writers, David Anthony Durham, Octavia [...]
NBC releases a trio of new “behind the scenes” Heroes clips this week, each will be featured on the upcoming Heroes Season 1 DVD. They include a never-before-seen scene cut from the pilot episode. The scene features actor Greg Grunberg as police officer Matt Parkman. Here it is: Also producers talk about the special effects used [...]
YouTube video for Tuesday: the teaser for Sci FI Channel’s new Flash Gordon series.
The following stories gained traction in the mainstream press and major blogs today: Hit the MUTE: Paris Hilton to sing in new Sci Fi flick Sigh Fi TV: New and returning genre TV shows are plagued with controversy.
Direct from Comic-Con to you, Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford and, yes, Karen Allen reprising her role from the original movie, say hello to the crowd at Comic-Con via satellite.
Today’s YouTube clip comes from YT user morlais, who describes the video as: This is a montage of Scifi TV shows from throughout the years. I have tried to keep it to shows set in space or focusing on Aliens and I have stayed away from shows aimed directly at children (mostly). I have tried [...]
The following stories were gaining attention in the mainstream press and major blogs today: Hollywood Fest Honors Genre Flicks: Cinemateque kicks of 6th annual SF/F/H film fest. NY Ground Zeroed: Two new genre films have NYC in their destructive cross hairs. China Fansite Moves: The defunct The Chinese Science Fiction and Fantasy has a new [...]
Laura Vandervoort, the actress hired to play Supergirl in the upcoming season of Smallville told Sci Fi Wire a little background about her character and a relationship with Clark that has been unknown until now. Her character on the show is known as “Kara,” a direct nod to the comic book origins. It seems the storyline will [...]