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Happy Birthday SCI FI!
(blowing of paper trumpets, throwing of streamers, popping sounds and general cheering and merriment)
That's right. On this day, two years ago, SCI FI Channel Australia was born. And of course, the only possible way to celebrate is with style, so we've gone all out - literally, to the edge of your newfangled widescreen TV.
From now on, SCI FI transmits in widescreen. And this week, we've got some great new shows that can take full advantage of that. Set your phaser banks to 'pretty impressed' as we roll out the best Sci Fi ever in the best possible ratio.
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet, Xzibit.
Director: Chris Carter
Released Nov 25
Rated M
The release of the much anticipated feature film follow up to Fight the Future brought about a mixed response from critics, and the general consensus being that the film strayed a little too far away from the 'X' in X-Files with a film that was decidedly rational and not brimming with supernaturalness, or even little grey men.
That said, those X-Files fans known as 'shippers' who watch the show primarily for the relationship between Mulder and Scully came away well satisfied, with a rich emotional journey and some final dotting of 'i's and crossing of 't's between Fox and Dana.
SCI FI will be coming to the little town of Eureka on December 4, so we thought we'd lay out the welcome mat and introduce y'all to the smartest, secretest town on the whole wide Earth!
So, what's Eureka all about? Here's a little info about the show and the characters to get you ready for our big premiere on Thursday December 4 at 8.30pm.
THE MYSTERY OF EUREKA
As World War II came to a close with mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the impact that science and technology would have on the continued security of our world became catastrophically apparent. America nearly lost the race to build the atomic bomb; it could not risk such a close call again.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is the prequel and the third movie in the sexy vampires versus werewolves trilogy. Shot in and around Auckland, NZ, it stars Rhona Mitra as Sonja and Michael Sheen as Lucian. If you've seen the previous two films, Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, starring Kate Beckinsale as Selene, you may be wondering why she's not in this one. The answer is simple - it's a prequel, set several hundred years before the previous films.
Released Nov 27
Starring Jennifer Carpenter, Greg Germann, Jonathan Schaech, Jay Hernandez
Directed by John Erick Dowdle
Rated MA15+
There is only one reason, ultimately, why people go to see horror movies. To put them in a place where their pants no longer make any sense. Horror buffs hold out for films that actually scare them, and they wait a long long time before they find one that respects grand horror traditions whilst at the same time bringing something fresh.
This is that movie.
Good news, everybody!
Our technomages have re-aligned all possible coils and have also re-initialised the power converters to give us all a really cool new feature on our Live Chat, Close Encounters.
As you can see in the Navbar, we have a little button next to the word 'CHAT' this is in fact an 'occupied' or 'on' button which glows with a delightful shade of Sci Fi Purple whenever someone is in the Chat Room. When no one is ready for a chat, then it will be at it's rest colour, which is a classic Alien Grey.
Sci Fi's Quantum Of Solace Red Carpet Extravaganza In Spectrum
VIDEO
Wednesday, November 26
by Captain
With the fury and the delight created by Quantum of Solace (and it's futuristic, science fiction-style computers, interfaces and communications equipment (ha! quibblers, ha!) we thought it only fair to get the look on the celebs faces as they walked down the red runway to the Sydney premiere.
And you know what? We've picked up a few gems!
You'll be amazed who was there, and what they said. Take a look right now in Spectrum!
Just click on the Quantum of Solace button, right here.
Live Chat This Wednesday The 26th, From 8.30pm, With Added Jericho
CAPTAIN'S BLOG
Tuesday, November 25
by Captain
Close Encounters will be filled to the brim with SCI FI fans chatting about what's on right now, and what's going to be on right this December, on Wednesday the 26th, from 8.30pm.
We've put the time back to allow people time to have dinner (and even put the kids to bed) so they can then settle in to a night in front of Channel 132 with a warm laptop and perhaps a cool and refreshing beverage.
We've got a great line-up to chat about - Jericho is back on the air - and it all kicks off this Wednesday night with The Pilot. Which is boss to the extreme, for those who haven't yet seen it.
With Watchmen fever starting to grip us, we thought it only sensible to put a nice version of the the brand spanking new trailer onto our Spectrum video player.
It takes what you thought you knew from the first trailer and tips it a litle bit upside down.
For those of you who haven't ever heard of Watchmen a) wow - welcome back from Nepal b) welcome to the Internet and c) enjoy the coolness for the very first time.
Just click on Videos in our Navbar to get Spectrum, and then follow the links to Watchmen. Easy Peasy.
PS3
One of the major titles for the original PS3 rollout was the humans verse ugly mutants first person shooter, Resistance: Fall of Man. Whilst not quite Halo on the PS3, still a very well respected title with great graphics, an intriguing story, good multi-player and pretty frenetic (and often rather scary) gameplay.
So what do we get with the sequel?
First up, surprisingly, is the leap in graphics quality. The last one was good, this is just nuts. Little touches to gameplay make a large amount of difference.
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