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Don't Forget Our Battlestar Galactica Competition!

CAPTAIN'S BLOG Saturday, February 28 by Captain





In case you haven't entered yet, here's a reminder to immediately click the 'WIN' icon in our Navbar to go directly to our Battlestar Galactica Competition.

All you have to do to win is answer a simple question - in 33 words or less (of course, any self-respecting Cylon wouldn't have any other number).

"Why are you Battlestar’s biggest fan?"



Maybe... we're ALL Cylons!


BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - THE PRIZE DETAILS
The prize for the BSG competition is simply amazing.
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The Top 20 Star Trek Cameos

SPECIAL FEATURES Friday, February 27 by Captain


With the world of Star Trek preparing for a seismic shift as JJ Abrams' cinematic rebirth looms closer and closer, we're celebrating the joy that all of Star Trek brings to TV - with our super geeky microtastic microscope lasering in on the cameo characters of Star Trek.

Oh yes - why bother with the big themes, the big characters, the major stories? Oh no! We're looking into the characters and the actors who popped in - and then out - of all the Star Trek shows over the last forty years - and we've whittled it down to an internet-friendly Top Twenty list - thus ensuring that we're going to disappoint, enrage and flabbergast Trekkies everywhere who feel we've left their favourite 'that guy' actor or 'mini-screen mini-time' character that warms their inner tribble (and no, tribbles didn't make the list - see, we're enraging you already).
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The Unborn Review

AT THE MOVIES Friday, February 27 by Captain





Starring Odette Yustman,Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Cam Gigandet, Idris Elba
Director David S Goyer
Released Feb 26
Rated R

David S Goyer is a filmmaker who knows what he's doing. The writer and director whose credits include Blade and the new Batman films has a touch of class about him, and his latest film as Writer/Director doesn't let us down. Whilst it may not be an instant classic, it's a highly polished piece marred by only a few flaws.
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Supernova could be Cosmic Ray Nursery

NEWS Friday, February 27 by Captain


The world of science fiction is filled with the wondrous and the glorious - the extremes of human imagination and creativity. Which is all well and good, until of course we compare it to the terrifying beauty of reality.

Case in point - the Tycho white dwarf supernova.

Named after the silver-nosed (yes, he actually had a prosthetic nose, made from silver) Danish astronomer, Tycho Brahe, who first noted it down in 1572, it is one of the wonders of the universe.

We've gotten our filthy little mitts on a beautiful happy snap, which isn't actually a happy snap at all - it's a composite image made from three sources - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, the Chandra Observatory and Spain's Calar Alto Observatory (although you could probably already guess, couldn't you? just look at those greens!).
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My Name Is Bruce Campbell

INTERVIEWS Thursday, February 26 by Captain


Bruce Campbell, for many, is the messiah.

Not just the greatest actor of his generation, but the greatest man that ever lived. Not only has he appeared in all the Evil Dead films, but he has also defined how a generation understands Elvis Presley with his iconic role in Bubba Ho-Tep.

Having shared his adventures in the film trade with a tell-all autobiography, Confessions of a B-Movie Actor, he's also given the world How To Make Love The Bruce Campbell Way, and branched into directing - his debut effort was Man WIth The Screaming Brain.
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Introducing The Sony Bendycam

GADGETS Wednesday, February 25 by Captain


Great gadget news!

Finally the world no longer has to sit and take boring, non-bendy video cameras anymore. Sony have finally given the people what the world has been screaming out for - an HD camera with a bendy end, or as it's technically called, 'the bit where the light goes in at the front' so you can do all sorts of cool and slightly strange stuff with your new HD camera - like stick it on a bike helmet, or attach it to your dog, or incorporate it into your tennis racket, or, hint hint Sony, use it when interviewing famous Sci Fi stars and film directors...
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Watchmen Review

AT THE MOVIES Tuesday, February 24 by Captain


Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Carla Gugino
Directory Zack Snyder
Rated MA 15+
Released March 6





This is a lavishly shot super-production that is as faithful as any true believer of Alan Moore's original could hope to see.

Which means, as a Hollywood Blockbuster, it's one hell of an anomaly. The traditional experience of the comic book movie is turned on its head. The usual lines that separate good and evil are blurred beyond recognition, and the the touchstones that we usually use when watching this kind of movie are missing.
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Oscar Winners Announced, Ledger Wins!

NEWS Monday, February 23 by Captain


Here are the list of Oscar Winners for 2008.

Included, of course, is Heath Ledger's emotional win for best supporting actor in The Dark Knight as The Joker, but not too much else in the Sci Fi department. For shame, Academy, for shame! The Dark Knight only picked up another little golden man, for Best Sound Editing, and Wall-E only picked up Best Animated Film.

Seems like all the good work that Danny Boyle put in for his science fiction films Sunrise and 28 Days Later has finally paid off for him, with the director's Slumdog Millionaire picking up a total of seven Oscars.
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Sci Fi Watch at the Oscars

AT THE MOVIES Monday, February 23 by Captain


With Wolverine (a.k.a Hugh Jackman) hosting today's 81st Oscars, you could be forgiven that there might be a bit more Sci Fi than usual in the dress-up-and-sit-down movie fest.

But no. Sadty, the Sci Fi presence is thin on the ground, which is a shameful indictment of the Academy and it's inability to remain focused on the world's most important film genre.

Still, they're doing what they can. There'll be a few nominations for those displaying brilliance in the Sci Fi field - we've highlighted them below for you to keep an eye on as you watch the telecast. If they do ignore the likes of Iron Man, The Dark Knight, Wall-E and Hellboy II, though, we can't be held responsible for any rioting that may occur outside the Kodak Theatre.
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Richard Hatch Talks About His Last BSG Episode

INTERVIEWS Monday, February 23 by Captain


SCI FI Wire have a cool interview with Richard (Tom Zarek) Hatch, discussing the unbelievably epic Season 4 episode, Blood On the Scales, which for many fans has become something of a standard for the final four episodes to live up to.

Tom Zarek's character became something of a touchstone for fans, beyond just the fly in Laura Roslin's ointment, beyond the politician who didn't mind getting his hands dirty. Obviously things didn't work out so well for him (and Felix Gaeta) in the end, but it's interesting to hear the actor who fleshed him out give his point of view, especially considering the length and breadth of Hatch's journey as one of the actors (he played Apollo) on the original 1978 series.
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