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InFAMOUS Breezethrough Review

GAMES Tuesday, June 30 by Captain


PS3
Rated M





InFAMOUS has you playing as bike messenger Cole MacGrath, stunned survivor of a mysterious energy blast that has laid waste to Empire City. You've been given super powers - the agility to climb (and jump off) tall buildings without any physical damage, and best of all, the ability to discharge lightning from your hands. Working with his best friend, layabout Kyle, and hard bitten female FBI agent Moya, Cole has to complete missions that gradually restore power to the ruined city.
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Iain M Banks - An Introduction

BOOKS Monday, June 29 by Captain


For many Sci Fi fans, Iain M Banks is one of the foremost authors living today. His Culture novels combine a scintillating imagination, cheeky humour and fond regard for the grand conventions of Sci Fi - be they used, parodied - or upgraded. As a source of entertainment, Banks' novels are almost universally enjoyed, and as such, are a great place to start for any Sci Fi reader entering the world of Sci Fi literature.


Consdider Phlebas (1987)
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What's On This Week June 29 - July 5

CAPTAIN'S BLOG Sunday, June 28 by Captain


Here's a snapshot of the grooviest shows and movies this week on Channel 132!

Monday :
7.30pm Sci Fi Original movie 'Boo'.

Tuesday:
4.30pm and 11.20pm Buffy The Vampire Slayer 'Doublemeat Palace'

1.45pm Ripley's Believe it or Not! A van that runs on french fry grease, a six year old golfer who hit four holes in one and a card stack tower made with 97,000 playing cards!

Wednesday:
8.30pm Part 2 of The Sci Fi Boys.

Thursday:
6.30pm Star Trek: Enterprise. Zero Hour - Enterprise's legendary season three approaches it's thrilling finale with 'Zero Hour' as Archer attempts to intercept the Xindi weapon and disarm it from within.
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Jabba The Hunk

SPECIAL FEATURES Saturday, June 27 by Captain


Whilst Australians don't get into Halloween like Americans do (possibly because we've never actually burned any witches, who knows?), we still don't mind the occasional dress up. Dress up parties are often an excuse to live out a dark, long held fantasy. The burgeoning world of cosplay that is blossoming across the convention world is another way that people share their love of of wearing and becoming the fantastical.

Hell, some fans are defined by the clothes they wear - Firefly fans are known as Browncoats.
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Richard Hatch: Battlestar's Unlikely Guru

INTERVIEWS Friday, June 26 by Captain


Richard Hatch is the ultimate Sci Fi fan’s ultimate Sci Fi hero. He lives and breathes Sci Fi like a fan in a way that not many other actors can claim. Originally achieving world wide fame as the original Apollo on the original Battlestar Galactica, he has returned to Sci Fi superstardom with his pivotal and acclaimed role as Tom Zarek on the new Battlestar Galactica, generally regarded as the finest Sci Fi series ever made.

But in the years that separated the two, he was a one man band playing the ‘bring back Battlestar’ tune, followed by die-hard fans, and then, as time wore on, a burgeoning internet following. It’s hard to imagine a time before Ron Moore’s new BSG blew us all out of the water, but during that time, Richard Hatch WAS Battlestar.
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Daybreakers 'Vampire World' Trailer is Awesome - and Aussie!

NEWS Friday, June 26 by Captain


As the world endures Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, it's good to know that interesting movies ARE out there. Case in point, Moon, starring Sam Rockwell, which has been getting rave reviews, and now the Ethan Hawke starrer, Daybreakers.



Hawke is back in the Sci Fi world on an Earth where nearly everyone is a vampire - and the supply of fresh human blood is running out. Both an awesome spin on the vampire flick and a neat little cypher for the approaching peak oil problem, when the Earth, eventually, runs out of oil.
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Dave Gibbons In Sydney this Weekend!

NEWS Friday, June 26 by Captain


If you're a fan of Watchmen, the comic, then you're in luck. The man who illustrated the whole darned thing is in Sydney, right now!

He's in town as a guest of Supanova, and doing some promo duties for the Watchmen DVD and BD that's coming out on the 30th of July. Hopefully we may even get to interview him and show the results on this very website.

Gibbons has had a stellar career that stretches back before Watchmen changed the face of comics in the 80's all the way to now, where he's still working on new projects, both as illustrator and storyteller, across all sorts of media.
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Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Review

AT THE MOVIES Thursday, June 25 by Captain


Starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, John Turturro
Director Michael Bay
Rated PG
Out June 24





This isn't so much a sexist, racist melange, but an insult to people everywhere. Which is pretty impressive, given it's just meant to be a popcorn-muncher about robots that become cars and other assorted vehicles.

Aimed at spoiled ten year olds (yes, it's aimed at people who have less discretion than amped up 14 year olds) this brings back the mediocrity that so many fanboys remember from the Transformers cartoons in their 80's hey day. It's just a whole lot bigger, louder and more expensive.
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Buy The Blade Runner House!

NEWS Thursday, June 25 by Captain


Do you have millions of dollars?
Do you love the movie Blade Runner?
Dp you want to move to Los Angeles?


If you answered 'yes' to these three questions, we have a proposition for you:

How would you like to live in the house that served as the template for Deckard's apartment in Bladerunner?

Intriguing, no?

Ennis House, built by none other than Frank Lloyd Wright in 1924, is on the market. Now classed as a 'fixer upper' this crumbling masterpiece can be yours for the merest of fifteen million US dollars. A bargain! In real money, that's $AUD 18.74 million. And it needs work, after suffering water and earthquake damage.
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More District 9 Videos

SPECIAL FEATURES Wednesday, June 24 by Captain


Neill Blomkamp's Sci Fi version of South Africa's greatest shame is hotting up it's internet campaign with some more viral videos, building on the excellent work at www.d-9.com.

If you were wondering why Peter Jackson's gotten himself involved with this project, these videos should help out. It's obviously going to be awesome.

The film is going to be released in Oz on October 8.


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