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Frak Me! BSG MMORPG! OMG!

NEWS Wednesday, March 10 by Captain


Making no apologies for one of the geekiest headlines ever.

If you know what it means, your pants just got a little bit moist - front or back, it's a personal choice.

The idea that the Battlestar Galactica universe could in fact be the background for a Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Game is an idea so awesome that the greater percentage of Sci Fi fans have not even considered its possibility. However, it is an idea that stretches back through the mists of time - waaaay back to even 2007, even.
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Min Un Bleck Three - Crazy Casting

NEWS Wednesday, March 10 by Captain


This is either great news, odd news, or disturbing news. Or it could be an 'internet rumour' which is a polite way of saying 'bull%&$'.

Websites bloodydisgusting.com and hollywood.com are reporting that Jemaine Clement (from Flight of the Chonchords and Gentlemen Broncos) and Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Ali G) are teaming up with Josh Brolin (Milk, No Country for Old Men) to star in Men In Black 3.

The script has been finished, and apparently the characters played by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are not in it.
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Call for Animators: Become a Proto-Ninja

NEWS Tuesday, March 9 by Captain


With the second UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival set to launch in Sydney on 24 September 2010, emerging animators have a chance to get a leg up in the industry through the Sixty40 Proto-Ninja Award.

The Sixty40 Proto-Ninja Award will consist of $999.99 cash plus a two-month mentorship with Sixty40, a design and animation company that combines the love of creativity with the reality of commercial production.

Entrants must create a new work of between 40 and 60 seconds length, which follows the theme “Underdog”.

Deadline for entries is 6th August 2010.

“The focus of the entry should be on telling a story that strikes an emotional chord around the theme of the underdog,” said Sixty40’s Animation Director Matt Taylor. “So, we’re looking for films that are funny, sad, inspirational or evoke some other emotional response.”

Production techniques used are completely open and could include stop-frame, traditional 2D, motion graphics, 3D, photography, puppetry, film or video. The result must ensure a compelling experience for the viewer rather than just a display of technical prowess.

“We use the term ‘ninja’ to signify an animator or designer with superior skills, vision and passion who can be relied on to not only pull their own weight in a studio but also to bring fresh unique qualities to their work. A ‘proto-ninja’ is a ninja-in-the-making who has not yet had the chance to unleash their talents on the world. The mentorship will give the winner time, resources and guidance to help them develop their film, experience and secret powers on their path towards full Ninja-dom” continues Taylor.

Ten finalists will be screened and the winner announced at the opening night of the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival, Friday 24 September, 2010. As well, the ten finalists will have their work streamed from the Proto-Ninja award website for a period of 12 months or until the 2011 winner is announced.

In 2010 the Festival will showcase sessions such as the Australian Panorama, SIGGRAPH Highlights and the wonderfully twisted Late Night Bizarre, along with a new batch of animation from France, the US, UK and China to mention a few. After the success of last year’s international guest speakers Clare Kitson, former commissioning editor for the UK’s Channel 4, and Oscar winning Canadian animator Chris Landreth, 2010 will continue to provide access to the movers and shakers of the global animation industry.

Full details about the competition are available at www.sixty40.com/protoninja.
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Sydney Town Hall Hosts Star Trek, Farscape and Doctor Who

NEWS Monday, March 8 by Captain


If you live in Sydney, you may have heard that Sydney Town Hall has been fully refurnished. It's all shiny and new, and has only just (just!) reopened.

That's why we think it's kind of cool that one of the first public events to be held in glammed up landmark will be a Sci Fi convention. Kind of cool to have a Con in the heart of town, and kind of cool to have the guests that are coming.

It's all scheduled for Sunday, March the 21st, from 10am to 4pm. Put that in your diary right now.
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Alice Rocks Aussie Box Office

NEWS Monday, March 8 by Captain


Disney’s Alice in Wonderland went through the roof in the global box office on its opening weekend - but did particularly well in Australia, with a take home lunchbox of $10,337,237.

This makes Alice in Wonderland:

1. The highest grossing weekend for 2010

2. The best ever weekend for March (beating the previous record by 140%)

3. The third best Disney opening ever, behind only “Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3”

Alan Finney, Managing Director and Vice-President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Australia said, “We are delighted with the enthusiastic way Australian audiences have embraced Tim Burton’s unique vision of Wonderland and come out in support of our own homegrown talent, Mia Wasikowska".
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Oscars On Monday. Not Enough Sci Fi. Again.

NEWS Saturday, March 6 by Captain


Ever since Star Wars was snubbed for Best Picture at the 1977 Academy Awards, it seems like Sci Fi never gets a fair shake at the Oscars. Looking in depth, into the entire history of those hollow, Sci Fi-ignoring, frock-wearing, dance-numbering bore-fests, one sees that NEVER, ever, ever, has a Science Fiction film been given the nod as Best Picture. Closest we've ever come is Lord of the Rings:Return of the King, which, whilst a beloved cousin, sure as hell isn't Sci Fi (hint - anything with elves, NOT Sci Fi).
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The Week in Geek Issue #5

NEWS Saturday, March 6 by The Shadow


Welcome once again dear readers to the week that was in geekdom!

We begin this week with something very special for you: Anthony Stewart Head (Giles from Buffy) singing Rocky Horror, in costume.

It was shaping up to be a quiet week but the avalanche of news these last couple of days has shot that to pieces…

In awesome news: HBO has greenlit the first season of A Game of Thrones! Now if only there was another season or two of Rome…
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See Kick-Ass First!

NEWS Friday, March 5 by Captain


Rarely has an independent movie about super heroes created this amount of excitement. Rarely though, do we see vicious, foul-mouthed little girls go on a killing-rampage right before our eyes. If you've not seen our trailer for Kick-Ass in Spectrum, go do so. There's also a few less kid-friendly clips doing the rounds that will melt your ear drums and split your sides.

It's no wonder that the world, and Australia, are mad keen to see Kick-Ass.

Well, we've got the skinny on how you can see this genre and gut-busting combination before any of your fellow compatriots. Popcorn Taxi are having a sneak peek, complete with a Q&A with director Matthew Vaughn (he also did Layer Cake and Stardust) on March the 18th.
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Brisbane's Mana Bar Opens March 20

NEWS Thursday, March 4 by Captain


Australia’s first licensed video game venue, the Mana Bar, will open its doors to the public on Saturday, 20th of March in Brisbane’s biggest nightlife and entertainment district, Fortitude Valley.

Brisbane’s party goers and game players can take advantage of Mana Bar's strict 'no cover charge' policy to enjoy cocktails whilst they playing some of the best latest releases and nostalgic games classics on wide array of games consoles.

What’s more, you can leave your small change at home: it’s free to enter AND free to play! Nice.
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Potentially, the Greatest Vampire Movie in Recorded History

NEWS Wednesday, March 3 by Captain


Ok. Go get a helmet.

Got it?

Fine. Now put it on.

Strap it on tightly. It will protect the interior of your room. Because THIS WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.

You know about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the new book from Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

What you may not know is that he has sold the film rights. That's awesome. But the awesomeness doesn't end there.

The ultra-super-awesome news is who is going to produce the film. Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov. That's right. The directors of Alice in Wonderland and Wanted are getting together and having a vampire-slaying, civil war-winning, slave-freeing partaaaay.
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