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Bruce Boxleitner, who played Captain (then President) John Sheridan on iconic SCI FI show Babylon 5, will join yet another iconic SCI FI show for its next season - Heroes.
According to America's TV Guide, he'll be playing a recurring character that 'interacts' with one of the shows leading ladies. Apparently, the now 58 year old actor was originally slated for a John McCain type role, but the character was re-written to let the ol' Boxleitner magic shine. No details as yet, but good news for Heroes fans nervous after the recent strlkes.
The internet is a beautiful place, where the unlikely and the awesome marry into a veritable treasure-trove of geeky goodness.
Recently, Wil Wheaton, (yes, that Wil Wheaton), said on his blog, (yes, he has a blog), that he wasn't too sure about JJ Abrams' comments about 'reinventing Trek, as published in Wired.
Here's the blog post in its entirety, and a doozy at that. It's the kind of thing that any true Star Trek fan may write. And yet, at the same time, it's something more. Bringing fans and stars together, the internet is. Enjoy.
Glarkware, one of the few truly tremendous receptacles for awesome yet geeky T-shirts, has come up with a limited edition number for true die-hard Battlestar Galactica fans.
Only available in May, it's an excellent alternative and/or replacement for your Kevin '07 T-shirt!
Fans of the Show will tell you of the difficulties that occur when you try to run an election with only 50,000 living humans scattered across a rag tag flotilla of spaceships, you're dying of cancer and your running mate is a Cylon-lovin' traitor.
As Marvel finds its feet as a fully fledged movie studio with the spectacular success of Iron Man, it has just announced a slate of Superhero movies stretching into 2011!
First up, as you'd expect, an Iron Man sequel, skedded for April 30, 2010, which shows that they are very serious about making sure of the quality, and that they hadn't automatically organised a sequel for the current hit.
Lovers of Scandinavian Gods turned Superhero will be stoked that Thor is skedded for June 4. Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, Stardust) is currently set to direct. The rumours that Dolph Lundgren is set to star are completely unfounded.
May the 4th be with you!
Well that was yesterday, but the thought still counts, all this week on SCI FI.
We've got another new line up for you to keep things fresh.
Tuesday night is the night to Get Your Gate On.
From 7.30pm all the way to 10.30pm, it's pure Gatey Goodness, with SG-1 at 7.30pm, Atlantis at 8.30pm and even more SG-1 at 9.30pm.
After travelling to every conceivable planet (included PBX 7331) and even the Pegasus Galaxy, return to Earth at 10.30pm with Destination Truth, where you can join Josh Gates on his hunt for all things otherworldly on our world. Fact, fiction, myth or cynical tourist hoax, he'll track it down and reveal all that Scully and Mulder failed to uncover.
Just when you thought we couldn't possibly have any more excitement in the superhero movie department, along comes the new trailer for the Dark Knight. There's really not much to say that the trailer doesn't already say about the return of Mr Bruce Wayne.
It's out in July.
And...
It's awesome.
Click on the link and colour yourself impressed.
Once a year we are blessed with a month and date that coincides with that which is all around us.
The Force it is. Mmmhmm.
May the 4th has unofficially become Star Wars Day, where fans of the Star Wars experience can stop and consider the most awesome pun ever. It's a time where fans and non-fans alike can explore the uninhibited joy that comes from letting go of reality and embracing a galaxy a long time ago, far, far away.
Here's a collection of the very best Star Wars joy that Earth has to offer.
In case you haven't entered our competition yet, or seen the post in our forums - Captain Mal is coming Downunder.
Yes. You read that right. Serenity's Captain, Nathan Fillion, will be coming to visit Sydney and Melbourne next week - just in time for Mother's Day. The Hub is responsible for this good thing and are giving away twenty double passes in all to the conventions that feature both Nathan and Ron Glass (Shepherd Book). Details are below. It's another good sign that Sci Fi is not only healthy in Oz, but growing at a rapid rate. If you are a geek, now is the time to let your geek flag fly!
Released May 1
Starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Terence Howard
Director Jon Favreau
Rated M
Does Iron Man live up to it's hype? Not quite. Although it would be the world's greatest movie if it did. That said, it's not a bad effort at all, and everything you saw in the trailer was true. Robert Downey is suavely damaged goods, the action is fast and furious and the technology is the coolest movie technology, ever. Iron Man is a must-see movie for the Marvel-ites and of course, for anyone looking for a big screen romp.
Greg Johnson, writer of the brand spanking new straight-to-DVD Marvel superhero movies, The Ultimate Avengers, The Ultimate Avengers II, The Invincible Iron Man and Dr Strange (out now) has been busy lately. Very busy. In a Marvel-rich environment he's managed to redefine what an animated comic-book movie is, something un-sneerable in this day and age. What used to be merely kid's fodder or the domain of Japanese freakshas now gone mainstream and upmarket, and the results are crowd-pleasing, a perfect pitch of fan-boy thumbs up and newbie excitement.
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