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This week is one of those seminal weeks on SCI FI where you can look back, in years to come, and say 'I was there'.
This Thursday, March 20, at 7.30pm, Heroes will air for the first time on it's proper channel, SCI FI. Not only that, but you'll get to see the first three episodes back to back, so it'll be Heroes from 7.30pm until 10.00pm on Thursday, a great way to really revel in a great show. Check out our Heroes microsite for updates and cool stuff.
The day before, on Wednesday the 19th of March, Voyager will start its own, er voyage (really, are we really going to say voyage?) of triple treats from 1pm. It's a midday mini-marathon that will take you to the Delta Quadrant and leave you up to the eyeballs in Borg. Three episodes back to back give you enough time to truly savour the Janeway experience and get to know the most far-flung crew in the Star Trek galaxy.
Sending Episodes Of Stargate:sg1 To Scientists Could Save The World
GADGETS
Saturday, March 15
by Captain
In a disturbing trend, European robotocists have not only begun work on but now are further developing not normal, bring me a drink Martini-making robots, but self-replicating, swarm mentality robots.
We'll give you a moment for the eerie icy chill to run up and down your spine.
Yep.
"The REPLICATOR project focuses on the development of an advanced robotic system, consisting of a super-large-scale swarm of small autonomous mobile micro-robots that are capable of self-assembling into large artificial organisms."
It's Mad Max 2 meets Escape From New York! Neil Marshall, director of The Descent and Dog Soldiers, has ripped Scotland apart and torn it a new apocalypse for this unapologetic romp through the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-but-I-feel-fine genre.
Starring Rhona Mitra, who is a one-eyed ass-whupping elite soldier sent to lead a hand picked team to find a cure for the deadly plague that threatens to kill millions, this has more gratuitous violence, cannibalism and surly attitudes than is good for you, but what the heck, we'll have some more!
Supanova has just released its cemented, set-in-stone, not to be changed (at all) schedule for 2008, so convention fans can rejoice and finally book their schedules!
In 2008, Supanova will run from March 20 to 30th, at the Melbourne Showgrounds, and April 5th to the 6th in Brisbane at the RNA showgrounds.
Lovely ladies (and fan faves) Jewel Staite and Teryl Rothery are the big stars this year, so if you've got a hankering for all things Stargatey, with a dash of Firefly and B5, then things look good.
SCI FI PI visited the new Underworld movie, which is currently being shot in giant warehouses in the outskirts of Auckland and is posting this from a hotel room in the land of the long white cloud.
The prequel to the Underworld movies, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, takes us back in time for swashbuckling mediaeval vampires vs werewolves action.
Directed by famed production designer, Patrick Tatopolous, the film features the return of Michael Sheen as Lucian and Bill Nighy as Viktor, and sees the full appearance of Sonja, Viktor's daughter, vampire lover of werewolf Lucian and cause of all the fuss that is the thousand year war between wolf and bat, played by Rhona Mitra.
One of the greats. This week. On SCI FI.
Total Recall.
Yesss!
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Douglas Quaid, knockabout construction worker of the future. He's got a great life, a great wife (Sharon Stone) and a hankering - to go to Mars.
But Mars is expensive, so why not have the virtual tour and go to Rekall, where you can have the memories of your perfect holiday installed into your brain?
But what happens when your dream holiday of venturing to Mars (as a secret agent) goes horribly horribly wrong, because, er, you already are a secret agent? What about that, huh!
DVD REVIEW Released March 6
It's always a time for celebration when a cancelled Sci Fi show (of excellent quality) re-emerges from the netherworld of cancellation and returns for our viewing pleasure. Futurama, despite being co-created by Matt Groening, was always the sickly step-child in The Simpsons' family, but had a hugely loyal fan-base who responded to the innest of in-jokes that truly allowed the geek to be unleashed.
It's mammoth!
Released March 6
Starring Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Rated M
Science Fiction fans have a leg-up on the rest of the audience when it comes to this latest offering from Roland Emmerich. Pity those fools who are struggling with the concepts of 'historical accuracy' and 'geographical accuracy'. If you've seen Stargate, you'll soon recognise that 10000 BC may look like it's on earth, but it's not. 10000 BC is a strange planet, far, far away, where the laws of logic are very similar to those in a Conan movie. Some may say 10000 BC is Conan the Barbarian meets Stargate, but we'd never say that. That's far too obvious. Like the film.
Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3 - A Sci Fi Pi Special Feature
SPECIAL FEATURES
Wednesday, March 5
by Captain
The adventure begins in the Delphic Expanse, a region of space where the laws of physics don't apply.
ENTERPRISE SEASON 3 - The Best Star Trek Season Ever
As the final incarnation of televised Star Trek, Enterprise came in for a battering. Never before had expectations been so high, and never before had their been such a glut of Star Trek available to the audience, with all four shows airing and a film (Nemesis) flooding the universe. That said, the show underwent major tweaking during its four year run, and whilst there were moments of true brilliance, the shift from the perceived 'pc-itis' of Voyager to a more gritty, emotional and realistic world never did run smoothly. That said, Season 3 of Enterprise can be singled out as the finest season of Star Trek, ever.
Science Fiction fans take note! Here's the news on 2008's conventions. The where, the who's coming and the how! Here are just some of the myriad convention companies and some of the huge Sci Fi stars they are organising to make it to our little corner of planet earth in the coming months.
Saturday 5th April 2008 in Sydney and Sunday 6th April 2008 in Melbourne
The HUB Productions presents, from Serenity, Ron Glass and Jason Palmer with more guests to be announced
Ron Glass, Jason Palmer and other guests will be appearing on the 5th April 2008 in Sydney from 9:00am to 6:00pm and the 6th of April 2008 in Melbourne from 9.00am to 6.00pm.
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