Watching the latest Star Trek movie felt like falling in love all over again....  Star Trek was after all, my first scifi fandom, and I look forward to many more installments (movies, novels or perhaps, episodes?!) with this new yet "old" crew of the Enterprise.

Don't think too hard about the alternate reality/parallel universe implications, ( Read more... )

Shocking! This is my first post of the year.  Real life has taken over and stifled the geek in me.... until now!  Since reading the Star Trek world premiere reports from Sydney and Austin (lucky bastards, err I mean fellow Trekkies), I've started to hunt for more Trek morsels to tide me over during this one month wait.  Beam me up, Scotty!

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One of my favourite modern poems written by Neil Gaiman is now illustrated by Jouni Koponen. Flash version here.  Imaginative allegory about keeping perspective on "the bigger picture" and how our own short-sighted fixations cause us to miss the amazing world beyond ourselves.

That day, the saucers landed. Hundreds of them, golden,
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While we anxiously wait the conclusion of SPN's mid-season two parter this Thursday, check out these SPN 414 casting sides - MAJOR spoiler warning. There's a section that's almost dedicated to you fans of Win-cest and brotherly conflict! I wonder if Sera Gamble wrote this... ;)

Wow, this is way different -- and better than I expected for the next Star Trek movie due early May 2009. Live long and prosper, JJ Abrams!

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Hehehehe. My Bloody Valentine (3D) premieres January 16, 2009 in the US, coming to a screen near you in time for your "Horror in 3D" date. Want more? Set report here and the writer's journal here.

I'd originally planned to post on ways to salvage my waning 3 year relationship with Heroes. So I started a list of "what's dysfunctional" with the show thus far in S3: over-used apocalyptic visions, alter-egos, time travel and good vs evil showdowns, and ultimately, the character abuse with Hiro and sidekick Ando, Tracy/Niki/Jessica/XXX, Mohinder/ ( Read more... )

I first came across Ben Edlund as the writer of Jaynestown ("The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne!") - one of my favourite Firefly episodes. He's since gone on to co-executive produce Supernatural and is responsible for an array of episodes, ranging from good (e.g. Nightshifter) to ones with mixed fan reactions (e.g. Bad Day at Black Rock, ( Read more... )

IMO, best episode of S4 so far. My head is spinning. Posting this before re-watching it with the hubby - after I do some real work!

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Once again, Supernatural continues to deliver. It is so good to be able to watch it along with *most* of the SPN fandom ... and the hubby! :)

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