Stream Journeyman Episode 13: "Perfidia" on Monday (3/31) at 10 PM EST and PST: It's finale week for the streaming events. You can view the episode on savejourneyman.net, journeymanfansite.com and Hulu.com. For full streaming details, see this thread. Remember to click those ads while you stream - let the advertisers know we're streaming. Talk about [...]
Researchers: Asteroid Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
March 31, 2008 By 8 Comments
Written by: Lewis Smith for the Source: Fox SciTech News A clay tablet that has baffled scientists for 150 years has been identified as a witness's account of the asteroid suspected of being behind the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Researchers who cracked the cuneiform symbols on the Planisphere tablet believe that it recorded an [...]
Dresden Up for Free Comic Book Day
March 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Story submitted by: Melissa Timko (SoSF Contributor) Free Comic Book Day, Saturday May 3rd, 2008, is the single day, once a year, when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores. Of importance to Harry Dresden fans is the [...]
XM/Slice of SciFi Update
March 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
A note to all our XM-Satellite Radio listeners. It now appears that XM has returned to running one week behind our normal podcast online schedule for airing shows. Therefore, this morning's show on XM's The Sonic Channel for Slice of SciFi was not our Nichelle Nichols/J. Neil Schulman interview but the one we did last [...]
Hicks Picks 21
March 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
New "Dark Knight" trailer to debut tomorrow? Last year "Cloverfield" set a new bar for viral marketing to build anticipation and curiosity for a Hollywood project. This year, it appears that the upcoming "The Dark Knight" is not only looking to clear that bar, but raise it even higher. As previously reported, the film has [...]
A FLASH in the Pan!
March 31, 2008 By 3 Comments
Source: MICHAEL HINMAN of SyFy Portal Submitted by: Tim J. Mapes (SyFy Portal & SoSF Fan) Finally, it looks like everyone can say goodbye to what some critics have called one of the worst SF television shows to come along in quite so time. SCI FI Channel's "Flash Gordon" is history, according to Variety. While [...]
Lawless' Lips Are Sealed
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On "Late Night with David Letterman" last week, Lucy Lawless said her lips are sealed when it comes to revealing SPOILERS for the upcoming season of "Battlestar Galactica." "True 'Battlestar' fans don't want spoilers, and I would never tell anyway," said Lawless, when some of the Letterman writers tried to finagle the identity of the [...]
Indiana Jones and the Movie of Lowered Expectations!
March 31, 2008 By 11 Comments
Written by: Mike McCafferty (SoSF Guest Contributor) Indy IV is coming to theatres this may 22nd (bit torrent may 23rd!) and I think most of us are feeling the same mixed emotions. It’s best summed up as the end of Raider’s of the Lost Ark (Oh, excuse me: INDIANA JONES and The Raiders of the [...]
GH, DT & BSG All New This Week on SCI FI
March 31, 2008 By 2 Comments
And, don't forget that "Battlestar Galactica" returns with all new episodes for it fourth and final season beginning this Friday, April 4, 2008. The Countdown for the New Revelation Begins with a special premiere event at Noon EDT then the regular season begins that night at 10/9C as the Galactica and its fleet confront the [...]
"21" Cashes In at Box Office, Horton Slips To #2
March 30, 2008 By
"Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who" has finally been unseated from its first place position in U.S. box office by "21," a fact-based film about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. Coming in third will likely be the new superhero [...]
Happy Earth Hour! -- For Reals?
March 30, 2008 By 5 Comments
Written by: Mike McCafferty (SoSF Guest Contributor) There really is something now called "Earth Hour", the point of which is to turn off your lights for one hour? C’mon. I remember that Earth Day thing. In fact, I did a musical waaay back in college about how we need to safe guard our resources and [...]
Siegel Estate Retains Rights to Superman
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The courts have issued a ruling in the case regarding the Siegel Estate's rights to "Superman." What isn't resolved by the judge's decision is the ownership of the "Superboy" name because the courts are handling that issue as a separate case. This current ruling however, does award Jerome (Jerry) Siegel's heirs copyright of all Superman [...]
Cast of "Battlestar Galactica" Offers Final Season Hints
March 30, 2008 By 1 Comment
With the end of a long wait for new episodes of "Battlestar Galactica" in sight and new episodes hitting the airwaves Friday, the stars of the show are out and about, promoting the series' fourth season and giving a few (key word: few) hints of what to expect from the final season. Saturday's Los Angeles [...]
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