SciFi Surplus Podcast #005
November 10, 2007
WGA Strike Opinion. 5 Best Sequels. Conspiracy: Aliens in Vince’s Underwear. News: J.K. Rowling, Heroes, Rachel Nichols. Discussion: Books Made Into Movies, For Better or Worse.
The soundbite at the beginning of the show was from “Galaxy Quest.”
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Anti-witness News:
Rock to play villain in Shazam! - http://www.scifi.com/…
Gellar to be Sorrow - http://www.scifi.com/…
Heroes Plans for Strike - http://community.tvguide.com/…
New Night Rider - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/…
Rowling Writes Beedle the Bard - http://www.reuters.com/…
Rachel Nichols to Have Role in Trek XI - http://www.torontosun.com/…
Fulbright Scholarship for Manga - http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/…
Contest
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Event Continuum
In theaters:
Southland Tales. This film stars Dwayne Johnson, Sean William Scott and Sarah Michelle Gellar. It’s an EXTREMELY limited release so most of us will just have to wait to see if it ever gets released on DVD. The screenings are happening on Wednesday, November 14th.
Beowulf. This animated feature stars Angelina Jolie and Anthony Hopkins. The release is Friday, November 16th. In addition to appearing in standard theaters, it will also be shown at 3-D Imax venues.
There’s one convention to talk about:
The Philadelphia Conference on Science Fiction happens from Friday, November 16th until Sunday. It’s a literary con and the principal speaker is Eric Flint. The website is http://philcon.org.
Heroes, Volume One. This stunning hardcover collects the amazing online comics based on the Emmy-nominated show “Heroes!” This volume — featuring a cover by comics legend Alex Ross — also includes an introduction by Masi Oka, all 34 chapters of Season One, and Tim Sale’s artwork as seen on the show. The comics included have been written and illustrated by some of comics’ and television’s top writers and artists, including Michael Turner, Phil Jimenez, Marcus To, and more! This title is available now.
A War of Gifts: An Ender Story. The fifth book from Orson Scott Card’s Ender saga is available now in hardcover.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier. This hardcover is available for pre-order. It will be out on Wednesday November 14th.
Confessor, the 11th book in Terry Goodkinds “Sword of Truth” series is available for pre-order and will be out on Tuesday, November 13th.
Contact Harvest from the Halo franchise is available in paperback.
Here are D-V-Ds that are out on Tuesday, November 13th:
The Addams Family - The Complete Series
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition)
November 10th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
*Hangs head in shame*
Turns out there already is a Species IV.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species:_The_Awakening
Yeah … ummm …
November 28th, 2007 at 11:19 am
First off… Great show guys. I am already a loyal downloader.
But I must protest that “Aliens” didn’t make your best sequels list. Possibly you didn’t think it was an improvement over the first given that the first was very good. It’s a tough call but I think “Aliens” introduced some great stuff. The gritty realistic Space Marines, the Alien queen, and some fine hardware…
Anyway I would of included this on the list instead of Terminator 2 which, while good, I don’t believe was that much better than the first.
My 2 cents.
Thanks for this podcast. It’s alright… I don’t even mind when you say “ass”.
-J
November 28th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
I’m going to have to agree with J. When I think of the effect that Aliens had on scifi in general, it seems greater than Terminator 2. I hear “Game over, man!” as much as I hear “I’ll be back!”
Aliens also had that cool preview that revealed *nothing* about the film. (I wish all previews for sequels were like that. Mystery is good!)
Don’t get me wrong, though. I still like Terminator 2. But yeah, Aliens should’ve gotten the nod there.
December 7th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
I agree that Star Trek II is one of the greatest sequals of all time! I love that movie! I do like the others as well but that one is by far the best!
One thing about the Ender’s Game movie. Orson Scott Card said recently that he was going to have a very strict part in the making of the film so I highly doubt that it will ruin the book. In fact I hear that they are combining Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow so that we can have the two views so they don’t have to have the characters talking to themselves about what they are thinking. I think that will help.