SciFi Surplus Podcast #046
June 7, 2008
Interview: John G. Hemry, Jack Campbell. Topics: Ridley Scott, Terminator, Iron Man, Green Hornet, Fanboys, X-Files
Thank you for listening to us. This is show number 46 published on June 8th, 2008. Following our last Council discussion on Warfare in Speculative Fiction and the great thoughts of listeners in the show’s comments on the website, we’re going to talk to Military Science Fiction author John G. Hemry. You may know him better by his pen name, Jack Campbell. We’re eagerly awaiting the latest book in his Lost Fleet series and he has fascinating information about the military and battle in space. In the news we’re going to be talking about Ridley Scott, Terminator Salvation, Iron Man, The Green Hornet, Fanboys, the X-Files.
SPECIAL NOTE - At the end of this episode I accidentally identified it as #045. Sorry abou that. -Casey
Anti-witness News
Ridley Scott Returns to SF, rumored to be working on Ender’s game.
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Eclipse Magazine Interview
Ender’s Game Speculation
Ridley Scott will return to Science Fiction movie making. In an interview with Eclipse magazine dot com, the Bladerunner and Alien director, says he will begin working to adapt a book that he’s been waiting on for 20 years.
Terminator 4 Rumors Set To Spoil Film
Source - Please realize that there are spoilers associated with this story AND the subsequent links!
Between, “Ain’t It Cool News” and CHUD dot com, the highly anticipated film, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, is set to be spoiled for all of us before it even gets to theaters. We at SciFi Surplus have been reporting the tid-bits that have been trickling out and there are so many spoilers that have burst through the floodgates that we don’t dare tell you any more because it’s potentially harmful to your enjoyment of the movie.
Billie Piper Show Not SciFi
Showtime’s SDCG Page with a Promo Clip
SDCG’s IMDB Page
Third Series Ordered by ITV2
Here’s an email from Matt in Apex, North Carolina:
I don’t know if you can talk about this, but I noticed in the June 8
Newsweek that Billie Piper (Rose in Dr. Who) is appearing in a
British series that will be shown on Showtime. It’s called Secret
Diary of a Call Girl. Definitely not G rated. Too bad I don’t get
Showtime and I don’t know how I would explain getting it to my wife.
It’s a British show. You can see clips from it on Youtube. Actually … ITV2. And it’s been picked up for a third season. The show is based on a blog called Belle de Jour: diary of a London call girl.
This kind of news is slow to get to America.
RepRap Replicates Itself
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A robot has replicated itself for the first time. The RepRap, short for Replicating Rapid-prototyper, is an affordable, open-source 3-D printer that can build any plastic component. The parent, child, and grandchild were revealed to the world at the Cheltenham Science Festival.
Iron Man sequel will likely not follow the Demon in a Bottle storyline:
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Iron Man director, Jon Favreau, says the “Demon in a Bottle” storyline revered by comic-book fans is unlikely to be a part of the movie sequel. Favreau says that his main concern about is any possible conflict with the upcoming Will Smith movie, “Hancock,” which will feature an alcoholic superhero who seems to be his own worst enemy.
Green Hornet release date set. The movie was written by Seth Rogen:
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“Knocked Up” star, Seth Rogen, has written the script and plans to star in “The Green Hornet.” The Green Hornet is the alter-ego of Britt Reed, a newspaper magnate that fights crime. The proposed release date is June 25th, 2010.
Kyle Newman Returns to Fanboys
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Director Kyle Newman has returned to “Fanboys” to oversee the final cut of the film. There were issues with major plot points that involved terminal cancer that were pulled out of the original script after the movie was completed. Everyone was brought back for re-shoots. The film was originally supposed to be in theaters in 2007 and there is still no release date.
New X-Files Trailer available online:
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There is another online trailer for “X-Files: I Want to Believe.” The link is in the show notes at scifisurplus.com. The new X-Files movie is due in theaters July 25th.
Interview with John G. Hemry (Jack Campbell)
Amazon link to Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet Series
Amazon link to John’s Previous Books
Link to John G. Hemry’s Website
