SFS 209 Death Star Requirements and Kristen Kreuk Three-fer

Did Lost’s Terry O’Quinn make a deal with the Devil?

Will Kristen Kreuk’s beauty tame the beast?

Who will play Black Canary to CW’s Green Arrow?

Will Michael Bay direct another Transformers movie?

How is that Ghostbusters 3 script coming along?

The answers to these questions and more are on the way! Continue reading

SFS 208 Falling Skies gets Locke and Phantom Menace in half-ass 3-D

  • What is Harrison Ford’s role in the new Bladerunner movie? We’ll give you the details.
  • Veteran film effects man, Douglas Trumbull is going to put Peter Jackson and James Cameron to shame. Find out what he’s talking about.
  • Can Doctor Who co-exist with Star Trek? Find out!
  • This episode is going to be heavy on Star Wars because of the big 3D thing.
  • George Lucas spouts more revisionist-rhetoric.
  • Jar-Jar Binks is outted as a traitor
  • And Casey half-heartedly reviews the half-hearted Phantom Menace 3D release

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SFS 207 J.J. Abrams’ Revolution and Watchmen Prequel

  • News from the world of comics (Marvel, DC, Watchmen, Avengers)
  • Doctor Who gets awards
  • JJ Abrams sold a pilot (Revolution)
  • Kids today are lucky (Hellboy Camp) Continue reading

SFS 206 Watch for new Rockne S. O’Bannon shows plus SOPA post-game

  • Casey plays a Bounty Hunter named Kruss on the Vrook Lamar server in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

    The network formerly known as the Sci Fi Channel is planning some Sci Fi programming.

  • The CW is planning some shows.
  • George Lucas is taking his ball home.
  • The Internet gets blacked out. Continue reading

SFS 205 Casey has a hypothetical affair with author Gini Koch

I’m going to have a conversation with Gini Koch, author of the Touched by an Alien series.

Paramount officially launches Star Trek 2 for real.
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British Invade Star Trek 2 and Vince Fixes Time

  • Warner Bros. might be figuring out what we already know.
  • The British are joining Star Trek!  The British are joining Star Trek!  (Look for 1 lantern alight at the church steeple if by Doctor Who, 2 if by Sherlock.  Why are there three lanterns? )
  • A kick ass battle is brewing in the Marvel Universe.
  • Vince proposes a brand new calendar based on an idea that we can all get behind. Continue reading

203 Hunger Games Primer and Vince waxes his BeagleBone

  • Watchmen 2 Leaks
  • Thor sequel has a director
  • Reality shows in the news
  • Ender’s Game casting still happening Continue reading

We’ll see you in 2012 but first the big announcement!!

I’m going to kick off 2012 with “Casey’s Countdown to Destruction” to celebrate the new year (end of days according to the Mayan calendar.) The plan was for this to already be done and on the feed but alas it didn’t come to be. In fact, I’m not sure sure what I’m counting down yet but I’m leaning toward “Worst End-of-year Countdown Lists.”

This seriously lame-ass way of letting you know how excited we are that Sci Fi Surplus is available on Stitcher Smart Radio is not quite what I had in mind but it will have to do for now. So on with the big announcement! Continue reading

202 Simon Pegg says no Kahn while Men In Black 3 teases us

Thank you for listening. This is show 202. I’m Vince.
And I’m Casey. On the feed December 18, 2011.

  • Simon Pegg says KAHN?!?
  • Men In Black 3 Trailer has Casey in a fit of happy
  • Star Wars makes an appearance on Glee.
  • Stan Lee is working on an Epic superhero film
  • Ridley Scott is back with a poster
  • Plus more world-shattering Doctor Who news

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SFS 201 YouTube is Casey’s Master as Europe runs out of robots

  • Lots of talk about that Doctor Who Christmas special with Chris Swanson (Wily Badger)
  • An update on “Ender’s Game: The Movie”
  • The Blastr blog says Steampunk is dead. I’ll tell you why.
  • Sometimes YouTube is my master. Join me and we’ll rule the universe together.
  • Hear what Steven Moffat has to say about that American Doctor Who movie