Catch up on Sci-fi news
A few things that are now probably old news for some of you have come across my reader. Sorry I didn’t get to pass them on earlier. I done been busy.
So this’ll be just a quick list for the most part.
The next Family Guy: Blue Harvest special will parody Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. There will also be an upcoming Family Guy episode that features a Star Trek crew:
“In one episode, Stewie kidnaps the cast of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” They (the original cast members) all came back, reunited to do their voices for us,” McFarland teased.
NBC’s My Own Worst Enemy has been cancelled. The 8th episode may be the last to be seen, as the show was cancelled during production of it’s 9th episode. Personally I think they should let it run through the 13 shows originally ordered, but I can understand this show not catching on. It’s no Journeyman. Given more time, though, I could see the overarching plot twisting a bit in interesting directions. Still… there’s something not quite satisfying about it. Maybe it’s that the two main characters can never actually meet, so their arguments are always indirect. Christian Slater, though, does a great job of separating the two characters.
Doctor Who: Big news here is that David Tennant is leaving the show at the end of 2009’s specials. That hurts. He’s really great. He’ll be a tough act to follow, I think… but then I thought that after Christopher Eccleston, too, and that turned out great. Other old, but disappointing news is that the rumored multiple Doctors Children-in-need special didn’t happen, but instead featured the opening clip from this year’s Christmas special “The Next Doctor”. I don’t think this is the actor who will be taking over for Tennant, but it looks interesting:
Something on Battlestar Galactica has surfaced. The trailer for the last half of the final season for the show is out. Looks good.
And remember that Star Trek trailer that was released last week? A new version of it was released with a single small but significant change. Nimoy’s Spock stops in to drop a few familiar words:
Live long, and prosper
Well, that’s it for now. Maybe next time I’ll have news on things that haven’t been reported to death already. 
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November 27th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Yay Family Guy episodes wooo! lol - I’m not too big into the whole sci-fi thing anymore sadly, albeit it is something I do love. I’m normally too busy with all sorts to actually get back into any…thinking about it now I really wanna watch the entire series of Sliders!
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Jeff says:
November 27th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Ah, Sliders… that was fun show. Really fell apart in the later seasons, though. I wouldn’t mind seeing the first season or two again myself.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Wow! Nimoy-as-Spock looks ancient! Accounting for Vulcans living longer than humans, are they even going to TRY to explain that by suggesting that, say, Nimoy-Spock comes from the twenty-fifth century or some such?
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Jeff says:
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Yeah, he’s got a few years on him, that’s for sure. That’s a good question, too. My guess is they’ll ignore it, though I’ve not heard what the time period is for his part of the movie, so it could be dealt with.
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