The Sci Fi Scroll: Did Battlestar Galactica not have a Plan After All?
October 26th, 2009Categories: News and Updates, Paul S. White, Sci Fi Scroll
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Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
io9.com 10/23/09
Battlestar Galactica DVD movie “The Plan,” coming out Tuesday, tells the Cylons’ side of the story. It’s about why they attacked the colonies, and what they wanted from humanity. But watching it will leave you with more questions than answers. (Read the full article)
Learn Who Not To Expect In Lost’s Final Season
io9.com 10/24/09
According to co-creator Damon Lindelof, you shouldn’t expect everything to be explained in the final season of ABC’s Lost. In fact, some mysterious characters may be missing entirely from the last set of episodes. (Read the full article)
Harlan Ellison claims victory in weird Star Trek case
Sci Fi Wire 10/23/09
The lawsuit between Harlan Ellison and CBS Paramount—in which the litigious and irascible writer accused the company of cheating him over a Star Trek episode—is over. Ellison filed in March 2009 against CBS Paramount, alleging failure to pay for merchandising, publishing and other exploitations of “The City on the Edge of Forever,” an episode he wrote for the original Star Trek series, which first aired in April 1967. (Read the full article)
Ghost in the Shell to become a live-action movie
Sci Fi Wire 10/23/09
If you’re one of the people who saw the Wachowski brothers’ Matrix movies and thought, “Hey! They’re just ripping off Ghost in the Shell!”, have we got news for you: DreamWorks is developing a new, 3-D live-action version of the story, best known as the 1995 anime movie that was based on Masamune Shirow’s manga franchise. (Read the full article)
New Star Wars 3-D Trilogy: A No-Hope
io9.com 10/22/09
There’s a rumor floating around that George Lucas wants to produce another Star Wars trilogy, with Stephen Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola directing. Also it’s raining ice cream, Firefly is back, and I can fly. (Read the full article)
At the End of the World, We’ll All Be on Reality TV
io9.com 10/21/09
Will The Hills lead us to the apocalypse? In Lee Konstantinou’s Pop Apocalypse, we can watch anyone, anytime, and celebrity worship has infiltrated every aspect of our culture. It may just be the end of the world. (Read the full article)
Disney Touts a Way to Ditch the DVD
Wall Street Journal 10/21/09
Walt Disney Co. is close to unveiling technology that it says will enable entertainment companies to adapt their business models to a new reality in which consumers increasingly rely on computers and cell phones in place of DVD players and TVs. (Read the full article)
Get Ready for Chucktoberfest; The Nerd Herd May Return This Month
TV.com 10/14/09
Chuck news? In October? NBC’s crumbling empire could actually mean good things for one of its fan favorites. With Southland on the outs, NBC is looking to fill its schedule with something, and that something could very well be Chuck, says EW.com. (Read the full article)
