Anyone see GalaxyQuest yet?

I loved that movie. It was naughty!

By Bryan Cummings (Houdini) on Unrecorded Date:

FYI: Star Wars Episode I is being released to video (VHS) on April 4.

The DVD release will not occur untill after the work for episode II and III is done.

By Bryan Cummings (Houdini) on Unrecorded Date:

The X-Men Movie is being released on July 14, 2000.


The mutant watch is on!

http://www.mutantwatch.com

By I get the last laugh (Knight_hawk) on Unrecorded Date:

GalaxyQuest rocked.
I put a deposit down on the widescreen edition of Episode 1 about two weeks ago.

I'm so bad.

By Bryan Cummings (Houdini) on Unrecorded Date:

Cool! Why is that so bad? Collecting sci-fi videos is in your blood!

By Funk Sol Brother (Sol) on Unrecorded Date:

Yeah! Sci-Fi must be preserved at all cost if we are to build the foundation for our tech-rich future. I want my flying car, da*nit!

Sol

By Bryan Cummings (Houdini) on Unrecorded Date:

I saw "Mission To Mars" on Saturday.

You know, for a movie with great special effects and an all-star cast the writing was well, how do I say this kindly? The cold hard truth was that the script was predictable and uninspired. That being said, it was entertaining, in a comfortably predictable sort of way.

"Missio to Mars" is in short, a dollar theatre movie.

My .02 cents.

-Houdini-

By Bryan Cummings (Houdini) on Unrecorded Date:

Hey, did anyone here anything about this yet?

A live action movie version of Tomb Raider is currently in pre-production. Aprox. scheduled release date: Spring 2001.

Cool.

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Unrecorded Date:

The 12 members who sit on the Jedi Council in episode one are as follows:

Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson)
Yoda (duh)
Ki-Adi-Mundi (elongated head, white top-knot & manchu-looking goattee)
Even Piell (pink guy with the scarred eye & floppy ears)
Depa Billaba (hindu-looking lady)
Yarael Poof (long-neck, matchstick-head guy)
Eeth Koth (black guy with the crown-looking bunch o'horn-thingies around his head)
Saesee Tiin (demon-looking guy with the downward-pointing, purple, horn-looking things)
Oppo Rancisis (white, hairy, wookiee-looking guy)
Plo Koon (big orange guy with the black breathing mask thingy)
Adi Gallia (beautiful black woman with the tentacle-thingies for hair)
Yaddle (477 year-old female version of Yoda; head of Library Assembly)

Just some more useless knowledge from me... ;>

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Unrecorded Date:

Anakin Skywalker has been cast for episode II & III. He's a 19 year-old actor from Canada. And yes, he's 6'1" so they did cast height... Follow the following link for the full story:

http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/news/2000/19/news4b.html

By robin (Lox) on Unrecorded Date:

Hmm... it will be interesting to see what changes they make to episode II. I don't think they got the overall review they wanted got episode I. I liked it, but I would hardly call it a classic. Maybe part of it was, it was too modern. Movies that want to stay classic, shouldn't use modern expressions (ie ex-squeeze me!)

I have one request of episode II. I want to see Jar Jar die!!!! :)

-Robin

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Unrecorded Date:

George Lucas has already slated Jar-Jar for both episode 2 & 3 already. I think he's gonna try and make him into a chewbacca-esque figure, only instead of kick-ass cool, he's nauseatingly stupid in his attempts to be cutesy-funny. Didn't you notice how Lucas extended the "life-debt" honor-concept to the Gungans, who don't seem to have much honor to begin with? If an army of Wookies was hangin out, trying to fight an army of droids, I doubt the wookies would turn tail and run when their precious shield generator failed... Just my humble, near-official opinion. ;>

By supertease =9 (Lox) on Unrecorded Date:

Man.... that sucks! :( It's questionable whether I will be able to sit through the movies then. I have this violent hatred towards Jar Jar.. It's the weirdest thing! I cringe through all the scenes with him now.

Ah well.. hopefully he'll change his character a little (well, alot!) (I agree about the turning tail and running thing)

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Unrecorded Date:

So, apparently SW Insider magazine embellished upon the truth slightly, when I read that Ewan McGregor had spent time with Sir Alec Guinness while studying for Obi-Wan. I just read an interview on the SW page where Ewan told the interviewer he hadn't spent any time with Sir Alec, he just watched all of his old movies over and over and over again, studying voice, mannerisms, and everything. Oh, well... Sorry for perpetuating a myth. I thought it was official, coming from SW Insider. I was wrong... L8R.

By Funk Sol Brother (Sol) on Unrecorded Date:

re Jar Jar: The way I understand it, SW I, II, and III are basically Jar Jar's coming of age story. You know, in episode I he is young and brash, unpolished youth. In II he trains to be a Jedi, becoming double-powerful and falling in love with Amidala - it is a beautiful love story AND an adventure! In episode III the circle is complete and Jar Jar is a real jedi at last, saving Obi-Wan's life on the edge of the volcano and kicking Vader's arse, thus at last fulfilling his life-debt to Qui-Gon.

According to Lucas, the "bit characters" (Yoda, Anikan, Obi-Wan, Mace) will fade into the background significantly more in episode II leaving more room for character development between Jar Jar and Amidala. Anikan will also see much less screen time - this will make his character much more mysterious, leaving most of his development for IV, V, and VI.

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Unrecorded Date:

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain--I AM the ALL POWERFUL OZ!!!" ;>

Good one, Sol! For a minute, I was actually loading my gun so I could shoot myself in the head--until I realized it was a joke. HAHAHAHAHA-Hahahahaaaaaah! Ummmmm... It was a joke, wasn't it? Sol? ... ;>

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_hawk) on Unrecorded Date:

FYI
apparently due to a large online petition Lucas has relented and is putting the first trilogy out on DVD soon.

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_hawk) on Unrecorded Date:

on Sunday July 16 at 9 pm Sci-Fi is going to be airing what they call a sciography. This one is about Battlestar Galactica.

By Bryan Cummings (Houdini) on Unrecorded Date:

I saw the X-Men movie last night. Go see this movie! It's X-celent!

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Unrecorded Date:

I also enjoyed it. They changed some very minor things about the story concerning Rogue and Wolverine, but sometimes little changes need to be made when transposing something from comic to movie. Patrick Stewart did an awesome job as Xavier, and Ian McKellum did really good as Magneto, but I personally think the entire movie was stolen by the performance of that new guy who plays Wolverine. Perfect portrayal, I think--and I'm a HUGE Wolverine fan. Not much development anywhere else tho, really. They didn't really go into Storm or Cyclops or Jean Grey in very much detail--you kinda had to be a comic fan to even know how they should be acting--but the actors did do a good job all around. Fred's high-points:

:Introduction of Wolverine. Says it all about his character.
:Truck accident/fight with Sabertooth.
:Xavier/Magneto face-off with police in front of train station. VERY kewl.
:Mystique/Wolverine fight in base of Statue of Liberty.
:Sabertooth/Wolverine fight ON Statue of Liberty.

These were my personal favorite scenes; if you've seen the movie, then you'll probably agree with me. Also, I liked the interaction between Wolverine and Cyclops throughout the movie. The kids did their homework. L8R!

By Margravine (Ranger) on Unrecorded Date:

Gee whiz, guys. The only first run movie I've seen or am likely to see any time soon was ....Chicken Run.

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Unrecorded Date:

So, apparently Watto will be making a return appearance, as well as Shmi Skywalker (yes, I'm talking about Star Wars again). Ki-Adi-Mundi will have a more prominent role, and so will Yoda and Mace Windu. Stunt coordinator Nick Gillard said that Mace Windu's fighting prowess is second only to Yoda's, adding "if he gets close to you--you're dead." I can't wait to see THAT. Also, Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor will definately be doing all their own stunts. On a side note, for all you LA Law and NYPD Blue fans: Jimmy Smits has been cast to play Bail Organa of Alderaan--you know, Leia's adoptive daddy who dies when the Death Star blows up the planet? He should do really well. It has also been hinted at that we will get to see Yoda fight, but everything is being kept a big secret. Apparently, their are alot of bounty hunter roles being cast right now, so I'm assuming the main bad guys will be bounty hunters? Just a shot in the dark. Episode 2 also has a co-screenwriter, so hopefully the story won't suck as bad as 1. There's supposed to be alot of political intricacy happening, as well as a complex love story, so hopefully there'll be room for some LIGHTSABER DUELING. I have spoken. ;>

(for the latest info visit www.starwars.com)

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_hawk) on Unrecorded Date:

I went to Scifi.com and proved my theory correct. What theory you may ask. Well after watching the Road Warrior and realized that the warrior woman that buys it at the end on the rig now plays Zan on Farscape. And she does Road Warrior was her Debut.

I also found out that Leonardo Decrapio's film debute was Critters 3. Just another reason added to my list of why I dislike the guy.

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_hawk) on Unrecorded Date:

Apparently the script for Matrix 2 is done and filming will begin in November. The movie should be out in 2002 while the third one is being filmed right afterwards to be out in 2003.

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_hawk) on Unrecorded Date:

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_hawk) on Unrecorded Date:

I hope that work all I get are two X's. They are supposed to be Farscape Images so I hope this worked.

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Unrecorded Date:

We don't have the bandwidth to support images anymore, and so the option to upload them has been removed. Sorry, but since LEV is living on a budget right now, this has to be adhered to. We are working on finding a new home for LEV, due to the high price of maintenance on the server where Bry keeps it. Consequently, I am trying to get DSL access, and once that happens, I can put up a web-based server and host LEV myself. Until then, we, the administration, will keep you posted. Keep the LEV!

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_hawk) on Unrecorded Date:

Ok who else thought that having Chritons eyeballs pulled out of his head was a little much?

By Margravine (Ranger) on Unrecorded Date:

Agreed. Way too icky for prime time.

By Bryan Cummings (Houdini) on Unrecorded Date:

Did anyone see the first episode of Dark Angel yet? I taped it, but haven't see it yet, so keep the spoilers down a notch... thanx!

Reviews?

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Unrecorded Date:

I don't get TV. I could if I wanted to, but I really don't feel like paying for cable yet...

By Margravine (Ranger) on Unrecorded Date:

I saw it. It had one or two good ideas, but....
There were some really obvious flaws - things that are sure fire death knells in any cyberpunk world I've run in/read about. They really need better researchers and/or guys with original thoughts. I'll give it a chance but my overall rating is ***one shrug***

By Margravine (Ranger) on Wednesday, June 06, 2001 - 11:16 am:

Got something for all you Ewok haters out there:
http://www.theforce.net/swtc/holocaust.html

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Wednesday, June 06, 2001 - 07:42 pm:

Does anyone else remember a game where you could throw logs at Ewoks as they dance accross the screen. I kid you not I remember seeing this in stores.

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 09:13 am:

So howabout the new Star Trek: Enterprise? I'm surprised no one has let out a peep about it yet! Anyone seen it? Second ep aired this past WED in Rochester. Whaddya think of the crew?

Sol

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 09:56 am:

I don't get TV. I don't watch TV. I pass my time nowadays working, watching movies, playing video games, or painting. Sorry.

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 10:16 am:

I like the show, the crew is pretty good and all that(Need a few more eps to get a good idea.) My biggest problem is with the ship, while the show takes place a mere 100 years from first contact the ship looks more like an Akira class ship from the Next Gen. era. I do like the new theme music though.

Speaking of Next Gen. I have been watching it when I can on TNN. I got cable the Wed. after it aired on TNN and watched the five day marathon.

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 10:22 am:

BTW Derf, Enterprise is on channel 9 so all you need is a rabbit ears antenae(SP).

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 11:54 am:

Knight Hawk,

According to History (I think) the Feds' first contact with the Klingons sparked a war - but the end of episode 1 seemed to show a peaceful 1st encounter. Also, how did the Feds (suspicious offworlders) get into the Great Hall so easily? My question!

I like the crew so far, too, the vulcan woman seems very crass and critical - even Spock had some charm. It will be a challenge to develop her character into someone the viewers can like as a person.

Sol

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 11:56 am:

Uncle Bill sez Phantom Menace is coming out on DVD soon!

Sol

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 12:13 pm:

I saw the latest MAXIM where the vulcan girl is the cover girl in a little fuzzy bikini. Va-VOOOOM!!!

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Saturday, October 13, 2001 - 10:44 am:

I misseed the pilot so I have no clue of what you speak Brother Sol. But I can see where you are coming from. Just remember all the continuity errors of the Next Generation.

SW:ep1 is due out this tuesday on DVD, while the movie sadly remains the same the extras are said to be excellent and well worth the cost of the DVD.

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Saturday, October 13, 2001 - 01:17 pm:

That's interesting since I heard a rumour that TPM wasn't coming out on DVD until 1 2 and 3 were complete. Then again, what George PROBABLY meant was "until I've sold as many VHS tapes as humanly possible."

Sol

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Sunday, October 14, 2001 - 08:17 pm:

Nope it is defenetly coming out this tuesday.

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 01:00 pm:

Maybe Lucas meant SW ep 4 5 & 6?

Sol

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Friday, October 19, 2001 - 10:53 am:

Possibly, I picked up my copy of SW:ep1 on tuesday and watched the deleted scenes. Very cool they even put some of the scenes into the finished movie. Sadly none of the scenes were from the lightsaber duel, they mostly had to do with the podrace and the events on Tatooine. Another cool addition was the "Duel of the Fates" music video. If you haven't seen it, it is very cool.

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Friday, November 16, 2001 - 11:17 am:

I have a question for all the tech "geeks" among us(I'm one too but I need help). Theoretically how fast do you think a ship could travel in space with six engines the size of three aircraft carriers when powered by a fision reactor?

Yes this is not at rick question I am looking for an answer. Since space offers no resistance and weight is not a factor how I'd almost venture that speed is not limited beyond safety.

Another question, for getting up to speeds equal to or greater than light. Would you use a magnetic coil gate, or the slingshot method using the gravety of a planet, star, or blackhole?

All answer will be appreiciated.

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Friday, November 16, 2001 - 12:19 pm:

I can't help much, but I can say this much:
Don't get fission reactors, they are dumb. Go fusion! In addition, since some reactors are more efficient than others, the size needed will be dependent on the exact technology used.

As for FTL travel in general: modern physics says that it is impossible to go faster than the speed of light. Coming very VERY close is possible, but as you approach the speed of light, the amount of mass your ship has also increases exponentially, to the point where you need more and more energy to push it. It would take infinite energy to reach the speed of light (impossible).

How to generate enough energy to even approach light speed is the question. Star Trek uses matter-antimatter reactions - a pint of matter combined with a pint of antimatter would release enough energy to create a crater miles wide.

It would take a huge amount of power to even reach 1/10th light speed... and since all the stars are SO far apart from each other, this kind of travel would not be fast by any means, even at light speed. (Nearest star is 4 light years away).

That's why some sci fi like Star Wars uses shortcuts like hyperspace to cross the distance faster.

Sol

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Friday, November 16, 2001 - 12:28 pm:

umm... okay, here's my stab in the dark for this...

Nuclear fission is our current means of nuclear power. It is by far not the most efficient harnessing of atomic power, and it tends to be bulky and frequently has dangers of meltdown and random radiation leaks. Fusion is much more efficient, smaller, and has less chance of irradiating side-effects.

OK, the 6-engines thing. Nuclear fission requires material to react. Depending on how much 'fuel' you want these engines to have would determine size, shielding, power regulation, etc. Usually, FTL travel requires enormous expenditures of energy to "break the threshold" of lightspeed. This is why trekkies use the matter-antimatter reactor core. matter-antimatter explosions yield extraordinarily high levels of energy to be exploited. but, fission does not, so you run into limited material for FTL "jumps" (think original star trek series and Dilithium crystals).

it is theoretically possible to create magnetic fields strong enough to propel an object to lightspeed. Again, a great deal of power in unison with superconductors would need to be used, and the magnetic field generator would need to be a separate object (think of a kinetic rail gun firing the starship out like a giant bullet).

One of the hindrances of sci-fi FTL travel is Einstein's theory of relativity. find a way around it, and you can make anything work. I was gonna say something about 6 engines... The thing realspace drives do is add maneuverability and acceleration to a vessel. more force output per ton of mass yields quicker response and acceleration. Top speed is limited by actual real-world physics. you can literally go fast enough to crush a vehicle if you are not careful. also, a major consideration is G-force. when you accelerate, G-forces are inevitably created. you don't want to accelerate faster than a human body can sustain, pressure-wise, or all your passengers will be so much red goop all lumped in the back of the ship.

6 engines the size of aircraft carriers. are we talkin like, Battlestar-type ships? Like, Star Destroyers? Big mommas, right? You thinkin of mounting weapons on this bad boy? That drains power off the primary reactors, too, unless you have secondary power supplies and redundant systems going on... Anyway, hope I helped just a little. What's this for, anyway? Science fair project?

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Saturday, November 17, 2001 - 12:15 am:

Ok here's why I'm askin'. I came up with an idea for a story that is set 20 years from now using todays technology to get us around in space.

As for the power I was thinking Fusion not Fision(I always confuse them). The megnetic acceleration things I was talking about were a seperate part that hurled the Starship.

Yes it is large, I was thinking 6 aircraft carriers in length and about as wide as one. I was going to arm it but not with lasers as this is today not possible. instead it would be armed with "Magnetic Accelerators", or as Fred mentioned 'Rail Guns'. As well as Torpedoes that use rocket fuel to power them(fire and forget at great expence).

This is most of what I have so far and I am still working out the details, any suggestions might prove useful.

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 08:46 am:

Knight Hawk, did you do some work on your novel? If yes, I'd love to read an excerpt or two!

I have Sci Fi channel now, so I can watch Bab 5! Is it better than Star Trek? Or just a lot of fancy special effects?

Another Q - Are good special effects enough to make a sci fi worth watching, or is more needed? If more is needed, then what else?

Sol

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 11:31 pm:

More is needed. Not only do you need the SFX but you also need a story that is believable, a character that everyone can relate to in some way.

AND YOU NEED A STACKED CHICK IN A SUPER TIGHT SINGLE PEICE OH MY GOD ARE THEY REAL CAT SUIT.

Uh-pay no attention to the man behind the my brain. No seriously it takes more then cool ships and big explosions to make a good Sci-Fi show. Best example I can give is Farscape, Babylon 5, Star Trek (any), and Battlestar Galactica. (Ok ok so that's more than one)

By Technomage (Houdini) on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 03:23 pm:

Sol. Babylon 5 is worth your time to watch if you like space-based science fiction stories which I know you do.

Here is a short list why Babylon 5 is a great show:

1. Great writing. The characters develop and evolve over time, and story arcs are appearent across episodes, seasons, and the entire series.
Even so, you can watch a single episode and enjoy it no matter where you are in the 5 seasons it ran.

Also, writers make sure you actually care about the main characters. The main characters are not always so cut and dry as "hero or villan". The view is much more complicated and intresting.

2. Great acting. All the actors sell very convincing performances.

3. The drama and plot of the Babylon 5 story share an equal stake with the action sequences.

The action serves to further the plot, but does not replace or upstage it.

4. What prime directive? =)

5. Darren loves the show and he is a tough critic as anybody I know. If the show stunk he certainly wouldn't have bothered to record ALL of the episodes. I would too if I owned a decent VCR.

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 08:20 am:

That is very true! Additionally, I have one of Darren's tapes, too, that I need to watch and return.

Now that I have Cable, I may be able to catch one or two more episodes of Bab5.

Sol

By Margravine (Ranger) on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 05:53 pm:

B5 Also provides not one but two strong characters who specialize in one liners - Garibaldi and Ivanova - there are whole sites dedicated to quotes from B5, in fact I think I posted a couple over in the notables section myself...

By Margravine (Ranger) on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 05:55 pm:

By the way, writing is paramount not only to good scifi but any genre. If you have good enough writing you could conceivebley have a thrilling story that never leaves one room while conversely a lot of flash bang is just that without a good story to back it up.

By Ms. Vice (Nat) on Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 01:59 pm:

Oh man, I got a real kick out of this one:

Follow the Force!!! Fu*k the force, follow the GOURD!!!!!

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 02:10 pm:

Hey for those interested I found design notes on how to construct your own DRD from Farscape.

www.savefarscape.com/stories/1080046635.php

damn it doesn't look like this link is going to work so its under you need a theme song topic

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 02:16 pm:

I'm gonna model mine after 1812

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 02:31 pm:

I wanna model mine after 1812

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 03:08 pm:

Damn not only did I double post but where the hell did that smiley come from?

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Monday, June 21, 2004 - 01:53 pm:

Looks like Will Smith is doing a movie "I, Robot" based on the original novel, from way back when robot was just a polish word meaning something like "one who serves". It almost looks like the origin story for The Matrix... Anybody watch the Animatrix? Yeah, similar themes, right? Anyway, maybe it'll be a cool movie. I think I'll check it out.

By Technomage (Houdini) on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 11:51 am:

Tomarrow night on SciFi, the new BattleStar Galatica series begins.

Saw the pilot miniseries last year and it was very well done.

The cylons look like us this time.

Starbuck also looks alot prettier, but is still a badass.

-B

By Ms. Vice (Nat) on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 12:06 pm:

I thought they made Battlestar on Sci-Fi last year? Or am I confused?

By Technomage (Houdini) on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 10:18 am:

Yes, the pilot was a two night mini-series that was released last year in December 2003.

Tonight is the first episode of the actual tv series itself. It's weird that scifi waited over a year between the series pilot and the actual show, but
then again a network that brings us crap like the lame show scare tactics doesn't allways make sense.

Bryan

By Technomage (Houdini) on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 09:31 am:

Strong am I with the force, but not that strong.
Weak, old have I become. Unable to function
next day at work when go to bed at 4 am I do.

When 31 years old you reach, be functional at 7 am with two hours sleep you will not!

Yes, movie was good. Sad. Great pain and suffering.