SF launches all-new SFTV.com.au
SFTV.com.au is now live. Launched today (Monday August 27), SFTV.com.au is the website for SF, Foxtel channel 125. More than just a TV channel website, SFTV.com.au has been built for the online community. An Australian-first design integrates science fiction television programming and content with forum discussion, news and social media conversation, competitions and events like never before. SFTV.com.au sets a new benchmark in both technology and social engagement through...
ILM - Inside The World's Greatest Special Effects House
In 2008, I was lucky enough to be invited to visit Industrial Light and Magic, pretty much the greatest place on Earth, if you're a Sci Fi fan. I ended up posting a three part 'walkthrough' that gives you an idea of what it's like to be at the place responsible for an extraordinary amount of the history of cinematic Sci Fi magic. When people from Australia discuss visiting San Francisco, they invariably point out that it’s “just like Sydney”. For the most part,...
Teal'c Cuts Loose : The Ultimate Christopher Judge Interview
One of the coolest things about writing Sci Fi Pi for the last five years is seeing the way that Sci Fi stars have been finding it easier and easier to travel to this side of the globe. Thanks, of course to the burgeoning world of Sci Fi conventions in Australia - companies like The Hub Productions, Supanova, First Contact, Culture Shock and Armageddon - it's no longer a case of 'if' a major Sci Fi star will come out to Australia, but 'when. For fans of Christopher Judge, meeting...
Best Star Trek Screensaver, Ever.
In this, my last week writing officially as 'Captain', I'm continuing a series of reflections - posts that were, for whatever reason, extremely popular. Originally posted in 2008, this post still holds up - I have yet to find a better Star Trek screensaver. "Many of us search the web for the best skins, the best icons, the best sounds and the best looking wallpapers to make our computers ever so Sci Fi, but not too, too Sci Fi, in an overly geeky way. However, there...
Warehouse 13 Returns To SF With S4 - This Week!
Warehouse 13, is back for Season 4 this week, on August 24! And - there's even better news! What, how is that possible? Seven extra episodes! That's right. You’ll be spending a bit more time in windswept South Dakota this season as there are now seven extra episodes in Season 4, for Myka, Pete, Artie and the gang to search for supernaturally-charged souvenirs as the hunt for artefacts, and the hunt for mysterious 'big bad' this season becomes a walk down Sci Fi...
Joss Whedon Explains Buffy The Vampire Slayer
In 2011, Joss Whedon visited Australia. It was a strange and wonderful time - a time where Buffy, Angel and Firefly fans could be nervous about the seeming decline of Dollhouse, and be hopeful for the upcoming feature film, The Avengers. I managed to talk to Joss in the Sydney Opera House, no less, and we touched on a few things. The interview as created for on-air use, but we were allowed to put some snippets online, and they proved, not surprisingly, extremely popular. Have a look...
What I should have recalled from TOTAL RECALL.
Growing up I had a family friend named Ben who was lucky enough to live in a house with its own movie theatre. Now I'm not talking "home" movie theatre that you see displayed comfortably at Harvey Norman. I'm talking an actual movie theatre with double ceilings and comfy seats, its own projector and movie various movie posters on the walls; one of which was Batman Forever. In my early double digits 10 or 11, it was here in this private cinema I first saw Paul...
Who Ya Gonna Call? Lego Ghostbusters!
Flickr seems to be the one place on earth where Lego and Sci Fi come together in one giant plastic explosion of nerdiness. It's supreme awesomeness is on par with the very best geek-cakes out there - even home-made Boba Fett costumes. We've found some people hard at work recreating the genius of Harold Ramis and co in Lego form. Note that we say Lego, and not Legos, much like the Danes who created the building blocks in the first place. Just in case you didn't know, the name...
Mark Your Calendars!! Avengers 2 Gets a Release Date!
As we all know by now The Avengers sequel is on (really, how could it not be with $1.4 billion worldwide box office and the number 3 spot on the list of all time box office hits behind Titanic and Avatar?). But what we didn’t know was when exactly. Well fans of the Marvel Universe, make sure your calendars are clear because Walt Disney Pictures has given us a date. The 1st of May, 2015. Yes, we know that is nearly three years away but in the meantime we’ve got...
The Week in Geek Issue # 115
Welcome again dear readers! The Olympics are over and we can all go back to not caring about sport again for four years! Mind you, the closing ceremony was pretty rubbish – the Spice Girls and One Direction get to perform, but no Sabbath, Maiden or Motorhead? For shame organisers… For. Shame. Right, getting off the soapbox now and getting on to what you actually come here to see… First off, in a shameless display of nepotism, registration is open for Sydcon 2012,...
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Stargate: Atlantis
Next 12:20am
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Caprica
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Eureka
1 July 2:50am
Stargate: SG-1
1 July 3:40am
Stargate: Atlantis
1 July 6:00am
Ep Daily
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X-Men
1 July 7:00am
Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Stargate: Atlantis
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Early Edition
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Stargate: SG-11 July 11:00am
Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
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Medium
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Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
