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...
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...
Welcome To Hell: Welcome to Todd & The Book of Pure Evil!
Meet Todd & the Book of Pure Evil: it’s horrifyingly funny. If you like your horror bloody and funny, then the hit show Todd Smith & the Book of Pure Evil is the show for you. Think Buffy in Canada with a lewd sense of humour and just a splash more gore, and you might get close. But really, you have to see it to believe it! Not surprisingly, the show revolves around a chap called Todd. When we first meet stoner metal head Todd, his band Barbarian Apocalypse is getting...
The Father of E.T. has Died.
Just a week ago, SF was at Sydney's State Theatre, marvelling at how beautifully E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial holds up some 30 years after that sweet little space frog first lit up our heart lights. And yes, by the final reel, damnit, we still had something in our eyes! There are more tears flowing this week at the news that E.T.'s real dad, Italian special effects maestro Carlo Rambaldi, had 'returned home', aged 86. Rambaldi won an Oscar for his marvellous animatronic...
CPU @ AT-AT = A-OK
What good are AT-ATs? Well, we're gonna dig into that in just a moment. But whatever their failings, rest assured they look awesome next to your computer monitor! Of the many Star Wars fighting vehicles and weapons platforms, one war machine literally stood head and shoulders above the rest. There were many reasons the All Terrain Armoured Transport loomed so large in our imaginations. For starters, the totally cool acronym, AT-AT, which even onomatopoeically sounded like special...
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