The Week in Geek Issue # 125
Greetings dear readers! Given the amount of near misses on the roads the writer has witnessed in the past few weeks, he’s glad he doesn’t live inside an 80’s action movie, where such things would result in all manner of explosive vehicular carnage. But, on the flip side, if there was the sort of crash protection and ejector seat technology as seen in 80’s cartoons, it wouldn’t matter as you can survive anything! Why am I thinking about things like...
The Week in Geek Issue # 116
Hello dear readers! Hi, I’m Gavin. Some of you may remember me as The Shadow from the old website, but I’ve now regenerated and am posting under my actual name. Rest assured, out mission has not changed – we’re here to bring you all the geek news that’s fit to print and plenty more that isn’t! Right, that’s enough rambling from me and onto the news! There’s the first picture of Thranduil (Legolas’s father) from The Hobbit and what...
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The 15 Best Episodes Celebrating 15 Years Since Buffy First Aired
It’s hard to believe but it’s been just over 15 years since Buffy Summers moved to Sunnydale and became the latest in a long long line of Slayers, protecting our word from vampires, demons and various very bad dudes. The show, born of a mediocre 1992 movie, made a star of Sarah Michelle Gellar, gave Joss Whedon a career to die for and us seven seasons of awesome entertainment. In a salute to the Scooby Gang and the foes they vanquished, here’s our Top 15 Buffy Episodes, Ever! IN ORDER (dun...
The Greatest Space Ships Ever Made - Peter Elson Gallery
Continuing our look at cool Sci Fi illustrators, here's a gallery from one of the all time greats - Peter Elson. If you like a cool space ship, you've come to the right place. Legendary illustrator Peter Elson is an icon in the world of Sci Fi. If you've ever read a paper back copy of one of the 'Stainless Steel Rat' novels, then you would have seen his work. If you grew up in the 80's, in a time before the internet, then books like the Terran Travel Authority would have fired your imagination...
Say Hello To The Sixth Doctor!
Doctor Who will be back on SCI FI Channel Australia July 9 with the Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker, who took over the reigns from Peter Davison in 1984. With his flamboyant style and abrasive personality, about the only thing the sixth doctor had in common with his earlier namesake, the Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, was a mop of unruly hair. But like his more genial predecessor, he did have some amusing quirks. Nicola Bryant plays the Doctor's companion, Peri Brown. Where Tom was fond...
The Art of Steve Thomas - An Introduction
Steve Thomas is one of geekdom's true artistic geniuses. If you've surfed the net over the past few years, you will have seen his work in one place or another. His famous 'travel' posters, depicting exotic destinations in our solar system, and again in the Star Wars universe, are brilliant combinations of artistic talent, and even more importantly, artistic temperament. So often you'll see geeky homages to your favourite Sci Fi show or film not done 'quite right'. You won't find that with...
Welcome To Caprica
Caprica is coming to SCI FI June 1! Did you miss it the first time around? Now you can watch it on the The Sci Fi Channel! Now of course, as a Sci Fi fan, you know that Caprica is the spinoff/prequel to the re-imagined masterpiece that was Battlestar Galactica. It's light on Cylons, but heavy on intrigue, and features life on the planet Caprica decades before the events of The First Cylon War. If you haven't watched any BSG at all, don't fret. You can still enjoy Caprica completely....
Quiet Eye - Prometheus Viral Vid Number 2 Is Here
The latest Prometheus Viral Vid is finally here - featuring Noomi Rapace as Dr Elizabeth Shaw, it's called 'Quiet Eye'. This video interview in a futuristic version of Skype points to one of the less well known speculations of Prometheus (one held by scriptwriter Damon Lindelof) - that the Alien Universe and the Bladerunner Universes are not just similar, but shared. The 'Yutani' polygraph software used in the 'Quiet Eye' program looks like a good match for the Voight-Kampff test used by...
Top 20 Sci Fi Mothers
To celebrate Mother's Day (coming up THIS Sunday - have you bought her a present yet?), here's the definitive top 20 of Sci Fi and Fantasy mothers. Some human - some, not so much. The've been created with controversy in mind - or at least, discussion in mind, so do share your thoughts. There are quite a few who didn't make the list, for various reasons, so please understand that I wasn't listing every single mother that's appeared in a Sci Fi or Fantasy film or TV show. That said, their could...
May The 4th Be With You!
What was once a fun thing just for hardcore Star Wars fans is now a ritual for anyone interested in Science Fiction, popular culture, or just being 'with it'. The ultimate date/Star Wars quote mashup for 2012 has arrived - it IS (in Australia - wait for it America...) May the 4th, so now we can all go around saying 'May the 4th be with you' and snigger because we know that even Han Solo grudgingly said 'May the Force be with you', so it must be cool. There are sooooo many Star Wars funny pics...
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