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,...
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...
The Final Frontier
As you may have guessed by the shift from www.scifitv.com.au to www.SFTV.au, and the recent advertisement calling for someone with my skill set, when the shift occurs on August 27, it will be occurring without The Captain. That said, I'll still be on, officially, until August the 26th. During the next few weeks, as well as covering what's going on in the world of Sci Fi-related goodness, I'll be looking over the last five years, since the beginning of Sci Fi Pi, in November of...
Check Out Tom Hardy's Screentest for Star Trek: Nemesis!
Before Tom Hardy became a movie star and Christopher Nolan obscured his face behind a black, pain-relieving mask in The Dark Knight Rises, he appeared in Star Trek: Nemesis. Of course, you know that, o Sci Fi fan! Nemesis made a paltry US$67 million worldwide after its release in December 2002 and it took seven years and JJ Abrams to resurrect and reboot the franchise. But now footage of Tom Hardys’ screen test opposite Patrick Stewart has surfaced. As you may remember, Tom Hardy plays Shinzon,...
Star Trek: The Next Generation 25th Anniversary - On The Big Screen
It’s been 25 years since Patrick Stewart’s dulcet Shakespearean tones introduced us to a whole new Star Trek adventure. To celebrate the release of Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray, Paramount is holding a 25th Anniversary Event at cinemas around Australia on Thursday 26th July. You’ll get to travel to the edge of the universe and visit Data’s home planet in the episodes “Where No One Has Gone Before” (ep 106) and “Datalore” (Ep 114). And it won’t look like you are travelling...
Happy Captain Picard Day!
"I don't see why we have to do this every year" So says Captain Picard every June 16th! Why do we have to do it? Because "it's one of the children's favourite activities" says Deanna Troi. Whilst Star Wars fans have May the 4th, and Evil Star Wars fans have May the 5th, June 16 is a special day for fans of Star Trek : The Next Generation. Here's where it comes from: Captain Picard Day was an annual event held aboard the USS Enterprise-D for the ship's schoolchildren. Activities...
Star Trek: The Next Generation - the Wil Wheaton Moment
You may have heard about Wil Wheaton's reaction to Aaron (BSG) Douglas' question at last weekend's London Star Trek Convention that saw the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation reunite for the first time in years. Wheaton left The Next Generation after four seasons, leaving the rest of the cast to finish the series and make four feature films. During the reunion, Battlestar Galactica‘s Aaron Douglas asked him what it felt like to rejoin his castmates on stage. Wheaton...
Star Trek and Doctor Who Crossover!
Not since Alien vs Predator has a franchise mash-up made us come over as giggly and girly as this one. Think about it. Star Trek: The Next Generation and Doctor Who, two of the all-time most loved, grandest Sci Fi franchises EVER! Such deep and volatile material combined could result in anything! The complete reversal of the Space-Time continuum. Romulans and Vulcans living together in harmonious and state-sanctioned mixed marriages. A new form of fan – the Trekovian – multiplying...
Star Trek: The Next Generation Will Soon Be With Us in Remastered HD
The news has been out for a while – but if you haven't heard, all seven series of Star Trek: The Next Generation are being converted onto Blu-ray, with the first season due out later this year. In a move designed to get our Trekkie hearts a-racing, CBS has released a sample of the HD work they’re doing on the series and we’ve gotta say “whoa, that sh** looks SWEET!”. That’s because CBS is going back to the original film and doing a native HD transfer, and then recompositioning all of the visual...
When Will Spaceships Return To TV?
It's been a while since spaceships have been on TV. A long time staple and a much desired staple for Sci Fi fans, a show that revolves around activity in the space, in a spaceship, seems to have gone the way of Stargate Universe. It's a crying shame. Especially if you like spaceships. Science Fiction does exist, in many forms, on many channels, but not so much now. Not so much here. When will we return to space? Will we have to wait for Star Trek sequel (12) to be inordinately popular...
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