Back in June of 2008 word went out that a ReBoot trilogy was coming to the big screen. It’s a year and a half later, the project has its own IMDB page, and the first teaser trailer is now online. A new longer Avatar trailer is also available this week; enjoy!
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This one is just what it says: Animals with Lightsabers. Io9 has an excellent review of last Friday’s Dollhouse, which is a pivotal point in this seasons story arc. Kind of sad that they had one of their lowest viewer numbers just as the story gets dark and twisted. And how about a little Klingon propaganda?
Movies released to DVD this week include Don’t Die Without Telling Me Where You’re Going, the 1995 fantasy about love and reincarnation. Also now out on DVD is Stan Helsing, just 5 days after it hits the movie theaters.
A lot of TV programs are coming out this week, of which the most interesting is Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, which seems to be a bit racier than its televised brethren.
More speculative future history than science fiction, the excellent Life After People: the Series is being released as a box set. Another doesn’t-quite-fit category is manifested by Adult Swim in a Box. The only part of the contents I can recommend is Robot Chicken Season 1, which you can get separately, but as an overview of a networks vision I don’t think anything like it has been released before.
New Anime this week includes Genshiken 2: Vol 2, to bring our favorite Otaku team to the forefront. Another quality release is Death Note Re-Light #2: L’s Successor as the series picks up the next story arc, with the former hero being the new bad guy. The Claymore: Complete Collection box set is out for those looking for demon combat fun. A new arrival to the US is Shonen Onmyouji, a 26 episode story set in historic Japan involving spirit power and exorcism. They have also finally released the Popotan Complete Collection if you fancy a bit of jumping through time and space without control taking your building with you (you will NOT see the Doctor in these episodes). For classic Anime re-release, BoogiePop Phantom looks to lead the list.
Media Rights Capitol has agreed to supply the money for Neil Blomkamp’s new Sci-Fi film according to Ain’t It Cool News. Just as he did with District 9 he will be running a low-budget operation, making up for it by inventing the FX as he writes the script, and we saw how amazingly that worked on his first movie. IO9 has put together a wonderful collection of the Science Fiction Dream Sequences, ranging from the 1920s to the current decade. While they don’t include all of them, they have certainly covered the best, and you can watch every one from those pages.
I loved Daywatch and Nightwatch and am waiting for the third in the trilogy to be released. I also enjoyed Wanted, and the man who directed all three of them, Timur Bekmambetov, is at it again. This time the Russian movie he is creating is called Chernaya Molniya, in English Black Lightning, kind of Batman Meets Transformers. It is hard to believe looking at the trailer that he made the movie for only 8 million dollars; and now I need to find out where to buy a flying car like that! Also, BBC America has posted some Water of Mars trailers on their video server, but much like the UK BBC online offerings it seems to be limited to viewing from a single country.
There is a good interview with the director of Astro Boy over at Sci-Fi Scanner you might want to read. There is also Kurt Vonnegut and Harlan Ellison at the LA Times, posted yesterday with pieces going back to 1969.