Red Dwarf ran its new special 3-episode series, Back to Earth, and it became available on DVD at the start of this week… in the UK. It was supposed to be a world-wide release according to a posting before the original air date (since modified), but Amazon doesn’t know that quite yet. But that’s OK, because there is more good news! At the Better Than Life Con last weekend in Bedford, Cat, Kochanski, and Kryten all confirmed that the ratings for Dave TV (renamed Lister TV for the event) blew the doors off of the BBC ratings for the same time slot. As a result, an entirely new 6 episode season of Red Dwarf is in negotiations. Anything that gets us new Red Dwarf is a good thing!
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Yesterday I embedded a song by MC Lars; today I got word that it (meaning that very song) is up on the list of this years Hottest 100 Songs of All Time over at TripleJ. You should take a look at all the nominees, and put in a vote for your favorites; there are so many great ones on the list! On the Who front, IO9 has a quality spoiler for the next Dr Who Special, specifically about the guest stars expected. DVD Times has a review of the first special released to disk (basically saying save your money for the box set). And the Gallifreyan Embassy has posted details about their Second Life virtual meetings, including the data you need to find your way there. If you make the meeting, don’t forget to put on your Tardis Hud.
This had to be shared. Weird Al is singing about the internet again, although the music style doesn’t count as Nerdcore. Or maybe it does, since I got the heads up on this one from MC Lars. I also used to know the keyboard player, another reason to add this tune. Then, just to keep it balanced, a parody song by a fem about the glories of geek (but also not actual Nerdcore). Sometimes silly trumps all other choices, just because you need your daily laugh quota. OK, screw it, one actual Nerdcore song (third one down) from MC Lars.
The Duncan Jones movie Moon hit theaters in limited release yesterday, and I for one am eagerly awaiting its footprint expanding to a screen close enough to visit. The most interesting review or reaction to it I have seen comes from this Scientific American article, which goes into the the scientific validity of Helium 3 as a power source. Cinematical has posted an interview with Duncan Jones that is quite good, and SciFi Squad got him to reveal his Five favorite Sci-Fi Movies. The official trailer has been released for The Time Travelers Wife, another movie to look forward to.
John Scalzi put together an analysis of the history of SNL SciFi, from which he drew one major conclusion: don’t do it! Moon opens tomorrow for a limited engagement. Very limited, in fact: two towns, New York and Los Angeles. According to the official site it is going to gradually ramp up, adding a few more towns each week, until by July 10th it will be accessible from most major cities. Cinematical just launched two new blogs; one each for Sci-Fi Movies and Horror films. They appear to be off to a good start.
The new Transformers Movie will be hitting the big screen in 2 weeks, so I wanted to include a trailer here. This is the official US movie release trailer, but you will also want to check out the SFX link to the Japanese Premier…