This is a real contestant entered into the Britain’s Got Talent competition with his opening salvo song, which he hopes is going to propel him into the contest. Whether he got in or not, I absolutely love the concept, and I will be practicing my Dalek voice so I can sing this at parties. In fact, I loved it twice as much when Simon hit the FAIL buzzer and the audience BOOed Simon, not the singer! You are going to have to watch the video to see how it all worked out.
The 11th annual Sci-Fi London Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film kicks off on Tuesday, the 1st, with a ton of great stuff going on. They will be doing 6 world premieres including the Steampunkish Death, the claustrophobic True Love, and the rather impressive Memory Lane, said to be made for $300.
It is finally time to go see Pirates! Band Of Misfits in all its silly animated glory, and I am ready! If you are in the mood for something a bit more serious, John Cusack plays Edgar Allen Poe working with a Baltimore detective trying to catch the killer reenacting all of Poe’s most horrible scenes in The Raven. Right now the link to the film’s web page takes you to IMDB instead, I think their DNS entry is hosed. If you are in an area that gets limited release films, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale tells the true story of the aboriginal Seediq tribes who rebelled and almost drove the conquering Japanese army off the island in 1930s Taiwan. Quite a range to choose from this week.
Not long ago I mentioned the Robert A. Heinlein Radio Archives, and a bit before that it was the Ray Bradbury Radio Archive, both part of the new Radio Archives section of the Sci-Fi London web site. They have expanded their collection yet again, this time with classic radio plays from Issac Asimov and Frederik Pohl. The Asimov stories include Pebble In The Sky and Nightfall, the Pohl include Tunnel Under The World and The Map Makers. You can listen to them online, download them for your permanent collection, or if you have an Ubuntu One account you can have them delivered there to enjoy through the cloud. You should also be aware that Sci-Fi London 11, the new incarnation of their annual film festival, runs from March 1st through the 7th. Wish I could be there for it.
Just when I thought the silliness had reached its limit, the new Pirates: Band of Misfits trailer comes out, and the whole Titanic thingy gets run through the wringer. There is a reason I am a big fan of the humor these folks bring to bear on all their projects.
Yes, the new season looks good already, and still has a touch of Amy and the US in it…