If you are at all a fan of Doctor Who, with a weakness for Shaun of the Dead, and find The IT Crowd worth a visit, have I got a movie for you! The film Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel looks to be a serious hoot, and would probably make a great double feature with Cyborg She. It was in theaters in the UK back in April, and now released on DVD in the UK; I am hoping for a US release soon.
Once more they are making Wolfman into a movie (not to be confused with Werewolf Women of the SS). This time around the director is Joe Johnston (another project of his is The First Avenger: Captain America, due out in 2011), and Benicio Del Toro gets to grow fang-first into the fur. Since the trailer is now out, it seemed an appropriate time to mention it. And Seth Green knows what happened to Jazz at the end of Transformers II…
Or so the story at the Huffington Post would have you believe. The front part of the story gave me a grin, but the link to the rest of it doesn’t actually give you the rest of the story. And a new entry has been posted to the Sci-Fi Songs Podcast collection you should check out.
We have seen the Zombieland trailer, and it is gold! We all saw it as the warm up to District 9 this weekend (and if you didn’t see District 9, run, do not walk, to your nearest movie theater! That one is the Must See movie of the year, and so much more than the trailer or the reviews lead you to believe). Stake Land is billed as an apocalyptic vampire Western, and does not contain the pretty Tru Blood vampires. On second thought, I’ll just go for Zombieland, with a side order of Elvira; I like my horror laughing!
I spent a little time watching the Perseids Meteorite Shower this morning, or as much as I could see through the overcast and light pollution. I am obviously not the only one, as my tweet box is full of such links to pictures. SteamCon is coming in October, and it looks like a lot of fun. Author GoH is Tim Powers, Music GoH Abney Park is my favorite Steampunk band, and Artist GoH Paul Guinan is well known for his Victorian Robots web site, although his Heartbreakers Graphics Novel series (created in conjunction with his wife, who does the plot/dialog/story segment of the process) are Steampunk Webcomics that have been nominated for the Eisner Award. Finally, I was not impressed by much in the G.I. Joe movie beyond the special effects, which even I had to admit were at least somewhat competent (sad when somewhat competent impresses you compared to the other aspects of the presentation). But I did enjoy this little twist, which reminded me of Firefly’s The Hero of Canton to the point I had to include it for comparison… and then a counter-argument.
Several of the stars of Eureka spoke with io9 about the shows new season, their characters, and so forth. They even have some video to go with the speech.