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.
If you got here by way of Google, this probably isn’t what you were thinking it was, but you might enjoy it anyways. Bookslut put together an in-depth review of Philip K. Dick’s life, with some information I had not previously seen. Likewise Skulls In The Stars just posted a review of the works of Henry Kuttner; it is really good to see classic SF authors still appreciated in modern times. For some of them, this is the future they were writing about. THR reports that the original voice cast has signed up to return for the new season of Futurama. Click the City (don’t ask me which city, I didn’t look) has an interesting article about the GI Joe Costumes, looking at science fiction vs. science fact in the armament.
Tonight was the series premiere of Defying Gravity on ABC, and it shows a lot of promise. Three actors I really like were part of the crew, the spaceship and FX were excellent, and the character development compacted an amazing amount of set up and backstory into a ninety minute presentation. There were a few holes in the actual science of how objects behave in zero-G, and once in the way a highly trained astronaut would react to a specific emergency situation, but even so, the program achieved the primary goal of any movie or TV show; it made me care about the people, and invest some emotional coin in wanting to see how it all works out. I’m giving this one 4 stars out of 5; we’ll see if they can keep up the momentum, and build on it.
Discover Magazine has an excellent interview with Jaime Paglia about the inspiration for a show he produces called Eureka; much of it comes from MIT. The NY Times has a review of Sunday’s ABC SF pilot Defying Gravity that makes it sound even more interesting than I previously suspected. Also in the NY Times, GUILLERMO del TORO and CHUCK HOGAN have an Op-Ed piece on Why Vampires Never Die. Finally, io9 has collected up some of the best last lines from science fiction novels in one place for us.
Doctor Who got into the Guinness book of world record as the most successful sci-fi show ever. I think it is a well deserved the honor, although I heard at least one Feed reporter on G4 with a dissenting opinion.
Word is that Children of Earth did so well, both in the UK and US markets, that a fourth season is a go. Even though a lot of the cast has been killed off (starting with the first episode), I’m looking forward to another season. Over at SF Signal, a round of Shatner performing Palin that boarders on the surreal.