May 25, 2009 in Podcasts, Speculative Fiction Today by Brian Logee
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May 24, 2009 in tv/series by Emerian Rich
You know how it is. You see the ads for a new TV show and then never catch it. Or the network pulls it before you can really get a grip on the characters. Or they keep changing times and you can never figure out when it’s on. Or you like it, watch the first or even second episodes, and then one night you miss it and bam… you’re out of the loop. Now with places like Hulu.com and Netflix streaming online, you can catch a lot of your favorites online. Here are my top ten favorite television shows I didn’t watch on the TV box, in alphabetical order:
- Cleopatra 2525 – Complete Series
, 2000
Ok, so I know this is a little corny, but I love it. An exotic dancer in for plastic surgery in 2001, wakes up in the year 2525 to find the world has been taken over by evil robots. This show brings you scantily clad beauties with arm bands that shoot lasers and help them repel down giant elevator shafts and a freaky bad guy in clown makeup and extensions. It doesn’t get better than that. Watch it streaming online on Hulu
- Dead Like Me, 2003
A college dropout is killed by a toilet seat that falls from a space station on her first day at a temp agency. Upon death, she finds out she is has been chosen to be a grim reaper and take people’s souls just before they die. The bad news? She still has to work for a living! Some of these scenes are so close to real office life, it’s scary. Can anyone say collate?
- Eureka, 2006
The best minds in the US are tucked away in a remote town where they build futuristic inventions for the government’s benefit. A US Marshal gets stranded there and decides to becomes the next Sheriff after the old one is injured from a science project gone wrong. Quirky, fun. Watch it streaming online on Hulu.
- Firefly
, 2002
In the distant future, Captain Malcolm ‘Mal’ Reynolds a former soldier for the independents, is now a smuggler and commander of a small spacecraft with a loyal hand-picked crew. They travel the far reaches of space in search of food, money, and anything to live on. Along the way, they encounter life-threatening missions and a cast of interesting characters. Must see. Watch it streaming online on Hulu.
- Jericho
, 2006
When bad boy Jake returns to his Kansas small-town home, Jericho, everyone is preoccupied with petty private business and family matters, but that changes drastically after an unexpected explosion hits. It soon becomes clear there has been a nuclear attack, but no one knows by whom or to what scale. Jericho inhabitants gradually discover the USA is disintegrating. Life becomes complicated for these small town folk when needs such as food, fuel, and self-defense against invaders become the main task. Jake proves extremely resourceful and a smart hero saving the town many times and changing the resident views of him. Watch it streaming online on CBS.
- Kindred the Embraced
, 1996
Julian Luna, prince of the kindred (vampire), clans in San Francisco, has his job cut out for him as he must try to keep peace among them while not being afraid to apply ruthless justice against those who would break kindred rules. Infractions that merit “final death” include the taking of human life and changing humans into vampires who have not volunteered for the transformation. This show was an exciting and perplexing moment for all of us hard core vampire LARP’ers. We were thrilled at the fact that mainstream took notice of something we enjoyed, puzzled the changes they made, and disappointed when it was cancelled just as the series started heating up! I remember being upset that my favorite clan, Tremere, was not represented and hoped that season 2 might have brought them out of the woodwork. The tragic death of Mark Frankel (Julian) after Season one, caused all of us Masquerade RPG’ers to lose faith in another season.
- Moonlight
, 2007
A vampire is a private investigator and falls for mortal woman who he saved from dying as a child. This show has been ridiculed by fans of the 1980’s series Forever Knight. It does seem like some of the shots used in Moonlight are very familiar to us Forever Knight fans and even some of the themes they use are very close to the other show. However, I feel that Moonlight brings a sexier, up-to-date feel to our favorite “do-good” vampire role. I’m not saying it’s better, it’s just more vampire fun.
- My Own Worst Enemy
, 2008
As an agent for a top-secret government agency, Edward agrees to let the government insert a chip in his brain that can be turned on and off. When he is turned off, he is Henry, an efficiency expert, who lives a typical suburban life right down to the wife, two kids, dog, and minivan. In contrast, Edward is a lethal, multilingual operative. Somehow the chip breaks, making it impossible for the government to control when Henry is “on” or Edward is “on”. I caught this on Hulu.com and loved it so much, I bought the DVD. This is sort of a 24 meets Alias meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. TV aficionados will recognize many members of the cast and Christian Slater does a brilliant job of playing the innocent family man who could never harm a soul trying to come to grips with the fact his life is a sham and the lethal killer who will do anything to stay alive. Watch it streaming online on Hulu.
- Red Dwarf
, 1988
Three million years ago, a radiation leak killed the crew of the mining ship, Red Dwarf. The only survivor was Dave Lister, the chicken soup machine repairman. He spends his time on the ship with a holographic projection of Arnold Rimmer (his dead bunk mate), Cat (a life-form that evolved from Dave’s cat), Holly (the ship’s senile computer), and Kryten (a service mechanoid). BBC comedy good for hours of fun. If you haven’t heard of this one, you’ve been under a smegging rock.
- Sanctuary, 2007
Amanda Tapping stars as a unique woman (possibly immortal?) who runs a Sanctuary for all kinds of creatures and monsters. This show follows her and her team as they find new species and try to help them. They also have their enemies. I’m anxious to see what this show becomes… if it’s renewed. Watch it streaming online on Hulu.
You can check out a lot of these gems at Hulu.com. If you’d like to purchase them, you can do as I do and shop Amazon.com.
So, now that I’ve given you some to catch up on, what are your favorites?
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March 9, 2009 in Podcasts, Project: Shadow Informant Show Notes by Brian Logee
Academy of Sciences, fishes and Nautilus | Watchmen | Green Lantern | Ghost Hunters | Red Dwarf | Atrocity | Elis | Acacia Sears | heather Alexander | Vampire Kisses | and Community Comments Today on the Project: Shadow Informant.
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- Review of: Watchmen (dashPunk)
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- Ghost Hunters Season Five Opens (dashPunk)
- Red Dwarf returns in a two-part Easter special (via SFFMedia)
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January 27, 2009 in Project: Shadow Informant Show Notes by Brian Logee
Why so Curious | Watchmen Bearbricks | Transformers Toy | Hulk Vs. | Right age for Moviegoers | Stargate Universe | Red Dwarf | Doctor Who | Clone Wars and Community Comments Today on the Project: Shadow Informant.
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January 27, 2009 in tv/series by Eric
Red Dwarf is returning to Television is a brand new adventure: Red Dwarf: Back to Earth!
The series Red Dwarf: Back to Earth, will kick start a Red Dwarf Easter weekend from Good Friday on TV channel Dave.
This will be followed by Red Dwarf: Unplugged, a “no holds barred” episode with no sets, no effects – and no autocue.
The weekend will climax with Red Dwarf: the Making of Back to Earth, a behind-the-scenes special from the new production (Telegraph).
The new series will be written and directed by original series co-creator Doug Naylor. Chris Barrie will return as Rimmer, as will Craig Charles as Lister, Danny John-Jules as Cat and Robert Llewellyn as Kryten.
No word on when the series will be available outside the UK, but I will be keeping an anxious eye open.
(Thanls, Winckel!)
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: The Guild is hilarious, geeky, fun! Fans of RPG’s and MMORPG’s will love this show. I first got into it because Felicia Day rules and am not let down. The guilds actual release was on September 29th but I did not want to miss this one. A great example of an independent production The Guild is a must own. Watch a music video “Date My Avatar” from the Guild to get an idea of how funny this show is.
: Banished from their primitive village after the tribe elders deem them too lazy, Zed and Oh embark upon an adventure-filled journey through the ancient world. Being a Jack Black movie sparked my interest in Year One. The trailers looked funny and now I can rent it. If you have watched Year One let me know what you think about it.
: I love Red Dwarf. I started watching it on PBS as a child and have really enjoyed watching it now on DVD. For those just getting into Red Dwarf you should really start back at the beginning since the impact and probably several jokes will be lost like Lister getting to finally go back to earth to get his Island home on Fiji. I haven’t watched Back to Earth but eagerly await to rent it.
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