Friday, July 24, 2009

My headache is gone, and I've been able to keep down some food. I've spent most of the day reading my book, which has been extremely satisfying. It's a dark and desperate tale with heroes who prove to be villains and villains who prove to be heroes, packed with continuity from DS9, but also from pertinant episodes of Next Generation and Voyager. It (the trilogy as a whole) seems to compliment A Stitch in Time (Garak's book set in the same era) and the recent revelations from Fearful Symmetry regarding Iliana Ghemor. Very cool. I may work on a guide to keep all the events straight.

Also been reading the updates from Comicon. Cool bits like:

Resident Evil: Afterlife will be written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (the writer / director of the first and best film in the series). It will be in 3D, using some of the same tech as James Cameron's upcoming epic Avatar, and will be (or Anderson hopes it will be) the first in a new trilogy.

Speaking of Avatar, the footage screened at comicon has supposedly blown away all the reviewers. This a project I've been looking forward to myself, so hopefully this isn't BS.

Tron 2, which Jeff Bridges is returning for, now has a title: Tron Legacy. This sounds possibly cool. I remember being confused by the original when I saw it as a child, but thinking it was groovy a few years later when I knew slightly more about computers. I'd love to revisit the first film, and hopefully this one will be good. I can see buying a double dvd set of the two films. We'll see.

Stargate: Universe, the new Stargate series, actually sounds...kind of, possibly good. This is hard for me to admit, for while I loved the 1994 film that the first series (SG1) spun off from, I think the series is horrible. I saw some of that show's spin-off Stargate: Atlantis, which I liked better, but not enough to invest my time in. There was an animated spin-off which didn't last long and I never saw any of. Perhaps it's just the hype, but I might give this one a try. Might. And even then...if it's anything like it's parent series I'm out. Here's a trailer for the series:

The tone of the show seems more like the film than the hokey shows, but it's storyline is a familiar one and at this point it's hard to say if it will be more BSG or Star Trek: Voyager. Ick.

The new Pirates of the Caribbean movie is also hoped to spark a new trilogy, which I'm guessing will please Mollie.

Speaking of Johnny Depp (and Mollie), Dark Shadows will apparently be made after Alice in Wonderland (which looks AWESOME), and (this is news to me) Tim Burton is making Dark Shadows!?! He's brilliant...so I expect it to be cool...but...I don't know. It doesn't seem like a Tim Burton kind of movie. Only time will tell.

The teaser trailer for the new Alice movie should be online sometime today.

District 9 (which I've seen a cool trailer for), the new movie produced by Peter Jackson, was screened for a lucky few at Comicon, and while they've mostly been sworn to secrecy, the word is good, with several people giving spoiler free raves. It looks like it could be good.

Also, according to Peter Jackson, the first draft of The Hobbit should be ready for the studio in about 3 weeks. All casting rumors are FALSE (save the ones involving possible returning cast members from previous films), as without a finished script the studio hasn't greenlit the pictures or given a budget or anything of the kind. Having said that, it's expected (and hoped that) The Hobbit, Part I will be released December 2011 and Part II in December 2012.

GI: Joe? The movie that seems destined for stupidity? I heard a while ago that it's actually getting some positive feedback. I just never mentioned it here because I don't care. lol

More spots have been released for The Time Travelers's Wife, which I very much want to see.

New TV series "The Vampire Diares" based on a series of books, which I've read the first 4 volumes of, is getting some good buzz, though I can't imagine the show being that good.

Which reminds me that I still haven't seen the last 2 episodes of True Blood. I'll get around to them eventually. I love that show.

I've seen pictures of the new TARDIS. The outside of which is slightly different that before. I'm wondering how this will be explained in the upcoming specials, or if it will be explained at all.

Frank Miller has completed a draft for a sequel to 300. I didn't like the original film (I had to shut it off it suckes so bad) but I know plenty of people that enjoyed it. The sequel will almost certainly be made into a film, which is how I even know about it.

I used to really be into slasher movies, but I'm behind. I've not seen the new Halloween and Part 2 is on it's way. I've not seen the new Friday the 13th, and Part 2 is in the the works. Maybe because after all those sequels I just don't care about these new takes on old monsters. Yet I always loved the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. A new remake of the classic film is coming next year, and the first poster has been released.

Though I enjoyed Saw 1-3, Saw 4 brought a major plot hole into the series, which wasn't corrected by Saw 5. Saw 6, which has long been toted as the end of the series...is no longer being toted as such. Saw 7 starts filming in January. Blah. Though I have to say, I've seen the motion poster for Saw VI, and heard a tag line or two, and the promotion for this one at least makes it sound better than the previous 2. I'm not holding my breath though.

Robert Zemeckis ("The Polar Express", "Beowulf") is back with a motion capture version of A Christmas Carol. He says he's commited to the new tech...and there was a talk of a Roger Rabbit sequel, which I'd like to see.

Tom Welling's Clark Kent will apparently be wearing a Superman type suit next season (though no cape is in sight), and there are rampant rumors that the series will end next season but morph from Smallville into Metropolos. These rumors have been heard before so I'm not holding my breath on this one either. Though the Superman outfit part sounds real.

It's being reported that the recent Ronald Moore pilot movie 'Virtuality' (which features a gay couple) might not be dead, and that it's possible it might work as an international co-production? Hmmm. Interesting.

I'll be back with more news later I'm sure.

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