• The cash cow keeps getting milked: Two new Dune novels are coming.

• We've got three episodes left for Battlestar Galactica and then a year hiatus.

• Excellent... Captain America will be a World War 2 action flick!

• Adorable kaiju icons.

• An inconvenient truth: Global warming on Jupiter causing more red spots to appear.

• Gambling sites are laying odds on the final Cylon and it looks like Dualla is the safe bet.

• The Star Wars kid has actually been seen by more people than Revenge of the Sith.

• Highlander and Flash Gordon are being remade, despite the absence of Freddy Mercury from this mortal coil.

• SF Signal throws another Mind Meld, this time about scientific accuracy in stories.

• Den of Geek lists the 7 Best Star Wars Parodies ever, although any list with Family Guy on it loses points for lack of class.

• Charlie Sorrel over at Wired lists five gadgets that will make you a superhero. (No, they won't.)

• Marvel has released a load of new Incredible Hulk material to the web.

Continue reading "Daily Scan: 05.22.08 - Flash Gordon Remade, New Hulk Material Released" »

• The reviews of Indy IV may not be good, but the toy tie-ins sure are: own your own toy Crystall Skull projector.

• NASA gives you a 3D CGI tour of the largest valley in the solar system

• The composer of Battlestar Galactica offers some astute, first-hand analysis of Gaeta's Song. Terrible lyrics, but haunting melody... it's full of clues!

• J.J. Abrams' new scifi show, Fringe, gets a trailer.

• SF Signal points us to the Heroes Season 3 propaganda bomb.

• Robert Orci talks about Star Trek XI and Transformers 2. The latter has Soundwave!

• The best Doctor Who writer (not saying much) will be replacing Russel T. Davies in 2010.

Continue reading "Daily Scan: 05.21.08 - A New Trailer for J.J. Abrams' Fringe; SciFi Cover Art of the Fifties" »

Looking for a list of the top 100 science fiction films? How about scifi films that feature mechanoids (all kinds of robots and mechs) or space sagas or aliens? Then Sci-Fi Lists is the place for you. Peter Sykes, a wildlife ranger by day in Australia's Whitsunday Islands, has helpfully compiled any number of lists relating to science fiction films, books, TV shows and short stories. He launched the site in its current format back in February 2001, starting off with a book list. "I wanted to buy the top 100 scifi books and couldn't find a list I thought was statistically accurate, so I made one," Sykes says. "I was so happy with the result that I decided to post it on the net as a public service to people in the same predicament. The rest is pure evolution.

Continue reading "Site of the Week - Sci-Fi Lists" »

• io9 shows us the 10 most important satellites orbiting Earth, somehow forgetting to mention the Moon and the decapitated head of Unicron.

• Battlestar Galactica's fourth season is being split into two halves, so what will they do to keep interest between 2008 and 2009? More webisodes and up to three (!) Razor type movies.

• Buy an adorable Coca-Cola robot to sit on your desk.

• John Williams will be scoring half the genre films of next year.

• SF Signal reviews all of the 2008 Hugo Award nominees.

• Where to find all of the films mentioned in Michael J. Weldon's fantastic Psychotronic Video Guide on Archive.org.

Continue reading "Daily Scan: 05.20.08 - Reviews of This Year's Hugo Nominees; Expect More BSG Webisodes" »

• Cinematical has one of the first reviews on the net of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The summary? From the same team that brought you Jar Jar Binks and the walkie-talkies in E.T..

• SF Signal posts as a bit of Sunday Cinema King Solomon's Mines.

• Speaking of Indiana Jones, George Lucas wants Indy V to feature Shia LaBoeuf's Mutt Williams as the protagonist, and Indy as the sidekick. I was afraid of this.

• A new trailer for Joss Whedon's Dollhouse hits the net. Also? In an effort to thwart Tivo, Fox will air it with with fewer commercial interruptions. Excellent.

Continue reading "Daily Scan: 05.19.08 - A New Trailer for Joss Whedon's Dollhouse; MGM to Remake Red Dawn and Robocop" »