Comics On Sale – June 10th, 2009
June 10th, 2009
It’s new comic book day! Dozens of new books will be hitting the racks today. Head over to Previews to see the list of new comics and then hit the comments to share which books are on your pull list this week.
Futurama Returning With New Episodes
June 9th, 2009
Variety reports that 26 new episodes of Futurama will be produced by 20th Century Fox TV and aired on Comedy Central in mid-2010. Recall that the animated sitcom originally ran on FOX from 1999 to 2003 and released four direct-to-DVD movies between 2007 and 2009. Three of those movies were edited into individual episodes and aired on Comedy Central; the fourth will presumably air later this year.
Big Changes in Store for Ghost Whisperer Season Five?
June 9th, 2009
If you don’t want to know anything about the rumored change coming to Ghost Whisperer during the 2009-2010 season (its fifth) don’t keep reading. I’m sure, however, that if this change does come to pass it will be difficult for fans to keep spoiler-free. Indeed, it may very well be shouted from the rooftops, so to speak, in promotional spots for the new season.
HYGOTS Special: The DS9 Writers #10 – Whom I Left Behind
June 8th, 2009
In ‘How I Got These Scars’ #30, I wrote about the ten ‘Deep Space Nine’ writers who comprised the backbone and vision for the Star Trek series that is widely considered, if not the most popular, to be the best of the five live action TV projects. In this special series, I’m going to explore the individual contributions of those writers, which concludes with all the episodes not touched (officially) by any of the big ten writers, which turns out to be…twenty-three of them.
Comics I Like – June 8th, 2009
June 8th, 2009
In today’s column I discuss Marvel’s mysterious Reborn limited series, how I discovered that DC’s Green Lantern is just one of many similar Lantern Corps named for the colors of the visible light spectrum, and how great it was to see the Night Nurse in Marvel’s current Dark Reign: Elektra series.
Stargate: Universe Looking Less and Less Like Stargate
June 7th, 2009
The latest teaser trailer for SCI FI Channel’s upcoming Stargate Universe series makes the show look less like the third installment in the Stargate franchise and more like a Battlestar Galactica wannabe. Which could very easily be the case. The 50-second spot, titled “Survival,” features brief comments from members of the cast, including Robert Carlyle, Ming-Na and Elyse Levesque. Says Lou Diamond Phillips:
These are real stories and real people with real concerns.
We get it, Lou, it’s going to be REAL. Perhaps the most telling comment comes from Brian J. Smith:
“It’s gonna have a different look, it’s gonna have a different feel, it’s gonna be written differently.
In other words, it won’t be anything like Stargate: SG-1 or Stargate: Atlantis.
Let’s Talk About Land of the Lost
June 5th, 2009
Five weeks ago a movie based on a popular television show opened in theaters. It was something of a revamped version of the original show and there were those who weren’t thrilled with its take on beloved characters. That movie was Star Trek (2009). Today another movie based on a popular television show makes its way to the big screen: Land of the Lost. It too has purists up in arms. The television series focused on the Marshall family (Rick, Will and Holly) and was a serious drama. The movie stars Will Ferrell and is a comedy.
But the similarities between the two franchises don’t end with disgruntled fans.
Land of the Lost
Both Star Trek and Land of the Lost were originally broadcast on NBC; Star Trek ran from 1966 to 1969 in prime time and Land of the Lost from 1974 to 1977 on Saturday mornings. Several episodes of Land of the Lost were written by David Gerrold, who also wrote “The Trouble with Tribbles” for Star Trek. Other Star Trek alum involved with Land of the Lost include D.C. Fontana and Walter Koenig.
Like Star Trek, Land of the Lost would spawn a television spin-off decades after going off the air. From 1991 to 1992 a new version aired on ABC in which a new family (the Porters) found themselves stuck in the Land of the Lost. This might be hearsay to some, but I must confess that the 1990s version of Land of the Lost is my favorite.
HYGOTS No. 34
June 5th, 2009
Now that a month’s gone by since I started writing about the Big Ten ‘Deep Space Nine’ writers, it’s time to wrap things up, go back to the beginning, and reintegrate the individual contributions I’ve been talking about in the specials and see how they all came together. The DS9 experience was the first time I saw the kind of storytelling that would come to identify how I best enjoy the art form, whether we talk about books, movies, television, or even music (believe it or not, downloading age, but CDs at their best are worth more than just the songs you end up hearing on their own). It was the moment I truly became a Star Trek fan, yes, but DS9 was more than Star Trek, and I would still recommend viewing its seven seasons as something wholly unrelated to the franchise, but it is also Star Trek at its most consistently finest. And it got there by the merits of a medley of writers whose confluence is still unique.
In ‘How I Got These Scars’ #30, I wrote about the ten ‘Deep Space Nine’ writers who comprised the backbone and vision for the Star Trek series that is widely considered, if not the most popular, to be the best of the five live action TV projects. In this special series, I’m going to explore the individual contributions of those writers, which continues with the final members of the club, Bradley Thompson and David Weddle.
Comics On Sale – June 3rd, 2009
June 3rd, 2009
It’s new comic book day! Dozens of new books will be hitting the racks today. Head over to Previews to see the list of new comics and then hit the comments to share which books are on your pull list this week.
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