Star Trek – Super Bowl Ad
Yeh yeh, i know i’m hideously late posting this, but it’s still worth posting. This movie looks more and more awesome with every trailer!
Red Dwarf Heads Back to Earth
Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), Cat (Danny John-Jules), Lister (Craig Charles), & Rimmer (Chris Barrie) return in Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Red Dwarf is back!! I’d been hearing rumblings for a couple of months that ‘something’ was possibly going to happen, but I always take these things with a pinch of salt, as they often never amount to anything.
However, this is confirmed. Digital channel ‘Dave’ is going back to the Dwarf for a two-part Easter weekend special which see Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Kryten, and Holly finally make it back to Earth… but what will they find there?..
Seeing as the BBC totally ignored the 20th aniversary (20yrs… man, i’m old!) of Red Dwarf last year, i’m really happy Dave has picked up the show, even if it is only for a one off special!
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth will be written and directed by Red Dwarf co-creator Doug Naylor.
Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it)
I just love this. I suppose it could be seen as slightly cruel to record it and put it on the net, but still very funny. 
“My friend Amanda had never seen a whole Star Wars film. When I asked her if she wanted to watch the original trilogy she said that she would, but that she already knew what happens. So I took out my voice recorder and asked her to start from the top.”
Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.
SG-1 In Stargate Worlds!
You Can Use the Force Yourself This Autumn!
Well, okay, that might be a slight exaggeration, but this is still insanely cool, and going on my 2009 WANT list…
The Force Trainer
The Force Trainer
The Force Trainer contains a brainwave sensing headset which allows the user to manipulate a sphere within a clear 10-inch-tall training tower using only the power of the mind! “Star Wars sound effects and audio clips emitted from the base unit “cue you in to progress to the next level (from Padawan to Jedi) or when to move the sphere up or down to keep challenging yourself.” Frank Adler of toymaker Uncle Milton Industries.
The Force Trainer is just one of a whole bunch of ‘mind controlled’ games due out this year such as Mattel’s Mind Flex system.
And Doctor Who’s New Doctor is…
Matt Smith!
Matt Smith is the new Doctor in Doctor Who
Nope, i’ve heard of him either. At 26, Matt Smith will be the youngest person to take on the role of The Doctor in Doctor Who when David Tennant leaves in 2010, and Matt becomes the 11th Doctor. He is a relative unknown, although like Tennant before him, has had a number of lead roles in BBC dramas. He’s also worked with previous Doctor’s assistant Billie Piper in Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke, and in Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
It’s a brave choice for new show runner Steven Moffat to go with someone so young, as Steven had said he’d always seen the Doctor being older (“in his 40s”). I don’t know any of Matt Smith’s work so i can’t really judge if it’s a good choice or not. I do however trust Moffat, and i can only assume he’s seen something in him that he thinks will work for the role. When interviewed, Moffat commented “You need to be old and young at the same time, a boffin and an action hero, a cheeky schoolboy and the wise old man of the universe. As soon as Matt walked through the door and blew us away with a bold and brand new take on the Time Lord, we knew we had our man. 2010 is a long time away but rest assured the Eleventh Doctor is coming – and the universe has never been so safe.”
I guess only time(lord) will tell…
A few more pictures of Matt Smith, the 11th Doctor (I’m guessing that’s not his final outfit).
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