Will There Be a Terra Nova Season 2?
Will Terra Nova return?
We’ve recently been getting a multitude of questions we’re about if/when Terra Nova is coming back for a 2nd season. The answer is… we don’t know yet… and might not for another couple of months due to a number of issues.
Firstly, Terra Nova is an expensive show to make, and has a fairly long production cycle. However, it got respectable viewer numbers by today’s standards, but it depends if the network (Fox) think the expense is returning enough viewers. As i’ve said many many times before on the site, TV is a business, and they are in it to make money. You could have a brilliant show, but if you’re not returning the viewing figures, you’re getting canned. It sucks, but that’s how it is.
Secondly, Fox are in an odd position this year, as an 3 of their potential biggest new drama shows haven’t aired yet. JJ Abrams’ ‘Alcatraz‘, Kiefer Sutherland’s ‘Touch‘, and Bones spin-off ‘The Finder‘ are all still to air. This leaves Fox with a bit of a dilemma… To give Terra Nova any hope of being ready for the 2012 Fall Season, they have to be back in production by April this year. It’ll be the end of Jan before all 3 of the aforementioned dramas have aired, which means Fox may need to make a budget decision on Terra Nova’s future before having a decent grasp on how all their new shows are going to fair. The very earliest Fox will likely want to make an official decision would be February, which is already leaving Terra Nova limited pre-production time.
IF Terra Nova does get renewed for Season 2, it will air in September 2012 on Sky 1.
Possibly the geekiest thing on the internet.
Credit goes to Kevin who spotted this, and immediately thought of us.
Really, i’m not sure how you could make this more geeky.
I give you The Imperial March from Star Wars by John Williams… played by two 3 and half inch floppy disk drives.
Star Wars: The Old Republic Flash Mob!
If you’ve noticed things on the site have been a bit quite recently, this is for 2 reasons. 1 – It’s was Christmas, and 2 – Star Wars: The Old Republic was released.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is a game we here at GeekTown have been waiting for since it was first announced Bioware were working on an MMORPG back in 2007, so it’s been a long time coming. We’ve been playing since beta, and it’s just got better and better with every update. The game already has some spectacular numbers under it’s belt, with over 5.5 million hours played by it’s 1 million and rising subscribers. One of the more interesting stats released was the fact the players have so far created 850,000 Sith Warriors and over 810,000 Jedi Knights, so it seems the draw of the dark side is just slightly stronger than the light.
The game itself is superb. Brilliantly constructed and deeply involving story lines, with every character fully voiced, it stands way above most other MMOs out there. Bioware have worked really hard to make sure SWTOR puts the RPG back into MMORPG.
As part of the promo for SWTORs release, Bioware/EA organised a genius ‘flash mob’ event in Times Square NYC. Wonder if it was a ‘bring your own lightsaber’ event, or if they were provided. ;)
Cineworld Giftcards for Christmas
This year give the gift of Movies this Christmas!
A Cineworld gift card is a great present this Christmas surprise your loved ones with a cinematic experience at any of the 79 nationwide cineworlds. The Cineworld gift card leaves you with the opportunity to give someone an action packed film filled with a world of drama and adventure. With a minimum gift purcahse of only £10, a cineworld gift card will be the perfect stocking filler this Christmas.
Alternatively you can grant someone with a super Cinema Gift Box which contains TWO adult 3D cinema tickets with a voucher for a regular Shared combo and two galaxy gift chocolates. All of this is available for just £20 at your local Cineworld. That is a limited offer so its only available whilst stocks last.
Christmas Delivery Deadlines
20th December for 1st Class/Recorded post.
22nd December for special next day delivery.
Cineworld cannot guarantee that purchases made after the 22nd will arrive before Christmas.
The Hobbit Trailer in HD
It maybe a year away, but Peter Jackson has released the first trailer for The Hobbit!
Dwarfs, hobbits, elves, Gandalf, Gollum, and a certain ring all make an appearance. No sign of the gold hoarding, fire breathing dragon in this one, but i’m sure we’ll get to see a lot more info over the next 12 months.
Roll on December 14th 2012!
Amy & Rory to Leave Doctor Who!
Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill to leave Doctor Who
Shes know the doctor since she was a little girl.
She’s traveled in space and time with him.
Then her boyfriend (now husband) joined her and The Doctor on their adventures…
But life in the Tardis will come to end for Amy Pond and Rory Williams next series, as Steven Moffat confirmed at a press screening Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill will leave the show in a ”heartbreaking end”, halfway through series 7 (or 33 if your old school!).
Fear not though, Matt Smith‘s 11th Doctor will be there for the whole season, and it’s thought has signed on at least until the show’s 50th anniversary in 2013. With Amy and Rory gone, The Doctor will also be looking for a new (as yet, uncast) companion to get into daring adventures with.
Although i’m sad to see Karen & Arthur go, i’m not sure how much more you could get away with putting Amy & Rory through! Plus, changing companions has always been one of the ways Doctor Who reinvents itself and keeps things fresh. Looking forward to see who The Doctor manages to pick up on his travels next!
Doctor Who, series 7 (33), is not back till Autumn 2012, however you can see The Doctor in “The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe” on Christmas Day, BBC ONE at 7pm.
