• Borehamwood Times has a short article detailing the puppetry genius of Gerry Anderson. Oddly, even though they mention Fireball XL5 and Thunderbirds, the article spends more time on UFO than anything else, including Space 1999. Out of all the Anderson TV shows out there, it was Space 1999 that caught my attention. Especially the crap inducing (to a 10 year) episode with the space octopus inside an Eagle. Yikes!


• Montykins at LiveJournal wonders if its time to move on for MST3K and its fans. We now have several MST3K-like products available and he (she?) wonders if there's too much now. Never I say! You can't have too much of a good thing. So the question becomes: Are any of the projects a 'good' thing? I'll have to check out RiffTrax now.


• Rocky Mountain News interview Masi Oka about his role in Heroes and the upcoming Get Smart (!) remake. They also touch a bit on the writers strike and on how the death of his mother affected him.


• Speaking of the writers strike, we have some competing views on how it will affect one of my favorite shows, LOST. Sy Fy Portal says LOST could lose big, as it only has a couple of episodes in the can and delaying the show till after the strike could cause viewer hemorrhaging. But wait! The LA Times states: "'Lost' producers will have finished half of the 16 episodes ABC ordered." I'm assuming that means that more have been written, but not finished. Maybe not. In any case, a strike that pushed LOST back or splits it in half will make me angry, at both sides. But on the positive side, BuddyTV suggests the strike might actually be a good thing for LOST, if ABC plays their cards right.


• And remember, today is the day the ginormous 61 DVD, all nine seasons set of The X Files is available for purchase! All 201 episodes, a comic book, an entire DVD just for exploring the conspiracies and the theatrical film The X Files: Fight The Future. Now that is some set, but it's only a limited issue, so if you're interested, better go ahead a get it now. To whet your appetite, enjoy the short clip below.

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Posted by JP Frantz at Tuesday November 06, 2007 at 12:10 AM
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