Tube Bits for 04/09/2008
- The Comics TV blog watches Serenity and Babylon 5: The Lost Tales. He wonders about the 'certain death' sequence in Serenity where, (SPOILERS!) aside from one totally lame death, all the cast walks away.(/SPOILERS) He also comments on the low budget look of B5. I haven't seen it, but it doesn't surprise me. No one ever gave the show what it deserved in the budget department.
- Is Firefly coming to Blu-Ray? You'd think so after the death of HD DVD. Anyone out there interested in owning 4 different versions?
- Filmonic provides us with a first look at the upcoming supermodel superhero mini-series Scarlett starring Natassia Malthe. I'm sorry, I lost my train of thought. Where was I?
- Sci Fi Cool dishes out some more info on the new Stargate: Universe TV series. It seems that the show will take place on one of the Ancients' ships that is roaming the galaxy, following a second ship that is seeding the galaxy with gates. Sounds kind of Star Trek-ish, but still rather interesting. I may have found a Stargate series that actually interests me.
- Speaking of Stargate, Amazon has three of their favorite episodes available for free, via their Unbox service. You can't beat free (for a short time), and you get to try out the Unbox service to boot. Sorry Mac users, no vids for you.
- MSNBC says that Galactica gets their robots right. According to the experts interviewed, we should expect any aliens we find to be mechanical (So? It's mechanical!) and not the soft, squishy kind of E.T.
- And hoo boy, who cares if they're mechanical, if they all look like the babes of Galactica decked out like Barbarella. You are very welcome Tim.
- The premier episode of Galactica's season 4 achieved some really good ratings, breaking the 2 million viewer mark for the first time in a long time. And they hit their demographic, almost all of the viewers being between 18 and 49. Hey! That includes me!
- Read Express profiles writer Marc Guggenheim (Eli Stone) and delves into his comics background. Guggenheim a creator-owned comic entitled Resurrection about an alien invasion. Sweet.
- Will Comcast save Jericho? As odd as that sounds, it's a possibility, if not likely. Is it even worth saving?
- Is this the worst fight scene ever on TV? I agree it is rather lame...
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| Posted by JP on Wednesday April 09, 2008 - 12:15 AM
| Category: Tube Bits
| © 2008 SF Signal
I read somewhere that even though Firefly was shot on film large enough to make a difference in HD, since it wasn't broadcast in HD when it was one Fox all of the CGI was done in standard def. I've seen a few Firefly episodes on Universal HD when I was at a friend's house, and it seemed like the CGI shots were blurrier than the live action.
Posted by Jason on Wednesday April 09, 2008 at 9:49 AM
Yes, Jericho is worth saving. But I doubt Comcast will be the savior. Scifi Channel would be a better home, especially if they got rid of all the Stargate crap.
Posted by horseloverfat on Wednesday April 09, 2008 at 1:32 PM
Jericho is definitely worth saving. OK, much of the acting sucked, and the romantic plotlines were laughable, but I thought this was actually pretty good science fiction: the premises were well thought out and followed to their logical conclusions, and much of the action was very exciting. I felt like they were working at the kinks as the show went along (well, nothing to be done about the actors, aside from killing off the characters).
Posted by Jeremy Smith on Thursday April 10, 2008 at 8:14 AM
No fight scene that isn't over sunglasses should be that long or lame.
Posted by Fred on Thursday April 10, 2008 at 8:40 PM
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