SF Signal: Tube Bits for 04/11/2008

Tube Bits for 04/11/2008

In case any of you were waiting, both Witchblade and Birds of Prey are about to be released on DVD. I never really got into Witchblade, partly because Yancy Butler just kind of annoys me for some reason. And Birds of Prey was here, then gone so I never saw it.

The writers' strike forced the cancelation of at least 3 hours of this season's LOST. Lindeloff and Cuse have stated they will find ways to spread that missing three hours out over the next few season. Now there is a rumor the ABC may order an additional hour for this season, which I am all for. With only 5 new episodes this season (starting up again April 24th), I'm dreading the long, dark interregnum between the end of this season, and the start of the next. Anything they can do to shorten that is alright with me.

Amazon's Screening Room Blog has a nice interview with Michael Shanks, Dr. Daniel Jackson from Stargate: SG-1, about the new Stargate: The Ark of Truth movie. (If Stargate is so popular, why did they make a direct to DVD movie again? Heck, even Firefly got a feature film...) There's even a clip!

In case anyone cares, NBC will be cranking out new Heroes comics, starting April 15th, to celebrate tax filing deadline day! Hooray!
We now have yet another MMO (massively multiplayer online) game joing that crowded market: Battlestar Galactica! Sadly, you can't play as a Cylon. What's the point to that? This version is being developed by Auran Games, who brought us the harshly criticized MMO Fury. On the other hand, my son loves their Trainz simulator, despite the misspelling.

And finally, Fantasy Flight Games announced they will be adapting Galactica into a board game. That's right, apparently Sci Fi's threat to move into the gaming space meant both computer/video games and boardgames. I've heard they are planning to turn this into a bits (tons of little plastic pieces) game. Let's hope it's a lot faster than the rules fest that is Twilight Imperium, which is fun even if it took 6 hours to play. Winning makes everything better as they say!

Here is a cool piece of info from Sci Fi: All season long, each new episode of Galactica will air first, online at Sci Fi.com. So if you just can't wait, you can watch it over lunch. Cool!