SF Tidbits for 10/4/07
By John DeNardo |
Thursday, October 4th, 2007 at
12:20 am
- Entertainment Weekly‘s PopWatch tells us why we should be watching BBC’s Jekyll: “Done on a budget that would barely cover the catering on Heroes, this BBC series is a reinvention of the Jekyll-and-Hyde legend that crackles with wit, suspense, and genuine terror.” They also offer a YouTube preview.
- ArmadilloCon 2008 has lined up John Scalzi as Guest of Honor and have mocked up their site to resemble Scalzi’s The Android’s Dream. [via Irene Gallo, Tor's Art Director]
- Eleanor Arnason discusses Romance and SF: “Complaining about romance in SF is ultimately complaining that there are too many women in SF.”
- Remoting Future has countdowns to science fictional events that have yet to occur. [via Gravity Lens]
- SciFi Chick lists 13 SciFi Mental Illnesses.
- Geek wardrobe: Star Wars line-art tees. [via BoingBoing]
- Geek decoration: An ornament of Inara’s shuttle from Firefly. [Sent in via Fred K.]
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Jekyll was HAAAWESOME. Definitely a must-see.
The writer, Steven Moffat, wrote the best of the new Dr. Who episodes. I don’t think that’s just my humble opinion about him either – The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances and The Girl in the Fireplace I believe both won Hugo awards; and he also wrote Blink for Season 3. I’d be surprised if that didn’t win something, that episode was great.
The writing here is just as tight; Jekyll keeps you guessing without hitting you over the head with the whole “mysterious backstory” here thing that Lost and BSG seem to have done.
At first, I thought the actor who played Jekyll wasn’t going to be able to pull it off, but that didn’t last long – he’s fantastic.
Does this mean we have to go to Austin next year? To see that Scalzi guy?
I haven’t seen Jekyll but it looks interesting. EW has a good point about budgets. Good writing wins out over expensive special effects every time. Naturally, combining both is the ideal…
Another BBC SF series that looks better than most U.S. offerings is Life on Mars. It’s already won an international Emmy but is almost unknown in the U.S. I am quite taken with the pilot episode’s time travel sequence. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GONs9sgfXw
And here’s JP’s review which I missed before I posted.
Jekyll wasn’t perfect, but it was extremely good, not least of all because of James Nesbitt’s terrific dual performance.
@Matt: Hey! That’s John Simm (?) aka The Master from S3 of Dr Who! Damn. Another show I have to go watch now.