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Scyfilove blog moves from Blogger to Wordpress

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:01:00 +0000

IT is always an emotional moment when you move out from your first home, but that moment has come for Scyfilove on Blogger. Yes, after 17 months and more than 150 posts, I took the decision to move on and imported the blog - lock, stock and...

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Flash Forward faces blackout of its own

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:06:00 +0000

I'M frightened ... I was watching television and then I blacked out for an hour ..... when I came to, I had visions of the creator of Family Guy making a cameo in the new, massively hyped science fiction show. It doesn't say much for Flash...

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The Twilight Zone Nightmare at 20,000 Feet - Great Sci-Fi Moments Number Nine

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0000

THE Twilight Zone turns 50 today and in its honour, I decided to make Nightmare at 20,000 Feet my latest great sci-fi moment. For those not familiar with it, the episode is based on a Richard Matheson short story and stars William Shatner (bonus -...

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Former Doctor Who Paul McGann gives up hope of Tardis reappearance

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:04:00 +0000

FORMER Doctor Who star Paul McGann revealed today he has given up hope of taking part in a rumoured reunion of actors who have played the Time Lord. He said he had no expectations of ever returning to the role and claimed he has had no contact with...

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Terminator meets Back To The Future

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:26:00 +0000

It doesn't get any better than this. Thanks to Live For Films for the heads up. "I need your clothes, your De Lorean and your Flux Capacitor."

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Batman Dead End - great sci-fi moments number eight

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:09:00 +0000

I MEANT to put Batman Dead End up ages ago, but kept on forgetting. Basically a supreme fan film with over two million hits on You Tube, it puts Bats in the middle as Predators and Aliens throw down in Gotham. It is a beautiful piece of work by...

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V reboot looks increasingly doomed

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:32:00 +0000

I BLOGGED a while back about why I thought the reboot of V would not be as good as the original. It seems like the TV execs behind the show are feeling the same way, I am afraid to say. First off, it went on a production break - supposedly to sort...

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Philip K Dick's Blade Runner letter - 'my life and work is complete'

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:13:00 +0000

BLADE RUNNER author Philip K. Dick was undoubtedly a strange cat, but also one of the most wildly creative minds ever to work in the world of science fiction. As well as his most famous work in Blade Runner, he wrote shedloads of novels and short...

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Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming - according to Richard Hatch

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:21:00 +0000

RICHARD Hatch was one of the best things about new Battlestar Galactica, as the traitorous and ambitious terrorist/politician Tom Zarek. Although he met an untimely end at the wrong end of a firing squad, he provided a great touchstone to the...

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Top five Star Wars lightsaber fan films - plus a bonus sixth!

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:13:00 +0000

YOU know those pathetic so-called blog posts where the blogger just pulls together some vidoes or pictures with the odd word or two to link them together? I've seen loads of them lately and I thought ... I could do that too. Why should those guys...

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Brian Daley's Han Solo novels remembered - Bollux and all

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:00:00 +0000

LIKE virtually everyone of my age, I love Star Wars and have done since I first saw it. So when young me saw in the late 1970s that a trilogy of Han Solo novels had been brought out, telling of his early adventures, I got my mum to snap them up. I...

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Chuck creator Scott Rosenbaum to make sci-fi western TV series

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Nice work by erica on Deviant Art WHEN I heard Scott Rosenbaum was making a new TV western set in space, my geek alarm went into overdrive, although I'm not sure why. The untitled sci-fi series is described as an “epic western with a sci-fi...

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First Mute concept art from Duncan Jones's next film

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:32:00 +0000

WHEN I interviewed Duncan Jones for the blog earlier this year, he mentioned his next film would be called Mute, set in a future version of Berlin (hopefully, if Moon worked out ok). Seeing as Moon worked out more than ok, Mute has received the...

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Richard Curtis to write Doctor Who and some Doctor Who sitcoms

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:18:00 +0000

ANYONE else out there nervous about Richard Curtis writing for Who? I was completely blind-sided because if I had a wishlist of guest writers, Mr Curtis would not be on it. Can he still cut it? I mean, the ending of Blackadder Goes Forth was...

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Happy Birthday Star Trek - 43 years old today!

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:24:00 +0000

IT SEEMS amazing, but Star Trek is 43 years old today. The Man Trap, the first episode of the show (if you ignore the pilot, and despite being the sixth to be filmed, fact fans) was broadcast on September 8 1966. It dealt with the crew of the USS...

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Top 10 reasons why District 9 and Neill Blomkamp live up to the hype

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:05:00 +0000

TIP of the Scyfilove cap goes to Neill Blomkamp and District 9, which opened this week in the UK. I had already blogged about its clever marketing campaign, but I saw it during a specially extended lunch hour in Liverpool and it was a great way to...

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British company plans gravity spaceship to save Earth from asteroids

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:57:00 +0000

I ALMOST punched myself in the face with shock at reading an article on the BBC website this morning, about what some scientists are up to in Stevenage. Although not known as a hotbed of space exploration, a Stevenage company of boffins called EADS...

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42 sci-fi rules to live (and die) by

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:28:00 +0000

HI - remember me? I used to write a sci-fi blog a while back. Of course, with me having had a summer break of a massive four weeks, the term blog probably means nothing now and a load of cool online sorts are shaking their heads at grandad and his...

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New Doctor Who Matt Smith scene (adults only)

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:01:00 +0000

THIS scene may have been smuggled out of Cardiff and gives a real insight into the direction Steven Moffat is taking Doctor Who with Matt Smith. Or it could be a deleted scene from In Bruges, found by @james_blue_cat which @graham_bandage told me...

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Taking on Tom Baker's Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:02:00 +0000

THERE are times when every scy-fi geek must face .... the ultimate challenge. I have just faced mine, in Tom Baker's Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz, an interactive DVD which promises out of this world family fun (even though, wisely, it has a single player...

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New Doctor Who trailer for The Waters of Mars

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:56:00 +0000

THE new Waters of Mars trailer has been put out by the BBC, so in case you haven't seen it, I'll put it on here. This is looking more and more creepy, with no hint of the jokey 'Alonsi!' perkiness of Tennant's Doctor. He is facing his own...

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Duncan Jones's autograph and a thank you to Craig Grobler

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:49:00 +0000

Once again, thanks to @ckc1ne - Craig Grobler. Truly a great thing to do for a fellow geek you hardly know. To go to a film Q&A session is one thing, but to get an autograph is something else. I owe you one buddy. And to Duncan Jones, aka...

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New Doctor Who The Waters of Mars trailer - with extra Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:19:00 +0000

WITH all the fuss, not least on this blog, about the new Doctor Who Matt Smith, it is easy to forget the current Doctor still has some time to go before his song ends for good. Here's the latest trailer for The Waters of Mars, with lots of extra...

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New picture - Doctor Who Matt Smith in costume, plus companion Karen Gillan

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:46:00 +0000

HERE'S the first on set picture of new Doctor Who Matt Smith in costume and assistant Karen Gillan on set. What do you think? The bow tie, the jacket, the boots - a bit geography teacher? Henry Jones Jnr? Geek chic? Will blog on this later, but...

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First picture - New Doctor Who Matt Smith and companion Karen Gillan

noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleonSolo) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:56:00 +0000

The good folks over at Radio Free Skaro tweeted about this picture of new Doctor Who Matt Smith and companion Karen Gilan, so I thought I'd throw it up too. UPDATE - first on set picture now up I should stress they are not in costume and the...

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