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Looking back at 2007 : part four

SF Universe – As we round into fall, it’s the last of our look back at the SciFi stories that made us go hmmmm.OCTOBER

Fox shuts down Buffy “Once More With Feeling” fan sing along events

Chris Pine wins Kirk role in new Star Trek flick
Kristin Bell joins Heroes

Stargate Atlantis is picked up for a fifth season

Nichelle Nichols joins Star Trek co-star Takei on Heroes

Production wraps on Indy 4

Fox announces production of new X-Files movie

NOVEMBER

NBC puts together Knight Rider remake as back door pilot even as Bionic Woman remakes flounders in the ratings

Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku team up for Dollhouse

Hollywood writers go on strike and TV production is brought to a virtual standstill

Heroes Origins is shelved due to writers strike and series prepares for an early finale

DECEMBER

Christian Bale confirmed to star in Terminator 4

Peter Jackson signs on to produce The Hobbit, Sam Raimi may direct

CBS Interactive cans entire staff of StarTrek.com

Arthur C. Clarke turns 90 and releases YouTube greetings

USA cancels 4400 and The Dead Zone

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem opens Christmas Day

There! It’s finally over. Lot of things happened last year when you stop and look back. Hopefully, 2008 will be just as full…

Looking back at 2007 : part three

SF Universe –

JULY

Summer Glau joins Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

What is Cloverfield?

Laura Vandervoort joins Smallville as Supergirl and is much more welcomed than the two new women added to the Supernatural cast

Angel’s David Greenwalt takes over the helm at Moonlight.

Angel’s David Greenwalt leaves Moonlight.

Zachary Quinto to play Spock. Casting confirmed at ComicCon

AUGUST

Wizard World fans get sneak peak at the new Dark Knight

Roland Emmerich set to direct Fantastic Voyage remake

SEPTEMBER

NBC debuts Bionic Woman remake

Watchman begins filming in Vancouver

Torchwood comes to BBC America

Author Madeleine L’Engle dies at age 88

Fantasy author Robert Jordan dies at age 58

More SciFi for mainstream TV, Moonlight and Journeyman begin with New Amsterdam and The Sarah Connor Chronicles scheduled for mid-season

Looking back at 2007 : part two

SF Universe –

APRIL

Spider-Man 3 is the talk of the “web”
“Scotty’s” cremated remains are shot into space
Author Kurt Vonnegut dies at age 84
Painkiller Jane hits SCI FI and it’s viewers who feel the pain
Grindhouse makes us long for the B-movie days

MAY

Ronald Moore announces that Battlestar Galactica will end in 2008
Star Wars Celebration IV opens in LA
Katee Sackhoff to guest as original Bionic Woman
Author Fred Saberhagen dies
SCI FI casts Flash Gordon remake series
Lost to end in 2010 (talk about urgent news)
Whedon does Angel Sixth Season in comics

JUNE

CBS renews Jericho and begs fans to stop sending nuts
John Hurt confirmed for Hellboy 2
Gene Roddenberry is inducted into the SciFi Hall of Fame
Stargate SG-1 wraps after a ten year run
Amanda Tapping joins Stargate Atlantis
James Marsters to guest on Torchwood
Transformers hype runs rampant

See you tomorrow for part three 🙂

Looking back at 2007 : part one

SF Universe – Another year is at an end, so I thought I’d take a look back at some of the Sci Fi stories that made the news this past year. We lost a couple of the greatest Science Fiction authors, several classic Sci Fi shows and movies were remade and JJ Abrams was the man of the year with both Star Trek and Cloverfield rating high on the buzz meter.Let’s start at the very beginning. . .

JANUARY

Pan’s Labyrinth earns six Oscar nominations making it the most nominated Scifi/Fantasy film

James Cameron set to direct Avatar

Lily Munster, Yvonne De Carlo, passes away

Smallville “Justice” pre-screened online

New Line in regard to the litigious Peter Jackson’s involvement with The Hobbit, “It will never happen during my watch.” (Wanna bet?)

Click to see the events of February and March.

FEBRUARY

Fox confirms remake of the classic The Day the Earth Stood Still

J.J. Abrams will direct Star Trek XI

Kevin Smith helms CW’s Reaper

Whedon quits Wonder Woman

Fans lobby to save Carson Beckett

MARCH

US Postal Service unveils Star Wars stamps

300 conquers the box office

George Lucas talks Clone Wars the animated series

Third Stargate series “Universe” said to be in the works

Come back tomorrow for part two

Top 10 news stories of 2007

Cosmos magazine – SYDNEY: From duck genitals to missing planets these are the Cosmos Online news stories that rocked your world in 2007.BABIES ‘SEE’ LANGUAGES
At just four months, babies can tell the difference between two languages spoken to them using only the expressions on a speaker’s face, according to a new Canadian study.

NANO-LAYERED PLASTIC SHEET IS STRONG AS STEEL
A new transparent, composite plastic as strong as steel and as thin as a sheet of paper has been developed by materials scientists.

SKIM MILK STRAIGHT FROM THE COW
A new breed of cow that produces skim milk naturally – straight from the teat – has been discovered by New Zealand scientists.

EARTH IS SMALLER THAN WE THOUGHT
In this high-tech age, you’d think we’d have the know-how to accurately measure the width of our planet, but researchers now reveal it’s smaller than we thought.

DARK MATTER AND ‘GOD PARTICLE’ WITHIN REACH
The boundaries of knowledge in particle physics look set to be broken soon with scientists around the globe locked in a multi-billion-dollar race to solve two great mysteries.

LIGHT CAN BEND LIQUID
ust the gentle pressure of a beam of light is enough to bend and direct streams of a special liquid, according to a study to be published this week.

DID OUR SOLAR SYSTEM ONCE HAVE ANOTHER PLANET?
The fiery demise of a fifth rocky planet in our Solar System might have led to a flurry of asteroid impacts that pockmarked the Moon and Earth billions of years ago.

MOST BABIES WATCH TV, DESPITE WARNINGS
Most parents let their babies watch television despite warnings that it can negatively affect brain development, according to a new study.

DUCK GENITALS LOCKED IN ARMS RACE
Female ducks have evolved “maze-like” genitals with many twists, pouches and dead ends, in a bid to prevent rape and retain control of who fathers their offspring – while male ducks have evolved equally convoluted penises to keep up.

SELF-SUFFICIENT SPACE HABITAT DESIGNED
Australian-led scientists have designed a new space habitat that might one day allow astronauts on the Moon or Mars to be 90 to 95 per cent self-sufficient.