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Sarah Connor chronicles goes overseas

SF Universe – Fox is working hard to make sure that everyone gets to see their new series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (my kingdom for a shorter title!).  First they premiered the pilot online for 24 hours, next there will be a fabulous premiere and party at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood on Jan. 9 and then the show will have a two night premiere on Fox.

Now the series is reaching out far and wide to connect with even more fans!

In an unprecedented move, Fox and Warner Bros have joined with the American Forces Network to bring Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles to the troops! Normally, our American fighting forces have to wait months to see the latest in US TV, but not this time.  The pilot episode of the series will air on AFNprime, Monday, January 14, just hours after the US network premiere of the series.  To make this event a real party, AFN will also air all three Terminator movies on either side of the show’s premiere.  (The TV series takes place between movies 2 and 3.)

Stateside, Fox and Verizon invite you to Get Terminated!  The Chronicles bus will be touring the US from January 9 to January 30 making stops in dozens of cities including New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas, Washington D.C., Phoenix, St. Louis, San Diego and Charlotte. Terminator street teams will distribute branded premium items and invite fans aboard the bus to Get Terminated by filming an action scene opposite a Terminator in front of a green screen. The completed video clip will be sent to the fans email and/or Verizon Wireless phone, where it will then be available to share with friends and family, and to post on social-networking sites like MySpace.

Verizon V CAST subscribers will also have access to specially-produced Chronicles videos, wallpapers and ringtones which can be unlocked using a code word delivered each week on the TV series.

Summer Glau Takes on a Mammoth. . . Mammoth!

SF Universe – Though it sounds like some wacked out Discovery Channel version of Celebrity Deathmatch, it’s actually a SCI FI Channel original movie that hits DVD this week.

Mammoth (bet they stayed up all night thinking of that title) stars Firefly’s Summer Glau as “Jack” (yes really) the fiesty daughter of the only man alive who can save the world from this reanimated beast.

You know how it goes, meteor smashes into a Pleistocene museum, giving life to a frozen, 40,000-year-old mammoth who is pissed as hell and not going to take it anymore. Said mammoth goes on rampage and who will stop it?

Special Agents Powers (Leila Arcieri) and Whitaker (Marcus Lyle Brown) are given 17 hours to kill the mammoth (17? You couldn’t make that a full 24?) or else the entire town will be decimated.

The agents recruit local paleontologist Dr. Frank Abernathy (Vincent Ventresca) to help them hunt down the creature with the aid of his daughter and his (get this) “B-movie-fanatic father”, Simon (Tom Skerritt).

There’s a whole lot of stomping going on as the digital beast wrecks havoc and that’s not to mention what he does to the town!

Let the rampage begin!

“You can’t release this movie! I have a career now! I’m starring in the new Terminator TV Show! I’ll get you for this SCI Fi!!!”

Galactica scripts and more at charity auction

SF Universe – Fans4Writers is running a charity auction to benefit the WGA Solidarity Fund.  Most of the items currently up for auction are from Battlestar Galactica and include more than a dozen autographed scripts, and three autographed soundtrack CDS.Not into Galactica?  You’ll also find a fun Serenity cast photo, autographed scripts from Numb3rs (I want!) and Lost and even a shot at the Two and a Half Men 100th Episode bike!

Some of the items are closing as early as this Friday, so visit the auction at Fans4writers.com today and place your bid.

Sarah Connor Chronicles prize pack

SF Universe – We’re so excited about the premiere of the new Fox series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles that we’re giving away a rare piece of memorabilia. The winner of this contest will receive the logo’d lockbox, letter and key that was sent only to select members of the media.

Here’s what you win!

Here’s how you can win!

In the future, John Connor will be responsible for saving the world from the Terminators created by Skynet, but his actions today can change what happens tomorrow, so basically the future is NOW.

If you’d like to win the Terminator prize pack leave a comment on this post with a valid email address and answer this question:

If you had the power, what would you do RIGHT NOW in order to create a better world in the future?

The winner will be chosen by a team of B5 bloggers on January 31, 2008.

Sorry but only readers residing in the US and Canada are eligible.

Spread the word and don’t miss the premiere of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on January 13 on Fox.

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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

Star Trek Tour in California

SF Universe – If you’re even mildly into Star Trek, this is one exhibit you won’t want to miss. The traveling Star Trek Tour from Creation is a one-of-a-kind experience that really takes you into the Trek world. Sets, props, motion-simulation rides — this is like visiting a Star Trek Theme Park.Here’s what Creation has to say:

To our fellow Star Trek fans:

We’ve very happy to share the announcement of the upcoming STAR TREK: THE TOUR, a 50,000 square foot traveling interactive exhibit of Star Trek sets, props, models, motion-simulator rides and more from all five Trek series and all ten Trek films. The tour will visit 40 cities around the country, kicking off in Long Beach California on January 18th, 2008.

Creation will be represented with our line of autographed collectibles in the sales boutique and we’ll also be helping to coordinate celebrity appearances along the way. We hope to see a lot of friendly faces of folks that have attended our conventions in the past at the various tour stops.

Past Creation guests have helped to put together the tour including production designer Herman Zimmerman, costume designer Robert Blackman and make-up genius Michael Westmore. Gene’s son Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry provides some narration for the exhibits and Creation’s good friend, the one and only William Shatner, is serving as the official ambassador of the tour.

Highlights of STAR TREK THE TOUR include:

Detailed recreations of original sets from Star Trek: The Next Generation, including Captain Picard’s quarters, Dr. Crusher’s sick bay and the majestic NCC-1701-D Bridge.

The chance to take a ride through a Star Trek adventure in four full-motion, show-based flight simulators.

An all-new multimedia Encounter Theater, built like a theater in the round with 360 degree video screens. Computer-generated sequences put visitors in the middle of the Star Trek action.

The opportunity for exhibit-goers to sit on a full-size Enterprise bridge from the original TV series and have their photo taken and superimposed with an image of the original cast – including Spock, McCoy and Scotty – to look as if the Enterprise crew is standing right next to them.

The ability for guests to star with the original cast in an episode of their choice and watch themselves interact with Star Trek icons such as Spock and Scotty. Guests can take home a DVD of their cameo to share with family and friends.

Tickets & Pricing

Tickets to STAR TREK THE TOUR will go on sale on December 7th during an exclusive 7-day pre-sale offer for American Express Cardholders. Beginning December 15th tickets will be available to the general public. Tickets can be purchased by calling 213-480-3232 or by logging onto http://www.ticketmaster.com or http://www.StarTrekTheTour.com

Cities & Dates

The tour starts in Long Beach, CA for a limited engagement on January 18, 2008 and runs to February 17. The next 4 cities STAR TREK THE TOUR will visit are San Francisco, Minneapolis / St. Paul, Chicago and Detroit.

Adults: $30 weekdays / $35 on weekends.
Children (12 and under): $16.50 weekdays / $17.50 weekend
Seniors (65+) and military personnel: $25 weekday / $30 weekend.

Complete information, including some cool pictures and a full tour schedule, is available at startrek.com