Comment Discussion:  Did you like “Vegas”, the recent Stargate Episode?  John Sheppard as a detective?  Wraith serial killer? Alternate realities?  Zelenka in a suit?  I didn’t really love it, was kinda hoping for more ya know?  What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.

OK, so you probably have heard that Stargate Atlantis isn’t going to be picked up for another year and you were probably just as sad as I was.  What will you do without some sort of Stargate fix?  It has been over 12 years that you have enjoyed some sort of Gate action.  Well don’t fret, if you haven’t heard yet, they are already working on the next Stargate spinoff, Stargate Universe.  Sounds pretty cool, sounds like a new younger direction.  Check some of the details from the official site after the jump.

With the concept green-lit for production, co-creators Robert C. Cooper and Brad Wright are hard at work on fleshing out the series before it goes before the camera. There’s tons to do, but Cooper found enough time to give us an update on the exciting progress of Stargate Universe.

“We’re writing the premiere episode,” he confirms. “Brad and myself are spinning that story, and we’re coming up with new episodes for the first half of the season as well. We’re also in the preliminary casting process, and designing the sets and looking for key crew members – it’s full steam ahead right now. Our target is to start shooting early February and be on the air in July of ’09.”

Casting notes leaked online several weeks ago, revealing that the producers are looking for a core cast of six – four actors and two actresses – to launch the series. Though the team is lead by Colonel Everett Young, who is described as being in his forties, the rest of the characters – Tamara Jon, a field medic; Chloe Carpenter, daughter of a US senator; Eli Hitchcock, mathematical genius; Jared Nash, a lieutenant at the SGC and Ron Stasiak, a US marine, are listed as being in their twenties. Some fans have queried the wisdom of having such young characters, but Cooper points to the youth of Stargate SG-1‘s cast when it launched.

So you have, no doubt, endured the lonely cold nights alone without any new and exciting insight into the world of Firefly. But there is light at the end of the tunnel. Joss Whedon has announced that he will be writing a three-issue, one volume book outlining the past life of Shepherd Book. Book was one of my favorites from the series with a tantalizingly mysterious past. Just how does a man of the cloth know so much about guns? Well you’ll find out soon enough.

Star Trek Movie Poster 2

Paramount released 4 new Star Trek movie posters at Vegas-Con. The new posters feature John Cho as Sulu, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy and Anton Yeltsin as Chekov. The posters are like the last four released at Comic-Con but feature different cast members. Larger image after the jump.

Star Trek Movie Poster 2

On August 5th, the critically acclaimed Masters of Science Fiction anthology series was released on DVD as a 2-disc set. The Masters of Science Fiction DVDs contain the entire series – including two episodes never-before-aired!

Originally broadcast last year on ABC, Masters of Science Fiction adapted short stories from some of the genre’s greatest practitioners, including Robert Heinlein, Harlan Ellison, Robert Sheckley and John Kessel. Mark Dawidziak of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote: “I’ve seen what may be the best futuristic anthology series since the glory days of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits.

Available at Amazon.com

Star Trek Online Screenshot

Check out this link to the newly released gameplay footage of the upcoming Star Trek Online multiplayer game.

The game developers say:

This is 100 percent in-engine gameplay footage. What you see is what you’ll play!

Link: http://www.startrekonline.com/videos

Star Trek Online Screenshot

Star Trek Online, a massively multiplayer online game, is in active development, the Associated Press reported.

Game developer Cryptic Studios Inc. recently announced that it had secured the rights to develop and publish the game from CBS Consumer Products after now-defunct Perpetual Entertainment canceled its plans for a similar game.

Players will begin Star Trek Online as the captain of a small Starfleet or Klingon Empire ship. They can customize their characters from pre-existing Trek species and can create entirely new alien races. As they progress through the game, players can increase in rank and gain larger vessels and more crew and engage in ship-to-ship battles.

The game will be set a few generations following the last Star Trek film and won’t feature any familiar characters from the movies or TV series.

No release date has been set for the game’s debut. More details about the game will be announced over the weekend in Las Vegas.

The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

With the new Mummy movie in full force in theaters around the world we thought a quick look at the plot wouldn’t hurt (in case you have been under a rock lately.)

What did we think about this blockbuster? Great movie, horrible acting. It was was hard to really get into this film because of a few forced moments that really didn’t “sell”. The new guy playing the son of Brandon Frasier’s character is not likely to receive an Oscar Nomination for his work. Worth a watch simply for the visual effects though.

Source: robcohenthemummy.com

The blockbuster global Mummy franchise takes a spellbinding turn as the action shifts to Asia for the next chapter in the adventure series, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O’Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas. Rick is joined in this all-new adventure by son Alex (newcomer Luke Ford), wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) and her brother, Jonathan (John Hannah). And this time, the O’Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service.

Doomed by a double-crossing sorceress (Michelle Yeoh) to spend eternity in suspended animation, China’s ruthless Dragon Emperor and his 10,000 warriors have laid forgotten for eons, entombed in clay as a vast, silent terra cotta army. But when dashing adventurer Alex O’Connell is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents.

As the monarch roars back to life, our heroes find his quest for world domination has only intensified over the millennia. Striding the Far East with unimaginable supernatural powers, the Emperor Mummy will rouse his legion as an unstoppable, otherworldly force…unless the O’Connells can stop him first. Now, in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, the trademark thrills and visually spectacular action of the Mummy series will be redefined for a new generation.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is helmed by director Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious, xXx) and written by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Spider-Man 2, television’s Smallville). Reprising their roles as producers in the series are Bob Ducsay, Sean Daniel, Stephen Sommers and James Jacks.

We would also like to give a special thanks to Larry Charet for parting with his wonderful domain name.  Larry is still maintaining his ebay store, delivering some great comicbook deals. Check it out here.

Check back soon for more exciting info on what we have planned here!