Friday, August 19, 2011

SciFi News For 8-20-11

2012 Film "Gravity" Will Be "Mind-Blowing" (Story & Video 3:45):

Dr Who Series 6, Episode 8 Preview Clip 2 (Video :58):

10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About The Original Star Trek (Story & Images):

Synthetic Life Could Help Colonize Mars (Story):


Facial Recognition - Technology Straight From The Pages Of Science Fiction (Story): 

A Look At DARPA'S Impressive Futuristic Projects (Story & Video 2:40):

Help Wanted To Design Ways To Send People To The Stars (Story):

Fastest Aircraft Ever Built Hits Mach 20! (Story & Video 1:27):

Help Solve A Drought By Towing An Iceberg? Say That Again! (Story):

Private Company To Launch Dragon Capsule In November (Story):

Aliens Might Just Be Able To Fix Global Warming...Or Kill Us! (Story):

"Orbital Transmission" - A Collection Of Fascinating SciFi Sound FX (Product Details):

OTHER NEWS
Following on the heels of "Prometheus" and it's prequel, reboot, whatever it is connection to Alien, it’s been announced that Ridley Scott will give "Blade Runner" the same treatment, and will produce and direct. Though the news of another "Blade Runner" film came back in March, there had yet to be a confirmation that Scott would be on board for the project. Today, it's been confirmed!

Jean Claude Van Damme has not yet kicked his last kick! In what appears to be a slow continuing resurrection of his career, the news is out about his upcoming projects starting with a new British movie titled "UFO". Filming is currently underway in Derby and Van Damme will play a retired military advisor. Van Damme will also reprise his Universal solder role in "Universal Soldier: A New Dimension" and will also play a role in the second "Expendables" movie.

Avatar, which is one of the highest-grossing films of all time after Cameron’s Titanic, is gearing up to set new records all over again. There is plenty of hype about the sequel to the original movie and James Cameron is building a huge set at the MBS Media Campus in Manhattan Beach, CA to make the location for his future Avatar operations. Avatar 2 and 3 will be filmed back-to-back with the help of MBS’s massive production stages, combining his office and soundstages into a single unit. As far as the story is concerned the first sequel will focus on Pandora’s ocean, but will also feature the rainforest from the original movie.Avatar 2 is set for a December 2014 release, while the next sequel will follow in December 2015.

BOOK REVIEWS
"Bodyguard" - William C. Dietz
"Machine Man" - Max Barry
"The Moon Maze Game" - Larry Niven & Steven Barnes

SCIFI NEWS QUOTE OF THE WEEK
On the subject of technology hindering quality sleep...The National Sleep Foundation says 95% of people said they used electronics in the hour before going to bed, and two-third said they don't get enough sleep during the week. "Technology has invaded the bedroom." - Charles Czeisler of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital

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