http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/scifi/ en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:02:39 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416633/posts This story contains some spoilers for the "Doctor Who" episode "The End of Time, Part 1," that aired Dec. 25 on BBC and Dec. 26 on BBC America. Are some of the things you're hearing about "Doctor Who" post David Tennant, Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner sounding a little retro to you? Well, that's by design. Steven Moffat is looking to restore the BBC icon to its classic roots that some are describing as an effort to integrate fans of the original "Doctor Who" series. However, others say it's more about what Moffat likes. Airlock Alpha http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416633/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:02:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416627/posts Coming up as we approach the New Year—a new fiendish series (Demons), a worthy original or two (Better Off Ted), some finales (Doctor Who, Eastwick) and a couple killer marathons (True Blood, Twilight Zone). SciFi Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416627/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:52:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415475/posts Hello my fellow Whovians.. This is the live thread for the End of Time.. To me Dave did a awesome job as Dr Who.. For the record I have never seen the early episodes of Dr Who before it came back with Chris.. rant on HELLO SCIFI CHANNEL, STOP SHOWING CRAP!! STOP SHOWING WRESTLING OR JAMES BOND!! SHOW SOME REAL SCIFI FOR ONCE!! HECK I WOULD BE HAPPY IF YOU SHOW LOST IN SPACE.... rant off http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415475/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:57:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413467/posts It's not even David Tennant's final episode, yet "Doctor Who" is making history for BBC America. "Waters of Mars," the latest "Doctor Who" special that had originally aired at the end of November in the United Kingdom, attracted 1.1 million viewers for BBC America Saturday, marking that cable channel's best primetime numbers ... ever. Airlock Alpha http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413467/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:02:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411105/posts Dan O'Bannon, the unassuming sci-fi screenwriter and quirky horror specialist behind the "Alien" film franchise, died Thursday in Los Angeles after a short illness. He was 63... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411105/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:00:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407631/posts Friday nights might not be too hot when it comes to network television, but it might be because viewers are heading to cable instead. Syfy's fall one-two Friday punch of "Stargate: Universe" and "Sanctuary" earned season renewals late Sunday, confirming what many observers had predicted would happen all along thanks to strong ratings from both shows. In fact, both SGU and "Sanctuary" even beat out network programming more than once, including the Joss Whedon series "Dollhouse" on Fox, which has since been cancelled. Airlock Alpha http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407631/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:26:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407608/posts Nine months after bringing the pilot episode to DVD, and just weeks from its highly-anticipated debut, Syfy president Dave Howe told reporters Monday the network was going to release a censored version of the pilot online so that anyone with an Internet connection can watch it for free. The move is a bold one for Syfy, and Howe admitted to Airlock Alpha that it could make the audience tuning in for the same episode in January smaller than reality. Airlock Alpha http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407608/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:10:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407598/posts Close your eyes and make a Christmas wish. What's the best present you can imagine a network could put in your virtual Christmas TV stocking? How about the final original episodes of Dollhouse and Sanctuary for the year, a Vampire Diaries marathon, 20 Pixar Short Films and ... something many of us have been waiting for ... one of the final Doctor Who specials starring David Tenn SciFi Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407598/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:02:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406636/posts 12/19/09: Dr Who: The Waters of Mars 9/8 - BBC America 12/26/09: Dr Who: The End of Time 9/8 - BBC America and to my fellow SciFi Freepers: "QISmaS Quch Daghajjaj" (Merry Christmas in Klingon)... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406636/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:22:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401579/posts Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (12/06/09) Sun: 9/8 -- Alice -- SyFy 10/9 -- The Prisoner -- AMC Mon: 9/8 -- Alice -- SyFy Tue: 9:30/8:30 -- Outer Space Astronauts -- SyFy Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com Also starting this Thursday on the SciFi Channel, the Twilight Zone Marathon... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401579/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 17:47:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399891/posts We got a kick out of watching The Muppets sing Bohemian Rhapsody again and again as much as anybody, but after a while we needed something a bit more ... well ... sci-fi. Luckily, there are enough video artists mashing up Queen with Star Trek, Star Wars, Lost and much more to keep us headbanging all day. SciFi Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399891/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:13:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399888/posts If you've got a spare $70,000 and are as big a fan of Stargate as Jacob Yarmuth of Louisville, Ky., you too can build a home theater that duplicates the gateroom of Atlantis. SciFi Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399888/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:09:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399887/posts In anticipation of Syfy's upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel series Caprica, QuantumMechanix is selling this beautiful "Evolution of the Cylon" poster, tracking the rise from humble toaster to toothsome Six. SciFi Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399887/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:07:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399871/posts While the UK fans of "Doctor Who" have had to wait and experience a new episode every three months, its American fanbase will be able to leap through the final episodes and witness the regeneration in a matter of weeks. BBC America, the carrier for the BBC series "Doctor Who," has confirmed that the final three episodes featuring David Tennant as the legendary Time Lord will commence broadcast a week before Christmas and will co Airlock Alpha http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399871/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 02:40:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2398927/posts We were a bit skeptical when we first heard earlier this year about a web series based on the classic sci-fi comic Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. James Cawley, whose Cawley Entertainment Company had obtained the rights to the character created back in 1928, said he was aiming for a "retro-contemporary" look to the show. But what exactly did that mean? And he also announced that he hoped to release 20 Buck Rogers episodes a year, starting in late in 2010. SciFi Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2398927/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:47:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2398918/posts When we last saw Capt. Jack Harkness he was in a bad way indeed. His grandson was dead (at his hands), his daughter no longer wanted to know him, his lover and teammate Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) had been killed and he had lost all faith in the world. So, not a good place to be in. But, that won't stop him from making a comeback. Airlock Alpha http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2398918/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:40:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396350/posts Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (11/29/09) Sun: 10/9 -- The Prisoner -- AMC Fri: 9/8 -- Stargate Universe -- SyFy 10/9 -- Sanctuary -- SyFy Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396350/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:37:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393699/posts PARIS (AFP) – The planet could warm by seven degrees Celsius (10.8 degrees Fahrenheit) and sea levels could rise by more than a metre (3.25 feet) by 2100, scenarios that just two years ago were viewed as improbable, scientists said on Tuesday. In the widest overview on global warming since a landmark report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in 2007, the authors said manoeuvering room for tackling the carbon crisis was now almost exhausted. The 64-page "Copenhagen Diagnosis" aims at the December 7-18 UN conference in Denmark, tasked with forging a planet-wide deal on greenhouse-gas... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393699/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:43:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393028/posts Want to show off your sci-fi love, but don't want to get a tattoo like the hardcore fans we showed you last week? Then a vanity license plate is definitely the way to go—and it's a heck of a lot less painful, too! SciFi Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393028/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:19:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393024/posts There are only two more adventures to go before we see David Tennant pass on his sonic screwdriver to Matt Smith. The first part of "The End Of Time" is scheduled to be a darker festive adventure for UK viewers as it takes on the traditional primetime slot on Christmas Day. Airlock Alpha http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393024/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:13:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367644/posts I thought I would start a thread for all of you Science Fiction and Fantasy readers. I know it has been done in the past, but it seemed like a good time to run it again. If you have any favorite books or stories to recommend post it for others to share. I have received some excellent advice on some good reads. Maybe you have a good title or author to recommend. nachumlist.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367644/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:21:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2392136/posts Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (11/22/09) Mon: 8/7 -- Heroes -- NBC Tues: 8/7 -- V -- ABC Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2392136/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:54:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2391266/posts I want to watch a sci-fi show, not a gay make out on tv. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2391266/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:37:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390345/posts The idea of bringing back Khan is enough to give any Star Trek fan goose bumps. He was harsh, calculating and is considered the greatest villain of the franchise. But, although no decisions have been made on if there is even a place for Khan in the new movie, director J.J. Abrams has hinted he could be back. "We're not even at that stage yet," he said. "But the fun of where we are on the sequel is we could use some of what was done before in a new way. But we haven't even figured out what we would... Airlock Alpha http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390345/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:59:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388636/posts Sorry for being late.Here's the live thread... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388636/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:16:40 GMT