SCI FI Wire attended this years New York Comic Con where they scored an interview with Torchwood’s Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper) and the directo of season three story Children of Earth, Euros Lyn.   Watch it now:

Official Season 3 trailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth.

Here’s the latest sci fi news.  There’s isn’t a lot which I suppose makes this an easy read.

Terminator: Salvation – Christian Bale made headlines this week with a dummy spit aimed at the Director of Cinematography on the set of Terminator: Salvation.  The anger episode occurred some time ago but a recorded audio of the event only found its way to the internet this week.  In the audio Bale uses more ‘F’ words than is worth counting and threatens to not only bash Shane Hurlbut but also to destroy his lighting set up.  Have a listen here.  Enough said (and, in my view, hilarious)!  In other Terminator: Salvation news, an image was also released of the T600 (left/below) which looks pretty damn cool.

Heroes - NBC’s Heroes returned this week and recorded strong ratings with Season 3 Episode 14, A Clear and Present Danger (which forms part of Volume: 4 Fugitives).  Despite the strong ratings, I have to review this episode as very average.  The script was poor to say the least and continuing the plot outline of ’super powered people just trying to be normal’ is now quite unbelievable.  That said, after whining about how poor the series had become, the last twenty minutes of the episode really ramped up and set the scene for a potential turn around in what can only be described as a continuing deterioration since Season 2.  If Tim Kring can stop making Hiro seem like an idiot and stop the ‘I just want to blend into society and be normal’ routine, and stop taking away powers from the main characters, and add some common sense to the characters, that’d be a good start.  The last part of this episode sort of started this process.  Let’s hope it continues. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a summary of some of the more interesting sci-fi news of the day.

Virtuality – If you haven’t heard, Fox aren’t happy with Ronald D. Moore’s new sci-fi series pilot.  The story in a nutshell:  Virtuality isn’t mainstream enough and Fox want it dumbed down.  Well, that’s the way I see it without the sugar coating.  Here’s the sugar coated version according to Kevin Reilly, president of entertainment for Fox:  “It [Virtuality] could air as is, and there’s a certain segment of the audience that would flip over it, but it is, I think, right now a little bit too dense.  They shot a two-hour pilot, and I think the storytelling probably would have been served as a one-hour, so they’re going in, and they’re re-cutting, and we’re going to look at it. It’s pretty cool.”   Flip over it?  It’s pretty cool?  There was some doubt as to whether or not the pilot would even see screen time, but after those comments I’d say the butchering that’s been imposed upon Ron Moore is just a delay and not an ending.

Stargate Atlantis – More than 2.02 million viewers tuned in to view the final episode of Stargate Atlantis, making the finale the best performing episode of Atlantis since the finale of the previous season.  Read the rest of this entry »

Fans of the BBC’s Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood are eagerly awaiting confirmation of when season three will hit screens this year.  With hints from Executive Producer Russell T Davies of changes to the way the series is portrayed and quotes from crew members circulating the net that fans are in for a lot of surprises, ‘eagerness’ is probably an understatement.

Season three will consist of only five episodes, and all are titled “Torchwood: Children of Earth”.  Each episode forms an entire story arc and, once complete, well that’ll be season three for you.  Under normal circumstances a five episode season would upset fans, but this time around many consider it a great step forward with expectations that the story will be the best Torchwood television yet.

In Children of Earth the Torchwood team will face their toughest challenge yet.  Not only will they find themselves in a battle to save the future of humanity Read the rest of this entry »