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Immortals : What's It All About?

NEWS Thursday, June 30 by Captain

You may or may not have seen the trailers to Tarsem Singh's Immortals floating about the internet.

If you have, you may understand the excitement that's been building up. Releasing on the tremendous date of 11.11.11, it's like 300, but with more than one colour at a time. Maybe a bit of Clash of the Titans thrown in there too. But even more epic.

Starring the hairy-chested new Superman Henry Cavill and The Comeback King (recently dethroning Robert Downey Jr) Mickey Rourke, as well as John Hurt, Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz and Stephen Dorff, it's a retelling of the adventures of Theseus, the mythical founder king of Athens, and known unfriend to Minotaurs. As the son of Poseidon, he has the the right heritage, but does he have what it takes to defend his Kingdom from mad King Hyperion? Only time and epic battle will tell.
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There's A Peter Falk Celebration On TV1 on Friday July 1

SPECIAL FEATURES Wednesday, June 29 by Captain

Acting legend Peter Falk died earlier this month, on June 23rd, aged 83. He was a longtime sufferer of Alzheimer's and died at his Beverly Hills home.

His long and illustrious career began with small film roles in the late fifties, but he will forever be known as Columbo, one of TV's truly iconic detectives.

First appearing in 1968 in the telemovie, 'Precription: Murder' the detective debuted in a full-fledged TV series in 1971 - and the first episode was directed by Steven Spielberg. A good omen, indeed.
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VW Gets Burned By Greenpeace Via Star Wars

NEWS Wednesday, June 29 by Captain

We all new it was going to happen.

That VW, after launching an awesome Superbowl campaign featuring a cute-as-a-button Darth Vader, would have that campaign thrown back in their face by Greenpeace.

Wha?

Okay, so here's the deal. VW, according to Greenpeace is just as bad for the Planet Earth as the Death Star was for Planet Alderaan.

As the biggest car company in Europe, it has a huge carbon footprint.

Greenpeace, among other things, claims that Volkswagen was one of the driving forces in the lobbying campaign against emissions regulations standards in Europe and tougher emissions laws in the USA.
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Mana Bar Opens in Melbourne July 16

NEWS Wednesday, June 29 by Captain

Videogame cocktail bar, the Mana Bar, will open its second venue in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday, 16th of July 2011.

If you've been to The Mana Bar in Brisbane, then you know it combines quality cocktails with current generation console video games. A venue that is accessible to the general public, while still being credible to the hard-core gamers, it transcends the usual geek stereotype and allows people to socialise in a new and unique way.

Brisbane opened up in March 2010, and now, shock horror, it's become a huge success. The result - a planned national and then (dun dun daaah) international expansion. Aussie gamers will get the rest of the world's gamers drunk.
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The Roast of William Shatner!

CAPTAIN'S BLOG Tuesday, June 28 by Captain

Get ready for a special event on SCI FI - 'The Roast of William Shatner'!

It'll be aired THIS Saturday, July 2 at 1:30pm and 10:15pm.

If you’ve heard of the Friar’s Club Roasts, you know the gist. Famous celebrities are ‘celebrated’ in front of a live, closed, audience. What that means - a rare night of shockingly honest, depraved and bone-slicing comedy that will leave any and all the ‘rumours’ of your favourite stars put to rest. Guest stars include ‘frenemy’ George Takei, Betty White, Jason Alexander, Patton Oswalt, Sarah Silverman and Leonard Nimoy.
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Check Out The Trailer For Pixar's Newest Film: Brave

NEWS Tuesday, June 28 by Captain

You might be forgiven for not knowing about Brave, the upcoming 2012 film from Pixar.

It's an original fairy tale (yep) that was going by the name of 'The Bear and The Bow', and will be released in 3D in June of 2012. It is currently scheduled for a US release of June 22.

The film is directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. Andrews is a long-time Pixar employee who is now branching out. He co-wrote the upcoming John Carter (of Mars) and worked on such films as The Incredibles, Cars and Rattatouille in a variety of roles, including story superviser, storyboarder.
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Transformers: Dark of The Moon Review. Is Michael Bay on Crack?

AT THE MOVIES Monday, June 27 by Captain

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whitely, John Turturro, John Malkovich, Frances McDorman, Leonard Nimoy, Hugo Weaving
Director: Michael Bay
Rated M
Out June 29

This is easily the dumbest movie you will see at a cinema this year.

If you can imagine a Star Wars filled to the brim with 'parsec' howlers, then you might come close to understanding why this movie is preposterous as a story. Imagine a Lord of the Rings trilogy where Hobbits regularly criss-cross the fires of Mt Doom on the backs of giant eagles, neglecting to chuck in The Ring, and you get the gist. It's Starship Troopers, but with zero irony.
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What's On This Week June 27 - July 3

CAPTAIN'S BLOG Sunday, June 26 by Captain

On SCI FI this week - it's The Roast of William Shatner!

Make sure you catch this iconic moment in SCI FI history as William Shatner comes in for some vicious ribbing from a cavalcade of friends, stars and comedians.

If you’ve heard of the Friar’s Club Roasts, you know the gist. Famous celebrities are ‘celebrated’ in front of a live, closed, audience. What that means is a rare night of shockingly honest, depraved and bone-slicing comedy that will leave any and all the ‘rumours’ of your favourite stars put to rest.
Join ‘frenemy’ George Takei, Betty White, Jason Alexander, Patton Oswalt, Sarah Silverman and Leonard Nimoy for a jaw-dropping night as ‘The Shat hits the fan!”.
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The Meaning of Life. According to William Shatner

INTERVIEWS Saturday, June 25 by Captain

William Shatner, the larger than life human being behind such iconic roles as James Tiberius Kirk, TJ Hooker and Denny Crane, turned 80 this year.

He also visited Australia, travelling in a whirlwind convention and speaking tour. This was the first time he'd been down under for 11 years and he was a marvel for fans - energetic, humorous, and filled with stories, he truly is a man to show the world just how to live. 'Live it your way!' could be his catch cry, because Shatner's mix of horse ranching, spoken word performing and acting is not something that you'll find that often. In anyone, let alone an octogenarian!
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The Week in Geek Issue # 62

NEWS Friday, June 24 by The Shadow

Greetings once again dear readers!

Thank you for joining me once again, as I do what I do best - keep you all up to date on what’s going on in the world of geekdom! Not much to report this week from me, given I’ve had my head buried in Star Wars books all week (‘That’s a change’ I hear you think) as I’m running the role playing game this weekend. Should be a lot of fun. Moving along…

We start this week with some bad news: it’s been confirmed we won’t have a full season of Doctor Who next year. 14 episodes (Including a Christmas special) will be made, but we’ve no word as of yet when they’ll air. Harrumph. Meanwhile, star Matt Smith has kept himself busy, appearing in a 24 Hour Play event as a somewhat confused Batman.
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