March 13, 2008
Sci-Fi hottie Ben Browder is developing a fantasy miniseries with former Farscape director Andrew Prowse titled, “Going Homer”, about a modern American boy, named Homer Ulysses Jones, who can see Greek and Roman gods walking among the populace. Hmm, could be interesting. Mr. Browder wrote some of my favorite episodes of Farscape (Green Eyed Monster, John Quixote) and I have every confidence that he can turn a luke warm idea into an impressive creative endevour.
February 25, 2008
The Oscars were last night. There was nothing new about the typically self-indulgent awards ceremony and the red carpet spectacle leading up to it, but I loved every minute of the glammed up version of a sporting event. Sitting on the couch with a bowl of popcorn while cheering on my favorite nominees is admittedly cheesy and most likely a waste of 3 hours of my life, but in the grand tradition of Hollywood self-indulgence I couldn’t help but soak it all up. With that said, one of my many pet peeves about the awards ceremony, and by default practically all film related awards shows, is the lack of recognition for science fiction and fantasy films.
Typically, the Academy grants science fiction/fantasy movies with technical honors (i.e. special effects, sound editing, ect.) and this year was no different. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, the Golden Compass, and Transformers were the only sci-fi/fantasy movies to be nominated: Transformers was nominated for sound editing and sound mixing, both of which were stolen by the Bourne Ultimatum; the Golden Compass was nominated for art direction and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End was nominated for make-up. All three films competed with each other for best visual effect and not surprisingly the Golden Compass took the honor. As usual, my favorite sci-fi film of the year, Danny Boyle’s Sunshine, wasn’t even considered for nomination.
July 25, 2007
Check out the TV Guide interview with Brian Henson. He talks about the webisode series and a possible Farscape series sequel. That would be way cool as long as Ben Browder and Claudia Black are involved.
July 15, 2007
The Sci-fi Channel has ordered 10 webisodes for my beloved Farscape! This is quite possibly the greatest thing to ever happen in the history of television. At last, the network has finally done something right. I have such a love/hate relationship with the Sci-fi Channel which seems to find it necessary to kill evey good science fiction show to ever cross its path and replace it with a plethora of campy television dribble and B-movies that even Roger Corman wouldn’t touch. But I digress…
The good thing about the webisodes is that it can generate interest in the series and by extension grab the attention of the suits at the network, who could funnel money into possible episodes and more movies. I would like to take a moment and thank Joe for giving me the lowdown on the best news I’ve heard all year. This small piece of information has renewed my faith in the system and given me hope that maybe good things come to those who wait.
In honor of the happy news, here’s a short clip from Season 3, Episode 8: Green Eyed Monster (one of my favorite episodes). John and Aeryn share a romantic moment.
January 24, 2007
The Oscar nominations were announced today and as usual the number of sci-fi/fantasy nods are extremely lacking. Some notable nominations are: Pan’s Labyrinth (art direction, cinematography, foreign language, make-up, musical score, original screenplay), Children Of Men (cinematography, editing, adapted screenplay), Pirate’s of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (art direction, sound editing, sound mixing, visual effects), Superman Returns (visual effects). Otherwise, it’s business as usual.
I’m disappointed that the The Fountain was not nominated. It was my favorite film of 2006.
