Did I mention the ninjas? Erik Beck of Indy Mogul joins me for some DIY filmmaking and teaches me how to build a homemade dolly, then we premiere some exclusive clips from my forthcoming opus, White Ninjas and the Zombie Apocalypse!
Thursdays at 10pm on Science Channel! Let me know what you think of the epsiode in the comments below!
District 9: Neill Blomkamp’s film about aliens as refugees in a South Africa ghetto is produced by Peter Jackson and hits theaters August 14.
First Impressions: Sure, it’s July and T4, Star Trek, and Transformers 2 have come and gone… But there’s still District 9, which looks like our best chance at a gritty, Children of Men style sci-fi flick we’ll get all year. This second trailer features much more action, including aliens in mech suits, which I confess, I did not see coming. I wonder if the film will continue the social commentary in Blomkamp’s Alive in Joberg or if it will be a straight up action flick… Also looks like some interesting police work being done — is Blomkamp a fan of The Wire, I wonder?
Daybreakers: In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Too bad they’re running out of blood.
First Impressions: If seeing Willem Dafoe say, “We’re the folks with the crossbows” doesn’t get you stoked for some vampire hunting, you may be undead. It hits January 8, 2010.
Day One: NBC’s midseason sci-fi show chronicles a global catastrophe from the perspective of the residents of a southern California apartment complex.
First Impressions: Along with ABC’s V, sci-fi fans will have another life-after-invasion drama with this series, although this trailer doesn’t seem to make clear what the possible alien threat is… If this show avoids disaster movie sensationalism and gives us some good character drama, NBC may have something to pull it out of the ratings basement. Or, of course, it could go the way of almost every other sci-fi show on the network (*ahem* Kings*) and be cancelled after one season.
Thursday night on Science of the Movies, we take a spin in a state-of-the-art stunt camera car with the speed demons from Pursuit Systems. Then, Tinsley Transfers turns me into a tough guy with the latest prosthetic makeup technology! And…
… if you’re wondering what a guy who’s used to hitting the slopes on his Xbox 360 looks like when he straps on a real snowboard for the first time, stay tuned for our Bogus Movie Science segment, as we put XXX to the test!
One of the best things about sci-fi is feasting our eyes on possible future transport, right? And although most of the vehicles here are concept-only and will probably never function, there’s still plenty of sweet eye candy to get your geek on. Check it:
The Audi Calamaro concept car has no wheels. It flies. At least, in Audi’s imagination it flies. I don’t care if this is a concept design with no explanation as to how it works – if this doesn’t get your nerdrenaline going, check your frakkin’ pulse. *Drool*
Pretty sure this is a car. Well, it’s a concept car at least. It’s the BMW ZX-6, created for BMW by Transportation Design students at Turin-based IED (istituto Europeo di Design). The goal was to design “the BMW of 2015, interpreting the language evolution and the trademark essence, in view of the company’s future perspectives”.Whatever that means. I just know it looks badass.
By now most of us have seen Michael Bay’s sequel to Transformers – and can agree that it’s the legion of cool looking robots that steal the show, right?
There’s a point in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen when Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox are hiding out in an adobe hut from a host of Decepticons, only to have a tiny robotic insect flutter in through a crack in the wall…
There is no hiding from robotic insect surveillance.
