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And that has everything to do with Sky Atlantic because?????

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in a couple of years maybe they will finally catch on and make all series available on tv at the same time globally. They did it with cinema releases and especially dvd releases where there was anything up to 6-9 months between US and UK releases and now they need to do it with tv series. There is an obvious reason why people are downloading them (they want to watch it NOW) so if the networks are worried about losing money then they need to make the shows available to their global fan base at the same time.

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I'm still wondering why Sky Atlantic is to blame. I watched it on an HBO live stream as I have access. I could've recorded that and upped it as a torrent had I wished to.

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Good grief, where did anyone say Sky Atlantic is to blame, give it a rest and get back to the topic.

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I don't see why, Sky took the lead years ago and said stuff like Lost and 24 were going to be on the day after the US (instead of a week after) and as we all know it has got to the point with GoT where they show it in real time. It would be nice if they made all prime time series (Walking Dead, Big Bang, Greys Anatomy etc etc) available in real time during the night on Sky One, Sky Two or Sky Atlantic. I haven't had a look but there can't be anything else much better on other than repeats? You have only got to have a look at my tv schedule thread to see how many superb series are out there atm.

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100% correct General

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Netflix;

The Punisher finished filming earlier in the year and is set for release later in 2017.

Lost in Space has also finished filming and is set for release in May 2018. In a Dr Who / Battlestar type twist, Dr Smith is a female in this remake.

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HBO has ordered a pilot for a Watchmen series.

Media Res and Bron Studios have picked up the rights to Scanners, looking to make a TV series.


This years DC Crossover will begin during the November 27th Supergirl episode and continue later that night with Arrow.
It will contine (and finish) on November 28th, with The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.

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Hopefully the pilot for Watchman will be pretty good.

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Roswell is coming back:

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It's being reported online that the never happening The Walking Dead/Fear The Walking Dead crossover episode is happening soon.

Since they are shown at opposite times of year it would seem unlikely to be in consecutive weeks or episodes.

Shark jumping time soon for either/both series?

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it is next year

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...4#post35920129

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I hope its not as dull as the original. :erm:

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Amazon and Warner Bros in talks for new ‘Lord of the Rings’ adaptation,

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2017...gs-adaptation/

Interesting..

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yeah. The good news is that Amazon are involved and because they are keen to increase their share/participation in the tv/streaming market they'll make sure it is done properly. If they play their cards right this can worth an absolute fortune to them.

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When money is involved whether its LOTR , Star Trek or Star Wars nothing is ever over.

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when I watch something as epic as LOTR I always wish they would do a tv series to expand on the universe. I can remember saying the same thing to my friends when we went to see the first X-men film at the cinema back in 2000. "It is great seeing the main guys and heroes but how cool would it be if they made a series where you can see just normal people developing their powers and what they get up to in every day life?" and after all these years we have got it in Agents of Shield and The Gifted.
Warner Bros will only be concerned about budgets and ratings but Amazon will ensure a very high production quality. If MTV can do it with the Shannara Chronicles I can only imagine what Amazon can achieve. Seeing places like Rivendell again is going to be breath taking.

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CBS are apparently looking at reviving The Twilight Zone for their new All Access streaming service.

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LOTR has officially got the go ahead with a multi-season commitment. Apparently Amazon paid $250 million to the Tolkien estate for the rights. WTF do they with all that money?

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It will have to be multi series to give Amazon a chance of getting the £250 million back and their production costs.

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Lets hope it lives up to the quality of the films because if it does then l for one cannot wait to watch it.

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Yup, and they don't have to worry about it being cancelled because it is their series so if they were clever they would sit down and map out 5-7 seasons to give it some structure. This has got the potential to be epic.

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I’m almost excited about this.

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Yeah, the annoying thing now (like with bsg) is that we have got to wait for them to make it.

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I'll give it a go when its on, but tbh, the films didnt do much for me, Ive never even bothered to watch the last two.

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Are you talking about LOTR or the stupid Hobbit films?

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I was talking about the LOTR films, but the same actually applies to the Hobbit films, I watched the first, not the others.

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Content’s of Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series not so mysterious after all..

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I'd say live a very nice life..

Actually, I don't blame the family. If someone is willing to pay that, why not? It's not as if they are hurting anyone.

Probably, but how much has Game Of Thrones made?

I hope it lives up to the Lord of The Rings films. I fell asleep during the first Hobbit film, so never bothered with the others.

Again, as long the story is up to the standard of the Lord of the Rings films. I don't think The Hobbit was, but in fairness it was originally a children's book.

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According to the Hollywood Reporter, its running for five seasons ;

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I can believe it is going to cost $1 billion but they know they are going to get their money back. I am not a businessy/marketing minded person and I always wondered how they get their money from stuff like this and now I know. I watched Kids React to Cars 3 on youtube a few days ago (I love the React channel) and one of the interesting bits of trivia they gave you is that so far Disney have got $1 billion in ticket sales from the first two films (so they have easily got their money back) buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut...........$20 billion from merchdise. It is ridiculous.

It is going to be worth Amazon ploughing a stupid amount of money into the series because when they start releasing the companion books/encyclopaedias and whatever else they'll be raking it in. They can also make them Amazon online exclusives as well. As an example, a few years ago I bought this for my mum and she absolutely loved it. It is a huge GoT bible, fantastic glossy thick paper, going through all the characters, the Houses and the key locations in the series (Winterfell, Kings Landing the Wall etc) with gorgeous full page scenic photos. It was well worth every penny.

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Five seasons.:shocked:

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That is great though because stuff like this is all about the characters and the story and writers need to have the peace of mind that they have got the time to do it all properly and explore everything they want to. I can't want to see more of Rivendell. We might get to see more of the mines of Moria as well because they looked quite grandiose and spectacular in FOTR.

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As a big LOTR and Star Wars fan l am very excited but l just hope it is done properly and without any lessening of the quality one has come to expect.

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Amazon Middle-earth series to shoot in 2019, air in 2020.

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2017...9-air-in-2020/

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New Dark Crystal tv series coming on Netflix. I loved the film when I was younger so this is going to be amazing:

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/d...-filming-week/

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Avengers 4:Infinity War trailer is out.



Looks very good.

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Yes, roll on May 2018. :)

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27th April

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Well it states May 2018 at the end of the trailer.

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arse, I am going to have keep an eye on that because I have already booked two days off work for the triple bill and midnight premiere.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154756/?ref_=nv_sr_3

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I think you will be fine, a little bit of research shows its coming to the UK before the US.

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AMC and BT confirm Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics UK airdate.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/amc-and-bt-c...cs-uk-airdate/

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Netflix has ordered two seasons of a new drama based on Sabrina Spellman (aka the Teenage Witch).

However, this will apparently be nothing like the 1990's comedy.

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cool, it will be nice to see something like this done properly with a more serious tone to the story and real magic (i.e. decent effects)

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CBS has now officially ordered a full reboot of The Twilight Zone for their All Access service.

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I think this has the potential to be very very good

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Gillian Anderson has confirmed that The X-Files Season 11 will be the final series she takes part in.

While FOX has not officially announced Season 11 as the last in the series, insiders believe it will be cancelled [again] meaning no Season 12.

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Disney XD have updated the release of the final 7 episodes of Star Wars Rebels.

These will now be shown on 3 Mondays (2 episodes on Feb 19th & 26th, then 3 episodes on Mar 5th).

Ian McDiarmid will reprises his role as Emperor Palpatine in these final episodes.

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I have posted the info in the Disney/Fox thread in the Film section of the forum but the long and short of it is that the Marvel series currently on Netflix (Jessica Jones etc) are staying on Netflix and will not be moving over to Disney's streaming service as part of the 20th Century Fox takeover.

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The CW has ordered a pilot for the Charmed reboot.

When The CW first announced the Charmed reboot last year the plan was to make it a prequel series to The WB original and set in the 1970s.

That plan has now been scrapped, the reboot will be set in the present day.

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There's at least one of the original cast who is unimpressed.

Link

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Nothing like a good dose of sour grapes. :td:

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CBS has ordered pilots of reboots of two 1980s classics.


Cagney & Lacey


Magnum P.I.

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Well lets see who is casted as if they get it right they both could be pretty good because they have a lot to live up to given how good the originals were..

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I think we often remember old tv series and film through the filter of nostalgia (who we were, where we were, and what we were doing at the time), and if we re-visit some of these, I often find the Suck Fairy has sprinkled her not so magic dust on them - they are of their time and place, and we are no longer in that time or place.

For instance, if you watch whole episodes of Monty Python re-runs on Cable, I found that it was 80% dross/v. unfunny. We only remember the highlights...

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I didnt watch either of these originally, so if they do get picked up, and I decide to try them, I wont be comparing them with anything.

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The CW is looking rebooting the cancelled sci-fi series Roswell, for 2018-19.

The network has ordered a pilot for the planned series ;

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excellent, I read about this a few months ago but they weren't sure it was going to go ahead. I think the boy alien dude was up for it (blondey) but Max and Shirri Appleby weren't.


Lost in Space is coming out later this year on Netflix so it should be good. We went through a phase after BSG where we were starved of good scifi for years but it seems it is all coming back now which is good. It will be great to have Star Trek and Lost in Space at the same time plus whatever else is coming out in September.

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Conan the Barbarian TV reboot.

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/ne...aintwitterpost

Interesting but will it be any good..

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Netflix have revealed that Stranger Things season 3 will once again be 8 episodes.

This is the same as Season 1, but one less than Season 2, which had nine episodes.

Its due for release in early 2019.

Its currently still unknown how many episodes Season 4 will have, or its release date (but likely to be mid 2020)

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I am glad to see that there is so much good scifi in the pipeline:

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A Trilogy - sounds good if it comes off, and is done well.

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yup, I love V. I grew up with the original series and watched it over and over again and would happily sit down and watch it all again now. With new V movies coming out and a Lost in Space series coming out this yea it makes you wonder if they would bring back something like Land of the Giants. I bet that would look great with what they could do effects wise these days.

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The CW is expanding back into Sunday evenings again.

It hasnt shown any of its own programming at weekends since around 2008.
The expansion likely means its very likely it will continue its "Tradition" of renewing the majority of its current shows (such as Black Lightning, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Supergirl, Supernatural, Riverdale, Dynasty, The 100, iZombie).

It’s also ordered nine pilots so far this year, up from its usual five or six.

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Still waiting for the next season of Blake's 7...

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Its not looking likely now (a reboot was planned).


NBC has finally renewed Midnight, Texas for season 2.

This is too late now for this year, it will hit screens in 2019 (most likely summer again).

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What a series that was Mr K as it was up there with Babylon 5 IMO.

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I am/was too young for that.

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Further to the announcement in October that they are bringing Roswell back there is further info. It is good to know that it is going to be done properly with a serious tone, good story lines and no expense spared action sequences.

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Ian M Banks Culture novels TV series coming to Amazon.

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....cle&ID=2333693

Out-fricking-standing - can't wait.

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Lost in Space reboot - April 13th on Netflix.

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According to the trailer it's the 13th.

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I hope it's good. I'm just not sure they'll be able to do it justice.

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Thanks for spotting the typo - fixed.

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I haven't heard of it before but it sounds great. I am so glad that scifi is making such a massive comeback these days because once SG1 & BSG finished in ~2008 we were starved and had nothing decent for years.

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The original aired for 3 series starting in 1965.

From the same guy that created Time Tunnel, Land of the Giants and others from that era.

Was a great little show and there was a movie in 1998 with Matt LeBlanc and Gary Oldman.

Great theme tune too, well season2 & 3, both the original and the Apollo 440 version from the movie.

Apparently John Williams is redoing the theme for this series.

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I was talking about the Culture book. I used to love Land of the Giants/Time Tunnel/Lost in Space when i was younger. Like BSG and V, it is one of those things you look back on and think "it would be great if they could make it today with the new special effects so it looks real".

We are getting there. I think i said last week that i woukd like them to remake Land of the Giants. If this works out who knows!

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Depends on the definition of sci-fi and personally I group all fantasy type stuff under the scifi banner, so Game of Thrones and Walking Dead would come under this label.

There has been a deluge of both scifi and fantasy shows, so I don't see how we are starved, but I suppose it depends on what you like.

There are just a few shows over the last eight years that come under scifi or fantasy banners that I think are worth a try for those that have not seen them:

The Expanse
Tru Blood
Awake
The Returned/Resurrection
The 100
Into the Badlands
Revolution
Colony
Falling Skies
Outcast
Outlander
Extant
Supernatural
Revolution
V


Some of the superheroes stuff, and obviously its not just a deluge of these type of shows, but a flood.

There's tons of stuff. In a sense, we're in a golden age of tv, the problem is not lack of shows, but finding them and having enough time to watch them all.

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Fantasy stuff comes under the SciFan umbrella, not Scifi and never will. You on the other hand can group anything under whatever banner you want.

Watch and follow whatever you enjoy.

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The Expanse Season 3 is back in April.

https://www.space.com/39804-the-expa...w-trailer.html

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My bad, when I said scifi I meant "space" series. As you demonstrated in your list, there has been a consistent flow of scifi shows over the last 10 years but apart from The Expanse (which I still think of as being new) we didn't really have any quality space series after BSG and Stargate finished.
I am well chuffed we have got Lost in Space and The Expanse one day after the other in April.

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Live action Star Wars TV show is actually happening http://www.starwars.com/news/jon-fav...ar-wars-series

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that will be good, I have been hoping they would do something like this for years. It will be a premium series which will pull everyone to Disney's streaming service.

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This weeks sees the 100th episode of Agents of SHIELD.

However, its looking likely that it may not get past the end of this season, current rumours are that Season 5 will probably be its last.

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:rolleyes: It does my head in. It is so much better than the DC shite (Black Lightning is doing my head in and I think I am going to stop watching it) and I would take it over the Marvel/Netflix series as well. I will look it up later but I am sure AoS had more viewers than the rest of them. I don't understand why they cancel good series and keep rubbish ones going.

I think they are doing it so the entire Marvel Universe syncs up and wraps up nicely because AoS has always loosely tied in with what is happening in the films. I know we are only getting P1 of Infinity Wars this year but they can't really move on story wise in AoS if they renewed it next year when P2 will still be dealing with something which happened a year ago (if that makes sense).

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Follow red link for pictures and full story.

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Only another 13 months as the crow flies...:hyper::hyper:

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At least as, not with other good series, we know we are going to get a conclusion and have something to look forward to.

It appears AoS has an idea it may not be renewed for a new season so is making the final episode a conclusion of sorts.

I'm sure media transmission companies know well in advance if they will pick up a new series of anything they are showing before any cancellation. Would it be better for them to turn around and say "wrap it up in the last couple of episodes as we aren't showing it a gain" or if the decision is late in the series run say "We'll give you a miniseries of 3-5 episodes to wrap it up for the fans"?

As OLD BOY has stated in another thread they way people are now viewing is changing to the online/streaming platform. It then becomes easier for people to drop channels that keep cancelling popular series.

WOW, that was a bit of a rant and I don't apologise.

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it is okay dude, I completely agree and I have been saying it for years. The way many channels/broadcasters treat series is disgusting and shows a lack of respect for fans. It is one thing for a pilot season, but when you have got a series which has been going for 4+ seasons with established characters and story arc then the least you can do is let the writers wrap it up properly. Look at Dark Matter. Would it have killed them to let them do a 3 part mini series (ish) with each ep 1 hour long to bring the story to an end. I hope The Expanse has a proper ending.

Butttttt, and this is a lovely story, the shining example of fan power and revolt is Jericho. I remember it very well.

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Thanks for forgiveness for the rant.

For those interested in Stargate fan power is trying again. At 02.00 UK time this morning N.America had a tweetstorm to get MGM to take up a new in canon series of Stargate.

Within one hour it was trending at #2 in the US and Canada, #1 in UK & France and #7 worldwide.

For those interested there will be another tonight for us Europeans at 7.00pm. If you intend to join in then get on Twitter before 6.45pm and follow @StargateNow_EU so that you get the nights hashtag or you can follow me as I will be putting it out too @Pippincp.

If you want gifs to add to your tweet there's loads here.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...fJ4H_Oqr3BvB0I

Here's something I knocked up earlier as well.

Hope to see some of you there.

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That is cracking, if that doesn't send a message what does. I want to see some studio execs shitting themselves now and running around getting the ball rolling because they'll be thinking about how much $$$ they are losing out on every minute.

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FOX are considering a Buffy (the Vampire Slayer) revival.

Network chief Gary Newman confirmed ongoing talks about a series revival.

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I'll only watch it if SMG is in it

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The new issue of SFX has just come through the door. I was expecting to see Infinity War on the front cover so I had a pleasant surprise. It will probably be on next months cover just in time for the film coming out. I would like to say I think it is going to be the highest grossing film this year but there are so many good films coming out.


There are some quality features in this months mag. There are multi-page features on Lost in Space, Infinity War and Westworld plus lots more so it is defo worth a look. I would take photos of everything and upload it but I would get moaned at for copyright bla bla bla.

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I get SFX delivered anyway.

Could you use a smaller image please. :)


(and yes, if you uploaded the content, it would be removed).

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that is small, you should have seen what it was like originally. I will bear it in mind for the future though.

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I'll just leave this here.

https://twitter.com/ExpanseSYFY/stat...19086932746242