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Web site for next Starship Troopers film is up - link.

This one will be totally CGI.

http://test.asipyan.com/sttumblr/images/starposter.jpg

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Well it has to be better than the 2 previous, the first was awesome!

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At least the third one had powered armour sadly missing from the original and an integral part of the original book.

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Russell Tovey has quit Being Human. Oh man, with Aidan Turner quitting last year and now him quitting this year. I dunno if the show will be successful any more.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s116/...ing-human.html

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GI Joe sequel trailer - rumoured to be much better than the first one (couldn't be much worse).

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OMG...starring Dwayne Johnson and, of late, cameo specialist Bruce Willis. Not very inspiring. :erm:

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It actually looks really good. 95% of the stuff that made the last movie awful have been removed.... with the exception of Channing Tatum!

Dwayne Johnson is actually a good actor and stole the show in Fast 5.

Deffo giving this a place in my list for stuff to catch next year.

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It can't be as bad as Ghost Rider... which is also getting a sequel :erm:

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I liked the first one :D

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Not seen this mentioned anywhere, but Lost Girl has been renewed for a 3rd Season already. Only 13 eps so far (but it could get the extra 9, like this year).

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Yeah, I saw that the other day :)

IIRC, when it was renewed for a second season this time last year it was only for 13 episodes, and only received the back nine order this summer.

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Ah, that would explain why I can't see the last episode on the calender I use.

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This one looks like it could be good.

Touch (TV Series 2012)

No idea when it might be on over here though.

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Too much movie snobbery around nowadays, everybody likes to think they work for Empire.

GI. Joe was good fun and didn't take itself seriously. Sometimes people don't care about characterisation, layered story telling and plot.

Sometime we just want to watch something fun and entertaining for 90mins. A fact that too many film critics ( can there be an easier job?) sometimes forget.

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Absolutely, I generally ignore "critics".

Its usually a good rule that if they hate it, I'll probably like it, if they rave about it, its probably going to bore me to death.

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New canadian Science Fiction show called Continuum starts on May 27th in the states starring Rachel Nichols.. Seems to be a time travel (future to the present) cop sort of show.

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I added that to my calender earlier, sounds like it could be good.

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Might have a look at that... Sci-Fi is my thing :)

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That looks like a reasonable worth pursuing series.

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Anyone interested in watching Defiance should watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed7j3...ature=youtu.be

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Iron Man 3 trailer.

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Pacific Rim* - Woah!

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/pacificrim/

I would recommend downloading the 1080p version for best effect....

*Mr_love_monkey - don't even go there.....

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Godzilla's mum meets Robocops Dad. :D

I love it :)

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What????????? :angel:

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Just watched the trailer... looks good..

Seems that there's some good sci-fi stuff next year with Oblivion (already has it's own thread), The hosts (currently reading the book), After Earth (Will smith)...

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Yep it looks good - though as soon as I saw it I was reminded of Riply v Alien Queen :)

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I wasn't interested when I first read the premise... "Mech suits versus alien sea monsters? Meh. probably just some sub-par Michael Bay type-crap like 'Battleship' ".

But... Love the trailer *and* it has a good cast (Sons of Anarchy's Charlie Hunnam & The Wire / Luther's Idris Elba) *and* it has a top-notch director (Guillermo Del Toro).

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Nice to see GlaDOS is in there too...

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Latest Pacific Rim trailer from CES.

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Awesome FX, would be nice if, for a change, they were accompanied by a decent story and a bit of character development.

I fear I might ask too much :(

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Probably not - the director is known for his storytelling.

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Ahh....Guillermo del Toro :) I was mixing him up with an Italian Director who specialised in Gory Horror.

It would seem that I have watched and enjoyed all Guillermo's movies with the exception of Pan's Labyrinthe so there is hope after all. :)

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Just showed that trailer to my son and he said it reminded him of starcraft ,some PC game or other:shrug:.I think it looks good a kind of iron man meets godzilla

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Did you mean isn't ?

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del Toro's made some great films. Chronos, Blade 2, Hellboy 1 & 2, Pan's Labyrinth...

He was lined up to direct The Hobbit, but finally quit after getting fed up with all the delays.

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A new extended trailer for Iron Man3

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2847319577/

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Continuum Season 2 to air on 21st April on SyFy.

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Looking forward to that. ;)

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Those with a long memory and a real fantasy anorak may remember Neverwhere, written by Neil Gaiman for BBC2 in 1996 and thoroughly butchered thanks to old-school BBC low budget production values (think Blake's 7 or classic Who).

Despite the BBC's worst efforts, the story was quite brilliant and was later novelised by Gaiman. Now it has been adapted for radio, and with a stellar cast including James Macevoy, Benedict Cumberbatch and Anthony Head I can't help wondering whether it's been done as a showcase to pitch the story for a TV remake or even a feature film.

Anyway, you can judge the story for yourself, it has been on Radio 4 and 4 Extra all week and is on iPlayer for catch-up. Highly recommended.

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Looks like they are going to remake Blakes 7

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22079232

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I will give it a go. A lot of us have fond memories of a lot of shows but if we were to watch them now they would look poor. I hope they choose a good cast. Avon has to be played well

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Is Blake going to be in this one?

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Yes Season 1 - Episode 1 :D

Actually he did make it to series 2 and then got taken away until the end - I'm sure you know the story.

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Hmmm...I believe the idea has been proposed a few times and not come to fruition.

It would be an interesting project.

I feel a reboot to be preferable over a remake. :)

I think it would take some considerable talent in all departments to carry it off, something the SYFY channel movies lack to the Nth degree. :(

Who could play the evil Servilan without going completely OTT? :naughty:

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Kate Beckinsale mmmmm

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The scripted shows they do are a different story altogether. The thing is, they always get The Asylum to do the movies.

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My point entirely :(

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I'm more excited by this..

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/fa...on-1200334198/

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A possibility.

Carrie Anne Moss might have been a candidate back in her Matrix days but I fear her moment is passed now. :(

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SyFy's scripted shows can be quite good.


Also this series is being directed by Martin Campbell who directed both Edge of Darkness (and the excellent TV miniseries on which it was based), Goldeneye, the Zorro films and Casino Royale, and has one of the writers of Heroes writing for it (OK, the last three seasons of Heroes didn't match the first, but the first was excellent).

Digital Spy have suggestions for who should play Blake's 7...

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/tub...fi-revamp.html

Not too sure about their suggestion of Joshua Jackson as Blake, as I think he could be too friendly. Having said that, he played the observer influenced Peter in series 5 of Fringe brilliantly coldly, so I could be wrong, and he could play the mercenary elements of Blake well.

Summer Glau would be good as Cally, but her presence in a series does appear to be the death knell (although she has appeared in the Big Bang Theory a couple of times, and that seems to be doing OK).

Morena Baccarin could be good as Servalan. She played Diana in V well.

Arthur Darvill would be good as Villa. IMO, his performance as Rory in Doctor Who showed he can play the comedy elements of the role, as well as the action.

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The show starts tonight on a US timeline, it is though available already from the usual sources

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It is? I think I'll wait for it to air over here. It airs tonight in the US and tomorrow here.

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Latest Star Trek: into Darkness trailer

Kew-ell!!!

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Wow-ee!!

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Just watched the new episode enjoyed it couple of tie ins should be good

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Latest Pacific Rim trailer - it'll knock your socks off....

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:D :D :D

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What's the fascination with big giant robots and godzilla?:confused:

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Watch out Maggy.. You're showing signs of your age with questions like that :rofl:

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And now... the Official Main Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5guMumPFBag

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Agents of SHIELD TV series trailer....

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so Coulson didn't die after all

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You have to have Level 7 clearance for that information.....

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Already posted here Hugh ;) http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...l#post35572526

Along with the Almost human trailer, both coming this fall to the US

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You mean it's hidden somewhere in your profile? :)

Both shows look like they're going to be excellent.

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Sorry was talking to someone when I made the post :D now corrected

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Anyone know when Falling Skies Series 3 starts and on what channel? My EPG is picking up lots of re-runs (even though my series record is set to new only) for the 1st of June?

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It doesn't start in the US until the 9th June, so will be after that for the UK showing

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Three new series coming in the Autumn (from CW) that I have my eye on.

The Originals : A spinoff of the The Vampire Diaries. The series revolves around the original vampire family.

The Tomorrow People : Based on the UK 1970s science fiction seriesabout young people from around the world who are the next next step in human evolution and have the powers of teleportation and telepathy.

The 100 : Ninty seven years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, a spaceship containing the few remaining human survivors assigns a mission to 100 juvenile delinquents - travel back to Earth and explore whether recolonizing the planet is possible.

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I'm interested in all 3 of them. Looks like this year is going to be a good one for TV. When it comes to The Originals though, I'm glad Klaus is off TVD because he was supposed to be the main baddie but he stopped being that ages ago.

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Whatever next?? Chocky???

I remember one or two of the Tomorrow peoples episodes.. you really had to watch them closely to follow what was happening.

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It's already been remade once I can only hope this new remake is better.

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http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/05/1...-the-originals

The previews don't work on the CW site unless you go through a proxy, here's a page with all the previews on for the shows mentioned by Paul. Also you'll notice one or two more shows

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First episode last night was a double :D

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It was? Sweet. I'll have to get them now in order to watch later on.

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Not seen this posted yet - Continuum was renewed for a third season the other week.

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Good :D

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New George Clooney / Sandra Bullock film, Gravity, out in October - looks good.

http://gravitymovie.warnerbros.com/

Event01 (trailer) looks really good.

And this from the Teaser site.

http://gravitymovie.warnerbros.com/teaser/index.html

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Hmm, Im struggling to figure out what the story is supposed to be.

Just someone floating in space ? doesnt really inspire me to want to rush and see it.

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I think they are trying not to give the story away in the teaser but they've gone too far and it gives nothing at all away.

Here is the synopsis

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There seems to be a lack of new sci-fi programmes. Falling Skies really good, walking dead love it.

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I like both, in fact, i am holding up same number of fingers, but in a good way :D

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Walking Dead is brilliant!

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+1

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Revolution has upped its game with its twists and turns.. cant wait for the next episode.

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There is thread for season 2 here ;

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...eason-2-a.html

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Not been mentioned anywhere afaik, but both Agents of SHIELD and The Originals were picked up (extended) for full 22 episode seasons.

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Bones has been renewed already for a 10th season.

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SyFy have renewed Haven for a 5th season, of 26 episodes.

However, this is another of their "order more, and then split it" tricks.

There will be 13 eps in 2014, and another 13 in 2015 (previous seasons have all been 13 eps).

So basically, they have renewed it for season 5 and season 6, just called it season 5.

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I'm betting it gets announced in about December that it's been "cancelled". It means they don't have to redo contracts for x amount of years just for one more season. 5 seasons is about right for a SyFy show these days.

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Arrow, Supernatural, The Originals & The Vampire Diaries have all been renewed for the 2014/15 season.

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Question. Why do you post the renewals/cancellations in here when there's an actual thread for that?

Arrow being renewed should certainly help the Flash spin-off. Also there's gunna be a backdoor pilot for a spin-off for Supernatural called Supernatural: Tribes. It's about a rookie cop who discovers monsters after the death of his girlfriend. He goes about getting revenge for her death and it also shows how Chicago has it's own monster underworld similar to New York's five families.

It'll be interesting to see if it gets picked up. I hope it works though because The CW is really becoming one of my favourite channels.

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Watched the first episode of Star Crossed this week. I guess its target market is teenagers but I found it an ok watch

Has anyone mentioned Bitten? another wearwolf series but ive seen 2 episodes and its reasonable. Few more to go through before I judge it

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I have Star Crossed but I haven't watched it yet. I'm upto date on Bitten though and it's decent enough to watch it week after week.

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That is/was one of the purposes of this thread when it was created (almost 10 years go).
The other thread was originally specific to one year but it seems to have lingered on. It doesnt matter which one they go in.

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Yup. My guess too.

BSG, Eureka, Warehouse 13, and now Haven... SyFy loves doing this.

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TBH, if the writers get time to do a proper finale unlike Eureka (which is good despite how rushed it was) then I don't mind.

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Syfy has greenlit a TV adaptation of "The Expanse" series of SF novels:

http://thewertzone.blogspot.co.uk/20...tv-series.html

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That's good news although I tried to read Leviathan Wakes a while back and couldn't get into it :(

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Heroes getting a reboot
http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/heroes/3...-heroes-reborn
Lets hope its not as terrible as the previous heroes (Excluding season 1).

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I bet it sucks.

The only good season was season 1.