This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #28 – “Invaders From Mars” From Big Finish’s site: Hallowe’en 1938. A year after a mysterious meteorite lit up the skies of New York state, Martian invaders laid waste to the nation. At least,...

Ok, the SyFy channel of the week, something vs. something movies are usually particularly bad, even by SyFy standards.  That said, Chupacabra vs. The Alamo is so ridiculously camptastically bad that it’s hilarious. With lines like “We got Chupacabras all up in here!” how can you not...

1963 saw a boom in the British spy genre after James Bond hit the big screen the year before in Dr. No.  As a result, it wasn’t just the spies who took center stage; a number of creations with a criminal past also lit up the intrigue of the time.  One of the standout creations of this...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download When season 5 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars first geared up, the teasers asked “Who will fall?”  As it turns out, the answer is “everyone,” as Darth Mickey executed a far bigger master plan than anyone could foresee.  Mere...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #27 – “The One Doctor” From Big Finish’s site: When the evil Skelloids launch an attack upon the seventeen worlds of the Generios system, its peace-loving inhabitants face total destruction. So it’s...

Outside of conventions, I rarely get the opportunity to interview anyone.  I was very pleased, that Mark R. Largent (Stalled Trek and the upcoming the Wobbling Dead) could take a few moments out of his day to answer some questions I had for him via email.    Much thanks to him for taking...

Lucasfilm has officially announced the end of Star Wars: The Clone Wars as a television series.  As many of us feared, the gear-up to Episode VII translated to the demise of many current projects.  And yet, it’s not all doom and gloom as we surmised.  While the series has officially...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download This week, we talk shop on season 5 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.  Because of the story threads being presented – and because we just can’t stay focused – our discussion goes all over the Saga’s timeline.  And because...

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This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #26 – “Primeval” From Big Finish’s site: Nyssa will die at dawn, and the Doctor doesn’t even know why. To save her life, he must make a desperate journey to the only place in the universe where a cure...

Titan Books has given me the pleasure to review Supernatural: Fresh Meat, written by Alice Henderson. For those unfamiliar with the show: Sam & Dean Winchester grew up hunting monsters. Sam breaks away for a time, but eventually Dean comes calling when their dad goes missing. Season after...

Alright, this is where our very own Big Dog shows us all how to hug a Wookiee! I would suggest it for everyone as it seems to give him great pleasure.

This morning, we received word from our friends at Titan Books that artist/creator Roman Dirge is in the hospital following a hit and run accident a few days ago.  Dirge’s family and friends have set up a medical fund to help with the bill, and Titan is spreading the word.  We at...

***Warning: Spoiler Alert for those who haven’t yet seen the season 5 finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.*** I think I speak for the vast majority of Star Wars fans when I say I’m excited for Episode VII and the future of the franchise beyond that.  That’s not what’s...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download This week we have the third installment in our SciFiFX Book Club.  Last month we all read, or rather listened to the unabridged audio book of The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells. This is one of the most influential Science Fiction stories of all...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #25 – “Colditz” From Big Finish’s site: October 1944: As World War II draws towards its conclusion, a Nazi defeat begins to seem almost inevitable. But that might be about to change… Two intruders...

Show host Jimmy Mac on the Rebel Force Radio podcast says that he’s been checking with inside sources (which I imagine includes his extensive Lucasfilm and Clone Wars cast and crew sources), and Disney has NO plans right now to air season 6 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.  If they do,...

This might be the most difficult review I’ve written to date.  It’s not because the material is bad, but it’s because periodically I like to challenge myself with something so far beyond my normal wheelhouse that it might as well be alien to me.  That’s one of the...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download At long last is the much anticipated (at least by us) Stargate DVD Commentary.  I have loved this movie since I first saw it in the theater, and it just seems to get better with every viewing.  This is the movie that inspired 10 great seasons of...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #24 – “The Eye of the Scorpion” From Big Finish’s site: Egypt is in mourning. Pharaoh, the great God-King, is dead. The future of the Two Kingdoms of Egypt is shrouded in uncertainty as the Council of...

If you have come back for this chapter, it could mean a few things. The first of which is that you’re bored of whatever it is you’re doing. The second is that you’re convinced now that vampires aren’t your thing. The third is you’ve done the vampire thing, and it...

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SciFiFx received a press release from Guy Adams, in the hopes of getting help with a new project that he and Jimmy Broxton are starting. This is the sort of project that I’m always willing to support, because it’s got a great deal of nostalgia to it, for being something new. I have...

So the dating world has disappointed you once more. You’ve heard that there are plenty of fish in the sea, but for some reason you keep getting the bottom feeders. This time, you’ve had enough of it and have turned your attention to a whole new batch of potential date materials,...

To wrap up the last of the Dead Space graphic novels, here is the review on Dead Space: Liberation. This one sees Christopher Shy return as the artist and Ian Edington take over the writing duties. This book takes place in between the events of Dead Space 2 and Dead Space 3. I’m going...

Let’s delve once more into the Dead Space Universe with Dead Space: Salvage. This entry was written by Antony Johnston and the art was done by Christopher Shy. This was much shorter to read than the first graphic novel of this series, and instead picks up in the middle of the events...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #23 – “Project: Twilight” From Big Finish’s site: In the renovated docklands of South East London, on the bank of the river Thames, the doors of the Dusk are open for business. Bets are called, cards are...

Thanks to the kindness of Titan Books, I’ve been given the chance to read Dead Space  by Antony Johnston, and art by Ben Templesmith.   This graphic novel is a prequel to the video game of the same name, a film called Dead Space: Downfall, and the Wii entry, Dead Space:...

Whenever I post a review about a book or, as in this case, an anthology of short stories that deals with beloved characters or settings, I like to remind those who read these reviews that I am an incredibly harsh critic when it comes to those characters with whom I’m intimately familiar...

Yet another controversy for the Man of Steel has arisen. DC has made the move to get reknowned science fiction writer, Orson Scott Card, to pen the Adventures of Superman. The first issue will hit the digital work in April and on paper in May. This has many people upset, because of the...

After two days at a con, I’m exhausted! I had every intention of getting this out as soon as I got home from Sci-Fi Expo, but I found myself completely wiped out after all the excitement that I was too out of it to put together coherent thoughts! Day 2 had me heading directly to the...

End of the World premiers on SyFy Channel on Saturday the 23rd of February at 9/8PM (ET/CT). Plasma rain causes massive power surges, collapsing communication networks, and reduces cities to piles of ash.  Two small town sci-fi fan boys, who work at a video store, dig deep into their vast...

Day 1 of the Sci-Fi Expo at the Irving Convention Center has passed us, and what a day it was! Unlike the other cons that we’ve attended in the past year, we didn’t get much recorded, but that’s not to say I wasn’t mentally taking notes of everything going on. One of...

This week we’re taking a break from the normal run of Big Finish Doctor Who audios.  Instead, this entry takes a look at a 4-part mini-series that showed up interlaced with the regular monthly series at about this point in the run.  It recycles the Dalek Empire title, and trust me when...