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Posted by Jesse in DVD & Blu-Ray, Latest News, Television & Web Series on November 13th, 2009
Woohoo! About time, eh?
This set is sure to satisfy fans and, hopefully, birth a bunch of new ones. This show was a groundbreaking, head-spinning forray into intergalactic war, alternate realities, and puppets. Awesome puppets.
Rarely given its due by the network that spawned it, this is the perfect chance to revisit or discover the rag-tag, misfit crew aboard Moya.
The full press release as follows:
NEW YORK, NY – When a freak accident during an experimental space mission catapulted Astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield, a groundbreaking cult classic was born with the epic, adventure-filled TV series “Farscape”.
On November 17, the award-winning fan favorite show, which ran from 1999-2003 on Sci Fi and was named by TV Guide as one of television’s best cult shows ever, will commemorate its 10th Anniversary with the very first complete packaging of the series. Featuring all 88 episodes on 25 discs, with original aspect ratios (4×3 for Seasons 1-3, anamorphic 16×9 widescreen for Season 4) and 5.1 surround sound, FARSCAPE: THE COMPLETE SERIES MEGASET™ delivers the venerated program to its legions of loyal fans and a new generation for the collectible price of $149.95srp.
An imaginative fusion of live action, state-of-the-art puppetry, prosthetics and CGI, “Farscape,” produced by The Jim Henson Company in association with RHI Entertainment, featured mind-boggling alien life forms, dazzling special effects, edge-of-your-seat thrills, irreverent humor and unforgettable characters — all brought to rich life by the creative minds at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™.
Strap in and hold on tight for the extraordinary adventures of John Crichton, as he finds himself surrounded by hostile aliens and soaring through the cosmos aboard Moya, a glorious living space ship. Hunted by the relentless Peacekeepers, he allies himself with Moya’s crew — Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black), Luxan warrior Ka D’Argo (Anthony Simcoe), azure priestess Zhaan (Virginia Hey), spritely Nebari thief Chiana (Gigi Edgley), Dominar Rygel, the deposed royal ruler of the Hynerian Empire and Pilot – to search for a way out of this inconceivably alien world and return home.
FARSCAPE: THE COMPLETE SERIES MEGASET™ contains amazing surprises, including over 15 hours of bonus programming:
29 Episode Commentaries, including “Premiere” with Rockne S. O’Bannon, Brian Henson and Ben Browder; “Jeremiah Crichton” with Claudia Black, Producer/Writer David Kemper,
Browder and O’Bannon; “Bone to Be Wild” with Anthony Simcoe; “Relativity” with Lani Tupu (Crais/Voice of Pilot) and Director Peter Andrikidis; and, “Bad Timing” which features Browder, Black and Kemper discussing the series’ final episode.
Multiple featurettes and documentaries including “In the Beginning: A Look Back with Brian Henson”; “Making of a Space Opera” and “Inside Farscape: Save Farscape,” on which fans, cast and crew discuss the fate of their beloved series.
Multiple video profiles featuring archival clips and cast/crew discussing their characters and roles on Farscape.
Over 90 minutes of deleted scenes.
Slideshows and archival photo galleries, including character concepts and promo photos.
Production design galleries featuring screenshots, rough drafts and concept slide shows.
Behind-the-Scenes interviews with Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Virginia Hey, Gigi Edgley, Paul Goddard (Stark), Wayne Pygram (Scorpius) and more.
Original TV promos and trailers
In addition to the complete MEGASET™, on November 17, FARSCAPE will also be available in single season sets. Each re-packaged DVD release in FARSCAPE: THE COMPLETE SEASONS 1-4 will feature over 18 hours of interstellar entertainment — 22 episodes on six jam-packed discs filled with hours of revealing bonus materials –for $44.95 srp.
Prepare for Starburst!
A&E Home Entertainment, part of the Consumer Products Division of A&E Television Networks (AETN) is a video distributor of non-theatrical programming , featuring collectible DVD editions of the high quality programming from A&E Network and HISTORY™, as well as acquired classic programming. A&E Home Entertainment brings the best of critically acclaimed entertainment presented in award-winning packaging to the special interest category. For more information about ordering these and other titles from the A&E Home Video Collection, call (212) 206-8600 (TRADE ONLY). Consumers please call 1-800-933-6249 (A&E). In addition to placing orders by phone, A&E Home Video products may be purchased over the World Wide Web at ShopAETV.com.
Posted by dominie in Movies on February 2nd, 2009
If you haven’t tuned into the last three weeks of Sci Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica: The Final Season, you don’t know what you’re missing and you best get your act together. Possibly the best television event to date, and if not its at least my absolute favorite, Battlestar Galactica has taken a turn for the dark side. Darker than the dark side. There’s no sugar coating it…MUTINY! Absolute mutiny and people are pissed off! And you don’t want to mess with Adama, and especially not his woman, the President of the freak’n Colonies. People are going down and sooner than later pleeease!! I’ll stop here. I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who isn’t caught up. Click BSG 4.14 for a preview of Friday’s episode happening on Sci-Fi Channel at 10PM.
Posted by dominie in Latest News, Movies on December 22nd, 2008
Continuing with the Battlestar Galactica webisodes coverage leading up to the final episodes of the TV series, who is to blame for the death of one of the Eights? Is there foul play? Click here to watch webisode #4.
The new episode reveals more of the relationship with the remaining Sharon cylon and Gaeta back on New Caprica. The crew dispose of the dead Eight while the still living Sharon tells Gaeta she has a plan to get them home, but she’ll only tell when the rest of the stranded crew is asleep. Gaeta’s guy pal gets his wish; he and a pilot break from Galactica in search of Felix’s lost shuttle.
Stay tuned, we’ll be back December 24th for webisode #5.
Posted by dominie in Latest News, Movies on December 17th, 2008
As discussed previously, Sci Fi is hosting a series of ten webisodes, titled Battlestar Galactica: Face of the Enemy, before its return with the final part of season four. The first webisode ended with the fleet jumping to safety while Gaeta’s transpo shuttle finds itself stranded with companies three crew members and two Boomers. The second webisode plays on the emotions of the crew lost in space freaking out about being stranded with only 20 hours of oxygen. There is also a quick scene that shows Gaeta’s boyfriend begging Tigh to send out a search and rescue mission for the lost raptor which hones in on the homosexual relationship Gaeta is involved in. I’m just still not quite sure why Sci Fi wanted to through this in yet so late in the game.
Spoiler alert. In the third webisode the lost crew seems to have calmed down and proceed to look into the scrubbers on the shuttle. Gaeta discovers one of the Boomers on the shuttle is the cylon he conversed with on New Caprica. Then, one of the Boomers get killed! The pliers she used had the insulated grips stripped off! Suspicions fly. Who could have tampered with the equipment?
If you haven’t already seen the webisodes, click here. Webisode #4 airs on December 22. Be sure to check here for the updates.
Posted by dominie in Latest News, Movies on December 13th, 2008
SciFi began hosting the first of 10 scheduled Battlestar Galactica webisodes that we announced in July. The series titled, The Face of the Enemy, details the fleet’s encounter with cylons after a devastated Earth.
This episode in particular reveals one of the bigger spoilers that have been talked about—that of Gaeta’s bisexual relationship with another member of the fleet. His partner has smuggled a stash of “morphia,” which are no doubt painkillers for Gaeta’s artificial leg and they quickly kiss.
The episode begins from a flashback, 3 days prior, and ends in a very beat up Gaeta. After Gaeta boards the shuttle with a small crew including a Sharon cylon, the fleet unexpectedly jumps to safety. Gaeta’s shuttle finds itself alone and the episode ends there. We know from the beginning it doesn’t go well from here. Tune in Monday for the next webisode to hit online.
Click here to watch webisode #1 starring Grace Park and Alessandro Juliani.
Posted by dominie in Latest News, Movies on December 9th, 2008
Its that time of the week, the Sci Fi Channel has once again updated their You Will Know the Truth website with a new clue! Click on the link to see the video clip, which shows Baltar speaking with the Chief. Baltar discusses change, evolution, and how maybe we even learn something along the way.
Click here to view previous clues.
The truth will be revealed January 16, 2009 when the all-new episodes of the final season of Battlestar Galactica airs on Sci Fi Channel. Until then, we’ll be back on December 12th with your next clue.
Who will be the final cylon?! Tell us your theories.
Posted by dominie in Latest News, Movies on December 3rd, 2008
From io9, more in the realm of Battlestar Galactica. The Sci Fi Channel has just updated their You Will Know the Truth website. There is a clip showing Baltar talking with Six about how Baltar will challenge the old gods, followed by another clue—an updated Battlestar Galactica Last Supper picture. The new picture is shown, click here for the previous version. Someone is missing…
The identity of the final cylon is still very hush-hush. There is not much longer to wait, but you’re interested, SyFy Portal has compiled a list of The Final Five On The Final Cylon. Spoiler alert and keep in mind no speculations have been confirmed.
Posted by dominie in Latest News, Movies on December 3rd, 2008
The Sci-Fi Channel has officially greenlit Caprica, the hotly anticipated prequel to the Battlestar Galactica series. Production begins in the middle of next year, most likely in Vancouver like is predecessor, and the studio is aiming for an early 2010 bow for the series.
Sci-Fi Channel’s president David Howe tells Variety, “Battlestar Galactica was absolutely our flagship show. It put us on he map and helped transform the perception of the network,” noting that the cabler hopes to draw a broader audience to a series it sees as more compelling family drama than “space opera.”
He continues, “We want people to come to this who have never heard of Battlestar Galacica. I think, because (Galactica’s) backdrop was space and spaceships, there was a barrier to entry for some viewers. Caprica has none of that. It’s an intense family drama set on an Earthlike planet, in the near future [50 years prior to Galactica’s initial attack. Caprica will speak] to a lot of the ethical dilemmas that we as a human race are going to have to face very shortly.”
Caprica will premiere on Sci-Fi Channel as a 2-hour pilot and stars Esai Morales as Joseph Adama, William Adama’s father, Eric Stoltz and Paula Malcolmson as the wealthy capitalist parents of Zoe Graystone’s, and Polly Walker, the headmistress at Zoe Graystone’s school. The image provided is courtesy of eonline.
Posted by dominie in Television & Web Series on October 1st, 2008
According to IESB.net, Production commenced this week in Argentina on Sci-Fi Channel’s new reality thriller series Estate of Panic. Actor Steve Valentine (Crossing Jordan) will host the show, raged has television’s most physically and psychologically challenging competition show yet.
From Endemol USA, best known as the force behind the hit series reality Fear Factor, Estate of Panic will span six episodes, one hour each. The first episode will premiere Wednesday, November 12 at 10PM ET/PT.
In each episode, seven contestants are encouraged to collect stashes of hidden cash inside a mansion of which they will need to overcome three challenges in different rooms. Two players are eliminated after each challenge—the last one out, and the one with the least amount of money collected. The very last man standing will undergo one final challenge in the Vault Room and take all the winnings.
For more photos from the set of Estate of Panic, visit Cinemablend.com.
Posted by philip in Reviews on September 22nd, 2008
Once in a great while, a movie is made that defies all odds. Poor production value, foreign locations that look like foreign locations, and bad acting. Yet it somehow gels together to make a masterpiece. Well this is one of them.
Flu Bird Horror is about a group of juvenile delinquents that are at a reform camp which happens to get attacked by pterodactyl looking-like things. Did you know that The Avian flu can morph ordinary pigeons into dinosaurs? Me neither. Any whooty…these delinquents get picked off one by one in the forest as the local ranger (Lance Guest, Last Starfighter, Holloween 2) desperately looks for these kids. At least its original.
Like a fine crafted Matrushka Doll, Flu Bird Horror (ah-chooooo, Gazuntight!) is truly a horror within a horror within a horror. The first horror is that it was ever written. Well maybe it was never written…maybe there was never a script at all. The second horror is that they actually tried to pass Romanian farmers off as Americans. This might have worked except they gave these actors a speaking role…very bad move. The third horror was that Leigh Scott (Hillside Cannibals, Transmorphers), the writer/director, convinced the executive producer that this was all going to end up well…or at worst, the exec producer might get laid if he ponied up a few G’s.
Now that we got that out of the way, there were some positive notes. It was only a feature and not a mini series. No real dinosaurs were harmed during the filming of this movie. And lastly, the two young performers, Sara Butler (A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser) and Jonathon Trent (Transformers 2, Downstream) were pretty good. Despite some less then flattering comments about the cast by would-be, wanna-be critics, this ESL (English as a second language) challenged script actually was translated well by these two actors. Kudos for taking lemons and…well…don’t take anymore lemons in the future. You two are better than that.
Posted by EricC in Latest News on September 19th, 2008
Remember the charming petty-thief that made Alicia Silverstone lay down on the ground ruining her sexy, red, important dress in the movie Clueless? Well, that thief has become quite a notable force in the industry directing more than 30 episodes of Law and Order and almost 20 episodes of Rescue Me. Why should FM care? Because Jace Alexander’s current project is none other than the 2-hour Sci Fi Channel pilot for the newly picked up series Warehouse 13.
Created by Battlestar Galactica co-exec producer Jane Epenson, Farscape mastermind Rockne O’Bannon and D. Brent Mote 13 is looking to be a mix of X-Files meets Raiders of the Lost Ark meets The Crush (not really, but Alicia Silverstone is hot and I’d let her unleash a hive of bees to take care of my girlfriend any day). 13 is slated to premier in Summer 2008. Let’s hope it’s as good as it sounds.
Posted by dominie in Movies on September 18th, 2008
First Look Studios announced the following DVD releases for September 30th, both of which were commissioned by The Powers That Be at Sci-Fi Channel.
FLU BIRDS, $19.98
From ex-Asylum director Leigh Scott, “A team building retreat becomes a nightmare when a group of teenagers are stranded as a flock of flesh eating birds, consumed by a deadly virus, makes them their prey. With the aid of the local forest ranger, the teenagers must run for their lives, fighting against the infectious mutated bird flu that starts to spread amongst them. With a lack of shelter and few weapons to defend themselves, the teens are forced to do whatever it takes to make sure they are the not the next to be eaten by birds. Tough choices are made as they are forced to choose who should live and who should be left behind for the flu birds. With the virus spreading to a nearby town, the race against time begins as the authorities try to control the situation with deadly consequences. FLU BIRDS is a thrilling horror with danger coming at you from all angles.”
GHOULS, $19.98
Directed by Gary Jones (Mosquito, Boogeyman 3), GHOULS stars Kristen Renton, “A young American girl [who] goes on a journey to Eastern Europe to visit her family. While there, she meets a strange and mysterious ghost hunter who speaks of terrifying mystical creatures who roam the surrounding forests, preying on the town’s innocent victims. Together, they discover her supernatural heritage and connection to the evil spirits who plague the town. The creatures once ruled the earth and are planning to rule again with her help, willing or not!”
