J.J. Abrams loves to hide Easter Eggs - The Observer in “Fringe”

One of my favorite new shows this season is “Fringe”, the new J.J. Abrams science-fiction-kinda-mystery show on Fox. It’s been called an X-Files for this generation, which I can kind of see as I used to watch the X-Files and liked the weird things they would try to figure out from week to week. Aside from Dr. Walter Bishop (singlehandedly the best thing to happen to Sci-Fi television since . . . Hurley’s “Duuuude” lines I guess), this show has the trademark Abrams nuggets that you probably miss the first time you see the show, but just amaze you when you go back for a second watch to get the details. “The Observer” is one of those awesome details. More on that, and video after the jump. Read more

If you thought the Star Wars prequel trilogy was bad…

I give you, for your viewing pleasure / displeasure,

The Star Wars Holiday Special, in it’s entirety (while it lasts on Google Video, at least). Life Day, Chewie’s family (and son “Lumpy”), Bea Arthur, Harvey Korman, Jefferson Starship, and the one shining moment, the first real appearance of Boba Fett in the animated segment, all after the break. Read more

Found trivia fun - The Drake Equation

In doing some research today on astronomical topics, I came across this little gem that is the cornerstone of the belief that extraterrestrial life is out there somewhere - the Drake Equation, named for Frank Drake and published in 1960. It is what tries to estimate the number of possible extraterrestrial civilizations out there that we might come in contact with. The full equation and explanations, as well as the current estimates of the result of the equation, after the break. Read more

Watch the alien invasion on Twitter - War of the Worlds 2.0

In a unique take on Orson Wells’ historic retelling of the H.G. Wells story “War of the Worlds”, the folks over at “Ask a Wizard” are preparing a new retelling of the alien invasion on Twitter. More after the break. Read more

Bringing up little Geeklets - Halloween preparations

Last weekend, we let the kiddos try on their Halloween costumes to make sure we didn’t need to do any emergency returns or refittings before the big day of trick or treating. My little geeks-in-training make me proud, so I have to share. More pictures and commentary after the jump. Read more

When Plo Koon speaks, geeks listen - Review of Clone Wars episode “Rising Malevolence”

The Cartoon Network premiered the first two Clone Wars television episodes on Friday night, I’ve already reviewed the first episode “Ambush”, now I can take on the second episode “Rising Malevolence”. This second episode brings us back to the Anakin / Ahsoka show, but introduces Plo Koon and an awesomely frightening General Grevious into the storyline. Full episode synopsis and my reaction after the break. Read more

Clone Wars off to a good start - review of “Ambush”

Last night saw the premier of the new Lucasfilm cash cow animated television series, Clone Wars on the Cartoon Network. This review is for the first of the two episodes premiered last night, “Ambush”, and it fulfilled my expectations, even exceeded them to a point. Full episode synopsis and my take on the new generation of Star Wars series. Read more

Site redesign coming

Well, I’ve got about 6 weeks of blogging under my belt now and getting the hang of it. I even have my first official sci-fi book review coming in the next couple of weeks (being shipped to me now, will need a week or so to read it and write my impressions) so it appears I am officially entering the professional blogosphere. To that end, I’m going to be undergoing a pretty substantial site redesign in the coming weeks to give this blog a little more of a professional sheen to it. The podcast is still on the horizon, but I want to get my core blog set up first before I start trying to add my voice to the equation. For all of you that have stopped by and liked what you have seen so far, this is only the beginning. Keep coming back for more developments, and some of the best takes on tech news, new gadgets, and sci-fi topics on the web. Thanks for your support, and Namaste.

Star Wars: Clone Wars series starts Friday on Cartoon Network

This one has my daughter Padawan excited, and I must admit, I’m interested to see how this plays out. Remember to set your TiVo for this Friday night, comes on at 9pm here in Arizona (Mountain Standard Time here, so make sure you check your own listings for the time) on the Cartoon Network. This Friday we get two 30-minute episodes, titled “Ambush” and “Rising Malevolence”. Episode Descriptions, clip from the first episode, and more thoughts after the jump. Read more

Tyrol strikes again, reveals Cylon history

io9 put out a major spoiler this morning that goes into the history of the Cylons from the current Battlestar Galactica series. Aaron Douglas apparently has a tough time keeping what he knows to himself these days (see previous entry on his comments at Dragon*Con), and in an interview with SFX Magazine, he dropped a huge bomb. Be careful, after the jump thar be spoilers.
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