Friday, August 31, 2012
American Horror Story Season 2 Promos
There have been quite a few short promos for the new season of American Horror Story. Most of these are very weird and disturbing. I am looking forward to this reboot of the series - promises to be just as weird and sick as the previous one.
New Robot TV Series Being Developed
Sounds a bit like I, Robot and some other Issac Asimov stories.
Geek Movies From The Summer of 1982 - E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
E.T The Extra Terrestrial was
indeed the big money maker of the summer of 1982. E.T. was a movie with a PG
rating and a family movie that everyone went to see over and over again. In fact I know for a fact that my parents took
me and my brothers to see this movie way back in 1982. Yes it’s all coming back to me the Reeses Pieces,
the tears, the bike flying and trying to do the same.
Avengers VS X-Men Cover For Issue 12 Promises Us "The End"
October's Avengers VS X-Men issue 12 cover offers us that something big is gonna come out of it. It looks to me that Dark Phoenix will be making a return. To me the image on the cover looks like Hope Summers who this story has been centered around since issue #0. Well we'll find out October 3rd when this issues hits the shops.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Geek Movies From The Summer of 1982 - The Thing
Here is a movie that I
watched 30 years ago and did not like. I
often harass ShadoKP about it all the time.
I tease him all the time about it mainly because he is a big John Carpenter
fan and I’m not. Plus I love the
original The Thing which starred James Arness and was actually called The Thing
From Another World and was released in 1951.
So for my voyage through the eight geek movies of the summer of 1982 I hemmed and hawed about watching it again. It was a long time since I watched it quite possible 30 years since the last time. Well I did and you know what? I might have been wrong about this movie and a certain someone will be teasing me now.
Air Date Confirmed for Red Dwarf X
At least Dave doesn't keep fans guessing when their shows are going to air. It was announced yesterday that Red Dwarf 10 will be on Thursday October 4, 2012. No time has been announced yet but at least we know what day it will be on.
Remembering The Movies of 1982 - The Beastmaster by Dr. Shay Fabbro
A year of big hair, acid
wash, Aqua Net, and blue eye shadow. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder serenaded
us with “Ebony and Ivory” and Survivor rocked us with “Eye of the Tiger.
It was also the year of
some damn good movies. It seems as though a gazillion movies came out in 1982.
Some I’ve never even heard of but there are a plethora of films that I have not
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| Yes, That is really me. |
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Godzilla Behind the Scenes Photos
http://io9.com/5939043/behind+the+scenes-godzilla-photos-were-charming-absolutely-ridiculous
Here's Your Chance To Win The Chosen!!!
For Your chance to win one of three autograph books The Chosen by Dr Shay Fabro read the interview of her which can be found here
http://kotwg.blogspot.com/2012/08/author-of-chosen-and-alexis-davenport.html#more
and answer this question “What was the name of the machines that strip mine planets” place your answer in the interviews comments section. Make sure to leave your twitter @name (you must be following @the_knights87) so we can get back to you if you’re the winner. Three people will be picked randomly. Winner will be picked September 29, 2012
Good Luck To All
SHIELD TV Series
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Geek Movies From The Summer of 1982 - Poltergeist
Poltergeist was a movie
that was billed as being really scary. I
remember my Dad renting this movie from the video store to watch one
evening. I wasn’t too impressed with it
back in the 80’s (not sure if I saw it in 1982) and was kind of hesitant
watching this Steven Spielberg written and produced (some say directed but that
is a conspiracy theory of sorts) film again. But for the sake of the Summer of
82 reviews I marched on.
Writing and Insomnia By Dr Shay Fabbro
Do all writers have insomnia?
Or does insomnia give rise to writers?
This is sort of like the chicken and the egg thing isn't it? :D
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| Wish I could sleep like this! |
I've read posts on Facebook, blogs, and even Tweets on Twitter
where authors speak of their lack of sleep, early hours to make time to write,
inability to fall asleep, even waking up in the middle of the night to jot down
so juicy tidbit that leaked through their subconscious into their conscious
mind.
It seems as though authors, in some form or another, suffer from
lack of sleep. Now, sometimes this comes as a choice they make. When it comes
to juggling a full time job, kids, and finding time to write, often times this
leaves only the late night hours or the wee hours of the morning. And some
authors even seem to do their best work in these quiet, secluded hours.
Now, I bet you're wondering, "Does Dr. Fab suffer from
insomnia?"
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Geek Movies From The Summer of 1982 - The Road Warrior
Here we have the
post-apocalyptic movie entry for the Summer of 82. The Road Warrior stars a young leather clad
Mel Gibson. A Mel Gibson years away from
making it big in Lethal Weapon and years away from revealing himself to be the
complete nut job we all know him to be now.
But first he is starring in the sequel to 1979’s Mad Max.
A Clockwork Orange - Movie and Blu-Ray Review
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A Clockwork
Review of the movie and Blu Ray release
By Ken Parker
Last year I worked on my top 25 Sci-Fi movies of all time
and said then that my top lists tend to be fluid and constantly change. This change is based on recent viewings of
movies that I have seen before as well as new releases. During the posting of my list I changed it a
number of times and found up to this point several movies that perhaps should
have been on that list but weren’t. A Clockwork Orange may be one of those movies.
Author of The Chosen and Alexis Davenport Series Dr. Shay Fabbro Interview
Dr. Shay Fabbro contacted
us to do a couple of posts for The Knights Blog, as she loves our site, and we
found out that she has a book coming out.
In fact that book comes today!!!
Her book is called The Chosen which is Book One of Portals of Destiny. Luckily Dr. Shay Fabbro was kind enough to
take time out of her busy schedule to talk to us and answer a few questions.
Tells us a little about
yourself and how you got hooked on the geek culture?
I think it’s coded in my
DNA. From a young age I was into bugs and nature, read fantasy (mainly Piers
Anthony and Tolkien), watched the original Star Trek with my dad, and grew up
watching movies like Legend, Labyrinth, Willow, Princess Bride, Dark Crystal.
From there it was a fast spiral into geekdom and I’ve never looked back!
What were some of the
authors that influenced your writing style?
Oh goodness, this is
always a tough one since I am nowhere NEAR as good as my favorite authors so I
always fear they’ll feel insulted ;) But I would have to say Tolkien for sure,
Terry Goodkind, George RR Martin.
Tell us about your Young
Adult series the Alexis Davenport Adventures?
Monday, August 27, 2012
Cloud Atlas - A Book Review (Some Spoilers)
A Novel by David Mitchell
Review by Ken Parker
In my search for good contemporary Sci-Fi novels, I came
across David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas and right away I had remembered that this
book is being turned into a movie for release later this year. With my interest peaked, I tackled this book
and what I found was a highly original and refreshing read.
Some spoilers
Star Wars - Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith 3-D Release Dates
Source - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/57937
Ben Affleck NOT directing Justice League movie
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| Well, we still have "Hollywoodland." |
Uh, the stories were wrong. Hard to believe, isn't it?
Affleck shot down the speculation himself, telling 24 Hours Vancouver:
“I’m not working on the Justice League. One of the problems with entertainment web sites is that they need to fill pages, and that’s how rumors get started…Justice League sounds really exciting, but it’s not something I’m working on.”
Ren Zelen Interview
Multimedia is full of talented people. There are authors and artists that are out there that have produced some really good stuff. One of those talented people is Ren Zelen. Ren is an author and reviewer. She has a book out on Amazon for kindle The Hathor Diaries which you can buy at this link. Amazon Kindle Store Hathor Diaries She also has a website where you can read Pitchfork Red and all her other short stories and its called Lethal Lexicon . So here is Ren to answer a few questions about her work.
Describe to us about your digital book The
Hathor Diaries and how you came up with idea?
I got the idea for 'Hathor Diaries' while
listening to the 'Danger Days' album by My Chemical Romance. I was intrigued by
the idea of survival in a post-apocalyptic desert world and the possible
politics and conflicts of that world as survivors divided into 'tribes' or
groups that had different agendas and plans for how civilisation should be
rebuilt, and the means they might employ in their struggle for power or
supremacy. Also, I wondered what
physical effects the weapons deployed in the 'resource wars' might have had on
the worst affected parts of the population - the mutations that might ensue. I
wanted the writing to be very descriptive and 'cinematic' and have an element
of horror.
How did Pitchfork Red come about and will
it be finished someday?
I plan to finish 'Pitchfork Red' as soon as I
have the opportunity to sit down and get on with it. Editing commitments and
recent personal events have encroached on my time, but I hope to get around to
it soon. The next few chapters are already in my head and I need to get them
written down. Besides, I miss my protagonists, I want to see what happens to
them myself!
Sunday, August 26, 2012
My Top 10 Superhero Movies - Part One
My Top 10 Superhero Movies
By Kenneth Parker
Part 1 – 10 - 6
With Superhero
movies accounting for a huge part of thje movie box office over the
past few years, one cannot ignore their influence and perhaps can
identify a time where they might over saturate the market. With a
record number of hero movies currently being worked on including Man
of Steel, Thor 2, Iron Man 3, Captain America 2, The Avengers 2,
Ant-Man, The Guardians of the Galaxy, Daredevil, The Amazing
Spiderman 2, Justice League, Shazam, the Flash, Green Arrow, Lobo,
The Suicide Squad and so on, one has to look at a best of list as
a very temporary list for sure. This list will no doubt change
drastically over the next couple of years.
Because of my very successful Top 25
Sci-Fi article series (i.e. I actually finished it) I figured it was
time to tackle superhero movies. I did not include any superhero
movies in the sci-fi category as there are enough for them to have
their own list. Unlike my Sci-fi list, I have decided to post this
list in two parts.
My rules for inclusion on this list are
as follows -
I need to have seen the film –
obviously. The film has to be a story about a superhero
(superheroes) with special abilities and/or a character(s) that is
attempting to do good by fighting crime as a superhero. Anyway, the
selection of movies was pretty easy and I just took the list from
Wikipedia.
I had to leave off some really good
films and like any of my lists, are always subject to change.
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| So here we go..... |
5th Doctor Peter Davison To Be A Guest At New York Comic Con
Great news for Doctor Who fans as the 5th Doctor himself will be a guest at this years New York Comic Con. You can meet the 5th Doctor on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the 4 day convention. New York Comic Con runs from October 11 - 14 and you can check out the other guest at this link.
http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/Whos-Coming/Guests/Ent-Guests/
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Para Time - New Series By Matthew Graham
This sounds a lot like H.Beam Piper's Paratime series of short stories and novels.
If this show is half the quality of the Life On Mars then it is going to be fantastic.
Marvel's The Avengers Featurette Clip 3
Director Joss Whedon talks about writing for visual moments.
Marvel's The Avengers Featurette Clip 2
Director Joss Whedon talks about working with Chris Evans (Captain America) and Mark Ruffalo (Hulk).
A guy who helped kill Osama bin Laden also helped design 'Medal of Honor: Warfighter'
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| He's dead, Jim. |
The Tier One U.S. Navy soldier who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year and identified by name Thursday by Fox News is a consultant for an upcoming game published by Electronic Arts titled “Medal of Honor: Warfighter,” according to a person close to the matter. The person declined to be identified because of a confidentiality agreement.
The soldier is Matt Bissonnette, who retired last summer from the Navy. The 36-year-old Alaska resident has written a book on the May 2, 2011 raid, "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden," under the name Mark Owen.
Stan Lee smashes The Hulk, predicts the future and remembers 'Insect Man'
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| A legendary one-two punch - Stan Lee and Spidey. |
When it comes to comic book movies, it sometimes seems like we are living in Stan Lee's universe. The comics legend helped create Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man and Thor, to name just a few. And one of the small treats for seeing the Hollywood versions of the characters is that Lee usually has a cameo, including this summer's "The Avengers." But, as Lee recently told the audience at Fan Expo Canada, even he is not a big fan of some of the movies.
"I would have liked the Hulk to be smaller in the first two movies, and I didn't like the way Doctor Doom was portrayed in 'Fantastic Four,' Now with Daredevil, they just wrote the whole thing wrong. They made him too tragic. That's not the way I wrote him. I think they're working on a new Daredevil movies and it will be better, so hold your judgment until then."
Lee also hinted about future film projects:
"Deadpool is such a popular character, I'd be surprised if he wasn't in his own movie in the near future, or introduced in another movie first. They're thinking about a Doctor Strange movie, a Black Panther movie, an Ant-Man movie -- there's just so many ideas in the works right now at Marvel!"And he talked about a character that was an early idea for Spider-Man:
"When I created him, it was tough. We already had a Hulk, we already had the X-Men, we had the Fantastic Four, so I thought I'd go the insect route. But Insect-Man didn't sound right, and neither did Mosquito-Man. But then it came to me...Spider-Man! Happy 50th Spidey!"
Vintage The Thing Action Figure Commercial
Bet you didn't know that there was a line of John Carpenter's The Thing action figures that came out in 1982!! Yes, and here is the vintage commercial for them.
Hats off to the fan who made this!!
Hats off to the fan who made this!!
The Geek Movies From The Summer Of 1982
The summer of 1982 has been heralded as one, if not the best, summer for movies. Hell the whole damn year was pretty awesome for movies. Films like Ghandi, Tootsie, The Dark Crystal, 48Hrs and An Officer and A Gentlemen. Heck a certain action hero had two movies out that year as Sylvester Stallone starred in Rocky 3 and brought Rambo to us for the first time in First Blood. Stalwarts like Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson had movies out also with Firefox and Death Wish 2. But I’m going to focus on a particular geek selection of movies that came out during the summer movie season. Now there won’t be any reviews in this article but more of a remembrance. The reviews will come later and be more in depth. Now let’s go back 30 years to 1982 and remember that summer of some of the finest movies to hit the geek world.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Red Dwarf X Titles
Matt Smith on the 50th Anniversary
Digital Spy has an interview up with Matt Smith who talks about the 50th Anniversary.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Lockout, science fiction action movie
Title: Lockout
Alternate Title: MS One: Maximum Security
Genre: science fiction action
Release year: 2012
Directed by: James Mather and Stephen St. Leger
Written by: James Mather, Stephen St. Leger, and Luc Besson
Starring: Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Vincent Regan, Joseph Gilgun, Lennie James, and Peter Stormare
Rated: PG-13
From the back of the box: Luc Besson presents this futuristic thriller about a renegade CIA agent Snow who is betrayed by his government and sentenced to 30 years frozen in a cryonic chamber 50 miles above Earth. The only way to avoid serving time is a suicide mission -- overcome a gang of ruthless prisoners and rescue the President's daughter, Emilie Warnock.
Alternate Title: MS One: Maximum Security
Genre: science fiction action
Release year: 2012
Directed by: James Mather and Stephen St. Leger
Written by: James Mather, Stephen St. Leger, and Luc Besson
Starring: Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Vincent Regan, Joseph Gilgun, Lennie James, and Peter Stormare
Rated: PG-13
From the back of the box: Luc Besson presents this futuristic thriller about a renegade CIA agent Snow who is betrayed by his government and sentenced to 30 years frozen in a cryonic chamber 50 miles above Earth. The only way to avoid serving time is a suicide mission -- overcome a gang of ruthless prisoners and rescue the President's daughter, Emilie Warnock.
Superman gets a new love interest - SUPER SPOILER ALERT!
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| "I'd love to chat Tony, but I have a date." |
It's a new world and the Man of Steel has a new woman in his life. Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive story, which we will reveal after the jump.
"This is the new status quo," writer Geoff Johns said.
"Hopefully this will raise a lot of eyebrows," artist Jim Lee says. "We welcome the watercooler chatter."
Justice League No. 12 goes on sale Aug. 29.
Doctor Who Christmas Special 2012
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Doctor Who Magazine Reveals One of Three Covers For Issue 451
Here is one of three covers for Doctor Who Magazine 451. The other two will be released sometime next week.
Doctor Who Mini Adventure Pond Life Starts Monday
Here is the official announcement for Pond Life a Doctor Who short coming next Monday online on the official Doctor Who website.
#DoctorWho Asylum of the Daleks premieres on BBC One, Sat 01 Sept 7.20p.m. New mini-adventure -#PondLife - begins online on Mon, 27th Aug.
— Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) August 22, 2012
Doctor Who Asylum of the Daleks Starts September 1st at 9PM on BBC America
Finally our long worldwide nightmare is over as BBC America has confirmed and made official on their website and Twitter that Doctor Who will indeed be returning on September 1st at 9PM as the end of a day long Doctor Who marathon. Here is the press release
BBC AMERICA’S DOCTOR WHO RETURNS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 WITH FIVE BLOCKBUSTER EPISODES
Get ready for a final farewell to the Ponds…
BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who returns after a record-breaking season with five blockbuster episodes on September 1 as part of Supernatural Saturday. Join the Doctor, his companions Amy and Rory (aka the Ponds) and numerous friends on their latest escapades through space and time where they puzzle an unexpected invasion of Earth, save a spaceship full of dinosaurs, don Stetsons in a Wild Wild West adventure and are even kidnapped by the Doctor’s oldest foe. The explosive series concludes with Amy and Rory’s heart-breaking farewell – a race against time through the streets of Manhattan. Will the Doctor really lose the Ponds forever? There’s only one way to find out… Doctor Who premieres Saturday, September 1, 9:00pm ET as part of Supernatural Saturday.
You can read the rest of the press release and a synopsis of the episodes at this link.
Radio Times Confirms!! Doctor Who Returns September 1st At 7:20PM With Asylum of the Daleks
Well the news we all have been waiting for has finally been revealed by the Radio Times website. There they have officially announced that Asylum of the Daleks will return on September 1st at 7:20 PM UK time. For those who need proof here is the link to the Radio Times website http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/r2fg6/doctor-who--series-7---1-asylum-of-the-daleks
Expect the BBC to finally make an official announcement once they get their heads out of their asses. Still NO word on the BBC America date yet as they are playing solitaire with their line up.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Blakes 7 In Development At SyFy Could Return In 13 Episode Season
Well it appears that Blake 7 will be making a comeback thanks to the SyFy channel. They will be developing a script and if SyFy likes it they will commission a 13 episode season. The cool thing about this remake is that it is being directed by Martin Campell who directed the James Bond movie Casino Royale. The script will be written by Joe Pokaski who was involved with Heroes. This is truly good news for Blakes 7 fans and lets hope it goes to series. Read the full article here.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/syfy-to-develop-remake-of-cult-u-k-sci-fi-series-blakes-7-with-martin-campbell/
Source: Deadline
BBC America Asylum of the Dalek Pictures
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