‘Star Trek’ writers: ‘We have broken the story’ for sequel

Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci have, officially, broken the story for Star Trek 2, and they reveal the pressures that weren’t there on the first one … as well as the need to bust up the happy family.

It’s never easy crafting a follow-up to a critical and financial hit like 2009′s Star Trek. While no one knew quite what to expect from J.J. Abrams’ reboot, now the bar has been set. And the surprise of seeing exactly how this new Enterprise crew—featuring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg and Karl Urban—would fare has worn off.

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Irvin Kershner 1923–2010

In addition to the recent passing of Leslie Nielsen, this week we also lost a great director, Irvin Kershner. We will be forever grateful for his skillful direction of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Perhaps none more so than Lucas himself.

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‘Toy geeks’ at Funko are bubbly over bobbleheads

Photo of Funko Bobbleheads courtesy of the Seattle Times

Funko, started in a Snohomish home, has grown into a major supplier of bobbleheads ranging from DC Comics figures to musician Ozzy Osbourne.

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Bringing The “T.H.U.N.D.E.R.” Agents”

Writer Nick Spencer takes CBR News on a tour of how he brought cult classic superheroes the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents back to life from his impending death take on the team concept to the sci-fi twists that link solo super stories

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Original freedom fighter Marc Singer returns for V’s second season

A few months ago, V made a major casting coup when it added the original bad lizard girl Jane “Diana” Badler to the cast of the new V reboot. Now they’ve done it again by bringing Marc Singer on board ABC’s struggling sci-fi series. Talk about grasping at straws. Thoughts?

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1st reactions to last night’s preview of the troubled Spidey musical

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, the expensive and long-delayed Broadway musical about the Marvel superhero, gave its first public preview on Sunday night—and the results weren’t pretty.

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Comedian Leslie Nielsen Has Died At 84

It has been confirmed that comedian Leslie Nielsen has lost his battle with pneumonia. Nielsen acted in such comic gems as Airplane and the Naked Gun series. He passed away at 84 in a hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Very sad to hear about his passing he made us laugh, and took us to Forbidden Planets and let’s not call him Shirley. God Speed Leslie Nielsen.

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Your 2010 Holiday Movie Guide

Now that Thanksgiving is out of the way, it’s time to start thinking about this year’s crop of Holiday Movies. Surprisingly, there’s more than just Tron: Legacy out in the next month, and CBR has a rundown what to expect and when to expect it. See the list here

Earth Station One Episode 35 – The Episode That Must Not Be Named!!

Grab your wands and broom sticks today we are going to be exploring the word of Harry Potter. We will doing a review of the new Harry Potter movie “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows’. Then we will be all gathering our friends together and having a round table to discuss how the Harry Potter Books compare to the Movies.

Join us for another fun filled podcast that we like to call Episode 35 – The Episode That Must Not Be Named!!

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:02:33 Rants & Raves – Murray Gold / Robert Zemeckis / World of Warcraft / Doctor Who News
0:26:59 The Geek Seat w/ Jennifer
0:33:34 Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Movie Review
1:08:36 Harry Potter Books vs. Movies
1:35:28 Show Close

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Oxygen atmosphere found on Saturn’s moon Rhea

Astronomers have announced that an oxygen atmosphere has been found on Saturn’s second largest moon, Rhea.

At about 527,000 kilometres from Saturn, Rhea orbits inside the planet’s magnetic field. Rhea’s oxygen atmosphere is maintained by the ongoing chemical breakdown of water ice on the moon”s surface, driven by radiation from Saturn’s magnetosphere.

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