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This week, we have the season finale of Tower Prep and the season premiere of Primeval, and marathons of Doctor Who, Twilight Zone, and assorted other classics. Plus Rufus Sewell meets a mermaid, and Alec "Obi-Wan" Guinness pioneers science-fiction comedy. More »
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Judging by the ratings, a lot of people tuned in last night to watch Eleventh Hour, Jerry Bruckheimer's Fringe-esque show about Hood, a "special science adviser to the FBI" played by Rufus Sewell. Based on a British show that failed, the series winds up making science seem even more like a preposterous Medieval fantasy than Fringe does. After watching last night's season premiere, we came up with eleven ways that Eleventh Hour manages to smear the reputation of good science in its misguided effort to represent what real "biophysicists" like Hood do. More »
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So we mentioned in morning spoilers the other day that Jerry Bruckheimer's oh-no-science show Eleventh Hour was doing a Dollhouse. That is, the mad-science show's original pilot is getting pushed back to become its second or third episode, because its hard-hitting storyline about abuses of science was too dark and controversial. And now we know what the show's new pilot, which is supposed to be sunnier and less edgy, will be about. Click through to discover the acceptable face of weird science, with spoilers. More »
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Here's an exclusive clip from the new "director's cut" DVD of classic dark scifi Dark City, which is coming out July 29. In addition to never-before-seen footage, the DVD includes three commentary tracks, an introduction by director Alex Proyas, Neil Gaiman's review of the film, an "Architecture of Dreams" featurette, a production gallery, and a making-of featurette. [Warner Bros.] More »
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It looks like Rufus Sewell's performance in Jerry Bruckheimer's new show Elemental takes a page from his work in CSI. Including the one recluse-type main character, lots of hypothetical question asking, and great musical crescendos for commercial breaks. As in the original British show, the Patrick Stewart-starring Eleventh Hour, Jacob Hood (Sewell) is the lone-wolf scientist the government calls in to deal with weird situations. He's matched with sexy blonde bodyguard Rachel (just Rachel). And judging from this new clip, Sewell brings the science with a heavy dollop of moralizing. [Trek Movie] More »
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Eleventh Hour, the cult British TV series starring Patrick Stewart as a scientist who investigates abuses of science for the government, is getting a new name in its U.S. incarnation, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The American version, starring Rufus Sewell, will be called Elemental. Bruckheimer made a $4 million pilot that wowed CBS, and the show will be appearing as part of CBS' fall schedule. As in the British version, Sewell will be a college professor who "helps government bureacrats deal with thorny scientific conundrums ranging from cloning to global warming." And he'll have a hawt female bodyguard, played by Marley Shelton. (Looks like Buffy's Marc Blucas also has a regular role.) [Wired] More »
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Jerry Bruckheimer, creator of CSI, will copy Eleventh Hour, a British TV miniseries about a government scientist who investigates abuses of science, including killer viruses and stem-cell research run amok. (With his bad-ass female bodyguard in tow.) The British version starred Patrick Stewart, who went around insisting in interviews that the show wasn't an attempt to cash in on the success of the new Doctor Who. (But the show's creator/producer, Stephen Gallagher, wrote some of the most confusing Who episodes in the early 80s.) The American version, airing on CBS, will star Rufus Sewell, a British actor who starred in The Illusionist. [C21 Media] More »
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