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This alien-looking newspaper from the movie Ultraviolet recently turned up on a movie props site. I love the weird font that screams "Vampire Epidemic!!!" with the three exclamation marks. It's good to know that even in a dark dystopian future where plague victims drink your blood, sober responsible journalism will reign supreme. Here's a roundup of the strangest scifi newspapers.
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Read All About It In Weird Future Newspapers
This alien-looking newspaper from the movie Ultraviolet recently turned up on a movie props site. I love the weird font that screams "Vampire Epidemic!!!" with the three exclamation marks. It's good to know that even in a dark dystopian future where plague victims drink your blood, sober responsible journalism will reign supreme. Here's a roundup of the strangest scifi newspapers.
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Yearning for Journeyman
Fans are mailing boxes of Rice-A-Roni to save Journeyman, but Quaker Foods (which makes "Roni") may be the only beneficiary. [Forbes]
Fans are mailing boxes of Rice-A-Roni to save Journeyman, but Quaker Foods (which makes "Roni") may be the only beneficiary. [Forbes]
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Time Traveler Erases His Own 20-Year Marriage
Dan meets a fellow time-traveler who erased his own marriage in last night's final (?) episode of Journeyman. This clip showcases everything that was great about the doomed show: its emotional depth, its cleverness and its willingness to reinvent classic scifi plots with its bare hands. Despite cancellation, Journeyman upped the ante this week with new characters, and more intriguing plot twists. More »
Dan meets a fellow time-traveler who erased his own marriage in last night's final (?) episode of Journeyman. This clip showcases everything that was great about the doomed show: its emotional depth, its cleverness and its willingness to reinvent classic scifi plots with its bare hands. Despite cancellation, Journeyman upped the ante this week with new characters, and more intriguing plot twists.
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Get Some Journeyman Closure This Week
Poor Journeyman. It started off as a total runt, and ended up the coolest new show of the season. And now its final two-parter airs on Monday and Wednesday at 10 PM. At least the show is going out with class, by answering our burning questions about Dan's time travel. And a ratings miracle could still save it. What else is worth watching this week? Click through to find out. More »
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On Smallville, It's Okay To Be A Meteor Freak
Lex Luthor is in a tough spot as Smallville ends its fall block this week. If he doesn't confess his alien experiments, a maniac will blow up the perky Chloe. And thinking she's about to die, Chloe confesses that she's a "Meteor Freak." There should really be a flag for that. More Smallville spoilers, plus Journeyman and Life on Mars, after the jump. More »
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There's Still Time For Christian Bale To Escape Terminator 4
- Christian Bale hasn't committed to starring in the new Terminator movie, but he is in serious talks, sources say. Here's hoping he comes to his senses and does a smarter film instead. [MSN via Cinemblend]
- Heroes is one of the most family-friendly shows on television, according to the Family Friendly Programming Forum. Heroes took home the drama award in the Forum's annual awards night. Have these people been watching the same show as I have? The whole second season has been one big creepiest-dad contest. [Hollywood Reporter]
News of the Bionic Woman's love life and Journeyman closure, below the fold: More »
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Aliens From Close Encounters Plot Come-Back
- The aliens from Close Encounters of the Third Kind may make a cameo appearance in the fourth Indiana Jones movie. Steven Spielberg is avoiding CGI in favor of puppets, and he decided to pay tribute to the 30th anniversary of Encounters. There's retro, and then there's crazy retro. [MovieHole]
- The Hollywood writers' strike could be settled by Christmas, says Nikki Finke, a blogger who claims to have inside sources. That could allow stalled TV shows to get back on track, and let movies do some desperately needed rewrites. [Deadline Hollywood]
Journeyman Coming To A Premature End
NBC's time-traveling drama Journeyman will be journeying to a very abrupt series end with episode 12, set to air in either December or January. Too bad he couldn't hop back in time and fix the writer's strike before it started.
NBC's time-traveling drama Journeyman will be journeying to a very abrupt series end with episode 12, set to air in either December or January. Too bad he couldn't hop back in time and fix the writer's strike before it started.
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Our truncated TV season will soon draw to a close. Luckily, all of the network TV shows seem to be drawing all of their loose ends together towards some sort of climax/cliffhanger, judging from this week's episodes. All except one: Bionic Woman. Minor spoilers follow. More »
Other NBC Shows Could Teach Bionic Woman A Few Things
Our truncated TV season will soon draw to a close. Luckily, all of the network TV shows seem to be drawing all of their loose ends together towards some sort of climax/cliffhanger, judging from this week's episodes. All except one: Bionic Woman. Minor spoilers follow. More »
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Can Christian Bale Save Terminator 4?
Christian Bale will star in Terminator 4, aka Terminator: Salvation, several news sites are reporting. But will he play a Terminator? Or will he play John Connor, as AICN claims? Neither, says CHUD. Instead, he'll play a character who is "new to the Terminator mythos." That jibes with some other recent reports about the direction of the movie. More »
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The Best and Worst Time Travel TV Shows
The first time travel tale to ever appear on television was in 1959 on The Twilight Zone, and since then there have been scads of time-tripping adventures available to viewers, some good and some bad. Here's a list of some of the best and worst chronoscopic escapades that television has to offer. More »
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Time Travel Soap Journeyman Is the Best SF Show On TV
The past is a freaky monster zoo on Journeyman. Last week, we went to a swinger "key party" and hung out with psycho hippies in the 1970s. This week, it's a disturbing rave in the 1990s, where Dan meets his fellow time-traveler Livia — only to find she hasn't met him yet and is being just as vacant as everyone else. And then he discovers a kidnapped girl imprisoned behind a wall. Contrast that with the cutesy meeting-Mark-Twain approach to the past of other shows. That's just one reason NBC's Journeyman is the best science fiction show right now, after a rocky beginning. More »
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Battlestar Galactica finally returns to TV for just one night. This Saturday, the Sci-Fi Channel airs the long-awaited Battlestar Galactica: Razor airs at 9:00 PM. We'll have our own reviews, plus detailed coverage, later in the week. For now, suffice to say that it feels like what it is: the show time-traveling back to its second season, when the storylines were strongest.
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Battlestar Galactica Rocks Our Saturday Night
Battlestar Galactica finally returns to TV for just one night. This Saturday, the Sci-Fi Channel airs the long-awaited Battlestar Galactica: Razor airs at 9:00 PM. We'll have our own reviews, plus detailed coverage, later in the week. For now, suffice to say that it feels like what it is: the show time-traveling back to its second season, when the storylines were strongest.
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The crazy, makes-no-sense time travel in NBC's Journeyman has been driving away viewers. Every week, Dan slips back in time and has to fix someone's messed up life in the past. Meanwhile, his own life gets more and more messed up. It hasn't exactly made for thrilling viewing. But lately, the show has started to click. (And its ratings are showing an uptick.) And this week's revelations about Livia, Dan's time-traveling ex-girlfriend, add a whole new creamy layer. More »
Time Travelers Shack Up Across Decades, Visit Swinger Party
The crazy, makes-no-sense time travel in NBC's Journeyman has been driving away viewers. Every week, Dan slips back in time and has to fix someone's messed up life in the past. Meanwhile, his own life gets more and more messed up. It hasn't exactly made for thrilling viewing. But lately, the show has started to click. (And its ratings are showing an uptick.) And this week's revelations about Livia, Dan's time-traveling ex-girlfriend, add a whole new creamy layer. More »
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'Heroes,' NBC Lineup Continue To Get Clobbered [SyFyPortal]
Chuck Joins Journeyman On Endangered List
NBC is starting to get rope burn from sticking out its neck for science fiction. Last night's episodes of Heroes, Journeyman and Chuck all hit series lows. Now it's not just Journeyman in danger of cancellation, but Chuck also.'Heroes,' NBC Lineup Continue To Get Clobbered [SyFyPortal]
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NBC's Monday Night Sci-Fi Block Melts Down
Heroes was supposed to boost NBC's high-concept new sci-fi shows Chuck and Journeyman. Instead, the two new shows may be dragging Heroes down. All three shows saw double-digit declines in overnight ratings, and Heroes had a season low. NBC came in third for the night, although Heroes still came in first. Says Medialife:Media buyers had pegged "Journeyman" as one of the season's early casualties, saying it was too confusing. "Heroes" saw its 18-49 audience decline steadily at the end of last season, while comedy "Chuck," though receiving excellent reviews, is competing with sitcom lineups on CBS and CW.More »
