Thanks Sci-Fi, thank you for killing the franchise that got me into sci-fi to begin with. Stargate SG-1 was such a unique and delightful experience that it opened the door for me to classics like old school Doctor Who and more modern classics like Firefly and Farscape. The show was funny, action packed, and stuffed to the brim with sci-fi goodness. Even when it started to slump in season 8, it rebounded with a vengance. Bringing Ben Browder, Beau Bridges, and Claudia Black into the mix was a stroke of genius, it gave the show a much needed new dynamic which worked brilliantly with the remaining members of the SG-1 crew. Stargate Atlantis started off great, got a little old, and kicked up again last season. This year, season five, has had its ups and downs, but overall it’s been quite good. “Daedalus Variations” was a stroke of genius, “The Seed” was a bit stale, and “Ghost in the Machine” was surprisingly good. So what does Sci-Fi Channel do? They cancel the last fringe of the franchise that made them what they are today. And why? That remains to be seen, but it would seem they like to pimp their wrestling matches instead of their original sci-fi programming! Sci-Fi has been going down hill for years, and to me this is one devestating blow. MORE »
9 AM - The floor was tremendously crowded on preview night last night, and the attendance this year is sure to start questions about the venue’s size, but we are on line at 9 AM to pay our respect to our fellow bloggers for the Masters of the Web panel.
9:10 AM - the Fire Marshal has changed his policy and we are now allowed to be seated while in line.
10 AM - 11 AM - Mark Nevaldine and Brian Taylor moderated the panel and were big fans of the movie trailer guy voice. The panel was pretty mediocre, with some general advice on blogging. Footage of the Game was premiered and it looked like a 90s Cronenberg future thriller with plenty of nudity and testosterone.
Sam here… barely here… as Josh and I wait to board our flight to LAX for the road to Comic-Con where we will be providing constant live updates of course. As with all content on this blerg we will choose only material that causes nerdgasms as we cover the convention and look forward to using the hell out of this iphone wordpress client.
Joss Whedon is a genius, no questions asked. He’s proven it time and time again by reinventing genres and the way we look at television, and now he’s setting his sites on internet video and comic books. He resurrected Buffy the Vampire Slayer with season eight in comic book form, much to the satisfaction of fans like myself, and now he’s creating a truly original web-only series called Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog, and get this, it’s a superhero musical starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day. The first teaser trailer has hit the web, and I couldn’t be more excited. Thanks to Felicia Day for the link.
Annnnnnd we’re back. After a long hiatus, and a bit of coding, Nerdgasmic has launched once more. Nerdgasmic is a hub of geekery, a place to find and discuss movies, TV, and tech. My name’s Josh Roth. I’m a film student at Emerson College in Boston, web developer, and all around techy. Stay tuned for some no-nonsense reviews and articles.