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« Reply #1750 on: April 10, 2018, 09:10:28 pm »
Apple Lands Isaac Asimov ‘Foundation’ TV Series From David Goyer & Josh Friedman

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In a competitive situation, Apple has nabbed a TV series adaptation of Foundation, the seminal Isaac Asimov science fiction novel trilogy. The project, from Skydance Television, has been put in development for straight-to-series consideration...

Originally published as a short story series in Astounding Magazine in 1942, Asimov’s Foundation is the complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy, all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire...

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« Reply #1751 on: April 10, 2018, 09:52:41 pm »
‘The Meg’ Trailer: Jason Statham Vs A Giant Shark – Chomp On This

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Warner Bros has dropped the first trailer for summer shark pic The Meg. The Jason Statham-starrer is a sci-fi thriller about a prehistoric 75-foot-long predator, the Megalodon, who threatens the lives of a research team trapped underwater — and, yes, the fate of the ocean itself. As far as summer popcorn fare, the tagline says it all: “Chomp On This.”

Jon Turtletaub directs from a screenplay by Dean Georgaris and Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber that’s based on the New York Times bestseller by Steve Alten.

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« Reply #1752 on: April 11, 2018, 01:23:02 am »
Here is a nice little flashback from The Expanse:



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« Reply #1753 on: April 11, 2018, 01:37:17 am »
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This kinda help to prove my theory that the Syfy Channel will be gone in a matter of years.
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« Reply #1754 on: April 11, 2018, 08:05:31 am »
I agree. I caught it in Season one, and then watched it as often as I could (then binge watched it again.) Of note to me was that (FINALLY!!!) there was a space battle that didn't look like an aerial dogfight! While mass and acceleration (and braking) still follow the laws of physics, aerodynamics (with the exception of jets of escaping air acting as impromptu thrusters) don't enter into the equation. All the more reason to evacuate the atmosphere inside the craft and suit up. That had me hooked, partly because it did not require the suspension of disbelief that you need when they start talking about 'shooting wamp rats back home'....

Recently I read the Honor Harrington series by David Weber (which got seriously redundant about halfway through), and the Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell (which fortunately ended about the time it was ready to do the same).  Both of which dealt with the idea of space combat in a way you might enjoy. 
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« Reply #1755 on: April 11, 2018, 12:40:58 pm »
Recently I read the Honor Harrington series by David Weber (which got seriously redundant about halfway through), and the Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell (which fortunately ended about the time it was ready to do the same).  Both of which dealt with the idea of space combat in a way you might enjoy.
I did enjoy a couple of the Honor Harrington books, and then got sidetracked by work to the point where I didn't have any pleasure reading time--or the energy--one page and out on a good day. I'll check out the Lost Fleet series, too. Thanks!
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« Reply #1756 on: April 11, 2018, 01:05:47 pm »
The Expanse Season 3 Episode 1 tonight SyFy.
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« Reply #1757 on: April 11, 2018, 02:46:21 pm »
BTW everyone, just a reminder...Edith Keeler must die!


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« Reply #1758 on: April 11, 2018, 05:04:37 pm »

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« Reply #1759 on: April 11, 2018, 08:47:53 pm »
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« Reply #1760 on: April 11, 2018, 09:02:12 pm »
Nice!

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Deadline revealed last June that Skydance had made a deal with the Asimov estate and that David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman were cracking the code on a sprawling series based on the books that informed Star Wars and many other sci-fi films and TV series. Goyer and Friedman will be executive producers and showrunners. Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross also will executive produce.

There should be a blurb to tell people "There were no non-Jews harmed by excess profits in the development of this project".

WOW! Talk about a "tribe forming a circle!"

Where are the NAACP,the KKK,and whatever the Muslim "look at me and gimme sumtin!" group while this blatant discrimination is happening?
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« Reply #1761 on: April 11, 2018, 09:03:45 pm »

This kinda help to prove my theory that the Syfy Channel will be gone in a matter of years.

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I guess I am late to the party,as usual. Apple has a channel?
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« Reply #1762 on: April 11, 2018, 11:38:42 pm »
@kevindavis

I guess I am late to the party,as usual. Apple has a channel?


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No, they are going to be like Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu. They are producing their own content.
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« Reply #1763 on: April 12, 2018, 12:22:46 am »

@sneakypete


No, they are going to be like Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu. They are producing their own content.

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How can they do that if they don't have their own channel to broadcast it?
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« Reply #1764 on: April 12, 2018, 12:25:47 am »
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How can they do that if they don't have their own channel to broadcast it?





I don't know since I don't have Apple TV.
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« Reply #1765 on: April 12, 2018, 12:44:29 am »




I don't know since I don't have Apple TV.

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You are still a step ahead of me because I never even heard of Apple tv until you mentioned it.
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« Reply #1766 on: April 12, 2018, 02:06:06 am »
Well Season 3 of The Expanse is off to great start.
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« Reply #1767 on: April 12, 2018, 02:30:43 am »
Well Season 3 of The Expanse is off to great start.

Nobody can say that it is 'dull', that's for sure. You can't miss a minute of the show without missing a major plot point. I got a phone call in the middle and couldn't pick up. A 10 minute phone call and I would have missed a lot of what's going on and what is coming. The show non-stop.
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« Reply #1768 on: April 12, 2018, 03:13:45 am »
Well Season 3 of The Expanse is off to great start.

Agreed.  It was a good one.

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« Reply #1769 on: April 12, 2018, 03:55:43 am »
Loved it!

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« Reply #1770 on: April 12, 2018, 04:08:10 am »
I could be wrong, but I think The Expanse could be the last quality Sci-Fi show on traditional Pay TV...

Just saw an ad for the new season of Colony in a few weeks.
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« Reply #1771 on: April 12, 2018, 05:38:07 am »
Just saw an ad for the new season of Colony in a few weeks.

Awesome. Love that show.
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« Reply #1772 on: April 12, 2018, 11:44:04 am »
Just saw an ad for the new season of Colony in a few weeks.


I haven't seen it yet. The last time I saw an Alien occupying Earth show was Falling Skies..
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« Reply #1773 on: April 13, 2018, 06:57:09 am »
About a third of the way into this week's Expanse episode.

Keep wondering how much longer before Leslie Nielsen shows up.
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« Reply #1774 on: April 14, 2018, 12:15:52 am »
Well I'm watching the Lost in Space remake and it is good.
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