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08.04.05 by ScottC @ 11:30 pm  After the glorious return of everyone's favorite Time Lord, fans are eagerly awaiting the new season and the new Doctor. To keep you going until then, BBC 7, the digital radio channel, is broadcasting his adventures in the TARDIS each week. BBC 7 will be playing four audio adventures originally created by Big Finish Productions. These adventures feature the eighth Doctor, Paul McGann, who starred in the ill-fated Fox TV Movie. Trust me, this is a lot better. And no cheesy special effects to distract you. BBC 7 has streaming audio available for those of us on this side of the pond, so check out the first episode of "Storm Warning" on Saturday, August 6th. Check the web page for times. But don't worry if you miss it. BBC 7 keeps the last six days of shows available for listening on demand. Categorized as: Headsup and Stimuli
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08.03.05 by Widge @ 11:47 pm    Anchor Bay is making a serious play for your coin with three TV releases: two that are high profile, one series that was before its time and nowadays would be on HBO or something and crushing people under its bootheels at the Emmys. Let's talk about that last one first: Profit. I watched the two-hour TV movie/pilot and perhaps the first real episode, but I can tell you that the two-hour opener is worth the price of admission. Adrian Pasdar had his finest hour playing the title character in this. That character happens to be a sociopath who sees a huge corporation as the source of all the ills in his life, and he makes it his life mission to get inside and climb--and anyone who gets in his way is pretty much toast. In-credible. And evil. And fabulous. I kept seeing this promoted as "Season 1," but of course...that's all she wrote. The set comes with a crapload of interviews with cast and crew, commentaries from the creators and Pasdar, and four episodes that never were seen because the fools yanked it from the air too soon. This streets next week. Categorized as: Headsup
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08.02.05 by Widge @ 10:39 pm  Well, it streeted today, and I know it's going to make a lot of folks happy. This first season boxed set from Urbanworks contains all twenty-four first season episodes spread over three discs. The fourth disc is for the ninety-minute TV special, "The Cosby Show: A Look Back," which aired in 2002. It's mostly a ginormous highlight reel for the entirety of the show's run, though it also comes with deleted scenes, bloopers, audition footage and the cast looking back on the show. This show's so solid, it's hard to pick favorites. However, I'll do my best: this is the season that has Theo and Cliff discussing how much money it takes to get ahead in the world (the Monopoly bit from the pilot), Dizzy Gillespie's appearance, and Cliff's track rematch among the episodes. Nice. Categorized as: DVD and Headsup
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07.29.05 by Widge @ 9:26 pm  My God, has it really been ten years since Lucy Lawless came on the scene with her razor-edged metal frisbee and her war cry? We are so old. Fans who feel the same way will be able to take solace in this, the massive seven disc 10th Anniversary boxed set from Anchor Bay. The sixteen episodes on this monstrosity were picked by the fans from the entire six-season series. Apart from features available on previous ginormous boxed sets like interviews with everybody, audio commentaries, featurettes and docus, plus fan-oriented bits that are unique to this release. The hardcore will want this. Categorized as: Headsup
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07.27.05 by Widge @ 12:31 am  Okay, so this isn't news. I've been telling you to read Finder for a while now. Talisman is probably my favorite graphic novel/collection after From Hell. And this isn't a recent issue I'm sporting here. But this is what creator Carla Speed McNeil (I believe it was Carla, she was in a conversation at the time, I've never met her in person and I didn't want to interrupt), put in my hand. But it's just a reminder. Read the book and love the book. Check out her website here for more info. Categorized as: Comics and Headsup
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