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Canceled or not? – ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’

Posted on April 15, 2009

terminatorsccAt The Flickcast, we like Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and hope it gets a new season. Fortunately, if info in a recent posting over at Ain’t It Cool News is to be believed, the fate of Fox’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is still up in the air. With Fox playing the “wait until the upfronts on May 18th” card, internet rumors and EW reporter Michael Ausiello citing sources who say “consider it canceled” nobody seems to have told series producer Ashley Edward Miller the bad news.

Miller, who’s been vocal on Twitter about the show and Ausiello, had this to say about the cancellation issue: “Time for Ausiello’s semi-annual SCC termination report. False again. (Remember ‘sets were destroyed’ report? Now you know context, people).”

So, is the show really canceled or is this some sort of ploy by Fox to generate sympathy and a renewed interest in a show who’s season finale was only able to garner 3.6 million viewers? Time will tell but if Fox’s past track record with underperformong shows is an indication, I wouldn’t expect any kind of last-minute stay of execution for the show.

The Flickcast – Episode 3: Revenge of The Flickcast

Posted on April 15, 2009

ST/CAPTAINPreviously on The Flickcast, your talkative trio discussed topics such as the X-Men Origins: Wolverine scandal, the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse and the record breaking series finale of ER.

This week, the team is back with an all-new episode and this time around they take on topics such as the remake of campy horror classic Piranha and the casting of Elizabeth Shue in a lead role, the sad performance of the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles season finale and who should not play Captain America in the upcoming The First Avenger: Captain America.

The team also makes some more pics for your viewing and reading pleasure including Doubt, featuring Kate Winslett and Amy Adams, Observe and Report, with Seth Rogen, Y: The Last Man, a great comic book written by Lost writer/producer Brian K. Vaughn and drawn by Pia Guerra and Clint Eastwood’s most recent film Gran Torino.

As always, if you have comments, questions, critiques or offers of sponsorship, feel free to hit us up in the comments, on Twitter or via email. Thanks for listening.

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‘Battlestar Galactica’ Goes to the UN — Now with video

Posted on April 13, 2009

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In what can only be described as a very interesting meeting of life and art, cast members and producers from Battlestar Galactica including Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, visited the United Nations recently as representatives of the Caprica delegation to discuss various issues facing mankind. Previously, the video of this historic meeting was not available. But now, according to the LA Times, it’s going to be very soon.

The UN and SciFi Channel will post the video, in five parts, and the transcript of the entire event at the SciFi website. The historic meeting, which was moderated by BSG fan and Star Trek: The Next Generation alumni Whoopi Goldberg, covered issues such as human rights, children and war, terrorism, and “reconciliation and dialogue among civilizations and faiths.”

I, for one, like the fact that cast members from one of our favorite shows get to be invited somewhere like the UN and are able to express their opinions. Granted, BSG is just a TV show (albeit a really good one) and as such, shouldn’t necessarily be relied upon for some sort of guidance on how to deal with the world’s problems.

However, good ideas that could potentially help solve the world’s problems should be taken from whatever source they come from — even if that source happens to be a geeky SciFi TV show.

Photo: Peter Foley / EPA

Review: ‘Dragonball: Evolution’

Posted on April 13, 2009
Why so Serious?

For someone who isn’t up to speed on the 25-year-long Dragonball story-line (that’s right, I wiki’d it), I figured I’d be able to at least enjoy a fun action/sci-fi combo movie without comparing every frame to it’s source material like I did back in March (why didn’t Hollis Mason Die?!?!?). Well, It seems the cast and crew of Dragonball: Evolution had something else in mind for their audience, as they sat us down to 90 minutes of three-dimensional actors pretending to be two-dimensional characters in a three-dimensional piece-of-junk. Occasionally, this is alright (see Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?). But here, it reached new levels of what is commonly known in the film industry as “crap”.

This project even managed to bring together actors like Chow Yun-Fat, Buffy‘s James Marsters and…Ernie Hudson, of all people. But C-list names like these couldn’t save the film from the rest of the cast. In spite of the high school drama-level acting, the action was at least entertaining enough. One of the first lines of the film is: “The first rule is: there are no rules.” This is nice because it helps suspend the disbelief that Asian folks can fly and shoot fire from their hands.

Speaking of fire-hands, the special effects were on-par, or a bit of a step down from, last year’s Speed Racer. It seemed like much of the secondary sequences were done at the last minute, while the big scenes, including the final fight scene, looked pretty good. The most impressive effect in the film was the ability to get Justin Chatwin’s hair to stand up on end without looking as bad as Twilight‘s Robert Pattinson.

The third act of the film gets real dicey and involves, in no particular order, a warlord alien, a were-monkey (like a werewolf, but with a tail), an over-the-top aerial fight scene, and a wish-granting dragon. If that wasn’t enough, the creative intellectuals behind this picture send the audience home with the classic Rocky 3 ending which is about as hight as they seem to want to aspire. So if one, or all, of those things are your cup of tea and seem worth the ten bucks, feel free to go catch Dragonball: Evolution. If not, wait for it to hit basic cable.

Rating: D

Not Your Father’s ‘Star Trek’

Posted on April 12, 2009

Here’s the latest trailer, direct from the folks at Trailer Addict, for JJ Abrams upcoming Star Trek reboot. This time around we’re treated to a trailer that boasts: “This is not your father’s Star Trek.” Well, my father didn’t watch Star Trek, but I did and all I can say about this new movie, and this trailer, is wow. It really looks great. I can’t wait for this one to hit theaters in May. Check it out.

‘The Flickcast’ Weekly News Wrapup

Posted on April 10, 2009

Here’s a few of the stories from the worlds of movies, television, comic books and geek that caught our eye this week.

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• Some geeks got a surprise screening of JJ Abrams new Star Trek film.

• iO9 gives you everything you need to know about the season finale of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

• Jackie Earl Haley will be the next Freddy Kruger in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

• Al Pacino will be the next Napoleon. No short jokes please.

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• IGN gives you the complete guide to Wolverine’s past. Just in time for the movie, which opens this Summer.

• Speaking of Wolverine, according to TorrentFreak, the leaked workprint of the film has been downloaded over a million times.

• Mike Judge brings you a trailer for his new film Extract.

• FSR brings us a trailer for the Sam Rockwell starrer Moon, which is directed by Duncan Jones (aka David Bowie’s son).

• Disney is reportedly spending $300 Million on the new Tron movie.

• According to Variety, Gerard Way’s Umbrella Academy got optioned.

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• Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse may or may not be canceled.

• And last, but certainly not least, Megan Fox wants to be know for her acting. Sure, why not? It’s Friday so anythings possible.

In addition to our weekly show, we’re going to be adding more and more new stuff right here at The Flickcast site so be sure to check back each week for more new content. In the meantime, be sure to listen to our show by downloading or subscribing to it right here at the site or by subscribing in iTunes.

Thanks for listening. . . and reading.

The Flickcast – Episode 2: Electric Boogaloo

Posted on April 8, 2009

Last week, Chris, Matt and Christina discussed the questionable career of Shia LeBeouf, the recent Neflix price hike and made some great pics of films (old and new) for you to take a look at. This week The Flickcast team takes on topics such as the X-Men Origins: Wolverine scandal, the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse and the record breaking series finale of ER.

The team also gives out some great picks including a film featuring Amy Adams called Junebug, a TV show known as The Wire and a book to help you understand how Hollywood really works: William Goldman’s Adventures in the Screen Trade.

And, before the remake hits theaters, be sure to see the original A Nightmare on Elm Street and be sure to check out the first season of The Wire, both available on DVD now.

As always, if you have comments, questions, criticism or offers of sponsorship, feel free to hit us up in the comments, via email or on Twitter. Thanks for listening.

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The Flickcast – Episode 2 Is In the Can

Posted on April 6, 2009

Today we recorded another new episode of The Flickcast and it looks to be even better than the last. Lots of great topics and lively discussion from your co-hosts. The Flickcast team is looking forward to you having a chance to hear it.

So, be sure and check back Wednesday right here, or in iTunes, for the next exciting episode of The Flickcast!

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