Hey look, the opening prologue from a sci-fi invasion movie has happened in real-life.
The first installment of Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome debuts online this Friday, November 9th.
The prequel will air in seven installments on MachinaPrime's YouTube channel, with a later two-hour airing on SyFy and DVD release.
Not once in any Star Wars movie does someone pick up a book or newspaper, magazine, literary journal, or chapbook handmade by an aspiring Jawa poet. If something is read by someone in Star Wars, it’s almost certainly off of a screen (and even then, maybe being translated by a droid), and it’s definitely not for entertainment purposes. As early as the 1990s-era expanded Star Wars books and comic books, we’re introduced to ancient Jedi “texts” called holocrons, which are basically talking holographic video recordings. Just how long has the Star Wars universe been reliant on fancy technology to transfer information as opposed to the written word? Is it possible that a good number of people in Star Wars are completely illiterate?
Ryan Britt at Tor.com, making the observation that nobody reads in any of the "Star Wars" movies.
As a Star Trek fan, the author of this Tumblr post would like to remind you that "Next Generation" and "Deep Space 9" are pretty much people reading things all the time.
Source: tor.com
Dragon*Con, the world's largest Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention, is this weekend in Atlanta.
Celebrity Guests include: Gillian Anderson, Richard Dean Anderson, Adam Baldwin, John Barrowman, Bruce Boxleitner, LeVar Burton, Dean Cain, Alice Cooper, Felicia Day, Michael Dorn, Colin Ferguson, Lou Ferrigno, Jonathan Frakes , Anthony Michael Hall, James Marsters, Rose McGowan, Jackson Publick, John Rhys-Davies, James Urbaniak, Burt Ward and Adam West, Billy West and a lot, lot more.
The world of comics also has a fine set representing them, including but certainly not limited to Neal Adams, Mark Bagley, Mike Choi, Peter David, Kevin Eastman, Stan Lee, George Pérez, Humberto Ramos, Don Rosa, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Jim Starlin.
The Con runs from August 31st through September 3rd.
Source: dragoncon.org