Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye

Warning: Spoilers!

Via: radiofreeskaro.com

Saw a bit of Will Smith’s awful 1999s Wild Wild West movie. I had to get the taste of derivation and giant spiders out of my mouth, so I searched YouTube for episodes of the original TV show that starred Robert Conrad and Ross Martin. It was a fun and imaginative combination of James Bond, Steampunk before it was coined, science fiction, fantasy and of course, kick-ass western.

This is from the second season (the first in color) and stars Agnes Moorhead as Emma Valentine. She won a Best Supporting Actress Emmy for this episode. Enjoy.

YouTube – New Trailer For The Prisoner (2009)

Created by Dan Turner, Girl Number 9 is a web-based thriller starring Torchwood’s Gareth David-Lloyd, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Joe Absolom.

Featuring 6, five-minute episodes, Girl Number 9, stars David-Lloyd as Detective Matheson. Matheson leads a team investigating Vincent Boylan (Absolom) who has been arrested on suspicion of murdering seven girls.

Time is running out for them to get a confession from the suspect and events take an interesting turn as the detectives find themselves drawn into Boylan’s mind games.

Production began last month, and the series is due to premiere at 9pm on October 30th – find out more on the official page, www.canyousaveher.com, and if you’re on Twitter checkout @girlnumber9.

Co-written by Dan Turner and Doctor Who/Torchwood/MI-5 writer James Moran, award-winning director Turner helms the first three episodes with Moran directing the last three.

Girl Number 9: Teaser from Vincent Boylan 500 on Vimeo.

(Via Den of Geek and @JamesMoran’s Twitter feed)

Image Comics’ The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft, created by Mac Carter and Jeff Blitz, is being developed for Ron Howard to direct at Universal. The fictionalized tale borrows elements from Lovecraft’s life, such as his own bouts with writer’s block, and transforms his darkest nightmares into reality. Read the deets at Lives for film.

The actor considered for Lovecraft is Adrian Brody. I think he or Crispin Glover would be excellent in the role.

“Hot on the heels of the lawsuit filed by Jerry Seigel’s estate to reclaim ownership of Superman, the Jack Kirby estate is suing many companies — Marvel, Disney, Sony, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Paramount and others — to reclaim copyright ownership of characters created and co-created by Kirby. That’s a big roster: the Fantastic Four, Captain America, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor and many others.”

Read the rest at /film

A Horrible EMMYs tonight – EW.com

WorldCon interviews with Jay Lake, Felix Gilman, Jim Kelly, John Kessel, and Pat Cadigan. – ISBW #131

Are you a bibliophile like me? Check this out – 100 Best Blogs for Book Reviews

What book introduced you to science fiction? – See some genre authors’ answers

Many TV writers use what is called either the the Moonlighting rule (some also think it’s the Cheers rule), which says that if you put two characters together, the show instantly dies. – See why this is total nonsense

Precogs and Ray Guns Have No Place in True SciFi – Read the AMC column and weigh in with your opinion in the comments (Be nice)

Like it or not – DCs new JLA is very different, and maybe very good

Top 5 Must-See Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies of the Fall and Winter? – Read it at Axiom’s Edge What are yours?

Warren Ellis asked artists to Remake/Remodel Black Orchid. – See the results

Cherie Priest has added a .Steampunk FAQ to her Clockwork Century website.

The innovative Web-only musical miniseries that premiered in July, 2008 and created and originally funded by Joss Whedon won the Emmy last night for Outstanding Special Class – Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program. The category was a new one, and is evidence that the Television Academy is trying to adapt to the widening scope of media entertainment – which was one of the goals of Whedon and company. Congratulations!

Back in the 1990s Comic Book legend, Stan Lee had a straight to VHS series produced by his Excelsior Productions. It was called Comic Book Greats and showed a behind the scenes access of the comics industry, something much more mysterious before the Internets. Here, from the fourth episode in 1992, Stan talks to and creates a character called Overkill with Image Comics founders Todd McFarlane and Rob Liefeld.

You may still be able to order a copy here.