Showing posts with label Syfy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Syfy. Show all posts

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Time Traveling Robots in Space #58 - A Series of Straps and Slings


New time traveling series coming to FX.  The REAL Real Steel!  And, we're going to Mars in 5 years!



* Get ready for a show about a time-traveling demon hunter!
http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/02/kurt-sutter-and-former-hell-on-wheels-showrunner-to-produce-new-drama-for-fx/

* Syfy's Robot Combat League.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/02/26/robot-combat-league-syfy-mark-setrakian/

*  A mission to Mars is being planned for 2018. 
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2415783,00.asp

* Our Audible pick, We, Robots.
http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B003B2T4EW&qid=1362337288&sr=1-1

* And, our entertainment picks;

The Radiolab episode "Speed."
http://www.radiolab.org/2013/feb/05/

The Bones episode "The Fact In The  Fiction."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BLGYRZG?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00BLGYRZG&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

The video of Phil Plait answering the question "What happens if you are exposed to the vacuum of space."
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/31/qba-what-happens-if-you-are-exposed-to-the-vacuum-of-space/#.UTOfmzIh3nu

* Assuming this was common practice, would you allow an acknowledged sentient robot to live in your home?

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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Time Traveling Robots in Space #53 - It's All Down Hill From Here


What could be the greatest story we've covered! Move over Roomba, there's a new robot in town!  What's a "Moonwalker?" And we try to convince Paul to watch Doctor Who.



* Is Army of Frankensteins a period piece?
http://io9.com/5974254/human-artistic-expression-peaks-with-time+travel-monster-movie-army-of-frankensteins

* A robot that does windows, the glass kind.
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/specialreport/2013/01/09/ces-meet-the-robot-that-does-windows/

*  A contest to go into space! 
http://www.space.com/19199-axe-apollo-space-launch-contest.html

* Our Audible pick, Hunters in the Forest

* And, our entertainment picks; Fringe season 4, the Haven episode Sarah and the movie Iron Sky.

* Question of the week; If given the opportunity, would you rather work for a space agency, be it NASA, SpaceX, etc, or would you rather work on the set of a Sci-Fi movie?

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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Time Traveling Robots in Space #51 - And Zombies


Continuum coming to Syfy.  Another robot to take our jobs. Slight Star Trek: Into Darkness spoilers.  And which is your preferred dystopian future?



* Syfy picks up Canadian time travel show Continuum.
http://io9.com/5959958/the-amazing-time+travel-cop-show-continuum-coming-to-syfy-in-january

* Robot chef churns out 400 burgers an hour.
http://www.techhive.com/article/2017215/robot-chef-churns-out-400-burgers-an-hour-wont-join-a-union.html

* Star Trek: Into Darkness synopsis arrives!
http://trekmovie.com/2012/11/26/breaking-official-synopsis-for-star-trek-into-darkness-revealed/

* This week's Audible.com pick, The Truth About the Philadelphia Experiment: Invisibility, Time Travel and Mind Control.
http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B004N8BUWM&qid=1354207806&sr=1-1

* And, our picks; the film Beyond the Time Barrier, the short film Gumdrop and an interview with time travel expert Dr. Ronald Mallett

*  Question of the week; Which dystopian future do you prefer to live in? Robot revolution, Mad Max style, Waterworld style, or zombie apocalypse?

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Time Traveling Robots in Space #44 - There Is No Such Thing As Pop


Continuum gets to continue, 12 friendly robots and why fiction is better than truth when it comes to space travel.


* A second season for Continuum and Syfy gets the U.S. contract.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/syfy-to-acquire-canadian-sci-fi-drama-continuum/
http://io9.com/5937971/continuum-renewed-for-second-season-now-when-will-the-us-get-it

* The Movie Fone website posts a list of famously friendly robots.
http://news.moviefone.com/2012/08/17/most-friendly-movie-robots_n_1797503.html

* The laws of science that are broken to make good space tales.
http://io9.com/5936924/10-myths-about-space-travel-that-make-science-fiction-better

* A 4 armed mohawked robot plays the Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop."
http://youtu.be/X1jsU1lBZMc

* This week's Audible.com pick  Jack Finney's From Time To Time

 * And, our personal picks; the trailer for the movie Robot and FrankRobbie,a short film by Neil Harvey  and The Nerdist tribute to Time Travel from BBC America.

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