Archive for the ‘Science Fiction’ Category

In this week’s podcast, J. and Dion give tons of free lip service to a damned fine brand of ice cream, Brian decides to play the part of Godot, J. dips into the reader mailbag once again and the boys nearly break their backs picking up all the names being dropped.  Hilarity abounds on another […]

I very rarely jump on the bandwagon in regards to YouTube videos and fan-made films, etc. However, the newest STAR WARS parody is by far one of the funniest films I’ve seen!                  http://www.starwarsuncut.com/watch

George Lucas told the New York Times this week that there will be no more Star Wars films, and that he’s essentially retiring. Mr. Lucas cites the enormous criticism from online fans and critics alike for killing the franchise. Lucas drew truckloads of criticism, first for his digital revisions to the original three films when they […]

It’s one thing that our TV is slowly being adapted from British television, or that our movies and TV shows are slowly being taken over by British actors/actresses, now they’ve set their sights on the Final Frontier.  And you know what?  I couldn’t be happier!

Last year CBS Home Entertainment announced the upcoming release of Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray.  Much like it’s predecessor, TNG is getting the 5-star treatment.  But while the producers of The Original Series Remastered created brand new computer-generated visual effects, the folks at CBS Home Entertainment have taken a decidedly different tack with TNG.

Eating on the Dark Side

Posted: 5th January 2012 by J. Marcus in Food, Science Fiction
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I don’t know about you, but I haven’t been less excited for a film in years than I am for the release of Star Wars: Episode I in 3-D.  Same actually goes for the sequels.  Maybe when you hit Episode IV, I might be willing to plunk down the incredibly exorbitant cost to go see it, though I […]

What No Man Has Seen Before…

Posted: 31st December 2011 by J. Marcus in Science Fiction, Television
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Everyone knows the story.  Gene Roddenberry shot “The Cage” as the pilot for a new show called Star Trek.  It starred Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike and was deemed “too cerebral” by the network.  In a rather unheard-of move at the time, Roddenberry was given the chance to try again.  This time, “Where No […]

As promised in this week’s edition of the Podwits Podcast, I’m running down my list of the best Star Trek films as the Podwits’ Trekkie-In-Chief. First, for those who may not have heard the podcast this week, we’re only talking about the original Star Trek films, and not the ones featuring either the Next Generation cast or the […]

If you’ve listened to this week’s Podwits Podcast, you heard a lot of tasty bits to keep your earholes happy! But there’s so much you didn’t get a chance to see… Like this for example!

In this week’s episode of The Podwits Podcast we discover that even superheroines need to examine their own breasts.  J. steps into the wayback machine and brings back the technologies of yesterday!  A top ten list strikes a sour note with Dion!  Brian tries desperately not to throttle them both!  And can one man bring […]