I’ve seen people asking if The Walking Dead has been canceled. No way. The show has been renewed for a third season by AMC not that long ago. Here’s a link if you want to know more: "AMC Announces 16 Episode Order for The Walking Dead Season 3".
Next week is the season finale in case you didn’t know. Episode 13 of the series’s second season marks the end of season 2 of The Walking Dead, but thoughts of what’s to come in season 3’s 16 episodes will keep me going until the show returns to AMC. :)
Merlin returned to Syfy with the The Darkest Hour Part 1 which aired on Friday night. Part 2 airs this coming Friday and promises more awesomeness from a TV I’ve missed.
The family was thrilled to see Merlin and Arthur again too, although I did have to explain early on that a year had passed in TV time between the last episode of season 3 and the first episode of season 4. Gwen and Gaius discuss Uther’s condition early on in The Darkest Hour and use the opportunity to fill us in on where things stand, but for young ones I don’t think the passage of time was as easy to pick up on because that conversation was really the only time it was mentioned.
Morgana is back with a vengeance in this season opening episode. She splits open the veil between the living and dead and unleashes a terror on Camelot that puts everyone at risk. She’s also made aware of a threat to her future, but I won’t spoil it with detail. Suffice to say, Morgana is as much a threat as ever to Camelot and her resolve to flat out destroy them all only seems to be growing.
I look forward to next week’s episode, The Darkest Hour Part 2.
The Darkest Hour Part 2 airs Friday, January 13.
The Darkest Hour opens the new season of Merlin on Syfy on Friday, January 6.
In The Darkest Hour, Arthur and his loyal knights, including Lancelot, are forced to protect the kingdom when Morgana summons the mighty Callieach.
I’m looking forward to the return of a fantasy TV series I thoroughly enjoy. Slightly hokey, but completely charming, Merlin is a take on the coming of age of Arthur through the eyes of Merlin, a sorcerer in hiding in a land where magic is forbidden and using magic brings with it a death sentence.
The Merlin Season 3 DVD will be available January 17 so fans can add it to their collection of Merlin memorabilia.
Looking at the episode list for the new season gives me a lot of pleasure because it’s apparent there are some good episodes coming up. I’ve included the titles below, but not the descriptions, so no one reading this is spoiled for the upcoming season of Merlin.
Merlin stars Colin Morgan as Merlin, Bradley James as Arthur, Angel Coulby as Guinevere, Katie McGrath as Morgana, and Anthony Head as King Uther Pendragon.
Finally, you can preorder either the Falling Skies DVD or Falling Skies Blu-ray for the complete season 1!
When a show as good as this one comes out on DVD, I add it to my collection. The price is excellent too, at below $30 right now for the entire Falling Skies season 1 DVD, and under $35 for the Falling Skies season 1 Blu-ray.
What is it about Falling Skies that makes it something science fiction fans will want to buy? The series takes on the story of an alien invasion and turns it into an thrilling mystery, that’s why.
Noah Wyle and Moon Bloodgood are great at what they do, and it shows in their portrayals of their characters, Tom Mason and Anne Glass. Colin Cunningham, however, is the breakout actor/character for this show for me. I saw him in many episodes of the Stargate TV series, but I never thought of him as spectacular or great, but in Falling Skies, as Pope, he really shines as an actor, bringing John Pope to life as a crazy gang leader turned prisoner who might not be so crazy after all.
Although I liked every episode, in my opinion particularly good episodes from season one of Falling Skies include Prisoner of War (episode 3), Grace (episode 4), What Hides Beneath (episode 8), Mutiny (episode 9), and Eight Hours (episode 10).
Don’t miss the opportunity to get in on the preorder price guarantee to get the best price Amazon offers if you’re even sort of thinking of purchasing the Falling Skies DVD or Blu-ray set. There’s no specific release date listed, but it’s inevitable the sets will be out before the new season starts next summer.
Preorder Falling Skies on DVD or Blu-ray. Just click one of the links for the format you want!
Chuck returns October 21 for season 5, Friday, 7 PM Central / 8 PM Eastern.
You can watch the last episodes of season 4 again to prepare the return of Chuck in October. Some episodes are available on the NBC website, while all episodes are available on Amazon if you need to catch up on more than just a few missed episodes or you don’t want to be bothered by ad interruptions. You could certainly wait for the Chuck season 4 DVD set to watch, which will be available on October 11. That’s more than a week to catch up on episodes before the new season starts on the 21st.
If you need another way to show your love for the show, here’s a really nice Nerd Herd t-shirt that’ll let you wear your fannish feelings right on your chest!
Finally, you can order the Fringe Season 3 Blu-ray at Amazon. For fans of the Fringe television series and Blu-ray discs, this is great news. For the rest of you, well, you probably don’t care, so why are you reading this?
Fringe: The Complete Third Season Blu-rayThe Fringe season 3 Blu-ray release date is September 6, 2011.
Scroll down for a better view of the Blu-ray box set cover image.
Since this is a series that demands it be watched in the proper episode order so that you can follow what’s going on, this makes a great TV show on Blu-ray purchase. You want to be able to sit down and watch the Fringe episodes back to back and you also want to watch them in order or you could find yourself confused, not to mention you’ll miss subtleties in the progression of the layered story lines.
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The 22 episodes included in this release make up a very strong season. Enjoy watching them again and again.
Of course, you can always purchase the Fringe Season 3 DVD box set instead if you don’t have a Blu-ray player.
Lynn (@scififantasies) has shared a Tweet with you: “SFXmagazine: Exclusive Comic-Con interview with Merlin’s Colin Morgan talking about series 4 http://t.co/u0bXHSK”
Exclusive Comic-Con interview with Merlin’s Colin Morgan talking about series 4 http://t.co/u0bXHSK
— SFX magazine (@SFXmagazine) July 25, 2011
I watched the video and found it quite interesting. :) I like the hint that Merlin can’t continue to hide his magic forever. I would love to see him exposed as a sorcerer before the end of the series, because I think it would be fascinating to see Arthur come to terms with it.
The website for 10,000 Days is interesting. It also crashed Adobe Flash on my older laptop and locked up Firefox. So, I won’t be going back to visit even though I find myself very interested in the show. It’s disappointing because the glimpse I had of the website made me want to take a closer look at it. Ah well. You can risk a visit if you like at http://10kdays.tv to learn more about this show.
The premise is simple.
Comet 23 knocked the earth out of its orbit and away from the sun. Then the freezing began. That was 10,000 days ago…
The extended trailer for 10,000 DAYS is here. It only matters because I heard about this project about a year ago and got my hopes up and then everything went quiet on it. I’m glad to see that things seem to be moving forward just fine. :) Can’t wait to see what they deliver.
10,000 Days stars John Schneider, Peter Wingfield, James Harvey Ward, Kim Myers, and is directed and written by Eric Small.
You can follow information about 10,000 DAYS on twitter, if you like: http://twitter.com/10kdaystv.
Here’s the facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/10kdaystv
And here, on this site: https://www.scififantasies.com/tag/10000-days/
The final season of Stargate Universe is available on DVD. Amazon is offering the set for just over $30 at the moment. (Check the item’s price on Amazon for the current actual price. It might be even cheaper now!)
Season two ended the run of Stargate Universe. Unfortunately, the series wasn’t drawing enough live viewers to warrant a renewal for another season, despite the marked increase in episode quality in season 2, most notably in the back half of the season.
I had begun to really enjoy the series this season, after having ambivalent feelings about it in season 1. There was even a point when I thought I was done watching SGU, but I ended up returning to the series because of my love for all things Stargate.
There are a lot of special feature and extras on the Season 2 set, including commentary for every episode. I found several of the special features humorous, including the “Pitches” special. It might be my favorite of the entire set, just because I found the spoof of the process for getting a script together and written to be especially funny.
Finally, if you’re a huge fan of Stargate, it’s going to be hard to pass up owning the final season of what might be the final Stargate series for a long while. So, buy the Stargate Universe Complete Final Season DVD set for your collection and get a good deal in the process.
Link: I reviewed the SGU Season 2 DVD set on Stargate Universe Fan.
