BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD AND CHROME Release on Friday

So, word is that there is a new TV show coming in 2013. A prequel of the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA reboot and it’s called BLOOD AND CHROME. The release on Friday will be the first in a ten episode series, each episode running 7-12 minutes long. Then in early 2013 they will release the two-hour version on Syfy followed by the DVD. Interesting marketing tactics. I’ll be interested to see how it turns out. The trailer looks phenomenal, but I’ll save my opinion for after it airs.

After the mixed reviews of CAPRICA, how do you think BLOOD AND CHROME will be received?

TESLA VS EDISON: SHOWDOWN AT UNOBTANIUM

“What do you get when you marry a steampunk meet up with a comic con, a music festival, a county fair, the "virtual-world-made-real" approach of a Renaissance festival, toss in a rabid fan base, add a plethora of inventors, hackers, revisionist historians, and "makers," wrap it in a carefully constructed mythos...
...and add electricity?”

 

 

 

 

Yep, that’s what they are saying! And boy does TESLA VS EDISON: SHOWDOWN AT UNOBTANIUM sound super cool! It’s a two-day event like a Renaissance festival but there is a story unfolding around you as you interact with the cast and even become a part of the story. It all centers around the fictional mining town of “Unobtanium, Texas.”

“Arch-rivals Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison will be trading barbs throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday. The actual “Showdown” will occur on Saturday night at 10 pm and re-occur Sunday at 5:00 pm. Not unlike a political candidate’s forum, the brain duel will start out somewhat civilly, with questions posed by our celebrity moderator, but will denigrate into the knock-down, drag out you’ve been waiting breathlessly for! Sparks will fly. Ray guns will be drawn. History will be re-made!”

It’s not too late to get tickets and this definitely sounds like it will make for a great weekend.

Click here, if you’d like to hear about the real-life “feud” between the two inventors turned out (poor elephant.)

Izumicon Comes to Oklahoma

Izumicon is a premier anime convention that will hit Midwest City, Oklahoma November 9th through the 11th. It will be housed in the Reed Convention Center at 5800 Will Rogers Road just across from the Midwest City Sheridan Hotel. Guests will include Johnny Yong Bosch, best known as Adam Park in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Eyeshine, Johnny’s band, as well as voice actors Doug Smith and Lisa Ortiz.

I don’t know much more about this convention, but would love to hear if anyone from the DFW-area is going to it. Anyone from the Oklahoma City-area going? Take pictures and show Dallas how you do Anime Okie-Style!

Enjoy a video of Johnny’s band, Eyeshine!

The Lewisville Science Fiction Book Group Discusses ROBOPOCALYPSE by Daniel Wilson

If you’ve read ROBOPOCALYPSE by Daniel Wilson then the Lewisville Science Fiction Book Club invites you out to the IHOP in Lewisville on Interstate 35 Friday November 9th, 2012, at 7:30 PM. Robert Barber and the crew love to sit and discuss over the dinner table in a relaxed atmosphere. I’ve enjoyed every time I’ve been able to sit with them and I’m sure you will too.

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Millennium 15 Bring Miniature Gamers to Round Rock

Whether you are an old-school civil war gamer or you like to fly starships into combat with one another, you’ll find something to suit you at Millennium 15. Though they do host a few slots for RPGs, the emphasis is on miniatures. The show is put together every year by Lone Star Historical Miniatures which serves both Texas and Louisiana. In addition to games, there will also be a dealers room.

Anyone going to this or have gone in the past? I’d love to hear what you thought.