Sci-Fi Saturday Night

Jess and Jeff Finn   This week’s SFSN Facebook Poll. Neil Stephenson on “Gold Farming”. Man goes through plastic surgery to become Superman. CW Shows coming to NetFlix. The Avengers Trailer comes out. Robert Downey, Jr. was as disappointed in Ironman II as everyone else was. Thor 2 pushed back to November 2013. The Divide trailer. American Horror Story Seth MacFarlane wants to do Star Trek. A present from Dark Horse for Free Comic Book Day. Strange Septembers Our guests are ‘Docufologists’ Jeff and Jess Finn. Their movie, Strange Septembers, was first shown at the 2011 Exeter UFO Conference and Festival. They spent a year researching, and interviewing over 100 relatives, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances associated with both the Hill Abduction and the Exeter Encounter. Initially setting out to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Betty and Barney Hill’s September 19, 1961 UFO experience, the Finns’ documentary grew to include the September 3, 1965 UFO experience that has become known as the Incident at Exeter. Strange Septembers can be purchased here. Our prior  ‘Cast of an interview with Betty Hill can be found here. Our prior ‘Cast with Stanton Friedman can be found here.

The Whisperer in Darkness Tonight’s TalkCast is dedicated to the memory of Armitage Tambascia, daughter of Alex and Joy Tambascia, who were guests on the ‘Cast. We’ll miss you Steve Jobs, a man who made science fiction into science fact This week’s SFSN Facebook poll results. Fringe holds its audience, Terra Nova, not so much. DC grabs market share over Marvel for September. Marvel attempts to reboot Jack Kirby. This week’s guest is Steve Bissette. He teaches at The Center for Cartoon Studies. On October 20th he will host the premiere of the film “The Whisperer In Darkness” as a fundraiser to help White River Junction’s Main Street Museum, which was damaged by Vermont’s recent floods. He will be speaking at the Vermont Law School on Oct. 21 on the subject, “Marvel vs. Jack Kirby: Legal Rights & Ethical Might”, and on Oct. 30, he will  appear at The Saturday Fright Halloween Spooktacular VI Special.

  This week’s SFSN Facebook Poll: The DeLorean is the hottest Sci Fi   Car, take that, McFly. Locke and Key, The Board Game. Kriana recommends Goodreads. What does Dark Shadows really hold for us? Peter Dinklage wins an Emmy. Cameron talks about Avatar MMO. DC’s New 52 gets old very quickly. True Blood’s Pam in Once upon A Time. Ender’s Game casting notes. The Walking Dead Season 2 and webisodes. Teasers for Prometheus. Sulu & The L Word. Our guest tonight was the author Resa Nelson, who we met at The Great New England Steampunk Exhibition. We talked about her new Dragonslayer series, in particular , the first book, The Dragonslayer’s Sword and book two in the series, The Iron Maiden, which is set to be released in December. We discussed the depths of her research into sword construction and becoming part of the Academy of the Sword Guild at the Higgins Armory Museum. You can receive a free e-book of her short stories by signing up for her newsletter, and you can buy The Dragonslayer’s Sword via Amazon.

Good evening and thanks for looking in on us once again!  Peter Vinton Jr., here, of petervintonjr.com fame, humbly asked to be your guest host for this wonderful science fiction retrospective on this, the 100th broadcast of Sci Fi Saturday Night! So let’s put our hands together for this amazing group of folks and the unique way in which they serve up our favorite fandoms, both old and new, every Saturday night.  They’ve had immortals like Ben Bova, Harlan Ellison, L. Neil Smith, and Spider Robinson drop by, and they’ve been gracious enough to also allow not-as-well-known illustrators like yours truly to share some studio time. SO fire up your time machine of choice –hot tub, DeLorean, police box, or just stand naked in the middle of a ball of electricity –we aren’t fussy.  Let’s step back to the ancient days of February 2006, when Netflix was just getting rolling with that whole “streaming” thing, our iPods were mostly first-generation Shuffles, the Galactica hadn’t yet found Earth, we were still getting used to David Tennant, and we all still adored Shia LeBouf. Enter Dru Silla, Zombrarian, the Dead Redhead, AwakebyJava, the mysterious Illustrator X, Kriana, and especially The Dome, to share with us a few insights on paving the way for this remarkable journey. Zombrarian talks about Doug Jones. The Dead Redhead talks about Ben Bova. Awake By Java talks about Chris Golden. Illustrator X and the Harlan Ellison Experience. Kriana with Browncoats at the Hellmouth. Dome talks about David Mack and very special segment with Spider Robinson And so much more!

SFSN Cast by Illustrator X Nike Air Mags! Doc Brown pimps an Argentinean Electronics chain. MTV eyes Locke and Key. ABC grabs the pitch for The Last Resort. Joel Courtney (Super 8 ) in the new supernatural thriller The Healer. Our first guest segment is with Steve Perry and Crystal Washington of The Southcoast Paranormal & Psychic Faire, Sept. 25th, in Fairhaven Ma. The discuss some of the guests and events taking place over the faire and surprise guest Frankie B. Washington pops in for a bit. Our second segment features Dr. Grymm and Emperor of the Red Fork Empire, two performers at the upcoming Great New England Steampunk Exhibition, Sept. 16th to 18th, in Fitchburg, Ma. Join the cast of SFSN next weekend for a steam powered good time!

SyFy Original Move Jabberwock Our Guests Tonight: Michael Dougherty and Andrew Marnik talk about the wrap of Browncoats: Redemption and tease their upcoming  projects. Michael Worth star of the SyFy Original Move Jabberwock (and the first vampire killed by Faith on BtVS) talks about the movie and other projects he is currently working on.

  City Of Sand by Josh Emmons This Week’s Poll Results: What comic book character should get the next big budget Hollywood treatment? Movie Round Up: Ghostbusters 3 is a go. Wreckit Ralph Fright Night Cosplay for A Cause Locke and Key will NOT been seen on TV. Exit Strategy New Star Trek for TV? 18 Things You May Not Have Known About Firefly. Our guest tonight is Joshua Emmons. His web comic is City Of Sand.  He is also involved in Double Feature, a free to download iPad app, which he helped create.

Old TV is new TV. Less Peter, more Walter on Fringe. Melissa Marr books. This weeks SFSN Facebook Poll, Your Favorite Immortal was… Dick Clark. Geek Girl Poster raises money for The Hero Initiative. Women of Wonder Day raises money for Domestic Violence Charities.     Our guests tonight are Susan & Everett Soares, to talk about the Sky Pirates of Valendor comics, and Joy and Alexander Tambascia of MECHA Software, LLC. announce their new Sky Pirates Facebook video game. They will be at the Great New England Steampunk Exhibition on Sept 16-18th in Fitchburg Mass. and we’ll be there too!

Anthony Del Col from Kill Shakespeare Our readers rock, thanks for participating in our Facebook Polls! The Troy Library is saved. Kurt Vonnegut’s book banned by a Business Professor. Slick Move. Jerk move – Eureka killed by SyFy Second Jerk Move – AMC cuts Walking Dead’s budget. Third Jerk Move - Raped Version of Metropolis goes to Blu-Ray. Rebeka Issacs will be at Double Midnight Comics in NH, for the new Angel and Faith Comic. David Fincher says 20,000 Leagues will be 70% CGI. Duncan Jones wants to do more Sci Fi. In our second half, our guest is Anthony Del Col, Co-Creator of Kill Shakespeare. We met him at Boston Comic Con. He talks about the process of writing this series and the 9 year evolution of this project. In the third half of our show, we discuss the NPR list of “Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy  Books“.  

Super Knocked Up True Blood gets a season 5. Star Trek 2 bumped for GI Joe Our Facebook Poll votes for Darth as Best Villian. Lucas loses more money. Flight of The Navigator turns 25 with no reboot. Yay. Our guests tonight are Jeff Burns, Writer and Director and Mark Pezzula, Star of Super Knocked Up: a new  action/comedy Web Series about a Super-Villain who gets “knocked up” by a Super Hero.

Thanks to Less Talk More Monkey for the opening music, Damn It Feels Good To Be a Lannister. Congrats to our own Amandatron3000 and hubby on the birth of their new cog. Betty and Barney Hill get a plaque in New Hampshire. Ridley Scott LOVES 3D. JJ Abrams brings us Alcatraz. The Wonder Woman TV Show really did stink. Futurama renewed for “2″ more seasons. Dark Towers  stalled. Summer Glau on Alpha’s. Why Christopher Eccleston really left Doctor Who. John Barrowman will do the Doctor Who 50th. Anniversary show. Locke and Key Pilot might have been… Tyra Banks is writing again, please make her stop. Captain America rocks the box office. UPDATE: The Troy Public Library needs your help now. Our guest tonight, Ted Woods is a self-publishing comic artist based outside Ann Arbor, Michigan. His past works are “The Book of Love,” “Peril at Pont du Gard,” and “The Life and Legacy of Marcus Aurelius.” His upcoming work can be seen in the anthology “SCIENCE!” from Reasonably Priced Comics due out in August, and his own book “The Book of Love Vol. II” due out in September.

Our guests for the entire show are Matt Dursin, Clay N. Ferno & John Hunt from The League of Ordinary Gentlemen podcast. The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Avengers casting call draws thousands in Ohio. Spielberg plays the noob at ComiCon for The Adventures of Tintin. Torchwood gets a 21 share on the BBC. Disney’s first trailer for John Carter of Mars. The Internet replaces little girl’s stolen Tardis[Video]. 13th. Sookie Stackhouse novel to be the last. True Blood rocks the vamp house. Sean Bean in Snow White. Oz, the Great and Powerful. Ridiculous Emmy Nominations. A Game Of Thrones Shadows. Diablo Cody Rewrites Evil Dead. Fox buys RUST. Star Trek PADD official app creates iPad fact from science fiction.

Dr. Eli Malefactor Torchwood Miracle Day episode 1 Falling Skies picked up for a second season 30 Comic-Con exclusive toys you’ll sell your organs for [io9] This week, Warren Ellis writes a comic book in invisible ink [io9] Men In Black III Dollhouse: Epitaphs First look at Dori, Nori and Ori from The Hobbit set [io9] Bill Walko talks to us about his experience with Cons, and his web comic, The Hero Business.

My Best Friend is a Wookiee Holy Candied Lovecraft! Thor 2 FAQ’s for DC’s 52 True Blood returns. Rod Serling’s BioPic is in the works Game of Thrones, the comic series? Tony Pacitti tells us about writing his book, My Best Friend is a Wookiee: One Boy’s Journey to Find His Place in the Galaxy.

Spider Robinson In this interview, Spider and the entire cast hit on a range of topics. Ever the consummate gentleman, we discuss his beginnings and relationship with Ben Bova and Isaac Asimov, remember his wife Jeanne, how Mike Callahan was born, the state of politics, writing, music and whatever else wandered into the conversation. Join us as we enter Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon.