Granite Con update for next week! Updates on Rock & Shock Wesley’s Sweater, then and now Bill Nye Cha-Chas like a Boss Joss Whedon is fixing Thor 2 Ruth Negga of Misfits get a role oh S.H.I.E.L.D. Is there a second Marvel TV show in the works? Yes indeed! Sleepy Hollow : Camp or Crap? American Horror Story Promo The Almighty Johnsons Syfy acquires Bitten Poll: Your Favorite Sci-Fi Rock Band Tonight our guest is Matthew Wayne Selznick , master creator behind MWS Media, Selznick Serials, and t...
Sep 22, 2013
RIP Ann Crispin RIVAL PODCAST: Welcome to Night Vale has stolen my heart Stargate being rebooted into a new trilogy JK Rowling is going to write a new series of movies based in the Harry Potter ‘verse True Blood Cancelled Heinlein’s bed up for sale Let’s Blame Toy Companies for lousy Wonder Woman attempts Star Trek Isn’t Broken, so says Mike Hinman Doug Drexler Disagrees Tonight we have one of our favorite guests, Tracy Hickman . He’s here to tell us all about his new Kickstarter , Sojourner Tal...
Sep 15, 2013
RIP Frederick Pohl Former Guest Sara Mayhew’s Indiegogo DC Denys Batwoman her lesbian wedding “Let’s make suicide a joke! And make it skeezy with nudity!” – DC Comics Tonight we’ve got a triple-guest double-header, just for you! First up are Bill Everingham and Pattie Kelly of Swallow Your Bliss , a web sitcom described as “30 Rock meets Gordon Ramsay in stilettos.” They’re a week from completing their IndieGoGo campaign, and if they get funded, we’ll get to see more, including everyone’s favori...
Sep 08, 2013
RIP Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr. Application deadline for Mars One colony nears Justin Timberlake as the Riddler? Star Drunk, a seriously funny film. Beginning of the End of Locke and Key Tonight’s guest is Jason Chen of Storybundle.com, who has this to say about himself: StoryBundle was created to give a platform for independent authors to showcase their work, and a source of quality titles for thirsty readers. StoryBundle works with authors to create bundles of ebooks that can be purchased by readers ...
Sep 01, 2013
The Multiple Personalities of Syfy – Ghost Shark & The Almighty Johnson’s . Granite State Comic Con Update . Ray Bradbury ‘Zines from the 30’s . The Stupidest Story about Doctor Who You Will Ever Read . Is The Science Fiction ? Awesome Cereals Return ! Save The Drive-Ins . Firefly: The Board Game . Worf’s New Show . Orphan Black Meets Parks and Recreation Tonight Michael J Sullivan returns to talk about some of his new books, specifically, The Rose and The Thorn ,the continuing adventures of...
Aug 25, 2013
Orlando Bloom as….Batman? Smallville’s Lex is best, sez Stan Lee? Las Vegas Star Trek Experience Galaxy quest is better than star trek into darkness Teryl Rothery on Arrow SyFy to run The Almighty Johnsons New SyFy Series: High Moon Amazing Piers Anthony story on This American Life last week Plants vs Zombies 2: Time Travel Edition Tonight we talk to two funny and charming Southern Gentlemen (maybe “gentlemen” is a stretch): Brockton McKinney and Larkin Ford of the Ehmm Theory comic series. They...
Aug 19, 2013
PJ Herself! Boston Comic Con Recap: We would like to than the following people and organizations for their help with BCC: Kirby, Jimmy, Nick and Colin and the entire BCC Staff Bob and Kim from Comic Art Hous e The Nauticon Ladies – Mary Dumas & Pam Larson Billy West Gary Sohmers Cam and Travis… for the creepy jar Rhiannon McCullough Karen Gosselin Tom Zotos The US Air Force volunteers Marcus at HP Printing and Imaging David Mack and Sara Richard for helping guide a young artist Tom Sniegoski...
Aug 11, 2013
PJ Haarsma (left) and an undisclosed SFSN correspondent. Art Bell returns to radio . Star Trek: Renegades and Inspector Spacetime funding updates Happy 33rd Birthday to Harry Potter This week’s Poll: Paranormal investigators Tonight’s guest is the lovely PJ Haarsma . He’s here to talk about his Softwire series, the accompanying game , the Kids Need to Read charity, and his exciting upcoming projects. We also talked about alternative publishing models and where he sees publishing heading in the f...
Aug 04, 2013
Happy Birthday Lynda Carter Star Trek: Renegades begins a second funding drive Inkers are indeed cool 5 years of original fiction from Tor.com for FREE Firefly iOS RPG Our guest does the 12th Doctor audition script Zefron and Gossling rumored for Star Wars VII Pacific Rim 3-D vs. Dan Brereton’s Giant Killer Updates on Rock and Shock and Boston Comic Con Poll: What Comic Characters Would Work in Shakespeare ? Tonight’s guest is Kristine Hassell from GEEKGIRLCON in Seattle, Oct 19-20. We talk abou...
Jul 28, 2013
RIP Victor Lundin A National Park….on the MOON? Sharknado 2 Heroes, Season 5 Is Joseph Gordon Levitt ready to be Dr. Strange? Continuum vs. Defiance Short film, First Impressions , with Doug Jones. Short Film, Abe (creepy fun) Poll: Alternative Employment for Wolverine . Tonight’s guest is Jay Spence , Writer Producer and Director of the grindhouse movie, You’re !@#$% Dead . This crowd funded project is currently in post-production. Jay walked us through this project from its inception, writing,...
Jul 21, 2013
Happy Birthday Peter Vinton, Jr.! Update on Boston Comicon – Hobbits! Orson Scott Card asks for tolerance for his intolerant anti-gay stance…huh? League of Extraordinary Gentlemen TV Show KICKSTARTER OF THE WEEK: Alan Moore is making short films…we should all be afraid Universal Orlando is building a recreation of the Cabin in the Woods 5 things we know about Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D SPOCKVEGAS! Tonight’s guest is Travis Richey , writer and star of Untitled Webseries About A Space Traveler Who Can ...
Jul 14, 2013
Ms. Inkwell The passing of Richard Matheson – Sci Fi’s loss Will Smith making weird noises supercut Why does Marvel want to talk to Vin Diesel? Smallville’s Lex Luthor wants to be in Man of Steel 2 Ender’s Game at SDCC w/o Orson Scott Card Why Science Fiction is Where it’s At for Ebooks Poll: The Superman Movies This week our guest Michael Kellar gives us some background on inking, the Inkwell Awards themselves, and the 2013 Inkwell Award winners: Favorite Inker: Klaus Janson Most Adaptable: Jon...
Jun 30, 2013
RIP Iain Banks Inkwell Awards update & Winners HeroCon Boston Comicon Updates True Blood Locke & Key is FINALLY getting made into a movie Downey is Iron Man at least 2 more years Iron Man 3 #6 in all time worldwide gross…so far What is the premise of the first Disney Star Wars film? Poll:All aboard the Sci Fi Train Tonight’s guest is the one, the only, Mike Dougherty. He’s here to tell us all about the soon-to-be-released sizzle reel for Z*Con . We talk about how the reel looks (great! d...
Jun 23, 2013
This week’s poll Joss Whedon on why there aren’t any good female comic book movies Joss Says He Won’t Make Avengers 2 Without RDJ 10 Shocking TV Deaths That Kept You on the Couch for Weeks To everyone sad and mad about Game of Thrones: it gets better / Didn’t you people read any of the books? Pachabel broke up with a cellist Farewell, Eleven: Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who Doctor Who’s Karen Gillan playing a villain in Guardians of the Galaxy Catching Up With What The Kids Are Doing: Zombraria...
Jun 09, 2013
Jack Vance, Science Fiction Grand Master, Dead At 96 Kickstarter of the week Crowdfunding a space telescope Chris Hardwick’ Course of the Force Catwoman died again… Falling Skies Season 3: Creepy Funny WHAT!? Dan Harmon is in talks to return to Community Hannibal – What is this sorcery?! Poll: If JJ Abrams could bring anything to Star Wars from the Star Trek set, what would it be? Tonight’s guests are Tee Morris and Philippa Ballentine, co-authors of Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences –the best se...
Jun 02, 2013
Inkwell awards update Kickstarter of the week: Get Dorks in Dungeons to GenCon Move over, 50 Shades! Amazon will now sell fanfic. AMC verbally commits to Walking Dead till 2022…at least And once again, there IS a GHOSTBUSTERS 3 Festivities for Superman Day Society 6 T-shirts Warehouse 13 ending next season Benedict Cumberbatch is KHAN (and gratuitous nudity) Doctor Who Finale POLL: What’s the best movie that featured the moon as a backdrop? Tonight’s guests are Chris, Nick, and Irene from the po...
May 26, 2013
Roberto and the iCEO pillow. Kickstarter Free Launch of Brigade! Kickstarter of the week (This is stupid): Don’t back Zach Some Data: Big Kickstarter Projects By Famous People Actually Helps Other Projects Update …maybe we were wrong…maybe Watch City photo roundup from Boston.com Arrow Season One finale is amazing storytelling and great TV What Revolution Needs to Do, to Get Us to Invest in These Characters The IT Crowd is returning for one last episode Arrested Development Dr. Who (In Which DRH...
May 19, 2013
Warehouse 13 continues to rock So does Orphan Black And so does Dr. Who RIP Ray Harryhausen Megan Fox IS April O’Neil Oodles of new genre TV on the way Major shout outs to Kevin Eastman and Fiona Russell, VP of Heavy Metal Poll: What was your fave FREE COMIC BOOK DAY comic? Tonight’s guest is Erik Evensen, the creator of the graphic novels The Beast of Wolfe’s Bay and Gods of Asgard . He gives us some insight into alternative publishing options for graphic novels and his experiences with e-publi...
May 12, 2013
Fan Bingbing in the Chinese version of Iron Man 3 TMNT are NOT aliens now Chick-Fil-A really wants you to take your mom on a medieval date Krypton still alive in Man of Steel The captain of Bryan Fuller’s awesome, non-existent Trek TV show is… Arrow set to kick ass in Season 2 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Science Bros Dr. Demento’s Kickstarter bio will be made! Speaking of Kickstarter, you too can help with Lovecraft’s bust Kickstarting a game based on Gaiman’s “Study in Emerald” Cthulhu/Holmes mashup ...
May 05, 2013
New date for Boston Comic Con to be announced soon! wewincon.org Doctor Who’s season finale title has been revealed—and it’s a doozy April 23 was this week, but I forget why that was important Anthony Head to be new baddie on Warehouse 13 Futurama Cancelled AGAIN! How Pixar transformed its studio into the Monsters University campus The petition to get Isaac Asimov a commemorative plaque at his 1940s home Crystal skull candy, yum! Kickstarter of the week: Wish I Was Here by Zack Braff Netflix’s H...
Apr 28, 2013
The 2013 Inkwell Awards . Vote here . Boston Comic Con Update . Lovecraft and L’Engle get craters on Mercury . Will SyFy cancel Warehouse 13 . Heroes to return on X-Box Marketplace . Poll: What is your favorite “Found Footage” movie . Tonight’s returning guest is author H P Mallory . She talks about book one in her new Lily Harper series, Better Off Dead and why this is different from anything she has ever written. This new series is a modern retelling of Dante’s Inferno, with an unlikely cast o...
Apr 21, 2013
Z*Con Harlem Shake Poll: Space elevator music? What’s the most appropriate song? Jayne Hat Crackdown Why wear Jayne Cobb’s hat when you can dress as Jayne’s hat? Robot Combat League Syfy Developing Two Miniseries Based ‘Ringworld’ And ‘Childhood’s End’ Blake’s got a personal vendetta in SyFy’s Blake’s 7 Tonight’s show is backwards! Before we do the news and the poll, we talked to Mike Dougherty, the producer and director of the upcoming movie Z*Con . They just finished a marathon weekend of shoo...
Apr 14, 2013
Best April 1 Prank: Dome – J. J. Abrams Developing Star Wars/Star Trek Animated Crossover Swedish Archaeologists find Thors Hammer Kriana: Deejays suspended for “dihydrogen monoxide” April Fools joke Zombrarian: YouTube no longer accepting submissions RIP: RIP Jane Henson 1934-2013 a tribute to her R.I.P. Don Payne, writer of both Thor movies, The Simpsons and more RIP comics legend Carmine Infantino Roger Ebert Is Dead : Thumbs down Disney shuts down LucasArts Tonight’s guests are so amazing we...
Apr 07, 2013
Indiegogo: London UFO Museum Kickstarter: Victorian puppet ghost movie Wachowski’s/Straczynski Netflix project Zombieland: The Series, comes to Amazon Should Enterprise return ? The art and artistry of Rhiannon McCullough Video Link of the Week: Jimi Hendrix on a Gayageum Tonight’s guest is Colin Solan who talks about the exciting developments in this year’s Boston Comic Con . We talk about some of the new events being held this year and some of the Guest Artists and Celebrities who will be in a...
Mar 31, 2013
Michael Laine RIP Malachi Throne Did you see Doug Jones sing on The Neighbors? Hawkeye Initiative cosplay lets the guys show off their rears for a change The Death Star Explosion was an “inside job”. Zombie perfume Warm Bodies Peter Jackson offers to direct an episode of Doctor Who…for free Help rebuild Cobra Island on Kickstarter Poll: which is your favorite Wizard of Oz spinoff? Tonight’s guest is Michael Laine of the Liftport project. He tells us about the history of the project, their future...
Mar 24, 2013
Errick A. Nunnally George Lucas says Luke, Han and Leia will all be back for Star Wars: Episode VII Goodbye, Captain Rex: Lucasfilm calls an end to Clone Wars DC artist quits Adventures of Superman over Orson Scott Card controversy Torchwood Revival doubtful POLL : What actress should play She-Hulk? Tonight’s guest is author Errick A. Nunnally, who likes maple hamburgers, being a jock, double letters, and long walks on the beach. Let’s see what he has to say for himself: Born and raised in Bosto...
Mar 17, 2013
Megan Fox is the new April O’Neil Kathy Bates is going to be on Season 3 of AHS…as Jessica Lange’s frenemy There will be NO Planet Hulk movie Buffy’s mom was on The Following this week Walking Dead Season 4 news! Poll: Who is your favorite Disney Villian San Diego hotel rooms sell out in two minutes Tonight’s guest is Dick Cheney, who was just friended by Dome on Facebook. http://www.scifisaturdaynight.com/podcast/talkcast173.mp3 Download | Open Player in New Window...
Mar 03, 2013
Our Guest, Jamie Vick Terry Pratchett and other fantasy authors score at this year’s ALA Awards Cybils awards given to 3 graphic novels 2013 Inkwell Awards Nominees for the Nebula Awards 2013 Saturn Awards Announced Arrow Jack Kirby’s sketches for the real life Argo fake movie Robot Combat League debuts next week Tonight’s guest is Jamie Vick of the webseries Santa Carla Sunset , which is currently in production. The series follows fictional paranormal investigators and the website features arti...
Feb 23, 2013
Ashley in the Ahsoka Tano hoodie available at HerUniverse.com Spring Debuts and Restarts The Following retraction: It’s not Jinksie , it’s his twin brother! Nick Brendon latest guest for Rhode Island Comic Con Lords of Salem coming to the US Arrow Mia Culp a PKD’s The Man in the High Castle comes to SyFy Poll of the week: How will Sean Bean die? Tonight’s guest is the multitalented Ashley Eckstein : actor and clothing designer. Ashley is the voice of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and ...
Feb 17, 2013
Poor Daniel Can’t catch a break! RIP Stuart Freeborn Stargate! The Following The BBC has canceled the original Being Human Orphan Black on BBCA New SyFy reality series Stranded Robot Combat League How will Sean Bean get killed in the Wachowski’s Jupiter Ascending? The new Face Off make-up folks are quite good Jeff and Silent Jay, the organizers of the Queen City Kamikaze Con joined us to share how they’ve made their event bigger and better than ever! Join their mascot, Chester the Squirrel, on F...
Feb 10, 2013
