Closet Sci-Fi Geek

Hey all!

I am looking for contributors to Closet Sci-Fi Geek. This would be a labor of love, because honestly, with the Google ads I’m lucky if I make a buck a month off this website. But it’d be a nice way to promote your website because I do get a little bit of traffic here (you are welcome, for example, to link out to your website at the bottom of each post you add).

I’m looking for contributors who are decent writers with positive energy and a sense of humor. If you take your sci-fi SOOOO darn seriously that you get pretentious and offended over stupid little things, then you would not be a good fit. You are welcome to reprint articles from your blog or website here, as long as they are sci-fi related.

I’ve mostly covered television and movies, but I’d love to have more book coverage as well.

Please drop me an email with some writing samples. Send it to geek(at)closetscifigeek.com with a brief hello and a note about who you are and why you would be a positive addition to the site.

Thanks and I hope to hear from you soon!
Stephanie

This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Make sure you watch the middle section where the clueless guy gets into the Tardis…I laughed so hard I cried!

What self-respecting geek would not love the following clip? Darth Vadar as the Black Knight…gotta love it!

Whoever is casting Eli Stone apparently has a soft spot for Star Trek actors…first, I spotted Voyager’s “Neelix” a few episodes back, and yesterday I could not figure out why the earthquake scientist was so darn familiar…until I realized it was “Dr. Phlox” from Star Trek: Enterprise!

Minor trivia: I met “Neelix” once…long story, but he appeared to be one of those old school Broadway actor types who calls you “sweetie” and “honey” a lot…very funny, really.

What started out as a bit of mindless fun has turned into a bit of an addiction for me: I need my Eli Stone! Eli Stone has just gotten progressively better and better, with just the right combination of heart, drama, goofiness, and social commentary. PLUS, if you’re lucky, you’ll get to see George Michael and even Victor Garber sing!

Paired with Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone could be part of a night of truly feel good TV. Will ABC be that smart though? I hope so. If NBC can renew that shallow travesty Lipstick Jungle (apologies to Paul Blackthorne), then ABC can renew Eli Stone, which consistently had better ratings than Lipstick Jungle, other than LJ’s ratings boost anomaly for its season finale.

Fans are already stirring up to start Eli Stone renewal campaigns…

Ho hum…I just can’t get excited about anything SciFi does anymore…but in case you are curious…

http://weblogs.variety.com/bags_and_boards/2008/03/sci-fi-picks-up.html

Just saw this on DVD….this is actually my favorite Harry Potter film! I have yet to read any of the Harry Potter books except for the first one, and so I did not miss any of the 800 or so pages cut out of the film. (I decided to wait until all the movies were done before reading the books, because the first film was sooo tedious to me since I knew the ending.) Read the rest of this entry »

I remember seeing the 1998 film What Dreams May Come when it first came out in the theater. I loved it then; the visuals were absolutely spectacular, especially by 1998 standards. It’s now 10 years later and I just watched it again at home. I’ve also since read the book (which the movie was based on).

What Dreams May Come, in case you missed it, is a film about the afterlife. Specifically, it’s about an afterlife where your thoughts create your reality. Thus, if you are a good person and in a good mental space, you may see an afterlife that is filled with beauty and lush scenery. If not, it’s off to your personal hell you go.

Robin Williams starred in the film as a man who dies and goes to heaven. Soon his wife commits suicide and is sent to hell. (She’s the one who has sent herself to hell.) Throughout all this, we get to see sappy flashbacks of their affluent life, before their kids died in a car crash and everything turned sour. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m an hour into the new Knight Rider and I’m watching only because I want to see David Hasslehoff. After that, I will never, ever watch this show again. I thought the new Bionic Woman was bad. This is a ten times worse. No, a million times worse. This has to be, in fact, the worst new show in 20 years, worse than the Blade television series.

It’s a shame too. They could have done something great with the concept. But a combination of bad writing, bad acting, and bad production just adds up to the worst new sci-fi show in recent memory. Read the rest of this entry »

The WGA strike is over, just in time to make more episodes of Lost this season. A brief review of what’s staying and what’s going sci-fi-wise:

Lost will have at least five more episodes filmed this season.
Reaper and Supernatural will be returning with more new episodes, hurrah.
Bionic Woman and Journeyman are canceled (good call).
Pushing Daisies is coming back in the fall for a proper relaunch by ABC (smart move).
Heroes will probably take the summer to regroup.
All episodes of the midseason Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles have been shot for now, no word on renewal for next year.