'Journeyman' Heading For Axe, Admits Creator

 

Journeyman is at risk of being axed due to poor ratings and the current writers' strike, according to the show's creator Kevin Falls.
The man behind NBC's time-travelling series, (which is currently airing on Sky One in the UK) admitted that the 12 episodes currently filmed may be the last. Falls told Premium Hollywood that further production on the show is "a long shot... given the strike and our questionable numbers".
However, Falls added that the twelth episode would function as a finale to Journeyman, which stars British actor Kevin McKidd, best known for his role as Tommy in Trainspotting. "We wrote it in a way so it could be the series-ending show. I mean, it wouldn’t answer every question, but it would give you a lot to chew on.... in the case we would actually go on to a second season, we didn’t want to turn over every card," he said.
Kevin Falls said:
NBC has decided to air the 12th episode (”Perfidia”) on Wednesday, December 19th at ten o’clock. That means our 10th episode will air on Monday the 10th (”Home by Another Way”), the 11th will air on 17th (”The Hanged Man”).
The decision to air the 12th episode had a lot to do with the passion of our fans through SaveJourneyman.net, the online petition and letters and emails to NBC executives.
There’s still no news on our long term future, but we can promise you this: three terrific episodes inside of ten days. Oh, yeah, and you’ll get some answers, too.
Your comments and pro-active attempts to save the show are very much appreciated by me and my fellow Executive Producer Alex Graves, Kevin McKidd and the cast, writers and crew. But more importantly, it’s working.
But don’t rest. We need you. We want a back nine–and beyond.

NBC gives Journeyman two weeks notice!

 

We're hearing that the next two weeks are crucial for NBC's Journeyman. While nothing official has been decided, the rumor is that if the Nielsen numbers don't rise for the Nov. 19 and 26 episodes, the network will yank the show, without airing all the episodes produced.
The network is only interested in the live Nielsens, not DVR viewers or downloads, says a show staffer. This is a problem for the show, because the majority of emails the show gets is from fans who watch online. Since ads touting the ability to watch Journeyman for free online are common, that's hardly surprising.
The show staff is hoping for the best, according to our source. "I feel like we take the fan community very seriously. [For example], when Langley appeared on the show, he got a huge response as someone who could give answers, not more questions. We went back and added more of him. We've been loyal to our fanbase."
Now it's time to see if the fanbase will be loyal to the show. Want to help? Check out the Fans of Journeyman Facebook group. Of course, the only way to truly save the show is to watch tonight and next week, and make sure everyone else you know tunes in too.

Tom Cruise to star in 'Doctor Who' episode

 

Tom Cruise is set to star in a special episode of hit British TV show 'Doctor Who'.
The 'Lions for Lambs' actor is among a host of top US stars, including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Madonna, who the BBC are hoping to get on board for three installments of the British sci-fi series to be filmed next year.
An insider told Britain's Daily Star newspaper, "BBC producers know they can't pay these stars what they are used to, but what they can offer is an exciting role in a real cutting-edge show. And the big stars love that kind of kudos."
'Doctor Who' already has a track record of attracting top stars for cameos. This year's Christmas special, 'Voyage of the Damned', will see Kylie Minogue play a waitress at the 1912 launch party for the famously doomed ocean liner Titanic, which sank after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage.
The three 'Doctor Who' specials will be shot in 2008, but will not hit screens until 2009.
The three episodes are rumored to be the final time actor David Tennant will play the time-travelling Doctor.
It is also believed 25-year-old actress Billie Piper - who quit the show in 2006 to pursue other projects - will return to play his sexy sidekick Rose Tyler.

Trek's Sarek Is Cast

Ben Cross has been cast as Sarek, the Vulcan father of Spock, in J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek feature film, StarTrek.com reported.
He will be paired with Winona Ryder, portraying Spock's human mother, Amanda Grayson. (Variety had earlier incorrectly reported that Ryder would play a Vulcan.) The young Spock will be played by Zachary Quinto.
Sarek was first played by Mark Lenard in the original series and subsequent movies.
The film, currently in production under the direction of J.J. Abrams, is scheduled for release on Christmas Day 2008.

Come on, you scuzzy data, be in there!

The quest to build the ultimate list of Most Quotable Lines from 80s Movies continues -- with much rejoicing. This has got to be the most enjoyable list to put together. Lots of the old standards coming back to life.

But where are all the sci-fi movie lines? Surely you haven't forgotten the magnetism of Blade Runner or the charisma of James T. Kirk.

Here are some 80s sci-fi lines to consider for our list:

• "Judge me by my size, do you?" (The Empire Strikes Back)"Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it?" (Blade Runner)
• "Scotty, I need warp speed in three minutes or we're all dead." (Star Trek 2)
• "Game over, man, game over!" (Aliens)
• "Terrific. I'm about to get killed a million miles from nowhere with a gung-ho iguana who tells me to relax." (The Last Starfighter)
• "Come on, you scuzzy data, be in there." (Tron)
• "Bloodshed is my life." (Explorers)
• "Khhaaaaan!" (Star Trek 2)
• "Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder." (The Empire Strikes Back)
• "Time to die!" (Blade Runner)
• "Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battle station!" (Return of the Jedi)
• "Greetings, Program!" (Tron)
• "Call me Snake." (Escape from New York)
• "Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!" (Flash Gordon)
• "The sleeper has awakened!" (Dune)

Science Fiction Geek Pick-up Lines!

Forgive my Kirk-like boldness, but you wanna go back to my mom's place and watch 'Dr. Who'?

You, me, here... this couldn't be any better if I programmed the holodeck myself!

 

I can't help it -- my eyes are trapped in the gravitational field of your breasts!

 

Why don't we head to my bedroom, peel back my Star Wars sheets, and discover what a true Jedi can do with his light sabre?

 

What's a girl like you doing in a place like this when there's a Farscape marathon on right now on the Sci Fi channel.

 

I've been told I have the cool sexual prowess of a Romulan.

 

"Urkuk lu Stalga." That's Klingon for "I love you baby."

 

Once you make love to a man with Vulcan ears on you never go back.

 

How 'bout I slip into something more comfortable... like these STAR TREK VOYAGER pajamas!

 

Not only can I beam you aboard, I can beam you a woody.

 

Someone must have shot you with a phaser set on 'stunning'.

 

Tell me of this thing you humans call (pause) love.

 

Your mouth says, 'Shields up!', but your eyes say, 'A hull breach is imminent.'

 

Earth woman, prepare to be probed!

Nice Asimov.

 

If you have a great geek pick-up line leave it in the comments, us geeks need all the help we can get.

Top 10 PSP File Sharing Softwares for Windows

 

µTorrent is an efficient BitTorrent client, designed for Windows. It needs as little CPU, memory and space as possible and offers good functionality that advanced clients expect. It has most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients. There are various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements available.

StrongDC++ is a free client for sharing in Direct Connect network. It is based on CZDC++ and has partial file sharing, download/upload speed limiter, safe segmented downloading and other interesting features. StrongDC++ is an Open Source so you can download a source code and modify it.

eMule is one of the biggest p2p file sharing clients around the world. It is based on the eDonkey2000 network but offers more features than the standard client. eMule is easy to configure, but also, with many options and controls, good for the advanced user. Thanks to its open source policy many developers are able to contribute to the project, making the network more efficient with each release.

LimeWire is a free file sharing Gnutella client for Windows, Mac, OSX, Linux. It allows you to search for multiple files at the same time and it is compatible with all major platforms and running over the Gnutella network. LimeWire is a fast, easy-to-use and open source code, so is freely available to the public.

Soulseek is an ad-free, spyware-free, just plain free file sharing application. It is good p2p software for finding non-mainstream music. It was created by a former Napster programmer, Nir Arbel. It's virtual rooms allow you to meet people with the same interests, share information, and chat, so it is a great way to make new friends.

Azureus implements the BitTorrent protocol using java language. It comes with many features for both beginners and advanced users. Multiple torrent downloads, upload and download speed limiting, advanced seeding rules, only uses one port for all the torrents, and others. Azureus has many useful plugins and supported languages.

Shareaza is a multi-network peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing client supporting Gnutella2, Gnutella, eDonkey2000 (eMule), HTTP, FTP and BitTorrent protocols. It has the ability to simultaneously download parts of the same file from multiple networks. Shareaza is the most sophisticated file sharing system you will find on the network.

Ares is a free open source file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file. It has powerful library organizer, built-in audio/video player, filesharing chat rooms. Ares automatically finds more sources and downloads files from many users at once.

BitComet is a BitTorrent client, which is powerful, fast and very easy-to-use. It supports simultaneous downloads, download queuing, selected downloads inside a torrent package, fast-resume, speed limits, port mapping, peer exchange and IP filtering. BitComet available in 43 different languages and the current preview release comes bundled with the BitComet FLV Player.

 

KCeasy is a windows p2p free and open source file sharing software which uses giFT. Its plugins allow giFT to support different kinds of file sharing networks. KCeasy is giving you all the files on Gnutella, Ares and OpenFT. KCeasy works only on windows but there are similar programs for other platforms.

50 Widgets For Your Blog

Widgets are a handy, easy and simple way to add some flare to your blog. Whether you’d like to display the number of currently online visitors to your site or simply the weather report for Los Angeles, you can do it with widgets. I’ve assembled a list of 50 useful or simply cool widgets for your pleasure. And remember, the first rule of widgetizing your blog is - don’t overdo it!

MyBlogLog’s Recent Readers - this widget can easily be called a hit amongst blog owners; its popularity even managed to convince Yahoo into buying MyBlogLog. The widget lets you see the avatars of recent visitors to your blog, provided they’re also members of MyBlogLog.

Mashable - get the latest social networking news.

Flickr Flash Photo Stream Badge - display images from your Flickr profile with a handy Flash photo stream.

Preview Anywhere - see a live preview of outgoing links in a small popup which activates on mouseover. Some find this annoying, while others might find it useful.

Twitter Badge - if your life is so interesting that everyone must know what you’re up to all the time, then a Twitter badge is the ideal counterpart to your blog. It’ll proudly displays your recent tweets.

Digg News - display the latest Digg links on your blog. Themeable and fully customizable.

FEEDJIT - real time traffic data directly in your blog’s sidebar.

LineBuzz - inline comments for your blog. Very handy for blogs with frequent lively discussions.

Flixn - display a stream directly from your webcam, so your blog visitors can always see what you’re up to.

3Jam - lets your visitors send messages to your mobile phone, without them knowing your phone number.

Jaxtr - with Jaxtr, your visitors can actually call you to your mobile phone; again, your number stays private.

LinkedInABox - show off your LinkedIn profile. Perfect for personal blogs.

Box Widget - enable visitors to use box.net’s online storage directly on your web site.

Price of gas - displaying gas prices on your blog might seem unnecessary to some, but it’s cool if you have a traffic/travel related blog.

iBegin Weather Widget - Display weather information in your sidebar. Just like with Price of Gas, works great with travel-related blogs.

ClockLink - display time in various time zones with these nifty Flash clocks.

Film Loops - display the latest loops from your FilmLoops account.

Daily Painters - display paintings from famous painters on your blog.

WhoLinked - show your visitors which sites have recently linked to your web site. Works with all major blog platforms.

Criteo AutoRoll - displays links to blogs similar to your blog.

Bitty Browser - embed a cute, fully functional mini web browser to your blog.

Leafletter - create a mini website and embed it into your blog.

WikiSeek - search Wikipedia with this simple widget.

FeedCount - show off the number of visitors to your blog with this handy little button.

Technorati Link Count - display the number of links your website has from one of the biggest blog authorities - Technorati.

MyPageRank - another good way to show how “big” your blog is is to show off your Google PageRank.

CheckPageRank - in addition to showing your PageRank, this widget also shows your Alexa ranking.

BlinkxIt - embed a link to related videos directly into your website.

Skype button - display your Skype online/offline status on your blog.

RockYou Horoscope - not something I would personally use, but some people are into horoscope. Hell, most people are into horoscope. Anyway, this widget shows horoscope (doh!) and does it in a nicely designed colorful box.

del.icio.us Tagometer - display how many times have del.icio.us users saved your page.

del.icio.us Linkrolls - this badge shows your latest bookmarks from del.icio.us.

Timelines - need to create a timeline? Seek no further. This widget makes it really easy.

PollDaddy - PollDaddy lets you create beautiful polls in no time, and display them at your blog.

 

Vizu - another poll-making widget, compatible with all major blog platforms.

AnswerTips - display definitions from Answers.com for various terms on your blog. The definitions are shown in bubbles which are activated on doubleclick.

AnswerBoxes - give your visitors a chance to enter a term themselves, and get a definition from Answers.com

Now Playing - if you got to share your current playlist contents with the world, Sigamp will do the trick. Works with most popular music players, including Foobar, Winamp, iTunes and others.

BuzzBoost - display headlines from your RSS feed on any website.

LibraryThing - show off the latest books you’ve been reading.

Plaxo Address Book - let your most faithful visitors access their address books direclty from your site.

AuctionAds - a widget that displays auctioned items on eBay, and gives you a percentage of the price paid when sometimes buys an item.

aStore - similar to AuctionAds, only for Amazon. Create a mini-store on your site and receive profit when someone buys an item through your store.

Plazes - show your current location on a Plazes map.

Stockalicious - track your portfolio with this widget, and share it with others. Let everyone know how much money you’ve lost.

Yahoo! For Good - create a charity badge and ask for donations for a worthy cause.

 

Giftspace - your friends never know what to buy you for birthday? Let them know what you really want with this nifty widget.

MixMap - see where are the visitors to your MySpace profile from on a map.

Google Map Widget - display a searchable Google Map on your website.

Google Video Search - add a video search form and selected videos to your web site.

Odeo player - display an Odeo player for and podcast right there in your sidebar.

Doctor Who Daily

Doctor Who Daily
http://www.drwhodaily.com/main/index.php

Official news and tantalizing gossip on Doctor Who, Torchwood and the newest Who-based spinoff, The Sarah Jane Adventures, is the stock in trade at Doctor Who Daily. Run by devoted fans of the long-running 1963 series and its successful new incarnation, this site is an upbeat gathering place where web surfers can discuss the show, participate in polls, download screen grabs and generally celebrate the 2005 revival of one of SF's best-loved TV programs.

As its name suggests, Doctor Who Daily features a frequently updated news blog that tracks guest-star and other casting announcements, official BBC press releases, story rumors, award nominations and even the release of media tie-in products for the show. Site visitors can explore the ever-expanding gallery of images of the Doctor and his various companions and watch previews of upcoming episodes. In the site's discussion forums, members chew over Who news together, reacting to new episodes as they air. Spoilers are clearly marked, and the atmosphere is chatty but never overcrowded.
Boasting as it does one of the best-established and most loyal fan communities in the genre, Doctor Who has naturally inspired any number of Web pages. Some of these try to offer a little of everything to visitors. Doctor Who Daily's focus, on the other hand, is more specialized; it is very much a site for talkative aficionados of the program. There is nothing wrong with its news blog or other features, but the discussion forums are the real heart of this site. For Whovians looking to share a spirited conversation about any portion of the Doctor's long and colorful history, the regulars at Doctor Who Daily are a ready, willing and welcoming community of fellow travelers.

Cyberman Voice Changer

The morose metal men may have lost their emotions, but it's easy to get emotional about a toy so cool it could easily be mistaken for an original prop

Cyberman Voice Changer
By Character Options and Underground Toys
MSRP: $50-$70

The planet of Mondas had left the orbit of its sun, and its inhabitants decided that to survive the increasing cold they had to exchange some of their humanoid parts for mechanical devices. The last to go were their emotions. Emotionless machine-humans, they managed to make a propulsion system for their planet, which they led on a conquering mission. This was the premise of an early episode of the classic British TV science fiction program Doctor Who. These recurring villains have returned over and over during the series' original 26-year run, changing a little with each new episode they've starred in.

I'll be surprised if this isn't one of this year's favorite Halloween masks ...

In 2005, the series returned under new direction after 16 years of absence as a weekly TV series. In season two of the new series (considered by fans season 28), this old enemy of the Doctor returned again in a newer, sleeker form to fan applause everywhere. While the new Cybermen differed from the originals by being created by a human on an Earth in an alternative universe, their fundamentals remained more or less the same—they were cybernetic humans whose emotions had been removed.
After having created several nice action figures based on these metallic villains, in both 7-inch and 12-inch scales, U.K.-based Character Options has created a wonderful almost-full-head mask of the newly designed Cyberman, which repeats actual sound clips from the new TV series and modulates your own voice into Cyberspeak.
This Voice Changer mask is molded from solid plastic and fits most heads, from small to large. Three buttons on the side of the helmet perform three separate tasks. One fires the Electronic Stun Grip sound, another plays one of nine phrases from the TV series in that dreaded cyber-voice, and the third modulates your voice to simulate that voice.
The helmet operates with two included AA batteries, and it lights up with blue LEDs just like the Cybermen from Doctor Who.
You will like us—and become like us

This Cyberman Helmet is quite attractive. It is molded beautifully to capture each and every feature of the newly re-envisioned version of the Doctor's second-most-sinister cybernetic enemy (they have to take a back seat to the evil Daleks, I'm afraid). These helmets look good enough to actually be used in the show. There are no exaggerated features or extra junk thrown on (with the exception of the three small buttons on the left jawline). If the helmet had a complete back (it is open enough at the rear to fit a head inside), it could easily be mistaken for an original prop.
The helmet is meant to fit most sizes of head using an adjustable head strap such as you'd find in sports or construction helmets. Fitting a head inside the gap is not difficult, though if you wear glasses it becomes a chore. Best to remove those before donning the Cyber-helm. The nose fits against a rubber guard that allows for a comfortable fit. Just at the mouth is a recessed microphone. Pushing the center button then modulates anything spoken into the microphone. The sound is accompanied by a blue LED lighting up in an effect that accurately captures a speaking Cyberman.
The voice modulator can't cover your speech, so some of your natural voice leaks out, but it does alter it and the speaker sends out the altered voice. The effect is good overall. There is a slide switch that controls the pitch of the modulation, so different voices can use different settings to achieve the same Cyberman sound.
If I have one complaint about this item, it is the fact that it isn't constructed from two pieces like the Darth Vader voice changer (previously reviewed). If a rear section of the helmet could have snapped to the front, concealing the entire head, it probably would have been a bit nicer. But that would make it harder to put on and take off. Erring on the side of easy functionality was probably a good idea.
I'll be surprised if this isn't one of this year's favorite Halloween masks in the U.K., and now that Underground Toys is distributing the Character Options toys here in North America, perhaps you'll see a few here too.
So this Halloween, prepare to be upgraded ... or deleted.

When the first pictures of the new Cyberman were released prior to season 28, fans were universally excited. The re-envisioning of this old foe was very well executed. I, for one, was just as excited to see the nice job Character Options did re-creating the new look of this old villain. As for its use as a Halloween mask, visibility is limited in the helmet, as you only have the plastic eyes to see from. Proper strap adjustment will maximize visibility, but even then it is very limiting. As with any Halloween mask, be very careful using it, as limited vision can cause accidents. —Sean