TV/Film

Michael Bay Attacked on Transformers 4 Set?

Transformers: Age of Extinction is currently filming and like its predecessors the film is set in various locations like Hong Kong where the crew is currently stationed where things appeared to be going well until yesterday. During filming, director and producer Michael Bay was attacked and injured on the set in the busy area of…

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‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ gets a full season order

Joss Whedon must be doing something right. ABC has announced that they’ve officially picked up Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. with a full season order. This means season one will consist of a traditional 22 episodes. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. opened as this years highest-rated new drama and even despite a drop from its debut, ratings have…

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J.J. Abrams Apologizes For Lens Flares

Most geeks know that filmmaker J.J. Abrams has received a lot of trouble for making a somewhat frequent appearance of the lens flare technique in his movies. While some fans have spent hours defending Abrams it turns out that the creator has taken the first step in his recovery – admitting he has a problem….

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The Force is Strong with EA

This may be old news but it’s new to me so I figured other Star Wars/Gamer geeks might’ve missed it as well. Fans who’ve been speculating about future Star Wars video games have an answer now in EA Games. The leviathan of video game publishers has signed a deal with Disney to exclusively make Star…

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Han Solo Found On Mercury

We might not have news about the upcoming Star Wars VII, but that doesn’t mean we are lacking in Star Wars news.  I’m a sucker for any story coming from NASA.  Combine that with Star Wars and I’m hooked.  The Messenger spacecraft division of NASA has released a picture which shows a formation in the…

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Bachman’s Best – Firefly

  The best thing I saw last week was the complete run of Firefly. I again watched all 14 episodes over the week on Netflix streaming. I’ve done this 4 or 5 times since it became available on the Netflix instant queue, and this week I’ll probably watch the film Serenity again as for me…

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The Frog that wanted to hitch a ride to space with NASA…

NASA recently posted a picture of the September 6 launch of their lunar explorer, known as LADEE which showed that one little frog apparently though he was destined to join the space program as well. The picture (above) clearly shows the frog at least getting a few moments of flight before it’s presumed death. Current…

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Unboxing the Star Trek Into Darkness Gift Set

If you all know me, you know I’m a sucker for prop replicas of any type.  One of my favorite companies that makes replicas is Quantum Mechanix.  I currently own a Captain Malcolm Reynolds replica pistol and scale replica of Serenity.  On top of that, they make an awesome tribble that I got my girlfriend…

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Bachman’s Best – The World’s End

The best thing I saw last week was the final installment of Edgar Wright’s much ballyhooed Cornetto Trilogy, The World’s End. Edgar Wright brings back his boys Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and set off this trilogy ender to end all enders with a bang! It’s all here people. The quick cuts, the great quips,…

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We have a 12th Doctor….and he’s still not Ginger!!

The news that has been anticipated by Whovians around the world finally came to light on Sunday.  We now know who The 12th Doctor is.  After a little over two months of speculating after Matt Smith, The 11th Doctor, announced that he would be stepping down with this year’s Christmas Special we finally know that…

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