Tag Archives: Fun Stuff

THE SFX FACTOR: Greatest TV Title Sequences Round 7

The SFX Factor ROUND 7 (opens in new tab) Round seven, and first up, those eliminations. Now, something the judges didn’t notice yesterday when we announced there would be two shows ousted today was that that would leave 13 title sequences. And we’re a superstitious lot – we don’t like …

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Spurious Awards Of The Week

Damon Salvatore Impression Of The Week That woman from Lost who turned up in the Fringe finale this week has mastered the Ian Somerhalder eye-rolling, for sure. Proverb Of The Week (opens in new tab) “What’s the best way to get a friend to quit drinking? Tear his arms off.” …

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The Week In Sci-Fi

(opens in new tab) MONDAY 30 APRIL Grimm continues at 9pm on Watch. What will Melisandre’s crazy smoke child get up to this week? Find out in Game Of Thrones , Sky Atlantic at 9pm. Catch a bit of prime Brosnan in Goldeneye , 9pm on ITV2. There’s teen werewolf …

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The Witcher 2 Launch Event

Full report from the amazing live-action event that launched The Witcher 2 (plus: you can win a copy of the ultra-rare Dark Edition) We’ll let you in on a little secret, often press events aren’t as exciting as you think they would be. We’ve been on many a set visit …

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Spurious Awards Of The Week

Alternative Batman Of The Week Practice, practice, practice. Unrealistic Aspiration Of The Week (opens in new tab) Forget steroids. They’re condoning the use of gamma radiation now! Guest Star Of The Week (opens in new tab) The stranger Awake gets, the better it gets, and the fewer viewers it gets …

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Sci-Fi Bargains Of The Week

Hello and welcome to this week’s SFX bargain round up. It’s that time of the week when we shower you with the latest cheap sci-fi finds. Check it out; we might have just what you’re looking for… (opens in new tab) First up we’ll remind you of a couple of …

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Tweets Of The Week

The reporting of news has fundamentally changed thanks to Twitter. Take last Wednesday’s announcement of Doctor Who ’s new companion, Jenna Louise-Coleman. In the past, the experience of such events was this: journalists in attendance frantically texting their co-workers in the office who bung up as much information online as …

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Isnt It About Time You Gave Armageddon Another Chance?

It’s the end of the world as we know it, but Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton have a plan and it involves Ben Affleck being tall, space shuttles and Aerosmith. But is it any good? Accepted wisdom is no, but is accepted wisdom wrong? Let’s hear the opening arguments. …

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