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Mia ‘Naked Mandy’ Kirshner
Joins Julie Benz For Post-Apocalyptic Pilot DEFIANCE!!
Mia Kirshner (“24,” “The L Word”) and Fionnula Flanagan (“Brotherhood,” “Lost”) has have joined Julie Benz (“Angel,” “Dexter”) and Grant Bowler (“Ugly Betty,” “True Blood”) for “Defiance,” a Syfy pilot about a “frontier boomtown” situated on an Earth devastated by a “universal war.”
Kirshner plays the town madam, Bowler plays the local lawman, Flanagan plays the ex-mayor and Benz plays the hottest mayor ever.
The potential series was created by Michael Taylor (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Virtuality,” “Caprica,” “Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome”), Rockne S. O’Bannon (“Seaquest,” “Farscape,” “V”) and Kevin Murphy (“Desperate Housewives,” “Caprica”).
Find all of Deadline’s exclusive on the matter here.
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Hodor
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That "other" rag-tag town on the edge of a future frontier pilot? Can we get any news on that? Also - what about "Starship Defender", which looks like it could be SyFy's only Space Opera... someone find out the details.
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Good to see he's still working! His writing from the twilight zone to Farscape has been consistently excellent throughout the years.
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you're welcome
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but she was just 18 y/o back then...but talk about perfection..any better than that really.
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April 21, 2012, 5:12 a.m. CST
just did some research and she was still 17 when they filmed Exotica
by Rupee88
That makes it even hotter...damn.
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I wish she would have made another appearance on 24. But Jack would have just killed her. It's better that she was never caught.
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although knowing syfy they'll rename it "Deadwood 2100"
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Man's Heaven!
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Both girls look anorexic.
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Oh you mean, Firefly.
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She was way too interesting a character to just get a pardon for all her crimes in season 4, never to be seen again....hopefully, she will turn up in the 24 movie. Her character got away with some horrible stuff!
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She killed a guy and jumped out of a plane or something. She was easily the best villain except maybe Nina Myers. And maybe RoboCop.
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I knew girls like that when living in Santa Cruz.. SO certain of their importance, that the drama in their lives (manufactured or otherwise) elevated them to some higher level of existence. Oh yeah.. she wrote a LOT of shit poetry too. Unfortunately the only sure way to get into her panties was to read whatever vacuous drivel she'd recently vomited forth via pen & paper :(
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April 21, 2012, 7:42 a.m. CST
damn and she was topless in a movie the year before she did Exotica
by Rupee88
She must have been 16..her father had to sign a "nudity" waiver..read it on Wikipedia. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1428373/mia_kirshner_topless_in_love_human_remains_1993/
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April 21, 2012, 8:03 a.m. CST
It's amazing how there is always in a post apocalyptic the majority of survivors are Caucasian. And all of them are "handsome" and "beautiful".
by Cedric Ford
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April 21, 2012, 8:12 a.m. CST
Julie Benz does not look like that anymore. Looks to have had plastic surgery gone awry
by Rebel Scumb
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April 21, 2012, 8:14 a.m. CST
I always thought Mia looked like an anorexic Jennifer Connelly
by Rebel Scumb
I did really enjoy her on 24 and Exotica though, and there is so little science fiction on TV right now I will give this a shot the cast IS really good overall. Love Fionnula Flannigan! And interesting combo of writers/showrunners
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April 21, 2012, 8:15 a.m. CST
This will be more interesting if the 'universal war' is not just another alien invasion story
by Rebel Scumb
But either all human vs human stuff ala Firefly/Game of Thrones or a mix of aliens and humans vs a mix of aliens vs humans.
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"we don't have the budget to film any battle scenes, so we'll just reference this big kick ass war happening off-screen and that way we can just focus on the "people stories". Barf.
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April 21, 2012, 8:45 a.m. CST
Will someone please just give me deadwood on mars already?
by brechtsky
Lost meets deadwood, scifi future frontier town / first colony... like deadwood, it's a first colony type thing, one basically governed on its own since communication to mars is so delayed... But there could easily be some sweet ancient alien mystery, town /government corruption, etc... great premise, much better than this schlock of future civil war frontier town...
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I'm actually completely fine with it if that's what they do. Truthfully, in a lot of ways I find that more interesting
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And I think that was her last movie/tv series that didn't involve either the word 'naked' or the act of being naked.
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why? Why? Why?
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Universal can mean "all encompassing", as in a war that affected everyone and everything on the planet as opposed to some bullshit with aliens. I will watch anything where Julie Benz is going to speak, so though the only show Syfy/SciFi has ever produced that I enjoyed was BSG, this is going on my DVR list. If I could force myself to watch the first season of Jericho, I can watch anything with Ms. Benz.
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April 21, 2012, 9:12 a.m. CST
=It's amazing how there is always in a post apocalyptic the majority survivors are Caucasian=
by Mugato5150
Obama and his family will make it. And Tyler Perry because Satan has to stick to their deal but let's be honest here. I don't think Naked Mandy was written out of 24 more than she just had other less important but more naked things to do, like the No Dick, Just Dyke Show. I'm sure they would have brought her back if they could.
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My Spanish is *very* limited, but I reckon you both meant to say Joder. If you weren't trying to say that, I have no idea what you were going on about.
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... and maybe she'll have more curves than a 12 year old boy. Till then, no thanks.
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You're standing exactly 500 and one feet from an elementary school right now, aren't you?
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April 21, 2012, 10:06 a.m. CST
mossad, it's a Game of Thrones reference (no spoilers within)
by Rebel Scumb
There is large gentle fellow named Hodor, who only ever says 'Hodor'
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when they're announced to star in a show? Oh, that's right. Because we only judge women by their bodies, not their achievements.
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April 21, 2012, 10:40 a.m. CST
Considering the talent involved, I have high hopes for this show
by Lily
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April 21, 2012, 10:42 a.m. CST
Besides the four or five Caucasian principle characters will they have the one black guy and a Asian to round out the last of mankind?
by Cedric Ford
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You should head over to CHUD, they're always on the lookout for trolls over there!
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April 21, 2012, 10:50 a.m. CST
And on a last note of authenticity of apocalyptic themes,how come it looks like everybody is still well groomed? Did the beauty and drug stores survive the devastation?
by Cedric Ford
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April 21, 2012, 10:53 a.m. CST
On the Walking Dead how come the women aren't running to the store for there monthly feminine hygiene products?!?
by Cedric Ford
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the reason they dont post scantily clad men photos is probably because 99.9% of the site's visitors are straight males and its run by men as well so yeah, pretty easy to figure out. lol as for walking dead, since they're all infected already its turned their women parts to crap so they dont have periods anymore? well except the sheriff's wife, she still works fine but be patient the answer will come for that and its a doozy.
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...Hodor?.... oHo'oooodor! lol!
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She has healthy C cups. And an ass out to here. You're fucking blind.
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and under 30 years old reminds you of a 12 year old girl? I love you. You make the world a better place for the rest of us.
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April 21, 2012, 11:39 a.m. CST
For me with Mia it's not an issue of breast size (I actually prefer the smaller perky ones anyways)
by Rebel Scumb
It's just that she looks a bit malnurished, not that she should turn into Cristina Hendricks or anything, she just looks gaunt. It's that heroine chic look. If she comes by it naturally than I've got nothing against her, but personally I think she would just look a lot healthier if she gained 10 lbs.
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April 21, 2012, 12:04 p.m. CST
I've actually known some of those Santa Cruz girls too, largojr
by Jaka
Kinda think it's a have to have been there and done that sort a thing. But I totally get what you're saying. Funny thing is, they graduate and/or move away from Santa Cruz and they become totally different people.
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So true.
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April 21, 2012, 12:05 p.m. CST
So when is Joss going to get around to making more shows set in the Firefly universe?
by Jaka
Because that's what this sounds like to me.
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I' want to bang her so bad, i mean she was cute in angel but damn she was stupid hot in no ordinary family!!!! Thos big ass tits, and nice ass. also her lips. God her figure had me hard... I'm surprised mike chiklis didnt hit on her I would have... Looks like she can take a mean dick... lol.
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... and they could seriously skimp on the budget by filming it there. And there'd be plenty of Mexicans to calm down the too-many-caucasians crowd.
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This show is a Joss Whedon away from combining all the elements of my geeky favorites. It's got Naked Mandy from 24 (nekkid gravitas!); it's got the bad-ass Irish mom from Lost and Brotherhood who makes Mommie Dearest look like Jan Brady; it's got post-apocalypse; it's got Rockne S. O'Bannon _and_ Michael Taylor. Jessum Crow people why am I the only one passing out from the cool potential here?
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April 21, 2012, 3:28 p.m. CST
oisin5199- They post pics of shirtless men on this site all the time.
by Mr. Waturi
Pretty much any article about Stallone, The Rock, Henry Caville, Ryan Reynolds, etc. will show them shirtless, in tank tops, or tights. So quit your whining. In fact, this site is about as homoerotic as they come. Check any talkback when a new trailer comes out, and you'll see plenty of fanboys talking about how it gave them boners.
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It's only been going on for thousands of years. Biology is not politically correct. I don't know about you, but I can't remember how many times I was attracted to a girl back in high school but she didn't like me, she liked some guy 2-3 years older with a car. "Women date older guys because women are mature," is a myth. Women date older guys because they have more money and can do more stuff for them. We like tits, women like men with money/power. Somehow men accepted the reality of what we have to go through for women, yet women will bitch and moan forever about us judging their bodies. We both play the genetics sweepstakes. If nature doesn't give a fuck about giving a baby brain cancer, it sure as shit doesn't care about your breast size either.
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If 12-year-old boys really looked like Mia and Julie lawmakers worldwide would lower the age of consent to 11.
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I'll be in my bunk.
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April 21, 2012, 4:03 p.m. CST
I read that she lied to her parents so she could do Exotica.
by Royston Lodge
I forget where she told them she was going every day, but it wasn't "to a film set strip club."
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Truth. *nods in approval*
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April 21, 2012, 4:24 p.m. CST
Why caucasians would survive vs blacks in an apocalypse in the US.
by spire_walk
Black people in the rural deep south will do fine. But all the urban blacks, along with urban whites, will eat all their food in two weeks, eat each other, and starve. Kiss places like DC, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta goodbye. Surviving hordes will fan out to the exurbs, so you better hope you live beyond a 100 mile radius.
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called 'I Live Here'. About the lives of refugees and other victims around the world. Worth checking out
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...nope. Us city folk have agreed. Soon as there's a 'poxyclypse we're all carpooling out to the country with our armalites and glocks and hunting us some hillbillies. We all decided right after National Geographic started that Doomsday Preppers show.
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I think you read the wrong post and attributed it to the wrong person.
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April 21, 2012, 6:52 p.m. CST
Err... let me be clear, I was "truth"ing spire_walk's 'men vs women attraction' comment
by Jaka
Cool? Cool.
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You might get lucky, but the cities will be FUCT. Good luck finding gasoline to even make it out of town. The first thing people are going to do is stock up as fast as they can... gas stations and supermarkets will be swamped. Problem is that gas stations will run out first, and with this scenario of a total collapse happening fast (i.e. nuclear war, asteroid, comet, EM Pulse, Yellowstone Super-Caldera erruption, Jesus returns, or zombies) you're looking at a total breakdown of infrastructure. No one will be running freight or fuel runs into places that will already be under full-scale riots, anyway. The initial panic and overstocking of food is going to exacerbate the problem, as the only way to survive is immediate rationing... but you can kiss that idea goodbye in a hurry. By the time such measures will be activated, the die-off will already be happening. After food stocks run out in the town, the lights are off, and fuel is gone, mobs will be fanning out into the suburbs and exurbs areas picking those areas clean. After that, the survivors move out into the rural areas. By this point people are starving to death and former urban dwellers resemble somalians. These mobs will wipe out all the farmers who happen to live 100-150 miles of the cities and scavenge what they can. Your loner hermit prepper survivalists will be fucked because that one dude with a deer rifle or armalite is going to get besieged and wiped out. Your deep rural areas might be able to survive without eating each other if they can produce sufficient crop yields. This will depend on the sort of disaster. If it's a killer asteroid/comet/super volcano, they'll be lucky to make it through the ice age that hits. If it's nuclear, the whole eco system may very well be poison.
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April 21, 2012, 7:13 p.m. CST
yeh because a few chicks would sell a stupid series and all boring crap in it
by quintana007
right Mr Whedon?
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Yeah. Wasn't meaning racism about blacks and the apocalypse. It was a response to how unrealistic it is that the overwhelming majority of survivors would be white. That's actually true to a degree, but not due to some inherent superiority of white people. You just have more white people in rural parts of the country. Rural blacks would have just as good a chance. Rural ANYBODY would do better. Problem is that the majority of blacks in the nation live in urban areas, and urban centers would be screwed. White, black, asian, hispanic urbanites get screwed hard when no one's shipping food and fuel to the urban centers any longer.
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April 21, 2012, 7:23 p.m. CST
The truth about entitled talkbackers and trolls
by Hey_Kobe_Tell_Me_How_My_Ass_Tastes
centers around those who think that just because they are allowed to post here or have been doing so since before such a thing called a smart phone existed - which allows them to post while taking a shit at the same time, or post their shit as such the case may be, then they are somehow entitled to being treated like fucking hands off royalty. furthermore such entitled fucks think they have the right to criticize anyone and everyone with impunity because afterfall harry is beholden to them and their daily hit counts for his income and fame which they deride constantly and threaten daily by saying they will never return because this place just aint what it used to be, but strangely enough they do return.news for all of them, if this site was mostly beholden on talkback hit counts it would have went belly up a long long long time ago. they will not believe me, even though the proof is on the posting page and can be found with a google search of site hit counts. they will continue to exist in their entitled little world because this place is important to them, they need this place far far more that it needs them. the d.vader banning of a year ago and subsequent moaning and bitching and screams of 'im never coming back' really did spell the doom of talkbacks and aicn. oh wait a minute, no it did not. the site miraculously kept going and the place was actually better off because all inbred trolls and their sock puppets stayed away until they realized how desperately they needed this place and how much it did not need them. that is the bullshit i rail against and why i heap scorn on choppah and his sock puppet echo chamber ilk and all the anti social trolls who would cry for years if this site truly went belly up. actually this site performs a public service keeping assholes like ctm and that pedophile conspiracy from the general public
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...But are these the only photos that are available? Transparent clothes, underwear, underwear, headshot, underwear. Five headshots would make more sense, wouldn't it?
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April 21, 2012, 7:44 p.m. CST
Wait...it's on SciFi Channel? Then it's GOTTA be great! *groan*
by obijuanmartinez
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I'm in!
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April 21, 2012, 7:53 p.m. CST
While I approve of Ms Benz on general principle, MUST it be more post-apocalyptic guff?
by Nerfee
Pitch meeting: It's like Jericho meets Firefly! Those shows were cancelled for a reason, brohame.
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....how many different names are you writing this shit on?
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That makes perfect sense. Thanks for clarifying without tearing my head off.
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April 21, 2012, 8:21 p.m. CST
mugato5150 - And how many different threads is he going to post it on.
by Jaka
It don't even make sense because it's completely out of context every place I've seen it.
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April 21, 2012, 8:40 p.m. CST
then stop fucking reading it you tranny bitch
by Hey_Kobe_Tell_Me_How_My_Ass_Tastes
if it was aimed at you then you would get it
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We haven't gotten a good comedic take on it yet. Think Friday meets Zombieland.
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April 21, 2012, 8:47 p.m. CST
The guy who invented Dothraki was hired for this show to invent a few alien languages
by spacechampion
At least according to this CNN clip http://tinyurl.com/74d2etl Apparently this show is shot in Canada and is about a couple of alien races have used the Earth as their latest battlefield against each other and destroyed most of the Earth and even terraformed parts of it to their species' preferences. Humanity survives in the cracks and neutral zones...
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April 21, 2012, 8:50 p.m. CST
Apparently a video game was developed for this first or simultaneously
by spacechampion
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....way to make people care about anything you've got to say. lol
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Some people come here because occasionally there's actual discussion about movies. That doesn't mean there aren't asshole posters and the admins aren't dicks sometimes.
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April 21, 2012, 10:48 p.m. CST
Damn... this show is looking sexy, but I also must vent a bit... smoke' em if you got 'em
by lv_426
On the plus side Defiance has some scrumptious looking ladies in the lead roles. Then the TV sci-fi talent behind it with Rockne S. O' Bannon and BSG's Michael Taylor is also good news. I'm a huge fan of Farscape and BSG. On the other hand, Defiance feels like it is raping and pillaging my brain of ideas for sci-fi stories and scripts I've had swimming around in the old noodle lately. At least if spacechampion's info is correct concerning DEFIANCE. *alien races have used the Earth as their latest battlefield... destroyed most of the Earth and even terraformed parts of it to their species' preferences.* -- check *Humanity survives in the cracks and neutral zones...* -- check I also had an idea for a TV show or novel called Martian Cop. It would be about a cop from Earth relocating to a colonized Mars after taking a job there as the sheriff of a remote outpost/town rife with corruption. The short and dirty pitch would be Outland mixed with Total Recall. Sure it isn't the most original idea under the sun, but darn it folks, I liked it and wanted to do something with it. I suppose all is not lost... maybe it can be turned into Tau Ceti Cop, or The Last Sheriff of Arcturus or something along those lines? This also sorta sounds like what brechtsky is asking for with a Deadwood on Mars. That would be cool too. Although, nowadays, anything Mars related is a no go in H-wood since John Carter nuked that planet from ever having a chance to be featured as a setting in film or TV again (unfortunately it looks like we will never see that epic TV miniseries adaptation of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy from James Cameron). Anyways, every time I think of some cool new ideas, somebody beats me to it. Especially now with science fiction and space opera being somewhat hot again. It seems that I missed that train. I should of quite my job and started writing like some epic space opera like a madman the moment I walked out of Avatar's midnight showing with a big ass geek sci-fi nerd buzz zapping my brain and a grin on my face. I guess I need to be about 20-50 years ahead of the curve with my ideas at this rate. Where's a cryotube when you need one? Of course, that means they will be too *out there* for Hollywood. I just can't win. ARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah well, maybe my suppressed desire to write A L I E N/AL(l)ENS and TERMINATOR fanfic isn't such a misguided idea after all? At least that stuff would stay on my hard drive and not allow my delusions of grandeur to rear up from the recesses of the old noodle to bug those poor Hollywood agents and execs out there in sunny California. Then again, maybe there is hope for me yet with cyberpunk? Along with space opera, it is one of my favorite science fictional sub-genres. Cyberpunk hasn't been rehashed and completely strip-minded again in the recent sci-fi boom yet. ----------- Oh well, gotta try and stay positive. With Defiance we got some fine lookin' ladies in a sci-fi environment that could be FUN. I stress the word fun because I'm betting Defiance won't be too serious. I wager it will be more along the lines of Being Human or Lost Girl. The T+A aspect of this new show hints at them going for a sexy-fun vibe more than a dark and serious Battlestar Galactica/Deadwood/Game of Thrones/Caprica style show. Also, what the frak is the deal with SyFy canning the BSG: Blood & Chrome series? The fact that they basically threw out a new and potentially cool BSG series for a sci-fi/western is a bit annoying. So say we all?
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April 21, 2012, 10:55 p.m. CST
Ah, yes, I remember her vividly. Honestly? This woman is my favorite actress
by Proman1984
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as this Defiance concept sounds a lot like Falling Skies with better tits.
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Hey, hasn't anyone seen Mia lately? She doesn't look as thin and young like these pictures anymore. I liked her on the L word/24 and was happy she showed up on the Vampire Diaries, but she's looking her age. Unless she was pregnant, middle age is catching up to her. Just saying.
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....which is to say, Jennifer Connelly (at least post-2000).
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April 22, 2012, 8:47 a.m. CST
It is a real shame about Jennifer Connelly. I think the poster for Career Oppurtunities singlehandedly ushered me into puberty
by Rebel Scumb
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Sweet Hereafter is also amazing.
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is Lt Data's mother..
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In for a penny, in for a pound I say.
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April 22, 2012, 6:07 p.m. CST
Swimsuit shots? Shoooot. How about some James Joyce's Women shots?
by Jaka
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I think she has fake boobs now
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Timmah.
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But Mia Kirschner was pretty damn awesome in NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE. Yeah, I said it... that movie is a lot of fun.
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When does this show take place?
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April 23, 2012, 3:25 p.m. CST
sci fi on syfy, wont make it passed the 2 hour miniseries stage, will have terrible cgi, and will suck
by Daniel
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