Fox’s Den

Stargate Continuum was released in the UK yesterday. Like the Ark of Truth, I pre-ordered the DVD so that I’d get it on the day it was released. Unlike the Ark of Truth, however, I actually enjoyed Stargate Continuum. I was quite surprised with how good the movie was, though I suppose it helped that I did absolutely hate the Ark of Truth, so I didn’t have that high hopes for this one.

This won’t be a long review, since, despite the fact I finished watching Continuum 5 minutes ago; I’m terrible when it comes to recalling all of the details of these things. I usually have to watch something 2 or 3 times before I someone can ask me what I thought of such-and-such, and I can reply with “Yes.” So anyway, the movie.

I just generally liked almost all of the movie, so I’m going to start by mentioning what I didn’t like. One of the things which made me feel sad was Don S. Davis, who played George Hammond (Of Texas O_O). Those of you who may have heard the terrible news, he died last month, so it was really depressing when I saw him in this movie. It would have been great if he’d had a bigger role in this movie, being his last venture into the Stargate universe, but I suppose that couldn’t be helped. Still, at the very least it was great to see him one last time.

I am always annoyed whenever a show kills off a major villain for the last time, so seeing Baal, who I thought was a great enemy throughout SG-1, die was a little bit sad, but the good thing about Baal is - we can always hope he’s got another clone somewhere. I just really loved the system lords in Stargate. Farewell to the last of them! It was also brilliant to see Vala (Qetesh) kick Baal’s ass. A badass Vala was just awesome - she’d have made a good system lord in here time!

Other than that, I don’t think I have anything bad to say about this movie. It had a brilliant classic SG-1 feel to it, and didn’t feel nearly as rushed as the Ark of Truth did. I think it would be great to have more of these self-contained stories, where the writers can focus on completing a story without being pressured into a short, 90-minute timeframe.

If you’re reading this, then it means I finally managed to type out this blog entry after 3 weeks of creating drafts for new blogs. Basically, I’m lazy. I had hoped to blog more when I first started my blog, but to be honest, my life really isn’t all that interesting. I’ve got about 10 blog drafts from all the times I’ve started writing blogs, and just never got around to finishing them. I’m like that; I’ll start a project and never finish it. I really need more discipline so I can focus on these things and actually get them done! Especially since I’ll be starting my second year of university in September, and it’s going to be A LOT harder than last year.

Hmmm, so what else is happening? Oh, I agreed to work a 15 hour shift at work in October - wake up at 9am and get home at midnight. I then have the joy of university the next morning - yay!

I’m also REALLY looking forward to season 3 of Dexter which premiers September 22nd. It’s just such a brilliant show - I’ll be buying season 2 on DVD as soon as it’s released. Other shows I’m really looking forward to include Heroes season 3 (Which I believe also starts on the 22nd - that’ll be a big day! :D) Annoyingly, I’ll start my second year of university the next day *stabs waking up before noon*

Well anyway, now that the weekend’s out of the way, I get to look foward to a lovely week of sleep, more laziness,  support tickets and laziness. Yay!

I’ll start off by saying I survived my week with no parents…

Now that that’s out the way, time to discuss something far more interesting. Sci-Fi!

On my little sci-fi site I run, I like to post a list of some of the upcoming sci-fi (And fantasy, I suppose) TV that’s due to air in the next few months. Since I know there’s quite a few sci-fi fans on ZB, I thought I’d share with you my list covering the next few months:

July

11th - Stargate Atlantis - Search and Rescue (Part 2) - 5×01
18th - Stargate Atlantis - The Seed - 5×02
25th - Stargate Atlantis - Broken Ties - 5×03
29th - Eureka - Bad to the Drone - 3×01
29th - Stargate: Continuum - DVD Release - US

August

TBC: - Star Wars: Clone Wars - Premier
1st - Stargate Atlantis - The Daedalus Variations - 5×04
5th - Eureka - What about Bob? - 3×02
12th - Eureka - Best in Faux - 3×03
15th - Stargate Atlantis - Ghost in the Machine - 5×05
19th - Eureka - I do Over - 3×04
22nd - Stargate Atlantis - The Shrine - 5×06
26th - Eureka - Show me the Mummy - 3×05

September

TBC: - Sarah Jane Smith Adventures - Premier - 2×01
TBC: 2nd - Eureka - Phased and Confused - 3×06
22nd - Heroes - The Butterfly Effect - 3×01
29th - Heroes - DreamTime - 3×02

October

6th - Heroes - One of Us, One of Them - 3×03
13th - Heroes - The Year of Our Lord - 3×04

Other News

- Torchwood season 3 confirmed - Early 2009 Premier
- Sarah Jane Smith Adventures season 2 confirmed - The Rani are also expected to return - September 2008 Premier - awaiting details.
- Sanctuary: TV show in production following eight webisode series. October 2008 Premier - awaiting details.
- Star Wars: Clone Wars Awaiting more information on this. Premiers in cinemas August 2008.
- Doctor Who season 5 will air in 2010. A Christmas special will air this Christmas, with 3 more specials to follow in 2009. Awaiting details.
- Sarah Connor Chronicles season 2 is also meant to start at some point. Looking for details on this. O_O

Yeah, it’s incomplete, probably got some errors, and most of you who’ll find this information useful will probably have to live in America (Where most of these shows air first) or be as illegal as I am.

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Yay! The weekend is over!

Before you start throwing things at me, read on. So, the weekend is over and I’m still alive. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, refer to previous blog entry :P)

For those that don’t know, I work weekends. This was probably what I was dreading most about my parents being away. Having to get ready for work and be organised on my own. Now, don’t think I am so dependant on my parents - I’m not, but obviously it helps to have someone to remind you to bring money for lunch, or to make sure I’m prepared the night before.

Thankfully, I managed. I drove to work and back on my own without issue, and I really did gain confidence on the roads (This was something I was also worried about). As far as life at home is going, I’m learning so many new things! The washing machine for example. I can use it now! I can also make myself food other than toast and, well, toast-related things. I have yet to tackle “washing the dishes”, but this is something I’ll do tomorrow (I’m tired after work, so won’t do it now :D).

Now I have the next 5 days off, time to watch DVDs, sleep, eat and….wash the dishes… :ermm:

Ok, perhaps a more depressing title to start my new blog than I’d like, but it’s what’s currently going on in my life that I’m using this for, so I better start with exactly that.

I am quite scared. My parents, along with my brother are going to Spain for a week leaving me at home on my own. Now I’ve been on holiday on my own without my parents, but I’ve always been with others. This time I’ll be completely alone. It’s scaring me more than it probably should. It’s probably also to do with the fact the rest of my family will also be away this week, so I have no one to call if anything goes wrong. I’ll also have to drive to work, and I’m really not a confident driver at all.

I sort of wish I had agreed to go to Spain, instead of staying at home and going to work, but I had my reasons, and I probably will go next year if offered. But now I just have to survive the next 7 days. Will I be alive when they return? Or will my family return to a corpse… Stay tuned.

On a happier note, my parents did buy me lots of chocolate to live on. Maybe I will live after all!