050 War Monkeys

Loved the poster, had to put it up. This movie is in the works, we'll see if it gets done or not. I know we all identify with the War Monkey from time to time, it's ok to admit it.

WOO-OOO-WORK
We are finally done with our deadline, which lasted too long. So far, in 10 days and without a break, we've managed to accumulate more than three weeks worth of work hours.
On top of all that slaving away, people seem to quietly disappear around us. I don’t know how many of us are left but the numbers are dwindling down at an alarming rate. Question: Can things get any worst? Yes, I can imagine about a dozen scenarios where things go horribly wrong.

Exhausted, and burned out, we finally get to go home and rest.

SUMMER SYFY

With all the insanity going around, I am behind on everything "Tele-vision" related. I have managed to squeeze some viewing moments, although the way I have been watching TV lately should be qualified as "drive-by" viewing. And sometimes, it's so bad, I don't even watch the show, I just listen to it while I do other stuff. My wireless headphones work up to about 1 block away from my home, I have tested it on several occasions. I have also tested them in the shower and if I keep my head away from the water, it's all good.
Anyway, the usual SYFY round up is upon us again.
We are always keeping a close eye on all productions that are remotely SciFi related. Right now, Predator ans Inception are on the list of movies to watch in the next 24hrs.
Warehouse13 was also on the TV list and will be removed promptly. It's pretty bad, I don't know what I was thinking last summer when I watched it. I still think that they should take all the bad renderings, animations and visual effects , most look like shit. Sometimes it's so bad, it disrupts the visual flow of the story and I immediately loose interest. I did have to watch the Jewel Staite epsiode, just because I might be working on the interview later this summer. Haven is on the list but on probation. It sounds like the characters are slightly more developed than the W13 idiots and the story is also more intriguing. I really like the sheriff who can't feel any pain and constantly gets hurt [in the premiere anyway]. I wonder where the story is going, I hope they don't string us along forever without real answers.
Then Finally, I have the mention the season premiere of Eureka. I am one week behind, so I am already not completely up to date, BUT the seasons premiere was absolutely genius. Full of potential, it's going the traditional SciFi way with the obligatory solar flare [See Stargate] and the temporal disruption [See Star Trek - JJ Abram way]. The notion of solar flares causing disruptions in the time line and thus creating parallel universes has been done a million times. it's a classic. Even if that's true, I don't really care so much, still had fun watching the thing.

So far this summer -
Best New show:
The Good Guys [FOX]
Best Old timer:
The closer [TNT]
Worst New shows:
Rizzoli & Isles [TNT] and Rookie Blue [ABC]
Most Dramatic:
Deadliest Catch [DSC]
Most addictive:
Eureka [SYFY]
Guilty Pleasure:
SpongeBob SquarePants [NICK]


HORKOS
Here are some excerpts from the story I mentioned last month. It's not giving away too much, but my goal is to try to get the thing done by September.

Earth
The attack was sudden and brief. The Saturn orbital station was the first to disappear from radars. By the time the fleet realized what was happening, dozen of alien ships had appeared in the solar system.
The Mars colony was the second to go. Just as The Earth's Fleet launched its ships out in space, the alien armada had reached Earth’s orbit. The battle was over before it even started. Earth was blasted repeatedly by powerful weapons launched from the alien ships.
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As the Earth fleet began to engage the enemy’s armada, the alien ships were already leaving Earth’s orbit, doubling back from where they had first appear inside the solar system. Near Saturn and the remnants of the orbital station, a bright scar opens up in space creating was will later be called “The Krylon Rift." The few fleet ships that were fast enough to keep up with the aliens entered the anomaly just as it was closing back up. Those ships disappeared from radar and communications seized instantly.

With nowhere to go and no one to pursue the rest of the fleet returned to Earth.
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Back on Earth, the situation is critical. The weapons launched from space have destroyed major cities all over the world. Cairo, Paris and New York are gone. Tidal waves have destroyed most of Japan and Thailand. The west coast of the US has completely disappeared. Mega-fires are raging and smoke clouds are covering most of the planet. The devastation is made worst by the fact that no one knows yet what happened. It will takes a week before Demarchy* is able to gain control of the situation.
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Demarchy: [Coalition of nations that was formed after the great holy war [Harb-u-Muqadasah] of 2052. United, Earth was able to stabilize the government of various nations and create a global, stable economy. It is during the early years of the Demarchy that the first colonies on the Moon and Mars were settled. Later, a space station called “7th Ring” was built in Saturn’s orbit. Iconic symbol, the station was to be the final frontier of humanity's settlement and the location of the first interstellar spaceship factory.
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The world is in mourning. Amid the chaos, Earth’s Demarchy coalition has reconvened in its new temporary headquarters in Vancouver - The mood is tense –
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Luck ... One of the alien ships is recovered on the surface of the Moon where it crash landed after attacking the lunar colony.