Our REAL September show is out!

I bet you thought you would only have our Sending a Signal show this month… but fear not! We have a 100% Sending a Wave for you hot off the press!
We recorded it yesterday!!
You may know Wendy went to a certain convention a few weeks ago and met a few (actually a lot of ) amazing people… so we thought we would share that with you! Watch out for Wendy’s great interview with the Browncoat Redemption people, they are awesome!!
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PS: and yes… if some of you are wondering… I still hate her… it’s a loving kind of hate mind you…

Alan Tudyk retreads the boards

Prior to making his appearance at the “Salute to Serenity” convention in Los Angeles in November, Mr Tudyk will be appearing in “An Evening Without Monty Python” along with Jane Leeves, Jeff B Davis, Rick Holmes and Jim Piddock.

The show is a celebration of 40 years of Monty Python and will include some of their funniest sketches and songs.  It has been co-directed by Python member, Eric Idle. 

The show is being performed in Los Angele 23 September – 4 October and then transfers for a limited run in NYC 6 – 10 October.  You can find out all about it here.

Now all we need is for this to come to Blighty – with cast intact, of course!

Dragon*Con 2009 and news, NEws, NEWS

To paraphrase the late, great Douglas Adams, “Dragon*Con is big.  I mean really big.” In fact the only thing that is missing is a towel and I do think the organizers should consider putting “don’t panic” in large, friendly letters on their pocket guide.

I had such a fabulous time.  My thanks to the crew of The Signal who kindly allowed me to join them for their live show, Andy and the QMx team, PJ Haarsma, Denise Gary and assorted KNTR peeps, the tour-de-force that is Mike Dougherty and the cast and crew of “Browncoats: Redemption”, the Austin Browncoats and for all the Browncoats who wore a costume or t-shirt declaring that our show may be gone, but it isn’t forgotten.

The first piece of news that I want to mention is quite important.  Many of you have (I’m hoping) been wondering what has been happening with London artist, Martin Firrell’s “Hero” project featuring Nathan Fillion.  Well, quite a lot actually; while Nathan was in London appearing at Collectormania 15 in June, he also did some pick ups with Martin for the piece and there have been additions of authors and serving members of the Queen’s Guards.  The website has been rejuvenated and once more we are being encouraged to help shape the piece by adding to the blog.  Please, go and have a look.

I know that the following is “old” news buuuut, what the heck?  Summer Glau is moving into the “Dollhouse” for the forthcoming season along with Alexis Denisof. Former BSG alumn, Jamie Bamber is featured as a client in one of the early episodes.

Alan Tudyk’s “High Poon” short of “James Gunn’s PG Porn” series is still available on spike.com.  I, personally, have found this series to be very funny with “Helpful Bus” being particularly hilarious.

Gina Torres will be appearing on next season’s “Gossip Girl” as “Vanessa’s mother”.  Let me be completely honest, I have no idea of the significance as I never watch the show, but I do know it’s popular.

As part of the NYC tub-thumping for the near imminent second season of “Castle”, Nathan Fillion will be making an appearance at the NYC Apple Store in SoHo on 18 September where I’m sure many people will be learning about iPhone apps they never dreamed existed.  During the hiatus months, ABC commissioned an actual “Nikki Heat” novel which will also be published in the US shortly and if you are interested the first 3 chapters are available on their website as part of their “Castle” microsite.  I’m not a huge fan of the murder-mystery genre, but I did quite like what I read.  The last time I perused Amazon.co.uk, I’m fairly certain I saw that “Heat Wave” is to be published here in Blighty in January, so maybe that means we finally get to see the show officially at last?

Staying on the Fillion slant; Kids Need To Read have their 2010 calendars for sale on eBay.  Go, support – we all need a calendar.

Neatly segueing but still staying with fundraising: “Browncoats: Redemption”.  Mike and the crew had a panel as part of D*C’s Whedon Track  which was so well attended that about 50 people couldn’t get in.  The teaser trailer was screened twice to much enthusiasm from everyone present.

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Sending a Signal or Signaling a Wave? You decide!

Our September show is out!

A little while back we decided to “meet up” with The Signal crew to do a mash up podcast and Sending a Signal or Signaling a Wave or whatever you want to call it was born!
This is another of our trademark show where a LOT of things is being discussed just because we felt like it…
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“Chuck” 3D!

This week, the 3D episode of “Chuck” is aired in Blighty.  If you haven’t already got your free glasses from Virgin 1, they are also available attached to the current issue of TV and Satellite Weekly.  You’ve got all of Monday to get yours!  Don’t forget “Chuck” fans, monitoring glasses requests and magazine sales could be another way that Warner is measuring overseas audience numbers for the show; as Tesco are more than fond of telling us, “every little helps” …

As a Will Riker fan (yes, there really does have to be one …), I was more than

pleased with the news that Jonathan Frakes has directed an episode of the second series of “Dollhouse”.  Personally, I hope it isn’t just the one as I do think the episodes he directed on “Star Trek: TNG” were amongst the best of the entire series, I think it’s a given that “STAR TREK – FIRST CONTACT” is the best of the “TNG” films and arguably the second best of the entire 11 films to date.  I also didn’t think “THUNDERBIRDS” was that bad (best if you were under 10) once you closed your ears to the stupid voiceover at the beginning (Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner: Brits know all about Thunderbirds, most of us grew up watching it – we didn’t need a voice over).   Thanks to Shawna Trpcic for posting the photo of Mr Frakes with Miracle Laurie on her Twitter.

Lastly, KNTR has another eBay auction happening right now.  In March, Nathan Fillion made an appearance on “The Jimmy Kimmel Show” and was shown a fan made Captain Hammer figure.  The creator has now made 4 sets; but this is the only set being auctioned off to fans, is the only one with Penny and this Captain Hammer has been signed by Nathan.  The top bid currently stands at $610 and you have 1 day and about 8 hours before the close (at the time of typing this post), so if you want to have your chance at owning what really is a virtual one-off, please go here and good luck.

KNTR’s Twitter challenge

If you have listened to our last show, you will know that Odile made her bid for the QMx’s prize of Inara’s shuttle.  Personally, I think how better an effort can one get, but then again I’m biased … 

Today into my email inbox is another fab effort: a UK KNTR supporter has offered to donate £100 to KNTR if QMx gets their 1,500 followers by Friday.  You can find QMx on Twitter as @QMxInsider – go on!  Give Odile a fighting chance and KNTR another £100.

Nerd Fight!

I know that I have just Twittered this, but what with Dragon*Con coming up, it pays to Be Prepared: The Correctness have posted this more than funny blog and, well, despite all best intentions we’ve all ended up in conversations such as these …

What news so far this week – Variety announced on 13 August thatBryan Singer is currently attached to direct a big-screen “re-imagining” of “BATTLESTAR GALACTICA”.  According to Variety, this is Mr Singer’s second attempt at the property and has the backing of original creator, Glen A Larson who will be producing.   This film is likely to bear little relation to the recent TV series as reimagined by Ron Moore.

Warner Bros has announced a re-make of it’s 1981 SF thriller “OUTLAND”.  The original film starred Sean Connery as a Marshal investigating a murder in a mining colony on Io.  There is no word as to casting, but will be directed by Michael Davis, who is quoted in Variety as saying, “We’re staying true to the thematic heart of ‘Outland’ while expanding the space frontier concept.”  Hmm, quite.

Apologies to all Los Angeleans …

One of our listeners in LA has quite rightly pointed out that both the novel, “I Am Legend” and “THE OMEGA MAN” were both set in Los Angeles and not New York as I said in our last show.  I do apologize, believe it or not I have seen “THE OMEGA MAN” and all I can say is that in subsequent discussions with my friend in New York my brain has done a flip and I’ve associated it with NYC.

Thanks Scott for being sweet about it.

Sending A Wave on Twitter

Yes, I spent a lot of air explaining my view on Twitter on the last show, but I do recognize a marketing tool when I see one, so we’ve jumped on the bandwagon as “sendingawave”.

July and August Sending a Wave shows!

July has been a very busy and technologically challenging month but here we are both July and August shows are now available for download!

Our July show is all about the CSTS screening in Warwick, where Wendy joined us with her recording/ tazer looking device and took a few sound bites.

Want to listen to what we’ve been up to? Click here!

Our August  show is all about… well… about what we felt like talking about on Sunday when we met up! We had a couple of news, we discuss Twitter, Torchwood and other shows as well as different films… a bit of everything and anything.

Want to listen to our rambling Click here!

Enjoy and let us know what you think!