Out this week we have four DVDs to feature:  Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Ghost Hunters: Season Five, Part One, LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers,  Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant.  Do we Love It, Rent it, or Avoid Like Plague?

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• Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths:  In a parallel Earth ruled by the crime syndicate, the Justice League must fight their evil doppelgangers in a battle that would be dead even, except that their malicious counterparts are willing to do the one thing Batman and Superman never would… kill.  The special features include over 2 hours of bonus content!  I've really enjoyed DC's direct to DVD projects like  Green Lantern: First Flight, Wonder Woman 2009, Justice League - The New Frontier.  Because of their past successes I would  buy this one sight unseen.
  
  
  
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• Ghost Hunters: Season Five, Part One:  Always a great show.  This set includes episodes: Betsy Ross House, Star Island, Edith Wharton Estate, Club Dead, Soul Searching, Titanic Terror, Crossing Over, Garden State Asylum, Inhuman Entity, I am Not Guilty, Civil Wars Spirits, Essex County Penitentiary.
  
  
  
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• LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers:  This one is so weird that I couldn't pass it by without mentioning it.  I get the feel that this will watch like the lego games will play which means I will at least laugh at it.  Clutch Powers and his team of LEGO experts on their adventure from LEGO City to the Space Police prison planet to the medieval world of Ashlar where they must help the rightful heir to the King’s throne find the courage to regain the kingdom from the evil wizard Mallock the Malign. Their brick-building skills will be put to the ultimate test as they face off against Mallock’s skeleton army. Get ready for an action-packed adventure like nothing you have ever seen before, The Adventures of Clutch Powers!
  
  
  
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• Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant: Based on the first three books of the book series The Saga of Darren Shan by author Darren Shan.  A fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares.  Still a renter, I've heard mixed reviews of the movie and even netflix thinks I will give it a 3.6 which is in the wild card part of the rating.
  
  
  
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With so many Speculative Fiction shows and new shows coming out this fall I thought I could help sort them all out.

Currently Airing

• Eureka (Syfy):  A fun sci-fi show.  Love it, watch it on Hulu


• Ghost Hunters (Syfy):  Fascinating exploration of U.S. ghost stories and haunting investigation.  Love it watch it on Hulu


• Warehouse 13 (Syfy):  A fun sci-fi show that adds a dash of paranormal into it.   Love it, watch it on Hulu

SEPTEMBER 9

• Glee (FOX):  loved the pilot, a nice feel good musical tale with a dash of fantasy.


• Destination Truth (Syfy):  Loved the previous seasons can’t wait to see what Josh and the gang get into this season.  Hopefully nothing from Chernobyl bit Josh.

SEPTEMBER 10

• The Vampire Diaries (CW):  A vampire is in it so I have to check it out but I don’t have much hope.  I realize it is not a Twilight clone (I have been schooled on that subject, lol) yet I can only hope that it is way better then Twilight.


• Supernatural (CW):  I’m a sucker for a paranormal show involving demon hunters so this is on my check out list because I also realize there are a lot of bad ones out there as well.

SEPTEMBER 22

• The Forgotten (ABC): I don’t have much hope for this show, mainly I’m concerned this will turn out to be yet another show for people who don’t like sci-fi to watch.

SEPTEMBER 23

• Eastwick (ABC):  The trailers looks really good, they captured the essence of the movie so well in the promotional material I’m looking forward to watching it.

SEPTEMBER 25

• Dollhouse (FOX):  Season one rocked!!! A must see


• Smallville (CW): I could appreciate the concept behind Smallville but until this season just didn’t care enough bout the show to want to watch it but with Callum Blue joining the cast this year I think I may start watching it.

SEPTEMBER 27

• The Simpsons (FOX):  If you don’t know then I’m at a loss for words.

OCTOBER 2

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• Stargate Universe (Syfy):  I started out not caring much about this show, but as more came out and especially the latest trailers I’m excited to watch it.


• Clone Wars: Rise of the Bounty Hunters (Cartoon):  Season two of George Lucas' animated Star Wars tales covering the era of the Clone Wars.  The animation style is a unique style that has been difficult for some to get into but worth it.  The story is really good though lighter because the show is marketed more towards a kid audience I have hope that the second season will get better.

OCTOBER 9

• Ugly Betty (ABC):  What an amazing retelling of the classic fantasy tale


• Sanctuary (Syfy):  The original web series was good.  The first season was awesome so of course I’m looking forward to season two.

NOVEMBER 3

• V (ABC):  I enjoyed growing up with the original show V and it is one that could use a retelling, plus Morena Baccarin.

November 7

• Legend of the Seeker (syndication):  Season one was so good I can’t wait to see how season two unfolds.

I find it interesting that all of the speculative fiction programming out there are on either sy-fy, Fox, CW, or ABC.

In Ghost Hunters episode "I Am Not Guilty" (season 5, episode 10) we get to see captured infrared footage of a ghost!

Watching it reminded me of my experience with a residual haunt I like visiting in which fully visible Civil War ghosts appear.

I want to hear about your experience with a fully visual ghost.

My Ghost Experience

My most memorable experience is also one outdoors.  I loved going ghost hunting around the old Civil War battlefields and even more I got a kick out of bringing friends along for, what I lovingly called the Gettysburg battle reenactment.

It is a residual haunting.  This made the haunt a predictable and a repeatable experience for others.  I would drive around the battlefields very late in the evening, 2-4 am.  On or near the night of a full moon this way there is more natural visible light.

The battlefield would get a low lying fog that would creep across the ground.

Starring out across the battlefield I would notice movement at first.  Then focusing in on the location of the movement forms would appear in the fog.

An entire scene from the battle of Gettysburg would manifest.  Union and Rebel soldiers clashing flashing of musket fire and then it would fade away as quickly as it appeared.

What is your experience with a visible ghost haunt?

Jay and Grant's Experience

In "I Am Not Guilty" the Ghost Hunters team are investigating Doctor Mudd's house. Jay and Grant go outside to look into the claims of Civil War reenactors encounters with full visual apparitions.

While walking around they catch a ghost on the infrared camera. It's an amazing moment which I particularly like that they have a split screen showing the infrared footage and a regular camera view.  The ghost is clearly visible  in one camera and nothing moves in front of them on the other one.  Watch a clip of the footage below.

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• How to make a Light Saber! (dashPunk)


• moving on(via boxee)
  
  
  
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• Jinni's Semantic Movie Search Now Works With Netflix (via Mashable)


• United Nations to Discuss Battlestar Galactica (That's Not a Joke, They Really Are) (via Topless Robot)

Movie

• DVD Releases: March 17th, 2009 (dashPunk)


• Review: Futurama The Beast with a Billion Backs (dashPunk)


• Linda Hamilton Confirmed for Terminator Salvation (via /Film)


• Who's Harry Crumb? (via Hulu)


• Transformers 3 on July 1st 2011 (via /Film)


• Watchmen writer David Hayter forms genre film company (via SCI FI Wire)

TV / Series

• Joss Whedon Interview on Dollhouse (dashPunk)
  
  
  
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• Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Fan Works Awards (dashPunk)
  
  
  
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Book

• Looking For Group Volume 2 In Stock! (via Looking for Group)

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Out this week we have six DVD’s to feature: Sword Masters: The Duel of the Century, Ghost Hunters: Season 4, Pt. 2, Twilight, Punisher: War Zone, The Spectacular Spider-Man.

• Sword Masters: The Duel of the Century: a Shaw Brothers film.  Liu Yung and Sun Chien team to investigate the martial-art murders of a supposedly mortally wounded swordsman, only to find deception, death, double-dealings, imposters and one deadly duel after another.  I’m very curious about this film it makes me think of The Duel which rocked, plus it’s a Shaw Brothers film which any wuxia fan can appreciate.


• Ghost Hunters: Season 4, Pt. 2:  they travel from a sanitarium which has placed 911 calls to the police -- but there is no phone in the building! -- to the most haunted ship in the U.S. Navy. Then go to a tavern in a TAPS member's own hometown where customers are heard enjoying a game of pool but the hall is closed and empty, and a home where a small child hears voices and has unexplainable scratches on his body. TAPS even goes to the plantation seen in "Interview with a Vampire" where 35 tourists all witnessed the same paranormal activity at the same instant!


• Twilight:  I will probably rent this one I love vampire movies but i’m concerned about this one.  Read the full review here Twilight - The Movie.


• Punisher: War Zone:  I doubt that I will see this movie.  I like Punisher and would love to see a good Punisher movie but I have little hope that this will be one.  Read the full review here Punisher: War Zone Review.


• The Spectacular Spider-Man, Vol. 2:  these are not the show from the 90’s its a 90 minute single disc featuring the rise of the super-villains.


• The Spectacular Spider-Man, Vol. 3:  these are not the show from the 90’s its a 90 minute single disc in which the goblin strikes

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Culture

• The Evolution of Batman’s Symbol (dashPunk)


• Hulu Awards: The SF Winners (dashPunk)

Movie

• Fanboys Hits More Theaters: March 13 (via Star Wars)


• Doctor Who 2009 Trailer (dashPunk)


• Fanfilm: Star Wars: Threads of Destiny Trailer 3 (dashPunk)


• Marvel Swears Off Future R-Rated Films (via SuperheroFlix)
  
  
  
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• Scarlett Johansson is the Black Widow (dashPunk)


• More are cast in M. Night Shyamalan's Last Airbender (via SCI FI Wire)


• Captain America, Thor, The Avengers, and Spider-Man 4 Get New Release Dates (via /Film)

TV / Series

• Ghost Hunters: Betsy Ross House (dashPunk)


• Ghost Hunters International: Karosta Prison (dashPunk)


• Review: Chuck 216 Versus The Lethal Weapon (dashPunk)


• Review: Legend of the Seeker 114 Hartland (dashPunk)


• Stargate Atlantis Season Five on DVD June 30 (via GateWorld)

Music

• Type O Negative Preorder! Hard, deep, and slow remastered (dashPunk)

Webcomic

• Girl Genius

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• The New California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco (P:S HQ)
  
  
  
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Movie

• Review of:  Watchmen (dashPunk)
  
  
  
  • Watchmen Down 24% Saturday; Is Word-Of-Mouth “Killing the Masks?” (via /Film)
  
  
  
  


• Green Lantern producer shines a light on emerald hero's origins (via SCI FI Wire)

TV / Series

• Ghost Hunters Season Five Opens (dashPunk)


• Red Dwarf returns in a two-part Easter special (via SFFMedia)

Music

• ATROCITY - Fade To Grey (Best of Rock Harz) (dashPunk)


• ELIS - Show me the Way (dashPunk)


• Acacia Sears - Counting Down (dashPunk)


• Heather Alexander - Arafel’s Lament (dashPunk)

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• Vampire Kisses Manga (dashPunk)

Webcomic

• Looking For Group


• Girl Genius

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Ghost Hunters Season Five Opens 03/11/2009 09:00 PM on Sci Fi Channel.  I really enjoy this show, I love ghost hunting and searching for things that go bump in the night.  I can’t wait to watch it on Hulu on the 12th.  Watch Ghost Hunters Streaming online here.

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Culture

• Lightsabers Are A Real Weapon? (dashPunk)


• Gingerbread TARDIS (dashPunk)


• Bring Your Spore Creature To Life (via GayGamer)

TV / Series

• Doctor Who: episode The Doctor's Daughter (via Wikipedia)


• First "Torchwood: Children of Earth" details emerge (via AfterElton)


• Star Wars: Clone Wars Streaming Free Online (dashPunk)


• Dollhouse Sneak Peek Preview (dashPunk)


• The Hunt Continues For Ghosts (dashPunk)

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Next year we can look forward to three shows on Sci Fi with ghost hunting goodness.  January 7th will bring us Ghost Hunters International with new episodes.  March will bring back Ghost Hunters.

SCI FI announced that it has ordered a sixth season of Ghost Hunters, a second season of Ghost Hunters International and a six-episode first season of the recently announced Ghost Hunters: New Generation (working title).

I really enjoy the Ghost Hunters shows and will look forward to watching them on Hulu.

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Ghost Hunters International

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