In my career, I’ve interviewed a lot of interesting musicians and actors. But since many of the magazines and websites that originally published those stories aren’t around anymore, I’ve decided to pull some of the more interesting interviews out of my archive, starting with this one I did with Jeri Ryan, which I did in October of 1998, when she was in her second season as 7 Of 9 on Star Trek: Voyager and was married to her first husband. Parts of the interview were used in a profile piece I did on her for Bikini magazine.
Gentle Giant have announced that they’ll release two new Star Wars action figures — both of which are inspired by the original Kenner action figures — in the third quarter of 2014.
Zen Studios and LucasArts have announced that Star Wars Pinball: Balance Of The Force — the second collection of Star Wars pinball tables — will be available this fall.
The collection will consist of three tables, all of which are based on the original trilogy.
Warner Home Video have announced that Pacific Rimwill be released on DVD, Blu-ray, and 3D Blu-ray on October 15.
Directed by Guillermo del Toro (Blade II, Pan’s Labyrinth), and based on a script by del Toro and Travis Beacham, the sci-fi movie stars Charlie Hunnam (Sons Of Anarchy) and Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) as co-pilots of a giant mech who must fight similarly large monsters from another dimension. Which basically makes it Transformers vs. Godzilla.
The 29-disc boxed set marks the first time that the first four seasons — i.e., the one with Christopher Eccleston playing the good Doctor, and the first three of David Tennant’s tenure — will be available on Blu-ray.
In their continuing quest to show that the PlayStation Vita is a viable system for first-person shooters, Sony proudly presents Killzone: Mercenary, a sci-fi shooter from Guerrilla Cambridge (the studio formerly known as SCE Cambridge). But while fans of this long-running series will think this portable edition feels just like the home games, that same feeling will be an issue for those who’ve had problems with this series in the past.
Toy makers Funko and Super7 have announced that they will collaborate on a series of toys dubbed ReAction Figures, which they’ll launch in late November with a series of retro-style Alien action figures.
Originally revealed at San Diego Comic-Con, these 3 ¾-inch tall Alien toys are supposedly based on designs for ones that were originally designed when the movie came out in 1979, but were never manufactured, and will even come in vintage-looking packaging.
The series includes the titular star, who has a removable transparent dome, a glow-in-the-dark head, and extendable jaws; Ripley and Dallas, both of whom come with flame throwers; Ash, who has the motion detector; and Kane, who’s in his space suit, which has a removable helmet.
All of the Alien figures will have 4 points of articulation. Or maybe 5. It’s hard to tell from the pictures if their heads move.
According to the press release, Alien figures are just the first of “several licenses to be announced soon.”
No pricing has been announced yet, and the figures aren’t yet available for preordering on Amazon, Funko’s website, or Super7’s, but we’d assume they’ll cost more in November of 2013 than they would’ve in November 1979.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment have announced that the first season of the sci-fi, er SyFy show Defiancewill be released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 15.
Along with the 13 episodes, Defiance: Season One will also include deleted scenes, a gag reel, digital copies of the episodes, two self-explanatory featurettes titled “Behind The Scenes With Jesse Rather” and “Making Definace,” and a third featurette, “Defiance: A Transmedia Revolution” about how the TV show and Defiancevideo game came together and work together.
Both the DVD and Blu-ray will also, for a limited time, come with collectible lenticular packaging.
While the announcement did not mention pricing for either edition, Amazon currently has the DVD available for preorder for $41.93 and the Blu-ray for $48.93.
