From motion capture to computerized camera moves to the construction of a real live “fake” crime scene – science and technology play a huge part in all of our favorite TV shows and movies. Want in on how it all works? The Science Channel has just the show for you. It’s called Science of the Movies and it premieres this Tuesday, May 26th.
The series is hosted by Nar Williams, the Geek-in-Chief at AchieveNerdvana.com. He’s going to take you behind the scenes and give you a close up look at all how individual scenes were actually made. You’ll get to see …read more

Terminator Salvation, the newest installment of the blockbuster franchise, hit theaters this weekend and it already has 13 million dollars in the war chest. According to Variety, Salvation is expected to top 60 million putting it a few notches above the last movie in the series.
Certainly darker than the earlier flicks, Terminator Salvation takes us into another world.
“I didn’t want to shoot actors against green screens; I wanted them reacting to physical Terminators,” says director, McG. “I wanted the desolate American West–an expanse that suggests a world of hardship, so you could taste it and feel it. Because the bombs …read more

The future may look bleak for John Connor and his pals, but last night they were having the time of their lives as they walked the red carpet for the Terminator Salvation premiere.
It all happened at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles where even the metal monsters laid down their arms for the night.

McG looked bright and cheery in purple while Bryce Dallas Howard went with this mod, artsy dress. Next over is Christian Bale posing for pics.

Warner Brothers has released a big, new trailer for Terminator Salvation which hits theaters May 21.
Since the entire franchise is built around a time travel loop, it’s hard to say if this is a prequel, sequel or parallel pic! What I can tell you is that it’s huge. The scope of this film is unlike any that have gone before, mostly due to the fact that it’s set in post-apocalyptic 2018. John Connor (Christian Bale) is all grown up now and he’s leading the human resistance against Skynet.
I’m going out on a limb here now and saying, I’m not …read more

Tonight on Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Sarah makes a discovery about a company that could lead the team to the Turk supercomputer. Also, Catherine Weaver makes an important introduction for Ellison.
This guy has developed the Connor family knack for dealing with multiple Terminators and somehow not getting killed.
Meanwhile, Cameron and Sarah try to impress the members of the startup company in order to carry out their mission.
No pressure, it’s just the future of mankind depending on them and all.

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Are you Sarah Connor? No? That’s OK, you’re still eligible to win a cool bag from the Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles in our latest giveaway. As a matter of fact, I’m pretty sure Sarah wouldn’t be eligible on account of being Sarah Connor. Just wouldn’t be fair. Although I wouldn’t want to be the one to tell her she’s not eligible.
Entering the contest is simple, just leave a comment on this post. The contest will close November 3 at 9 p.m. central. The entries are limited to one per person and you must a leave a valid e-mail address …read more

According to the “fast nationals” supplied by Nielsen Media Research, Sarah Connor Chronicles pulled in a 4.1 rating/6 share Monday night. Those numbers are subject to shifting when Nielsen releases their final ratings, but they are initially not what Fox wanted to hear.
If those numbers hold up they would put the critically-acclaimed premiere behind NBC’s Deal or No Deal and probably behind the ESPN cable broadcast of Monday Night Football. (Those numbers weren’t immediately available.) But it’s expected that much of Monday’s programming finished behind MNF.That game was the Green Bay Packers’ first without legendary quarterback Brett Favre. Thus, it had …read more

The Hollywood Reporter says Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson will be a regular cast member in the second season of Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Their music’s OK but I didn’t know she acted. But since the second season hasn’t aired yet, I guess I still don’t know that she can act. Apparently she will play Catherine Weaver, chief executive at a tech company. I’m going to go out on a limb and say her company makes a product that will lead to the formation of Skynet and the end of the human world. Stupid girl.
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One of the most promising new shows of the strike-shortened 2008 TV season will return as The Hollywood Reporter confirms Fox has ordered 13 more episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
The offshoot from the well-known Terminator film franchise debuted in January and was the highest-rated new scripted show among adults 18-49, drawing an average of 10 million viewers. Fox is also believed to be high on the show because of the promotional opportunities it presents the fourth Terminator film. That movie will star Christian Bale as John Connor and is set in the future controlled by the machines.
The …read more

My faith in humankind has been restored. TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello has discovered that Sarah Connor Chronicles has quietly been hiring staffers. The show is pulling in directors for the first three episodes, despite no official confirmation from Fox that there will be a second season.
The season finale did numbers that impressed network brass and the show could serve as a centerpiece for promoting a fourth Terminator film coming in 2009.
If the show is back, that is absolutely the right call. They did a lot of great work under some abnormal circumstances. For those of you that haven’t seen …read more