Sci-Fri Death Slot

Surprise, surprise... FOX put yet another Sci-Fi show on the Friday night chopping block. Virtuality didn't lack for pedigree either; the pilot movie was written by Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore and scribe Michael Taylor.

There's no doubt that Sci-Fi fans have a love-hate relationship with FOX. Well, maybe more on the hate side. Love-hate-hate? Love-hate²? The Firefly debacle still burns brightly in the minds of Whedonites as they ponder the future of Dollhouse. The senseless cancellation of The Sarah Connor Chronicles continues to baffle me. You Hollywood numbskulls had a Terminator movie come out this summer, and you don't think anyone was gonna watch a Terminator TV show in the fall?

Anyway, the funniest part about Virtuality's debut, for me, is that they didn't even have faith enough in this one to let it complete a season, let alone a story arc.

I've got one thing to say to all you geeky, visionary writer/director/producers out there: go to the SciFi channel. You're more likely to get the go ahead.

As for the rest of you, there's always xkcd.

Amazing 3D Animation

When I came across "Eole" on Vimeo, I was floored. Other than Galactic Mail, I'd never seen any 3d animation of this quality floating around on the internet. After poking around the Eole website links, I began to realize that all of the other short films they were recommending belonged to alumni of Supinfocom, an animation university in France (and now India). I later discovered that Asterokid (Douglas Lassance), one of the creators of Galactic Mail, also helped to create Sigg Jones as a final project for his degree from... you guessed it... Supinfocom. It's a small world of animation after all.

Sex Ed. With A Smile

VideoJug has a lot of useful videos that cover everything from cooking to kissing (and things kissing will lead to), but Ben and Sarah always seem to be having the most fun. They're also together in a short called Pandora's Inbox and Out of Office, an ongoing web series.