Super Ratings For 'Supernatural'

I'm a big fan of The CW's Supernatural and I loved the season four premiere. Apparently I wasn't the only one. The ratings for that September 18th episode were the best ratings that the show has had since 2006, with an impressive (especially for The CW) 4 million viewers.

The season four premiere is called Lazarus Rising. It picks up three months after Dean's death and descent into hell. But hey, in this genre nobody stays dead. Dean returns, but the big questions are how and what else may have hitched a ride out?

ABC Plans To 'Flash Forward'

It appears that ABC may be close to ordering a new science fiction pilot that was originally being developed for HBO. ABC envisions it as a companion to Lost.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC may order a pilot for Flash Forward, a proposed series by filmmaker David S. Goyer (Blade) and television producer Brannon Braga (Star Trek).

The pilot is based on Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer's novel, which was first published in 1999. The book chronicles the chaos that occurs after everyone in the world blacks out for 2 minutes, 17 seconds, and has a mysterious vision 21 years in the future that changes lives forever.

The creative team first met on the CBS series Threshold. This time around, Goyer will direct the pilot and executive-produce with Braga, Jessika Borsiczky Goyer, Vince Gerardis and Ralph M. Vicinanza.

Pilot Season 2008 Winners Announced!

The two winners of Top Cow Production's 2008 Pilot Season have been officially announced!

Congratulations to the creative teams of Twilight Guardian (writer Troy Hickman and artist Reza) and Genius (writers Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman and artist Afua Richardson).

Fans voted for their favorite 2008 Pilot Season one-shots. This is the second year for the annual event. Last year's winners were Cyblade and Velocity. Both of which will debut with new series later this year. 2008’s winners will debut with their new series sometime in 2009.

The winners beat out Urban Myths (by Jay Faerber and Jorge Molina), The Core (by Jonathan Hickman and Kenneth Rocafort), Alibi (by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Jeremy Haun) and Lady Pendragon (by Matt Hawkins and Eru).

I actually reviewed the two winning titles back when they first hit stores. Click here to read my review of Twilight Guardian and here for Genius.

Welcome to the new blog!

Hello world!

Welcome to the relaunch of the Scifi 411 blog. This is the first step in what will hopefully be a face lift for the larger Scifi 411 website.

You can find my personal blog, Ramblings of Marx (much of which has been archived on this site), over here: http://ramblingsofmarx.blogspot.com/

The new Scifi 411 blog will have news & reviews from the Scifi 411 writing staff.

Enjoy!

Marx Pyle

Gotham Underground #8

I have a new review up at Comics Bulletin.

Gotham Underground #8 (3 out of 5)

It's Batman versus Vigilante while Gotham City is falling apart from gang war. Johnny Stitches pulls the rug under Penguin by chopping people up, threatening to chop up family and getting a reluctant ally to leave Penguin's side. Things aren't looking good for Penguin or Gotham, but Batman is finally back and I'm left wondering...where the crap did Spoiler go??? [more]

Until next time... Marx out.