Fades Outtakes
Some stuff you wouldn’t have seen during the broadcast (and some interviews too)
The Fades – Episode 5
The most recent episode of The Fades seems to be where all hell began to break loose. Starting with a school being setup as a headquarters to deal with the recent increase of missing persons. But the volunteers that work at the school aren’t what they seem to be. Everyone seems to be wondering about [...]
While waiting for The Fades
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The Starlost – Garth
Sometimes terrible science fiction is better than good science fiction, and sometimes, it becomes something in it’s own realm. For me, the Starlost belongs in the latter. One of the more entertaining parts of the Starlost is the character Garth, portrayed by former Toronto Weatherman Robin Ward. Growing up in Ontario meant seeing him forecast [...]
The Starlost – Possibly the worst science fiction programme ever made
Once upon a time a bunch of science fiction authors in the 1970s thought, “since we write such kick ass novels, we should be able to write a kick ass science fiction tv show”. Thus began one of the biggest disasters in sci-fi history known as The Starlost. The Starlost is one of those shows [...]
The Fades Episode 4
This past Tuesday saw the broadcast of the best episode of the Fades yet. I was delayed in watching it due to Canadian Thanksgiving (and having to fly over the Rocky Mountains to get back to my TV), I was definitely not disappointed. Last when we checked in, Paul looked as if he had become [...]
The Fades – Episode 3
Tonight’s episode of The Fades was very interesting. After of year of underwhelming and disappointing series (Torchwood I’m looking at you) where little or nothing happens in the name of “character development”, The Fades got it all right. Combine exceptional character and plot development with timing and pace and The Fades might just be the [...]
Wings n Tings – The Fades
An interesting point was brought up about the cgi wings on Paul in The Fades. As a trained VFX artist I thought this might be a good chance to look further into it. My main experience with creating wings was with bug wings in 2009 and it was a lot harder than I thought. Not [...]
Terranova – It’s all about the birds
Ever see the classic Hitchcock movie The Birds? Well if you saw tonight’s nail biter then chances are you’ve gotten the Cliff’s notes. In this evening teenage hormones and some surprisingly lame guitar playing get put on hold as the Terra Nova community gets attacked by a swarm of birds that looked like some dark [...]
Thoughts about The Fades continued
I’ve been thinking about the BBC supernatural drama The Fades a bit more these days. I dunno, maybe it’s because the autumn season premier shows have been so overwhelming or maybe its a stubborn refusal to agree with a friend of mine who dislikes it entirely. There is a certain magnetism that I find attracts [...]