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Hey Convention Fans,

WHR is pleased to announce more 2010 “Live From the Convention” coverage of the SciFi Ball 16 February 12-14 2010 and Collector Mania 15 May 28-31 2010 in the United Kingdom! Click the banners below to visit these fantastic events official web pages! The events will be covered by our reporter in the UK, the fabulous JohnLizzieGirl. YAY!

These wonderful events feature Lou Diamond Phillips of Stargate Universe, Alexander Siddig of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Linda Hamilton of Terminator fame, Kate Mulgrew, Tim Russ and Robert Duncan McNeill of Star Trek Voyager, Robert O’Rielly and JG Hertzler of Star Trek, Michael Carter and Daniel Logan of Star Wars, AND many more exciting stars. WHR will be there to report on the fun and to bring exclusive news coverage to you the fans of science fiction!

Fellow Fringe Fans,

There is always a danger with much-hyped episodes – such as Jacksonville – that the engendered high expectations are let down; this was most assuredly not the case with this episode of Fringe. Even though I expected the big reveal at the end, though had had no official confirmation before the episode, the episode certainly ended the “winter” season on one hell of a bang. However, given that the writing team – Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz – responsible for Momentum Deferred and Grey Matters brought us this episode, I was hardly surprised that I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Recap

The expectedly-weird opening scene of this episode involved a glimpse at the Other Side. Various hints included that they apparently spell “Manhattan” as “Manhatan”, it is extremely difficult to get fresh coffee (perhaps due to the blight that Newton has mentioned), and that they are building a “New Pentagon Annex”. The weirdness, however, came following an “earthquake” after which the inhabitants of the building were fused together and otherwise deformed.

The Aftermath

Did you see the Observer?

The Observer

Fringe Division, obviously, was called in to investigate the disturbance with the building – the cause of which Walter suggested was likelier a comet than an earthquake in Manhattan – and, after a brief conversation with the one survivor, were able to determine that a building from the Alternate Universe (the one which Olivia visited when she met William Bell) had been pulled into “our” universe. As Bell had warned Olivia, two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time (as in accordance with the Pauli Exclusion Principle) and the results of attempting to open a corridor to the Other Side had these horrific consequences. Olivia, convinced that Newton was behind the event, was proven right when they discovered photographs of him at the building just hours before the event occurred. Walter, who was studying the bodies back at his lab, came to the realization that he had seen this sort of event before and he knew what was going to happen next: sometime within the next 35 hour, a building from our side would be pulled over to the Other Side. The universe requires Balance, and mass can be neither created nor destroyed; thus, since a building was pulled from the Other side into ours, the reverse must also occur.

“I already know how this happened… Two universes colliding? This is what William Bell warned me about” – Olivia

Walter revealed that they couldn’t predict where the next event would occur and the only warning they would have would be tremors similar to and earthquake and dogs barking, but that Olivia could. During the Cortexiphan drug trials, Bell and Walter discovered that Olivia could distinguish objects from the Other Side because they have a different energy than those from “this” side – she called it the “glimmer”. Walter posited that if they went back to Jacksonville, Florida – where Olivia’s drug trial took place – he may be able to activate the abilities which she blocked out after there were bad consequences when she was a little girl.

“Because you saw it once before!” – Walter

Walter seemed to have hoped that simply returning to Jacksonville would prove enough of a stimulus to trigger Olivia’s ability, but that was not the case. This necessitated dosing Olivia with more Cortexiphan and putting her in a drug-induced state designed to remove the blocks on her abilities: it was in this “dream” that she met the little girl Olive. Unfortunately, when Olivia came out of the experiment she was still unable to see the glimmer and was incredibly angry with Walter. Olivia, after receiving notification from Broyles that the warning signs of the impending event were starting up, came upon Walter watching the tape (which we first saw in the season 1 episode Bad Dreams) of her as a little girl after some sort of lab incident. Walter reveals that the incident occurred after she first saw the glimmer: she was so scared that it triggered emotional pyrokinesis and she started a fire. After a fight with Olivia which was a long time coming, Walter realizes that the reason she can’t see the glimmer anymore is because she channels fear into anger as a defense mechanism and, as such, she is no longer capable of feeling that mindless fear like she would have as a child.

“What the hell is wrong with you? You did this to little children?” -  Olivia

The team, failing to trigger Olivia’s abilities in Jacksonville, return to New York to try and do anything they can, with the resources of Massive Dynamic and Nina Sharp, to predict the building from Our Side which will disappear. Peter realizes that the only way to predict the building is to look at which building in New York has the exact same mass as the building which came from the Other Side as the universe is seeking balance and thus the buildings must have the same mass. Unfortunately, their time runs out and Broyles tells Olivia that they may just have to let the building – and all the inhabitants – disappear. Olivia, distraught, seeks out Peter and in the course of a conversation rather fraught with emotion she realizes that she is actually scared. This seems to trigger the ability to see the glimmer and the team is able to successfully identify and evacuate the building which then disappears into nothingness.

“There are times when the only choices you have left are bad ones” – Broyles

Following their success, Olivia and Peter have plans to go out for drinks on a “it’s not a date” date, much to Walter’s elation. However, upon arriving at the Bishops’, Olivia sees the glimmer around Peter. Peter, oblivious, goes to fetch his coat so that they can leave and Walter beseeches Olivia to keep her silence on the matter – thus setting us up with something of a cliffhanger preceding the hiatus.

“Olivia, please don’t tell him” – Walter

Thoughts and Impressions

Before I start going into the numerous character developments in this episode, I believe that what we learned about alternate universes may begin to explain why the First Wave from the Other Side is so hell-bent on getting into our side. Within a given universe, the laws of physics must hold; however, it appears as though they must also hold between universes, hence the “mass for mass” rule which we saw in this episode. And I believe this may be the crux of the issue: when Walter stole Peter from the Other Side, he created an imbalance, the results of which have caused any number of problems in the other Universe. My assumption is that Walter somehow managed to create a device to stabilize the corridor between worlds long enough for him to steal the Peter from the Other Side as, from what we have seen so far, there doesn’t seem to be a way to target an object from the other side, so it seems likely that Walter would have had to go to the other side himself to get Peter.

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Hey V Fans,

WHR is pleased to announce support of a fun Special Project during the ABC V Series Hiatus. Click the ABC logo to visit V! The Special Project is sponsored by none other than Anna the Vistor herself! Known as the V RPG (V Role Playing Game), the fun has 2 flavors. The first is on Twitter for fast fun anytime, and a second version on Yahoo where longer story adventures are written by YOU the fans in role playing of the main characters of V or one of your own creation!

Click the main V Series cast image below to be whisked to Anna the Visitor Yahoo Site. Or click the characters below Anna the Visitor Marcus_Visitor, Evie Wright, Erica Evans, or Chad_Decker_WHR and all the V RPG characters on Twitter.Stand by for brand new V Series reviews as the WHR Team expands our coverage with reports written by Vala The Great, our newest reporter from the United Kingdom! More special reviews and reports during the V Series Hiatus!In the meantime, we hope to see you soon at the V Series RPG on Yahoo or Twitter. Oh and lest we forget Syfy (SciFi) UK will carry V for Euro fans! YAY!

These wonderful V Series role playing characters are on Twitter and Yahoo too!

Hey Jason Momoa Fans

While I was pondering around on the IMDb website yet again, I happen to just do a search for Jason Momoa, a former regular for Stargate Atlantis as Ronan Dex, and came across some interesting information. Sometime this year, 2010, he will be in the pilot episode of “Game of Thrones.” The Director is Thomas McCarthy with Writers David Benioff, George R. R. Martin and D.B. Weiss.

The plot is basically about kings, queens, knights and renegades use schemes and swords to battle for the throne. Upon reading more on that it comes across like King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table type of feeling. And seeing as the Genre is Fantasy, only time will tell if this will be a hit. As of right now, there’s nothing to show if Jason will be in more than one episode, but keep your eyes and ears open for this new show starting up soon in USA.

Although the picture I used of Jason is of him as Ronan Dex, by clicking on it, it will take you to the IMDB site of where I found this information.

Congratulations Jason!!

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PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Distribution – 2:59 PM Pacific Time Zone February 06, 2010

Effective immediately, WormholeRiders is pleased to announce that we have added another new reporter to reinforce our news division in the United Kingdom! Therefore please welcome to the WormholeRiders Team Vala_The_Great:

Vala_The_Great is based outside of London England. She is an an outstanding writer and will focus on covering V the New Series for WHR.  A long time fan of V dating back to the original mini-series in the 1980’s, VTG may also cover conventions for the fandoms in the future! We are honored by her presence and cannot wait for her first V Series report coming very soon. YAY!

Joe Flanigan was scheduled to come to Chicago in 2007, but had to cancel at the last moment. Since then fans have been clamoring for him to come to the Windy City, and they were not left wanting for long!

A number of Joe’s stories were repeats from Vancouver, and when I recognized them I took the opportunity to give my poor hand a break and enjoy the experience. Those stories and more can be found in my 2009 Vancouver Report.

Having Joe on stage is actually one of the few times when having a second row seat is a disadvantage. Joe moves around quite a bit. One minute he is sitting, the next he’s at the side of the stage talking to someone who asked a question and facing completely away from you, or he’s smack in the middle of the stage, but right where the two heads that frame your view block him out. I had a much better time getting good pictures of him in Vancouver when I was 5 rows back and at the far right! Therefore I got the best pictures I could, and I wish I could have done better.

Joe had a seat and cut right to the chase. “When I do these things, I like to answer questions. I know some people, like (clears throat) David Hewlett, like to get up here and talk about things, and talk and talk and talk. But I would love to answer any questions you guys have.”

So, as requested, fans ran to get in line at the microphones on either side of the stage. I was happy to hear that the first question, while not terribly original, was one I had not heard asked before.

Do you prefer dogs or cats? Joe answered that he is a dog guy and he has dogs. “I’ve got complete control, they’re wagging their tails. I like that. Where I live, cats make nice little nibblets for the coyotes.  I’m being totally honest! I lost 2 dogs last year to coyotes. And those are dogs, so cats are even tastier. (The questioner suggested that it is advisable to declaw cats, which caused many cat lovers in the audience to pipe up, saying “No!” Joe, sensing the incoming can of worms, made a joke of it.) Oh, well you could declaw them. You could. You could shave them and paint them purple. Or you could just let my four dogs out and watch the fun! I don’t think a cat would survive in our house.” Hmmm, best cancel that trip to go visit Joe, huh Adria the Cat? Yikes!

Randomly, Joe had this little lesson to share about actors. Apparently, Joe’s chair on set was shorter than the others by a good six inches or more! “I like to put my legs down. We were trying to figure out the history of the tall chair, so we thought, ‘well maybe it’s hair and makeup.’ And then we realized it’s probably just like actor’s outsized egos, like literally, and they’ll tell you stories, that some people have to have higher chairs than others. Which is probably why my chair is down there (points to the floor)!”

Are you being considered for or are you interested in being Robert Jim Rockford in the remake of ‘The Rockford Files’? Fans who are familiar with the original series (1974) seemed intrigued by the idea.  Joe . . . looked at the fan who asked, mouth open, and nodded for a good minute before answering, clearly surprised by the question. “Naw, I mean, I thank that they just announced that. I don’t know. I would love to do Rockford. I’d be curious how they are going to remake it. They seem to have really destroyed every attempt at remaking a good show. So it’s a good question. Rockford is one of my favorite shows, and James Garner is one of my favorite people. I did a series with him and I love the guy. I would call him tomorrow and say, ‘Call everybody you know and tell them I’m going to be the next you! But I don’t – they just announced that. But Rockford is a great character. He’s a good archetype. I can recreate that archetype on another show; it doesn’t have to be Rockford. But good question.”

Have you considered making the transition to the big screen? “If it were in my control I would! Let’s just be honest, that there’s a thing called (waving an arm flippantly) career management. It’s kind of nonsense. There is no career management per say. There are very few jobs for a lot of people. It’s got to be the right place at the right time, and sometimes there are elements that are just out of your control. I have no doubt in my mind that I think I would do very well in movies. I would love to do movies. And yet they are amazingly short-sighted about who they go after. It’s really weird. They want to discover new stars, but they don’t want to take the risk in giving any of them a chance. So they reach for the same thing over and over and over, and they close the doors consistently to other people. I was kinda hoping that the show, since we’ve sold so many DVDs, would kind of change that, but we’re in the middle of a really deep recession and I’m not sure that that research is being done and people are looking at those particular numbers and seeing that (gesturing at the crowd) we have a really amazing fan base, and I think the fan base could push us all to the next level. (Shrugs) We’ll see what happens.”

Joe was asked about his appearance on SyFy’s Warehouse 13. “It was a really good group of people in Toronto. I enjoyed myself a lot. I looked at that and I was thinking to myself, ‘My God I didn’t do anything on that show!’ I just watched it the other day and I was like, ‘Right, well where’s the rest of it? That’s it?!’ I really enjoyed not doing a lot of things also because it was really interesting. I had a day off in Toronto. I didn’t have any days off in Vancouver, ever. I enjoyed that aspect of it. The two leads were pretty beat up from the season of shooting, and I just remember that so well that I was enjoying not being in that position. But, being egocentric and self-involved, I also said, ‘Damn. I want his job. Because I do! I like the premise of that show, and Eddie is an awfully nice guy.

“We all get into caveats because we’ve all – anybody who knows about developing a show knows it’s a long process. It may be working one week and not working the next. And yet I’ve done it successfully before and I’ve done it unsuccessfully before, so I don’t know where this will go. I know that I’m waiting for the right project. I just got asked this question which was ‘just get back on the air.’ I don’t really feel like that’s really my goal. I don’t really feel that I need to just get back on the air. I feel like I want to do the right thing. It’s a lateral move (waving his hand horizontally) or a move higher up, and I don’t want to fade into the background just to be on the air.”

How did you like working with Richard Dean Anderson? “I only worked with Rick a very very very little bit. I enjoyed it. When I first started working with Rick in the pilot I thought it was very cool because I had just done a series with Rockford, and I was like, ‘Yeah! Now I’m with MacGyver! I’ve got all the guys, man!’ So that was pretty cool. We were in a helicopter flying around, and I thought it was pretty funny. I handed him a paperclip and a rubber band. ‘If this plane goes down, here you go!’ I’m like, ‘Damn I’m funny, I’m funny.’ He just gave me this look (too funny for words, but included here!). Clearly he was like, ‘Who is this guy? Does he think this joke hasn’t been pulled on me before?’ So I realized the MacGyver jokes just keep coming at him. They weren’t as original as I thought they were. But I had a great time, and he’s got a good sensibility. I just saw him in Malibu, we both live in Malibu. He lives very close. He was playing ping pong [some fans chuckle, no doubt recalling the hilarious scene where Jack and Teal’c played ping pong.] Yeah, in like this open court shopping area. I was like, ‘You’re out of work too, huh? Here’s a paperclip and a rubber band!’”

Who is your idol? “My idol? Wow. I don’t have an idol but I have heroes. There is a distinction, I think.  I think a hero displays sort of heroic qualities that you find bold that you’d like to have in your life. I think idols tend to be more of a blind worship thing. I don’t know that I idolize anybody in particular. My father-in-law has been a hero of mine for a long time. He’s a quadriplegic and he’s an amazing, amazing human being. My dad was a hero to me, and I have – there are so many people that I find interesting, and a lot of the times I meet people, (shrugs) they’re not famous. I just hear their story and I hear what they’re going through. It’s insane, it’s incredible, the adversity that people are able to survive without any glamour and any recognition. To me, I find that astounding, and because we’re in a public situation and we’re always given some weird affirmation about things and celebrities always air all their c%@& in public. There’s something a little disingenuous about that. I’m sorry I don’t have a specific answer. I could go through a list of people if we had more time, and people weren’t leaving right now because of this long answer, but literally I could go through so many different’ characters, well known and not well known, and why I like them and so forth.”

Everyone always wants to know what your favorite episode is, but I want to know what your least favorite episode is. “Probably that bug episode (holding a hand by his neck to indicate that he is talking about ‘Thirty Eight Minutes’ where we first encounter an iratus bug), with the bug on me. We had not built the sets properly. For some reason we built the space ships as though they were really space ships, and we couldn’t get in them (contorts his upper body around as if he’s trying to squeeze through a small space). We’re like, ‘but this is for TV. We need to get a film crew in there!’ So we were all shoved in there. It was like the forth or fifth episode, and it was hot and sweaty and they wouldn’t pay for the air conditioning; because they weren’t sure whether we were going to last, I think. They went, ‘(shrugs) I ain’t paying for air conditioning!’ It was hot, and sweaty, and miserable. And Rainbow [Sun Franks] – who I love to death – kept messing up all of his lines and my bug was stuck on my neck, and I was like, ‘(through gritted teeth) Come on! Come on! Get me outta here!’ And it was frustrating. But I learned. I have more patience now than I did when I was your age (indicating the young person who asked). I was about your age when I started the show.”

When you were on Warehouse 13, did you feel like they left the “character” out of your character? “I didn’t quite know what it was, and I realize it was very guest star-ish. I didn’t have time to talk to any of the writers, and had we talked about it I’m sure we would have tweaked it in an entirely different direction. It would have been more interesting. No, you’re a fine actor, I’ve seen you act, but as written it was not an interesting person. I think that it doesn’t quite work that way. When you’re the lead of a show they’ll let a camera sit there for a little while, and so you can inject moments into the situations that are not written. But when you’re a guest star, there’s a time line. Boom boom boom, you’re delivering information. Now let’s go back to the lead (turns with this hand up indicating the position of the camera). Information (turns back to guest star), lead (turns back again). So when you’re a guest star, I have found that our guest stars, many of whom are phenomenally talented, it comes out relatively flat. It’s not them, it’s really how the material they’re given and the editing they’re given and everything else is not a critical factor in the show. So, to answer your question (laughing) I guess you didn’t like Warehouse 13!”

A fan asked about the use of the Johnny Cash songs in ‘Vegas’. “We’d discussed that we’d have liked to have had Johnny Cash signing at the end, but it was going to come down to a licensing issue and a cash issue – ‘cash issue’, no pun intended! – and Robert [Cooper] called long after we’d finished shooting it and said, ‘Oh yeah we got Johnny Cash for the last thing,’ and I was like, ‘Oh that’s amazing!’ I was wanting to put Johnny Cash music in tons of different episodes, but we didn’t have the money. But it was kinda cool to at least be able to do it once before it was all over.” (continue reading…)

Hey Caprica Fans!

Lopez Tonight ROCKS and so does the wonderful Caprica team at SyFy! Below is an appearance by Alessandra Toressani and the extended Caprica preview of this Friday’s fantastic upcoming episode “Reins of a Waterfall”.

Most newsworthy, Lopez Tonight features top notch talent on an ongoing basis! Our fair use news clip illustrates the very beautiful Ms. Alessandra Toressani known as Zoe Graystone on SyFy’s Caprica. Both are quality shows no one should ever miss in the opinion of this reporter! Click images to visit Lopez Tonight, Caprica on SyFy, Alessandra, WHR or WR_Systems on Twitter.

Stand by for more Caprica reviews as the WHR Caprica Team expands our coverage! More special reviews and reports with cool videos are coming! See you soon and we are sure you will enjoy episode four (4) of the newly created Caprica series. “Reins of a Waterfall” this Friday on SyFy will ROCK. Enjoy!

Best Regards

Hey Stargate Universe Fans!

WHR is counting down to the next Stargate Universe Hiatus Project chat Friday February 5, 2010 6:00 PM PST, 9:00 PM Eastern 2:00 AM GMT for SGU fans.

This weeks episode discussion is “Life” and the wonderful Josh Blacker will be there to chat with all SGU fans! YAY!

So far the special guests have included Josh Blacker himself, Brian Jacob Smith , Patrick Gilmore, Mark Savela and Herb Sommerfeld! All were wonderful to chat with! Stop by because you never know when an SGU star may just drop by to chat with you, the fans of Stargate Universe!

Speaking of which, did we mention that Josh Blacker (Sgt. Spencer) will not only return to the SGU Hiatus Project, Josh he has been auditioning for a role on FRINGE We wish him well in this regard!

Click the banner below to “Gate” directly to SGU Hiatus Project Chat on Colonel_Ez’s blog!

Adria the Cat and I are planning on it! Do not miss this weeks Hiatus Project!

Best Regards

WR_Systems

Hey NBC Univsersal Comcast AND SyFy Fans!

The news is historic. Today as scheduled, WHR will be devoting it’s entire editorial attention to the developments regarding the proposed merger of Comcast with General Electric, owner of NBC Universal and SyFy, channels that WHR reports on with some regularity.

Today the United States House of Representative and the United States Senate holds hearings on the merger of these two outstanding firms. Comcast started nearly 50 years ago in Mississippi with a single cable system and has grown into a media conglomerate with some 24 million cable subscribers. Details regarding General Electric are far too extensive to detail herein.

The hearings also feature witnesses who are in direct competition with Comcast. These historic hearings should not be missed by you the viewing audience as you will be affected no matter the outcome. Tune to C-SPAN-3 now for live coverage. Both hearings will be re-broadcast on the C-SPAN networks. WHR will be off-line following both hearings live and will publish a detailed report on these developments subsequent to review of both the House of Representatives and Senate Hearings.

Enjoy and Best Regards!

Hey Fringe Fans!

Our thanks to the Fringe Folks at FOX Networks! Below is a preview of this Thursday’s shocking upcoming episode “Jacksonville”.

The WHR news analysis is that “Jacksonville” will return the story-line to the clash between Alternate Realities as both worlds prepare for a collision that could spell DISASTER. This is an episode no one should even think of missing! Click images to visit FOX, FRINGE,  WHR or WR_Systems on Twitter!

NaddyCat will have special hiatus reports as the WHR Fringe Fanatics continues our coverage! So that means more special reports with her Fringe insight are coming! See you soon and we are sure you will enjoy the Fringe “Jacksonville” episode winter finale blockbuster. Enjoy!

Best Regards