Voices From Krypton

VOICES FROM KRYPTON RADIO: SCI-FI DISCO!

Today is the launch of Voices From Krypton Radio, periodic blocks of music appropriate for Media Geeks everywhere. To kick things off, we're going back nearly 30 years in time to present a terrifying concoction we've nick-named "Sci-Fi Disco." The time is late 1970's/early 1980s, and disco rules (ugh!), so it's no surprise that Meco offered the world disco versions of the following themes: Superman: The Movie, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and The Empire Strikes Back. Some might argue that these themes should have been buried in a time capsule somewhere, but we felt that, historically, there was a significance in....oh, who are we kidding? We needed something to post today and we went with this. Enjoy.

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BUFFY VS. DARK SHADOWS?

One of the sites within the Media Geek Zone is www.voicesfromkrypton.com, which, among other things, serves as homebase for the Media Geek comic strip. In an installment which has not been posted there as of yet, Media Geek imagines a crossover between Dark Shadows and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Below are the results of his imaginings.

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KEVIN J. ANDERSON on "THE LAST DAYS OF KRYPTON"

EXCLUSIVE: Perennial best-selling author Kevin J. Anderson has toiled in the Star Wars, X-Files and Dune universes, among others, and scored with his original fiction, most notably his Saga of Seven Suns series. But as far as Superman fans are concerned, his most anticipated novel is his newest, this fall's The Last Days of Krypton. Using Kal-El's launch from the doomed planet as his launching point, Anderson has worked backwards to create a fully-fleshed out homeworld of the future Superman, breathing life into characters like Jor-El, Lara and Zod. In the following exclusive interview conducted by Ed Gross, Anderson provides an inside look at the genesis of The Last Days of Krypton.

SUPERMAN & THE BATMAN

With the animated series The Batman entering its fifth season, heat is building around the show as it's begun to have Batman interact with some of the heroes he will eventually be teamed with in the future. In the clip below, it's Superman's turn and one walks away from it wondering if someday we'll see the first animated series that focuses exclusively on these two characters.

DARK COMMANDOS: EPISODE TWO

Continuing where Episode One left off (and if you haven't seen it, go to the Dark Commandos section of this blog -- we'll wait), the vampire Dreyfuss extracts some information from Dwight regarding the kidnapping of the vice president's daughter. Needless to say, Dreyfuss has some unique tools of extraction at his disposal.

FALLEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL WESLEY

EXCLUSIVE: Having spent a great deal of his time in front of the camera playing bad guys -- including as Lex Luthor's brother, Lucas, in the "Prodigal" episode of Smallville, actor Paul Wesley embraced the idea of playing the hero in ABC Family's Fallen trilogy. Paul is cast in the role of Aaron Corbett, who, on his 18th birthday, discovers his previously unsuspected destiny: as a Nephilim who, as a "Redeemer," has the ability to allow fallen angels to return to Heaven. Needless to say, there are those who want to stop Aaron from fulfilling his quest.

In this exclusive interview with Voices From Krypton, Paul discusses the making of the trilogy, the aspects of playing Aaron he enjoys, and he even reflects on the enduring impact his appearance on Smallville has had on his life.