Farscape: The Illustrated Companion


Book Description

Want to know the name of Zhaan's murdered lover, or what exactly a "fellip" is? Well there's no need to download your memory files now that Farscape (tm): The Illustrated Companion provides an in-depth look at TV's hottest new science fiction series. With its amazing cast of characters, dazzling scripts, state-of-the-art CGI, and cutting-edge special -effects from the Academy Award-winning team of the Jim Henson Creature Shop, it's no suprise the Farscape (tm) has won the hearts of both fans and critics. Farscape (tm): The Illustrated Companion is the only fully authorized guide to the series, packed with exlcusive cast and crew interviews, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, gorgeous photos and design art, a fascinating look at the special effects wizardry of the Creature Shop, an da comprehensive episode guide to the series' first spectacular season. StarBursting boldly onto bookshelves, this informative volume is an absolute necessity for every fan this side of the Uncharted Territories. (Farscape (tm) and all related characters and elements are trademarks of The Jim Henson Company (c) 2001)




Farscape: The Illustrated Companion


Book Description

Want to know the name of Zhaan's murdered lover, or what exactly a "fellip" is? Well there's no need to download your memory files now that Farscape (tm): The Illustrated Companion provides an in-depth look at TV's hottest new science fiction series. With its amazing cast of characters, dazzling scripts, state-of-the-art CGI, and cutting-edge special -effects from the Academy Award-winning team of the Jim Henson Creature Shop, it's no suprise the Farscape (tm) has won the hearts of both fans and critics. Farscape (tm): The Illustrated Companion is the only fully authorized guide to the series, packed with exlcusive cast and crew interviews, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, gorgeous photos and design art, a fascinating look at the special effects wizardry of the Creature Shop, an da comprehensive episode guide to the series' first spectacular season. StarBursting boldly onto bookshelves, this informative volume is an absolute necessity for every fan this side of the Uncharted Territories. (Farscape (tm) and all related characters and elements are trademarks of The Jim Henson Company (c) 2001)




Farscape


Book Description

This volume offers access to the Farscape stars and production team and takes a detailed look behind the scenes of the show. There is also an episode guide to the whole of season two, with a look ahead to season three.




Farscape Forever!


Book Description

Science fiction and fantasy authors analyze every aspect of the innovative, action-packed, and always surprising science fiction television series Farscape in this innovative and irreverent essay collection. Contributors include Martha Wells on characters Crichton and D'Argo's buddy relationship, P. N. Elrod on the villains she loves to hate, and Justina Robson on sex, pleasure, and feminism. Topics range from a look at how Moya was designed and an examination of vulgarity and bodily functions to a tourist's budget guide to the Farscape universe and an expert's advice to the peacekeepers who, despite their viciousness, never quite seem to pull it off. Fun, accessible, entertaining, and insightful, these musings will appeal to every admirer of this intriguing television series.




Comic Book Movies - Virgin Film


Book Description

The superheroes are back! Since the 1970s, the film world has found inspiration in comic books and graphic novels. These days no summer is complete without a major blockbuster movie based on a comic: Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men, Men in Black, Daredevil, and The Hulk. Modern special effects have made large-scale superhero epics possible, but the diversity of the comics being published has made for a wide variety of subjects, as evidenced by Ghost World, From Hell, Akira and Road to Perdition. This book looks in detail at twenty key titles, covering every step of the development from comic book panel to feature film frame. Includes interviews with key creative artists about the evolution of the films from the original comics, and speculates about future films.




Stargate SG-1


Book Description

Provides a guide to all twenty episodes of the tenth season, offering in-depth profiles of the major characters, interviews with the cast and crew, and a behind-the-scenes look at costumes, stunts, and production design.




Alexandro Jodorowsky's Screaming Planet


Book Description

Alexandro Jodorowsky steps up to the challenge of the short graphic novel story format by collaborating with an international panoply of artists.




Wanna Cook?


Book Description

An accessible and in-depth guide to all five seasons of Breaking Bad "I am not in danger . . . I am the danger." With those words, Breaking Bad's Walter White solidified himself as TV's greatest antihero. Wanna Cook? explores the most critically lauded series on television with analyses of the individual episodes and ongoing storylines. From details like stark settings, intricate camerawork, and jarring music to the larger themes, including the roles of violence, place, self-change, legal ethics, and fan reactions, this companion book is perfect for those diehards who have watched the Emmy Award-winning series multiple times as well as for new viewers. Wanna Cook? elucidates without spoiling, and illuminates without nit-picking. A must-have for any fanÕs collection.




The Art of Wallace and Gromit


Book Description

With concept art, character models, set designs, stills, plus interviews with all the leading talent and an introduction by Nick Park, this is an illustrated guide to the movie "Curse of the Were-rabbit," produced by Multi-Oscar winning Aardman Animation. This book discovers the film's behind-the-scenes secrets.




Tolkien


Book Description

The first encyclopedic illustrated guide to the world of Middle Earth and the Undying Lands, this book brings together every important aspect of Tolkien's vast cosmology. More than five hundred alphabetical entries cover five major subject areas: history, geography, sociology, natural history and biography. The maps, genealogies and time-charts, together with the illustrations of characters, places adn events, reveal to the reader the full dramatic sweep and splendor of Tolkien's world.