Ex-detective Alexander Steele is the owner of a private upscale nightclub in Philly, but there’s a problem the retired private detective can’t seem to solve. People keep bringing him new cases, life or death cases that he can’t refuse.
Check out what happens when Alex Steele steps out of retirement to take on drug lords in Alexander Steele and the Death Dealer a four part story written by author Lawrence Johnson Sr.
Soon I'll be promoting my book Author's Guide to Book Fairs and Festivals. And my short story of detective Alexander Steele will be coming out soon (for free) Alexander Steele The Case of the Death Dealer. I'm currently finishing up his novel, Blackout. Once I do I'll be ready to send it out to literary agents.
The Eleventh Hour (episode 203) Doctor Who uses sonic screwdriver
The Beast Below (episode 204) Doctor Who uses sonic screwdriver
Victory of the Daleks (esp. 205) Doctor Who uses sonic screwdriver
The Time of Angles (episode 206) Doctor Who uses sonic screwdriver
Flesh and Stone (episode 206) Doctor Who uses sonic screwdriver
Vampires of Venice (episode 207) Doctor Who uses sonic screwdriver
Episode in the near future Doctor Who is sighted in present day England, a mob of Doctor Who fans suddenly forms, wrestles the Doctor to the ground and takes away his sonic screwdriver.
I am not a big fan of sci fi remakes, War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still and others have turned out to be disappointing however I am hoping that UFO 2011 will be the exception. I have been a fan of the original UFO since it first aired way back in the 70’s. I believe that UFO would have had a longer run if it had a bigger budget and more time to grow its viewership. I have had every episode on VHS for sometime now and last year I brought the full DVD set.
Plot Summary for UFO (from IMDB)
Based in the near future - where a super secret military organization SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization) becomes operational. Its purpose, to defend Earth from an Alien race, which has been abducting humans from all corners of the planet for decades.
SHADO's cover is a London movie studio where their main headquarters are hidden deep below the surface. SHADO, run by the extremely dedicated "Studio Mogul" and SHADO Commander Ed Straker has a cadre of crack operatives with an arsenal of cutting edge futuristic weapons systems and hidden bases on earth and beyond. UFO is the first in a trilogy of tent-pole movies based on the 1970's cult TV show, UFO, created by Gerry Anderson. Written by DK
The casting so far seems a little weak. I am a big fan of the TV show Fringe and although I think that Joshua Jackson is a fine actor I am not so sure that he can pull off the role of Paul Foster. Heroes’ actress Ali Larter has been rumored to play the part of Virginia Lake, which should be interesting.
The approach taken by the studio is to start from the very beginning that is to say the first UFO series never existed. Is this a plus or a minus?
On one hand new fans will be able to catch up on SHADO and the players involved but I am pretty sure that more than a few die hard fans will not be happy with what the writers and producers will do with their beloved charters in the remake.
On the other hand it will take time to explain who SHADO is and what they do; this will probably slow down the pace of the first half of the movie and bore those who are already familiar with the program. Will the producers and director stay true to the original cast, probably not? A few years ago when I wrote my very own outline and summary for UFO the movie my approach was a bit different, okay it was a lot different. In my story SHADO was secretly resurrected when entire groups of people had gone missing at the same time. It is a joint effort between the US and Brittan with mobiles stationed around the world. Commander Ed Straker was replaced by his nephew who had the benefit of his uncle’s counsel before he passed away. Needless to say everything has been updated and there is one Skydiver for each ocean, The Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Southern ocean.
I don’t want to give away the whole story but I will say that the aliens manage to build a secret base/laboratory in an isolated area on Earth. There are several large specially equipped alien ships and several cloning experts from around the world have gone missing. Straker and company have several deadly encounters with the alien force on Earth as well as Moon base where the interceptors now have more than one weapon to fire. By the halfway mark thousands of people have been abducted and a member of SHADO has gone undercover.
There are so many great stories that can be written around this secret origination and as I have already said I am optimistic that they can pull it off. There is a lot riding on the first movie since there are already plans to turn it into a trilogy over the next ten years. According to reports the first movie is due out sometimes next year (2011) hence the title UFO 2011, but with all the buzz about 2012 and the new X Files movie I hope the release date does not clash with other big name motion pictures. As they say, timing is everything.
Jesse Ventura is an interesting fellow. This ex-governor of Minnesota decided to host a TV show titled Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura I was not surprised. Anyone over the age of ten knows that TV shows are canceled because of bad ratings so hyping the show was also expected.
“Jesse Ventura and a team of expert investigators examine some of the most frightening and mysterious conspiracy allegations of our time.”
Under normal circumstances I would not have given this program a second thought but when an ex governor of a major state has a guest on his show that makes the statement “the US government for the last 10 years have been on a crash shelter building program from coast to coast” it makes me wonder
A. Is it true?
B. why would the government need so many under ground bunkers?
The show goes on to say that the government has built a massive bunker under Denver airport which according to Google maps is thirty miles away from the city of Denver Co. but only 98 miles from Peterson Air Force Base the new home of The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Is this a coincidence? Why was the airport built so far away from the city? Conspiracy theorists believe that an underground tunnel connecting the two points has or is being constructed in time to meet the December 21, 2012 deadline.
http://www.norad.mil/about/index.html
Is this all a bunch of nonsense or is something going on, if so what’s the hurry? Could it be that the government is concerned about 2012?
Okay, even if you think that Governor Ventura is a crackpot what about the seed vault?
With all of the reporting going on we know that the seed vault is real but again the timing is curious. Construction on the seed vault took less than a year at a cost of 9 million dollars. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened officially on February 26, 2008. I think that it’s a great idea but why wasn’t this done twenty or thirty years ago, why now?
Operational costs will be paid by Norway and the Global Crop Diversity Trust.[2] The primary funding of the Trust came from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United Kingdom, Norway, Australia, Switzerland, and Sweden, though funding has been received from a wide variety of sources including four developing countries: Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, and India.[3 ((source Wikipedia)
If the stories about secret underground bunkers are true what do they (the government) know that we don’t and what else is going on that we should don’t about?
The Spiral Galaxy was first discovered in the year 2004 by crop circle photographers Matt and Will after joining forces with Art the computer wiz. (Escape 2 Earth 2012 - novel) Together the three men discover that a clandestine alien origination named Earth’s Guardians had been planting ominous coded messages inside crop circles around the world warning that planet Earth would be destroyed by another planet that would enter the Earth’s solar system on December 21, 2012.
After eight long years of struggles, sabotage, and setbacks, the human race begins again on the pristine planet called Earth 2 more commonly referred to as New Earth located inside the Spiral Galaxy many light years away from the Milky Way. (Return 2 Earth - novel) The people of New Earth lacking knowledge of the region and sophisticated technology find themselves at a disadvantage. The Governments of New Earth unite in an effort to defeat a new ruthless enemy, the ruler of Otar named Taz, but in order to survive New Earth will need the support of the most powerful leaders in the entire galaxy a group known as the Planetary Alliance.
The most influential members of the 16 world’s organization are Lazon, Xanar, Natropi, Tygalon, Deltor, and Nep’o. Those who enter this strange galaxy will find out the hard way that danger does not always come in the form of living beings. For decades rumors have swirled through the region about an army of angry androids marooned on Akanon commonly referred to as the Planet of Doom. Of course these are only rumors because no one who has visited the planet in recent memory has ever returned to set the record straight. (Planet of Doom – short story)
On the planet of Deltor Koto-Ryin’s visions have become so vivid, so real that she confides in her friend (and soon to be Xanarian Oracle) Nolan. Her visions from more than 400 years ago are of Deltorian ancestors, the long since departed Queen Lora, and the mighty Deltorian Warriors. (The Visions of Koto-Ryin –series of 5 short stories)
Koto-Ryin is not the only having problems on Deltor. Princess Arianna and Prince Dante are in love and hope to be joined someday however to odds of such a union are slim since Prince Dante will one day become King of Xanar and Princess Arianna is Deltorian. (Secrets of a Deltorian Princess : The Quest to Save Xanar– coming soon)
After surviving the evacuation of Old Earth and new enemies’ humans have learned along the way that life with their new neighbors can also be enjoyable. Every year on Lazon you are invited to attend the week long Festival of Life, and the weather on Xanar, Lazon, and several of the Alliance planets is perfect everyday even though the skies are pink, or orange, depending on the time of day because they control the weather. The mega fun space ship Eros Star is the ultra modern 37 deck luxury vessel that carries more than 2,000 passengers. Life on the space cruise is great but one day something goes terribly wrong and a call is place to the intergalactic detective Da’Quan, his skills are needed to sort things out. (Murder on the Eros Star- coming soon)
The year is 2023 and people of New Earth are now looking back, wondering how it all started nearly thirty years ago. How was Old Earth really destroy and who was to blame? (Terror on Telderan – short story)
New Earth is safe and all is right with the world, our world but just when you thought it was all over someone is wreaking havoc with a dozen of the planets in the Spiral Galaxy and New Earth is asked to help in a big way. (Earth #2 redemption – coming 2011) Life is never dull in our new galaxy with whistling forest, secret gardens, artificial planets, and androids there is a lot to learn about our new neighbors in the Spiral Galaxy.
Are you one of those multi-taskers who watch TV while tweeting, talking on the phone, or reading your e-mail? If you are you may have to make an exception and put those tasks on hold when you watch the paranormal TV show Fringe. This is not a show where everyone but the mailman, sorry mail carrier, has a secret power. Many of the episodes are original ideas that are converted into well written stories about strange and unusual occurrences usually designed to scare the hell out of you. Here is the plot summary from the IMDB
“The FBI teams up with a formerly-institutionalized scientist - who was performing experiments on the fringe of real science - and his son to investigate weird crimes that are seemingly part of a larger pattern, and may be connected with a global company called massive Dynamics.”
What do you get when you put together a team that includes an FBI agent an eccentric mad scientist, and his Son with a questionable background? You get a fresh interesting program that pushes the boundaries of the imagination.
Co-created by J.J. Abrams and staring Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick and Jasika Nicole Fringe deals with cases of extremely rare diseases, people with unusual psychic abilities, and weird human experimentation that usually goes wrong. There is also a continuing storyline involving a dangerous parallel universe. Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy plays a recurring role. Fringe is now in its second season and will probably be around for a while.
If you tune in expecting to see scantly clad women and buff guys running around with their shirts off each week you will be disappointed. These guys want to tell you a story. Along the way there are twists and turns so you need to keep up. Fringe has been nominated for a Visual Effects Society Award but don’t let that fool you it’s the story lines and great acting that will get you hooked on this series.
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A few years ago when I wrote my very own outline and summary for UFO the movie my approach was a bit different, okay it was a lot different. In my story SHADO was secretly resurrected when entire groups of people had gone missing at the same time. It is a joint effort between the US and Brittan with mobiles stationed around the world. Commander Ed Straker was replaced by his nephew who had the benefit of his uncle’s counsel before he passed away. Needless to say everything has been updated and there is one Skydiver for each ocean, The Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Southern ocean. 
The Spiral Galaxy was first discovered in the year 2004 by crop circle photographers Matt and Will after joining forces with Art the computer wiz. (Escape 2 Earth 2012 - novel) Together the three men discover that a clandestine alien origination named Earth’s Guardians had been planting ominous coded messages inside crop circles around the world warning that planet Earth would be destroyed by another planet that would enter the Earth’s solar system on December 21, 2012. 
