Tom Skerritt, who co-stars in the upcoming SCI FI original movie Mammoth, told SCI FI Wire that the trick to making the film work was to not take the story too seriously.

Um... duh?

Mammoth begins with what appears to be a meteor crashing into a natural history museum in a small Louisiana town, but the meteor is actually a spaceship containing a shape-shifting life form that, in order to survive, inhabits a partially frozen woolly mammoth at the museum. Soon, the possessed mammoth is wreaking havoc, and it's up to a paleontologist, Dr. Abernathy (Vincent Ventresca of The Invisible Man), to save the day. Skerritt (Alien) plays Abernathy's father, Simon, and Summer Glau (Serenity) plays Abernathy's daughter.

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Skerritt added, "That's basically the way these guys looked at Mammoth. They said, 'How can you take this seriously?' And they convinced SCI FI to allow us to bring humor to it. Those are the things that, I think, make horror films different. How are you going to scare people? Lull them in and make them laugh and then suddenly [it's], 'Wait a minute, what am I laughing at?' Maybe that's the new way of doing it; I don't know." Mammoth premieres April 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

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Oh, poor Vincent Vintresca. What are you doing in that movie, honey?

SciFi Wire thingie on the writers of the new Who: [link] Somewhat spoilery (as to general setting or villians of certain episodes).

Just spoilery for Who 05 not Who 06.

There is a spoilery SG1 article on ScifiWire too. Spoiler: Scary little girl who does the speedy grow up to be a woman. I hope that they do that with humor.

I really wish they'd go against the trope and decide to have Vala's baby NOT prematurely age into demographically attractive young adulthood. Imagine the image of armed hordes of zealots chanting "hallowed are the Ori" at the urging of a newborn in a hoodie. Talk about your miracle babies...

I love love love Vince Ventresca. Sexy sexy man. When, oh when, will I-Man come out on DVD?

Ventresca is two years younger than me. Summer Glau is playing his daughter. This is one of those OMG-I-grew-up moments.

I think it did come out on DVD, except it was in England or something.

Yeah, it's out on Region 2.

The first one was all right, given that it was essentially a pilot. The second one I couldn't sit through.

I think "The End of the World" is probably the worst episode, so keep trucking. I think you'll like the next one more, and it starts getting better and better from there.

I also agree that Nine is creepy in a cool way. He's pumped full of danger. It leads to an awesome moment in "Bad Wolf," when he scares the fuck out of the Daleks by declaring that he has NO FUCKING IDEA what he's going to do, and therefore, NEITHER DO THEY.

So question for the ranks, the current Dr Who showing on SciFi, too scary for a 10 year old? He enjoyed the first two on Friday, so I told him I'd Tivo them for him, but reading the white font has me just a little worried.