Archive for November, 2000
TNN: The Star Trek Network, Star Trek X, and a new series
by Doc on Nov.30, 2000, under General News
IGN is reporting that TNN (now called The National Network…) has purchased the rights to the modern Star Trek series (TNG, DS9, and Voyager) for the previously reported $364 million.
In addition, the article has some info on the next Trek movie, the Voyager finale, and the rumored 5th series.
Dune premieres Sunday, December 3rd
by Doc on Nov.30, 2000, under Television
The new 6-hour miniseries adaptation of Dune starts Sunday, December 3rd, at 9pm EST/PST on the Sci-Fi Channel. It then continues on Monday, Dec. 4th, and Tuesday, Dec. 5th.
A new look coming…
by Doc on Nov.22, 2000, under General News
I was never particularly satisfied with the color scheme on the site. So, over the weekend (and probably partly into next week) I hope to do some color scheme changes. Of course, this will probably make the site look pretty bad at times, so please bear with me…
Update 11/26: The bulk of the change is complete. This is probably not the final look, but it is close. I want to add a little 3D flare to it, but didn’t have time yet. And yes, the graphics still need to be fixed…
B5 Widescreen and the Sci-Fi Channel
by Doc on Nov.20, 2000, under Television
A lot of people noticed that Season 2 of Babylon 5 on the Sci-Fi Channel wasn’t truely widescreen, but was simply cropped at the top and bottom (unlike Season 1, which was true widescreen). Well, JMS and Doug Netter have gotten to the bottom of it with Warner Bros…
Where is everyone?
by Doc on Nov.12, 2000, under General News
So, where is everyone? We need stories! We need book reviews! We need people! Tell your friends! Co-workers! Mothers! Let the word out!!!!
Berman Talks of “Trek X” Movie
by Doc on Nov.12, 2000, under Movies
Over at SciFi.com there is a article where Berman talks about the next movie. Seems Brent Spiner was involved in the writing, and there will be a Data story involved…
Third Centauri Novel out
by Doc on Nov.03, 2000, under Books
djryan writes “The third and final novel in the Babylon 5 Centauri trilogy has been released in the United States.
Written by Peter David, it’s based on an outline from JMS and as such is completely canon.
The book is set in the future of the Babylon 5 universe, and centres around the Drakh’s hold of Centauri Prime as shown in War Without End.” It’s called Out of the Darkness, and you get get it from Amazon.com via our
InterWeb B5 Store, and support Sci-FI Storm. Reviews of this and other books are also welcome here…