Sci-Fi Storm

I received the DVD of Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and finally got the time to watch it so I can give you a quick review before it comes out tomorrow…

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J.K. Rowling, author of the highly-anticipated Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and her U.S. publisher Scholastic Inc. have filed suit against New York’s Daily News after the newspaper posted excerpts of the book, having supposedly obtained a copy from a health food store in Brooklyn that put copies out Wednesday. Bookstores are forbidden from letting the book out before midnight Friday night. Apparently the DN even reproduced two pages of the book – with legible text. I’m pretty sure they can’t do that regardless…I’m also surprised with the claim that it “…harmed Scholastic’s $3 million worldwide marketing campaign.” Not that it was harmed, but that they’ve only spent $3 million…

Jamie Eppich writes “My name is Jamie Eppich and I am writing to you in regards to my husband Ron Eppich.

Ron has been a contactee since 1995 and has telepathic contact with an inter-dimensional being called Ash-kar. Ash-kar is not just what we would call an alien, but is a member of a group of supreme beings, intimately connected to the evolution of this planet. Ron?s experiences have some very unique aspects that we both feel would be of interest. Ron has formerly been an Arizona Highway Patrolman and was a sensor 3 operator on a P3 Orion with a top secret clearance, so I feel that you will find him to be a most credible witness to the experiences you will read about.

He is currently involved with [removed by request] and is writing a book concerning his contact experiences. He is searching for more venues to network with in sharing this vital information.

I ask that you please go to the following website to view the material that Ash-kar has put forth and please contact myself or my husband Ron if you are interested in working together.

Sincerely,

Jamie Eppich

http://www.ash-kar.com

Contact:

roneppich@cox.net

Or

ladyelaina@cox.net

Or contact Ron directly at: 602-885-7155″ I just can’t comment right now – take it for what you will. But hey, at least people are submitting things…

I actually saw X2 (is X-Men United really the subtitle? I didn’t see it in the movie)a couple of weeks ago, so some of the details have faded – but hre is another mini-review. Summation – a good sequel.

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BaronMoritani writes “Landsraad Assistant Manager and Renown House Artist

LoneStarFedaykin

Has Created His Own Site To House His Dune Art Projects

www.DUNEART.com

For more than a year, LoneStarFedaykin has been a wonderful and exciting presence in the online Dune art world,
so we all knew it was only a matter of time before he’d wield his crysknife-shaped pen with his own vibrant art site.
In DuneArt.com, LoneStarFedaykin houses his finished Dune works,
plus his sketches and comics. He also has some promised projects
in the work (with a little help from his friends).

Go to www.DUNEART.com for the newest in LSF’s Dune art.

Go here for more a few more tidbits: http://groups.msn.com/TheLandsraad/_whatsnew.msnw“

Anonymous Coward writes “Since I found out about Dustrunners on this site, it seems like a good place to talk about its rebirth… it seems the show was put through hell and is now (what they’re calling) an open source project. I’m not sure if you can really make a show when you have everyone on the internet offering their $0.02, let alone who owns the stuff once it’s made… in short, it looks like a stretch, but at the very least you get to see what goes into making a sci fi show.”

The Babylon 5 Season 3 DVD Box Set is now available for pre-order, with a release date of August 12th, a few months earlier than originally planned. It’s been said that sales have been terrific on the first two.

BaronMoritani writes “On May 25th, the Landsraad has a scheduled chat for the Children of Dune DVD release (released on May 20th, on sale most everywhere)

View your Children of Dune miniseries DVD and chat with fellow ‘raad members as they do the same.

Discuss the VFX extra on the DVD.

You never know who may show up.

6 P.M. Eastern US Standard Time

Must be a ‘raad member to join in on the chat. All polite Dune Fans are welcome to stop by.

Go here for more details:

http://groups.msn.com/TheLandsraad/_whatsnew.msnw“

The kind folks at Warner Home Video came through again and sent me an advanced copy of The Animatrix DVD, but I couldn’t put up a review until this weekend. It was nice, actually, as I was able to watch it once to enjoy it, and then again for the review. Read More for a full review. Brief capsule: A must for fans of The Matrix and anime in general, mut probably not as interesting for the casual person.

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The 29th annual Saturn Awards, given by the The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films (the “Oscars” of the genre), were handed out Sunday, with details provided by Cinescape. Top winner was Minority Report with three wins, with The Two Towers taking two. My childhood television heroes, Sid and Marty Kroft, creators of Land of the Lost and many other genre-themed (amd sometimes nightmarish) children’s shows, received a Life Career award.