Sci-Fi Storm

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has released its nominations list for the 27th annual Saturn Awards, to be awarded June 12th. Read More for the nominees…

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Those of you old enough may remember fondly all those Sid and Marty Krofft live-action shows – Land of the Lost, The Lost Saucer, H.R. Pufnstuf – well, looks like there is a revival in the works – starting with Electra Woman and Dyna Girl for the WB staring Markie Post (Night Court) and Anne Stedman (Space Cowboys), according to The Hollywood Reporter. Read More for more news…

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OK, I’m hitting random stuff on IMDb, and managed to stumble across a number of things from my childhood. Anyone remember these?

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JMS, who already has two comics in print and a bunch of other projects, takes over the writing duties for Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man, with the first issue due next month. Find out what’s on tap with Fandom.com’s interview…

Park Wars: The Little Menace has just been released. It is a parody of The Phantom Menace with South Park characters filling the roles. There is some original material, but mostly it takes directly from the audio of the movie (and mentions as much in the original material). Originally planned for 64 minutes, it was cut to under 12 minutes to avoid legal issues…

Received this in e-mail: The Museum of Television and Radio in Los Angeles will be holding a writing seminar entitled “From The Outer Limits to Roswell: Writing the Fantastic for Television” on March 26th from 5:30-7pm. The panel includes Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson, Ronald D. Moore, Steve Roberts, and JMS. Read More for the details.

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JMS just posted in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated that the first two B5 DVDs – The Gathering and In the Beginning will be delayed a month (I’m guessing to August) because Warner Home Video was apparently planning to release the original version of The Gathering instead of the Special Edition. JMS has managed to convince them otherwise (even after WHV spent $100k on it).

Here is a glimpse of headlines running on Sci-Fi Wire – head there for the full stories: Voyager co-producer Fuller may take on new Trek series; Sci-Fi will air RoboCop: Prime Directives mini-series; A Sound of Thunder postponed; Hayden Christensen is impressive as Anakin; security is tight on Matrix sequels; ABC bids on A.I. despite still being in production; Sci-Fi auction items score big; Wang unhappy about being turned down for directing Voyager.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have released to final ballot for the 2001 Nebula Awards. Read More to see the finalists…

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Just a couple of updates.

Yesterday, thanks to the storm being called the “Blizard of ’01”, the server lost power several times, once for an extended period. Fortunately there was no data loss, but if you couldn’t connect, you now know why.

Second, expect updates to happen on a sporadic basis (like they haven’t already)…a severe illness in the family is absorbing most of my time and energy, and leaving little for all my side projects. I will update as I can. You can help by submitting stories so I don’t have to go net-hunting for them myself, but please make sure you include a link or reference to the source of the info…