Sci-Fi Storm

BaronMoritani writes “Gee Williams, a.k.a. Bijaz from the Children of Dune miniseries, has been kind enough to grant an interview with the Landsraad Dune site.

In this interview, Williams discusses his background, how he earned his role in the Children of Dune miniseries, one of his favorite moments from the miniseries, and his admiration for his agent Warrick Davis (Willow)

Details here:

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

Egads. I can’t even comment on some of these shows, but the SCI FI Channel has announced some new series, a couple of miniseries, and a bunch of reality shows (apparently they forget the “FI” stands for “fiction”…) Notable is the announcement of the long rumored spinoff Stargate: Atlantis, where the ruins of Atlantis prove to have been a base for the Ancients, who built the stargates, and a new team takes off for a “distant universe”.

Despite the recent loss of Jonathan Harris (Dr. Smith), who was to be a major part of the Lost in Space: The Journey Home reunion movie/backdoor pilot, it still may go ahead, according to co-writer S.S. Wilson (the Tremors movies and SCI FI Channel series among other genre movies). Also, the details are that the original crew of the Jupiter II would finally return to Earth – but another group would get stranded, providing the hook to a potential new series.

Was the writing on the wall? Rick Berman talked in an interview about the troubled Enterprise – and signaled a course change commencing with the season-ending cliffhanger. “We’re talking about a change that is going to, to some degree, alter our mission and, to some degree, change the tone of the series,” he said. Also mention the possibility of young versions of known characters like Kirk and Sarek, an appearance by Q, and possibly some other NX-class ships, but that’s all in discussion.

Raetsel writes “Well, the “final” episode of Farscape has aired… but what to our wondering eyes should appear at the end?

“To Be Continued…”

Most interesting. Perhaps it means the effort of all the fans out there has paid off? Here’s hoping!”

(I know its a bit late – been busy). Tonight on the SCI FI Channel is the series finale of Farscape, and the season 6 finale of Stargate SG-1, with the return of Dr. Daniel Jackson facing the powerful Anubis…

Fire up your TiVos, set your VCR clocks, do whatever you need – Children of Dune begins tonight at 9pm EST, and for the next two nights. And you can catch up on Dune today starting at 3pm EST.

The SCI FI Channel has announced an auction of Children of Dune memorabilia to benefit Reading is Fundamental. Auction is supposed to have started at 8pm EST today, but nothing is up yet. And don’t forget, the mini-series starts 9pm EST Sunday.

BaronMoritani writes “The Children of Dune miniseries trailer entitled “Inheritance” was pulled by SCIFI.COM due to the preview containing major spoilers including the death of a main character. Luckily, you can still view the trailer by going here: http://groups.msn.com/TheLandsraad/_whatsnew.msnw

The Children of Dune miniseries premieres in the USA on Sunday, March 16, at 9p.m. Eastern standard time.

For more information go here:
www.scifi.com/dune

The information must flow …”

I think he’s had more stuff produced after his death than before. Two Gene Roddenberry kid stories – the only two he ever wrote for kids – have been acquired by Digital Production Solutions to be turned into either 3D animated series or movies. The stories are Starpoint Academy, about an elite academy training cadets to be Astro Rangers, and Gene Roddenberry’s Char, about an intergalactic princess raised as a normal girl on 24th-century Earth.