23 years of this site still chugging along...
Firefly cancelled
by Doc on Dec.16, 2002, under Television
Not exactly Earth-shattering – the rumors have been around all weekend – but Jos Whedon has confirmed that Fox has cancelled Firefly. There is hope yet – Fox is letting him shop the show to a new network. In the meantime, production has shut down.
DSL woes
by Doc on Dec.13, 2002, under General News
Just a couple of days after I was telling someone how create my DSL line was, DirecTV announced they are shutting down DSL service. I got the service when it was Telocity – $49/month for static IP, 640 down/90 up (which they bumped to 800/160 a while back), no restrictions, no commitment, self-install. And its worked great except for a minor DNS glitch they had (which was solved by running my own…) Now I have to figure out what I’m going to do. Sci-Fi Storm is not tied to that line, but the stores are, so I will be scrambling to deal with it. I may have to go with a Dynamic IP from Verizon, since Covad doesn’t have a DSLAM here…stay tuned.
Editorial Review of The Neutrino Effect
by Doc on Dec.13, 2002, under Books
Jon Casper writes “EDITORIAL REVIEW
The familiar theme of alien invasion is treated in author Michael Kirshteyn?s THE NEUTRINO EFFECT with refreshing optimism and a sure-handed style. Told from the point of view of a Russian Scientist entrepreneur named Vladimir Ustinov, the story takes place in a future some seventy years from now, in which the author speculates that peace among the nations may not be such an outrageous concept.” Read Moe for the rest…
Children of Dune Miniseries Preview Picture Scans
by Doc on Dec.13, 2002, under Television
BaronMoritani writes “Over 20 scans are online of the new Children of Dune miniseries teaser trailer. These pix are taken from the second teaser trailer featuring Alia! They include pictures of Alia fighting Leto II!
Details here:
Star Trek: Nemesis Launches Star’s Second Career
by Doc on Dec.11, 2002, under General News
Susy Grossman writes “When Star Trek: Nemesis opens Friday, December 13, it will open the door for a second career for one of the franchise?s stars.
As the Star Ship Enterprise beams into theaters Friday, December 13, for the tenth installment of the Star Trek film franchise, it opens the door for the launching of the directorial career of fan favorite cast member Michael Dorn.“
Read More for the whole story.
Mad Max 4 finally to get made
by Doc on Dec.11, 2002, under Movies
Three years in the making, Mad Max: Fury Road has finally has a green light, with star Mel Gibson slated to get $25 million. George Miller, director and co-writer of the first three, got the rights back from Warner Bros. and the new project is happening at Twentieth Century Fox.
Store updates, including Deep Space Nine
by Doc on Dec.10, 2002, under General News
I’ve made some updates to the Sci-Fi TV Store for some upcoming releases. Andromeda Season 1 Volume 4 is due January 14th; Lexx Series 4 Volume 1 debuts January 28th; and new to the store is Deep Space Nine with the upcoming release of The Complete First Season. And a reminder, Farscape Season 2 Volume 4 is out tomorrow.
New Galactica details
by Doc on Dec.05, 2002, under Television
Current producer/director Ronald D. Moore has given out details of the planned “retelling” of the Battlestar Galactica story, to which USA Cable has given a greenlight for pre-production with active production slated for the Spring. And get this…Starbuck is female this time…
I, Robot
by Doc on Dec.04, 2002, under Movies
dugh writes “It looks like Asimov’s “I, Robot” will be turned into a movie starring Will Smith. Shooting starts in April, according to this article.” I hope he’s not playing the robot… :^)
Children of Dune Miniseries News
by Doc on Dec.04, 2002, under Television
BaronMoritani writes “The first picture of Leto II wearing his sandtrout skin is online at the Landsraad:
http://groups.msn.com/TheLandsraad/_whatsnew.msnw
There is also a link to the new teaser trailer now playing at scifi.com.”