23 years of this site still chugging along...
Dead senator to return in X2?
by Doc on Apr.08, 2002, under Movies
Proving that in sci-fi no one is ever permanently dead, it seems that there is a possibility that Senator Kelly (Bruce Davison), who was turned into a mutant and then a puddle of liquid, may make an appearance in the sequel X2. Not a whole lot of details, so as usual take with a grain of quadro-triticale.
Looks like no Rangers
by Doc on Apr.05, 2002, under Television
Everybody has been wondering about the status of Legend of the Rangers, with SCI FI Channel making announcements about mini-series and movies and such. Well, this just came from JMS: “The SciFi Channel has indicated that it’s moving away from space shows, with
all the hardware/alien stuff that goes with it. (This as per its recent
announcement about upcoming shows.)
So it looks like Rangers isn’t going to go ahead. They haven’t said it
directly, but networks never do.”
Registration problems
by Doc on Apr.04, 2002, under General News
I was kindly informed this morning that when registering an account, e-mail with the password wasn’t being received. I’ve hunted it down and fixed it, so now it will send e-mail out. If you have already registered and need the password, oo to the “Preferences” selection from the left menu, and click on the “Click here” next to “Lost your password?”.
Farscape: New Episodes Friday
by Doc on Apr.03, 2002, under Television
Anonymous Coward writes “From Scifi.com:
Farscape returns to SCI FI April 5 with the final four episodes of Season Three. These include (in airing order) 319: “I Yehsch, You Yehsch,” 320: “Into the Lion’s Den, Pt. 1,” 321: “Into the Lion’s Den, Pt. 2,” and 322: “Dog with Two Bones.”
Season Four begins June 7th.
Which is to say, about time!” Yeah, I’d say. It’s like their following the PTEN lead with the way Babylon 5 seasons were managed. I’m still trying to figure out how to get my TiVo through the Friday madness of shows to tape…
More SCI-FI miniseries – including Battlestar Galactica
by Doc on Apr.03, 2002, under Television
Today’s Test Pattern has scoops on a number of miniseries that have been green-lighted by the SCI FI Channel. Of note is “re-imagining” of Battlestar Galactica with Ronald D. Moore (MI:2) writing and Breck Eisner (Steven Spielberg’s Taken) directing. Not sure how this affects the possibly-defunct Singer/DeSanto project. Also in the works for mini-series: Myst, based on the computer game; The Forever War, based on the Hugo and Nebula-winning novel by Joe Haldeman; The Chronicles of Amber, based on Roger Zelazny’s 10-volume series; and The Seventh Day, a 7-hour series produced by Gary Sherman (First Wave).
Sarandon in Children of Dune
by Doc on Apr.02, 2002, under Movies
We knew about the cast changes in store for Children of Dune – now we find out Susan Sarandon has signed on to play new character Wensicia, described as a “ruthless princess eager to restore her deposed family to the throne.” This lends a big name back to the production. Among the replacement cast: Alice Krige (the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact) will play Lady Jessica, and Edward Atterton (Arthur in Mists of Avalon) will play Duncan Idaho.
Beware the Fools of April
by Doc on Apr.01, 2002, under General News
It is tradition on the Internet for false news stories – clever, uninspired, or just dumb – to proliferate on the Net on April 1st. It’s amazing how many are taken for the truth, but sometimes its hard to tell. Take for example the quite clever stuff at Coming Atractions, some of which I almost reported on before the caffeine kicked in.
R. A. Lafferty Dies
by Doc on Apr.01, 2002, under General News
Anonymous Coward writes “R. A. Lafferty, the prolific SF writer has died. He was 87. Obituaries appear in the LA Times and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Most of his stuff is out of print these days but he was the author of quite a few good novel and shorts stories including Eurema’s Damn which won the Hugo award in 1973.”
LOTR DVDs – two sets – due out this year
by Doc on Mar.28, 2002, under General News
Word is out on the street – on August 6th, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings will be released on 2-disc DVD set – but you may not want it – because a 4-disc set with 30 minutes of additional footage and a likely ‘R’ rating will be released in November, just 5 weeks before The Two Towers hits theaters.
Cameron updating Fantastic Voyage?
by Doc on Mar.27, 2002, under Movies
Looks like James Cameron is looking to update the classic Fantastic Voyage. In an interview with SCI FI Wire, Dean Devlin (Independence Day) said he and partner Roland Emmerich, at one time involved in the project, said they no longer are, but that Cameron had it now.