23 years of this site still chugging along...
…and the news goes on…
by Doc on Sep.12, 2001, under General News
It’s always difficult to get back into a normal routine after such events, but life does go on. Here is a nutshell report of some of what is going on in Sci-Fi, mostly condensed from Sci-Fi Wire: Buffy‘s James Marsters will guest on Andromeda as Nietzschean; Lucasfilm added $4 million worth of perks for the Episode I DVD; Roxann Dawson (B’Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager) completes directing Enterprise‘s 7th episode; and AICN is offering X-Files spoilers.
The world has changed…
by Doc on Sep.11, 2001, under General News
I don’t want to reiterate what you already know, but a lot of us have been affected in one way or another by the cowardly attacks. I knew one of the passengers that was on board the first plane. Please focus your thoughts and prayers on the families of the thousands of victims.
JMS Update
by Doc on Sep.07, 2001, under General News
djryan writes “JMS has posted a new update on what he’s up to. Some exciting news about Jeremiah, Rangers, and Rising stars here: I was about to repost this, but djryan saved me the time… :^) Here is a simpler link for the graphic novel: Delicate Creatures. Some other important things: Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers will debut January 2nd; Jeremiah on January 11th.
Sci-Fi Storm update
by Doc on Sep.06, 2001, under General News
I’m working on updating the site to use Slashcode 2.0. You might notice some glitches in the look-and-feel – I’m still sorting out some errors in the “theme”. Once I get all this straightened out, then we can see about tackling the features…
Update 9/6: Now that I’ve got a handle on the new templates, I’m adding a bit of 3D flair, so don’t complain too much if it looks funny…hmm…after adding the 3D stuff, I’ve noticed that it looks bad in Netscape 4.X. Looks OK in either IE or Mozilla/Netscape 6. Still trying to figure it out.
Austin Powers: Goldmember
by Doc on Sep.06, 2001, under Movies
According to Variety, New Line is going ahead with the third Austin Powers movie, subtitled Goldmember. Mike Myers will be returning to all three of his previous roles (Powers, Dr. Evil, and Fat Bastard) as well as the new title character villain. Others are under negotiations.
Neverworld to debut next Fall on Fox
by Doc on Sep.06, 2001, under Television
Neverworld, a new pilot about a young man in a parallel universe created by Robert Nathan (writer from Law & Order) and executive produced by him and Kelsey Grammar (Frasier) through Paramount, has been picked up by Fox for a Fall 2002 debut, according to Variety.
Another classic remake?? Forbidden Planet lines up…
by Doc on Sep.05, 2001, under Movies
We’ve already seen what happened with Planet of the Apes. We’ve heard rumors about Willie Wonka. Now Dreamworks has snatched remake rights from New Line for Forbidden Planet. When are they going to learn?
Robotech – The Macross Saga set 3 due out
by Doc on Sep.04, 2001, under General News
The third and final set of the Robotech – The Macross Saga DVDs is due out later this month. I’ve added them all to the Sci-Fi TV Store. Reviews will available soon at Bureau42.
Hugo winners announced
by Doc on Sep.03, 2001, under Conventions
The 2001 Hugo award winners were announced at the 59th World Science Fiction Convention in Philadelphia this weekend, and the winners list is up on web site. You can Read More to see the list. Even better – Boston won the site selection for 2004 – Noreascon Four will host the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention. Now I will actually be able to attend… :^)
Doctor Who audio got 1.5 million listeners
by Doc on Aug.30, 2001, under Audio
The BBC original Doctor Who audio drama, “Death Comes to Time” (that we reported earlier) got 1.5 million hits in only 3 days, according to SFX magazine (can’t find their site online anymore – info via Sci Fi Wire). Maybe they’ll actually finish the story…