23 years of this site still chugging along...
Tron 20th Anniversary includes DVD, game, sequel
by Doc on Jul.27, 2001, under Movies
Ahead of its time in 1982, it now looks dated, but Tron still remains the penultimate cyberspace movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Steven Lisberger, the film’s director and co-writer, is working on a third draft for Tron 2.0, and there are plans for a new PC/Xbox game (due in 2003) and a DVD full of goodies (due Jan 15th, 2002).
Dustrunner Game Heating Up!
by Doc on Jul.27, 2001, under General News
This came through anonymously: just an update on the dustrunners show you wrote about a few weeks ago… well, things are heating up on the site! the Game to become a character in the show has five dead people already, and there’s something bout “typhoon” that is important, too. Also (shhh!) there’s a sneak peek of the show at this address…
Storm stuff
by Doc on Jul.26, 2001, under General News
Well, it’s been a bit of a slow week. Obviously, I’m not posting just anything to the site – only some of the major news items I’m catching elsewhere. Very little is being submitted, and my time is more limited now. So I need your help…
PLEASE, submit news items that you think are worthy. Post comments. Tell your friends about the site (traffic is important). Buy stuff from Amazon.com via the links on the left. It’s getting to the point that I have to question whether it is worth the energy or not. Trust me, if the load gets to be too much, I’ll deputize some of you as authors/moderators…
I do have some plans for the site. I never finished the graphics style I wanted, but I’m now thinking of migrating to PHP-Nuke instead of Slashcode 2.X, and that would allow for “themes” and easier customization. This would probably happen with a server replacement (I’ve got a new server, but I’m questioning its stability right now), but I have to figure out how much of a mess it will be to convert.
No fan scripts for Enterprise
by Doc on Jul.26, 2001, under Television
According to TrekWeb, the producers will no longer accept fan-written scripts that are submitted without agent representation. Since The Next Generation, producers have openly welcomed such scripts, but legal matters are taking precedence.
Updated: New JMS series finally announced
by Doc on Jul.21, 2001, under Television
Finally, an announcement about Jeremiah from JMS. Read More for the whole thing.
Update 7/30: The Hollywood Reporter has given more info, namely that Luke Perry (Beverly Hills, 90210) and Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show) will star…
Cameron still plans to visit Mars
by Doc on Jul.18, 2001, under Television
Remember all the talk about James Cameron turning Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy ([asin=0553560735]Red Mars[/asin], [asin=0553572393]Green Mars[/asin], [asin=0553573357]Blue Mars[/asin]) into a television miniseries, and instead we got Dark Angel? Well, according to Sci-Fi Wire, since the Sci Fi Channel intends to produce its own adaptation, Cameron is now working on his own script, and intends to produce different media versions – a miniseries, 3D IMAX film, and a novel…
UPN premiere dates
by Doc on Jul.17, 2001, under Television
UPN has announced the fall premiere date for their shows. Enterprise will bow with a two-hour premiere on Wednesday, September 26th, at 8:00pm ET (and appear at that time each week); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (just recently moved from the WB) will start Tuesday, October 9th with a two-hour show at 8:00pm, Special Unit 2 shows up Wednesday, October 3rd, at 9:00pm, and Roswell will be Tuesday, October 16th at 9:00pm.
Dustrunners : new sc-fi animated series
by Doc on Jul.16, 2001, under General News
whish writes “Hello,
I’m a member of the Dustrunners production team and I just wanted to submit some news about our animated series for your News section: Way too much info to fit here, so Read More. Details, website, and a contest within…
The Time Machine may need one
by Doc on Jul.16, 2001, under Movies
According to report on Sci-Fi Wire, The Time Machine may not make its intended Christmas Day debut. Seems that director Simon Wells – granson of author H.G. Wells and director of Casper 2 and The Prince of Egypt – burned out on overwork trying to get it done and dropped out. Gore Verbinski (Mouse Hunt) has picked up the slack.
Doctor Who audio drama premieres
by Doc on Jul.13, 2001, under Audio
The new Doctor Who audio drama, “Death Comes to Time”, debuted today on the BBC. The new drama also features the return of Sylvester McCoy as the 7th Doctor and Sophie Aldred (“Ace”), and includes Stephen Fry as a mysterious Time Lord whom the doctor enlists to help against an alien warlord, played by John Sessions. Jacqueline Pearce, who played Servalan on Blake’s 7, also appears. The audio can be found here.