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Crusade to begin airing Monday, April 9th
by Doc on Mar.09, 2001, under Television
The Sci-Fi Channel will begin airing all 13 episodes of Crusade Monday through Thursday nights at 8:00PM, starting on April 9th. This means it should end on April 30th.
Here are the headlines
by Doc on Mar.08, 2001, under General News
Here is a glimpse of headlines running on Sci-Fi Wire – head there for the full stories: Voyager co-producer Fuller may take on new Trek series; Sci-Fi will air RoboCop: Prime Directives mini-series; A Sound of Thunder postponed; Hayden Christensen is impressive as Anakin; security is tight on Matrix sequels; ABC bids on A.I. despite still being in production; Sci-Fi auction items score big; Wang unhappy about being turned down for directing Voyager.
Nebula Awards ballot out
by Doc on Mar.08, 2001, under General News
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have released to final ballot for the 2001 Nebula Awards. Read More to see the finalists…
More shots of ST:TMP Director’s Edition
by Doc on Mar.07, 2001, under Movies
IGN FilmForce has six new or touched up images from the upcoming Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director’s Edition DVD. Mostly fill-ins from previously left-out effects, but there is some new stuff as well. Also, there is a before and after shot of the planet Vulcan from the beginning of the movie.
Release dates for Matrix 2, Episode 2
by Doc on Mar.07, 2001, under Movies
USA Today is reporting the release dates for two films: Matrix 2 is set for December 25th, 2002, and Star Wars Episode 2 is set for May 22nd, 2002.
General site-related stuff…
by Doc on Mar.07, 2001, under General News
Just a couple of updates.
Yesterday, thanks to the storm being called the “Blizard of ’01”, the server lost power several times, once for an extended period. Fortunately there was no data loss, but if you couldn’t connect, you now know why.
Second, expect updates to happen on a sporadic basis (like they haven’t already)…a severe illness in the family is absorbing most of my time and energy, and leaving little for all my side projects. I will update as I can. You can help by submitting stories so I don’t have to go net-hunting for them myself, but please make sure you include a link or reference to the source of the info…
Star Trek Series V Character List
by Doc on Mar.04, 2001, under Television
Christian writes “Over at TrekToday.com, we’ve posted a news article on the next Star Trek series, based on a casting sheet for the next show. The breakdown sheet confirms many of the rumours that have appeared on the internet over the past years. Series V will indeed be set on a Starship Enterprise, under the command of human Captain Jackson Archer. The backdrop of the series will be the 22nd Century, at a time when starship travel was a relatively new endeavour, humans and Vulcans still had much to learn about each other, and the universe really was still filled with strange new worlds, new life and new civilisations.”
Lee’s character name revealed; Prowse paralyzed
by Doc on Mar.02, 2001, under General News
First, the bad news. Actor David Prowse, the man inside Darth Vader, has been stricken with a mysterious affliction which has left him partially paralyzed, according to
SFX Network. Apparently it started in his arm, and has spread to his back overnight. Doctors appear to be baffled.
In better news, George Lucas has revealed Christopher Lee’s character name for Episode II – in the introduction to a book about the actor. Read More for the name…
Update 3/9:SFX Network reports that Prowse appears to be recovering from the still-unknown illness…
Star Wars RTS game in development
by Doc on Mar.01, 2001, under Games
Saw this on various web sites: Ensemble Studios, who developed Age of Empires for the PC, will adapt that game’s engine for a real-time strategy game based in the Star Wars universe called Star Wars Battleground. They are shooting for a fall release. I also assume they are taking about the AoE2 engine, which was most cool. One of the coolest aspects of AoE2 was the random game generator that you could play over and over again. With the amount of time I wasted on that game, my wife certainly isn’t going to be happy to hear about this one…
Buffy‘s days numbered on the WB?
by Doc on Feb.27, 2001, under Television
CNN/Reuters is reporting that the WB Network’s exclusive negotiating period for renewing Buffy, the Vampire Slayer is up Thursday (3/1), and WB and Fox Television still haven’t come to terms…