StarTrek.com has posted this timeline of “historical” events leading up to the launch of the very very first “Enterprise” (whose series launches this Wednesday). They seem to be rewriting chunks of their own history – no mention of the Eugenics Wars that supposedly took place in the 1990s, no sleeper ship with Khan Noonian Singh aboard, and they’ve moved the third World War around a bit. Though this should make for a better, more plausible series today, should they be rewriting the “history” of a thirty-five-year-old franchise this way? Your thoughts go below…
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Blatant Self-Promotion
Assuming I can get the weekend off, I’ll be at Archon 25 in a couple of weeks. They’ve got a list of Guests of Honor longer than I am tall, gaming, and fun for everyone. Vote for this site if you feel kind and generous; you don’t even have to attend the con (though anyone who’s even close to Saint Louis better be there).
2001: It’s About Time
Now that 2001 is officially on its way out, Warner Brothers is finally getting around to re-releasing a “digitally enhanced” version of the Kubrick classic “2001: A Space Odyssey.” According to the press release, though, it looks like it’ll only be released in a few cities, and I’m not near any of ’em.
Samuel Arkoff, low-budget Hollywood producer, dies
Samuel Z. Arkoff, a maverick Hollywood producer who churned out more than
500 low-budget — and often hugely profitable — cult movies, died of
natural causes Sunday, his son Louis said. He was 83.
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Random “Enterprise” Bits
LeVar Burton and Roxann Dawson are directing episodes of “Enterprise,” and they’ve already made at least one glaring continuity error. Oops. That and more in this story.
Transformers: Robots In Disguise
Most of us remember the first generation of Transformers, having grown up with the toys and toons. Then came the Beast Wars era… Now, they’re returning to their cel-animated roots in “Robots In Disguise.” How does this compare to the other incarnations of the series? Read the review at IGN.
Yet Another Trek Fanfic Series
Seems more and more people are sick of how Paramount’s handling the Star Trek franchise… We’ve mentioned Voyager Virtual Season Eight here before, and now another group of people are putting together Star Trek: Renaissance. They say they’re striving for scripts of higher quality than Paramount’s; the press kit (available now in our downloads section) looks promising, as does the first script.
Hey, at least it’s not this stunning concept…
B5: Legend of the Rangers Premiere Scheduled
In this USENET post, The Great Maker announced that the new Babylon 5 movie/series pilot/premiere/whatever-you-wanna-call-it will air on January 2, 2002.
Harry Potter World Premiere Scheduled
Hey, it’s been a slow news week. (Or maybe we’re just working too much at our day jobs. Who knows?) Anyway, it’s just been announced that the world premiere of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” will be on November 4 in Leicester Square, London. It premieres for the rest of us Muggles on November 16, in case you’ve forgotten.
Spider-Sense… Tingling! It’s OSHA!
It’s being reported that Sony is being hit with a whopping $59,000 fine (note dripping sarcasm) for its role in the death of welder Tim Holcombe. Holcombe died in a freak accident on the set of the forthcoming “Spider-Man” movie.