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The Zocalo Today

Welcome! I am glad that you found The Zocalo Today and dropped by. Take your shoes off, get comfortable and stay a while. There is a LOT of information here and you won't want to miss any of it.

The Zocalo Today is an interactive newsletter, encouraging interaction with readers through a discussion topic each week. If you have suggestions as to how The Zocalo can be improved -- or be more responsive -- send them along. The Zocalo Today is as much YOUR newsletter as it is mine! I'm just pulling together things for you!

Join our weekly discussion topic. It is just one way you can interact with other Z readers. If you have other information you would like to share, send it along. If you see Babylon 5 cast and crew in other roles, let us know. We enjoy convention reports, photos, etc. Don't miss our back issues. I hope this will become more than just a newsletter. It's a community of people that enjoy sharing their experiences and interests. Don't be shy. Join us today!

If you have questions, drop me a line at sgbruckner@aol.com or thezocalo@aol.com. If you would like to join the mailing list for our bi-weekly newsletter, send me a note and I'll include you on the list. Or you can use the subscription block at the left.

Again, WELCOME!



What's New Today

Saturday, March 29:
I'M BACK! I am back from a terrific business trip to Vienna, Austria. Though the weather the first week was a bit on the cool side, the second week was superb. The first signs of Spring are in the air -- sprouting flowers and trees, tour busses linking the Ring around the city. While I love the city of Vienna, it's great to be back home.


FARSCAPE: Ranger Dave sent a note about a new SAVE FARSCAPE website. If you are interested in efforts underway to save the series, visit the site and see what you might do.


RATINGS: Top 10 SF Network Shows: Alias 6.1; Touched by an Angel 5.2; Smallville 4.9; Futurama 4.1; Enterprise 2.8; Buffy 2.4; Charmed 2.3; Sabrina 2.1, and Twilight Zone 1.5. Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 2/24/03 - 3/2/03.


Mutant X DVD MUTANT X DVD: On June 24, the first season of MUTANT X will be released on DVD. Disc 1 includes the series' first two episodes: "The Shock of the New" and "I Scream the Body Electric." This is a DVD-only release, in English. Extras include: commentary for "The Shock of the New"; outtakes; gallery; character profile: Adam; cast biography: John Shea; television promos; and ADV Previews.


RENEWALS: The WB Network has released information on renewals for the coming year. SMALLVILLE was one of six shows that the network has already decided to bring back next fall. The others are "7th Heaven," "Charmed," "Gilmore Girls," "Everwood" and "Reba."


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT

On SCIFI Tonight:

5:00 PM
Primal Force
A troubled jungle guide (Ron Perlman) is recruited to lead rescuers through an isolated Mexican island where survivors of a plane crash are being hunted by mutant baboons.

7:00 PM
Crocodile
A vengeful crocodile hunts down the students who destroyed her nest.

9:00 PM
Crocodile 2: Death Swamp
Thieves hijack an airplane to escape with their stolen cash, but fly into the teeth of a giant crocodile when the plane crashes into a swamp.

On Syndicated TV This Weekend:

Mutant X
Understudy
While chasing four bikers making off with a device that can freeze electron movement, Shalimar meets up with old friend Nikki (Jeyna Lano) who, like her, is a feral mutant. While Shalimar recuperates from an injury, Nikki substitutes for her on the team in its quest to recover the device. Shalimar, however, becomes increasingly suspicious of her friend's motivations.

Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
Delenda Est
After a rash of unexplainable events on board the ship, Dylan begins to suspect sabotage by an invisible enemy from Rommie's past.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy vs. Dracula
The renowned Transylvanian bloodsucker casts his dark shadow over Sunnydale. The gang is on red alert after Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) reports a surprise encounter with Dracula (Rudolf Martin). Riley wants to tackle him immediately, even though the caped one's metamorphoses into a bat and a mist reveal he is more powerful than the average vamp. But Buffy suggests they avoid him until they have more info, and Riley thinks Buffy is starstruck by the famous---and famously sexy---count.

Stargate SG-1
Desperate Measures
When Major Carter is abducted by a mysterious man in black, Gen. Hammond authorizes O'Neill and Daniel to find her. The two track her to a hospital where dangerous experiments are being conducted.

CALLING ALL GRID EPSILON IRREGULARS

Wow, that's a term I haven't used in a long time!

With the coming 10th anniversary of the airing of "The Gathering", Ranger Desi and other GEIs would like to get back in touch. The GEIs were the original fans of the show -- before there was a show. They gathered over on the old GEnie site and chatted with Joe and others about Babylon 5 before it hit the airwaves. If you are one of those lucky few -- an original GEI -- please go to http://worldsofjms.com/b5/gei.htm . If you would like to contact Ranger Desi, her e-mail is: dlcarroll@sc.rr.com.

JMS UPDATE

I'm going through some of the usual websites and thought I'd catch up on what JMS has talked about over at the B5 moderated site. He indicates that he will be attending San Diego ComiCon and WonderCon in San Francisco at the end of April.

On a premiere date for JEREMIAH, JMS said:

"Last I heard, year two is set to debut in the US around the first week of August. They want to be able to debut their new series Dead Like Me in June/July or so, let that get its sea-legs, then we come out in August. We're currently in the last phase of shooting our two-part season finale "Interregnum."

JEREMIAH - SEASON TWO

Ranger Monica passed along the titles for the second season of Jeremiah. She runs a Jeremiah site and seems to have a lot of information on the series. You'll definitely want to bookmark this site to stay up to date on the series.

Letters from the Other Side - Part 1 and 2
Strange Attractors
Deus Ex Machina
Rights of Passage
The Mysterious Mister Smith
Voices in the Dark
The Road Not Taken
Trading Partners
Crossing Jordan
Running on Empty
The Question
Past
Interregnum One
State of the Union

NEW BABYLON 5 ROLEPLAYING GAME

Ranger Damon pointed me in the direction of http://gamingreport.com where they has been some comment on a new Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game. Matthew Sprange from Mongoose Publishing talks about what's ahead:

"Well, the news of the new Babylon 5 roleplaying game has certainly generated a lot of interest. We have all sorts of previews planned for you chaps on the run up the game's release at the end of May (it really isn't that long to wait!) but there have been a lot of questions raised about support for the game. Well, the Mongoose is not about to let you down over something as good as Babylon 5! Here is a sneak peek of what we have coming up over the next few months - this may be subject to some change. Books may get juggled about but you can be sure of at least one release per month this year for this game. "

DISCUSSION TOPIC

There have been a number of movies created using comic book characters as the central focus of attention. Do you feel these movies have been pretty faithful to the images projected on the page? Has their success helped the comic book industry gain some respectability?

Send in your opinions to sgbruckner@aol.com or thezocalo@aol.com. I'll post the responses on the Discussion Page for everyone to share.

BABYLON 5 CHRONOLOGY

I've put up another wonderful segment of the Babylon 5 Chronology. This segment begins with 2249. Go to 23rd Century.

I noticed that JMS used a section of Terry's chronology to answer a question the other day about Morden/Anna's trip over on the B5 moderated newsgroup.

A BIG THANK YOU and note appreciation goes to Terry for taking the time (and considerable effort) to pull the chronology together -- and for updating it to include CRUSADE, the novels and other relevant Babylon 5 material. THANKS TERRY!

REVIEWS WANTED:

Reviews have begun to come in. See if your opinion of LORD OF THE RINGS matches that of Ranger Helen. Go to Reviews to see. Want to express your opinion? Just drop me a line and you too can see your name in lights.

Read any good books lately? How about the movies. Did you like LORD OF THE RINGS, NEMESIS? Send along a review and share your thoughts with the readers here. Let's make one of our New Years Resolution one of staying in touch here at The Zocalo Today.

KEEPING UP WITH CAST AND CREW

BILL MUMY: Bill will be releasing his 5th solo CD in April on Renaissance Records. GHOSTS will be a compilation of songs (the best of) taken from the first four CD's plus a few brand new ones. The brand new songs include "Always Open", "Take it Back", "The Recalcitrant Princess" and "Just A Drop of Rain in the Ocean." Angela Cartwright from Lost in Space will design the package. The album will be available through Amazon.com and other internet sites as well as a few of the bigger stores.


RICHARD BIGGS: Ranger Jan reports that Richard Biggs gave out some very good news at MegaCon last week. He has landed a recurring role on SCIFI's TREMORS. He will also be coming back to STRONG MEDICINE.


PAT TALLMAN: Pat Tallman's JENNIFER IS DEAD will be playing at the Palm Beach Film Festival in early April. It is contending for a top award in the horror category. It will also be featured in Shriekfest 2003, aka the Third Annual Los Angeles International Horror/Science Fiction Film Festival and Screenplay Competition.


BABYLON 5 BIRTHDAYS

Richard Biggs - March 18
Jesus Trevino - March 26
Ed Wasser - March 26

Have I missed anyone? If you know the birthday of someone connected with Babylon 5, pass the information along. We want to include everyone in our Happy Birthday Wishes.

READER DIRECTORY

Sometimes you just can't find the e-mail address for someone you know you have -- it's someone who responded to a discussion topic or you met in one of the chat rooms. You'd like to send a personal note, but .... No address!!!!

We've started a White Pages of Zocalo Readers! It's a handy way of keeping track of people -- and putting together a birthday/greeting card list as well. If you would like to be part of the listing, just send me your name, state, e-mail address and (if you'd like to have it listed) birthday (without year) to sgbruckner@aol.com. Check out the Directory of Readers.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY READERS

Here are some of our readers who are having birthdays this month:

Name: Connie Colvin
State: New York
E-mail address: CCB5Flamekeeper@aol.com
Birthday: March 4

Name: Lance Coviello
State: North Carolina
E-mail: EsperFF3@aol.com
Birthday: March 3

Name: Helen Cripe
State: Delaware
E-mail address: cripehl@itrcorporation.com
Birthday: March 2

Name: Melvin Good
State/Country: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
E mail address melvin-good@lineone.net
Birthday 18 March

Don't see YOUR birthday here? That's easy to remedy. Send your birthdate along to me and I'll post it with others in our directory.

B5 Season One DVC

BABYLON 5 DVDs

News on Season Two DVD:

B5 Season Two DVC Here is the rundown on the Season Two DVD of Babylon 5 from Warner Home Video.

The acclaimed second season of this science fiction cult favorite is now available for the first time ever as a 6-disc DVD set. All 22 episodes have been digitally remastered to provide Dolby Digital 5.1 sound and widescreen format.

Special Features:
Introduction by producer/creator J. Michael Straczynski and various cast members. 2 episode commentaries by producer/creator J. Michael Straczynski. Episode commentary by cast members Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian and Jerry Doyle. Building Babylon: Blueprint of an Episode featurette. Shadows and Dreams: Honors of Babylon featurette. The Universe of Babylon 5 data/tech/personnel files. Babylon 5 Timeline. Original episode promos.

JMS wrote this in the B5 moderated newsgroup recently:
Interviews for year 2's DVD have been set, or already conducted, with Stephen Furst, Andrea Thompson, John Iacovelli, Anne Bruice-Ailing, Jerry, Claudia, Bruce, me, John Copeland, Doug Netter and others.

In addition, I'll be doing commentaries on "The Coming of Shadows" and "The Fall of Night," and there will be a bonus group commentary by Bruce, Claudia and Jerry on "The Long, Twilight Struggle."

There's talk about a special musical sequence for the season 3 DVD, with Chris re-scoring 2-3 episodes end to end with non-stop music, future segments on "The Future According to Babylon 5" with NASA and JPL guys (btw, James over at a certain House subcommittee, if you're reading this and could drop me a note, that'd be great). I'd like to see the final bonus section on year 5 be about the fans of the show.

Point being...they're putting a LOT of energy and work into this to make each set better than the one before.

COMIC BOOKS

Amazing Spiderman #53 Written by J. Michael Straczynski, art and cover John Romita Jr. and Scott Hanna.
Part 3 of a 3-part story.
32 pages, $2.25, in stores on May 21.

Amazing Spiderman #50 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #50 - On sale February 20, 2003; Issue #49 is on stands now.

COVER BY: Scott Campbell
WRITER: J. Michael Straczynski
PENCILS: John Romita Jr.
INKS: Scott Hanna

For a review of Issue #50, go to http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Comics&action=page&obj_id=37921.

THE STORY: At long last, it's the story you've been demanding: Peter Parker and Mary Jane make the big decision!

NOVELS

Farscape Illustrated-Season Four Farscape: The Illustrated Season 4 Companion
by Paul Simpson and Ruth Thomas

Featuring a foreword from Farscape star Ben Browder (Crichton), Farscape: The Illustrated Season 4 Companion offers unprecedented access to the show’s stars and production team, taking an exclusive, detailed tour behind the scenes, complete with an episode guide to season four.

BABYLON 5 NOVEL

B5 Novel Shadows Within DelRey has reprinted one of the most popular Babylon 5 novels written! Jeanne Cavelos' novel SHADOW WITHIN is now at your book store or available through online ordering. If you haven't read the book already, now is your chance to own a copy. Here is the description of the novel from DelRey:

The electrifying space epic continues as Anna and John Sheridan battle deadly foes at opposite ends of the universe.

The dedication of the new Babylon 5 Station is fast approaching, and desperate enemies intend to see it end in catastrophe. The fate of the fledgling space alliance lies in the hands of John Sheridan, newly appointed captain of the spaceship Agamemnon. His orders are to stop the attack. Unless he first gets to the bottom of the near-mutinous behavior of the Agamemnon’s unruly crew, Sheridan and his spaceship will share Babylon 5’s doom.

Time is also running out for his wife Anna, headed to Z’ha’dum aboard the Icarus. Young, beautiful, and brilliant, she was thrilled to be appointed chief science officer of the follow-up mission to this mysterious planet on the edge of the known universe, where artifacts rumored to hold stupendous powers have been discovered. But the offer she could not resist threatens to become a dark destiny she cannot avoid, for an unimaginable horror lies somnolent on Z’ha’dum–and the monstrous consequences of disturbing the sleeping evil will haunt every living thing in the cosmos. . . .

Babylon 5 created by J. Michael Straczynski

SCI FI PUBLICATIONS

Cult Times #90 Cult Times #90: Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum and John Glover talk about being the dynamic father and son duo behing Luthercorp. Also in this issue, a look at JEREMIAH with co-producer Gregory Noveck. David Fury discusses his work on ANGEL and BUFFY and Dominic Keating talks about Malcolm Reed from ENTERPRISE.






Starburst #296 Starburst #296: Emma Caulfield talks about BUFFY and her new movie "Darkness Falls". Also in this issue Mark Steven Johnson talks about directing DAREDEVIL and George Clooney and Natascha McElhone talk about SOLARIS.






Expose #77 Expose #77: With word just having come about BUFFY ending, this issue may be special for fans as Marti Noxon reflects on what she accomplished with the series -- and what she wishes she would have done! Also Kristen Dalton talks about her character, Dana, in THE DEAD ZONE and Lauren Lee Smith discusses the changes ahead for her character on MUTANT X.





TV Zone #160 TV Zone #160: ANGEL has taken a number of twists and turns since first becoming part of our TV viewing schedule along with BUFFY. This issue brings you the history of Angel, along with an exclusive interview with J. August Richards - Gunn! Also inside, a full and comprehensive episode guide of FARSCAPE and a look at VERITAS.






TV Zone Special #49 TV Zone Special #49: Make-up artists -- up close and personal! Genius Rob Hall from BUFFY is featured, along with Michael Westmore from ENTERPRISE and NEMESIS. Andy Mikita from STARGATE SG-1 talks about directing the latest episodes from season six. Also in this issue, Anthony Michael Hall talks about THE DEAD ZONE and the women of ANDROMEDA (Lexa Doig and Laura Bertram) talk about Andromeda and Trance.






BABYLON 5 BOOK OF QUOTES

For all those who submitted quotes and experiences to the Babylon 5 Book of Quotes, word from JMS is that the book, plus emails and suggestions, is being compiled now, and they're targeting February, the 10th anniversary of B5, for the publication date.

SCI-FI SCHEDULE

BABYLON 5

31-MAR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 THE GATHERING -PT 1
01-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) THE GATHERING -PT 2
02-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) MIDNIGHT ON THE FIRING LINE
03-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) SOUL HUNTER
04-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) BORN TO THE PURPLE
07-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) INFECTION
08-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) THE PARLIAMENT OF DREAMS
09-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) MIND WAR
10-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) WAR PRAYER
11-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) AND THE SKY FULL OF STARS
14-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) DEATHWALKER
15-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) BELIEVERS
16-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) SURVIVORS
17-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
18-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) SIGNS AND PORTENTS
21-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) TKO
22-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) GRAIL
23-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) EYES
24-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) LEGACIES
25-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS -PT 1
28-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS -PT 2
29-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) BABYLON SQUARED
30-APR-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) THE QUALITY OF MERCY

STARGATE SCHEDULE:

31-MAR-03 7:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 THE ENEMY WITHIN
31-MAR-03 8:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 EMANCIPATION
31-MAR-03 9:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 THE BROCA DIVIDE
31-MAR-03 10:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
31-MAR-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 THE ENEMY WITHIN
01-APR-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 EMANCIPATION
02-APR-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 THE BROCA DIVIDE
03-APR-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
07-APR-03 7:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 COLD LAZARUS
07-APR-03 8:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 THE NOX
07-APR-03 9:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 BRIEF CANDLE
07-APR-03 10:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 THOR'S HAMMER
07-APR-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 COLD LAZARUS

BABYLON 5/CRUSADE PHOTOSHOP PHOTOS

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You do NOT have to pay the prices asked for over at e-bay! Here are photos of B5 and Crusade cast members at fantastic prices. Check out Photo Shop. Ordering is easy -- and you can't beat the prices! Just let me know which photos you want and I'll check to make sure they are still in stock.


BABYLON 5 TOONS

John Cook has a new cartoon contest going. Try your hand at a punch line.

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Sci-Fi TV Cartoon Contest. Copyright 2000 by John Cook.

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BABYLON 5/CRUSADE CONVENTIONS

CONVENTION CALENDAR

Best of Both Worlds 18
April 19 and 20, 2003
Place: Sydney, Australia
B5 Guests: Mira Furlan, Claudia Christian
Other Guests: Marina Sirtis, Michael Hurst, Tony Amendola, Gil Gerard, Erin Grey
For more information, visit their website at http://www.bobw.com.au.



Vulkon
April 27-28, 2003
Place: Cleveland, Ohio
Other Guests: Robert Picardo, James Doohan, Alice Krige, David Carradine, Barry Morse, John Billingsley
For more information, visit their website at http://www.vulkon.com.



Federation Con 10
May 2-4, 2003
Place: Bonn, Germany
B5 Guests: Jason Carter, Tracy Scoggins
Other Guests: James Marsters, Leni Parker, Connor Traineer, Marina Sirtis, Ethan Phillips, Terry Farrell, Gil Gerard
For more information, visit their website at http://www.fedcon.de.



Motor City Comic Con
May 16-18, 2003
Place: Novi Expo Center, Novi, Michigan
B5 Guests: Pat Tallman, Jerry Doyle, Peter Jurasik
For more information, visit their website at http://www.motorcityconventions.com/motor_city_comic_con/index.html.



Be sure to visit our Convention Calendar for a full listing of upcoming conventions featuring Babylon 5, Crusade and Legend of the Rangers cast members as guests.

If you would like to share your convention experience with your other Zocalo readers, send along a convention report. I will gladly post it for all to read. Got pictures? I'll post those as well.

ZOCALO TRADING POST

Do you have extra copies of B5, Amazing Spiderman, Midnight Nation or Rising Stars comics you'd like to trade? How about those extra trading cards or B5 magazines? There are a lot of fans looking for these items -- and the Trading Post can help you buy or sell them. To see what's available, just use this link to the Trading Post. To have items included in The Trading Post, send a note to The Zocalo. Please put Trading Post in the subject line.

Pen Pals

If you are looking for someone to talk about Babylon 5 and Crusade with, the Pen Pal section is for you! Check it out! Drop a note to someone who is feeling B5 withdrawal -- BIG TIME!

People thought a Pen Pal page was a good idea. If you would like to meet people who you could chat with or share your opinions of the show with, send along your e-mail or snail-mail address The Zocalo. It will be incorporated on the new Pen Page Page.

MAIL FOR CAST AND CREW

Here's a recent note from JMS on the subject:

Just an FYI to those who've been using the Ventura Blvd. mail drop for fan mail to actors....

As mentioned before, we're phasing out the forwarding of fan mail because we a) don't have the resources, complicated by b) the actors have scattered to the four winds, and it makes it very difficult to get everything to everybody in a timely fashion.

So, having provided prior notice...fan mail to actors coming to the Ventura Blvd. mail drop will be sent back. Mail to actors should be sent via their official fan clubs. I will still be taking mail there, since it's my mailbox, but that's it.

Just so's y'all know and save a few bucks on postage and returns.

JMS' mail can be sent to:

14431 Ventura Boulevard, PMB 260
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

WARNER BROS:

Warner Bros. Address:

Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522

Warner Home Video:

Mr. Douglas Wadleigh
VP for Marketing and Special Features
Warner Bros.
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522

SCIFI:
Bonnie Hammer, President
Sci-Fi Channel
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY. 10020-1513

Mr. Thomas Vitale
Senior VP of Acquisitions, Scheduling & Program-Planning

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