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What's New Today
Friday, May 9:ANGEL: According to the Hollywood Reporter, the WB is likely to be renew ANGEL when the network unveils its fall slate
next week.
TIMELINE: The title of this upcoming SF adaptation of Michael Crichton's time travel novel could have a totally different
meaning for director Richard Donner. World events, production delays and reshoots have pushed the release date from April 11 to
November 26,. Donner said in a recent interview that he is now mixing sound and scoring the film and expects to deliver a negative
to the studio at the end of June. TIMELINE suffered two years of production delays even before principal photography began. After
settling on Wales for medieval locations during preproduction in March 2000, filmmakers came up against the United Kingdom's foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. "Everything was in quarantine, so we were shut down." Donner said. A potential actor's strike in
early 2001 spooked Paramount, so the studio shut down the film until the threat of a strike was over. In the fall of 2001, TIMELINE
was gearing up to go to Berlin when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks occurred. With the issue of security looming large, Donner eventually settled on a farmyard 90 minutes outside of Montreal, where production finally started in April 2002 and wrapped the following
September. Donner undertake five days of reshoots to add scenes clarifying the movie's time travel in response to test audience
confusion. "It seems to have made a big difference," Donner said.
DEATHLANDS: FIRST WAVE fans will be happy to see Traci Elizabeth Lords in the upcoming SCI FI Channel original movie DEATHLANDS: HOMEWARD BOUND, based on James Axler's popular post-apocalyptic Deathlands books. "It's about the end of the world," Lords said in an interview. "It's timely. Visually, with the red-tinting, it's pretty interesting." Lords talked about her character, saying
"Lady Rachel Cawdor is basically the queen of the underworld or, actually, the queen of the New World. I think she's deliciously evil."
DEATHLANDS: HOMEWARD BOUND, which co-stars Vincent Spano, debuts at 9 p.m. ET on May 17.
BUFFY: The WB has released more pics from the BUFFY finale. Take a look over at Comics Continuum. Nathan Fillion from FIREFLY
looks marvelously evil!
INSIDE SCI-FI THIS WEEK: Thursday, May 8: DVD SALES: Babylon 5 Season 2 DVD is still going strong -- at #4. Here are the top 10: 1. Harry Potter and the Chamber
of Secrets; 2. Disney Pixar Three-Pack; 3. Toy Story Two-Pack; 4. Babylon 5 Season Two; 5. Spirited Away; 6. Treasure Planet;
7. Star Trek Nemesis; 8. Buffy Season Four; 9. Die Another Day, and 10. The Matrix. Source: Amazon.com, top-selling genre DVDs,
5/2/03.
THE LEAGUE: A new trailer is up at http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/lxg/ for the upcoming LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINDARY GENTLEMEN (shortened for
promotions to THE LEAGUE). Sean Connery looks terrific! This movie opens on July 11.
JIM HENSON CO.: The company that brought us Sesame Street and FARSCAPE has come back to the Henson family.
EM.TV & Merchandising AG has agreed to sell Jim Henson Co. to the children of Muppets creator Jim Henson for $89 million. According
to Reuters, the deal ends a nearly two-year hunt for a buyer. Among the suitors were Walt Disney Co., children's programming magnate
Haim Saban and former TV executive Dean Valentine. Five Henson siblings will sit on the 45-year-old company's board. Two of them,
Brian and Lisa Henson, would help manage Henson. EM.TV.
FANTASTIC FOUR: With the success of other comic book oriented movies like Spider-Man, Daredevil and X-Men,
20th Century Fox is looking at a 2004 release for the FANTASTIC FOUR. Marvel CEO Avi Arad has said that the FANTASTIC
FOUR film was currently being targeted for a November 4, 2004 release. However, the JoBlo website indicates that there is no
script as yet. Director Peyton Reed junked the Doug Petrie script and a new one has been commissioned from Twin Peaks
co-creator Mark Frost.
BUFFY: The series finale is drawing closer and the WB has released a number of new pictures from the final episode.
Go to Comics Continuum to get more
information about "Chosen".
MUTANT X:Comics Continuum
has a preview of the upcoming MUTANT X episode "Reawakening".
Wednesday, May 7: RATINGS: Top 10 SF Syndicated Series: Stargate SG-1 2.3; Andromeda 2.2; The X-Files 2.2; Mutant X 2.0;
Buffy 1.9; 3rd Rock 1.7; Adventure, Inc. 1.7; Beastmaster 1.4; John Edward 1.3, and The Lost World 1.3. Source: Nielsen
Galaxy Report, 4/7/03 - 4/13/03.
INDIANA JONES: Good news for fans of the INDIANA JONES series. The trilogy is finally slated for worldwide DVD release
on Nov. 4 as The Adventures of Indiana Jones—The Complete DVD Movie Collection. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the four-disc box set will include a disc specifically dedicated to bonus materials for the movies, produced by George Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg. These bonus materials will include a documentary crafted by Laurent Bouzereau, who has gone behind the scenes on Lucas projects like American Graffiti and Spielberg projects such as Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The discs will not feature director's commentary tracks for the films, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The set will be available in both widescreen and full-screen versions from Paramount Home Entertainment, the collection has no suggested retail price, but is expected to be available for about $49.95 in the United States.
EPISODE III: Few composers have reached the prominence of John Williams. He has produced some of the most marvelous
musical scores in film history. He recently told CNN.com to expect echoes of the music from the first film in the upcoming prequel Episode III, which wraps up the saga. Williams said he hopes to use hints of some of the musical themes from Episode IV: A New Hope to link the
three prequel movies with the original trilogy. "I think working backwards, some musical hints like that will be appropriate. I am looking forward to bringing all those thematic fragments together in the final episode of Star Wars and to pick up what opportunities it'll have for
new material, also to sort of round out a whole corpus of musical themes that are all interrelated and connected." Episode III is set to begin production this year, with a 2005 release date.
GODS AND GENERALS: Bruce Boxleitner's latest film, GODS AND GENERALS, will be released in a 2-disc DVD set on July 15. The
set will include commentaries by the film's director and by Civil War battle experts; an introduction by Ted Turner, the film's producer;
two music videos; the film's trailer; the BET special "Journey to the Past"; featurettes about the authenticities of the film and about the life
of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. The disc will also be DVD-ROM enabled. Warner will also make available on DVD ANDERSONVILLE, a TV movie about the infamous Georgia prison during the height of the Civil War.
SMALLVILLE: Over at Comics Continuum, SMALLVILLE Executive Producer Alfred Gough talks about what is ahead in the season finale of SMALLVILLE and
what is down the road for Clark Kent next year. Now that the series has wrapped, Gough and partner Miles Millar are working on the
script for the Iron Man movie.
THE HULK: Along with the movie opening on June 20, you'll be able to pick "The Hulk: The Making of the Movie", a book that
includes the complete screenplay and an introduction by director Ang Lee. The book, by Newmarket Press, will be available in both
paperback and hardcover. Newmarket Press' description indicates that the book will be a full-color, behind-the-scenes companion to
the blockbuster film. With more than 120 color images, the companion book includes the complete script from a story by Academy
Award nominee James Schamus, screenplay by John Turman and Michael France and James Schamus, behind-the-scenes photos in
bringing the big green superhero to life through visual effects, creature design concept art, and many insightful sidebars from the cast
and the filmmakers.
Tuesday, May 6: BEST SELLING SF BOOKS: Here are the top 10: 1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; 2. Da Vinci Code;
3. Angels & Demons; 4. Holes; 5. Armageddon (Left Behind 11); 6. The Lovely Bones; 7. Oryx and Crake; 8. The Eternity Code;
9. Force Heretic II: Refugee, and 10. Club Dead. Source: Amazon.com, 5/2/03.
X-2: The totals are in for this weekend's box office and X2 earned a whopping $155.2 million worldwide in its May 2 opening weekend. This is the fourth-biggest premiere in movie history. With $85.9 million in North America alone, the debut trailed only last
year's $114.8 million debut by Spider-Man and the premieres of the two Harry Potter movies. X2 opened in 93 foreign territories in the biggest "day-and-date" release in history, meaning that it opened simultaneously in theaters across the globe. The robust premiere
exceeded the first X-Men film's July 2000 opening of $54.5 million.
MATRIX RELOADED: There are a lot of movies coming out in the next few weeks and one that a lot of people have been
anticipating is the next installment of MATRIX. Unfortunately the folks at TIME magazine haven't heard about spoiler information
or spoiler warnings! According to Cinescape, the May 13 issue of the magazine lays out almost every major story twist in the movie.
So beware!
ALEXANDER: After portraying Hannibal the cannibal, Anthony Hopkins is moving along to another historical role -- that
of ALEXANDER. This Oliver Stone project will have Hopkins play a Macedonian general who becomes an Egyptian pharaoh in the epic
telling of Alexander the Great. Principal photography is expected to begin in July. Morocco is the primary location for the project, but
it will also shoot in London. Colin Farrell also stars in this project.
BUFFY: Over at Coming Soon, a number of the BUFFY cast talk about their last day of filming. Series creator Joss Whedon promised a complicated wrap-up.
"We don't resolve every single subplot completely because that's not the way life works," Whedon said.
Monday, May 5: RATINGS: Top 10 SCIFI Channel Shows: Scare Tactics 1.4; Riverworld 1.4; Red Planet 1.4; Tremors: The Series 1.3;
Stargate SG-1 1.2; Battlefield Earth 1.0; Cleopatra 2525 0.9; Wing Commander 0.7; Beyond Belief 0.7, and Roar 0.6. Source:
Nielsen Galaxy Report, 4/7/03 - 4/13/03.
X-MEN: According to The Hollywood Reporter, "X2: X-Men United" captured an estimated opening-weekend gross of $85.9
million, the fourth-largest three-day nonholiday session ever. Only Sony's 2002 release "Spider-Man" and Warner Bros. Pictures' "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001) and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002) have opened bigger, bowing with $114.8 million, $90.3 million and $88.4 million, respectively. The opening for the "X-Men" sequel was a staggering 58% higher than that for the original film, which debuted with $54.5 million in July 2000 -- and some industry observers noted that Fox's Sunday estimates were on the low side, so the final gross might be higher when calculated today. "X2" launched in a record 3,741 theaters -- topping the 3,682 in which "Chamber" bowed in November -- and averaged a sterling $22,962 per venue. The PG-13 rated title is the sixth consecutive movie based
on a Marvel Comics character to debut at No. 1. In single-day rankings, the Friday opening for "X2" proved the third-biggest ever at an estimated $31.2 million, behind those of "Spider-Man" ($39.4 million) and "Chamber" ($32.3 million).
Sunday, May 4: BABYLON 5 MOVIES TODAY ON SCIFI: Don't forget to take in the Babylon 5 movies on SCIFI
today. Too bad A CALL TO ARMS isn't included, but that's something for the next run of the movies.
The schedule is below.
NOT MUCH NEWS: It's Sunday and with that, most of the news sites are closed for the weekend.
Time to kick back with a good book -- or comic book -- and veg out a little. I picked up the CSI
series yesterday as I went out for Free Comic Book Day. I like it! Hope you all went out and picked
up your quota of freebies! Great way to get people interested in reading comic books -- especially
the little folks. Love Donald Duck and Batman!
WELCOME and THANKS: There are a lot of new readers to The Zocalo Today and I just want to say
WELCOME and I hope you'll come back often and participate in the discussion topics we have here. I'll
be opening up the review page with comments people are sending along of the new Season Two B5 DVD.
So far, people are enjoying what they are finding there. Thanks WB, both for getting the DVD together
with extras -- and for advertising the DVD. I watch the WB a lot and I've seen the promo a bunch of
times. It is wonderful!
Saturday, May 3: BABYLON 5 IN THE NEWS: Well, this might fall under the better late than never category. There is a wonderful article on
Babylon 5 out at UPI. All of us will enjoy
reading it -- and you can't help but think -- had this been written when the series was actually on the air, would it have made a
difference?
FREE COMIC DAY- TODAY! Free Comic Day is a way to bring new readers into stores by giving away free comics from nearly
all of the comic publishers, and a way to thank fans by allowing them to try out different titles they might be overlooking. How can you not like that? Among the dozens of titles being given away TODAY are ULTIMATE X-MEN #1 by Marvel Comics; BATMAN ADVENTURES #1 by DC Comics; WAY OF THE RAT SPECIAL #1 from CrossGen Comics; FRANK MILLER'S ROBOCOP / STARGATE SG1 #1 from Avatar Press; ARCHIE & FRIENDS from Archie Comics; IGNITE from Rocket Comics; TRANSFORMERS: ARMADA from DreamWave Publishing;
METALLIX #1 from Future Comics; and LEAVE IT TO CHANCE from Image Comics. There are many other titles being offered, and if
you want a complete list of the books you can nab, visit the Free Comic
Book Day website. You can also find the location of your nearest comic book store, find out if there are comic book creators
signing nearby and get more information about the event.
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: As X2 opens around the country and Alan Cummings (Nightcrawler) makes his way around
doing promotional interviews, he talked about his upcoming project, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd
Webber's musical. "I'm not going to be the phantom," Cumming said in an interview. "I'm going to be someone else." When asked what
he will bring to Phantom, Cumming replied, "Pizazz, lots of pizazz. I'm looking forward to working with Joel (Schumacher)." Phantom of the Opera goes into production in October.
STARGATE SG-1: Amanda Tapping, Maj. Samantha Carter on Stargate SG-1, is really looking forward to season seven of the
series. In the episode currently under production, "Space Race", she get to showcase Carter's rarely seen action chops. In a recent
interview, she said, "It's kind of a video-game episode, and Sam engages in this space race in this ship with an alien that we'd encountered
last season." Stargate SG-1 will debut on SCI FI June 13.
JOHN DOE: While Fox hasn't made up it's mind about renewing JOHN DOE, Dominic Purcell, star of the series, told SCI FI Wire
that the cast and crew are optimistic that the show will be renewed for a second season. "Everyone thinks it's got a great chance of coming back. People really love the show. It's doing really well in the demographics." The network is expected to make a decision on the show this month. Now if Fox would only show the series over the summer, even more folks could discover this gem of a series!
ENTERPRISE: Variety reports that the ratings for ENTERPRISE were down in the first week of May sweeps by a big 39 percent
in the 18-49 demographic, compared with its opening-week May performance of a year earlier.
PUNISHER: While shooting doesn't begin until this summer on THE PUNISHER, Marvel Studios executive vice president Kevin Feige told E! Online to expect a new trailer for the upcoming film adaptation to accompany prints of THE HULK movie, which opens
June 20. PUNISHER, based on the Marvel vigilante series, stars Thomas Jane (Dreamcatcher) as Frank Castle. "There's a teaser coming
out that I swear is going to bring the house down, whether you know who the character is or not," Feige told the site. For a peek at Jane
in character, go to http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&obj_id=38458.
ALIAS: According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jennifer Garner from ALIAS has replaced Gwyneth Paltrow in the upcoming
HAPPY ENDINGS, an independent feature slated for production this summer. Don Roos has written the script and is set to direct the film. Garner play a woman dating a man and his son in the film that follows three intertwining stories set in Los Angeles.
FARSCAPE: Ben Browder fans can catch him in his first appearance on TV since FARSCAPE closed on the SCIFI Channel
Monday, May 5, at 10 p.m. ET, when he has a guest-starring role on CBS' freshman hit "CSI: Miami." In "Tinder Box," Browder plays
Danny Maxwell, a doorman and bouncer at a South Florida nightclub where a fire kills 16 patrons. Lead forensic investigator Horatio
Caine (David Caruso) and his team then sift through the evidence to find out what happened.
HARRY POTTER: Author J.K. Rowling scheduled to speak at London's Royal Albert Hall on June 26 and answer questions
from school children about her eagerly-awaited HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, which hits book stores on
June 21. It will be Rowling's only public appearance to promote the book.
MUTANT X DVD: ADV Films has announced a July 22 release for Mutant X: Season One, Disc 2, the second DVD volume of the syndicated television series Mutant X. Mutant X: Season One, Disc 2 includes two complete episodes: "Russian Roulette" and "Fool for
Love." Extras on the DVD include: full-length audio commentary for "Fool for Love" featuring Victoria Pratt (Shalimar) and Director T.J. Scott; outtakes; episodic photo gallery; character profile - Shalimar Fox; cast biography - Victoria Pratt; original TV promos; and ADV Previews.
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT
"The Matrix" (1999) on Fox, 8:00pm - 10:30pm ET
When Neo (Keanu Reeves), a brilliant computer hacker, meets some mysterious strangers headed by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne),
he is cryptically invited to see the truth. He joins up with the strangers and finds himself immersed in a brutal reality. The world that he
thought existed was actually a facade built by computers, which perpetrated a war against humankind and imprisoned humans in pods
to siphon off their energy. With Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano. The special effects are worth twice the price of admission.
"An American Werewolf in London" (1981) on American Movie Classics, 8:00pm - 9:55pm ET
When an unseen creature attacks two American college buddies in the English countryside, the results are disastrous. One man dies
(Griffin Dunne), yet continues to appear within his quickly decomposing body. The other (David Naughton) experiences a horrifying transformation into one of the beasts.
On SCIFI Tonight:
7:00 PM
Dead Zone
The Man Who Never Was
Robert Culp shines as an irascible neighbor whose sudden disappearance bemuses Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) in a sly, well-crafted
tale. Culp plays Geoffrey Grissom, a reclusive loner who Johnny foresees will go missing. Curious, Johnny visits Grissom, who predicts the same thing. But their chat is cut short when Grissom's nurse orders Johnny to leave. When Johnny returns to renew the discussion the next day, he finds another family living in the house and no trace of Grissom. In fact, the psychic finds no evidence of Grissom even existing---until he has a vision that points to an elaborate deception at work.
8:00 PM
STARGATE SG-1 (LBX) PARADISE LOST
9:00 PM
STARGATE SG-1 (LBX) METAMORPHOSIS
10:00 PM
SCARE TACTICS EPISODE #110
10:30 PM
SCARE TACTICS EPISODE #103
BABYLON 5 SEASON THREE DVD
GREAT NEWS! According to http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/ we will be enjoying
Season Three of Babylon 5 on DVD soon. Hopefully something official will come from the WB soon.
Season 3 Details
5/08/2003
Warner Brothers has announced August 12th as the street date for Babylon 5: The Complete Third Season. Subtitled "Point of No Return", it will be another 6-disc extravaganza featuring all 22 episodes of the third season. In addition, Warner is again working with producer/creator J. Michael Straczynski to bring you the very best in the way of supplements:
Introduction from series creator J. Michael Straczynski
Commentaries on 3 key episodes by series creator and stars
Documentary: Behind the Mask: Creating the Aliens of Babylon 5
Documentary: Designing a Better Narn
Documentary: Designing Tomorrow: The Look of Babylon 5
Data and Personnel Files
Once again this will by brought to you in 16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen, and with sound remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1...all for a list price of $99.98.
BABYLON 5 SEASON TWO DVD
Over at SciFi Dimensions you can read a review of the Season
Two DVD. I think you'll agree with this closing comment:
Babylon 5: The Complete Second Season firmly establishes this show as one of the great all-time franchises in science fiction. Every self-respecting fan owes it to himself or herself to own this DVD series.
AND while there, you can register to win either a Season One DVD or the Season Two DVD. Good luck!
The WB has started to promote the new Season Two DVD and they have sent out a lot of promotional material to a number of
folks hosting Babylon 5 sites. I received the press release below as well as stills and some segments from the actual DVD. They
are FANTASTIC. It is SO wonderful to see all these folks again -- talking about their Season Two experiences with Babylon 5.
Rather than me try to deal with all the material, Monica over at The Abyss has already put in a considerable amount of effort to
pull them together -- and done a marvelous job of it! Thanks Monica. Go to http://abyss.hubbe.net/b5/dvds/boxed-s2promos.html
to look at the materials the WB has pulled together on the series. The Season One DVD was good -- this one looks like a winner as well.
Did you notice that there is a gag reel included? I can't wait to see that one!!:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Excitement Continues!
BABYLON 5:
THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON
By Popular Demand, Warner Home Video Sets April 29 Debut
for the Next Installment of Classic Sci-Fi Series
Burbank, Calif., February 14, 2003 - Following the resounding success of the first season's DVD release, Warner Home Video is following up with the second 22 regular season episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series Babylon 5. Babylon 5: The Complete Second Season comes to DVD on April 29 as its own six-disc giftset. Loaded with extras including commentaries by series creator J. Michael Straczynski, the set will sell for $99.98 SRP.
Babylon 5, the acclaimed series about the space station that's the tumultuous center of the 23rd century's bid for peace among humans and aliens, joins Friends, The Sopranos, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons and more TV-to-disc programs that prove DVD is the hot-selling format TV fans want to own.
Babylon 5 won two Emmys (Groundbreaking Visual Effects and Makeup) and earned the 1999 Saturn Award for Best Genre Cable/Syndicated Series from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (Hugo Awards). The second season of Babylon 5 also won the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for The Coming of Shadows episode. Other Hugo nominees that year included Apollo 13, Toy Story and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's The Visitor episode.
Additionally, Babylon 5: The Complete Second Season includes three Emmy-nominated episodes, Acts of Sacrifice, The Geometry of Shadows and Comes the Inquisitor.
It was the first-ever television series to use extensive computer-generated imagery and to shoot and air in a widescreen format. Babylon 5 rewarded fan loyalty and broke new ground by maintaining narrative consistency through a five-year story arc, and the show was singled out by NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other noted institutions for its science-based treatment of futuristic space themes/technology.
Today, Babylon 5 continues its mission with episodes syndicated on the Sci-Fi Channel, which also recently aired the new Babylon 5 feature, Legend of the Rangers. There are also more than 30 novels in print set in the Babylon 5 universe, and fan requests for a new Babylon 5 television series are growing.
BABYLON 5 BONUS FEATURES
The six-disc set Babylon 5: The Complete Second Season includes the following:
· All-new digital widescreen transfers [16x9, 1.77:1]
· Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1
· Introduction by series creator/producer J. Michael Straczynski and various cast members
· Episode commentaries by Straczynski and cast members Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian and Jerry Doyle
· Building Babylon: Blueprint of an Episode featurette
· Shadows and Dreams: Honors of Babylon featurette, including coverage of the Hugo Award
· The Universe of Babylon 5 data/tech/personnel files
· Gag reel
· Babylon 5 Timeline
· Original Episode promos
SYNOPSIS
The long-running Emmy Award-winning television series Babylon 5 takes place in the year 2257 A.D, on an immense space station floating in a stationary orbit in a neutral corner of a distant galaxy. Staffed by a crew of peaceful Earthmen and women, Babylon 5 serves as a non-political economic and social hub for the four alien races -- the Narn, Centauri, Vorlon and Minbari -- who fight to control the galaxy.
Babylon 5: The Complete Second Season
$99.98 SRP
STREET DATE: April 29
RATING: NR
RUN TIME: approx: 990 minutes
SCIFI TALK
Tony Tellado and the gang at SciFi Talk have done a series of interviews with the cast from
X2" X-Men United. Thanks to 20th Century Fox, the interviews with the cast from the radio
roundtables will begin running starting May 2. Conversations include Hugh Jackman, Patrick
Stewart, Famke Jensen, James Marsden, Kelly Hu, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stamford, Ana Paquin,
Rebbeca Stamos, Alan Cummings, Director Bryan Singer, amd Executive Producers Lauren
Shuler-Donner and Rallph Winter. The interviews run daily and listen to them on Newsbreaks
as well. Check schedule for days.
Audio can be heard daily at Sci-Fi Talk At Live365.Com
X-Men Page is at www.scifitalk.com.
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.
RANGER SIGHTINGS
Ranger Steve reports:
Two Saturdays ago, David L. Crowley (Lou Welch) appeared briefly as a private security guard on The Agency. He was a baggage X-ray front lobby guard at this company (which, incidentally, was owned by a billionaire played by David Cassidy) that was conspiring to assassinate a Saudi prince. I don't recall if he had a speaking part, but you gotta love Lou!
And two or three weeks ago (I think it was 4/17), Whip Hubley (Ranger #1 on Signs & Portents) was on an episode of C.S.I. Miami. He played a father whose son was involved in a Columbine-like gang of students plotting a school shooting.
DISCUSSION TOPIC
The BBC reported that "I’ll be back," Arnold Schwarzenegger's line from 1984's The Terminator, was voted the best parting shot in movie history in a poll conducted by Odeon Cinemas in the United Kingdom. What do you think the BEST Babylon 5 would be? I know, there are tons of them, but give that a thought and send in your votes. Let's limit the voting to 5 and let's see what happens!
Send in your best quotes to sgbruckner@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 OF THE NEW DVD: A number of people have commented on the new DVD so I've begun adding them to the
review page. Check it out. Send in your comments for others to see.
NEW REVIEWS! See if you agreed with the reviews received thus far! 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
ROBIN ATKIN DOWNS: Ranger Mark reports that Robin was at an ANGEL convention this weekend in
Blackpool.
PETER WOODWARD: Peter is definitely doing something right over at The History Channel. His new CONQUEST
series has gotten an order for new episodes. They will be starting to film new episodes in May and plan to start
broadcasting them in July.
ANDREAS KATSULAS: Did you catch Andreas on ENTERPRISE last night? Ranger Mike saw him.
Andreas Katsulas was the Vissian Captain in the latest Star Trek: Enterprise episode "The Cogenitor".
He was awesome as always.
JASON CARTER/RICHARD BIGGS: Pipeline Productions is currently organizing a Biggs & Carter Experience (acting
workshop) Cruise event. Anyone Interested in participating can be added to the mailing list by emailing their name and address
to JasonCarterFC@aol.com. For more information on the Biggs & Carter Experience, please visit www.biggsandcarter.com .
FIONA AVERY: Fiona Avery (author of the "Rising Stars: Bright" series) is starting another spin-off of the Rising Stars
series called "Rising Stars: Untouchable". Due around August 2003, it features Laurel Darkhaven, the telekenetic who became a
CIA assassin who was featured in issue #16. The five issue mini series is being called "Rising Stars: Untouchable" and will have
artwork by Rick Mays. For more on this from Fiona, go to http://www.newsarama.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000495.
J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI: For those of you who just can't get enough from JMS, there is a long, but interesting
interview in Sketch Magazine at http://www.hypethis.com/interviews/interview_jmichaelstraczynski.html.
BEATA POSNIAK DANIELS: Beata Posniak's (President Luchenko from B5) recent project, a film entitled MNEMOSYNE which she directed, will be shown at the opening the 4th Annual Film Polish Festival at the Academy this month at the Leammle's Monica 4-plex Theater in Santa Monica from April 25 to May 1, 2003. The film "Mnemosyne" is based on the ancient poem "Thunder, Perfect Mind" - a visual journey of the human race, exploring where we have been and what we can become. We are taken on this journey through the voice and body of Mnemosyne, Mother of Memory. Mnemosyne bears witness to the forces of destruction as well as of creation, revealing through art, the multi-dimensionality of women. The film is a homage to power, strength and individualism.
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.
BABYLON 5 BIRTHDAYS
Theodore Bikel - May 2
Michael O'Hare - May 6
Stephen Furst - May 8
Melissa Gilbert-Boxleitner - May 8
Bruce Boxleitner - May 12
Andreas Katsulas - May 18
Andrea Thompson - May 22
Doug Wise - May 21
Douglas Netter - May 23
Paul Winfield - May 22
Roy Dotrice - May 26
Harlan Ellison - May 27
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 BIRTHDAYS
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.
Name: John T. Hill
State: North Carolina (GO TAR HEELS!)
Email Address: snowheel@bellsouth.net
Birthday: May 8
Name: Dante Ojeda
State: Buenos Aires, Argentina
E-mail: dantii@tutopia.com
Birthday: May 18
Name: Kevenn T. Smith
State: Ohio
E-mail: kevenn777@earthlink.net
Birthday: May 17
Name: Sally Smith
State: Georgia
E-mail address: NeverTheVictim@aol.com
Birthday: May 28
Name: Laurraine Tutihasi
State: California
E-mail address: ltutihasi@aol.com
Birthday: May 18
An original novel based on the hit comic book series! It covers the events that happened in issues #9-16.
SUPREME POWER
This is a new title J. Michael Straczynski has been working on for Marvel. Originally titled "Squadron Supreme", it is now called
"Supreme Power". According to JMS, publication date in July 16.
JMS described the series in a comment to the B5 moderated newsgroup as:
Supreme Power is an updating of the Squadron Supreme book done quite a while back by Mark Gruenwald. It was one of the first books, possibly the first book, to really examine the role of the superhero in society, and as such is generally considered to have paved the way for such later works as Watchmen, Dark Knight, Marvels, Kingdom Come and others.
Marvel said, basically, if you could take those characters, who were used at a time when comics were still quite a bit more restrictive than now, due to the comics code and other influences, and update them, recast them, free to do whatever you want...what would you do?
Hence, Supreme Power. While it has its moments of dark humor, it's a very intense, serious book. And because it's being done for the Marvel Max line -- which is aimed at mature readers -- there are very few limitations in terms of imagery and language. Marvel has said it wants me to take this book to the wall, and that's pretty much where I intend to go.
Interestingly, unlike the aforemtentioned titles, this isn't a limited series...it's intended to be an ongoing series, while trying to sustain the kind of intensity you get in that kind of limited edition. It's a massive writing challenge, though one of my main goals is to do right by Mark's original creation.
CSI
CSI: THICKER THAN BLOOD
IDW Publishing
When an Elvis impersonator disappears, and a mobster’s life is threatened, only the CSI team can save the day!
BRIGHT
Rising Stars: Bright #3 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Image Comics. The issue is written by Fiona Avery, penciled by Dan
Jurgens, inked by Jason Gorder and art by John Starr.
Rising Stars: Bright #3 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
RISING STARS: BRIGHT #1
(W) Fiona Avery, (P) Dan Jurgens, (I) Jason Gorder.
"Mercy." In the hit series, Rising Stars, it is mentioned that at one time, Matthew Bright ran away from Pederson and, under an assumed name, became a member of normal society and a police officer. Join us as Matthew tells this story in his memoirs and learn how a Special can shine brightest when they're just being human. FC 32 pages $2.99 Part 1 of 3 .
BRIGHT #2
(W) Fiona Avery (P) Dan Jurgens.
"Authority." Matthew Bright is still living under the assumed name of Brendan Miller, and making close friendships with Frank and Jess in the precinct, when a new serial killer case erupts in the NYPD. Matt really takes the case to heart upon discovering that the serial killer has Specials in mind whenever he causes new carnage in the streets of suburban New York. In the second part of three issues, Matthew's secret identity as Brendan Miller is about to be ripped from him and his true nature as a special is revealed. 32 pages, $2.99.
BABYLON 5 NOVEL
DelRey is reprinting the original Babylon 5 novels. They started with
#7 - Jeanne Cavelos' THE SHADOW WITHIN. Here's one I've been waiting for -- Kathryn Drennan's TO DREAM IN THE CITY
OF SORROWS. The release date is scheduled for July 29, 2003. I love the new cover art! It can be pre-ordered from www.amazon.com. For those of you who love Babylon 5, this one reads just like an episode from the series. You just can't put it down.
SCI FI PUBLICATIONS
Cult Times #92: While Best of the British is the title of this issue, there are a number of articles that should attract others -- namely
an interview with Luke Perry from JEREMIAH and Anthony Michael Hall from THE DEAD ZONE.
TV Zone #162: With the end coming for BUFFY, most of the SF magazines will sport covers of the cast and TVZone is right in line
with the entire cast. Emma Caulfield looks back on five years with the series while Director Michael Wood from STARGATE SG-1
looks back on season six and some of his early stories.
Expose Special #77: This special issue is a review of 2002. With Harry Potter #2, Lord of the Rings and Terminator 3,
they also look at Star Trek: Nemesis, FIREFLY, Buffy and Dinotopia.
Starburst #298: ANGEL's new season is the focus of the issue. David Boreanaz talks about what makes the show so special to him. Also in this
issue, a behind the scenes look at MATRIX RELOADED. Another show with changes ahead is SMALLVILLE. Alfred Gough and Miles Millar talk about what is in store for the next season.
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
08-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) THE LONG DARK
09-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) SPIDER IN THE WEB
12-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) SOUL MATES
13-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) A RACE THROUGH DARK PLACES
14-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) THE COMING OF SHADOWS
15-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) GROPOS
16-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) ALL ALONE IN THE NIGHT
19-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) ACTS OF SACRIFICE
20-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) HUNTER, PREY
21-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) THERE ALL THE HONOR LIES
22-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) AND NOW FOR A WORD
27-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) IN THE SHADOWS OF Z'HA'DUM
28-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) KNIVES
29-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) CONFESSIONS AND LAMENTATIONS
30-MAY-03 9:00 AM BABYLON 5 (LBX) DIVIDED LOYALTIES
CRUSADE
27-MAY-03 11:00 AM - CRUSADE THE RULES OF THE GAME
27-MAY-03 12:00 PM - CRUSADE WAR ZONE
27-MAY-03 1:00 PM - CRUSADE APPEARANCES AND OTHER DECEITS
27-MAY-03 2:00 PM - CRUSADE RACING THE NIGHT
27-MAY-03 3:00 PM - CRUSADE THE NEEDS OF EARTH
STARGATE SCHEDULE:
08-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 GAMEKEEPER
12-MAY-03 7:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 NEED
12-MAY-03 8:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 THOR'S CHARIOT
12-MAY-03 9:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
12-MAY-03 10:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 FAMILY
12-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 NEED
13-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 THOR'S CHARIOT
14-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
15-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 FAMILY
16-MAY-03 8:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 (LBX) DISCLOSURE
16-MAY-03 9:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 (LBX) FORSAKEN
16-MAY-03 11:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 (LBX) FORSAKEN
19-MAY-03 7:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 SECRETS
19-MAY-03 8:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 BANE
19-MAY-03 9:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 THE TOK'RA - PT 1
19-MAY-03 10:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 THE TOK'RA - PT 2
19-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 SECRETS
20-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 BANE
21-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 THE TOK'RA - PT 1
22-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 THE TOK'RA - PT 2
26-MAY-03 7:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 SPIRITS
26-MAY-03 8:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 TOUCHSTONE
26-MAY-03 9:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 THE FIFTH RACE
26-MAY-03 10:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 A MATTER OF TIME
26-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 SPIRITS
27-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 TOUCHSTONE
28-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 THE FIFTH RACE
29-MAY-03 1:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 A MATTER OF TIME
30-MAY-03 8:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 (LBX) THE CHANGELING
30-MAY-03 9:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 (LBX) MEMENTO
30-MAY-03 11:00 PM STARGATE SG-1 (LBX) MEMENTO
FARSCAPE SCHEDULE:
08-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE THE WAY WE WEREN'T
09-MAY-03 5:00 AM FARSCAPE A CONSTELLATION OF DOUBT (LBX)
11-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE HOME ON THE REMAINS
12-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE OUT OF THEIR MINDS
13-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE LOOK AT THE PRINCESS PT 1:A KISS IS BUT A KISS
14-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE LOOK AT THE PRINCESS PT 1: I DO, I THINK
15-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE LOOK AT THE PRINCESS PT 1: THE MALTESE CRICHTON
16-MAY-03 5:00 AM FARSCAPE PRAYER (LBX)
18-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE MY THREE CHICHTONS
19-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE BEWARE OF DOG
20-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN
21-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE THE LOCKET
22-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE THE UGLY TRUTH
23-MAY-03 5:00 AM FARSCAPE WE'RE SO SCREWED -PT 1: FETAL ATTRACTION (LBX)
26-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE A CLOCKWORK NEBARI
27-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE LIARS, GUNS AND MONEY -PT 1
28-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE LIARS, GUNS AND MONEY -PT 2
29-MAY-03 12:00 AM FARSCAPE LIARS, GUNS AND MONEY -PT 3
30-MAY-03 5:00 AM FARSCAPE WE'RE SO SCREWED -PT 2: HOT TO KATRATZI (LBX)
BABYLON 5/CRUSADE PHOTOSHOP PHOTOS
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 wonderful collection of cartoons -- many are take-offs from Babylon 5. Here's just
one of them.
He has a cartoon caption contest going on as well. Try your hand at a punch line.
Marcon
May 23-25, 2003
Place: Columbus, Ohio
B5 Guests: Richard Biggs, J. Gregory Keyes
For more information, visit their website at
http://www.marcon.org.
Vulkon
May 25-26, 2003
Place: Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Marriott Century Center
Guests: Barry Morse, more guests to be announced
For more information, visit their website at
http://www.vulkon.com.
Vulkon
May 30-June 1, 2003
Place: Tampa, Florida
B5 Guest: Mira Furlan
Other Guests: Michael Dorn, John Billingsley, Teryl Rothery
For more information, visit their website at
http://www.vulkon.com.
Trek Expo 2003
June 27-29, 2003
Place: Exposition Center, Tulsa, OK
B5 Guest: Walter Koenig
Other Guests: William Shatner, Leonard Nemoy, George Takei, Dominic Keating
For more information, visit their website at
http://www.starbase21ok.com/trek__expo__2003.htm.
Toronto Trek 2003
July 11-13, 2003
Place: Regal Constellation Hotel, Toronto, CA
B5 Guest: Julie Caitlin Brown
Other guests: James Marsters, Gil Gerard, Erin Gray
For more information, visit their website at
http://tcon.icomm.ca.
Shore Leave 25
July 11-13, 2003
Place: Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn
245 Shawan Rd., Hunt Valley, MD 21031
Tel. 410-785-7000
B5 Guest: Andrea Thompson (Talia)
For more information, visit their website at
http://www.shore-leave.com.
Vulkon
July 18-19, 2003
Place: Tampa, Florida
Tampa Airport Hilton
Guests: Jonathan Frakes, more guests to be announced
For more information, visit their website at
http://www.vulkon.com.
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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Editor/Publisher
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MUTANT X DVD: ADV Films has announced a July 22 release for Mutant X: Season One, Disc 2, the second DVD volume of the syndicated television series Mutant X. Mutant X: Season One, Disc 2 includes two complete episodes: "Russian Roulette" and "Fool for
Love." Extras on the DVD include: full-length audio commentary for "Fool for Love" featuring Victoria Pratt (Shalimar) and Director T.J. Scott; outtakes; episodic photo gallery; character profile - Shalimar Fox; cast biography - Victoria Pratt; original TV promos; and ADV Previews.
GREAT NEWS! According to 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Additionally, Babylon 5: The Complete Second Season includes three Emmy-nominated episodes, Acts of Sacrifice, The Geometry of Shadows and Comes the Inquisitor.
It was the first-ever television series to use extensive computer-generated imagery and to shoot and air in a widescreen format. Babylon 5 rewarded fan loyalty and broke new ground by maintaining narrative consistency through a five-year story arc, and the show was singled out by NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other noted institutions for its science-based treatment of futuristic space themes/technology.
Today, Babylon 5 continues its mission with episodes syndicated on the Sci-Fi Channel, which also recently aired the new Babylon 5 feature, Legend of the Rangers. There are also more than 30 novels in print set in the Babylon 5 universe, and fan requests for a new Babylon 5 television series are growing.
BABYLON 5 BONUS FEATURES
SYNOPSIS
BEATA POSNIAK DANIELS: Beata Posniak's (President Luchenko from B5) recent project, a film entitled MNEMOSYNE which she directed, will be shown at the opening the 4th Annual Film Polish Festival at the Academy this month at the Leammle's Monica 4-plex Theater in Santa Monica from April 25 to May 1, 2003. The film "Mnemosyne" is based on the ancient poem "Thunder, Perfect Mind" - a visual journey of the human race, exploring where we have been and what we can become. We are taken on this journey through the voice and body of Mnemosyne, Mother of Memory. Mnemosyne bears witness to the forces of destruction as well as of creation, revealing through art, the multi-dimensionality of women. The film is a homage to power, strength and individualism.
Theodore Bikel - May 2
Issue #52 is on stands right now for your enjoyment. There is a review of the latest issue over at 
An original novel based on the hit comic book series! It covers the events that happened in issues #9-16.
CSI: THICKER THAN BLOOD
Rising Stars: Bright #3 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Image Comics. The issue is written by Fiona Avery, penciled by Dan
Jurgens, inked by Jason Gorder and art by John Starr.
Rising Stars: Bright #3 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
RISING STARS: BRIGHT #1 
Cult Times #92: While Best of the British is the title of this issue, there are a number of articles that should attract others -- namely
an interview with Luke Perry from JEREMIAH and Anthony Michael Hall from THE DEAD ZONE. 
TV Zone #162: With the end coming for BUFFY, most of the SF magazines will sport covers of the cast and TVZone is right in line
with the entire cast. Emma Caulfield looks back on five years with the series while Director Michael Wood from STARGATE SG-1
looks back on season six and some of his early stories. 
Expose Special #77: This special issue is a review of 2002. With Harry Potter #2, Lord of the Rings and Terminator 3,
they also look at Star Trek: Nemesis, FIREFLY, Buffy and Dinotopia.
Starburst #298: ANGEL's new season is the focus of the issue. David Boreanaz talks about what makes the show so special to him. Also in this
issue, a behind the scenes look at MATRIX RELOADED. Another show with changes ahead is SMALLVILLE. Alfred Gough and Miles Millar talk about what is in store for the next season.
