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David Allen Brooks now has an official website. The URL is http://www.isnnews.net/zocalo/brooks.htm. We will be adding items off and on, especially related to David's activities. David just returned from Australia and the Best of Both Worlds convention. He tells me that Adele and Brian did a great job and he had a great time!
JMS has a weekly column "Letters from the Edge" over at psycomic.com. This week's installment is entitled "View from the Front Porch." Joe talks about growing up with comic books in New Jersey -- and throws in some insight about what's missing from America today. It's an interesting read.
Ever wonder what it would be like to work on a production? We recently talked to Kenny Yakkel who was the dolly grip at B5 for 66 episodes. See what it was like to see the production through his eyes on the Interview Page.
A lot of people got very excited the other day -- there were some actual Babylon 5 props for sale out at e-bay. It was a small lot of patches, but there was a Londo pin and some PPGs. Anyway, the bidding was hot and people who finally won items couldn't wait until they received them. Now the other shoe is dropping! All auction items were pulled and returned to the consignee. JMS called the seller and had the auction halted. Major disappointment! Guess they are not ready to sell off items yet. Does indicate there's a market for them though! Hint, hint!
Everyone had a great time with Andreas at FarPoint a couple of weeks ago. Dawn and Connie sent in their favorite photos to be posted in the Photo Gallery. Take a peek.
I've updated the JMS Speaks section a bit. There's a new interview and a new reference to B5 comics!
John Vickery -- Neroon to B5 fans -- has been enjoying a wonderful run as "Scar" in the stage version of "Lion King". The LATimes.com has a wonderful story on him and the role. There is a marvelous review of the show in the Hollywood Reporter.
SCIFI will begin a West Coast feed of it's program schedule. What does that mean for you? B5 at 7pm instead of 4pm in the afternoon! Check your local listings to make sure of the change. Now THIS should help ratings! All channels did not convert to this feed however. Check the description over at scifi.com.
It is always wonderful to see Babylon 5 mentioned at other websites -- especially those that deal with hard subjects, like space. Over at space.com, you'll find a wonderful article entitled 'Signs and Portents' - A B5 Milestone Remembered. This is a great website, mixing space science with science fiction. Another good background piece can be found over at http://scifi.ign.com/tv/5364.html. It covers the series very well, giving background on each of the seasons.
Sierra is giving away promotional materials from the canceled Into the Fire game. They have a mousepad, a poster, and/or a watch. They're free, except for shipping. http://www.sierra.com/b5 will take you to the order page. This sounds the death knell for the game -- and means that the last remaining unseen footage of the cast and crew will remain unseen.
NEWS AROUND THE SCI-FI GENREOver at cinescape.com, there is an article featuring the MGM production slate. There's talk of a "Stargate" sequel. Wonder if we'll get to see the cast from the TV series on the big screen!
Seems like old TV shows have become a hot movie topic! "Charlies' Angels" opened this week. Leonard Goldberg is now talking about a "Fantasy Island" movie! Haven't we seen that before?
SciFiWire reports that SCIFI.COM will partner with Stan Lee Media to present The Drifter, an original Web-based 12-episode animated SF serial. The Drifter will debut in the first quarter of 2001.
I like auctions and I've been able to pick up some nice stuff at e-bay. Here's an item for you though. How would you like to own Spock's ears! Yes, they are going up on the auction block according to SciFiWire. The molds of the ears are expected to go for $20,000, so this auction is not for the faint of heart!
Talk about auctions! Here's one for you. The Hollywood Reporter states that Fox Television Studios is producing "The Ultimate Auction" special in conjunction with Amazon.com's Live Bid Web site. The special is set to air Dec. 7, six days after the auction takes place on a soundstage in Los Angeles. Among the items to be auctioned is a 65 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton, a letter postmarked from the Titanic and a copy of the famed poem "The Night Before Christmas," handwritten by its author, Clement Moore.
Andromeda is off to a great ratings start! Variety reports that Andromeda premiered with a 4.3 national rating and led all other syndicated weeklies for the week that ended Oct. 15.
After a LOT of to-and fro-ing, it is reported that Richard Harris will appear in the upcoming Harry Potter movie as Professor Dumbledore.
Here's a great new show idea -- from Ben Affleck! It's a mystery/drama, give-away show! Affleck is in talks with a network to produce a scripted mystery series that would give out clues each week as to the location of a cash cache. Tentatively titled "The Runner", this 13-week series sounds interesting!
The Hollywood Reporter also reports that SCIFI has ordered 22 episodes of "The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne." The show is slated to premiere next January on the network's Friday line-up and the will be the first widescreen science fiction series to be shot with high-definition video cameras. SCIFI also said it had ordered 22 episodes of "The Invisible Man" for a second season.
Thursday, October 25: Mitch Pileggi, Skinner from X-Files, is getting a lot more to do this year and he's thrilled. cinescape.com has a nice interview with him where he talks about the new season, and new co-star Robert Patrick. "He has great energy, he's a really good actor and he is extremely happy to be there. He's just a regular guy who has a great sense of humor and is so happy to have this job."
Can you believe it's been 30 years since "Dark Shadows" began airing on TV? Some of the cast and crew recently got together to celebrate at the recently restored Vista Theatre. Great story about the event over at fandom.com. Perfect time of year for the event -- to be sure!
Wednesday, October 25: While David Duchovny is anxious to shed X-Files, Gillian Anderson seems anxious to continue! Read her comments over at cinescape.com and at Expose magazine.
Also over at Cinescape, there are a number of folks talking about the Star Wars Episode II. One of the more interesting pieces is from editor Ben Burtt. Can you imagine the task of editing a Star Wars movie? Burtt revealed that the job at hand is massive, saying, "It's huge. There's over seven hours of footage shot for it. I have to go through all that was shot in different ways, angles, and performances. It's just a tremendous amount of material to go through."
Don't you wish you lived in Chicago? Why? Effects wizard and visionary Douglas Trumbull is stepping into the classroom to take on the role of a teacher. Chicago's Columbia College photography, film and video departments announced that Trumball would be teaching classes at the media oriented school. Trumbull will also be doing a series of free public addresses on digital movies (Nov. 27), "Deconstructing 2001 in 2001" (Nov. 29) and electronic cinema (Nov. 30). There's more. Read the entire article at www.cinescape.com or http://www.vfxpro.com/
Tim Curry (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) will star in "Tight Grip," part of SCIFI.COM's fourth annual live audio Webcast from New York's Museum of Television and Radio at 8 p.m. ET Oct. 30. "Tight Grip" is the first of two back-to-back half-hour episodes of the Tales from the Crypt audio drama series of SCIFI.COM's Seeing Ear Theatre.
The Hollywood Reporter announced that PBS will re-release Carl Sagan's Cosmos series as a TV special and as a digitally remastered home video and DVD. What a wonderful way makr the 1980 show's 20th anniversary!
I think it's fair to say that Marvel Comics have been under par for quite some time. Joe Quesada is working hard to breathe new life into the company -- and it's associated properties. Read a recent interview with Quesada over at fandom.com. He's making a lot of changes!
Tuesday, October 24: For those of you looking for an overview of StarGate, there's a wonderful synopsis over at www.space.com. It gives you a lot of the background behind the series and the characters involved in it. They also discuss some of the reasons why the show is so popular with fans.
Dark Angel Fans: Charles Eglee, the series co-creator discusses the new show’s origins and promising future over at www.fandom.com.
Sir Ian McKellan talks about his work on Star Wars II in a 40 minute interview. The interview was posted at Ian's website, but there's a link to it at www.fandom.com along with a brief story.
Robert Hewitt Wolfe, head writer and co-executive producer of Andromeda, told Space.com that the series is on track to be the No. 1 new show in syndication. Andromeda is entering its fourth week, and "overall, the numbers have been great."
Variety reports that UPN has ordered an SF pilot from filmmaker Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm Street). Craven will produce and direct this untitled pilot about a millionaire and a woman who specializes in artificial intelligence as they explore the supernatural.
Monday, October 23: GOOD NEWS! A tentative agreement has been reached to end the 6-month-old actors strike against the advertising industry. The Hollywood Reporter indicates that the deal was reached Sunday night in New York after four days of intense bargaining finally broke the deadlock on the last two outstanding issues -- commercials made for the Internet and residuals for ads shown on basic cable.
Not a lot of new information out yet. Most news services are closed over the weekend. Here are a few tidbits though. Farscape Fans: Over at IGN.COM you'll find more season 2 information and letters from Moya's Mailbag.
Neil Gaiman is one of the hottest authors around. Cinescape.comand SFX Online report that he is working on a new script for the film version of "Death: The High Cost of Living". Comic book properties are HOT and the Sandman series is very popular.
FX is getting into the production business. Their upcoming original supernatural TV movie, The Sight, will air shortly on the network and could become a TV series! The film tells the story of Michael Lewis (Played by Andrew McCarthy) who is a young American architect sent to Britain to refurbish an old London hotel. Read all about it on cinescape.com.
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UPCOMING CHATS
NEW SHOWS DISCUSSIONWhat other new shows have you watched? Do you like/hate them? What do you think about Dark Angel, Freaky Links, the changes in Buffy, Roswell? Is Voyager gettting worse or better as they head into their final season? Send in your responses. I'll put them out on the Genre Discussion Page.
BABYLON 5 CAST ON THE TUBE THIS WEEK
Spaced Invaders Inept Martians invade a town on Halloween. Sam: Douglas Barr. Wrenchmuller: Royal Dano. Kathy: Ariana Richards. Brian: J.J. Anderson. Klembecker: Gregg Berger. Vern: Wayne Alexander. Blanzee: Kevin Thompson. Pillsbury: Fred Applegate. Doris: Patrika Darbo. Ernestine: Tonya Lee Williams. Bruce Boxleitner
The Babe Warm but shallow character study of baseball legend George Herman Ruth (John Goodman). Kelly McGillis. Helen: Trini Alvarado. Jumpin' Joe: Bruce Boxleitner. Frazee: Peter Donat. Brother Mathias: James Cromwell. Dunn: J.C. Quinn. Huggins: Joe Ragno. Bush: Richard Tyson. Lou Gehrig: Michael McGrady. Directed by Arthur Hiller. Tim Choate
Murder, She Wrote, Mr. Penroy's Vacation Jessica can't believe that two sisters had anything to do with the deaths of two men planted under their chrysanthemums. Angela Lansbury. Cliff: Don Calfa. Marilee: Candice Azzara. Morris Penroy: Henry Jones. Bart Klapper: Norman Alden. Daryl Croft: Tim Choate. Gary Cole
Office Space Mike Judge (.Beavis & Butt-head.) directed this crude workplace comedy about a stressed out computer programmer (Ron Livingston) who plots against the world of corporate downsizing. Joanna: Jennifer Aniston. Bill: Gary Cole. Anne: Alexandra Wentworth. Samir: Ajay Naidu. Michael: David Herman.
Midnight Caller Drama centers on a San Francisco cop turned late-night radio talk-show host who gets involved in the lives and problems of his listeners. The show was first telecast on Oct. 25, 1988 on NBC. The final episode aired on Aug. 2, 1991.
American Gothic, Dead to the World Gail (Paige Turco) investigates the death of a friend, who she suspects might have been involved with Buck; Matt urges Ben to help his ex (Helen Baldwin), who's being abused by her second husband. Janice: Linda Pierce. Holly: Melissa Suzanne McBride. Buck: Gary Cole. Ben: Nick Searcy.
Kiss the Sky During a business trip to the Philippines, two friends decide to relive their carefree and wild youth. Gary Cole, William L. Petersen, Terence Stamp, Sheryl Lee, Patricia Charbonneau.
Twilight Zone, Her Pilgrim Soul, Part 1 A scientist (Kristoffer Tabori) befriends the holographic projection of a child. Part 1 of two. Daniel: Gary Cole. Carol: Wendy Girard. Jeff Conaway
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark The horror-flick hostess (a.k.a. Cassandra Peterson) in a campy tale of present-day witchcraft. Talbot: W. Morgan Sheppard. Redding: Daniel Greene. Patty: Susan Kellermann. Travis: Jeff Conaway. Directed by James Signorelli.
Jawbreaker Dark comedy about a group of haughty high-school vixens who try to cover up a prank gone wrong by transforming the class nerd (Judy Greer) into one of the .in. crowd. Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz. Vera Cruz: Pam Grier. Miss Sherman: Carol Kane. Liz: Charlotte Roldan. Zack: Chad Christ. Mr. Purr: William Katt. Mrs. Purr: P.J. Soles. Written and directed by Darren Stein. Marjean Holden
Mortal Kombat Annihilation Sequel to the 1995 video game turned movie picks up with warriors trying to save Earth from the clutches of an insane dictator-type. Liu Kang: Robin Shou. Kitana: Talisa Soto. Rayden: James Remar. Sonya Blade: Sandra Hess. Jax: Lynn Red Williams. John R. Leonetti directed. ** Ranger Gary points out that Renier Schone (Dukat) and Brian Thompson (Robert Black) are also in Mortal Kombat Annihilation with Marjean. Thanks Gary!
BeastMaster, Seer Dar must save a vulnerable mind reader (Victoria Dixon-Whittle) from the clutches of the Terrons and Arina, both of whom want to exploit her gift. Dar: Daniel Goddard. Tao: Jackson Raine. King Zad: Steven Grives. Sorceress: Monika Schnarre. Peter Jurasik
Growing Pains, The Big Fix After breaking a vacuum that reporter Maggie is about to test, Ben has Kenny repair it, and later panics when Maggie decides to rate it "dangerous." Doug: Peter Jurasik. Lucy: Christine Rose.
Dear John, The Secret of Success Ralph peddles a book promoting the power of positivity, which John could use, but won't, to publish his poetry. Connor: Rod McCary. Prescott: Oliver Clark. Brad: Peter Jurasik. Ralph: Harry Groener.
Barney Miller, The Bank
SEEING EAR THEATRE
"Samuel Beckett, Your Ride is Here", is now available at the Seeing Ear Theatre .
The introduction to the story reads: Surrealism. Existentialism. Minimalism. Stream of Consciousness. Spaceships. What, you expected something ordinary in the City of Dreams? "When you experiment in audio, you can do only so many things with tricks. At some point you have to dive into the form of the narrative itself. So I wanted to try something that played with stream of consciousness, surrealism, minimalism and existentialism, but without losing some SF touchstones. Hence, this week's episode. One long and very weird conversation. And no tricks."
Already released at SET are: "Night Calls" featuring Tim Curry. "The Tolling of the Hour" featuring Campbell Scott. "The Friends of Jackie Clay" featuring Merwin Goldsmith. "Rolling Thunder" featuring Andre Braugher "The Damned are Playing at Godzilla's Tonight" featuring Steve Buscemi "MCSD 00121J" From: Manasee County Sheriff's Department Manasee County, New Jersey If you like radio dramas, Seeing Ear Theatre is the place to visit. If you like science fiction, the Seeing Ear Theatre is THE place for original and classic features. Don't miss any of them.
BABYLON 5 NOVEL -- COMING SOONPeter David's final installment of this marvelous Centauri Trilogy, Babylon 5: Out of the Darkness Legions of Fire Book III, is scheduled for October/November release. The DelRey website has a brief synopsis of the novel up right now. Just search on author Peter David. Now would be a perfect time to wander over to your local bookstore and see if they have ordered copies of the novel!
MIDNIGHT NATION #2 - IS OUTWant to know more about "Midnight Nation"? There's a review of the latest issue over at IGN.COM.
RISING STARS - ISSUE #11
As the saga of Rising Stars continues, the Specials are seriously raging out of control. Whatever ties they
once had are being unraveled. Sides have been chosen and in their minds, this battle will not end with survivors.
The safety of Earth is being jeopardized with every minute that passes. Shipping October 18 Over at IGN.COM they have a synopsis of the latest issue.
BOOKFACEI noticed that Lou Anders is the editor of the site! Wonder if it's the same Lou Anders that worked for the Official Babylon 5 Magazine? Want to take bets? He did a superb job on the magazine, and is doing wonderful things with bookface.
CHATS TRANSCRIPTSJMS' chat September 20 at SCIFI is now available at http://www.scifi.com/chat. Over the past few months, we've done a number of on-line chats with Babylon 5 cast members. To read the transcripts of the chats, visit the TNT website. The transcripts are located in the archive. Pat Tallman and Jeffrey Willerth's chat transcripts from September 12 and September 19 are up at Galactic Gateway in the Black Hole Theater under Comet Tales.
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I got my mousepad and watch last night. This graphic doesn't do the mousepad justice. And the
watch is very nifty as well. Super service.
Robin Atkin Downes is concluding the role of "Dracula" in a production at the Hermosa Playhouse. The play ran from
October 19-26. Here's what a local critic had to say about Robin. "Robin Atkin Downes, a first-timer with the CLOSBC,
plays the title. Complete wi th long, straight hair and a sinister beard, Downes is a perfect fit."
The beautiful Pat Tallman has worked with Penny Lane, an organization that benefits abused children, for many years.
She was recently recognized by the organization for all her hard work in raising over $50,000 to build the Pat Tallman
C.A.R.E. (computer, achievement, research, esteem) Computer Lab. The lab offers children an opportunity to learn computer
skills and develop career objectives. Pat raised funds through autograph sales and she continues to be devoted to the
organization. We applaud her in her efforts. (The photo shows Pat holding the Blue
Skies Award for Brightening the Lives of Children.)
Marjean Holden is busy over at 
Starburst this month features Farscape, not only on the cover, but inside with an interview with Writer Rockne S O’Bannon.
For an excerpt, go to 
This month's TV Zone concentrates on "First Wave". There's also features on "Earth: Final Conflict", "Angel", "Voyager"
and much more.
The store at SCIFI is very extensive. If you haven't been over to check it out, you may want to do so. Not only do
they have a lot of Babylon 5 materials, they also have items like the special gold issue of Rising Stars #9.
October Birthdays