June 14th, 2003
The Anime Network is out there and waiting for you to clog up your local cable provider’s phone lines and demand it become available in your area:
The Anime Network is the first cable channel in North America dedicated to anime. Initial availability is in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, via Comcast digital cable Video on Demand service.
Initial programming will include both fan-favorite feature films and multi-episode series. Titles include Spriggan, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Excel Saga, Martian Successor Nadesico, Gasaraki, Noir, Dai-Guard, Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, Orphen, Golden Boy, Sorcerer Hunters, Kimera, Ninja Resurrection, Tekken, Those Who Hunt Elves, Gunsmith Cats, Burn Up W and Samurai X: The Motion Picture.
Even dubbed into English, anime is nobody?s cartoon. Anime is distinctly Asian, and explores the boundaries of animated moving pictures in ways that American cartoons never have. The distinctive style of anime is exploding into western pop culture, and anime titles?from Sailor Moon to Cowboy Bebop?are beginning to appear on American television. The time is ripe for more?
The Anime Network was launched in 2002 by A.D. Vision, Inc., parent company of ADV Films and Newtype USA magazine.
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June 7th, 2003
I used to think Penn & Teller were a bit too heavy handed with their ‘open your eyes to the world? shtick. Of course that was years ago when I was a more wide eyed about things. Now I think these guys are spot on with their new Showtime series Bullshit! .
They take on all the popular debates of the day. From Feng Shui to Creationism to the diet food craze obsession. The scary part is, of the shows I?ve seen, they?ve yet to piss me off with their point of view. Does that officially make me ornery?
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May 19th, 2003
Does anyone else remember that Old TV show Big Blue Marble?
I can. Barely.
It seems there were a few shows set in Alabama. That’s what did it in I bet.
Anyway, this image reminds me of that show.
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May 5th, 2003
An interview with the co-creator of Miracles. An excellent show that ABC saw fit to cancel. While junk like The Bachelor rambles on. Maybe one day somebody will get a stick and kill that show.
On to the good stuff:
MIRACLES co-creator Richard Hatem spoke to the Tildanet.com website about life after ABC cancelled his thought provoking supernatural series. In the exclusive interview Hatem waxed philosophically about the show and also explained its origins, the current grassroots campaign to try and save the show, the unaired episodes and what would have happened in a second season. Hatem even tackles the question of a possible MIRACLES DVD collection…
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May 4th, 2003
So once the car is built, would it be bullet resistant? Would you have a hot but approachable brunette mechanic named Bonnie on call to fix your late night drunken escapades? Would the damn thing not get wrecked by some new “nefarious tech” plot device?
With news of Knight Rider feature film in the works and a possible revival of the television show, it seems only fitting that there’s a website dedicated to helping people convert their cars into full replicas of the KITT, Knight Industries Two Thousand, car.
Via Gizmodo
These are the questions you have to ask your insurance agent.
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April 9th, 2003
Wonder what this is about:
The hope that Firefly will return in one form or another was boosted recently when Adam Baldwin, who plays Jayne on the series, posted the following message on the Offical Firefly Message Board:
Quote:
From: ADAM_BALDWIN 1:26 am
To: ILOVEJAYNE (113368 of 113579)
4235.113368 in reply to 4235.113344
Joss says that he hasn’t given up! “Tell them, we will fly again!” –JW
Found that on Whedonesque.
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April 1st, 2003
And now it makes even more sense why sci-fi cancelled Farscape. They wanted to make 16 crappy new series to take it’s place.
The Sci-Fi Channel has released a list of what new programming it intends to broadcast in the 2004-2005 year. Among the new shows being offered are ongoing series, two new mini-series and a host of special programs for its out-of-this-world audience.
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March 19th, 2003
Frell.
That’s what I said when I first heard the the Sci Fi Channel was going to cancel the only decent science fiction television around since Babylon 5. Combining brilliant plot twists, characters who grow with each episode, and a little sex to make something better than the normal dren that The Powers That Be usually throw at us.
Don’t even get me started on the whole Firefly debacle.
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