Like a lot of science fiction movies, Babylon A.D. is all the more depressing for the interesting ideas it contains. Fascinating concepts play across its surface, of the sort that the very best sci-fi revels in. How will advancing technology impact people...
In the year of the Shadow War – also known as the third season - BABYLON5 became something greater. While the first season had a whole load of teething problems to deal with and the second season had the surprise of a new lead actor to contend with, the ...
It's hard to believe that it's been ten years now since BABYLON5 originally aired on our screens - a bit longer, if you count the fact that the series pilot "The Gathering" aired some considerable time before the first episode - but the series has aged r...
Let's make this the last Vin Diesel-related news of the afternoon, shall we? Fellow Maniac Wiseguy has passed along word that director Mathieu Kassovitz is not happy at all about the current final cut of Babylon A.D., which hits theaters this Friday. Ther...
What They SayPsychic investigator Subaru Sumeragi is hot on the tail of a serial killer who seems to have some supernatural powers of his own. When Subaru encounters a young girl placing a curse on his suspect, the mystery deepens. The body count continue...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:CLAMPTranslated by:Ray Yoshimoto/Alexis KirschAdapted by:What They SayIn his quest to protect Tokyo from the spirits, Subaru drifts off to the dream world where he encounters Mitsuki, a mysterious childhood friend with a painf...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:CLAMPTranslated by:Ray YoshimotoAdapted by:What They SayWelcome to Tokyo, cultural and economic hub of the Eastern World. Nowhere on Earth will you find such majesty and splendor... and such excess and discord! Lurking below t...
What They SayThe wizardry of Japanese animation. Thrilling action sequences filled with danger, suspense and death. Subaru Sumeragi must defeat evil forces intent on building the ultimate creature of destruction. Vol. 1 & 2 on one disc.
Volume 1: Is it p...
Los Angeles, CA (September 16, 2003)?Building upon its long-standing relationship with CLAMP, TOKYOPOP Inc. is pleased to announce the May 2004 debut of Tokyo Babylon, one of the famed manga team's most beloved titles. Each of the series' seven volumes wi...
Sci Fi Channel has picked up the broadcast rights to BABYLON5. The series will begin re-runs on the cable network on Sept. 25, where it will air Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET. In a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV, Cable and Newtork Features, ...
We have only three weeks week to go before Vin Diesel's upcoming sci-fi action film Babylon A.D. will hit theaters but that's not stopping 20th Century Fox from launching a new official website for the project, which you can see by clicking here. Two new ...
For me, one of the greatest joys in life is going back to something I've loved and re-experiencing it with new eyes. In this respect, BABYLON5 never disappoints. Though the series has its week moments and the machinery of the five-year arc sometimes sl...
The recent rumor that Vin Diesel's upcoming action flick Babylon A.D getting cut in half gained a spot in our weekly Top Maniacal Rumors of the Week column but it looks like the rumor was officially debunked this morning over at their official myspace pag...
With the recent announcement of the acquisition of the title, the full blown press release is now out and talking about the planned 2004 release of CLAMP\'s much sought after Tokyo Babylon manga series.
Welcome to our next edition of Top Maniacal Rumors of the Week, the place to cover all those wild and wacky rumors that sometimes were a bit too unsubstantiated to cover elsewhere. This week was filled with some big ones, enough so that vocal Maniacs ...
Rod and Dania from the Vin Diesel Fan Club has passed a note this morning stating that Vin Diesel has updated his official website. The action star has put up an early look/teaser like video of his upcoming BABYLON AD thriller. You'll be able to see early...
Mike\'s pile gets smaller and smaller until the next order arrives but in the mean time he\'s sent in a glowing review of TOKYOPOP\'s July 2004 release of Tokyo Babylon Vol. #2, one of the long sought after series from CLAMP.
In the light of the events of the past year, watching the BABYLON5: SEASON TWO boxed set is just a tad bit creepy. In the midst of the build-up both to the Narn-Centauri War that breaks out this season and the Shadow War which will soon follow, there's a...
This month sees the publication of a scholarly work by the University of Texas Press about the fandom that surrounds BABYLON5. In the book, however, fandom is called "participatory community," and BABYLON5 is called "an imaginary entertainment environme...
In my opinion, the fourth year of BABYLON5 was the highpoint of J. Michael Straczynski’s ambitious five-year science fiction drama. The season began with the fate of a free universe on the rim of the abyss, with the assembled forces of humans, Minbari, N...
BABYLON5 creator J. Michael Straczynski must still be reeling from the out-of-the-gate cancellation of his last B5 series, CRUSADE. This new property, THE LEGEND OF THE RANGERS, is quite clearly crafted as a pilot for a new series (it even has an episode...
Release Date: August 29, 2008 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: Mathieu Kassovitz Screenwriter: Eric Besnard Starring: Vin Diesel, Gérard Depardieu, Michelle Yeoh, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong, Radek Bruna, Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson Genre...
Some fans of the BABYLON5 television series have been concerned over recent speculation that the B5 theatrical movie that's in development (titled THE MEMORY OF SHADOWS and still presently not officially announced by Warner Bros.) will not be requiring t...
BABYLON5: THE GATHERING / IN THE BEGINNING was our first, best hope for BABYLON5 on DVD. It failed. The fault isn't in the source material, of course, though B5 fans unfamiliar with the pilot might be majorly surprised by "The Gathering," and sci-fi fan...
Babylon5 was one of those series I came to late, after it already moved to DVD. I saw the movie that started the series off and loved it but when they scheduled it for a fairly early time on Sunday nights I was just never able to catch it. ...
...utline by BABYLON5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, the PASSING OF THE TECHO-MAGES trilogy is shaping up to be a high point, not only in the world of B5 fiction, but also in the TV tie-in book industry in general. Cavelos' gripping narrative style deft...
Dark Horizons reports reports (via Usenet) that there is something new and significant happening with the BABYLON5 franchise, and this time it comes straight from the fingers of the show's creator, J. Michael Straczynski. Is it for movie or television fo...
...ea of the BABYLON5 universe that allows her a great deal of leewaythe Techno-mages.Galen, a Techno-mage apprentice, watches stars fall from the sky, heralding the arrival of the full mages to his home planet. If all goes well, Galen and his fellow stu...
...eridan in Babylon5.It’s been more than a year and a half since Babylon5 fans witnessed Sheridan’s final fate, when he piloted a White Star vessel into space and disappeared somewhere `beyond the rim` in the series’ final episode, `Sleeping in Light.`...
Yesterday's news story about the rumored BABYLON5 movie loosened a tongue with one of our readers, and today we've got more information to share about THE MEMORY OF SHADOWS. According to a previous report forwarded via one of the United Kingdom based B5 ...
Slowly but surely, the best in genre television is creeping out on DVD. Word comes this week from Warner Home Video - via DVDFILE.COM - that J. Michael Straczynski's BABYLON5 will come to disc for the first time on December 4th.Unfortunately, it seems th...
The Review!I got this release because it was a CLAMP production and from what I've seen I really dig CLAMP stuff (see Chris's review for a quickie about who CLAMP is). As Chris also said, this is as far as I know CLAMP's only Region 1 DVD release, which i...
A new international poster has popped up online for Vin Diesel's next sci-fi action adventure Babylon A.D courtesy of Filmz.ru. You can check out the full size poster by clicking on the left photo. Alongside Diesel, the film co-stars Gérard Depardi...
Until now, we've only been introduced to French-based teaser clips for Vin Diesel's upcoming sci-fi action film Babylon A.D. Not anymore. IGN has premiered a new trailer, which you can watch down below. The film, which is being created by a French product...
One of the first things I wrote about for TV Wasteland last year was that a new Babylon5 series of direct to DVD films were in the works. Now, finally 10 years after the original series ended the next tales of Babylon5 will begin on July 31st with ...
The Vin Diesel Gallery has posted new images for BABYLON A.D. Mathieu Kassovitz directed the film which was produced by Alain Goldman and Mathieu Kassovitz.The story centers on an army veteran turned mercenary who agrees to escort a woman from Russi...
20th Century Fox and Canal Plus will co-finance the futuristic thriller BABYLON A.D. Mathieu Kassovitz wrote the script and will also direct. Set in the near future, the story centers on genetic manipulation. A mercenary, who is charged with delivering ...
The lush boxed set treatment fans have enjoyed for genre treats like THE SIMPSONS and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER is finally being lavished on a slightly older icon, BABYLON5.The boxed set of the first season, titled SIGNS AND PORTENTS, will sport commentar...
While no trailers have appeared for US audiences, a second French teaser trailer for the upcoming sci-fi action adventure Babylon A.D has appeared online in May. The film, which is being created by a French production and director Mathieu Kassovitz, stars...
Actor Richard Biggs, best known to genre fans for portraying Dr. Stephen Franklin on BABYLON5, has passed away. According to a news report written by series creator J. Michael Straczynski and posted to Usenet's BABYLON5 moderated group, Biggs died yeste...
A rather sensational new twist in the legacy of J. Michael Stracynski's BABYLON5 is being played out over at IGN FilmForce. As part of a recent interview with B5 cast member Jerry Doyle, FilmForce found out the latest with Doyle's attempts to resurrect t...
...ated epic BABYLON5.The first season got off to a slow start, and the series faced considerable competition from STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE, which had a similar setting (a self-sufficient station in deep space) and, obviously, a core base of loyal fans...
...hear that BABYLON5 has been picked up to be re-run on Sci Fi Channel. Does news like this, about a job you finished several years ago, have much significance to you as an actor?Jerryd: First of all call me, Jerry...SteveVP: Sure thing, Jerry.Jerryd: ...
Warner Home Video has announced August 17, 2004 as the date of release for the five-disc DVD set of BABYLON5: THE MOVIE COLLECTION. The set compiles all five feature-length B5 films including the pilot ("The Gathering"), "In the Beginning", "Thirdspace",...
A source tells Coming Soon that GOTHIKA director Mathieu Kassovitz's next assignment is the science fiction film BABYLON BABIES and that he has already cast leading man Vincent Cassel (BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF) in the main role.The movie, based on a novel ...
The first teaser trailer for Vin Diesel's upcoming sci-fi action thriller Babylon A.D has popped up online. It's in French but since it's the first teaser video for the film, it's worth passing along. The film stars Vin Diesel, Gérard Depardieu, Mi...
Perhaps the brass at Paramount are thinking that the best way to plot the future course of STAR TREK is to hire outside their universe's box.In a recent post made to the BABYLON5 Usenet group (and archived at JMSNews), series creator J. Michael Straczyns...
The website VinXperience has posted a new promo for the upcoming sci-fi movie BABLYON A.D. It runs just over a minute and is a collection of clips from the film as well as behind-the-scenes footage.
The film stars Vin Diesel who plays a ...
According to Variety, Michelle Yeoh has signed on to star in the upcoming film BABYLON A.D. for Fox and Canal Plus. She will join Vin Diesel in the cast.In the film, Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop (Diesel) takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman f...
The MediasharX website published a report last week that the working title for a proposed BABYLON5 theatrical movie -- rumored to be quietly in the early stages of development -- is titled BABYLON5: THE MEMORY OF SHADOWS. Accordint to MediasharX's scoop...
...replaced. BABYLON5’s Lt. Commander Susan Ivanova could have fallen into this familiar pattern if not for the casting of Claudia Christian, whose flair for comedy helped to round out and humanize the character. This should have been no surprise to anyo...
After departing from BABYLON5, the epic television science fiction series, in the mid-`90s, Claudia Christian was not lacking for work. Almost, immediately she appeared in several movies and TV episodes. One of which she is most proud is an episode of th...
What They SayThe Get Backers are back, and this time it\'s no toy mascot they\'re after. A mysterious client wants an object, so classified it can only be called by its initials IL, recovered. They\'ll confront Makubex and a series of minions with every k...
... TREK and BABYLON5.` What keeps the audience off balance is that there is no reset button at the end of each FARSCAPE episode. The characters are real, and they change, under the tremendous stresses of their lives. Noted Kemper, `The watch word ...
SEVEN OF SEVEN: VOLUME 1 SET FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 14, 2003; FIRST VOLUMES OF DEMON CITY SHINJUKU, DEMON CITY HUNTER AND DEMON PALACE BABYLON DUE IN STORES OCTOBER 28
HOUSTON, September 2, 2003-ADV Manga today formally announced street dates for the releas...
...6:00-7:00 Babylon5: The Lost Tales—Created by J. Michael Straczynski in 1993, Babylon5 became an sf cult fan favorite and a top rated show. Now in 2007, you are being taken to 2271 A.D. for Babylon5: The Lost Tales, a made-for-video movie. See...
...hear that BABYLON5 has been picked up to be re-run on Sci Fi Channel. Does news like this, about a job you finished several years ago, have much significance to you as an actor?jeffreykosh OK, Steve B5 moving to SCI FI is a wonderful thing in my opini...
The secret identity of the lead actor for an upcoming Gene Roddenberry television series titled GENESIS can now be revealed. BABYLON5’s Bruce Boxleitner is the actor who has been signed to star in a remake of Gene Roddenberry’s 1973 movie of the week GEN...
In part one of CINESCAPE's BABYLON5: THE LEGEND OF THE RANGERS coverage, readers were introduced to the concept and characters for the made-for-TV movie. This installment explores the film's special effects, its long-term plans and the effects of those p...
So what's the theme this week? Scary things, my friends, that's what. We've got two shows we'll take a look at this week, one featuring a pair of brothers with ghostbusting on the brain, and the other featuring lawyers with disorders of the brain.But fi...
...ritten by Babylon5 creator J. Michael Straczynski. The Complete Twilight Zone 2002-2003 Grade: 2 Stars Retail Price: $29.98 Notable Episodes: "It's Still a Good Life," "Chosen," "Shades of Guilt," "Monsters Are On Maple Street," Eye of the Beholder" (...
GATE Mail by David Michael Wharton (Mon 08-08-2005)
...ANGEL, or BABYLON5. All of those shows carried underlying social commentaries that made them unique as well as characters with so much depth to them, you actually felt bad when one of them died. With STARGATE, the characters are a bit 2-dimensional ...
... years of BABYLON5, no more and no less. He worked to keep the merchandising to a minimum until the show was nearing the end of its run. The result? BABYLON5's success is a mere drop in the bucket compared to the colossus of TREK… but he to...
...his life. BABYLON5 "Z'ha'dum" (aired in the US: October 31, 1996) Learning that his wife had met her end at the hands of the mysterious Shadows, Captain John Sheridan promised to journey to their homeworld for revenge. His mentor, the wise Vorlon Kos...
I recently ran across a job board posting requesting someone to oversee a company's "genre cluster content". You see a lot of corporate doubletalk in these ads, but this one really stumped me. Just what the hell is "genre cluster content"? To me, it seems...
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have grabbed the rights to J. Michael Straczynski's (Babylon5) thriller THE CHANGELING. Ron Howard is thinking about directing the film as his next project.The story of the film is based on actual events abou...
...ation (in BABYLON5's case) or DVD (in FARSCAPE's case) to sort everything out and really get a grip on the context of the story where I wandered in blissfully unaware of what was happening. If you think my first 'SCAPE experience was bewildering, let ...
... Kane and Babylon5's Jerry Doyle. There will be a party each night of the convention as well as the expected convention goodies – signing sessions, interviews, dealer rooms and so on. Starfury follow up Decalogy with Infinity from 5-7 October, a...
Woohoo! We're back to a big long list, so we've just got room to get into the Prize Closet. We have 2 copies of BLACKBALLED: THE BOBBY DUKES STORY to give away, courtesy of Shout Factory. To enter, send an email containing your name and address to psycho...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSGiallo and Eurofantasy film scores are alive and well thanks to the intrepid folks behind Digitmovies and GDM Records, whose releases for June and July are valuable and interesting restorations of rare, unreleased, or little kno...
An old STAR TREK treatment created by Bryce Zabel (The Crow: Stairway to Heaven) and J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon5) was posted on Zabel's blog.You can find the blog here.Some snippets from Zabel's Blog entry:Admittedly, it takes a lot of nerve to offe...
Rather like the original title, in Serious Sam: The Second Encounter you'll once again be given the delightful task of facing masses of deadly minions, most of which answer to one evil dude - Mental's his name and getting on Sam's nerves is hi...
In Japan, the first Patlabor feature followed a highly successful though low budget OVA series, so there was a lot of anticipation of what the feature version would be like. In the USA, Patlabor anime has arrived in a bit more jumbled fashion, but as th...
"Halliburton, NE" has a hard act to follow with the preceding episode's long-awaited appearance of the mysterious Henry Scudder. That it manages to better its predecessor is a tribute to Knauf's writing, which elegantly jumps from storyline to storyline ...
...n Carter (BABYLON5) is the captured vampire and Garett Maggart (THE SENTINEL) is a doctor reluctantly involved in the program.A relative newcomer to the convention scene, actor James C. Leary plays Clem, a "loose skinned demon" in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SL...
...aczynski (BABYLON5) has been developing and will create the series to come. The executive producer pool will be made up of Straczynski with Sam Egan (OUTER LIMITS, NORTHERN EXPOSURE), Luke Perry, Joe Dante, Michael Finnell, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, E...
...en Furst (Babylon5), Diedrich Bader (Drew Carey Show), Nicole Sullivan (Mad TV) and many others. Check out this video and get ready for the series. An animated TV project hasn’t made me laugh so hard in aeons. Richard Raynis on SammyIf you’re someone ...
...). From BABYLON5, Jerry Doyle (Garibaldi) and Jeff Conaway (Zack) graced the stage. James Marsters (Spike) from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER visited, and so did Lance Hendriksen (MILLENNIUM, ALIENS). The little auditorium a featured tribute to ALIEN N...
...llowed by BABYLON5 in September, to coincide with the show’s airing on Sci-Fi Channel. (All of the sci-fi shows under the SCIOGRAPHY microscope are or will be broadcast on Sci-Fi ChannelBATTLESTAR GALACTICA aired for one season on ABC, between 1978 ...
We're getting a number of scoops about the story that the Production Weekly website is running today about that rumored BABYLON5 movie we've all been hearing about. Rumors of a B5 theatrical movie, titled THE MEMORY OF SHADOWS, have been floating about o...
... produce?"BABYLON5 and LORD OF THE RINGS (wow, I'm really nerding it up now) took risks with how long a piece they could subject audiences too (although Ezra Pound was into this before it was cool). I have yet to hear a cogent argument stating that th...
More and more horror "B-movies" are receiving deluxe treatment on DVD, but for every cult classic being reborn on disc there are dozens of less worthy titles sitting in the vaults. Some are worth seeing, but just not as sought after, or else pristine elem...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSBy far the most impressive soundtrack release of the week – if not the season – is Decca’s Nov 2nd release of Jan A.P. Kaczmarek’s score for Marc Forster’s imaginative fictional retelling of the creation of Peter Pan, FINDING NE...
Imagine in the year 2037 that thousands of alien spheres suddenly appear over the Earth. In a wink of an eye, through a kind of technology humanity knows nothing of, the planet Earth is carved up into thousands of different zones of time; standing in one ...
Just when we thought all the cards were on the table, Knauf and his writers start shuffling the deck and strange relations are born in even stranger places. As Ben Hawkins found a partner in Samson after saving the Ferris wheel victim, so Brother Justin ...
Catching up a little more on the backlog, we\'ve taken a look at Central Park Media\'s 04/08/2003 release of Tokyo Babylon, which replaces the previous and now out of print version that was sublicensed to NuTech back in 1999.
viz-in vol. 12, no. 7 Your One-Stop Monthly Manga & Anime Connection! ITEMS SHIPPING OCTOBER `00 featuring...
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION BOOK FIVE, #1 REGULAR and SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION 7-issue monthly series story & art by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto original ...
The Review!After a surprise cliffhanger at the end of the last volume and an agonizing two-month wait, the sixth volume of X has arrived. A mixed bag of a volume, it contains one of the best episodes of the series, another strong episode, and the obligato...
The Review!An adult parody of some of the most popular anime characters.
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When watching the show, I listened to the original Japanese seiyuu (voice actors). I did listen to the English dubbing, but it's poor at best. The talking, ambient sounds...
What They SayAt the dawn of the millennium in Tokyo, advanced robotic vehicles called Labors are heavily relied upon to build fortifications to project Japan from global rising sea levels. A maverick team from the Metropolitan Police led by Noa Izumi and ...
... used on "Babylon5" (which they also did).
If you haven't seen this movie in the three years since its original release, I'd wager that you aren't a "Tenchi" fan, and are probably wasting your time reading this review. On the odd chance that you wou...
We've been graciously provided with two sets of the Patlabor: The Movie Collectors Edition sets that were just released from Bandai Visual USA. These are the beautiful chipboard box sets that contain the two...
...on and in Babylon5. Admittedly, those shows took a more special news report sort of approach, where this appears to be a complete reality series. The idea of taking these elements and smashing them into an extremely claustrophobic ship – Alien s...
...daughter (Babylon5`s Claudia Christian). As Ambrose tells James of the ghostly visits of his daughter`s spirit, the old man`s visions begin to blend with the younger man`s guilt ridden delusions. It`s an ambitious tale with the kind of strong visual...
...e, Roots, Babylon5, Sexy Beast, Space: 1999, the list goes on forever. Of course he’s attained his widest reach with Deadwood, HBO’s swear-happy, hard boiled version of the old west. Of British descent, McShane regaled us with stories...
TROPIC THUNDER remained at the top of the box office with $16.1 million in ticket sales. It beat out new comer THE HOUSE BUNNY, which brought in $15.1 million.
Universal's DEATH RACE came in third with just $12.3 million and TH...
What They SayAt the dawn of the millennium in Tokyo, advanced robotic vehicles called Labors are heavily relied upon to build fortifications to project Japan from global rising sea levels. A maverick team from the Metropolitan Police led by Noa Izumi and ...
...ranke (of Babylon5 fame) - he has a style of music & effects that is quite distinctive. While his style fit in well with B5 I\'m not so sure it was the best choice for a show like Tenchi, but the background music fortunately isn\'t really intrusive. ...
What They SayThe year is 1999 and Tokyo's Mobile Police have a new weapon in the war on crime - advanced robots called Labors are used to combat criminals who would use the new technology for illegal means. The suicide of a mysterious man on the massive B...
What They SayEarth – the not-too-distant future….A city is miraculously reborn just sixteen years after being completely destroyed by a giant meteor. Our story begins in the prestigious Graviton High School for Girls, nestled in the suburbs of...
Back on October 5th, we mentioned that CPM was repricing Tokyo Babylon and Silent Service come January 2005. They\'ve since updated their site again and added a number of other titles dropping to $9.99:Battle Arena Toshinden: Uncut Version
Garzey’s ...
Getting their January titles up, CPM has two new releases and two reprices:Black Jack Vol. #6 - 50 minutes - $19.99 - 01/11/2005Time Bokan OVA - 50 minutes - $19.99 - 01/11/2005In the reprice department, Silent Service and Tokyo Babylon take the plunge do...
Mike Dungan\'s got a couple of new manga reviews up and ready today. Check out his thoughts on Ai Yori Aoshi Vol. #2 as well as Tokyo Babylon Vol. #1, both from TOKYOPOP.
A new list of titles going into moratorium went out today with a reminder to retailers that they have until 10/22/2004 to send back any returns that they have:Silent Service
Garzey?s Wing
Wild Cardz
Battle Arena Toshinden
They Were Eleven
Voltage Fighter ...
What They SayAt the millennial edge, the concluding battle for humanity’s future is staged. Kamui Shirou’s destiny has been decided as he returns to Tokyo to face his ultimate challenge. The Dragons of Heaven, defenders of the Earth, stand rea...
What They SayTwo choices, two sides, one future... Two groups of supernaturally powered warriors begin a prophetic battle to shape the future- a clash that will rock the foundations of the planet! The Dragons of Earth swear to purge humanity from the worl...
What They SayA timeless story of girl meets robot. Meet Noa Izumi. Cute and spunky, she could be the girl next door...except that she loves giant robots with a passion that\'s a little scary. Today\'s her big day, her chance to pilot a giant robot of her...
What They SayA charming sci-fi comedy romance from Masakazu Katsura (creator of Video Girl Ai, art director of Iria - Zeiram the Animation) and Kumiko Takahashi (character designer of Card Captor Sakura, Tokyo Babylon, and Birdy the Mighty). Junta has a ...
What They SayNoa discovers an underground cavern and is trapped in a monster’s lair. She’ll need the help of her giant robot, Alphonse, to escape with her life! Contains episodes 19-22The Review!
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For our primary viewing session, we lis...
What They SayVeteran police detective Kusumi and his young partner Hata search for the cause of several deadly labor accidents in and around Tokyo Bay. Each detective applies their own style of investigation and they soon uncover a labyrinth of deceit wit...
What They SayMortally wounded by Nataku, Fuma’s father leaves a cryptic message for his son – \"You are Kamui’s twin star.\" After the funeral, Kamui and Kotori are attacked by Seishiro, a Dragons of Earth assassin. A still mystified Fum...
CPM has a few more titles slated for April release, with the first two from their Anime 18 line, the next two re-releases at a lower price and the final one their newest series. We\'ll have fully fleshed out versions of these later tonight.Four Play - 60 ...
R.A. Salvatore’s The Hunter’s Blades trilogy gets a collector’s edition facelift, the Time Spiral Cycle wrenches out another installment with Planar Chaos, and two notable female SF authors get some well-deserved credit for their con...
...r Levay), BABYLON5 (Christopher Franke, formerly of Tangerine Dream), and the new OUTER LIMITS (John Van Tongeran & Mark Mancina).Norman also recreates effective renditions of Alan Silvestri’s score for PREDATOR (with synth sequencing by the ubiquitou...
...emes from BABYLON5, the new OUTER LIMITS, RAVEN, POLTERGIEST: THE LEGACY, LOIS & CLARK, CRUSADE, and EARTH: FINAL CONFLICT. These science fiction cues are nearly all electronic but proffer a fairly nice range of musical style and synthetic orchestrat...
In an announcement on a Babylon5 Usenet group, J. Michael Straczynski has revealed that he has just signed to be the executive producer of a new science fiction television series for a pay cable TV network. Although Straczynski is not revealing any speci...
...ies, from BABYLON5 to FARSCAPE.`Stevens was a little more enthusiastic regarding her new role. `Oh, I was a total geek for STAR TREK as a kid!` she admitted with a laugh. `One time, I even shaved my eyebrows into points like Spock. I was a little bit ...
It does X no favors to say the film conforms to what people think of as a typical `genre` anime. Let`s tick off the list; it`s set in modern-day Tokyo. It has hyper-stylized characters in a hyper-real world. The heroes are paranormally potent warriors, in...
The many effects shots in Jason and the Argonauts were refinements and elaborations on those Ray Harryhausen had created for previous films. As with the novelty of 7th Voyage of Sinbad, no one had ever paired the techniques of stop-motion animation to th...
It's probably no surprise that ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE isn't very good. For a Walt Disney Picture, there isn't any dancing tea cups or pumas breaking out into song to make up for an awkward story. In fact, the very adult nature of the film which tries ...
...as well-- BABYLON5's Mira Furlan--alas, it was not at such a provocative hour. Though I have a disturbing tendency to run into B5 creator J. Michael Straczynski at odd moments, I must bow to www.sftv.org 's Lee Whiteside's visit to the B5 Production ...
...or to the Babylon5 space station, first appeared on television on February 22, 1993--almost thirteen years ago, as I write these words. Over the next five years, the combination of creator J. Michael Straczynski's writing and Katsulas's performance t...
...ng (i.e. "BABYLON5 must suck because I like TREK so much"; "The new BSG must suck because I like the original."), but the shows are made by the same people. That said, just because FAMILY GUY has given me many hours of hilarity, doesn't mean they the...
Straight Up by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 08-18-2003)
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! Last week I asked our foreign readers to clue me in to their favorite regional shows that have somehow or other been missed by the TV Wasteland radar. Thanks to Eduardo Guardatti, from Argentina, we g...
The story of the 40 Thieves, the roadshow men that criss-crossed the country showing unrated off-Hollywood flicks back in the days before ratings systems, is a fascinating one. But documentary filmmaker Ted Bonnitt realizes that this subject is just too b...
What a slow weekend at the box office. The estimated winner of this report has $11.5 million dollars. That should say it all or at least, indicate just why late August and September are sometimes referred to as the month where studios insert movies to die...
What They SayPolicewoman Noa Izumi loves piloting giant robots with a passion. Trouble is, she’s got a knack for demolishing the city she tries to protect. But chaos breaks loose when Noa is kidnapped by a gang of thugs, and the police rally to resc...
...l Time" - BABYLON5 - 1997John Sheridan had been through it all. He'd led Babylon5's secession from a corrupt Earth government. He'd fought a war between gods and finally kicked the lot of them out beyond the Rim. Hell, he'd even died and come back to...
What They SayTransported through time and space, Maze has gained incredible powers - and one astronomical problem. Every night, she transforms into a lecherous man! To top it all off, she must rescue a fugitive (and overly affectionate) princess from a my...
...ie titled BABYLON5: THE LEGEND OF THE RANGERS this Saturday at 9 p.m. (ET)."When [the original BABYLON5 series] came to the Sci Fi Channel, it became one of their top five or top 10 shows, and they noticed this," explains executive producer and serie...
...in Space, Babylon5), Tony Dow (Leave It to Beaver), George Takei (Star Trek), and Claudia Christian (Babylon5); and ``Illegal Alien,, ascience-fiction drama written by Walter Koenig (Star Trek), who is also set to star in the movie.
In an announcement today, on a Babylon5 newsgroup, series executive producer and creator J. Michael Straczynski announced that Sci-Fi Channel has picked up the 1999 Babylon5 sequel series Crusade for broadcast on the network later this summer. `This wil...
...he age of BABYLON5, GULLIVER`S TRAVELS, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and such upcoming blockbusters as DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN? A great deal hinges on the reception to the BBC`s ambitious Gormenghast serial, being broadcast this month.Such issues obsess Who ...
What exciting box office news do we have to talk about this weekend? I thought an $11.5 mil winner was pretty bad last weekend but this weekend’s winner takes the cake for pathetic top performers. A whopping $7.8 estimated million for Bangkok Danger...
...to create BABYLON5’s groundbreaking, Emmy winning special effects. After fiddling around a little bit with the program, a 3D Enterprise model was created, which Heierling showed it to David Deptro, a friend who worked at Paramount. Impressed, Deptro e...
...fficer of BABYLON5. While the loss of Pike was negligible in the episodic landscape of 60s TV, J. Michael Straczynski's five-year story arc required substantial revisions to compensate for the loss of Sinclair. To a lesser extent, the cast changes f...
...poser for Babylon5, did the soundtrack for this movie as well. There is his trademark style that will bring echoes of Babylon5 to mind, but it\'s well enough apart that it fits the anime mold very well.
Kudos to Pioneer for bringing east and west ...
We usually don't cover birthday announcements in this column. It's not that we're party poopers it's just that birthdays remind us that we're all inevitably sliding down a rough incline toward death. But we thought we'd make an exception in this case. La...
One of the most innovative works of cinema to emerge last year never made it to a multi-plex near you. Instead, SIEGFRIED AND ROY: THE MAGIC BOX was limited to engagements in Imax 3-D theatres where its amazing imagery and cinematic sleight of hand could ...
...d-winning BABYLON5, which ran for five seasons. CRUSADE starred Gary Cole as Captain Matthew Gideon, commanding the starship Excalibur who scoured the galaxy in search of a cure for a fatal Drakh plague that imperiled Earth’s inhabitants. With a five...
I probably can't write anything new about SUPERMAN RETURNS. Most of you have seen it already and probably love it or hate it. For those in search of a quick answer, I thoroughly enjoyed the film. It elevates the source material to mature heights never ...
Air Guitar’n by Captain Gordon Edward (Tue 04-03-2007)
Welcome to another week of the Countdown, where time is ticking down but we are too busy to notice because of all the games we play. This week spring break seems all but dead, which will allow us to catch up on a few of the titles that came out recentl...
... Think of Babylon5, or The Prisoner, or the X Files.
AoD: Is everything coming out of Japan good? And what are the dangers of too much?
JC: 95% of everything is crap. Anime is no exception. But I don’t see a danger in “too much”. Th...
Chobits Character Song Collection / 13 tracks / Street date 02/17/04 / $14.98
It may take many years before we'll ever reach the level of Persocom (personal computer) technology commonly found in the 'Chobits' anime, but at least there won't be an...
Going into 2003, Central Park Media looks to have had a set plan of catching up on a number of remasters to bring some of their outsourced titles back into their library proper, fix a few older mistakes or releases that were used as experiments back in ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:CLAMPTranslated by:William FlanaganAdapted by:William FlanaganWhat They SayKurogane, Syaoran, Fai, Mokona, and Princess Sakura have come upon a desert of shifting sands and ruined skyscrapers. This postapocalyptic nightmare is...
...t fans of Babylon5 are familiar with, when Captain John Sheridan enters the same sort of contract with Lorien, one of the First Ones. It's part of the scientific nature that mixes with the religious overtones in the series and it's something that I li...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Saitou Takawo Translated by:Priscilla YimAdapted by:What They SaySUPERGUN
In 1991, UN inspectors found the incomplete Project Babylon - a cannon capable of hurling a shell 600 miles. In 1997, the Clinton administration learns...
ADV FILMS TO RELEASE NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: PLATINUM EDITION VOLUME 1
FIRST VOLUME OF THE SEMINAL, ACCLAIMED ANIME TELEVISION SERIES FILLED WITH EXTRAS GALORE, AVAILABLE 21st FEBRUARY 2005
LONDON, UK, 7th January 2005—ADV Films today announced a...
It seems average box office returns can't keep a good Furyan warrior down. The Pitch Black spin-off The Chronicles of Riddick was the first of a planned trilogy based on the warrior played by Vin Diesel but poor box office returns in 2004 cast doubt on wh...
...czynski’s BABYLON5, which debuted with a fizzle, but grew in stature to become one of the very best science fiction shows in TV history until moving to TNT, where it was allowed to whimper to death under budget cuts and poor ratings. Excellent CGI eff...
...fects for BABYLON5. Later, they also contributed to STAR TREK: VOYAGER. To help shoulder FI’s enormous workload, Flat Earth Productions (who did HERCULES and XENA visual effects) was brought in. But after only two episodes, they fell out of the projec...
...re Tracy (Babylon5) Scoggins, Patrick (Dallas) Duffy, Michael (Becoming Dick) Moriarty and Margot (Superman) Kidder. `One of the things that people should take into consideration when watching this Jules Verne is the original`s imagination was just st...
... was also BABYLON5`s conceptual consultant. For Ellison, THE OUTER LIMITS experience is in remarkable contrast to many previous projects adapting his stories for film and television. This time around he - and his story - were treated with tender lovi...
The Review!One of the most classic television series in the history of anime is finally on DVD and with the first four volumes in a box no less.
Audio: For a show like this being over ten years old, the audio really isn\'t that bad. I much prefer the sub...
What They SayIn the ancient world of Macedonia, science and magic are one. One man controls them both ...
From the minds of Peter Chung (Aeon Flux), Rintaro (Astro Boy, Metropolis), and Masao Murayama (Trigun, Cardcaptor Sakura). Animation by Madhouse (T...
What They SayAfter Fuma, the second “Kamui,” joins the Dragons of Earth, the attack on Tokyo turns even more brutal. Half-blinded in battle with Fuma, Subaru nevertheless faces off against Seishiro. But for these two, this battle will bring ev...
According to some information received by the folks at Discotek Media, they\'re plans are getting firmed up for bringing over a number of live action Japanese movies as well as several anime films. Their first releases are live action in nature (you can s...
The New Year is officially here, and with it a new crop of science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature is beginning to spring up from the fertile minds of genre authors everywhere. But though 2008 is the year of the new, some authors from the past, ...
The music of Film and Television features in a couple of categories at the Ivor Novello Awards, the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters’ annual celebration of British music talent. This year is the 50th such ceremony and, as usual, it takes...
When it comes down to it you have to ask yourself, “Which one do I buy?” Is it the DVD titled “Special Edition” or do I save a few bucks and just get the movie? How many times will I watch those special features? &nb...
What They SayVeteran police detective Kusumi and his young partner Hata search for the cause of several deadly labor accidents in and around Tokyo Bay. Each detective applies their own style of investigation and they soon uncover a labyrinth of deceit wit...
What They SayThe minute they entered the Limitless Fortress, the Get Backers were separated from each other. After roaming endless hallways and fighting thug after thug, they\'re finally back together again... only to find themselves stuck in a room with ...
What They SayAnimation music DVD release from CLAMP × MADHOUSE. Features over 100 characters from CLAMP world.The Review!Audio:
Featuring two separate videos, the audio on this disc varies. The audio for the original CLAMP in Wonderland does sound very s...
What They SayVeteran police detective Kusumi and his young partner Hata search for the cause of several deadly labor accidents in and around Tokyo Bay. Each detective applies their own style of investigation and they soon uncover a labyrinth of deceit wit...