Just to let you know where I'm coming from in this review, I'll start off by saying that I have always loved the WING COMMANDER series. The first game that I played in the series was WING COMMANDER II, and I picked up the third game on the first day it wa...
David Williams' score for the cult classic, THEPROPHECY II is finally available on CD. For those who may not be aware, THEPROPHECY (also available from Perseverance Records) has a cult following that has spawned four successful sequels. This series ha...
When the first Disciples appeared towards the end of 1999, it didn't do too well on the market, but it did manage to win the hearts of many fantasy-strategy fans. Age of Wonders, and another sequel to the HoMM serial appeared about the same time, and ...
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Perseverance Records have released a very pleasing pair of soundtracks comprising David Williams’ scores for TheProphecy (1995) and its sequel, TheProphecy II (1995). Like the similar Warlock seri...
...in Latin, TheProphecy has resided in the hands of a single family for generations, revealing secrets about the world that is to come, and guiding them to wealth and power... It begins when a Celtic noble betrays his people at the behest of his mot...
... fell, as TheProphecy foretold. Now TheProphecy's scroll is in the hands of a young girl, the last surviving member of the family who received TheProphecy. She lives in tranquility, disguised as a boy among the monks on the isle of Lindisfarne-until...
...t lost in theprophecy of his own mind, a daring rescue sprung both himself and his cell neighbor out to a higher calling. Now on the run, Gaven must try to make sense of the visions that have plagued his conscience, and figure out the true intentions ...
Never say never again.David Duchovny will reprise his role as Fox Mulder in the two-hour series finale of THE X-FILES on May 19.Wow, that almost makes me want to watch the show again. Almost.X-FILES creator Chris Carter promises to wrap up the whole mytho...
Largely derided when it first premiered in 1997 on thethen-fledgling WB Network, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer turned out to be not only one of the best genre television shows ever, but also one of the best shows on TV as a whole. Now, Twentieth...
...0Sgt Rock TheProphecy #2 (of 6) $2.99Kurt: Guest-starring Christopher Walken.Testament #3 (MR) $2.99IMAGEGirls #10 (MR) $2.99Noble Causes #17 $3.50Spawn Manga Vol 2 TP $9.99Kurt: See what happens when you combine two things that suck!Strange Girl #6 $...
VIDEO NEWSBefore Ivan Reitman's EVOLUTION opened this past summer, expectations for the film were extraordinarily high. Action figure toys were licensed and in production, as was an animated TV series. Most amazingly, David Duchovny was even more arrogant...
...THE OMEN, THEPROPHECY, THE ORDER (shudders), ROSEMARY'S BABY, THE OMEGA CODE, and especially LEFT BEHIND. I like some of those films a lot, but horror movies with Biblical themes are about as tired as slasher films at this point. And actually, what'...
Over at the Vin Diesel fan website called VinXperience (as first brought to our attention by Dark Horizons), perhaps the most detailed story synopsis yet for THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK has gone online. The VinXperience webmaster, Kriszta, had an online con...
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, the executive producer of Showtime's post-apocalyptic science fiction series JEREMIAH, dropped us a line to tell us a bit about the second episode in JEREMIAH's new season, airing tonight on the cable network. "Strange Attractors...
James Cawley, the man who moonlights as Capt. Kirk in his own fan venture Star Trek: New Voyages / Phase 2, is in a bit of a predicament after one of his online episodes caught the attention of the Science Fiction Writers of America. The script for &ldquo...
...ins. Theprophecy she heard will come to light and finally the tale about mankind’s search for Earth will have closure.
Whether you saw it on the big screen, see it on the Scifi Channel or wait see it on DVD (out December 4th) &lsq...
...hen comes theprophecy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more… This omnibus edition comprises The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose.
Combat-K: War Marchine, Andy Remic (Solaris Books...
With the start of 2008 comes news of the next round of book-to-screen translations, and if you’re like me this news is usually met with equal doses of boyish hope and fearful skepticism. Because as all of us readers know the translation of a book in...
This is a great special edition release from Manga Entertainment. The remastered film itself looks crystal clear; you go into viewing older films, especially animation, expecting dust and scratches. Happily, they've done a great job here. Special features...
The WB TV network has released information about the coming November 5th episode of ANGEL, titled "Offspring." Suggested by this season's opening episode finale, Angel (David Boreanaz) comes face-to-face with the consequences of his night of passion when ...
THE LADY IS THE LINKThe story continues in THE LADY OF AVALON (1997), the novel that bridges the gap between the Ancient Britain of the first century and the Arthurian legends of the eighth. Constructed in three sections and time periods, THE LADY OF AVAL...
And another one bites the dust. And another one's gone. And another one's gone...Actually, in all fairness, WOLF LAKE hasn't officially bit the dust yet, but CBS has muzzled the low-rated show for November sweeps. Not exactly a strong show of support for ...
While the Japanese anime industry is suffering from overproduction, currently producing about two thirds of the world’s new animation, the glut found an outlet at this weekend’s Tokyo Anime Fair. Foreign buyers poured in to snap up rights t...
Since his conception in the Icewind Dale Trilogy back in 1988, R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt has grown from an initial side character to the most well-renowned persona of the Forgotten Realms universe.
Hello Maniac readers and welcome to this, th...
...l role in TheProphecy II, but a lot of people thought you were really going to get into movies at that point.
GD: I’ve never heard about the Wes Craven werewolf movie. He did ask if me if I was interested in being one of the Scream...
Arguably a much better game series than a movie franchise, RESIDENT EVIL is back with the novelization of the third film, Resident Evil: Extinction due out in theatres this fall. G’day all you Maniac readers and welcome to the Buzz. We’ve got ...
...l test of theprophecy.
STARGATE ATLANTIS (SCIFI 10PM EST) HARMONY
Sheppard and McKay become escorts on a young princess's rite of passage and run afoul of the would-be queen's enemies. Harmony: Jodelle Ferland. Flora: Anna Van Hooft.
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Ever since its conception in 1978, Battlestar Galactica has been offering viewers a layered SF universe, one that manages to stay grounded with the world around us and in sync with contemporary American society. Like any good sci-fi series BSG explores th...
It’s about time thethematic element of “this has happened before and it will happen again”, come into direct play for the Cylons. It seems that the raider’s meeting with Anders in the season premiere prompted an evolution in the C...
After several slow weeks in genre literature the release schedule is finally picking back up, offering loads of fresh sci-fi, fantasy, and horror amidst the news of recent award noms and finalists.
An unfortunate truth of life is that there are a lot of ...
Back before Bantam’s Choose Your Own Adventure novels and R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps, the children’s picture book reigned supreme. Their over-sized, color-splashed pages provide kids with a magical place where genre has no meaning, every li...
One of the first things I wrote about for TV Wasteland last year was that a new Babylon 5 series of direct to DVD films were in the works. Now, finally 10 years after the original series ended the next tales of Babylon 5 will begin on July 31st with ...
Visual effects house the Orphange and Bold Films are teaming up to produce LEGION. Scott Stewart will direct.The supernatural thriller centers on group of strangers stranded in a desert truckstop who must band together to stop an army of demonic cre...
Actor Rider Strong(Cabin Fever) has been cast in the upcoming sequel, PULSE:INVASION, says Moviehole. Thethespian will be joining Jamie Bamber ("Battlestar Galactica"), Georgina Rylance (TheProphecy: Uprising), Noureen DeWulf (Ocean's Thi...
...Williams (TheProphecy), Jim Manzie (Leatherface, Texas Chainsaw Massacre III), Charles Bernstein (Deadly Friend), Dennis Dreith (The Punisher), Phillip Lambro (Crypt of the Living Dead), Craig Safan (Remo Williams) are scheduled to be on hand to a...
Translating Japanese novels to English is a tricky process that runs the risk of stripping characters and storylines of their original intent and message. But with skill and care on the part of the translator, preservation is possible. The colou...
...e to stop theprophecy from being fulfilled."The idea of a man teaming up with himself to solve a cosmic mystery was way too good for us to pass up," producer Alex Kurtzman said.The film is currently looking for a screenwriter.KJ's Take: ...
...p; Also, theprophecy said that she must die to get them to earth, so is it possible that no medication, kamala or cylon/human blood can stop fate? These are interesting concepts that we’re sure not to get answers to until next season.&...
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Sgt Rock TheProphecy TP $17.99
Ben: And when you’re done Sgt., move directly to the Casbah, regardless of what the Shareef says.
Showcase Presents Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1 TP $16.99
Supergirl #16 $2.99
Supergirl An...
As Dreamworks and Paramount gear up to resurrect a franchise this Independence Day, Random House Publishing Group is capitalizing on the hype by printing the official prequel novel to the live-action film.
Hello everyone and welcome to this Tues...
Of all the genre collections that hit bookshelves daily, this week’s release schedule’s got one with the coolest unifying element I’ve ever encountered: one that pays homage to the stand-up citizens who provide death for hire.
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The dubbed version of Escaflowne, the otherworld fantasy anime series, is being pulled from Fox Kids. The tenth episode (Prophecy of Doom) will end the run on 21st October. Some fans criticised Fox`s strategy of trying to remake a plot-heavy teenage drama...
... sword in theprophecy, Foster and Eddie set a trap for the cocky warrior. If you saw LETHAL WEAPON 2, you already know how it ends. There`s not much new here, and not a whole heck of a lot for Sable`s fans to enjoy, either. In fact, her short-living S...
In what seems like a prophecy fulfilled, actor Desmond Llewelyn, who played Q in the James Bond series, is dead barely a month after the release of the latest 007 opus, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. In the film, Bond`s gadget master introduces his intended rep...
Michelle Erica Green re-introduces her weekly TV column FREQUENCIES by examining XENA, WITCHBLADE, the new television lineup, and those zany Saturn Awards.XENA may be coming to a close, but the action heroine-led WITCHBLADE continues to attract its audien...
With a live action television adaptation of WITCHBLADE on TNT and a number of other movie deals in the works, Top Cow has become one of the premiere entertainment houses in the comic book industry. They must be doing something right in their original comi...
So, any of you guys catch ANGEL last week? It was only one of the best episodes ever!The only thing that sucked about it is the fact that we have to wait until April 15 for a new episode so we can find out what happens.Let's see: Wesley beats up The Host ...
...duced by "TheProphecy" and reprised often, perhaps most poignantly in "Many Meetings," is one of his most lyrical and compelling compositions.Shore composed almost three hours of music for THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, which has been performed in part b...
Information has turned up regarding the soundtrack for LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, composed by Howard Shore.According to Music From the Movies, the disc will include the following tracks:1. TheProphecy 2. Concerning Hobbits 3. The Shadow O...
...ch as per theprophecy’s instructions. Along with squires Rendal and Darlissa, Terin makes his way to the arch and begins to enjoy the life of a hero… until the Duke’s own men try to kill him. The trio are now running for their lives...
...cores for TheProphecy and TheProphecy II. Their limited release of Paul Hertzog’s score for Kickboxer has sold out at the label but may be found via some of the online retailers. Soundtrack CDs to Deadly Friend (Charles Bernstein...
...t half of theprophecy, will the forces of the Light be able to keep the Dark from corrupting the boy and destroying the world?
First released in an Andrew Bromfield translation this past July, The Night Watch returns in a new edition to capitaliz...
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films has announced the nominations for the 32nd Annual Saturn Awards. Leading the pack is George Lucas' genre epic "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" with 10 nominations. "Batman Begins" fol...
Trek News: Big Hair DaysVoyager may be going off the air on May 23, but Star Trek executive producer Rick Berman is talking as though it won`t be as long a wait for the next series as previously indicated. In an interview with the Communicator, the magazi...
For the first time in my year and a half of running this column we’ve got a release schedule absolutely barren of any new hardcover debuts. But what this week’s offering lacks in hardback entertainment it more than makes up for in…well,...
What We Want by Troy Roberts and James Stevenson (Fri 10-10-2003)
Hey fellow gamers and welcome to another weekly edition of Gamers' Thumb. This week, Troy and James will give their opinions on game sequels basically, popular games that haven't had a sequel in some time and are very deserving of one (or maybe a third o...
It’s the last Weekly Book Buzz of the year, and even though this release schedule is for the first batch of SF, Fantasy, and Horror books coming out in 2008 I wanted to take a quick, clichéd look at the requisite lists of 2007 superlatives.
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...finds out theprophecy was a fake, so he kidnapped Connor and ruined everyone's lives for no reason. D'oh.Chunk alert! THE GOONIES are on TBS at 7:30 p.m. And this
David Duchovny directs Gillian Anderson and Chris Bradley Owens in the episode "W...
...d foiling theprophecy about Angel and his son in this repeat of ANGEL (WB, 9 p.m.), but does anybody thank him for all his effort? Nooooooooo!Dixon and Sydney hit Vegas on a mission, but things get crazy when Francie and her man show up in tonight's r...
Sara Douglass’ The Wayfarer Redemption series chugs ahead with another volume, Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files gets another action-packed installment, and science fiction anthologies run amok in this week’s Book Buzz.
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The video game industry is maturing. Those of us who grew up with Donkey Kong, or more incredibly, Pong, might feel a little light-headed at the sheer power and wondrous tricks the new generation of game consoles have to offer. Speaking fo...
Manga Entertainment announced that Hollywood actors Jay Hernandez, Matthew Lillard and Piper Perabo will be the cast of the new Japanese animated DVD production KARAS. KARAS will be released in two volumes, with both English and Japanese tracks. Karas: Th...
The pet monster genre is something of a worn-out dog by now. I think we can all agree that while Digimon and Pokemon continue on, the height of their popularity was a good ten years ago. Regardless, kids do love their pet monsters. The Pokemon video g...
With the 4th of July looming on the summer horizon, Transformers fans won’t have to wait the next seven weeks to find out what happens in Michael Bay’s film adaptation of the franchise giant. Random House Publishing Group and novelization guru...
In breaking with tradition this week, a Pocket Star release has given me an excuse to spend most of my discourse on something I positively love: WARCRAFT.
Ever since playing a demo version of the original Warcraft (on a Shuckysoft shareware CD) a...
...ntly, for theprophecy she has shared with them. Earth, the fabled home of the lost colony, can be found. She has seen this in a vision which has the power of truth. Recently, though, her dreams have been darker, of a galaxy overrun by Cylons… I...
... Sgt Rock TheProphecy #1 (of 6) $2.99Al: It's a Kubert family reunion and the resurrection of Sgt. Rock at the same time! You gotta check it out! It'd be interesting if they'd set it in Iraq, instead of 1943, but I guess that probably woulda just been...
...who fears theprophecy that says her reign will end when four human children, two boys and two girls, return to sit on the kingdom's thrones. Lucy has trouble getting her siblings to believe her, and when Edmund does, he at first sides with the Witch. ...
TV Guide just posted a new article dissecting the season finale spoilers for a number of popular shows including ANGEL, 24, ALIAS and THE WEST WING. While some of what the Guide offers is nothing better than speculation talk on what might happen when the...
YAHOO! Entertainment news carries an AP story on Tim Curry, Dr. Frank N. Furter himself, on being typecast as the villain.The actor notes, "It's like a sort of self-perpetuating prophecy. Once you've actually scared somebody, you're the go-to guy, you kno...
...z has got THEPROPHECY at 10:10 p.m. I've never seen it, but any movie with Christopher Walken is at least worth mentioning. Well, except for THE COUNTRY BEARS. Egads!Oh, and don't forget about SOUTH PARK at 10 p.m., followed by an all-new episode of C...
...ry Widen (THEPROPHECY, HIGHLANDER).Robinson's RED MARS tells the story of the first human colonists on the red planet and the polical, social and environmental ramifications that result. The book is followed by GREEN MARS and then BLUE MARS and takes...
Saving ANGEL by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 03-15-2004)
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! Last week I asked you if you wanted ANGEL saved and by golly it looks like you do! Reader response was four to one in favor of the show, that means if 10 million of you hate ANGEL and want to see it s...
What do strategy games lack today? More naked chicks? 100.000 units slicing each other in real-time? Well, the delightful world of Cultures 2 won't b bringing you all of that I'm afraid. However, this title does have certain qualities that prolong...
A riff that's done well, if not as unique as its makers seem to believe ... CONSTANTINE has the enjoyable, hard-charging energy of a movie being made by people who revel about equally in their characters, lore and special effects. The film is based on the...
It seems only fitting to talk about Stephen King in the first Book Buzz column of October. Turned 60 last month, the American horror guru has written over 50 bestselling novels and won countless literary awards. His patented brand of disturbing, psycholog...