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Volume 11, Issue 1 ConNotations February/March The Bi-Monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy & Convention Newszine of the Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society seem to develop, it starts to distance him from a real human being,” Raimi ReAnimation In This Issue 24 Frames explained. “It distances him from the Movie News & Reviews average kid in school. So we felt since Anime Reviews he’s bitten by this spider and he takes on News & Reviews By Lee Whiteside the powers of this spider - crawling By Craig L. Dyer SF Tube Talk .............. Back Cover walls, the ability to leap like some 24 Frames spiders have, great proportionate Over the Holidays I had a chance to Lord of the Rings Principal Filming by Lee Whiteside .................................1 Concludes strength relative to his size- it was a look a few tapes and DVD’s. I have Peter Jackson and company finished logical progression to let him also spin given them a one to five star rating. ReAnimation principal filming on the three Lord of the his own webs. And in that way he * = Poor ***** = Fantastic By Craig Dyer.........................................1 Rings movies shortly before Christmas. [would remain] a human being that we Videophile ..................................1 can identify with.” ** Sol Bianca - The Legacy 1: Even though principal filming is com- FYI................................................2 pleted, there is still a lot of work to be On the heels of his success with Lost Treasures done before the first movie opens on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, *** Sol Bianca - The Legacy 2: CASFS Business Report.............2 December 19. Ian McKellan explains this director Ang Lee’s next project will be Separation AZ Pro News **** Trigun 1 - The process in a message on his website The Hulk, a movie based on Marvel’s by Daryl F. Mallett .............................3 $$60,000,000,000 Man (www.mckellen.com): Incredible Hulk comic. It will be ConClusion.....................................4 produced by Gale Ann Hurd and **** Trigun 2 - Lost Past “The answer lies in the lie that all ............................12 Marvel Studios president Avi Arad **** Trigun 3 - Wolfwood Gamer’s Corner filming is completed. ‘Principal photogra- **** Trigun 5 - Angel Arms based on a script by David Hayter, who In Our Book (Book Reviews).....14 phy’ of the actors is, indeed, finished and ** Hyper Doll B Acts 1 and 2. wrote the script for the X-Men movie. we don’t expect to be recalled to New ** Amazing Nurse Nanako 1 - Zealand. But each of us has a double who Memories of You Speical Feature may well be working again by the middle **** Dual 1 - Visions Filtered Memories ...................5 of January, shooting essential linking **** Black Heaven 1 - Legend of shots, ‘pickups’ that Peter Jackson and Rock Bottom Forrester’ Found To Be Great .5 his editors need to mesh the final jigsaw ***** Nazca: Blade Of Fate Final Fantasy............................6 together. In WETA’s digital workshops (Episodes 1-3) By Shane Shellenbarger Gandalf’s image, shot against bluescreen, ***** Nazca: Blood Rivals will be matched to backgrounds of deepest (Episodes 4-6) Moria or the highest sky, with a computer- ***** Nazca: Betrayal Of Convention & Fandom ized battling Balrog and soaring Gwaihir Humanity (Episodes 7-9) Club Listings...................................17 carrying him to safety from the Tower of ***** Nazca: Eternal Power Convention Listings......................19 (Episodes 10-12 Orthanc. Andy Serkis’s Gollum will take Convention Registration Form.19 months to perfect. Even when the pictures ** Green Legend Ran are close to completion and Peter’s final * Catnapped cut is ready for New Line’s approval, the Art Work huge job of re-recording the dialogue has Sue Dawe ................................ 4 to be done, with a cast now working on or ~~~~~~~~~~~ Sherlock................................... 13 considering other projects in Australia, Sol Bianca - The Legacy Europe, Asia or North America. Then Warner Bros is still developing two ** 1 - Lost Treasures there are sound effects and music to be different Batman movies, one a live- *** 2 - Separation VideoPhile composed. All in all a good year’s work to action version of Batman Beyond, the AIC/Pioneer LDC, 60 Min, be done — and so the world must wait.” other a movie based on Frank Miller’s English Dubbed, 13up, $24.98 each Farscape - Premiere / I, E.T. Spidey & Other Super Heroes in the Batman: Year One graphic novel. Both $24.99, ADV Films Works are in the early development stages and Sol Bianca is a space pirate ship whose Filming has started on the Spiderman have not yet been given a production crew is all female. The Legacy 1 - Lost If you’ve not had access to the SciFi movie, which will star Toby McGuire as green light by Warner Bros. Treasures is about the captain’s family Channel and have been wanting to see Peter Parker/Spiderman, Kirsten Dunst as Star Trek X - Scripter is a True Fan heirloom that is stolen and it’s up to the what this Farscape show is all about, Mary Jane Watson, Willem Dafoe as Work continues on the script for the crew of the Sol Bianca to recover it. But a now’s your chance. If you are a Farscape Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin and next Star Trek movie, planned for young girl stows’away may make things fan and would like to get complete, uncut James Franco as Harry Osborn. The release sometime in 2002. John Logan more difficult. Later, during a routine episodes with bonus material, you’ve movie is being directed by Sam Raimi. (Gladiator) is finishing up the first draft treasure hunt, Jun and Mayo get trapped really got your chance. ADV Films has The script reportedly stays pretty true to of the script. He tells the official Star between Heaven and Hell as the rest of obtained the rights to release Farscape on the comic series, although things have Trek web site (www.startrek.com) that the crew fights with the Blue Comets to home video, and they’ll be releasing it on been updated some. Instead of a radioac- he has always been a big fan of Star get them out. VHS and on DVD with bonus features. tive spider biting Peter, it is a genetically Trek, “My mother tells me some of her In The Legacy 2: Separation, a terrorist First to be released is the “Premiere” altered one. Peter’s web-shooters will be earliest memories of our relationship was takes control of the Sol Bianca, but fortu- episode and the second produced episode, organic, not something created by Parker. my arguing with her to stay up late and nately, he plays the situation to Jani’s “I, E.T.”. “In the comic book, which I am a giant watch Star Trek,” Logan said. “She says strengths and she is able to answer the In “Premiere”, we see the start of the fan of, [Peter Parker] is a genius. And I was very non-confrontational as a situation in her favorite way with guns series where astronaut John Crichton we’re going to keep that. He’s a very child, but that obviously was important blazing. travels through a wormhole during a test smart kid. But when he can develop a to me. While other kids went out to play This series is Fully Computer Generated material that even 3M Corporation can’t of his Farscape experimental spacecraft, ( Cont’d on Page 6 ) ( Cont’d on Page 7 ) ( Cont’d on page 9 ) Volume 11 Issue 1 ConNotations Page 1 FYI CASFS Business Report Who’s Who This Issue Faithful Reader, unnecessary. Editor: Stephanie L. Bannon ConNotations Now Bi-Monthly As you all know, the biggest news in HexaCon 11 changed its dates, because Co-Editors: Craig L. Dyer & Sue Beginning with this issue, ConNotations recent months involved election results. of conflicts with another convention that Martin will publish 6 times a year. Advertising Unlike the lovely State of Florida, attracts a large crowd. It is now sched- Graphics Editor: Craig L. Dyer rates remain the same but subscription however, we managed to successfully uled to be held July 27-29, 2001. Mem- Film & Video Reporter: Barry Bard rates have gone up $2 to $12 for 6 issues. elect officers—including a President—in bers take note; and if you haven’t bought Staff Writers: Pam Allen, Barry We hope you enjoy the change. just one night. CASFS doesn’t have term your membership yet—why not? It’s only Bard, Craig L. Dyer, Michael Griffin, CASFS Sponsored Book Discussion limits, so our incumbent President and $20! Check out http://www.casfs.org/ Bob LaPierre, Daryl F. Mallett, Shane Groups Vice President, David Hungerford and hexacon/hex11/hex11.html for more Shellenbarger, Tom Tuerff, Lee We have two monthly book discussion Lee Whiteside, remained in office. Two details on what to expect. Whiteside, Randall Whitlock, Mike groups going, one at Glendale Public incumbent board members, Jim Cryer and The biggest news to you guys, of Willmoth Library on the first Thursday of each Stephanie Bannon, also retained their course, is the announcement that Layout & Design: Stephanie L. Bannon month and another at Barnes and Noble positions. I would like to welcome the ConNotations is going to be published Keeper of the Mailing List: Craig L. in Metro Center on the fourth Thursday third and newest member, Bob LaPierre, bimonthly rather than quarterly. That’s Dyer and Doug Cosper of each month. Here’s a schedule of to office. Congratulations, Bob; I’m sure right, six issues of your favorite fannish Contributors: Catherine Book, C.F. upcoming books: you’ll do a great job. zine, delivered right to you. Don’t forget Yankovich Labeling Crew for Volume 10 Issue 4: GLENDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY: 1st A bylaw was passed, eliminating us at Hugo time.