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REVOLUTIO,UP On location with EE a LOONEY TUNES DOCTOR M CAT IN THE HAT A. m% TIMELINE # ^ HAUNTED TAKEN HULK MBm MANSION Fntpr if \/oii finro^ y SMALLVILLE sweetheart Kristin Kreuk us)TRU CALLING • TARZAN • JAKE 2.0 vw.starlog.com NUMBER 317 • DECEMBER 2003 • THE SCIENCE AbL &k\ INSIDE THIS ISSUE VACATION TERRORS Visiting Medieval France is no holiday for the Timeline team WIN A BET, ON A SET He does movie tricks at that, as they film The Cat in the Hat BUGS, ROBBY & JOE DANTE Toon royalty entertains SF's greatest with Looney Tunes: Back in Action START THE REVOLUTIONS Producer Joel Silver previews the future of The Matrix LIFE & DEATH IN ROBOTA Doug Chiang & Orson Scott Card envision a new universe ANIMATIONS OF JEDI Star Wars moves to Cartoon Network with Clone Wars GRIM GRINNING GHOSTS Abandon all hope, ye who enter The Haunted Mansion HOBBIT AT SEA This year, Billy Boyd takes part(s) in two epic adventures BRIGHT APE, BIG CITY Tarzan swings into New York's perilou jungle LANA LANG'S LOST LOVE It sizzles for Smallville's sweetheart Kristin Kreu TRU DESTINY The heroine relives yesterday to save tomorrow HEROIC UPGRADE Chris Gorham becomes an SF star as v. spy Jake 2.0 SCOTT BAKULA SPEAKS This starship captain hasn't given up his Enterprise DOUBLE DELIGHTS The Klimaszewski Sisters stand reve Trek twins HIS CYLON CHILDHOOD Noah Hathaway grew up on board Ba STARLOC: The science Fiction Universe is published monthly by STARLOG GROUP, INC., 475 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016. 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WIN FREE DVDS! a "perfect storm" kind of season as far as are concerned, with an unprece- It's DVDs loams dented number of "got-to-have" entries released recently (as Videolog has reported). And here STARLOG had the chance to give away copies of several, but did we really want to run five separate contests in one issue and demand five individual postcards from QUOTE OF THE MONTH anyone desiring to enter them all? Well, no. "I'm sorry but all questions must be sub- So, welcome to the Five-in-One Contest! One postcard! Five ways to win! And the mitted in writing." prizes—wow! By the way, we have five of each prize to give away. In chronological pro- —Willy Wonka duction order, they are: 1 Doctor Who 40th Anniversary Prize Pack! This collection of neat stuff, courtesy STUPID STARLOG • of BBC Video, includes Talons of Weng-Chiang and Dalek Invasion of Earth DECISION OF THE MONTH DVDs, the End of the Universe Collection, Doctor Who: The Legend (a 40th Anniversary Writers. Why did it have to be writers? book being published this month), tie-in novels (various), Doctor Who at the BBC CD, a 40th Anniversary CD from BBC Music, a Tom Baker framed photo & either a Talking STUPID MOVIE DECISION Dalek or Talking Cyberman. It's almost enough to fill a small TARDIS ! Value: Priceless OF THE MONTH That's what you call it when you can't add it all up. Those Warner Bros, execs who demanded 2Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Epic Series. A six-DVD boxed set from Uni- more cuts in Looney Tunes: Back in Action • versal Home Video including all 24 episodes (uncut!) of the beloved TV series, than necessary—just because they could. three hours of deleted/alternate footage and all-new interviews with Galactica creator What maroons Glen Larson & stars. Value: $119.98. 3 The Adventures of Indiana Jones: The Complete DVD Movie Collection. If • adventure has a name, it has to be this Paramount Home Video DVD set, which showcases all three Indy movie classics (Renders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, Last This isn't really "stupid," but UPN's sud- Crusade)—nifty restored & remastered versions—as well as a treasure trove disc of doc- den decision to rename the series after two umentary extras. Value: No SRP, approx. $50-$69.99. years and officially call it Star Trek: Enter- 4 Taken: The Complete Mini-Series . This six-disc boxed set from DreamWorks prise was, well, bemusing. • Home Video features all 10 hours of the Emmy-winning, decade-spanning chroni- cle of human-alien close encounters, plus a whole disc filled with documentary material and bonus footage. Value: $89.95. 5 The Hulk Universal Special Edition DVD. It's also from Universal Home Video • and includes a new video game on the disc. For lots more Hulk info, check out Videolog on page 14. Value: $26.98. Here are the rules: Print (legibly !) your name, address and phone number on a post- card. Please also list from 1-5 your prize preference (i.e. 1. Hulk, 2. Doctor Who). Every effort will be made to award each winner their first or second DVD choice. (We want you to love what you win!) Postcards only please. No envelopes. Absolutely only one entry per person. Multiple entries will be disqualified and the entrants turned over to the Cylon & Dalek Squad for disposal. Mail to STARLOG Five-in-One Contest, 475 Park Avenue South, 7th Fir., NY, Learn more I NY 10016. All entries must be received in the STARLOG offices by December 1, 12 about these p.m. EST. French pulp \ A drawing will be held December 2. Prizes will be sent out shortly thereafter. heroes and E \ { JH Employees (and their family members) of STARLOG, BBC Video, Universal-Vivendi, villains than I Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm, DreamWorks, Marvel Entertainment, any sister compa- they really I nies and their publicity firms are ineligible. No purchase necessary to enter. Void where want you to BHj prohibited by law. Decisions of the judges are final. Good luck! know in B Shadowmen. ilSHHBBaHHsfHHnHHB *5 Tilt: AUVCNIHHl X 1 I i m fiiIjrMfrMr i'W*' BY OUR CONTRIBUTORS J SB Mm mf t** \j STARLOG's Jean-Marc & Randy Loffici- er's Press is issuing transla- Black Coat v tions of classic French genre works, but - \ they'll also be publishing all-new reference i books like their own Shadowmen (tpb, i \ $19.95). It's a fascinating, informative and \ detailed look at French pop culture heroes & villains of the fantastic—namely Captain Nemo, the Phantom of the Opera, the Count of Monte Cristo, Arsene Lupin, Robur the Conqueror, Fantomas, Cagliostro, etc. For | more info and ordering details, see the web- OK, we give up! We're not even going to try to picture them all (the Doctor Who § site (www.blackcoatpress.com). Prize Pack would take up the whole page). Here's some of what you could win. 3 Former contributor Debora Hill has writ- | ten A Ghost Among Us (Fine Mountain Press, < pb, $19.95), a romantic adventure fantasy FILM FANTASY CALENDAR (11/21), The Haunted Mansion (11/26), novel focusing on three women who deal lelease dates are extremely subject to Timeline (1 1/26). g with a ghost. A sequel, Jerome's Quest, will .change. Christmas: Big Fish (12/10), The Return of | follow next month. 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