Volume 11, Issue 5 ConNotations October/November The Bi-Monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy & Convention Newszine of the Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society 24 Frames SF Tube Talk In This Issue Movie News & Reviews about every type of alien available and he By Lee Whiteside By Lee Whiteside expects his new role to be a recurring one, News & Reviews even if it is mostly appearing on a Movie News - Tragedies, Release Delays The New Fall season has gotten viewscreen. Appearing in the episode SF Tube Talk 1 and a Red Dwarf Movie underway with some interruptions and “The Andorian Incident” will be Jeffrey 24 Frames 1 The recent tragic events have had an changes due in part to the Terrorist Coombs, who had two recurring roles on FYI 2 effect on many movies in production or Attacks in early September. This has Deep Space Nine as the Ferengi Brunt and Musical Notes 3 about to be released. The Arnold resulted in some episodes of shows being the Vorta Weyoon. Brannon Braga has Schwarzenegger movie Collateral pulled to rescheduled. But we’ve still got said they intend to delve into the ConClusion 4 Damage has been postponed indefinitely new episodes of returning and new series Andorian Society with this and future In Our Book (Book Reviews) 16 due to the terrorist subject matter. The Tim debuting still as we continue into the fall. episodes. There’s also rumors of William Musty Tomes 17 Allen comedy/adventure Big Trouble, Enterprise Launches Shatner making a cameo as James Kirk’s which deals with a bomb being accidentally With the publishing schedule such great grandfather or something along transported on an airplane, has been that I need to write this up before any Special Feature postponed and the Ben Stiller comedy episodes have actually aired, I can’t really Thief of Time Zoolander has had a last minute digital comment about how the pilot actually By Shane Shellenbarger 3 removal of the World Trade Center from looked, but based on the script it should Shane & Laurie’s Excellent any New York skyline shots. The have turned out well. Following the pilot, Spiderman movie had just released a trailer we’ve got episodes that show the Adventure where Spidey had a helicopter trapped in hazards of early space exploration and By Shane Shellenberger 15 webbing between the two towers. also brings back to the screen some Producers have said that the scene was aliens that have not been seen much in only done for the trailer, but that they will the later Trek series. We’ve got some Convention & Fandom also remove the WTC from any scenes in familiar names directing and some familiar Club Listings 21 the movie. Men in Black 2 had planned for names appearing in the series in the early Justice League © Cartoon Network the final big battle to take place with the going. Convention Listings 23 those lines and Jeri Ryan has indicated WTC as a backdrop. They will be changing Behind the scenes, we’ve got LeVar 23 she’d be willing to make a guest Convention Registration Form the location but will have the same action. Burton, Robert Duncan McNeill and appearance if it could be worked into her The Time Machine has been pushed Roxanne Dawson all taking turns schedule. Art Work back to a February opening date from it’s directing episodes for Enterprise. Based Early episodes include “Fight or original planned Christmas release. They on comments they’ve made at Sue Dawe 2 Flight”, where The Enterprise encounters will also recut the ending in which pieces of conventions, the new cast works together Sherlock 1, 15, 17 and alien race searching for a tri-globin the Moon fall on New York City. It’s likely well and the three actor/directors like compound that is found in human blood they also want to avoid a debut the what they’ve seen of the series. and Soto must find a way communicate weekend after the Lord of the Rings movie Vaughn Armstrong appears in the with the aliens before it is too late; opens. pilot as Admiral Forrest, the head of “Strange New World” will find the crew The Matrix Reloaded has been pushed Starfleet, named after Deforest Kelly. getting infected with a pollen that causes back to summer of 2003 and also lost one of This is the first time he’s appeared on a hallucinations and that they have a hostile it’s cast members, Aaliyah, when the singer Trek series as a human. He’s had many © Sherlock ( Cont’d on page 9 ) appearances in the recent Trek series as ( Cont’d on Page 7 ) ConNotations Non-Profit Org. 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