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Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 9:46 PM

Subject: RE: [myscififan] Babylon V

Hmm... didn't see the show, but who said that? Was it B5 replying to the distress signal, or something else...

RC

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Sent: April 22, 2000 9:19:05 AM GMT
Subject: [myscififan] Babylon V


Eh, you guys got notice that last Thursday's B5, the distress signal said Earth Alliance Station Babylon 5.
I thought B5 broke from Earth.

Anyone wanna explain?
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> Wan Hsien wrote:
>
> Eh, you guys got notice that last Thursday's B5, the distress signal
> said Earth Alliance Station Babylon 5.
> I thought B5 broke from Earth.
>
> Anyone wanna explain?

I thought it said Earth aligned station Babylon 5; I suppose they are
still Earth aligned, they're still humans right?

Hmm... didn't see the show, but who said that? Was it B5 replying to the
distress signal, or something else...

RC

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From: "Wan Hsien" <John_Doe_85@...>
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Sent: April 22, 2000 9:19:05 AM GMT
Subject: [myscififan] Babylon V


Eh, you guys got notice that last Thursday's B5, the distress signal said Earth
Alliance Station Babylon 5.
I thought B5 broke from Earth.

Anyone wanna explain?
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Hi all,

Got this news from the official Star Trek website:

"Star Trek: Voyager will join its two predecessors, Star Trek: The Next
Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in ending its run after seven seasons,
UPN announced. Presently heading towards the end of its sixth season, Star Trek:
Voyager's final episode will air during May of 2001.
UPN's Entertainment President Tom Noonan made the announcement during a meeting
with advertisers. He promised a "surprising conclusion" and a "smashing finale"
to the show, which is UPN's longest-running series.
While no specific details about the fates of the U.S.S. Voyager and her crew
were divulged, November 2000 will bring a special two-hour Star Trek: Voyager
episode."

Well, I hope Harry Kim at least makes Lieutenant before this series end. Heck,
who stays Ensign for 7 years!

Richard C.
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Entry in the group works both ways. In your case, an invitation was forwarded to
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lists and ask to subscribe.

In the case of this other entry, it was the latter scenario, though it might be
someone else changing their e-mail...

Please feel welcome to forward invitation to join this eGroups to other possibly
interested parties. Just 2 criteria: interest in sci-fan & fantasy, and in
Malaysia. Anyone can send e-mail to 'myscififan-subscribe@egroups.com' to
request subscription, but better to direct to the specific eGroups website:
http://www.egroups.com/group/myscififan.


Thanks.

Richard C.


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Nope
Btw, is this group by invitation only cause I don't even know how I got in....
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Subject: [myscififan] FWD: myscififan subscription request

Hi people,

Do any of you know of this person?

Richard C.

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Richard Chua wrote:
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> Hi people,
>
> Do any of you know of this person?

Hmmm....no...

Hi people,

Do any of you know of this person?

Richard C.

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Richard Chua wrote:

> Sounds great if they will actually follow this. But will take some
> effort since huge war epics have already been shown in Deep Space 9.
> Well, maybe Federation, Romulans, Klingons, Dominion, etc. vs. Borg -
> full-scale war or something!

He's probably right; remember, it'd be far more impressive on the big
screen, the effects can be many times better. Perhaps the Enterprise
involved with the Dominion or some such...? They've had rumours of that
for ages.

Richard Chua wrote:
>
> Any thoughts?
>

That sounds....boring somehow. I think it'd be hard for them to do
properly, unless it becomes X-Files style cloak and dagger, with a
phaser. We'll see I guess.

Some news on the next Star Trek movie too:

'Trek 10', Too€  '¥

While talking up the chances of Roswell surviving its move to Monday
nights, series co-executive producer Jonathan Frakes also gave his
opinion on when the next Star Trek movie is likely to happen€  '¥ and
what he feels it needs to be for it to be successful.

While talking to Fandom.com, Frakes talked about the "when" of the
next movie, saying, "I think Star Trek 10 is probably a step behind
the next TV series. I know that Rick Berman has a commitment to
Paramount to get the next series up and running. While he's doing
that, I know there have been primary meetings and discussions on 10.
Certainly there are no writers on board, no director. I have a
feeling it will be 2001 - maybe 2002 - before we see Star Trek 10.
The new series was supposed to have been in development by this
point, but they're behind schedule."

Regarding what he feels must be done with the movie series, Frakes
doesn't shy away, saying, "I think the next film has to be huge. I
think the stakes have to be higher than they were for Insurrection. I
don't think it can be as inside as the Borg in First Contact. It's
got to be a galactic war movie. It's got to be balls-out, and I think
that will bring all the fans back. We did a horror movie with First
Contact, which was fabulous. And we did a softer, intellectual
romance with Insurrection, which was also cool. But I think for Star
Trek 10, the first Trek of the new Millennium, I think it's just got
to be balls-to-the-wall. A big action war epic with the Federation on
the line, with the Enterprise on the line, with mankind, earth or
something the audience can relate to on the line, and play that great
Picard heroism and have people get knocked around. I think we're
great when we're doing action and we spice it up with other elements.
I think that's the success of the show."

Sounds great if they will actually follow this. But will take some
effort since huge war epics have already been shown in Deep Space 9.
Well, maybe Federation, Romulans, Klingons, Dominion, etc. vs. Borg -
full-scale war or something!

RC

Hey all,

Some news/info/rumours about the next Star Trek series available here
on Cinescape:
http://cinescape.com/

This is the texts:

Word is coming out that Paramount has finally approved Rick Berman
and Brannon Braga's next Star Trek TV series premise. According to a
tipster checking in with TrekToday, TV Chairman Kerry McCluggage is
reported to have finally approved Rick Berman's and Brannon Braga's
5th series premise.

Furthermore, the premise seems to be a mix of at least two previously
rumored concepts. According to the unnamed source, the program goes
back to the "Birth of the Federation". Though that idea would seem to
be fairly dull given what we all know will come, the idea does throw
in a Wild Card factor in the person of a time traveling villain from
the 29th century intent on destroying the Federation before it gets a
chance to bloom. Is it me or does this sound more like Doctor Who
than Star Trek?

If this is the concept, then it isn't all that much of a leap to
suggest that the series would also feature the forming of the
infamous Section 31 Federation intelligence agency, something that
has also been previously rumored.

Meanwhile, TrekWeb seems to be carefully confirming that the story
may be true with word of their source, who previously revealed that
Troi and Barkley would be appearing on Star Trek: Voyager, confirming
the premise to be the real deal. Having said that, the site does warn
that this could just be another in the long line of rumors on the
eventual series.

Time will tell.

Any thoughts?

RC

Richard Chua wrote:
>
> Yes, Babylon 5 would look awesome on big screen with the space (& battle)
sequences. The new Star Wars Ep. 1 didn't come close to the B5 series in any
part of the movie; only a few measy Naboo fighters attacking a Droid
Battlecruiser. Star Trek Deep Space 9 has also had some awesome space
engagements between Starfleet and the Dominion, numbering in thousands of
starships.

I think for a really cool space battle you need lots of big ships. But
that's just me :)

>
> For info though, the entire B5 series has actually been filmed in widescreen.
If you notice, the opening credits/sequences appear widescreen with the 2
horizontal bars above and below the image. That's how the actual series has been
filmed. What we see has been edited to normal screen size.

And we lose even more to subtitles, the nTV logo, and now advertising
during the show! So, how much do we effectively miss?

Richard Chua wrote:
>
> I hope not! Generations wasn't that good a movie. Or maybe there would be some
novelty to see the Voyager crew with TNG or DS9 people.

I think more like Generations not as a bad movie, but as a movie meant
as a series finisher.

>
> Think talk on that new series on cadets has been on for some time. Don't think
it will work. If it does, perhaps they need something which really appeals to
teenagers, i.e. real good looking 'cadets' or similar age. Then maybe a 90210
concept? Ah, I think Roddenberry would flip in his grave if that happened!

Ensign Dean, Engineer Without A Cause. Please no please no please no :)
I've heard plenty of rumours about a new series; one rumour I've heard
is that they've come up with several ideas, all of which have been
rejected by Paramount. Who knows, eh?

I hope not! Generations wasn't that good a movie. Or maybe there would be some
novelty to see the Voyager crew with TNG or DS9 people.

Think talk on that new series on cadets has been on for some time. Don't think
it will work. If it does, perhaps they need something which really appeals to
teenagers, i.e. real good looking 'cadets' or similar age. Then maybe a 90210
concept? Ah, I think Roddenberry would flip in his grave if that happened!

RC

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From: "Tremayne Heah" <john_doe_85@...>
To: myscififan@eGroups.com
Sent: March 25, 2000 8:21:01 AM GMT
Subject: [myscififan] Re: [myccgscifi] Trek news


I heard that voyager may end in a movie like Generations and also
they're starting a new series on cadets. Not very sure about it

Say, when is Metrovision going to come back in the air?
I wanna continue the Voyager series where they stopped (Scorpion P1).
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Yes, Babylon 5 would look awesome on big screen with the space (& battle)
sequences. The new Star Wars Ep. 1 didn't come close to the B5 series in any
part of the movie; only a few measy Naboo fighters attacking a Droid
Battlecruiser. Star Trek Deep Space 9 has also had some awesome space
engagements between Starfleet and the Dominion, numbering in thousands of
starships.

For info though, the entire B5 series has actually been filmed in widescreen. If
you notice, the opening credits/sequences appear widescreen with the 2
horizontal bars above and below the image. That's how the actual series has been
filmed. What we see has been edited to normal screen size.

RC

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Sent: March 25, 2000 4:44:32 AM GMT
Subject: [myscififan] Re: [myccgscifi] Trek news

I still think B5 on the big screen would be awesome :) Maybe go back and redo
parts of the Shadow war...it'd have to be a good stand-alone movie, with no
knowledge of the series required.
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Metrovision might come back, but not with Voyager. They gave it up for some junk
like Earth 2, right?

Scorpion and Season 4 starts more interesting Voyager. A lot of it is skewed
towards Seven of Nine stories, which are normally good anyway. Be prepared to
see much more Borg, and them getting their @$$ kicked!

RC

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To: myscififan@egroups.com
Sent: March 25, 2000 8:58:38 AM GMT
Subject: [myscififan] Re: [myccgscifi] Trek news


Tremayne Heah wrote:
>
> I heard that voyager may end in a movie like Generations and also
> they're starting a new series on cadets. Not very sure about it
>
> Say, when is Metrovision going to come back in the air?
> I wanna continue the Voyager series where they stopped (Scorpion P1).

I heard they were returning to air in April...that's very close, haven't
heard anything though. Wouldn't be surprised if they did return with
Voyager season 3, they've used clips from it in their ads before.
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Yeah... Best part I thought was then Delenn came to the rescue with the Minbari
Fleet and her statements are only human to ever beat the Minbari being behind
her. So, Earthforce ran like hell!

The Thunderbolts are pretty cool. Have atmospheric flight capability as well.
Survivability rate should be higher as well, since the craft accommodates to
pilots, therefore, performance must be at least twice as good as the typical
Starfury.

RC

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To: myscififan@eGroups.com
Sent: March 26, 2000 3:14:07 AM GMT
Subject: [myscififan] Re: Severed Dreams

You're right, it was pretty awesome :) Certainly didn't expect how it
ended; funny how they send 2 seperate fleets after them, instead of one
larger fleet?

Also noticed they were using the Thunderbolts throughtout that episode;
first time we've seen them actually. Not bad at all :)
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You have to get this game, it is awesome!!! Beats Force Commander by a
fair bit I think since it's so much easier to play. Check it out!

Wedge wrote:

Richard Chua wrote:

> Maybe they should still follow Babylon 5 in making television movies, say 2 a twice.

I still think B5 on the big screen would be awesome :) Maybe go back and
redo parts of the Shadow war...it'd have to be a good stand-alone movie,
with no knowledge of the series required.

 

> What's the speculation for the 5th Star Trek series? Perhaps it'll be an alien captain? Actually, people might not be ready to accept that yet. As we see now, all lead hero figures are still human, whether man or woman or multi-ethnic. I hope they don't do Klingons. The last 3 series had real good coverage of them already. Perhaps Romulans, which I think still have much room for further development. Maybe what would be best is some non-Federation starship, with real mixture of different aliens on real exploration.

I've thought that for quite a while...the only problem is that if it's
any race other than the Klingons, anybody who doesn't already know Trek
won't really get into it as much. "Romulans? Who are they?". Of course,
it'd be great to see better Romulan sets, and first contact situations
the ROMULAN way! :)

 

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So would I, though finding time for PC games is real difficult nowadays.

Just make sure when you buy (the pirate), it is the full version and not some
playtesting (Beta) version.

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Sent: March 29, 2000 9:25:44 AM GMT
Subject: [myccgscifi] Star Trek: Armada


You have to get this game, it is awesome!!! Beats Force Commander by a
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Hi all,

Don't know if this is useful to all of you, but here are two links I found
over the weekend:

http://www.inquestmag.com/game_of_month/starwars_ccg/star_wars_ccg_main.html

Contains two decks, an introductory article for newbies, and a complete
players guide with every detail on each SW card up to EJP (I think).

http://malastare.swfans.com

It's a site just set up by a local enthusiast; good for collectors of
anything Star Wars. He's actually welcoming feedback so check it out.

This is Yih Yang signing off for now...
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Richard Chua wrote:

> Maybe they should still follow Babylon 5 in making television movies, say 2 a
twice.

I still think B5 on the big screen would be awesome :) Maybe go back and
redo parts of the Shadow war...it'd have to be a good stand-alone movie,
with no knowledge of the series required.

> What's the speculation for the 5th Star Trek series? Perhaps it'll be an alien
captain? Actually, people might not be ready to accept that yet. As we see now,
all lead hero figures are still human, whether man or woman or multi-ethnic. I
hope they don't do Klingons. The last 3 series had real good coverage of them
already. Perhaps Romulans, which I think still have much room for further
development. Maybe what would be best is some non-Federation starship, with real
mixture of different aliens on real exploration.

I've thought that for quite a while...the only problem is that if it's
any race other than the Klingons, anybody who doesn't already know Trek
won't really get into it as much. "Romulans? Who are they?". Of course,
it'd be great to see better Romulan sets, and first contact situations
the ROMULAN way! :)

"richard chua" <ryy-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/myscififan/?start=3
> Hey,
>
> How did you find last night's (Tuesday's) Babylon 5? Certainly one of
> the highlights of the season.

You're right, it was pretty awesome :) Certainly didn't expect how it
ended; funny how they send 2 seperate fleets after them, instead of one
larger fleet?

Also noticed they were using the Thunderbolts throughtout that episode;
first time we've seen them actually. Not bad at all :)

Tremayne Heah wrote:
>
> I heard that voyager may end in a movie like Generations and also
> they're starting a new series on cadets. Not very sure about it
>
> Say, when is Metrovision going to come back in the air?
> I wanna continue the Voyager series where they stopped (Scorpion P1).

I heard they were returning to air in April...that's very close, haven't
heard anything though. Wouldn't be surprised if they did return with
Voyager season 3, they've used clips from it in their ads before.

I heard that voyager may end in a movie like Generations and also
they're starting a new series on cadets. Not very sure about it

Say, when is Metrovision going to come back in the air?
I wanna continue the Voyager series where they stopped (Scorpion P1).

richard chua <ryy-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/myscififan/?start=4
> Hey people!
>
> Seems like 7 is the magic number for Star Trek. Well, I think 7
seasons is long and tiring enough for the actors, though history seems
to show that the series are discontinued when most popular, i.e. TNG
and DS9. Maybe they should still follow Babylon 5 in making television
movies, say 2 a twice. Especially since TNG will dominate the big movie
screens for the next few years. Then again, would be quite difficult
since all the sets in the soundstages are taken apart for other uses.
>
> So, is Voyager going to have a 'happy' ending? Well...
>
> What's the speculation for the 5th Star Trek series? Perhaps it'll be
an alien captain? Actually, people might not be ready to accept that
yet. As we see now, all lead hero figures are still human, whether man
or woman or multi-ethnic. I hope they don't do Klingons. The last 3
series had real good coverage of them already. Perhaps Romulans, which
I think still have much room for further development. Maybe what would
be best is some non-Federation starship, with real mixture of different
aliens on real exploration. Ah, we'll still have another year of
Voyager before that. Expect 2002 for the new series?
>
> By the way, how about taking these discussions to the 'myscififan'
eGroups instead? It would be more appropriate. Register or just respond
to the invitation.
>
> Later people...
>
> Richard C.
>
>
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: "Donovan" <keldor@...>
> To: myccgscifi@eGroups.com
> Sent: March 22, 2000 10:51:51 AM GMT
> Subject: [myccgscifi] Trek news
>
>
> hello all,
>
> It's official : Voyager 7th season is going to be it's last. Earlier
news from the producer also mentioned something about them
communicating with the Alpha Quadrant. Homeward bound??
>
> Also : There are confirmed talks of a FIFTH trek series. No news
about what though...
>
> Now only if we could get something new!
>
> Donovan
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Hey people!

Seems like 7 is the magic number for Star Trek. Well, I think 7 seasons is long
and tiring enough for the actors, though history seems to show that the series
are discontinued when most popular, i.e. TNG and DS9. Maybe they should still
follow Babylon 5 in making television movies, say 2 a twice. Especially since
TNG will dominate the big movie screens for the next few years. Then again,
would be quite difficult since all the sets in the soundstages are taken apart
for other uses.

So, is Voyager going to have a 'happy' ending? Well...

What's the speculation for the 5th Star Trek series? Perhaps it'll be an alien
captain? Actually, people might not be ready to accept that yet. As we see now,
all lead hero figures are still human, whether man or woman or multi-ethnic. I
hope they don't do Klingons. The last 3 series had real good coverage of them
already. Perhaps Romulans, which I think still have much room for further
development. Maybe what would be best is some non-Federation starship, with real
mixture of different aliens on real exploration. Ah, we'll still have another
year of Voyager before that. Expect 2002 for the new series?

By the way, how about taking these discussions to the 'myscififan' eGroups
instead? It would be more appropriate. Register or just respond to the
invitation.

Later people...

Richard C.



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From: "Donovan" <keldor@...>
To: myccgscifi@eGroups.com
Sent: March 22, 2000 10:51:51 AM GMT
Subject: [myccgscifi] Trek news


hello all,

It's official : Voyager 7th season is going to be it's last. Earlier news from
the producer also mentioned something about them communicating with the Alpha
Quadrant. Homeward bound??

Also : There are confirmed talks of a FIFTH trek series. No news about what
though...

Now only if we could get something new!

Donovan
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Hey,

How did you find last night's (Tuesday's) Babylon 5? Certainly one of
the highlights of the season.

RC

Hey everyone,

Don’t miss the next Babylon 5 episodes on Monday. It should be called Severed
Dreams and probably one of the best in the whole series. Enjoy and comments
later perhaps.

RC.
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