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From: barker@dmpe.csiro.au ( David Barker)
Subject: Re: Quantum Leap in syndication
Organization: CSIRO. Div of Mineral and Process Engineering.
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 06:07:45 GMT

In article <920913222126.2020d501@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU> JEHNINGS_MEA@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU writes:
>
>For all Leapers out there...USA Network has starting showing QL on a daily
>basis, beginning tonight (Sunday, the 13th) with the pilot. QL will be shown
>Monday-Saturday at 7 p.m. EST, which really puts a glitch in things for some
>of us Star Trek fans, which is on also at that time in syndication (at least
>in most of the Northeast).

Speaking of syndication of QL, here in AUST, the episodes are being shown out of
sequence with seasons 1 2 & 3 all mixed up.  The copies actually have the leap
out sequence from the following week's episode, not the episode that follows
it as in the guide.  They look as though they have been re-edited by Universal
as the beamouts etc from the first season ones to the third season ones are
too good for the channel to do it.

Does anyone know why they are released overseas in a different order?

David Barker
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From: thomasc@ms.uky.edu (Thomas Campbell)
Subject: Re: Batman:Animation
    <1992Sep7.230222.5374@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 23:49:19 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

In article <1992Sep7.230222.5374@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> tmw4r@fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU (Thomas Munroe Walsh) writes:
>In article <1992Sep7.182957.18409@ms.uky.edu> thomasc@ms.uky.edu (Thomas Campbell) writes:
>>And anyway, you can't lighten up Batman.  That'snot how the creator 
>>(who's bleeding' name I cant' remmber right now) wanted it to be.  
>>It's supposed to be dark and morose.
>>
>>Alex
>>
>
>You're thinking of Bob Kane (with a Kane acknowledged assist from Bill
>Finger).  Of course, Batman can be lightened up (they did it in the 60's).
>At least it is too late to lighten up the animated series for this season
>(most of the 65 episodes have to be in the can or else too far along for
>such a major mood change).
>
>

I meant that to keep with the original spirit of teh show that they couldn't
lighten itup.  If you did youwouldn't be keeping with the original intentions
that Bob Kane (thankyou) meant.  
 
Alex

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From: lis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Elisabeth Riba)
Subject: Re: QL Pilot on USA
Organization: Computer Science, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:18:55 GMT

One big disappointment--they used the SEASON THREE opening credits.
Sure, nothing major, but I would have liked to see how the show opened
originally....
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From: mukesh@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Mukesh Prasad)
Subject: Cable companies
Organization: Interleaf, Inc.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 21:24:23 GMT

Has anybody seen the recently advertised
sci-fi channel so far?  Is it any good?

The cable company in my town (Continental
Cable of Arlington, MA) has apparently
already decided not to carry the sci-fi
channel.  When I called in, they had
obviously heard of it, and the customer
rep immediately told me they will not
be carrying it.  I asked if she would
note down my request for consideration, and
the answer was no.

Is there anything one can do in
such a situation (in case the channel
turns out to be really good)?

  /Mukesh
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city such as this?"

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From: ramsey@cua.edu (Betsy Ramsey)
Subject: Re: Blake's 7 Ending: Finale or Cliffhanger?
Organization: The Catholic University of America
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 21:32:17 GMT

In article <15309@umd5.umd.edu> jblum@hamlet.umd.edu (Hi ho -- Kermit the
Frog here...) writes:

>OK, with apologies to Betsy, who I've debated this at length with before...

>The producers had been told that the fourth season was the final one.
>However, they had also been told this at the end of the third season,
>and perhaps even the one before.  So they were understandably skeptical.
	:
>And so Chris wrote "Blake" full of ambiguities and possible ways out from
>the deaths of the rebels.  Except for Blake, who he made sure was dead
>as a doorknocker because Gareth Thomas demanded it.

I have no first- or even second-hand knowledge of what was going on in the
minds of the show's producers.  Thanks for the clarification, Jon!

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From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Batman & X-Men
Date: 11 Sep 1992 21:25:21 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: telecaster.think.com

In article <1992Sep11.005510.20078@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> jogle@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim)) writes:
>  I was under the
>impression that the Saturday episodes were special and that it isn't
>supposed to be a regular thing though.  I guess if there's another one
>next Saturday I'll be proven wrong.

I think it was the Sunday *night* episode (the one with the Man-Bat) that
was special.
-- 
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From: RJACOBS@CCVM.SUNYSB.EDU (Rich Jacobs)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Sci-Fi Channel
Date: 14 Sep 92 14:29:36 GMT


  Cablevision of Long Island, and I believe all of Cablevision's subsidiaries
periodically run weekly previews of channels that they don't normally carry on
it's systems.

  The 24 Hour Sci-Fi Channel will be previewed from Sept. 24th (it's debut)
thru Sept. 30th.

  This will be a MOST CRITICAL time for the customers of Cablevision to get on
the phone, and to get those cards and letters to Cablevision.  All corresponden
ce should be addressed to the Programming Mangager.

  Let's see if the Sci-Fi community can come out in force and show the powers-
that-be that we want our Sci-Fi Channel.

                                          Rich Jacobs
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Subject: (none)
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:57:42 GMT

I'm truly sorry to go through the masses like this; but, I have been trying
to subscribe to your list for weeks with no avail.  Could some kind soul please
put me on the distribution list?  Thanks in advance for all help.

Orlanda 
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From: mholtz@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark A. Holtz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv
Subject: QL: Quantum Explosion with Syndicated episodes
Date: 15 Sep 92 05:54:09 GMT
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix

Boy, am I pissed. 

I remember seeing the original Pilot movie years ago on NBC. But,
it doesn't take a Quantum Physicist to realize that they trashed
the original title sequence with Season Four (not Three) title
sequence.

Now, I watched my copy of tonights episode of QL, and, they not
only include the 4th season intro (which I can understand), but
also the TITLE SEQUENCE from the 4th season....for a 1st season
episode?

Sally, next time you visit LA, could you bring along a copy of the
USA network episodes and show Don what they've done to his baby.

I'm pissed. 
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From: jblum@hamlet.umd.edu (Hi ho -- Kermit the Frog here...)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: The future?
Date: 9 Sep 92 17:33:58 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

In article <kP1TqB4w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee) writes:
>  This should be taken to talk.religion.misc, however I beg the readers to
>forgive me on a point of clarification.  Here's is what I believe will happen:

Well, my point still has to do with SF, though not with Dr Who or Star Trek,
so I'm leaving it here.  So there.

>1) All Christians who person believe in Christ will be transfigured to
>   immortality and meet Christ Jesus himself, for the first time in 2 millenia.

>2) During a 7-year period, the most corrupt and lethal period in all history
>   will take place.

>3) After many deaths, suffering and neglect by self-centered, greedy mankind,
>   Christ does take over the reigns of power.

>Again to follow up these 3 points, follow up to talk.religion.misc.

All this was supposed to happen by 1991, according to a whole bunch of 
apocalyptic literature (I used to follow the subject for kicks).  Before that
it was supposed to happen in 1000, then 1666, then 1975, et cetera.  But I
digress.

>To reiterate, I was saying that scifi paints an optomistic picture of the
>future.  As a friend once told me, this is a form of escapism, and somehow, we
>should not neglect reality.  Now, let's keep to the point.

OK, to the point.  IMHO a lot of the programs that you mentioned to start off
this debate don't paint an optimistic escapist view, but show the problems
of the world and even suggest solutions.  This can range from Doctor Who's
"blackmail a bunch of super-rich individuals into helping pay for the
cleanup of the world" (Cat's Cradle: Warhead) to Star Trek's "everyone play
nice and work for peaceful solutions".  While not all the issues raised are
dealt with practically, they are at least brought up (as in "Doctor Who:
The Green Death") and presented to the minds of the viewing audience.

It seems to me that those who believe that the whole problem is going to
go away soon because Big Daddy Jesus is going to come down and save our
souls are guilty of much more escapism than the average SF fan.


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From: wallace@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Glenn Wallace)
Subject: Re: Quantum Leap in syndication
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 09:23:47 GMT

barker@dmpe.csiro.au ( David Barker) writes:

>Speaking of syndication of QL, here in AUST, the episodes are being shown out o
>sequence with seasons 1 2 & 3 all mixed up.  The copies actually have the leap
>out sequence from the following week's episode, not the episode that follows
>it as in the guide.  They look as though they have been re-edited by Universal
>as the beamouts etc from the first season ones to the third season ones are
>too good for the channel to do it.

>Does anyone know why they are released overseas in a different order?

I suspect that the episodes are provided like that (a'la Time Tunnel).
The episode might come with the "leap-in" sequence ready to play at the
end of the previous week's episode.

Basically, blame Channel 10, they butchered the Simpsons badly.
Blaming Channel 10 is the default setting here......

It really bugs me how they have done this, seeing as they started from
the beginning and had a whole lot of catching up to do...... they
probably wanted to show the more appealing ones first... how that judge
that I don't know. They could have shown them in original US run order,
but nooooooooooo.

They avoided showing some Simpsons episodes in order to get people used
to the show (I spoke to a guy at Ch 10 about this).

While in the US, I caught some recent 4th season re-runs.... cool.
I feel like flying back for the September 22 episode!!!

Glenn

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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 00:28:37 EDT
From: <SML108@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: HOW TO GET SF CHANNEL ON YOUR CABLE SYSTEM

In article <92249.223716DCA105@psuvm.psu.edu>, <DCA105@psuvm.psu.edu> says:
>
>Here's a suggestion to cable companies that say they don't have any available
>channels for the sci-fi-channel.  GET RID OF EWTN, CBN, AND THE HALF-DOZEN OR
>SO BIBLE-POUNDER 24-HOUR-A-DAY PREACH CHANNELS.  If I wanted to watch TV
>evangelists 24-hours a day, I'd move to a church.  You could knock off the
>country music versions of MTV too.  There's 1-4 new channels you could put SF
>on.
>
>Dave

Nope, we can't do that!  Especially here in Central Pennsylvania (God's
Country, my boy!).  I tried to complain to our cable system about the
3 loony bin radical right religious networks we have here on TCI and
they said that they believed it was important to carry them.  Dream on...
We can't even get the comedy channel...  Of course, with the Olympics
Triplecast, TCI has proven that channels 42-44 are open and unoccupied
so there's already room for more networks.  Maybe we'll get the Keystone
Network which has a guy who talks about UFOs and the Rapture.  Happy! Happy!
Joy! Joy!

Scott
From: jtisdel@digi.lonestar.org (J. Michael Tisdel)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: SciFi Channel Schedule
Summary: What is the program schedule
Keywords: Sci Fi Channel
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:55:07 GMT
Organization: DSC Communications Corp, Plano, TX

Okay, with the SciFi channel about to come on, does anyone have a schedule
of programs for it?


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From: ccaaand@ucl.ac.uk (Andrew Dawson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: QL: "A Little Miracle" <possible SPOILERS!>
Date: 7 Sep 92 14:14:16 GMT
Reply-To: ccaaand@ucl.ac.uk
Organization: Bloomsbury Computing Consortium

baylor@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com writes:

[Guest stars that have appeared in more than one QL]

>What? Didn't you recognise Sam's Mom, who also appeared in 
>"The Americanization of Machko" (as the sailor's mother)?

Looking through the credits carefully, I think you'll find that Sam's mother
and Charlie's mother in Machiko were actually played by different people.
I thought they looked pretty similar myself at the time.

Andrew.
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From: wixer!cactus.org!wixer!pro-smof.cts.com!rfletcher@cactus.org (Robert Fletcher)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Batman:Animation
Date: 6 Sep 1992 12:54:40 -0500
Organization: The SMOF-BBS: Science Fiction Online Since 1985 [512-467-7317]
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  The other day I saw on the local Fox network the first showing of Batman.
This animation of the comic is fresh in appearance and the dialog is smart.
Too bad that they think that only kids would like to see this show.
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From: c9107143@cc.newcastle.edu.au (I AM THE ONE THE ONLY ONE JUST GIVE ME THE PRIZE)
Subject: Batman Animation in Australia
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 06:40:22 GMT

Does anyone know when the Batman animated series will be shown in Australia,
 or what channel it will be on etc. ???
thanks
later
Kurgen
From: ramsey@cua.edu (Betsy Ramsey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Is B7 Being Shown Anywhere?
Date: 14 Sep 92 21:06:16 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The Catholic University of America

Is BLAKES 7 being aired on anyone's local station right now?  I'm curious
to see where it's being shown.  If you e-mail me the city, station call
letters, day of the week and time it's being shown, I'll post a summary.

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From: bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu (Bill Smith)
Subject: Blake's  Seven synopsis?
Organization: Brigham Young University -- Mathematics Department
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 21:23:21 GMT
Keywords: where?

Does there exist an electronic archive of synopses of all the 
B7 TV episodes *available for ftp*?  Barring that, maybe some
enthusiastic net.fan would like to email me his own version of
such a thing.  I'd especially like to see some kind of character
tracking (how and when they appeared on the scene, summary 
of characteristics, how they left the show).  Well, that's not 
much, is it??   Sorry if this is general knowledge, I don't 
get to this group often.
Thanks,
-Bill

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From: acadams@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Arthur C. Adams)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Battlestar Galactica ??
Date: 15 Sep 92 19:46:24 GMT
Organization: The Great Beyond

In article <1992Sep15.115226.58891@cc.usu.edu> slg7m@cc.usu.edu writes:
>Back in the late seventies when Battlestar Galactica was being aired on
>primetime tv, I seem to vaguely recall a couple of episodes in which they
>actually do find Earth.  Does anyone else remember this?  Or am I just looney
>(to steal someone out there's words)?  Every once in a while, a local station
>here will re-air the entire series, except for those final episodes.

Well, not quite.

ABC did a "sequel" to Galactica called Galactica: 1980.
This featured a mostly new cast, (Lorne Greene was there, but
I think he was the only one). 

The ship had found Earth, and so had the Cylons. 
Basically, the show focused on Galactica warriors, 
operating in secret and fighting Cylons on Earth. 

But for one episode, the show was horrendously bad.

The one good one explained "Whatever happened to Starbuck?"
Spoiler Ahead, But  I don't think anyones going to be seeing the episode;

There was a super-genius kid on the show that essentially was
an advisor to Adama (this kid made Wesley Crusher look like
a mormal adolescent boy!) As it turns out, (this is from
very distant memory, mind you), Starbuck had crashed on 
some planet. He met a woman there and fathered Kid Genius,
but dies before he was rescued. 
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Subject: Re: Red Dwarf in L.A.: what happened?
From: ace@kryton.UUCP (Catherine Beckstead)
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 15:11:48 PDT
Organization: Paradox Alley F&SF BBS 805-492-8789

lee@quark2.aero.org writes:

> Is Channel 28 still showing episodes of Red Dwarf in L.A.?  It wasn't on
> during it's scheduled time (Weds. nights at 12:30) yesterday.

Yes, I know, I called KCET last week and was told that Red Dwarf series
four "had not been reschedualed yet and was not on the schedual for
september."  (re-schedualed because series four was supposed to show
in July and was pre-empted due to a telecourse.)  Apparently they do
have series four in their vaults, but they didn't seem able to tell
me when they would show it.  I'll try calling again around the end of
september, I suggest anyone in the LA area who wants to see Red Dwarf
series four do the same.  Maybe they might get the hint that it IS a
popular show and that it has an audience if they get a lot of calls.
I also wanted to say something around pledge time, but I only pledge
during Doctor Who, and they didn't have a pledge show during Dr. Who
this past drive.  Ok glad for the "no pledge breaks", except they didn't
get my money this year, because if figure if I pledge during Dr. Who, they
will get the idea that Dr. Who is a popular show and be sure to keep it.
They often get quite a lot of pledges during Dr. Who, I wonder why they 
didn't have a "gimme money" show for DW during this last pledge drive.

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From: meyer@dbsun.uucp (Don Meyer)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: The future?
Date: 10 Sep 92 14:57:46 GMT
Organization: BioMerieux-Vitek, St. Louis Mo.

In article <15356@umd5.umd.edu> jblum@hamlet.umd.edu (Hi ho -- Kermit the Frog here...) writes:
>It seems to me that those who believe that the whole problem is going to
>go away soon because Big Daddy Jesus is going to come down and save our
>souls are guilty of much more escapism than the average SF fan.

Well said!

For every piece of SF that resolves our problems via the
Galactic Society allowing us into the club, there is one that speculates
how _we_ might engineer (either technical or social) a better future.
Not to mention those which show the "worst-case" scenario resulting
from bad decisions. 

Don
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From: wixer!cactus.org!wixer!pro-smof.cts.com!rfletcher@cactus.org (Robert Fletcher)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Batman:Animation
Date: 7 Sep 1992 14:12:47 -0500
Organization: The SMOF-BBS: Science Fiction Online Since 1985 [512-467-7317]
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

  I do not have vcr...so I am seriously P.O.ed at Fox for putting in the
time slot that is only for kids. Being in an animation class I would like
to talk over the show with class mates but that is not to be.
  Oh, I am in a evening class...I work all day.
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