HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Red Dwarf
From: ace@kryton.UUCP (Catherine Beckstead)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 13:01:49 PST
Organization: Paradox Alley F&SF BBS 805-492-8789

2puhsagely@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

> Is there any fans of the British TV show Red Dwarf.  Its about a mining ship
> which has a nuculear accident that kills the entire crew except for one man i
> stasis.  The ship leaves the Solar System for safety reasons and the man in
> stasis is not revived untill the radiation levels are safe some three million
> years latter.  He owned a cat which had kittens and survived the accident.  T
> cats evolve into an intelligent race and leave the ship except for one cat. 
> The only living man also has as a companion a hologram of his dead bunkmate. 
> The show is on Saturday night on KCPT Kansas City Public television.  I wonde
> how many episodes there are and if it is still being made.  The show is based
> on a book by the same name.  Is there any sequels to the book?

Yes, I'm a fan!  The book is based on the show.  The dedication in the
book is to the cast and crew of the show, so I'm assuming.  The first
book is called "Red Dwarf:  Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers", and the
sequel is "Better Then Life".  There are five seasons of the show, each
season, (or series as the Britons would say) are six episodes long. 
Many PBS stations have shown through season 4, (execpt mine in LA, which
has it to show, but keeps putting it off, even after my many angry phone
calls. I subscribe, aren't they supposed to listen to me?  Oh well they
haven't heard the last of me, HA!).  It is a great series.  And very
funny.  There was an attempt last year at making an American version of
Red Dwarf. They did make the pilot.  But the characters were all wrong. 
Lister was a blonde GQ beach boy type, for example.  Needless to say,
NBC did not buy it, and it is now shelved permenently as far as I know.
But Robert LLewellan did get a much better Kryten costume, (it was
done my an LA FX company for the American version, and he will be able
to use it for the British series.  Supposedly when Robert heard that he
got the part for the Amercian version he "accidently" stomped on his old
costume and it just fell apart into lots of little pieces.  :)  The
old costume was very uncomfortable burlap type material in it that made
him itch for hours.  The new on is make of lycra/spandex and other
assorted comfortable material.  I guess the BBC is real cheap on
costuming.  I got this info, from the guys at the FX company who made the
American costume.  They were guests at a local con here in LA.  There is
an alt group for this show, alt.tv.red-dwarf, but I don't get it.  So
I'll be glad to talk about RD with anyone who wants to.  :)


-------------------------------------------------------------------
Catherine Beckstead                    ace@kryton.uucp
"Do you want to argue with a can of deodorant that registers
NINE on the Richter scale?"        --Ace, in "Dragonfire"
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Highlander:Sequencing help request.
From: obie@hirama.hiram.edu
Date: 28 Dec 92 13:56:03 -0500
Organization: Hiram College
Nntp-Posting-User: obie

	I was out of the country during part of Sept. and Oct. When I first
saw Highlander: The TV Series on Oct.18, I had no idea how many episodes I'd
missed. The list below is the order in which I saw the episodes and the
broadcast dates in my area. Obviously, #7 (The Gathering) was the first show, 
and had to be a repeat broadcast. Of course, the TV Guide doesn't mention 
which syndicated shows are repeats. Can someone supply the original ordering? 
	Are there any episodes missing? Adrian Paul, in a "Starlog" article,
mentions that he had to do a two page monologue for the second show. I haven't
seen any speech that long.

#1:  Road Not Taken (10/18/92)
#2:  Trouble in Building A (10/25/92)
#3:  Free Fall (11/1/92)
#4:  Deadly Medicine (11/8/92)
#5:  Mountain Men (11/15/92)
#6:  Revenge is Sweet (11/22/92)
#7:  The Gathering (11/29/92)
#8:  Sea Witch (12/6/92)
#9:  Eyewitness (12/13/92)
#10: Family Tree (12/20/92)
#11: Innocent Man (12/27/92)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|     ===== ===== ===== =====   ||obie@hirama.hiram.edu, obie@hiramb.bitnet|
|    =   = =   =   =   =        ||Oberta A. Slotterbeck                    |
|   =   = =====   =   =====     ||Computer Science Department              |
|  =   = =   =   =   =          ||Hiram College                            |
| ===== ===== ===== =====       ||Hiram, OH 44234 USA                      |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|GIGO:== garbage in, gospel out || On a clear disk you can search forever! |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
From: vijay@netcom.com (Vijay Vaidy)
Subject: Do you have the B5/TimeTrax promos ?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 05:16:02 GMT

Hi all!

Would anybody here in the bay area (hopefully this post is restricted
to the bay area) have a tape of the Babylon 5 and Time Trax promos? I
got the DS9 EPK as well as Emissary, but missed the others.

Or better still, do oyu know if they are likely to be on the birds
again?

Thanks ...

- Vijay
-------
vijay@netcom.com
From: csjohn@knuth.mtsu.edu (J Wallace)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Capt. Power anyone?
Date: 25 Dec 1992 22:41:01 -0600
Organization: Dept of Comp Science, Middle Tenn State Univ, Murfreesboro, TN
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: watson.mtsu.edu
Summary: Capt. Power anyone?

Does anyone remember a TV show called Captain Power?
It was on only a few years ago, and I was disappointed
when it was taken off.  Our cable company here (Viacom)
will be adding the Sci-Fi Channel to its basic plus package.
Since I am unfamiliar with the Sci-Fi Channel, I would like
to know if any Captain Power shows are ever shown.
-- 
John Wallace   ||   INTERNET: csjohn@knuth.mtsu.edu
> > We have just the government that we deserve < <
From: KitchenRN@SSD0.LAAFB.AF.MIL
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: QL: Golden Globe Nominations
Date: 31 Dec 92 12:59:00 GMT

The Golden Globe Award nominations were announced yesterday (December 30).  
These awards are presented by the Hollywood foreign press association, for 
both television and motion pictures.

Scott Bakula was nominated for best actor in a dramatic television series.

Dean Stockwell was nominated for best supporting actor on television (this is 
really a more stringent category, because it doesn't differntiate between 
drama series, comedy series, miniseries, or TV movies.)

Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
From: scottb@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com (TheLrdLovsAHngn)
Subject: Re: Space Ranger?????
Organization: United Technologies Research Center
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 14:44:11 GMT

rider@geloser.login.qc.ca (Serge Ayotte) writes:
: Hiya folks!!
: 
: I just saw a commercial for a movie/series(?????) on the CBS affiliates
: that we get here in Montreal called Space Ranger.
: 
: Anyone as any info about this?? To me, this is the first time that I
: hear about this show (unless some of you have already disected it to
: death, but it rolled over on my system...).
: 
: Thanks all for the info...
: Serge Ayotte
: 
: DOS=HIGH? I knew it was on something...
: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
: | rider@geloser.cam.org | Gentleman Loser System, Montreal, Qc, Canada |

I saw a commercial for it also.  Here in the states it is on channel 2 (cbs)
and is airing on Jan 6, at 8pm.  I dont know if TV Guide is standard across
all the states/Canada, but if it is, there is a scifi section in the front
half of it.  It tells about DS9, Space Rangers, Bablyon 5 and Time Trax.
The write up also has time/date or just date info for the various shows.
: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- 
Disclaimer:  I didn't do it!  Nobody saw me do it!  You can't prove anything! 
             My opinions are my own.   They do not reflect anyone/thing else!
\/       preferred        \/
scottb%nw8550@utrcgw.utc.com            |           sdb@rcinet.utc.com
Xref: sparky rec.arts.sf.tv:6212 rec.arts.tv:24445
From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL in Entertainment Weekly
Date: 23 Dec 92 17:02:23 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.sf.tv
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Elizabeth A. Hlabse (eah4@po.CWRU.Edu) wrote:
: Top Ten
: 
: 1. Roseanne
: 2. Larry Sanders Show
: 3. Seinfeld
: 4. The Simpsons
: 5. Late Night with David Letterman
: 6. I'll Fly Away
: 7. The Ben Stiller Show
: 8. Dream On
: 9. Batman: The Animated Series
: 10. Cheers

There are two that I don't recognize on this list (Larry Sanders Show and
Dream On) but the rest I recognize as being 'trendy' shows.  Not that the
shows themselves are trendy but that they are shows that are currently 
popular with trendy people.  Of the ones listed I would say that 10 years
from now "The Simpsons", "Letterman", and maybe "Roseanne" will be remembered
as good shows.  Oh yes, "Cheers" also even though I think it is past its prime 
today it will be remembered.
--

*******************************************************************************
* Bill Ranck                                          ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu *
* Computing Center at Virginia Tech, not Vermont ----------------------^^     *
*******************************************************************************
From: langbein@pilot.njin.net (John Langbein)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: QL: Things that make you go "Hmmm"
Date: 2 Jan 93 20:17:59 GMT
Organization: Information Builders, Inc.

In article <1992Dec21.072059.11680@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen) writes:

> cs161feu@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Anthony Minkoff) writes:

> >"Well, uh...  All I remember is I was shooting a scene...  Then I
> >was in a room with this weird guy who kept talking to a disembodied
> >voice named 'Gooshie'...  And then I was here."

> Well, to nitpick, that would be a disembodied voice named 'Ziggy,' not
> 'Gooshie.'  Gooshie has a body, Ziggy is the computer.

Gooshie? Gooshie?

Oh... Little guy. Bad breath.

(Could of resisted, but decided not to)
-- 
D-----------Phone:<908>494-0209--------Office:<212>736-4433---------------C
E|ARPA: langbein@pilot.njin.net  USPS: 26B Brunswick Av Metuchen NJ 08840|H  
A|UUCP: !rutgers!pilot!langbein  WORK: 1250 Broadway New York NY 10001   |E
T|Quote: "Holy Cow!" The Scooter  Nickname: The Doctor/The Fugitive      |A
H----"It's-like-putting-a-B-flat-in-my-A-sharp-concerto!"---Adam--NEXP----T
From: jlevine@apollo.HP.COM (Jennifer E. Levine)
Subject: Re: ST: TNG - Jean-Luc Picard
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:00:01 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Chelmsford, MA


Spoilers

















In article <1992Dec23.004641.15129@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM>, jeffs@.SanDiego.NCR.COM () writes:
|> I had more trouble believing that the Federation couldn't find more appropriate
|> commandoes then the captain of their flagship and his lady doctor (no I don't 
|> mean ladies can't be commandoes, but crusher doesn't seem to fit the bill). 
|> After all, Picard's knowledge of theta band waves from the Stargazer certainly
|> must have made its way back to the Academy by now and let's face it, Picard is
|> not as young as he used to be.

The cardassians implied that they had set the trap for Picard specifically.
I tend to believe that there were other reasons why Picard was chosen that were
not listed. After all they only had an hour...

	--Jennifer
	jlevine@apollo.hp.com
Xref: sparky rec.arts.sf.tv:6260 rec.arts.tv:24543
From: BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Does SciFi Channel cut episodes????
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 17:15:01 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Dec25.180034.4267@news2.cis.umn.edu> <72441@cup.portal.com>
  <1992Dec27.203210.19444@news2.cis.umn.edu>

>I watch "Galactica" every night, and I am kinda glad they shorten them.
>Most of the scenes you are missing were terrible. As for your
>specific example, I don't recall ever seeing that footage when it was first
>shown on ABC, but I do remember wondering about it. I don;'t think it was
>ever there.
>
>"Quantum Leap" is modern and has room for high volume commercials. Galactica
>is more than 12 years old and does not. Wouldn't be any better on any of
>the local independants around here.
>
>Pax
>                                        --Judex--
>PS: Are we bitching specifically at the Sci Fi channel for this? I don't think
>anybody else out there would show them at all, let alone cut less out of it.
>Think TBS is some sort of saint or something?
>

   Pax:
   Your memory is a little faulty then, I'd say. There was originally
   shown the scene in question, between, I think, Adama, Tighe and
   Apollo. Keep in mind that I am not defending the show (it stank
   most of the time) or saying the SF Channel is worse than others
   (TBS is awful, too). I was replying to a post which said that the
   SF Channel did not cut shows very much. That is simply false.
   
   -Brian

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian S. Thorn                                    "If ignorance is bliss,
BrianT@cup.portal.com                               this must be heaven."
                                                -Diane Chambers, "Cheers"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Does SciFi Channel cut episodes????
Date: 29 Dec 92 15:10:51 GMT
Reply-To: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: gondolin.pubs.stratus.com

In article <C009D3.G93@chinet.chi.il.us> roper@chinet.chi.il.us (Bill  
Roper) writes:
> <1992Dec25.180034.4267@news2.cis.umn.edu>
> <1992Dec28.201347.4980@atlastele.com>
> Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
>  
>  
> I don't know whether SciFi Channel or USA is using this technology,
> but there is equipment available that will allow you to shorten the
> running time of an episode without actually cutting anything.
>  
> Basically, they just compress the sound and video so that it can
> be played in less time (leaving more time for commercials).   
Obviously,
> in the case of sound, they have to pitch-shift to avoid having the
> voices get higher -- remember Alvin and the Chipmunks?

Frankly, I'm not sure which is worse: missing 1 mintute of an
episode or seeing the whole episode at the wrong speed.

The more I hear about the SciFi channel, the more I don't give
a damn that my local cable company doesn't carry it.


--
Jim Mann            
Stratus Computer   jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
From: Miriam.Ferziger@FORSYTHE.STANFORD.EDU ("Miriam Ferziger")
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: QL: Things that make you go hmm...
Date: 21 Dec 92 18:11:01 GMT


In article <1992Dec21.072059.11680@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>,
mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen) said:

>cs161feu@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Anthony Minkoff) writes:

>>"Well, uh...  All I remember is I was shooting a scene...  Then I
>>was in a room with this weird guy who kept talking to a disembodied
>>voice named 'Gooshie'...  And then I was here."

>Well, to nitpick, that would be a disembodied voice named 'Ziggy,' not
>'Gooshie.'  Gooshie has a body, Ziggy is the computer.

Well, he COULD have been talking to Gooshie via the handlink.  I doubt
Gooshie goes into the waiting room all that often, especially considering
his reaction to seeing "Sam" in Killin' Time.

Miriam Ferziger                            miriamf@forsythe.stanford.edu
To leap, perchance to dream
--Me

To:  REC-ARTS-SF-TV@NSD.3COM.COM
Xref: sparky rec.arts.sf.tv:6256 rec.arts.tv:24530
From: bs895@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Terri M. Librande)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Does SciFi Channel cut episodes????
Date: 27 Dec 1992 17:52:15 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


Brian:
Thanks.  I know that some shows are cut very little, but try to watch
something like Dark Shadows....cut to hell and back.

Also, I really like the way the publicize the 'Dr. Who" hour.  Sure.
An hour?  No.  A half hour, and then some terribly stupid serial from
the fifties.  That's not an hour, guys.

Terri in Cleveland
-- 
"I want to decide who lives and who dies!"  Crow T. Robots Christmas
Wish---Happy Holidays One And All!
From: finifter@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Tracy E. Finifter)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: QL: Mindless ramblings...
Date: 23 Dec 92 02:56:32 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

This post contains minor spoilers for two fairly old episodes, "Camikaze Kid",
and "The Leap Back" (alright, maybe "Deliver Us from Evil" if you don't know
the premise yet) but I'm putting a spoiler protection just in case.  Yes, I'll
quit babbling now...


















Two pointless, mindless questions that have 'don't investigate this *too*
closely' answers that I noticed watching "Camikaze Kid" on USA tonight:

1.  Since braces are inanimate objects, like clothes, etc., wouldn't Sam
actually be wearing them when he leaped into Cam, rather than just seeing thier
reflection in the mirror?  That would have been funny to see, Sam suddenly
coping with new braces (trust me, as a braces survivor, this could have
provided quite a bit of comic relief).

2.  I don't know when Michael Jackson was born, but wouldn't he have been young
enough in '61 to see Al?  He certainly looked it.  Oops, forget it, maybe
Michael Jackson was never innocent or pure of heart.  :-)



And about "The Leap Back", I have a new theory on the evil leapers that I never
thought about until now.  Plenty of speculations have been made about the
tape from "Starlight, Starbright", but remember that the government also has
a handlink from PQL.  It's possible that when Tom leaped back to 1945, he,
being a heroic military officer, would have turned it over to his superiors,
who would have turned it to government science experts, who would have then
examined it rather closely.  Later, when the tape is made, somehow someone
thinks there might be a relation to the two, and starts probing into the a)
information provided on the tape and b) the technology that went into building
the handlink.



I know, now that school's out, I have way too much time on my hands.  Not for
long though.


Keep leaping...


-- 
* Tracy E. Finifter                     * My .sig's stuck in 1956 with a     *
*  finifter@gandalf.rutgers.edu         * brain like swiss cheese and I'm    *
*  Douglass College, Rutgers University * experiencing technical             *
*  New Brunswick, New Jersey            * difficulties in retrieving it.     *
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
From: dlb@fanny.wash.inmet.com (David Barton)
Subject: Re: The SciFi Channel stinks !! (was: Re: Does SciFi Channel cut episodes????)
Organization: Intermetrics Inc., Washington Division, USA
	<ROTEN.92Dec30133356@cuba.gsfc.nasa.gov>
	<mcirvin.725764947@husc.harvard.edu>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 14:41:04 GMT

In article <mcirvin.725764947@husc.harvard.edu>
mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Matt McIrvin) writes:

   roten@cuba.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Roten) writes:

   >But the Sci-Fi Channel seems to have gone to _great_ _lengths_ to 
   >resurrect every schlock science fiction series ever thought up by the 
   >cocaine-saturated minds of Hollywood's overpaid TV moguls (only to flop 
   >like a beached fish a few months later, cancelled) and broadcast it.  MY 
   >GHOD !!!  We are even being 'treated' to 'Cattlecar Galactica', my 
   >nomination for the Worst SF Series Of All Time !!!  And 'Loused Up In 
   >Space', which is a damned close runner up !!!  

   You forgot "Future Cop."  They've got that, too.  They even had a little
   interview a few seconds long with Ernest Borgnine before the episode I saw 
   began ("I read the script, and I liked it... It was ahead of its time...")

Well, I for one, will defend the Sci-Fi channel.  They have brought
back Alien Nation and The Prisoner; this alone is sufficient
justification for their existence.  I am also glad to see some of the
Gerry Anderson shows (not Space 1999, but the marionation stuff)
brought back, for sheer nostalgia's sake.

Some of the One Step Beyond shows are better than I remembered.

And they are at least trying to support more production of science
fiction movies.  Granted that the first try (Homewrecker) was a
stinkeroo, but intention counts for something.

All right, their daily fare (particularly in the evenings) is schlock.
This was to be expected, at least by me; they are starting out, and it
will take time for funding and efforts to get better stuff to bear
fruit.  If their level of broadcasts is the same in, say, five years I
will join the chorus of complaints.

What I *don't* understand is why they are leaving some of the really
fine old time science fiction languishing on the shelves.  For Pete's
sake, jettison Cattlestar Glacwhatever and bring back ``The Outer
Limits''.  Or the old ``Twilight Zone'' episodes.  Wasn't it the USA
network that had the all night Outer Limits marathons a while back?
This would indicate that they are available to Sci Fi (which is owned
by USA), and there is NO EXCUSE for not showing these on something
that calls itself the ``Sci Fi Channel''.

And some of the graphics are nice.

					Dave Barton
					dlb@hudson.wash.inmet.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
From: jwells@netcom.com (Court Jester)
Subject: Babylon 5 on KBHK [San Francisco] ???
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 17:47:53 GMT

I saw on a recent post that Babylon 5 would be airing on KBHK
Channel 44 in the S.F. area. Can someone confirm this?  I see
KBHK's teasers for their new shows (DS9, Time Trax, etc.) but
have yet to see a promo for Babylon 5. What gives??

Thanks in advance! =)

-- 
     || (||)  The Court Jester               "Citizens of the planet
     ||       From the House of Xon   \    /  Earth...  We bring you
  () || ()    Long live The Leader!    \  /   greetings, and we come
     ||                                 \/    in peace."
(||) ||       jwells@netcom.netcom.com       "Resist.... or perish!"
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv
From: @apollo.HP.COM (Jennifer E. Levine)
Subject: Re: QL in Entertainment Weekly
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:58:09 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Chelmsford, MA

In article <1h74t5INN556@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse) writes:

|> 
|> The others in this worst list for TV were:
|> 	1. Angel Street
|> 	2. The Heights
|> 	3. Picket Fences
|> 	4. Quantum Leap
|> 	5. L.A. Law

I like 3 of the 5 shows listed here. I haven't heard of the other 2.
(I like 3-5)

Oh well...

--Jennifer
jlevine@apollo.hp.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
From: jeffs@.SanDiego.NCR.COM ()
Subject: Re: ST: TNG - Jean-Luc Picard
Reply-To: jeffs@spike.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Jeff Schwartz)
Organization: San Diego Porting Center
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:46:41 GMT

I had more trouble believing that the Federation couldn't find more appropriate
commandoes then the captain of their flagship and his lady doctor (no I don't 
mean ladies can't be commandoes, but crusher doesn't seem to fit the bill). 
After all, Picard's knowledge of theta band waves from the Stargazer certainly
must have made its way back to the Academy by now and let's face it, Picard is
not as young as he used to be.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeffrey A. Schwartz
NCR - San Diego Porting Center		jeff.schwartz@sandiegoca.NCR.COM
16550 W. Bernardo Dr ms7990		 (619) 485-2052
San Diego, CA  92127			 NCR Voice Plus 440-2052
============================================================================
The universe is an island, surrounded by whatever it is that surrounds
universes.  ......................................../|/|/ GO CHARGERS!