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Masters of Science Fiction (TV series)
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Posted on 08/03/2007 3:17:03 PM PDT by EveningStar
ABC has scheduled Masters of Science Fiction for Saturdays at 10:00 ET beginning August 4. Six episodes were produced but apparently ABC is showing only four of them. Hopefully, the other episodes will be online. The series host is Professor Stephen Hawking. It looks like the show has good production values.
Official site (includes clips)
ABC site for the series
A review from Reuters that criticizes ABC
IMDb info
TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: abc; mastersofscifi; sciencefiction; scifi; sf
To: KevinDavis; Borges; al baby; Allegra; Auntbee; BJClinton; Dashing Dasher; dfwddr; exile; ...
To: All
This is an anthology series based on well known SF short stories.
To: EveningStar
Talented (and uniquely pretty) Judy Davis is in it, eh?
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posted on
08/03/2007 3:25:28 PM PDT
by
unspun
(FREEP Bill O'Reilly about anything you think he needs)
To: EveningStar
I hope there isn't any time travel or especially multiple universes in it. Getting very tired of those silly bits.
And as for any aliens, I hate grays!
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posted on
08/03/2007 3:31:23 PM PDT
by
unspun
(FREEP Bill O'Reilly about anything you think he needs)
To: unspun
This is an anthology. These are standalone episodes. She’s in at least one of them.
To: unspun
Don’t hate the grays, worship them.
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posted on
08/03/2007 3:41:43 PM PDT
by
Jaysun
(It's outlandishly inappropriate to suggest that I'm wrong.)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
08/03/2007 4:07:26 PM PDT
by
The SISU kid
(Imagination saved us from extinction)
To: EveningStar
Looks promising.
At least I don’t see any car crashes that the hero walks away from unscathed.
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posted on
08/03/2007 4:28:06 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: unspun
I hate grays
Hey! Some of my best friends a gray. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:06:17 PM PDT
by
BJClinton
(Vick’s only hope now is an all-cat jury. ~BlazingArizona)
To: EveningStar
I’ve heard it will be a lot like the original Twilight Zone (good cinematography, few special effects, excellent stories). They don’t make them like that anymore.
To: MrB; brivette; gcruse; wingnutx; Brett66; RightWhale; EsmeraldaA; Paul_Denton; ShakeNJake; ...
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posted on
08/04/2007 9:59:02 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Mitt Romney 08)
To: unspun
And as for any aliens, I hate grays!Be careful- 'hubcap boy' O-Reilly is watching!
That's a funny thread, I don't care who you are. lol
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posted on
08/04/2007 10:02:48 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(Sworn to oppose control freaks, foreign and domestic.)
To: EveningStar
Ellison and Heinlein, in the first few episodes... Could be a real winner, quality wise, which means that the network will cancel it pretty quickly.
Anybody remember Firefly?
Mark
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posted on
08/04/2007 10:10:49 AM PDT
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: MarkL
The ABC network is showing only 4 of the 6 episodes, so they’ve effectively canceled it already. It will most likely end up on Sci-Fi, Showtime, etc, where we can see all the episodes, and possibly some new ones.
To: EveningStar; All
To be honest I prefer that the show is on Sci-Fi rather than ABC...
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posted on
08/04/2007 10:58:47 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Mitt Romney 08)
To: KevinDavis
To be honest I prefer that the show is on Sci-Fi rather than ABC Apparently, so do the sponsors at ABC.
To: unspun
And as for any aliens, I hate grays!Absolutely! There's only on really nice Gray in science fiction!
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posted on
08/04/2007 1:46:22 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a Liberal when I married her.)
To: EveningStar; All
However, with the current leadership at SciFi this show will only be shown for 4 episodes and never seen again..
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posted on
08/04/2007 3:06:27 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Mitt Romney 08)
To: EveningStar
Bring back "Science Fiction Theatre"
To: Mike Darancette
Someone else remembers Truman Bradley. :)
To: KevinDavis; All
Boy, was last night’s episode sure a waste of time.
To: EveningStar; All
Tell me about it.. If this is the best they can do, I hope it is only 4 episodes.. Hopefully I hope this is the only stinker ...
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posted on
08/05/2007 7:13:32 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Mitt Romney 08)
To: Lil'freeper
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posted on
08/06/2007 6:30:51 AM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
(It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
To: MarkL
To: Kaylee Frye
I fell in love with Kaylee early in the pilot, with the "OK, now I can't get down!" Well, that and her opening line to Book... "You're gonna come with us... You like ships, and mine's the nicest!"
Mark
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posted on
08/06/2007 9:33:18 AM PDT
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: EveningStar
Okay.
Looked at all of the clips, both #1 and #2 from this season’s episodes.
Meh.
The only one that looks half-way interesting is “The Awakening” and that’s only due to Terry O’Quinn.
Nothing that I haven’t seen done infinitely better and at one tenth the budget on the original 1960s “The Outer Limits”.
Jack.
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posted on
08/06/2007 10:03:17 AM PDT
by
Jack Deth
(Knight Errant and Resident FReeper Kitty Poem /Haiku Guy)
To: MarkL
Sigh, would you believe I haven’t watched the show in months even though I own it on DVD? It’s packed up in the garage while I wait for our house to sell... :( I’m sensing that I may need to start digging through the DVDs!! LOL
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