/** ***************************************************************** * ****************************************************************** * The Non-Sequitur Express * Algy met a bear, a fungus met some algae, the bear ate the lichen. * Published at fortnightly or random intervals by Phillip Thorne * http://home.earthlink.net/~pethorne/Reviewer/NonSeqExp/ * * Volume 2, Issue 2: Friday 21 January 2000 * ****************************************************************** * *************************************************************** */ In this issue: LETTER: Light issues ahead. UPCOMING: Heads Up, Animation, Primetime, Voyager. ERRATA: Confederate vexillology. plus Legalese, acknowledgements and opt-in/out instructions. /** ***************************************************************** * LETTER FROM THE EDITOR * *************************************************************** */ Attention all readers, abrubt change in publishing policy, brace for acceleration! The production of book reviews, episode guides and the like is far more labor-intensive than the compilation of the Upcoming section, and the latter frequently outpaces the former. Since we're now approaching the spring sweeps season, late-breaking news has surpassed in-depth analysis in importance. Accordingly, you may see issues in the weeks ahead that are lighter than you've come to expect. My television listings are optimized for viewers in the Philadelphia TV market, where many of my readers are located; national network feeds (Eastern Time) are specified by callsign. For those of you outside the area, I apologize. /** ***************************************************************** * UPCOMING * Series, Seasons, Episodes, Movies, Books * *************************************************************** */ Heads up: Two new half-hour live-action series premiering in syndication: "Cleopatra 2525" (symbol: Cle) and "Jack of All Trades" (symbol: JAT); in Philadelphia, on WPHL-17 at sat-22-jan-20:00 and -20:30. The first features an aspiring actress who awakens from a 500-year cryonic nap to join other implausibly-clad female freedom fighters. The second stars Bruce Campbell ("Evil Dead," "Brisco County Junior," "Xena") as an early-19cen American spy teamed with a female British agent. It's like "James Bond" crossed with "Horatio Hornblower," only sex-reversed and completely different. Upcoming Animated TV: RSST Missing in Action 24/109 m 0124 5 RSST Liquid Dreams 44/119 t 0125 RSST No Substitute 41/116 w 0126 2 RSST Clip Show 142 r 0127 5 RSST Hot Ice 53/123 f 0128 TFBW Other Visits, part 1 206 f 0121-1600 fox Gdz Wedding Bells Blew ... z 0122-0930 fox TFBM Forbidden Fruit 105 z 0122-1100 fox Avg Shooting Stars ... z 0122-1130 fox Sh22 ../ Deranged Detective 106 m 0124-1600 fox TFBW Other Visits, part 2 207 t 0125-1600 fox TFBW Bad Spark 208 w 0126-1600 fox TFBW Code of Hero 209 r 0127-1600 fox Upcoming Primetime (etc.) TV: r N+A Nothing to Fear, But Nothing to Fear 106 f 0121-2100 cbs r Dil The Security Guard 206 f 0121-2130 upn B5 Strange Relations 507 z 0122-0700 tnt Robot Wars z 0122-1030 12 DS9 The Ship 502 z 0122-1500 29 * EFC Interview 311 z 0122-1600 17 * SG1 Touchstone 214 z 0122-1700 29 TNG Too Short a Season 112 z 0122-1800 57 * Cle Quest for Firepower 101 z 0122-2000 17 * JAT Return of the Dragoon 101 z 0122-2030 17 2 SG1 Tok'ra, part 2 212 s 0123-0400 29 * Sim The Mansion Family 1108 s 0123-2000 fox * XF Signs and Wonders 709 s 0123-2100 fox Robot Wars s 0123-2330 12 r EFC Interview 311 s 0123-2330 17 * Buf A New Man 412 t 0125-2000 wb * Ang Expecting 112 t 0125-2100 wb * Dil The Merger 207 t 0125-2130 upn 2 7D Parker.com 203 w 0126-2000 upn * Ros Into the Woods ... w 0126-2100 wb Robot Wars r 0127-2300 12 Robot Wars r 0127-2330 12 * N+A I Am The Greatest 113 f 0128-2100 cbs r Dil The Merger 207 f 0128-2130 upn B5 Secrets of the Soul 508 z 0129-0700 tnt DS9 Looking for Par'Mach in All the /.. 503 z 0129-1500 29 * EFC Keep Your Enemies Closer 312 z 0129-1600 17 SG1 Thor's Chariot 206 z 0129-1700 29 TNG Heart of Glory 120 z 0129-1800 57 r SG1 Touchstone 214 s 0129-0400 29 r Sim Eight Misbehavin' 1103 s 0130-2000 fox r XF Millenium 705 s 0130-2100 fox Robot Wars s 0130-2330 12 EFC Interview 311 s 0130-2330 17 r Buf Fear Itself 404 t 0201-2000 wb r Ang Bachelor Party 107 t 0201-2100 wb * Dil Hunger 208 t 0201-2130 upn Upcoming episodes of STAR TREK VOYAGER: Worst Case Scenario 324 f 0121-1900 Mutiny hologame gets real. r Blink of an Eye 612 z 0122-1900 New. Day of Honor 404 m 0124-1900 Chase core, Torres+Paris love! Revulsion 405 t 0125-1900 Kim+Seven? Alien holo murder. Random Thoughts 410 w 0126-1900 Torres thoughts bad, crime. * Virtuoso 613 w 0126-2100 New. Concerning Flight 411 r 0127-1900 Pirates steal tech, DaVinci. Mortal Coil 412 f 0128-1900 No afterlife for Neelix. r Virtuoso 613 z 0129-1900 Ibid. Retrospect 417 m 0131-1900 Arms dealer, Seven, memories. Vis-a-vis 420 t 0201-1900 Alien steals Paris' identity. /** ***************************************************************** * ERRATA * *************************************************************** */ A vexillological correction: in issue 2.1's Timeline, I mistakenly described the Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America (1861- 1865) as a "union jack," which is the pattern of the *British* flag. It is properly known as "the Stars and Bars." The former has both a cross and diagonal slashes; the latter has only the slashes. /** ***************************************************************** * Legalese * Acknowledgments * Opt-in/out Instructions * *************************************************************** */ All books, movies, television shows, toys and other creative works reviewed or analyzed herein are the property of their respective copyright holders. No infringement is expressed, implied or intended. The original reviews and analyses are themselves copyright 1999 by Phillip Thorne. Certain data may have been obtained from aint-it-cool- news.com, foxkids.com, roughneckchronicles.com, tv.excite.com, upcomingmovies.com and other sites. I'd like to acknowledge El Niņo and La Niņa, the twinned South Pacific temperature fluctuations that are responsible for so much of our weather. 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