'Bioshock,' which became one of last year's biggest console games, is making the expected move to the big screen with Gore Verbinski on board to direct, according to Variety || The last two seasons of 'Lost' will now be 17 hours each instead of 16 hours to make p for time lost because of the Writers Guild of America strike, says The Hollywood Reporter || Common, a rap artist, has decided to take a turn to acting and has been granted a role on 'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,' according to Variety || For the first time, SciFi Channel will rerun episodes of the 1987-94 series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' joining 'Charmed' and 'Mork & Mindy' on the cable outlet, Variety reports || 'Star Trek: The Experience' may be running out of steam. Cedar Fair, which owns the Las Vegas attraction, says there are no plans to renew its contract with CBS Corp., which could close the event next year, TrekToday reports || 'Bioshock,' which became one of last year's biggest console games, is making the expected move to the big screen with Gore Verbinski on board to direct, according to Variety || The last two seasons of 'Lost' will now be 17 hours each instead of 16 hours to make p for time lost because of the Writers Guild of America strike, says The Hollywood Reporter || Common, a rap artist, has decided to take a turn to acting and has been granted a role on 'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,' according to Variety || For the first time, SciFi Channel will rerun episodes of the 1987-94 series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' joining 'Charmed' and 'Mork & Mindy' on the cable outlet, Variety reports || 'Star Trek: The Experience' may be running out of steam. Cedar Fair, which owns the Las Vegas attraction, says there are no plans to renew its contract with CBS Corp., which could close the event next year, TrekToday reports ||

'Andromeda' dumps theme song

Something some fans have been begging for since the series premiere ...

By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: Slipstream
Sep-26-2001

Canada got the first look of the new "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda" this week as the second season premiere, "The Widening Gyre," debuted on Global.

The biggest change, according to SlipstreamWeb fans who wrote in, is that there is now a new opening credits theme ... and a monologue.

"He is the last guardian of a fallen civilization, a hero from another time. Faced with a universe in chaos, Dylan Hunt recruits an unlikely crew and sets out to reunite the galaxies. On the Starship Andromeda ... hope lives again."

Doktor's Diary reviewed the premiere, saying that "this episode doesn't waste more than a couple of minutes with a precis to bring us all up to speed on last season's cliffhanger. The immediate difficulties are solved in a fairly satisfactory manner, i.e. getting everybody back alive and getting away, while the ultimate failure of the Nova bomb preserves the main bad guy and gives urgency to Dylan's ongoing Commonwealth initiative."

The premiere is scheduled to air in U.S. syndicated markets beginning the first week in October, after it airs in the United Kingdom on Sky One Oct. 2.

For links to screen captures, reviews, and spoiler-heavy reports, visit SlipstreamWeb by clicking here.

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