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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
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1 posted on 08/03/2007 3:17:04 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: KevinDavis; Borges; al baby; Allegra; Auntbee; BJClinton; Dashing Dasher; dfwddr; exile; ...

ping


2 posted on 08/03/2007 3:18:13 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: All

This is an anthology series based on well known SF short stories.


3 posted on 08/03/2007 3:20:51 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
Talented (and uniquely pretty) Judy Davis is in it, eh?
4 posted on 08/03/2007 3:25:28 PM PDT by unspun (FREEP Bill O'Reilly about anything you think he needs)
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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!

5 posted on 08/03/2007 3:31:23 PM PDT by unspun (FREEP Bill O'Reilly about anything you think he needs)
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To: unspun

This is an anthology. These are standalone episodes. She’s in at least one of them.


6 posted on 08/03/2007 3:33:15 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: unspun

Don’t hate the grays, worship them.


7 posted on 08/03/2007 3:41:43 PM PDT by Jaysun (It's outlandishly inappropriate to suggest that I'm wrong.)
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To: KevinDavis

Ping....


8 posted on 08/03/2007 4:07:26 PM PDT by The SISU kid (Imagination saved us from extinction)
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To: EveningStar

Looks promising.

At least I don’t see any car crashes that the hero walks away from unscathed.


9 posted on 08/03/2007 4:28:06 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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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.
10 posted on 08/03/2007 5:06:17 PM PDT by BJClinton (Vick’s only hope now is an all-cat jury. ~BlazingArizona)
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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.


11 posted on 08/03/2007 5:08:52 PM PDT by Mushinronshasan
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12 posted on 08/04/2007 9:59:02 AM PDT by KevinDavis (Mitt Romney 08)
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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

13 posted on 08/04/2007 10:02:48 AM PDT by ovrtaxt (Sworn to oppose control freaks, foreign and domestic.)
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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


14 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)
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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.


15 posted on 08/04/2007 10:22:22 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To be honest I prefer that the show is on Sci-Fi rather than ABC...


16 posted on 08/04/2007 10:58:47 AM PDT by KevinDavis (Mitt Romney 08)
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To be honest I prefer that the show is on Sci-Fi rather than ABC

Apparently, so do the sponsors at ABC.

17 posted on 08/04/2007 11:08:05 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: unspun
And as for any aliens, I hate grays!

Absolutely! There's only on really nice Gray in science fiction!


18 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.)
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To: EveningStar; All

However, with the current leadership at SciFi this show will only be shown for 4 episodes and never seen again..


19 posted on 08/04/2007 3:06:27 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Mitt Romney 08)
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To: EveningStar

Bring back "Science Fiction Theatre"
20 posted on 08/04/2007 3:52:17 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Democrat Happens!)
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