ORBzine UK TV Roundup April 2001
29th April - Sunday
Lexx [Season 2, Episode 20]
The End Of The Universe
This is reviewed in a special supplement
This week the show starts by running through the heavily cliched Invasion Earth show for us. The focus then shift to UK SF heroes:
Unlike previous episodes, this time there are interviews with many of the people intimately associated with the subject!
27th April 2001 - Friday
Earth: Final Conflict [Season 1, Episode 3]
Miracle
This is reviewed in a special supplement
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Now And Again [Season 1, Episode
]
Reviewed in our special supplement here
26th April 2001 - Thursday
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman [Season 1, Episode 14]
Witness
This was reviewed in a special supplement
24th April 2001 - Tuesday
Lexx [Season 2, Episode 19]
Brizon
This is reviewed in a special supplement
23rd April 2001 - Monday
Lexx [Season 2, Episode 18]
Brigadoom
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Charmed [Season 2, Episode
]
This is reviewed in a special supplement
This is reviewed in a special supplement
The Simpsons [Season 7, Episode 6]
Treehouse of Horror VI
This is reviewed in a special supplement
22nd April 2001 - Sunday
Lexx [Season 2, Episode 17]
The Net
This is reviewed in a special supplement
X-Files [Season 7, Episode 19]
Hollywood A.D.
Shown
Shown 22nd April 2001 - Sunday
This is reviewed in a special supplement
21st April 2001 - Saturday
Monsters [Season 1, Episode 14] Parents From Space
This is reviewed in a special supplement
This week the focus is on UK SF comics. 2000AD gets prime focus, with everything from Judge Dredd to Nemesis The Warlock getting a mention. Also, Alan Moore's Watchmen gets examined.
Charmed [Season 2, Episode
]
This is reviewed in a special supplement
19th April 2001 - Thursday
Buffy [Season 1, Episode 1
is repeated. Sarah Michelle Gellar still has the puppy fat she lost while filming
I Know What You Did Last Summer
- and she looks a damn sight better with it!
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman [Season 1, Episode 11]
Pheremone, My Lovely
This was reviewed in a special supplement
18th April 2001 - Wednesday
Lexx [Season 2, Episode 16]
The Web
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Now And Again [Season 1, Episode
]
Reviewed in our special supplement here
This is reviewed in a special supplement
17th April 2001 - Tuesday
Star Trek: VGR [Season 6, Episode 1]
Equinox Part II
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Shown
Troy Tempest and his sidekick, Phones, are captured by the mysterious fishman Titan, ruler of the the underwater city of Titanicus. They meet up with the babelicious mute mermaid (okay, she is not half fish but you know what I mean) Marina. Will she help them to escape before their boss nukes the area?
Of note, one of the voice actors is Lois Maxwell (Moneypenny in the Bond films)!
Titan speaks to his Sea God (some kind of super-intelligent fish) and asks it to provide the means of destroying Marina. It conjurs up a flower (air-breathing, not seaweed) which emits a highly toxic perfume. Titan discovers Marina is en route to her home city with Troy Tempest, so he has his lackey take the flower to Marina's father.
16th April 2001 - Monday
Angel [Season 1, Episode 15]
The Prodigal
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Langella captures Jason and makes him fight a giant fire-breathing bull. Jason overcomes his perils and gets to face Evil Uncle Dennis ...
This version seems closer to the original than the 1960s version did. However, the ending seems to have been changed ...
15th April 2001 - Sunday
X-Files [Season 7, Episode 18]
Brand X
Shown
Shown 15th April 2001 - Sunday
This is reviewed in a special supplement
This version was made almost 40 years after the Ray Harryhausen 1963 epic was released. It was produced by Robert Halmis Snr and Jnr ( Lifepod, Farscape ). It is shown on Channel 4 in 2 parts of about 90 minutes each. The cast includes familiar names such as Olivia Williams , Angus MacFadyen ( Braveheart ), Ciaran Hinds and Hugh Quarshie ( Highlander, Phantom Menace ).
As a boy, Jason's kingdom was conquered by his uncle, a beardy Dennis Hopper ( Waterworld ). Jason's father, the King, was murdered. When he comes of age Jason (now played by Jason London) is told of his heritage by a CGI centaur. He sets out to recover his birthright.
Evil Dennis captures Jason, and orders him on a Quest to recover the legendary Golden Fleece. If Jason fails, his mother will be executed.
Michael Gambon plays the shipwright, Argo, after whom the ship is named. A Nubian bard who calls himself Orpheus tags along, as does a token woman. Brian Thompson ( X-Files ) gives a much better portrayal of Hercules than Kevin Sorbo did!
Natascha Henstridge is the Queen of a band of untrustworthy Amazons. Derek Jacobi is a helpful soothsayer. Frank Langella ( Masters of the Universe ) is the King who owns the fleece ...
The crew nearly mutiny because they have no food. If they were real sailors they would catch some fish and worry about getting drinkable water instead!
12th April 2001 - Thursday
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman [Season 1, Episode 10]
Man of Steel Bars
This was reviewed in a special supplement
Buffy The Vampire Slayer [Season 4, Episode 22 - finale]
Restless
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Next week we will get a rerun of Season One.
Today's SF films include A Thousand And One Nights,
11th April 2001 - Wednesday
Now And Again [Season 1, Episode
]
Reviewed in our special supplement here
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Thunderbirds [Season 1, Episode
]
Star Trek: VGR [Season 3, Episode 1]
Basics, Part II
This is reviewed in a special supplement
9th April 2001 - Monday
Lexx [Season 2, Episode 13]
Twilight
This is reviewed in a special supplement
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Stargate SG-1 [Season 2, Episode 21]
1969
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Stargate SG-1 [Season 2, Episode 22 - Finale] Out Of Mind
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Star Trek: TOS [Season 2, Episode 1]
Amok Time
This is reviewed in a special supplement
7th April 2001 - Saturday
Xena: Warrior Princess [Season 2, Episode 11]
Here She Comes ... Miss Amphipolis
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Okay, this is not Sci-Fi but it is worth a mention because of the casting. Firstly there is the main characters - Shannen Doherty (now in Charmed ) and Luke Perry ( The Fifth Element ).
Secondly there are the guest-stars. This is the University season, so we have
Charmed [Season 2, Episode
]
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Today's SF films include Lovestruck,
6th April 2001 - Friday
Battlestar Galactica [Season 1, Episode 17]
The Man With Nine Lives
This is reviewed in a special supplement
This week the Guest was Highlander star Christopher Lambert. He made some revelations:
Today's SF films include The Island of Dr Moreau,
5th April 2001 - Thursday
Battlestar Galactica [Season 1, Episode 16]
War of the Gods II
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman [Season 1, Episode 9]
The Green, Green Glow Of Home
This was reviewed in a special supplement
Buffy The Vampire Slayer [Season 4, Episode 21]
Primeval
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Today's SF films include Phenomenon,
4th April 2001 - Wednesday
Battlestar Galactica [Season 1, Episode 15]
War of the Gods I
This is reviewed in a special supplement
This is reviewed in a special supplement
3rd April 2001 - Tuesday
Battlestar Galactica [Season 1, Episode 13]
Living Legend Part II
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 26]
Basics, Part I
This is reviewed in a special supplement
2nd April 2001 - Monday
Battlestar Galactica [Season 1, Episode 12]
Living Legend Part I
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Lexx [Season 2, Episode 11]
Nook
This is reviewed in a special supplement
1st April 2001 - Sunday
X-Files [Season 7, Episode 17]
All Things
Shown
Shown 1st April 2001 - Sunday
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Stargate SG-1 [Season 2, Episode 19]
One False Step
This is reviewed in a special supplement
Stargate SG-1 [Season 2, Episode 20] Show And Tell
This is reviewed in a special supplement