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INTRODUCING STAR TREK" 1991 257TH ANNIVERSARY TRADING CARDs. ener a eae § HIYG Lt aE late) Tay THE SCIENCE FICTION UNIVERSE rs Lay Psd Bea ed Cad USA aaa cog . oe cede) STD kel 32 EXCELLENT COMICS Dr De Ly EIR 1} meta 16 FAN NETWORK Ee Brel ale TO mae to Seat ed Be 41 MEMOIRS OF INVISIBILITY 68 CLASSIFIED John Carpenter helps make eee ee PL CMe aa au mee ee Ou a ee ER RL Goreme ae pote erotic hi Cec ee 56 MARKING GIDEON Geet SR ear a oot a ibaa eam aia peered UI mt ol ee ae CS ae oc a ac STS Nek oc eg erg Porte epceeempatony Starfleet dispatches its finest___y StARLoC, nd views exoressed in ea ee Se mae ce eee Pree nee aera iaeernees Pei epee ema et tab ooremaee anny Can Peter See Pon ee Foon ona aa cd aes N Ny a ~ "77a COLLECTIBLES. FOR THE UNSTOPPABLE ag HUMAN. You loved the movie. Now onser MasterCarde/Visa® only- so COD. Offer good through December 31.13: ‘the following information: tert #, &Hendiing ‘check or money order made payable t e and 265-P, Chureh Hill, MB2. INTRODUCING (UDGMEN OCTOBER 1991 #171 Business & Eetorial offices: ‘ars park avenus south New York NY 10016 PRORMAN IACOBS, BEASTS & MASTERS Executive vce Presiaent ne ee bo Liss ecmauits tre, Sinz AocatePublener ee cee ere pepe animal In Bena Thrush he Eee sae Month, the sequel to 1982 Beastmaster eye et through a dimensional doorway to the ee earer ieterian Leica: eaior certainly cuts down on the. exotic DAVID MeDONNELL locations, though Dar continues to battle special eects Ector his hithertowinknown “long-lost” brother ‘DAVIO HUTEMISON Arklon (Wings Hauser) while traveling aragingEctors around with lovely Jackie ‘Trent (Kai Daviet Dicxwoure Wolves) Superman 1's Sarah Douglas co Contributing Eaitors ‘ANTHONY TIMPONE. MICHAEL cINCOLD Consuttants LA PELost TOM WEAVER KERRY O'QUINN ‘art Director JIM MeLERNON are stat ‘CALVIN Use \WONNE JaNC INEVIN WASHINGTON JOHN KELLY ‘Senior Correspondent ‘STEVE SWIRES. West Coast Correspondent MARC SHAPIRO British Correspondent "ADAM PIRANI Canadian Correspondent PETER BLOCH-HANSEN Typesetter PAUL HALLASY Financia Director an eaetz Decor Fan Rosner [stntante steve coos Mana Sean peter feranaer kim watson, OeBbie nate Sanaora ae iene {Correspondent ike Crk, ve Counts. i Florence fot lannewlet lean Wore & andy Serar| fooert reeooeroer asta se an Seeing. Line Stephens. Bin Tae (encod) 2 aie. nim owara Johnson GosSon Wl ay Sh ere Ngerest (PTW, now ee gn: Jom Sayers EAN! Mare Pigs. mterpancary George Foche, Mtoe S Wo \Greature ine Pane? ‘Contributors: hrs Bsron lin sours, Sroctsenmit. scott srooks. Ruane tan Gorn. Terry Eramann: Terry cio ows Geen, hunpe ena ioe Mess Se Newman, Fabian Niles fol Base, Tom Pips Susan i over Photon: Terminator 2 A Seprrant ton carl Pure. at Teas jus Journey Raul vega’ Copyright a1 ron Ptures: Next" Generation’ Copyright. 1981 Paramount tures stars as/a sorceress. Sylvio Tabet—who Produced the first film—produced and directed this follow-up, Sequels: Rip (Coma) Torn is also in RoboCop 3. Producer Dieter Geissler promised it in STARLOG #162, and now it's official. The NeverEnding Story HI will begin filmi Updates: Annette (Regarding Henry) Bening won'r be playing Catwoman in the next Barman film; Michelle Pfeiffer will Rock-a-Doodle, Don Bluth’s next ani mated film already in production, will now be distributed by the Samuel Goldwyn Company. A spring release is targeted, Announcements printed elsewhere re- garding STARLOG-based projects to air on the Science Fiction Network, a prospec- tive cable outlet devoted to genre pro- gramming, were extremely premature. According’ to an informational release, ‘A hero out of the past, Dar (Mare Singer) brings his animal act to contemporary Los Angeles in Beastmaster I. Ker! (Ford Fairlane) Wuhrer co-stars. these series were to be derived from STARLOG, FANGORIA and CINEMAGIC and involve those magazines’ editorial personnel in their creation. However, no fone at the network had contacted ‘any current STARLOG GROUP staffer before the origina} announcements were made. As a result of the “news” becoming public, the STARLOG GROUP and the cable network began actually discussing this possibility, but no contracts have been signed or commitments given, Although Christopher Lloyd will host the live-action introductions to the new Back to the Furure cartoon series, he isn’t voicing his animated alter-ego, Doc Brown. Dan Castellaneta, who voices Homer on FBC’s The Simpsons (CS SPECTACULAR #4), speaks for Doe while David Kaufman spells Michael J. Fox as the voice of Marty McFly. Both Lioyd and Fox may record some dialogue for the CBS Saturday moming cartoon show “at some Future date.” Back 10 the Future HI stars Mary Steenburgen and Thomas Wilson, however, are voicing the animated ve sions of their characters, Clara and Biff Scores: Cliff Eidelman will score Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. John Williams will provide the music for Hook. Character Castings: Back on the side of the good guys, Anthony (Silence of the Lambs) Hopkins will play: that peerless vampire hunter, Dr. Van Helsing, in the new film version of Dracula being made by Francis Ford Coppola AA veteran of ALIENS and Predator 2, Bill Paxton (STARLOG #126) neat stars in The Vagrant. Those Total Recall actors, Michael Ironside and Marshall Bell, co- star along with Stuart (Second. Sight) Pankin and Mare (Superman) McClure. FX ace Chris (The Fly 1) Walas is directing Beetlejuice’s Geena Davis (STARLOG #131) stars in the non-SF A League of Own, 2 comedy about a woman's baseball team. Tom Hanks, as a former baseball player now coaching the women, peered oo now available for this exciting quarterly magazine. Each volume is all-slick, Fl eve) ol ge- Lule 91=(0.Gs aged with exclu- sive interviews, Pees ne oen behind-the scenes photos EUreh ell een actual scenes LielR Ul lel ae [mess pull-out ees Mail cash, check ney order t STARLOG PRESS ona ___ YES! Sign me up for the 5th season of 475 Park Avenue South Star Trek: The Next Generation. New York, New York 10016 Only $25 for 4 issues. (Foreign: $35) pe ee a a oe ‘Address: iment City: YN. 25th Anniversary THE OFFICIAL Only $15 + postage EXCITINGS COLORS! Red & silver logo! Purple Communicator! Blue & sil Enterprise! Red trail! Ona gleaming white T! ‘This isthe Offia Teh of STAR TREK's agin Argosy Catton! reais ne Gite’ ash Anavereary Logo on a mph ga S080 conon send Pann, See MKC with pride— where no one has worn it before! 4475 PARK AVENUE SOUTH NEWYORK NY 10018 STAR TREK 25th Anniversary The Official T-Shirt ‘$15.00 + post Quantity L x! Total enclosed: $ iret Demi (Ghost) Moore (right) is The Butcher's Wite, a clairvoyant recently married to a Greenwich Village butcher (Law & Order's George Dzunda) In the new fan tasy-comedy now in rel se. The cast also includes Margaret (Martians Go Home) Colin (let), Frances (Darkman) MeDormand (STARLOG #158), Jeff (Arachnophobia) Daniels and Mary (Time After Time) Steenburgen. reunites on this project with his Big director, Penny Marshall (STARLOG #134). Jon Lovitz—soon to be seen in Mom & Dad Save the World: the cast that, OK, yes, does include Dick Tracy's Madonna Lloyd (Rocketship X-M) Bridges and John (Windy City) Shea will be on hand to help Rick Moranis think big next summer. This time, Moranis must sheepishly an: rnounce, Honey, | Blew Up the Baby. Thom (Night of the Comer) Eberhardt scripted, Fantasy Films: Directors David & Jerry Zucker are also sizing up infants. Paramount is developing Toddlers, a fan- tagy comedy scripted by Andy Breckman, ‘Though the Zuckers are leaving that studio for a Columbia production deal, they're apparently still involved in this Gulliver's Travels-influenced film as well as in the projected Leslie Nielsen sequel, Naked Gun 33 1/3: Just For the Record. Castle Rock Productions is still devel oping a movie based on Philip José Farmer's SF novel, Dayworld. Genre People: Darkman director Sam Raimi is preparing a possible Darkman ‘TY pilot for Universal TV. Joe Dante directed the pilot of Eerie Indiana, the new NBC Sunday night com- edy-fantasy described (and rightly so) as “Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn in The Twilight Zone Ace stuntman/second unit director Vie Armstrong (profiled in ACTION HEROES 4#3) makes his directorial debut on an up- ‘coming thriller, Joshua Tree. Armstrong's genre action credits include Total Recall, Superman [-Ill, Conan, Red Sonja and all three Indiana Jones films. Patrick Stewart will bring his acclaimed ‘one-man production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to Broadway this yale: tide. It's scheduled for a two-week run (December 17-29) at a New York City the- ater (TBA). In this version, Stewart nar rates and plays all the roles—from nasty Scrooge to that angelic child who says ‘God Bless us everyone: Tiny Tim. —David McDonnell UI dates are extremely subject to change. Movies deemed especially tentative denoted by asterisks Changes are reportedin “Updates, September: Late for Dinner, The Fisher King, Freddy's Dead: The Fina Nightmare, Beastmaster [I* October: Warwork H: Lost in Time Mom & Dad Save the World, Prayer of the Rollerhoys, The People Under the Stairs Noven e Beast animated), 4 vel Goes West, Free rer, The ims Family X-Mas: Hook, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Countr February "92: ALIEN 3. April: Fern Gully: The Lost Rain Forest Spring: A Gnome Named Gnorm* RoboCop 3, The Dark Half* The second Batman film, red, Honey, I Blew Up the The Movie, Universal Summer: Endang & Jerry X-Mas: Jurassic Park*, Aladdin, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles if rkaCopyigh Tt Paramount ices ho fe w2033 spores — “STAR TREK" CELEBRATES [oysceenten fe 2a ames ot the original Star Trek TV series, Paramount Home Video is producing special editions of its Trek home video releases, Dramatic new 25th anniversary boxes have been created for all five 5} Trek feature films: when the placed in chronological order, their spines form a picture of the starship Enterprise This collector's set is priced at $74.75 in VHS only. A special gift set ($100 in VHS boxes are only) packages the five films in a specially designed cloth-covered box: it so. includes three limited edition cloisonne Star Trek pins and a commemorative certificate from Gene Roddenberry Joining the celebration is the domestic release of the first three episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, The 96-minute pilot “Encounter at Farpoint 519.95, while the two 50-mi “The Naked Now” and “Code of Honor” are $14.95 each. All tiles are VHS only and in full stereo sound, I's animation like you've nev before, Set in both New York City and the Wild outback territories of Australia, The Rescuers Down Under is the type of adventure tale typically reserved for live action film, but Disney ventured where no animation camera has fet gone before. The opening shot, a 1,000-mile journey 3 sn continent, has the impact of a is priced at ute episodes jant Cinerama movie, and the action Never stops. Glen Keane's animation of Marahute, a majestic 9-foot eagle, is prob- ably the finest piece of animation that has ever come out of Disney. The score is by Bruce Broughton of Silverado fame. The Rescuers Down Under is a VHS and Beta HiFi stereo release at $24.99, The fearsome foursome are back with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ul: The Secret of the Ooze from RCA/Columbia Felix the Cat now unpacks his eos ‘Australia is the scene for Disney's The Rescuers Down Under, now on video. Pictures Home Video in an all-format re- lease. A canister of toxic waste falls into the hands of Shredder, who plans to use the slime to create powerful and dangerous su ppermutants. Turtles 11 is priced at $22.95 in VHS, Beta and 8mm HiFi Dolby sur- round sound, Robin Hood, the Fox TV movie starring Patrick Bergin, that aired this spring (STARLOG #167), is now out on FoxVideo in VHS and Beta HiFi at $89.98, Cecil B, DeMille’s last film, The Buccaneer, reunites stars Yul Brynner and Charlton Heston in this 1958 remake of DeMille’s original 1938. swashbuckler Unfortunately, by this time, DeMille was too ill to helm the film himself, so the daily direction chores were turned over to Anthony Quinn, who had also appeared in the 1938 version, Heston essay’: stormy President Jackson for a second time (his first was in The President's Lady five years previously), while Brynner rescues America’s fighting forces as the pirate Jean Lafite during the War of 1812, which in this version is battled entirely on int rior studio sets. The Buccaneer is a steal from Paramount Home Video for a met $14.95 with HiFi mono sound; music by Elmer Bemstein. Another DeMille epic in current release from Paramount is the dou: ble cassette edition of Samson and Delilah with spectacular special effects from John Fulton, The double-cassette version of The Ten Commandments, which has “the single most spectacular sequence ever filmed" is still only $29.95 from Paramount Home Video. Set sail for high adventure with Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones and Anjelica Huston in Swashbuckler from MCA Universal Home Video ($79.95) in VHS HiFi stereo or in widescreen laserdisc ($34.98). Another high seas adventure is the Disney release of Shipwrecked, based fon the well known Norwe; Haakon Haakonsen—the story of a young hoy who goes 10 sea to save his family from bankeuptey. Also from Disney is White Fang starring Ethan Hawke and Klaus Maria Brandauer, priced at $92.95 in VHS and Beta HiFi stereo surround sound, Felix the Cat is back in his own full: length animated musical feature written, directed and produced by Don Oriolo, whose father created the 1960s TV Felix cartoons. Felix the Cat: The Movie is available from Buena Vista Home Video at the low price of $19.99, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, based fon Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Fog Horn,” concerns a dinosaur roused by an atomic blast and features the movie magic of the legendary Ray Harryhausen. t's cowboys roping di- nosaurs in another Harryhausen adventure, The Valley of Gwangi.When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth was an Oscar nominee for Best Visual Effects and showcases Jim Danforth's animation talents, All three are now on Warner Home Video, priced at an uneffective $59,99 each, Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers has been repriced to $14.98 (colorized) or $19.98 (original black and white) by Republic Pictures Home Video. More $14.98 treasures from FoxVideo in- clude Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth and the 1954 feature film adaptation of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant. The Battlestar Galactica TV series has joined the $14.98 price level with cight episodes: “The Long Patrol,” “The Young Lords,” “The Lost. Warrior.” “The Magnificent Warriors," “The Man. with Nine Lives,” “Fire in Space,” “Murder on the Rising Star” and “Baltar's Escape Fred Allen's old radio show is largely forgotten, but the character of Senator Claghorn, who was a fixture on Allen's Alley of oddball characters, lives on as the well-known Wamer Brothers cartoon star Foghom Leghom. Republic Home Video is releasing t's a Joke, Son ($14.98), the 1947 comedy that first brought Kenny Delmar’s radio characterization to the —David Hutchison r i — A a oT cree Cl ua, Gerrtame) netbeans) ema, Sete ‘Riberd Beas” Aodeocs Eesti on eee Eee Seeman” ‘Ramer Dean Aner (26) tao foe eee Scam hee | meee eS” EL. ESees Eee Soeur ees Eee Een” fee ee ie =o El. Gal ger Bee eae at Zaye Se a ee mice, Bae Sa, See an eS, 6° Sees Se Eee ee Ea See Sy Se Smee Eat mee =e, Stee See om SS. 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Jos send $2,00for our eye popping otalogue, or receive it free when you order ony of the following films ot the low price of PER $16.95 ime 1. ot OFT ing Dene 196 (rin bat vito aa) 5 Tra Dest Mencaga 06: Fererls Awan 988 enna ann ‘Due to enormous volume of mail, personal replies are absolutely im- possible. Celebrity addresses can not be given out. Mail can not be forwarded. No exceptions. Other fans & advertisers sometimes con- tact readers whose letters are printed here. To avoid this, mark your letter "Please Withhold My Address.” Otherwise, we retain the ‘option to print it. Write: STARLOG COMMUNICATIONS 475 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016 SHERWOOD Q ‘Stor Trek: The Nevt Generarion continues 10 te the best program on TV. Only one com- lint: They still can't get over the sexism problem, In the most recent episode, “Q-Pid.” {id anyone else noice that while Picard, Riker, Wort and Data were sword-fighting, Crusher and “Troi were hitting people with ceramies? Get se tious, people, This is the 24th century, and these women are high-ranking, capable Starfleet officers, Let them carry a sword, t00, They con- tinuously say hat m their century. women can {80 anything men can: well, i's high time they practiced what they preached. How much touble ould it be to throw in an equal number of women security offices (or Starfleet capains, or Kiingon captains, or Romulan...)? It would be so much more enjoyable 9 watch without constantly noticing that 20th-century sex roles Still prevail on @ 24h century show, Next ime, Jet Vash rescue Picard Emma Cammell 2721 Hillegass Avenue Berkeley, CA 94705 SSTARLOG #167 was a gret issue. and Idi’ ven mind seeing Hulk Hogan on the cover. 1 have really enjoyed the Robin Hood stores you've been running, Although a science fietion fan, [love a good adventure story. which is why Treally enjoyed seeing Q again inthe Star Tre: The Nest Generation episode "Q-Pid.” In the Feeacisecsiaet senvrcastfa ' ' ' ' “Rach Mian ' abet Here ' Inquiries addresed 10 editorial offices only ' ' ' Gelay your request NAME ADDRESS cry Fheginning, I thought the whole premise of bringing Vash back and having Q tum her and Picard into Robin Hood and Maid Marian was pushing reality a bit, even for Star Trek However, I loved every minute ofthis episode. Wort's line, “I am not a merry man!” was priceless. Yes, the plot was predictable in par but who would have guessed tha Q would steal cars gir in the end. “This episode really brought out various aspects of Phard that we don't get to see that ‘often. Patrick Stewart Keeps impressing me week afer week, both as an actor and as" very Sexy man,” Tam not saying that ST:TNG should be tured into 4 soap opera: however, itis nice to know that these characters have lite bit of ‘depth to them, They are capable of having fel- ings and emotions, and they ate not just card board cutouts on a fancy special FX set. Yean't ‘wait tll Q comes back. Kathleen Clement 1 Jefferson Street, Apt. 316 Ciifton Heights, PA 10018, Thank you forall the recent coverage of Robin ‘of Sherwood. With the glut of Robins coming long, it's nice 0 see some recognition given to the twa actors who made the greenwood come live for me: Michael Praed and Jason Connery ‘Any chance of getting. recent interviews ‘with ether ofthese fine actors? I really enjoyed the interview with Mark Ryan and would love to read more. Thanks again for the fine work you 40. L really enjoy your magazine each month. Debra Bats Lido Beach, NY * See STARLOG #126 for an interview with Michael Praed. It was also just reprinted in STARLOG YEARBOOK #9 (now on sae) J have just received STARLOG #168, and ‘ust say that [liked the fold-out cover with the Covers of all past issues displayed. A nice touch. Having tid that, let me get tothe point of this Teter, ie. two letters in the leters section fom Dennis R, Bailey and Betsye Thomas. My first impression is that these two are die-hard Trek fans who rankle at the thought that Someone might have a different opinion of STIING or anything ese Trek Personally. I find much of ST:TNG 10 be rather simplistic and boring, and that goes for the characters as well Let me take Bailey's leter first, Since ‘Teekkers/Trekkes (Gene Roddenberry’ term) seem t0 dominate SF/Fantasy, T have sensed an “arogance among many for a long time. Bailey Seems to Be one of those. He uses the terms “we in referring to ST-TNG, thus I must sssume that he works forthe producers. If that's fe. and it s, then perhaps he should sit down find broaden his horizons and watcha litle more of Space: 1999 ("Infernal Machine” for one). land he will see what { mean. Inthe TNG episode “Arsenal of Freedom.” there sa Scene that could have been lifted right out of the 1999 episode “Tourney to Where." t's the scene where Picard and Crusher are trapped in the pit and she is injured. The sol tion? She spots a growth on the wall and tells Picard to scrape some of it off. An exact dupl- cate ofthe seene from the 1999 episode That's the sor of thing chat Tm talking about. I'm nor saying that thete are relly new plots out there: there aren't, But when I see things that resemble so closely something that ve seen before. I'm going to point it out Perhaps the term “rp-of! i abit sons ‘Now, on to 2 short response to Belsye “Thomas” letter, She must have her memory chip in backwards, Space: 1999 seldom gets aeime? ‘As a non-Trek SF fan, | get tired of seeing the Trek drumbeat in the SF media. You would think that there i nothing else to cover. And for @ long time in STARLOG, there wasn't. Isue afer fone got was Trek this and Trek that ‘And the reason for that? Trekkies kept beatin down the doors at the magazine with their le ters. So, I'm merely doing the same thing for my favorite show. Ts that a evime, Belsye? Because if tis, gladly plead gully! Kenny Keene 417 NE IB Avenue Pompano Beach, FL 33060-6543 Dennis Bailey uses the term “we” because he's @ TV writer who has contributed stories and Serine to The Next Generation, IN A FLASH | want t0 offer my viewpoint of the cancel tion ofan excellent show, The Flash 1 do not blame its east and erew. it had some

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