Phillip's Going Ape

In the course of events, Phil has returned from Hollywood and he's decided to go ape! He's planning to fulfill a life-long dream of having his own Planet of the Apes costume. Watch here at Starland.com as he goes through the transformation step-by-step.

Click here for the first installment...

Robin was born and raised in the U.K. where he lived for 11 years. It was there he first encountered his love for acting while performing in boarding school at the age of six. He then moved to Los Angeles at the age of 12 and continued to learn the craft while appearing in many plays and taking drama courses in school. 

Downes earned a Master of Fine Arts degree at Temple University in Philadelphia while performing professionally. While in Philadelphia, he starred in numerous productions including leads in “Road,” “Assassins” and “Sign of the Lizard.” His work earned him many complimentary articles in the periodicals: American Theatre, Variety and the Philadelphia Inquirer, among others.

After joining Actors Equity, Robin decided to pursue a career in television and film. He returned to Los Angeles in 1994 and has since appeared on Beverly Hills 90210, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Nash Bridges, Charmed, Angel, Titans and of course as Byron on Babylon 5.

KathE and I are really happy he's joining the show, I'll bet Susan is too!

Just Visiting Screening

The Starland Screening will be held April 2, 2001 at 7:30PM at The Colorado Center Theater at I-25 & Colorado Blvd. This is a Trivia Contest Screening. You'll have to answer some questions in our trivia quiz to win tickets to the movie.
Click here to play the quiz...

Memento Screening for Monday, April 2, 2001

An intriguing movie about losing your memory and the difficulty of functioning without it.

Click here to find out where to get your tickets...

Starfest 2001 News
Carl Chopp has set-up the Starfest 2001 Art Show site at http://www.starlandartshow.com.

It looks like the Planet of the Apes coverage at the show is going to be really exciting! Not only is Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa going to be there, but the studio is also planning a really large display of movie items, giveaways and possibly, another actor guest too!

Susan Anderson has made many additions and changes to the schedule and panels. Check-out the new British SF Video room!
Click here to check out the convention.

Has reality-TV gone too far? Series 7 is a satirical show about people competing against each other in a fight for their lives. Returning champion Dawn Lagarto has one last tour before she wins her freedom, and the life of her unborn child. She needs five kills, by any means necessary. Will she make it? The movie is rated R for strong violence and language. Click here to go to the movie website.

This is a "You're First" screening: You call first, you get tickets. While they last. We have 200 to give away, so pick up the phone and call Starland at 303.757.5850 between 8AM and 10PM. We are capable of leaving the office at just about any opportunity, so please try back if we don't answer. This notice will be taken off the website when all the tickets are gone.
You must talk to a live person to reserve tickets.

Mr. Tagawa is one of the stars of Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes and will be at Starfest 2001 on Saturday, April 21st as part of a special presentation for the movie.

I've updated the science fiction TV show schedules. Unfortunately, there are a lot of repeats coming so it's slim-pickings for a while. The shows with new episodes on the horizon are: Seven Days, Dark Angel, Farscape, Invisible Man, and Voyager. The way the networks are staggering new episodes makes it hard to predict when a new show is going to be on. Is anyone reading these schedules? Let me know.
Click here for the upcoming SF-TV schedule...

The newest flyer for Starfest 2001 is being mailed on Monday. We spend a lot of our advertising budget mailing flyers and postcards out every six months. If you are not getting one, let us know! If your address is wrong or you're getting more than one copy, let us know. If you know someone who wants to get them, but isn't, let us know.

• The show will be called Star Trek: Enterprise
• The show will take place between ST:Classic and ST:NG
• The show will take place BEFORE ST:Classic
• The new captain of the Enterprise is Scott Bakula
• The new ship will not have warp nacelles

The confirmed reports I've heard are that they hope to film the 2-hour pilot and one episode before the writer's strike.

We've posted new additions and changes to the Starfest 2001 Activities and Room Schedules.

The flyer for Starfest is going to print today and will be mailed shortly. It will be available at most comic stores, King Soopers and Cheapo Discs soon - along with the tickets for the show.

We are sad to report that John Barrett, one of the frequent dealers at the Starfest and Starcon shows passed away two days ago. John was a real nice guy.

We first met John at a Bay Area Star Trek convention in the 80's. John was the manager of the Comics and Comics store chain at that time and promoted his stores at those shows. After leaving Comics and Comics, John became a convention gypsy and, for a short time, even had a home in Colorado. It was always pleasant to meet-up with John at conventions around the World and borrow things from each other that we'd forgotten to bring, like tape, bags and carts. Before and after the shows we'd sometimes sightsee together and almost always eat dinner each night. John was such an easy-going guy, that it was hard to take him seriously when he rarely attempted to get angry.

Recently, John had been bringing his son to the Denver shows to help him behind the table (his son lives in Colorado Springs). Come to think of it, his son was even at some of those early shows in San Francisco. John's brand of positive attitude and kindness was rare, we'll miss him a lot.

Unfortunately, John's passing was proceeded earlier this year by another Starfest/Starcon dealer, Frank Wooding. Frank, along with his daughters, grandchildren, and mother have been coming to the shows for several years. Frank was about the only dealer I knew that took good care of himself. With his large, body-builder physique, you'd think he would be aggressive, not Frank! He was always a soft-spoken man who loved his kids and always wore a big smile.

     I just uploaded the Horror Room schedule and reformatted the schedules for The Aspen Theater, Demo and Frisco Rooms. We still have a lot of programming to finalize before the show. I've been getting lots of goodies from the studios already to give away at the show. To see the current room schedule, click here.

     Dennis and I just finished the TV spot that I'll be running up to Cheyenne for the Satellite uplink tomorrow. It will be shown on the Dish Network premiere of Farscape Friday. If you can't wait, we'll probably have a copy of it here for you in the next day or two.

     I just added the Christy Golden bibliography to our Starfest 2001 guest list.

     Sorry, I didn't get the pictures from Chicago up yet, I promise I'll get it done tomorrow, for sure! I need to hook-up the new computer to replace this old dog. Now I'll be able to get behind in my work even faster!

     Ah, the curse of being too busy... I only have time today for some quick notes.

     I just got back from the Halloween & Party Convention in Chicago where I shot some pictures of the new Planet of the Apes and Harry Potter costumes you'll be seeing this year. I'll try to post them tomorrow. Today - I have to attempt to produce the Starfest commercial for in time for the Farscape premiere on Friday. 

     I've updated the Activities listing for the convention. There is now a tentative schedule (thanks to Susan Anderson) for the panels at the show.

     Christie Golden's bio will be updated tomorrow. She's told me that she'll be at the show both Saturday and Sunday.

Enterprise At Mach 5

Ever wonder what would happen to your model of the Enterprise when it is subjected to Mach 5 force winds? This website illustrates what you can do if you have a high-tech testing facility and way too much time on your hands. Check it out... --Thank you Ed Fason for passing this gem along!

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