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March 31

Disney Sing A Long DVD Quiz/Contest
Another great DVD for your kids!
Now you and your family can sing along with some of your favorite Disney characters on these two new DVDs: The Lion King Circle of Life and Sing A Song with Pooh Bear and Piglet too! Join Disney's most beloved characters in their most memorable musical moments for a learning experience, developed in cooperation with educational experts, that is tons of fun for the entire family!

To play our online quiz and win a chance at getting a copy for free, click here.

March 28

Patrick Kilpatrick
Another great actor added to the Starfest lineup!
This 6'3" actor is really good at being bad. So good, he been asked to play opposite most of Hollywood's heavy hitting heroes: Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Seagal, Bruce Willis, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tom Selleck, and Chuck Norris. One of the reasons Patrick is so-often paired with the big action stars is that he is more than capable of getting physical. He excelled at high school sports, that is until a near-fatal car accident steered him into writing. After college, he wrote for Playboy, Sports Illustrated, Life, People, Interview and Time.

Itching for a change of pace, Patrick started taking classes at Julliard and broke into the New York theater scene. His first genre film was Remo Williams - he was the guy with the diamond stud in his tooth! That same year he appeared in The Toxic Avenger.

Kilpatrick says that he's most often recognized for his role as The Sandman in Death Warrant, opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme. As Van Damme's torturer he got deliver two great lines in that movie: "Welcome to Hell" and "Time to bleed."

His genre movie credits include: Minority Report, The Replacement Killers, Eraser, Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus, Scanner Cop II, The Stand, Remo Williams and The Toxic Avenger - on TV - Roswell, Dark Angel, The X-Files, Angel, Star Trek: Voyager, Charmed, Star Trek: DS9, Timecop, Sleepwalkers, Nowhere Man, The Lazarus Man, Babylon 5, Legend, Lois & Clark, Time Trax, Raven and Tales From the Darkside.

For more info on Patrick and details about Starfest 2003, click here.

March 27

Suspended Animation
Mark Allen reviews: Worms of the Earth and Mortal Coils

Worms of the Earth is recommended for those who enjoy sword and sorcery tales, Conan, or any work of Robert E. Howard. Due to some adult situations, and the general dark nature of the story, it is not suggested for younger readers.

In Mortal Coils, Lewis' characterization is superb, as characters are well-revealed, considering stories run two per issue.

He also does an excellent job of pacing for this format. There is no time for much buildup, or back-story, so it's cleverly worked in as you go.

Before the reader knows it, they have enjoyed a great story, in which more has taken place than does in some entire comic books.

March 26

A Man Apart Quiz/Screening
Monday, March 31st at 7pm in Denver
A Man Apart features Vin Diesel in a compelling role as tough DEA agent Sean Vetter, who sets out to avenge the brutal murder of his wife in a botched hit. As the drug wars rage along the US/Mexican border, a major player from the Baja Cartel is imprisoned and a mysterious figure known as Diablo wrests control over the entire operation. Now, Vetter and his partner (Larenz Tate) must join forces with the jailed Cartel boss to hunt down this dangerous and elusive new player.

A Man Apart is rated R. You must be at least 17 years of age to enter our quiz by clicking here.

Starfest T-Shirts Now Available
Order yours today to ensure sizing
This year's convention T-shirt is a real winner! Join the smart people who order them early and avoid the disappointment of not getting one that fits you perfectly. Click here for details.

March 24

Starchat on Starfest
Stephen of Starland wants to chat on Thursday from 6pm - 7pm
I need to test the chat feature before I subject any of our guests to it. Please bring your questions and comments to the Starland website on Thursday night and we'll talk about whatever you want. I'll be prepared to answer your questions about the upcoming convention. If don't have the answers, I'll get them for you. I'm hoping to talk KathE into dropping by too. Please log in on Thursday from 6pm - 7pm Mountain Time.

March 21

Suspended Animation
Mark Allen reviews: Banner and Solar, the Man of the Atom

Banner review excerpt: Writer Brian Azzarello reverts the Hulk to his essence. Too many stories in decades past had made the Hulk into a big, green, snarling... well, teddy bear. Azzarello shows us a creature of great rage and destruction which leaves chaos and death in it's wake. Then, he presents the picture of a horrified Bruce Banner, who gets to "wake up" and see the nightmare his other self has made others live through. Powerful stuff.

Solar review excerpt: Writer Jim Shooter crafted a wonderful tale, with a tip of the hat to the original creators of the character, but adding a fresh "coat" of characterization. Possessed of such awesome power, Seleski wants to help people, while the government wants him and his power contained. Yet, underneath it all, there is something scary about Phil Seleski; like a powder keg, waiting to explode.

March 19

Richard Biggs
The good Doctor will be presenting a special seminar at Starfest
For five seasons, Richard portrayed Dr Stephen Franklin on Babylon 5, but that wasn't the first-time he's portrayed a doctor, nor was it to be his last. Prior to Babylon 5, he spent five seasons as Dr. Marcus Hunter on NBC's Days of Our Lives. Since B5, he's played doctor more than once on shows like Forever Love and ER. It might have been some sort of prescience that gave him the childhood aspiration of becoming a physician.

Because of the special break-out rooms available at Starfest 2003, we asked Richard to conduct a special Introduction to Acting seminar at Starfest. Anyone with an interest in acting is encouraged to sign-up for the class. The course will cover Improvisation, Definition of Character, Objectives & Scene Breakdowns, The Business of Acting and Q&A. It is designed as an interactive class and will be held in two sessions of two hours each, one on Saturday and the other on Sunday. Class materials will be supplied, you just need to be ready to act. The seminars will take place in the morning on both days, so that they will not interfere with guest speakers appearing on our Main Events stage.

For more information about Richard, click here. To register for Introduction to Acting, click here.

Roger Rabbit DVD Contest
Pleeeease!
Charles Fleischer has provided the voices he made famous in the new DVD edition of Who Framed Roger Rabbit available next week. The two-disc special edition of the 1988 movie includes new footage shot at the same historic Ren-Mar Studios in Hollywood where scenes of the fictional Maroon Studios from the movie were originally shot. That production includes compositing, effects, 2D and 3D animation and rotoscoping. Several characters and additional new animation will be included in the DVD supplemental material for this DVD edition.

Here's your chance to play for a copy of the new DVD! The answers to this quiz are pretty easy to find on the internet - or if you know the movie real well. Click here to play!

March 14

Manu Intiraymi Joins Starfest 2003
As Icheb the teenage Borg on Star Trek: Voyager, Manu was, no doubt, the envy of many a Seven-loving viewer. Appearing in 13 episodes of the UPN series, Icheb's character shadowed that of Wesley Crusher on the Next Generation. To learn more about Manu and Starfest 2003, click here.

Dreamcatcher Screening Contest
Preview on Monday, March 17, 2003 at 7:00pm
Jonesy, Henry, Pete, and Beaver. Twenty years ago they were just kids in a small town in Maine – kids who found the courage to respond heroically to childhood cruelty. In saving a strange boy named Duddits, they unexpectedly gained a fifth friend at the center of their circle. Even more unexpected were the uncanny powers he conveyed to them, bonding them all beyond ordinary friendship.

This movie is rated R. You will need to be at least 17 years of age to play for tickets to the screening.
Click here to play.

Piglet's Big Movie Screening
The Saturday morning screening tickets are now gone
Piglet’s Big Movie brings "the little pink guy" to center stage for a story of friendship and appreciation as the gang from the Hundred Acre Wood learns that it doesn’t take somebody big to do big things. Piglet gets that inferior feeling when his friends begin a "honey harvest" and he is told that he’s too small to help. When Piglet disappears, the others use his scrapbook as a map to find him - and in the process discover that this "Very Small Animal" has been a big hero in a lot of ways. After an eventful search and a dramatic climax, Piglet once again demonstrates how large an influence he has been on his pals. The film features several new songs written and performed by Carly Simon, including "If I Wasn’t So Small" (The Piglet Song), the heartfelt "Mother’s Intuition" and the enchanting "With a Few Good Friends."

March 7

Inspector Gadget 2 Video Contest
Go Go Gadget!
Riverton City is patrolled by Inspector Gadget (French Stewart) and his trusty dog, Brain, and all seems well. When Gadget’s many crime-fighting "accessories" go awry, however, he reports for a check-up – and finds himself taking a backseat to Riverton’s newest crime-stopping robot, G2 (Elaine Hendrix). Gadget’s thrown for a bigger loop when he finds himself attracted to his robotic rival. Gadget’s niece Penny (Caitlin Wachs) announces that she’s taken up fighting crime as well, but that’s not enough to stop the new threat to the city – the villainous Claw (Tony Martin) has escaped prison and is back to his dastardly ways. Soon, Gadget, G2, Penny and Brain pull out all the stops to stop Claw – before it’s too late for Riverton!

Click here to play our online Quiz/Contest for a copy of the movie.

March 3

Alter Ego - This Week's Suspended Animation
Michael Vance announces that Roy has purty legs.
Roy Thomas is not only the editor of Alter Ego, but one of the most prolific and pivotal writers and editors in the Silver Age of Comics.

February 2003 Headlines