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Nov 23 | Chuck returns to NBC with a special two-hour show on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010, before returning to its regular time slot, Mondays at 8pm on the following night. It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year. CHUCK is a one-hour, action-comedy series that follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. This upcoming season will include some special guest stars, including Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" who will play CIA agent Daniel Shaw in an episode, and the addition of SUBWAY restaurant as a major advertiser to the show. Chuck averaged a 4.0/6 rating last season, about eight percent better than the recently cancelled "Trauma". Ratings-challenged Heroes moves back an hour when Chuck returns on Monday nights. STAR TREK VOYAGER's Robert Duncan McNeill serves Chuck as a supervising producer and director.

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Nov 12 | Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig, reports Risky Business.Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year. The movie centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman's adopted son.Chaz Thorne is directing the pic, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series "The Listener."

Nov 11 | The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com. One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers. The president of our organization is Carol Abrams, JJ's mother, and she arranged for the donation from Bad Robot Production Company. J.J. Abrams is also a major donor to their organization. The funds raised will go to help find a cure to neurological disorders in children. The auction link is here.

Nov 10 | Candice Bergen, Charles Lisanby, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry, Tom and Dick Smothers and Bob Stewart have been selected as the next inductees into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a Jan. 20 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "This year's inductees have challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally while doing so," TV Academy Chairman-CEO John Shaffner said. More info at the Hollywood Reporter

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Post Comment to: Reviews Ex Deus Return to Examine 2005's First New Installment: "Daedalus"

Message you're replying to Daystrom Revisited By zak I'm usually one who really loves most of the Enterprise episodes. Daedalus,however, was a disappointment. It seemed largely a kind of remake of the DAYSTROM TOS story only with a slight twist. (Noting also the DS9 THE VISITOR). Both the TOS Daystrom and Daedalus stories were about someone who gained great fame at an early age, who found he could never match that again. True, here we also had his son Quinn who had disappeared years before and still somehow existed in some subspatial anomoly or bubble. (But, Quinn really just took the place of Daestroms computer in the TOS episode which, if you recall, had been programmed with Daestroms engrams and so was, (I hate to say it) kind of like Daystrom's son in that story), In Daedalus, the story seemed to be about attempts to get the inventors son back. While in the DAYSTROM chronicle, it was to prove the superiority of the computer. Not all that different. I saw an obvious parallel between the two stories. And,as such, the ending wasn't at all surprisng. Unfortunately, the inventors ultimate plight, as it was also for Daystrom, seemed kind of dreary, desperate and totally hopeless from the start. There were other problems in the way the story unfolded as well, or, at least, things that grated on me as I watched. First, there were the almost inexplicable tirades that Archer made in response to very justified crew concerns that he was acting out of personal concern and not being objective. Archer's behavior seemed unexpectedly dictatorial and totally out of character. It seemed further out of character for Archer later to tell Trip he was on the edge of insubordination if he dared to question his (Archer's) decision again. Worse, on top of that, Archer never showed even one single moment of self-reflection about his behavior, or his decisions. Not once did he look at his angry responses to those concerns, not when they happened, not right after they happened, not later. And, all of that seemed totally out of character. I've really enjoyed ENTERPRISE this season. And, after a series of, what I found to be, largely stellar (no pun intended) episodes up till now, one after the other (with of course there always being some things that could've been better, but all vastly entertaining, and nicely presented consecutively), this dreary drama was a disappointment Perhaps it hit me in the wrong way or at the wrong time,as even DEUS saw many more redeeming qualities in it than I did.(Even the conversations between Trip and T'pal seemed forced, awkward and unlikely. Nevertheless, it hasn't daunted my overall enthusiasm for the series, but when Daedalus rolls around again as a repeat, it's likely I'll be somewhere else. Compose your message		Status You are not logged in. To post, you must enter your login information as well.
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[q]I'm usually one who really loves most of the Enterprise episodes. Daedalus,however, was a disappointment. It seemed largely a kind of remake of the DAYSTROM TOS story only with a slight twist. (Noting also the DS9 THE VISITOR). Both the TOS Daystrom and Daedalus stories were about someone who gained great fame at an early age, who found he could never match that again. True, here we also had his son Quinn who had disappeared years before and still somehow existed in some subspatial anomoly or bubble. (But, Quinn really just took the place of Daestroms computer in the TOS episode which, if you recall, had been programmed with Daestroms engrams and so was, (I hate to say it) kind of like Daystrom's son in that story), In Daedalus, the story seemed to be about attempts to get the inventors son back. While in the DAYSTROM chronicle, it was to prove the superiority of the computer. Not all that different. I saw an obvious parallel between the two stories. And,as such, the ending wasn't at all surprisng. Unfortunately, the inventors ultimate plight, as it was also for Daystrom, seemed kind of dreary, desperate and totally hopeless from the start. There were other problems in the way the story unfolded as well, or, at least, things that grated on me as I watched. First, there were the almost inexplicable tirades that Archer made in response to very justified crew concerns that he was acting out of personal concern and not being objective. Archer's behavior seemed unexpectedly dictatorial and totally out of character. It seemed further out of character for Archer later to tell Trip he was on the edge of insubordination if he dared to question his (Archer's) decision again. Worse, on top of that, Archer never showed even one single moment of self-reflection about his behavior, or his decisions. Not once did he look at his angry responses to those concerns, not when they happened, not right after they happened, not later. And, all of that seemed totally out of character. I've really enjoyed ENTERPRISE this season. And, after a series of, what I found to be, largely stellar (no pun intended) episodes up till now, one after the other (with of course there always being some things that could've been better, but all vastly entertaining, and nicely presented consecutively), this dreary drama was a disappointment Perhaps it hit me in the wrong way or at the wrong time,as even DEUS saw many more redeeming qualities in it than I did.(Even the conversations between Trip and T'pal seemed forced, awkward and unlikely. Nevertheless, it hasn't daunted my overall enthusiasm for the series, but when Daedalus rolls around again as a repeat, it's likely I'll be somewhere else. [eq] Notify via email when someone has replied After my reply is posted: Go to it Go back to where I was		Quoting Links Styles Images

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