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...original "Planet of the Apes" was sci-fi with a conscience and camp with a purpose - not to mention one of popular cinema?s great all-time conceits. (You know, with the apes and the men). It came with higher hopes, and those were the hopes that Burton dashed when he decided to apply his "unique vision" to the sets - but not the script...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bit of A Comedown From "The Planet of the Apes" | 8/3/2001 | See Source »

...Borrring. Heston?s Taylor, drawn in the same few strokes, was perhaps perfectly suited to be stranded on a high-concept sci-fi planet. Single - and a real ladies? man, by his own recollection - cynical, bitter and biting, Heston strides on to the "world turned upside down" already knowing that everyone he ever knew was dead, and he?s not shedding any tears. He?s searching ("Somewhere in the universe there must be something better than man") and much of the film?s power is derived from the fact that from the beginning, Taylor is on this crazy mixed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bit of A Comedown From "The Planet of the Apes" | 8/3/2001 | See Source »

...would have to go through a significant amount of mutation before it became any sort of serious threat to the Internet's health. So watching the FBI and Microsoft put on their most serious face at Monday's press conference was like a scene from some diabolical 50's sci-fi movie: Attack of the Killer 0.5 in. Ants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Worms Like Code Red Are Good For You | 8/1/2001 | See Source »

...instance, when we think of TV history, we usually think of sitcoms, sci-fi series and Dragnet-style cop shows, largely because shows that don't have involved, ongoing plots have traditionally done better in syndication and thus became "classics." But series with complex, ongoing story lines that let characters evolve over the years have provided much of the best TV since at least Hill Street Blues. Only recently, thanks to the growth of niche cable channels, has there been room for shows like thirtysomething (Bravo), the talky, baby boom-relationship drama, or Roc (TV Land), the gritty comedy about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Rerun Revival | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

...debuts a uniquely immersive installation at its Discovery Center in Washington. Titled "Vital Space," the 2,400-sq.-ft. facility introduces audiences to "the wonders of the human body" via a 48-ft.-wide screen and 50 interactive consoles with which the audience can control the outcome of a sci-fi adventure. Hint: the Martians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech Briefs | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

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