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October 25, 2004
Issue 392
Vol. 10, No. 43

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THE CASSUTT FILES

 As the stock of sci-fi television rises and falls, columnist Michael Cassutt learns that "Timing Is Everything."


INTERVIEW

 Director Takashi Shimizu teams up with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jason Behr to prove that horror knows no borders in The Grudge, while Ben Browder and Claudia Black fight back in Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Bryan Singer picks Brandon Routh to play Superman, Godzilla stomps his way to a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Michael Chiklis puts down his shield for the Fantastic Four, Jessica Biel battles a robot airplane in Stealth, William Shatner proves that he's no Has Been, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Sarah Michelle Gellar stakes her career on The Grudge, Christian Bale fades away in The Machinist, Tara Strong gets real in Drawn Together, Christine M. Auten goes to Hell in Lady Death, and Jonathan Harris steals the show on the Lost in Space season-two DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 Liz Williams decants a paranormal savior and sends her to Mars in Banner of Souls, while Pamela Sargent introduces an American tourist to ghostly warriors in Thumbprints.
GAMES
 Now that Wizards of the Coast has introduced Rebel Storm, the first set of its prepainted Star Wars Miniatures, tabletop gaming will never be the same.
CLASSICS
 Robert Wise, director of The Day the Earth Stood Still and Star Trek: The Motion Picture, almost destroyed the planet in The Andromeda Strain.
COOL STUFF
 Hasbro's Transformers Prowl & Starscream toys prove that the battle between good and evil isn't as important as the war between old and new.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Drakh Net devotes itself to the top sci-fi shows from the past decade with news, episode guides, discussion forums and more.
LETTERS
 Readers debate directors' cuts, rally around SCI FI's Farscape miniseries, defend Stephen R. Donaldson, and much more.

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