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by Rick Norwood
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March also premieres four series of borderline interest.
The Stephen King series, appearing on already overcrowded Wednesdays, would be my pick.
The only other new SF on TV in March all airs on Wednesday, March 3:
Then nothing but reruns until mid or late April, at least as far as the USA goes. New episodes of
Dark Shadows may return to television this Fall. I have mixed feelings. I'm sure they'll get a young gay guy to play Barnabas,
and I wouldn't be surprised if they made David (Daybed in the Marvel parody) a teen instead of a little kid. The problem is that
they plan to retell the familiar story of Barnabas, which is already a twice-told tale. The great thing about the
original Dark Shadows is that it broke new ground.
If I were writing for the new Dark Shadows, I'd use the concept of Parallel Time, introduced in the original series, plus the magic
of computer graphics, to create a confrontation between the new Barnabas, Ben Cross (the revival Barnabas), and
Jonathon Frid (the original Barnabas). Then I'd stage a battle between Buffy and Angelique.
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Rick Norwood is a mathematician and writer whose small press publishing house, Manuscript Press, has published books by Hal Clement, R.A. Lafferty, and Hal Foster. He is also the editor of Comics Revue Monthly, which publishes such classic comic strips as Flash Gordon, Sky Masters, Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Odd Bodkins, Casey Ruggles, The Phantom, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Alley Oop, Little Orphan Annie, Barnaby, Buz Sawyer, and Steve Canyon. |
March belongs to Stargate SG-1. One new episode slipped in under my radar at the end of February, and the remainder of the seventh season
will air in March, ending with the two-part season finale, "The Lost City", written by
Stargate's top writers, Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper. "The Lost City"
leads into the new spin-off series Stargate Atlantis, premiering in June. I am not a big Stargate fan,
as you know, but I'll be watching these. Here is a guide:
Feb 27 "Resurrection"
 
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