Bud Brewster
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Firefly, Jekyll & Hyde, and When Worlds Collide . . .
Hey, that sounds like an excerpt from the lyrics of a song by Donovan — like the one where he sang, "Superman and Green Lantern ain't got nothin' on me . . . "
Here it is, in case you've forgotten it. The super-hero reference is at the 2:20 mark.
"Like, peace, man!" 
________ Donovan - Sunshine Superman (Audio)
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Serenity (2005)
Firefly was a wonderful show, yes... it will be good to get out that box set some day and watch all those episodes again. It wasn't the only sf series to have its episodes broadcast in the wrong order - how about Babylon 5: Crusade, where an episode halfway through had to introduce a change in uniform, to explain why from the following week the first-created episodes would be shown, in which the uniform had been a different design?
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
It's strange — to call Fredric March "Frederick" is kind of correct, as he was born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel, according to his Wikipedia page.
In written science fiction of course the premier Fredric was Fredric Brown, who, these days, is probably best remembered for writing a short story called "Arena," which is officially credited as the source that was adapted to become a memorable Star Trek episode, to avoid legal problems as the plots were rather similar.
Just think, otherwise that episode might have been entitled "Gorn But Not Forgotten"... 
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When Worlds Collide (1951)
Ten years ago, there were plans for a remake:
| Quote: | Paramount Pictures and Steven Spielberg have brought Stephen Sommers back into their tentpole remake of When Worlds Collide, reports Variety. Sommers will write and direct the film, and Spielberg will produce.
Sommers, who directed "The Mummy" films and Van Helsing, was aligned with the project when Paramount first made a deal for it earlier this year.
Paramount released the original 1951 When Worlds Collide, directed by Rudolph Mate, and cleaned up some rights issues surrounding the movie when Sommers became interested in remaking the actioner.
However, his version languished a bit when Paramount's new regime came in and he dropped out in favor of a deal to direct and produce Fox's A Night at the Museum. At the same time, Spielberg came aboard When Worlds Collide as producer.
Sometime around September, Sommers dropped out of "Museum" due to creative differences, which led him back to When Worlds Collide. The Fox project now is in the hands of Cheaper by the Dozen director Shawn Levy.
Sommers is also onboard as a producer for DreamWorks The Argonauts. He and his production partner Bob Ducsay also are expected to receive producer credits on When Worlds Collide. Sommers will start writing early in 2006.
Other tentpoles in the works at Paramount are Believe It or Not!, to be directed by Tim Burton and starring Jim Carrey, and Invisible World, to be directed by Ridley Scott. |
Not every movie project makes it all the way, even with Spielberg involved, it seems. Wikipedia currently says concerning the new version "as of April 2015, however, its status remained unknown, according to IMDB, and it appears unlikely that the remake will ever be made." 
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