Get 'TAKEN' On an Interactive Adventure! SCIFI.com Offers an Ambitious Online Push Behind 'Steven Spielberg Presents TAKEN'.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2002 This December, SCI FI Channel Sci Fi Channel may refer to:
Spielberg Presents Taken. The epic event takes on new dimensions with the ambitious help of SCI FI Channel's award-winning web site, SCIFI SCIFI Science Fiction SCIFI Scan Chain Implemented Fault Injection (also seen as SCI-FI) .com. TAKEN is a sweeping drama that weaves together the lives of three families over four generations and their crucial roles in the history of alien abduction Abduction Balfour, David expecting inheritance, kidnapped by uncle. [Br. Lit.: Kidnapped] Bertram, Henry kidnapped at age five; taken from Scotland. [Br. Lit. and government conspiracy. In addition to its in-depth look at the 10-night miniseries, SCIFI.com will also bring to light the rich personalities, current research and ongoing mythos my·thos n. pl. my·thoi 1. Myth. 2. Mythology. 3. The pattern of basic values and attitudes of a people, characteristically transmitted through myths and the arts. of the UFO UFO: see unidentified flying objects. (United Functions and Objects) A programming language developed by John Sargeant at Manchester University, U.K. phenomenon in America - all of which inspired the drama of TAKEN. Beginning this month on SCIFI.com, fans can visit: WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. .SCIFI.COM/TAKEN - Get a closer look...and get TAKEN! A primer of everything you need to know about the television event of a lifetime. Exclusive first-looks at the latest trailers, background information on the extensive cast, and a special interview with Steven Spielberg are several site highlights. Then bring TAKEN home to your desktop with special features like a downloadable self-updating screensaver, which provides ongoing information, trailers and other goodies. - Meet the cast...and the experts! SCIFI.com will also feature a wide array of TAKEN chats that will bridge the gap between entertainment and real-life, offering-up a wide array of UFO phenomenon experts and the actors themselves. Heather Donahue (Blair Witch Project) kicks off the talent questionfests on October 17, and interactive time with Matt Frewer, Julie Benz and Anton Yelchin will follow. For those interested in expanding their abduction knowledge, jump online to chat with Roswell experts Don Schmidt and Tom Carey and famed alien abduction author Budd Hopkins in November. WWW.SCIFI.COM/UFO - For a look at the real-life events and research that inspired the stories of TAKEN, fans can access columns by some of today's top experts on UFO phenomena in this special ufology u·fol·o·gy n. The study of unidentified flying objects. [UFO + -logy.] u site. Respected author/researcher Budd Hopkins and other insiders provide weekly columns examining difference aspects of the UFO abduction, the Roswell Incident and other intriguing research into this area. - Learn more about how the American public weighs in on the topic - and what they want the government to do about it in the results of a Roper poll recently commissioned by SCI FI Channel. - Visitors can also play Alien Abductor ab·duc·tor n. A muscle that draws a body part, such as a finger, arm, or toe, away from the midline of the body or of an extremity. abductor that which abducts. , an interactive game that puts players in the role of a flying saucer sent to Earth to abduct abduct /ab·duct/ (ab-dukt´) to draw away from the median plane, or (the digits) from the axial line of a limb.abdu´cent ab·duct v. humans. You can use your abductor ray to pick up your fleeing victims after forcing them out of their homes and trailers parks with your disintegrator ray. When the military shows up to take you out, turn the disintegrator ray on them too! - Turn to the UFO Hotspot Map - a complete color-coded map of the United States that will guide you through the territories which have been visited by extraterrestrials. - Send in the stories about your "taken" experiences, or your own photos and evidence of UFOs for examination by the experts. And take a look at the evidence and tales from your fellow Americans! - Ask yourself some probing questions about the possibility of your own extraterrestrial encounter by logging onto SCIFI.com's ufology site (www.scifi.com/ufo). There, you will get "taken" to our special UFO abduction quiz. Are your answers consistent with those reported by abductees? If so, SCI FI could put you in touch with an abduction expert to learn even more. SCIFI.COM (www.scifi.com) is the official site of the SCI FI Channel and the No. 1 science fiction destination on the Internet. In addition to in-depth information on Channel shows, the site covers the broad spectrum of sci-fi, from daily news and reviews to award-winning online series and original stories by today's top authors. SCIFI.COM is a "People's Choice" Webby Award winner and a Flash Forward Award winner. Stories published on SCIFI.COM have also earned two Nebula Awards and a World Fantasy Award The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy. Since 1975, when they were first awarded, they have been handed out at the World Fantasy Convention. . The site was launched in 1995 and is part of the SCI FI Channel, a program service of Universal Television (www.universalstudios.com), a division of Vivendi UNIVERSAL Entertainment (VUE See HP-VUE. VUE - Visual User Environment: a desktop manager for Unix from Hewlett-Packard. ), the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company. |
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