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This reminds me of "The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne." (Verne is a teenager hanging out with Phineas Fogg, who in real life is a secret agent along with his hot female cousin.) A lot of the adventures contain elements that would later appear in Verne's stories when he grows up to be a writer.

@OgilvyTheAstronomer: Agreed. He's smart, a great writer, and he's forgotten more about movies than most of us will know. But…

May I be excused? My brain is full.

@doubledeckard: I saw this in the theater and on cable.

I love it when something awesome gets proper recognition.

@WookieLifeDay: I agree. The animated Guide entries were spot-on, and by themselves made the series a must-see for any fan of the book. (The movie did a good job at these too, particularly with Stephen Fry as narrator, but it just didn't have enough of them.)

@hxc04: Yeah, I didn't even have my original Bondi Blue iMac for a full day before I bought a new mouse.

@Torley: The first one is Benguiat. The second is Arnold Boecklin.

OK, I plan on reading this. But the link to io9's introduction to the Culture is missing.

@SnowLeopardKatty: "I really don't know -why- but Adventure Time and Regular Show have become some of my favorite TV shows."

@99TelepodProblems: And the pilots HAVE to wear Lobot headsets.

Ah, someone's pursuing the Cowboys vs. Aliens strategy for landing a movie deal, I think. Bonne chance.

@Jason Rouse: Not at all. I didn't love it from beginning to end, but some parts, like the airplane rescue and the "First Night" sequence, were absolutely spot-on. And Kevin Spacey was an inspired choice for Luthor.

@Serephin: Extra points for mentioning the Trisolians.

Ah, yes. Here it is. Pilot movie, but not picked up as a series. 1995.

@Palmerlime: Ah, I wish I could promote that. "Jeff Edsell likes this."

@ian.nai: I vaguely remember a short-lived sci-fi show on Fox (I know, right?) called, I think, "White Dwarf," about a doctor on a tidally locked planet. The dark and light sides were both comfortable for humans, though, which seems scientifically unlikely.

@laresek: You win the internets!

FOX EXECS: Yay! We love it! It's new! It's different! Lets promote the crap out of it and get it on the air!