Mercy Point is an American science fiction medical drama that aired for
seven episodes on UPN in 1998 and 1999. It was adapted from a film
screenplay by Trey Callaway (pictured); production on the film project
had ended due to the poor commercial performance of the 1997 film
Starship Troopers. Starring Joe Morton, Maria del Mar, Alexandra Wilson,
Brian McNamara, Salli Richardson, Jordan Lund, and Joe Spano, the series
focuses on the doctors and nurses in a 23rd-century hospital space
station. It was filmed in Vancouver, Canada. Storylines initially
focused on ethical and medical cases, but later shifted to the
characters' personal relationships, to better fit UPN's primarily teen
demographic. The show suffered from low ratings, and has never been
released on DVD or Blu-ray. Some commentators praised the show's
characterization and use of science fiction elements, while others found
it to be uninteresting and unoriginal.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Point>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1927:
The Jazz Singer, one of the first feature-length motion
pictures with a synchronized recorded music score, was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer>
1998:
Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was attacked and
fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming, U.S., dying six days later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard>
2002:
Al-Qaeda bombed the oil tanker Limburg, causing oil to leak
into the Gulf of Aden.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Jewel>
2008:
The MESSENGER probe discovered Mercury's Rembrandt
(pictured) – the second largest impact crater on the planet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt_%28crater%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
unfull:
Not full or complete; incomplete, imperfect.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unfull>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Anyone who tries to predict the future is inevitably a fool.
Present company included. A prophet without a sense of humor is just
stupid.
--David Brin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Brin>
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