Labor Day weekend will be a great weekend for sci fi fans! The Syfy channel just announced that it will host a non-stop Labor Day science fiction extravaganza which will include a ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ marathon, 2 days of airing theatrical movies and a day filled with vampires and werewolves.
The mega event starts on Friday, September 2 with a 12 hour marathon of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ starting at 8AM ET/PT. The SyFy channel has been promoting this as a viewer’s choice marathon so that means you can decide which episodes air! Just head over to the SyFy Next Generation poll and vote now! You can vote for up to 10 episodes and the ones with the most votes will be shown. But hurry, because the polls close tomorrow, Friday, August 19 at 11:59PM ET/PT.
During the weekend, the channel will be airing movies such as ‘The Rocketeer’ and ‘Mad Max’. Below is the list of times and titles from their schedule page:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3:
9:30AM Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath Of The Dragon God
12:00PM The Rocketeer
2:30PM Highlander: The Source
4:30PM The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
7:00PM The Road Warrior
9:00PM Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4:
2:00AM Highlander: The Source
4:00AM Stay Alive
5:30AM The Twilight Zone (episode: Man in the Bottle)
6:00 –9:00 Paid Programming
9:00AM Sunshine
2:00PM The Road Warrior
4:00PM Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome
9:00PM The Fifth Element
11:30PM Children of Men
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5:
1:30AM Children Of The Corn (SyFy Original Movie)
3:30AM The Prophecy
To round the weekend off, Syfy will air a Monster-thon with movies that contain werewolves and vampires featuring ‘Underworld: Evolution’ and ‘Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.’
So if you don’t plan on spending too much time outdoors, get comfy and spend the weekend with the Syfy channel. (Hope no one is expecting me to BBQ)
