Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

I was a big fan back in the day. but I don't remember Adrian Brody being 
in the cast.  What part did he play?


maidmarian_thepoet wrote:
>
> I actually like the series especially after they brought in the Watchers
> and Adrien Brody. But this was merely silly. Special effects
> instead of plot. I left after 30 minutes. I didn't even slip back in
> to see how they ended it. I had a DVD of "Hustle", Thank G-d.
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
> , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > you beat me to it!! :) It is really, really bad. The only "Highlander"
> movie that was good was the first one with Conner McLeod. The others all
> sucked and this is no exception. One thing I loved about the series was
> the fight scenes, which were usually pretty good. This one has a
> non-stop camera that makes me dizzy and doesn't show any good fight
> details. And I'm not just talking about when that idiot Guardian uses
> his super-speed. The movie's using all the horrible FX used in modern
> music videos.
> > The plot's beyond stupid, the acting's stilted, and they killed Joe
> Dawson. (Don't worry about this "spoiler" folks, the movie's too crappy
> for you to care).
> >
> > I am trully appalled at how bad this is. It's as bad as I feared,
> unfortunately.
> >
>
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Since they keep doing this type of crap I can only assume that somebody 
is watch nd somebody is buying and renting.  I would love to talk 
tothose of you who do what to find how wht about these "movies" is so 
appealing.

maidmarian_thepoet wrote:
>
> Let me know when SciFi makes it up to killer rabbits. We've had
> alligators, snakes, and every water critter known to man. I guess
> that they've made it to land now.
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
> , Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > But enough of beating a horse that was brought in dead. Let's
> butcher some fresh meat. "Grizzly Rage" is p tonight. Will it be
> "bear"-ly watchable? Will you grin and "bear" watching it?
> >
>
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RE: [scifinoir2] Forest Whitaker To Do 'MAMBO'

[KeithBJohnson]

thanks James, I'll give 'em a read

-- Original message -- 
From: "James Landrith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
A few links on the differences between film and story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report

http://jameslandrith.com/content/view/78/44/

Even though it links to my essay, I did not write the Wikipedia entry.

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Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Forest Whitaker To Do 'MAMBO'

Never read Minority Report's source material. How did the ending stray
(though from what I know about the author, I'd guess it was pretty bleak in
the book). I see your point in some cases. "A.I." was damn near brilliant
until that god awful ending. And I loved "War of the Worlds" in so many
ways--the alien walkers were terrifying, emitting a sound almost as scary as
the Shadows on B5. But they ruined the movie for me by insisting on
including kids, which destroyed the whole thing.

-- Original message -- 
From: Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
Same thing with everything Spielberg touches post Close Encounters -- the
ending. Nothing is as bad an ending as "A.I.", to be sure, but Minority
Report could have stayed a little truer to the book for me.

On 9/13/07 3:12 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> i was okay with "Minority Report". What did you dislike about it?
> 
> -- Original message --
> From: Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> I¹ll see your horror and raise you one ‹ first thing that came to mind was
> ³Minority Report² -- what if Steven Spielberg directed this movie? Halfway
> through we¹d forget what it was supposed to be about and be staring at
> aliens for an hour.
> 
> On 9/13/07 12:49 PM, "Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> The horror...the *horror*...
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>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote:
>> Just please, please don't let Michael Bay direct, or this will devolve
>> quickly
>> from a pointed satirical comment on society into a non-stop chase full of
>> explosions and speeding vehicles on whatever passes for a highway in the
>> future.
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>> -- Original message --
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>>  >
>> http://www.blackflix.com/coming_soon.html
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>> FOREST WHITAKER TO DO 'MAMBO'
>> 
>> September
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>> Alice Braga in the futuristic thriller "Repossession Mambo." Based on the
>> novel by Eric Garcia, the film is set in the near future when artificial
>> organs can be bought on credit with one catch - if the buyer defaults on
>> payment, it will result in a fatal repossession. Law's character -
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>> their recipients cannot make the payments. When he struggles to pay off
>> his new heart, he becomes one of the people he used to hunt down and must
>> go on the run with Braga's character, who is also down on her luck. The
>> Universal Pictures project is slated to begin Oct. 15 in Toronto.
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[scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

[maidmarian_thepoet]

Let me know when SciFi makes it up to killer rabbits.  We've had
alligators, snakes, and every water critter known to man.  I guess
that they've made it to land now.

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> But enough of beating a horse that was brought in dead. Let's
butcher some fresh meat. "Grizzly Rage" is p tonight. Will it be
"bear"-ly watchable? Will you grin and "bear" watching it?
> 

[scifinoir2] [Fwd: RE: Could we send 'instant' messages across the cosmos?]

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

 Original Message 
Subject:RE: Could we send 'instant' messages across the cosmos?
Date:   Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:26:39 -0700
From:   Chris de Morsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 *http://www.newscientist.com/blog/space/*


   *Could we send 'instant' messages across the cosmos? *
If we ever find
an intelligent civilisation elsewhere in the universe, communication
with it will likely be excruciatingly slow.

Suppose the alien planet was 100 light years away – practically in our
cosmic backyard. When you factor in the light travel time, one would
have to wait 200 years between each question and reply, making for very
slow conversation.

In science-fiction universes like /Star Trek/, on the other hand,
instant communication across the galaxy is no problem at all. To do
this, one would need the ability to send signals faster than the speed
of light, which apparently runs up against Einstein's cosmic speed
limit. Still, might there be a way to accomplish this in the real universe?

There just might be, according to a study
 to be published in
the journal Physical Review D. Shortcuts through extra dimensions are
the key, say Fabrice Petit  of the
Belgian Ceramic Research Centre and Michael Sarrazin
 of the Facultés Universitaires
Notre-Dame de la Paix, both in Belgium.

Petit and Sarrazin describe a scenario inspired by string theory in
which what we think of as our universe is actually just one "sheet" in a
higher dimensional space-time. According to this picture, our universe
actually includes a second sheet that we do not normally notice because
we are confined to our own sheet.

Such "braneworld
"
 

scenarios
,
 

where "brane" is short for membrane, are receiving considerable
attention from theoretical physicists these days because of their
potential to explain puzzling aspects of particle physics and cosmology.

For example, gravitons, the theoretical particles that carry the
gravitational force, might be able to leak into the space between branes
– which could explain why gravity is so weak compared to other forces
like electromagnetism.

Petit and Sarrazin describe a less well-studied scenario where the two
branes are all there is. In this case, particles cannot exist between
the branes, but they can hop back and forth between the sheets through
the magic of quantum mechanics, which allows particles to disappear and
reappear in a new spot, "tunnelling" across normally insurmountable
barriers.

Under the right circumstances, a strong magnetic "vector potential
", which is
related to magnetic fields, can cause a particle to "oscillate" between
the two branes. If the other brane is warped in a certain way, distances
there may be shorter than in our own brane. This means if a fast-moving
particle were made to travel in the other brane for a while before
returning to ours, it could actually get to a distant part of our
universe much faster than a light signal confined to our brane.

Any particle that is a fermion – a class that includes particles like
electrons, protons, and neutrons, could take shortcuts this way. By
making electrons or other fermionic particles take shortcuts through the
other brane, it might be possible to communicate faster than light
speed, just like in /Star Trek/.

The effect is similar to how light travels at a different speed in water
compared to in a vacuum, says Daniel Chung
 of the University
of Wisconsin in Madison, US, who has explored similar scenarios. "With
that analogy, we are living inside water, but if the light can leave the
water and come back inside, it can in principle reach the destination
faster than if the light travelled just in water," he says.

Faster than light communication is already a very speculative
possibility. But while we're at it, is it possible that spaceships could
be made to travel faster than light this way?

It looks like this would be difficult, if not impossible. Petit and
Sarrazin don't rule it out, but in order for it to happen, the particles
in the object would have to be organised in way that would be hard to
achieve. In particular, the intrinsic "spin
" of each particle
would have to be aligned in the same direction. Scientists have been
able to achieve this on very small scales in the laboratory, but Petit
says he is not sure how this could be accomplished for large, complex
objects.

Previous work, like Chung's, has also considered the possibility of
shortcuts through extra dimensions (see At last, a way to t

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

[Martin]

The whole thing. I'm thinking, to my eternal chagrin, that the Source is 
analogous to something used in a series of movies by a guy named Lucas. (No 
vomiting smilies when you need them, dangit...)

The alignment thing? Probably just to swipe a few million for the FX budget. 
Plot-wise, maybe to represent a singular cosmic event with grand ramifications.

I have no idea why it would call to Anna. If an ending had come about that 
would've fulfilled the initial premise of the entire movie (made very early on, 
while the Asian Immortal was breaking into the place at the movie's beginning), 
that the uncovering of the Source would lead to a new renaissance on Earth, 
with Anna's humanity as a catalyst for that change, then it would've made 
sense. As they left it, it came out as just an excuse for Duncan to grant her 
fond wish and knock her up (the reason they split, f memorry serves- she wanted 
kids and was okay with his Immortality until she learned that making babies was 
out for him).

Maybe, by his choosing not to kill, he gave the Source reason to believe that 
mankind was deserving of hope?

Why kill Joe? Because they're evil bastiches over at Skiffy, that's why. (I did 
tear up during his death scene, I admit. And I was hoping that he'd become 
Immortal too.)

As for Anna dumping Mac just because he can't hav ekids? That's closer to real 
life than you might believe. I can't have kids, and a woman dumped me for jsut 
that reason (though she never admitted it).

But enough of beating a horse that was brought in dead. Let's butcher some 
fresh meat. "Grizzly Rage" is p tonight. Will it be "bear"-ly watchable? Will 
you grin and "bear" watching it?

Martin (*had* to end this meeting on a high note, apologies to Cloris Leachman)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   did you watch the whole 
thing? Please explain the plot to me if so. Some major questions (Spoilers, but 
it really doesn't matter):
 
 1) Exactly what *is* the Source and where was it? Was it accessed via a portal 
to another dimension, or does it physically reside on Earth?
 2) What the hell did the Cosmos aligning have to do with it?
 3 Why did the Source call to the human lady if the Guardian was meant to kill 
all who approach it?
 4) Since McLeod refused to kill, what the hell did the Source do for him 
besides allowing him to father children?
 5) Why the hell kill Joe Dawson?? At least Methos lived
 6) How shallow is that human lady, rejecting McLeod because he can't have 
kids? So it's okay that'll he'll be young and vital when she's old and grey, 
and that his life involves beheading people--but can't hang with  a sterile 
man??
 
 -- Original message -- 
 From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
 Oh, how I suffered.
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys have *got* to see this Highlander debacle 
just to laugh/cry at how bad it is! The bad guy--some crap about a "Guardian" 
who protects the secrect of the Source--looks like Thomas Hayden Church in his 
Spidey-3 pumped up bod, with white makeup applied. He moves at superspeed 
thanks to his connection to that Source.What that means is the fights 
scenes--one of the best aspects of the series--look like crap! Literally looks 
like music video work, with starts and stops, an infinite number of camera 
angle changes. Ugghh!
 
 The "story": There's this incredibly ridiculous junk about the Source of all 
Immortals being on Earth (or at least accessible from a physical point on 
Earth). There's some stuff about another Grand Alignment with all the planets 
in the Solar System pointing the way to the Source. or something. Honestly, I 
can't remember the point. I think during certain times the Source can be 
accessed physically, and the Grand Alignment points the way. I think. At any 
rate, in the first five minutes, one of the Immortals says that the stars in 
the entire *galaxy* are lining up along a line to Earth! Aside from the utter 
impossibility of that--and the curious lack of news coverage--how the hell 
would you know? It'd take like 30,000 years to reach us from the center of the 
Milky Way, so that alignment would have *already* happened! But the scientific 
screw up is least of the problems here. The plot makes no sense, McLeod 
basically just drifts, brooding, through the film, with none of
 Adrian Paul'
 s strengths in evidence. Methos--my favorite character after McLeod--is truer 
to his amoral self, but he's not used all that much. There are caricatures in 
the form of a younger acting Immortal and a religious fanatic priest Immortal, 
but they're useless. And Amanda's missing. No Amanda?? I could have at least 
used Elizabeth Gracen's lighthearted touch to lighten up this doleful stinker.
 
 I can't go on! Just say it's stupid, illogical, depressing. All the Highlander 
magic is gone, the ending is confusing. Something about Duncan being the "one", 
but not the last Immortal, and having a baby! I can't figure out where they're 
going with

Re: [scifinoir2] Iron Man Trailer

[Justin Mohareb]

You were only happy because of the jet scene?  The rest of the trailer, it
meant nothing.  it was just "hey, jets!"?

You may want to watch Top Gun.

JJ Mohareb

On 9/16/07, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   Justin, it bothers me.
>
> What if you look up a woman on Yahu Personals, and she says that she's
> five-six, long brown hair and drives a Lamborghini? And, when yous how up
> for the date, it's five-six after she puts on the six-inch platforms, the
> long brown hair was from Elmo's Wig Emporium and the Lamborghini belongs to
> her jealous husband?
>
> I saw this thing and got happy. I thought for sure that I'd be seeing
> this, and now I learn I won't be. False advertising.
>
> Justin Mohareb <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
> wrote: According to him, one SCENE with IM and jets is not in the movie.
>
> And that gets an SFW.
>
> JJ Mohareb
>
> On 9/16/07, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Folks, I fear that I've picked up some disturbing news about this from a
> > friend who runs another website. According to him, this trailer isn't
> even
> > in the movie, was shot just for ad purposes.
> >
> > http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.html?id=3726
> >
> > Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/
> >
> > My take: AAbsolutely. Yes. Sorry, folks. This is pretty dang gone
> > awesome. I can almost tolerate Gwyneth Paltrow in it, just because
> Robert
> > Downey, Jr. is perfect. "The Dark Knight" had better bring it, or Marvel
> > wins yet again. This is so far the only one of these comic movies I
> would
> > like to see in HD.
> >
> >
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Satu...

[Martin]

Tracey dear, just save your brain cells and draft a letter to Skiffy, demanding 
that hour of your life back.

"Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I 
only saw the last hour.  I woke up early this morning and could not 
get back to sleep, so I saw part of the encore showing.  What a mess.  I 
did not understand the ending.  Did that maniac go around dicing up all 
the immortals so that Duncan could conceive a baby in a bath of light 
with that woman.  Was Methos killed?  What was the purpose of the 
source?  [EMAIL PROTECTED]


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Boy that was crap. All I can say is damn how low the Highlander francise
> has falling. IMO it now needs a major reboot starting onward from the 
> first
> movie and the series and ditch every thing else. Otherwise just end it.
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Re: [scifinoir2] Iron Man Trailer

[Martin]

Justin, it bothers me.

What if you look up a woman on Yahu Personals, and she says that she's 
five-six, long brown hair and drives a Lamborghini? And, when yous how up for 
the date, it's five-six after she puts on the six-inch platforms, the long 
brown hair was from Elmo's Wig Emporium and the Lamborghini belongs to her 
jealous husband?

I saw this thing and got happy. I thought for sure that I'd be seeing this, and 
now I learn I won't be. False advertising.

Justin Mohareb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   
According to him, one SCENE with IM and jets is not in the movie.
 
 And that gets an SFW.
 
 JJ Mohareb
 
 On 9/16/07, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 >
 >   Folks, I fear that I've picked up some disturbing news about this from a
 > friend who runs another website. According to him, this trailer isn't even
 > in the movie, was shot just for ad purposes.
 >
 > http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.html?id=3726
 >
 > Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
 > wrote:
 >
 > http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/
 >
 > My take: AAbsolutely. Yes. Sorry, folks. This is pretty dang gone
 > awesome. I can almost tolerate Gwyneth Paltrow in it, just because Robert
 > Downey, Jr. is perfect. "The Dark Knight" had better bring it, or Marvel
 > wins yet again. This is so far the only one of these comic movies I would
 > like to see in HD.
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Satu...

[KeithBJohnson]

And remember, Tracey, I read this was the first of a *trilogy*!   That might 
explain the abrupt ending--it might, if the rest of the stuff didn't suck!

Martin may know more, but what I got was, the Source protects itself against 
unworthy Immortals accessing it. Its power can give one super abilities, like 
old Paleface's super speed and strength. When the Immortal who became the 
Guardian touched the Source millennia ago, it made him into its slave 
protector. The thing was, the Source tests those who try to use it. those not 
worth, those who want to use it for personal gain, are punished.  Because 
Duncan refused to kill unnecessarily, the Source decided he was worthy of its 
power. Now *what* powers he gained was unclear, outside of the ability to 
conceive. i couldn't tell if he gained others.

Methos lived as far as we know. As they got closer to the Source, he realized 
that Duncan was more worthy than he was to gain its power. So Methos led off a 
gang of killers working for the Guardian, in order to let McLeod reach the 
Source. We don't see if he lived or not, but my  money (and hope) are on Methos 
living.

What they didn't explain--or I missed--was how the Source was accessed, and 
what purpose it had to give McLeod power. I *think* I heard something to the 
effect that the Source creates a new race of beings when needed. I think it was 
suggested it created the first batch of Immortals to serve some purpose, and 
that the suggestion was that McLeod would father a new race of beings. I 
*think*--maybe exhaustion, hunger, and boredom skewed my understanding.
-- Original message -- 
From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 

> I only saw the last hour. I woke up early this morning and could not 
> get back to sleep, so I saw part of the encore showing. What a mess. I 
> did not understand the ending. Did that maniac go around dicing up all 
> the immortals so that Duncan could conceive a baby in a bath of light 
> with that woman. Was Methos killed? What was the purpose of the 
> source? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> 
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
> > 
> > Boy that was crap. All I can say is damn how low the Highlander francise 
> > has falling. IMO it now needs a major reboot starting onward from the 
> > first 
> > movie and the series and ditch every thing else. Otherwise just end it. 
> > 
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

[KeithBJohnson]

did you watch the whole thing? Please explain the plot to me if so. Some major 
questions (Spoilers, but it really doesn't matter):

1) Exactly what *is* the Source and where was it? Was it accessed via a portal 
to another dimension, or does it physically reside on Earth?
2) What the hell did the Cosmos aligning have to do with it?
3 Why did the Source call to the human lady if the Guardian was meant to kill 
all who approach it?
4) Since McLeod refused to kill, what the hell did the Source do for him 
besides allowing him to father children?
5) Why the hell kill Joe Dawson?? At least Methos lived
6) How shallow is that human lady, rejecting McLeod because he can't have kids? 
So it's okay that'll he'll be young and vital when she's old and grey, and that 
his life involves beheading people--but can't hang with  a sterile man??

-- Original message -- 
From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
Oh, how I suffered.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys have *got* to see this Highlander debacle 
just to laugh/cry at how bad it is! The bad guy--some crap about a "Guardian" 
who protects the secrect of the Source--looks like Thomas Hayden Church in his 
Spidey-3 pumped up bod, with white makeup applied. He moves at superspeed 
thanks to his connection to that Source.What that means is the fights 
scenes--one of the best aspects of the series--look like crap! Literally looks 
like music video work, with starts and stops, an infinite number of camera 
angle changes. Ugghh!

The "story": There's this incredibly ridiculous junk about the Source of all 
Immortals being on Earth (or at least accessible from a physical point on 
Earth). There's some stuff about another Grand Alignment with all the planets 
in the Solar System pointing the way to the Source. or something. Honestly, I 
can't remember the point. I think during certain times the Source can be 
accessed physically, and the Grand Alignment points the way. I think. At any 
rate, in the first five minutes, one of the Immortals says that the stars in 
the entire *galaxy* are lining up along a line to Earth! Aside from the utter 
impossibility of that--and the curious lack of news coverage--how the hell 
would you know? It'd take like 30,000 years to reach us from the center of the 
Milky Way, so that alignment would have *already* happened! But the scientific 
screw up is least of the problems here. The plot makes no sense, McLeod 
basically just drifts, brooding, through the film, with none of
Adrian Paul'
s strengths in evidence. Methos--my favorite character after McLeod--is truer 
to his amoral self, but he's not used all that much. There are caricatures in 
the form of a younger acting Immortal and a religious fanatic priest Immortal, 
but they're useless. And Amanda's missing. No Amanda?? I could have at least 
used Elizabeth Gracen's lighthearted touch to lighten up this doleful stinker.

I can't go on! Just say it's stupid, illogical, depressing. All the Highlander 
magic is gone, the ending is confusing. Something about Duncan being the "one", 
but not the last Immortal, and having a baby! I can't figure out where they're 
going with this; does accessing the Source always create a new race of 
Immortals?

Martin, maybe you can explain the plot, 'cause I got lost. But anyway, folks, 
it's so bad it'll make you laugh.

-- Original message -- 
From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
To paraphrase the Biblical quote, "I wept."

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you beat me to it!! :) It is really, really bad. The 
only "Highlander" movie that was good was the first one with Conner McLeod. The 
others all sucked and this is no exception. One thing I loved about the series 
was the fight scenes, which were usually pretty good. This one has a non-stop 
camera that makes me dizzy and doesn't show any good fight details. And I'm not 
just talking about when that idiot Guardian uses his super-speed. The movie's 
using all the horrible FX used in modern music videos.
The plot's beyond stupid, the acting's stilted, and they killed Joe Dawson. 
(Don't worry about this "spoiler" folks, the movie's too crappy for you to 
care).

I am trully appalled at how bad this is. It's as bad as I feared, unfortunately.

-- Original message -- 
From: "maidmarian_thepoet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
O-M-G! I stepped into this a few minutes late and already it is
horrendous. They've transported Highlander into a video game and a
bad game at that.

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure you can find this movie--or versions of it, like the
Russian one I mentioned--on the Net. And it'll probably show up on DVD
soon...
> 
> -- Original message -- 
> From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> DAMMIT!!! I hate Comcast!
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw a trailer from this flick several
months ago, I think from a Russian release. Believe I dropped the link
to the group, in fact. The 

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Satu...

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Whenever I hear that some of my favorite movies are going to have a 
sequel on Scifi Channel's most dangerous night of television, I assume 
that they will be unwatchable.  I don't even bother any more.  What is 
disturbing is that these people are not even aspiring for 
mediocrity-which would not impact their budget.-- in watch wouldn't 
mediocrity ensure higher dvd sales and rentals?.  Since they have been 
doing it for so long, I can only assume the rating, sales and rental are 
high, so why bother.

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I only saw the last hour.  I woke up early this morning and could not 
get back to sleep, so I saw part of the encore showing.  What a mess.  I 
did not understand the ending.  Did that maniac go around dicing up all 
the immortals so that Duncan could conceive a baby in a bath of light 
with that woman.  Was Methos killed?  What was the purpose of the 
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> Boy that was crap. All I can say is damn how low the Highlander francise
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> first
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

[Martin]

Oh, how I suffered.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   You guys have *got* to 
see this Highlander debacle just to laugh/cry at how bad it is! The bad 
guy--some crap about a "Guardian" who protects the secrect of the Source--looks 
like Thomas Hayden Church in his Spidey-3 pumped up bod, with white makeup 
applied. He moves at superspeed thanks to his connection to that Source.What 
that means is the fights scenes--one of the best aspects of the series--look 
like crap! Literally looks like music video work, with starts and stops, an 
infinite number of camera angle changes. Ugghh!
 
 The "story":  There's this incredibly ridiculous junk about the Source of all 
Immortals being on Earth (or at least accessible from a physical point on 
Earth).  There's some stuff about another Grand Alignment with all the planets 
in the Solar System pointing the way to the Source. or something. Honestly, I 
can't remember the point. I think during certain times the Source can be 
accessed physically, and the Grand Alignment points the way. I think. At any 
rate, in the first five minutes, one of the Immortals says that the stars in 
the  entire *galaxy* are lining up along a line to Earth! Aside from the utter 
impossibility of that--and the curious lack of news coverage--how the hell 
would you know? It'd take like 30,000 years to reach us from the center of the 
Milky Way, so that alignment would have *already* happened! But the scientific 
screw up is least of the problems here. The plot makes no sense, McLeod 
basically just drifts, brooding, through the film, with none of
 Adrian Paul'
 s strengths in evidence. Methos--my favorite character after McLeod--is truer 
to his amoral self, but he's not used all that much. There are caricatures in 
the form of a younger acting Immortal and a religious fanatic priest Immortal, 
but they're useless. And Amanda's missing. No Amanda?? I could have at least 
used Elizabeth Gracen's lighthearted touch to lighten up this doleful stinker.
 
 I can't go on! Just say it's stupid, illogical, depressing. All the Highlander 
magic is gone, the ending is confusing. Something about Duncan being the "one", 
but not the last Immortal, and having a baby! I can't figure out where they're 
going with this; does accessing the Source always create a new race of 
Immortals?
 
 Martin, maybe you can explain the plot, 'cause I got lost. But anyway, folks, 
it's so bad it'll make you laugh.
 
 -- Original message -- 
 From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
 To paraphrase the Biblical quote, "I wept."
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you beat me to it!! :) It is really, really bad. The 
only "Highlander" movie that was good was the first one with Conner McLeod. The 
others all sucked and this is no exception. One thing I loved about the series 
was the fight scenes, which were usually pretty good. This one has a non-stop 
camera that makes me dizzy and doesn't show any good fight details. And I'm not 
just talking about when that idiot Guardian uses his super-speed. The movie's 
using all the horrible FX used in modern music videos.
 The plot's beyond stupid, the acting's stilted, and they killed Joe Dawson. 
(Don't worry about this "spoiler" folks, the movie's too crappy for you to 
care).
 
 I am trully appalled at how bad this is. It's as bad as I feared, 
unfortunately.
 
 -- Original message -- 
 From: "maidmarian_thepoet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
 O-M-G! I stepped into this a few minutes late and already it is
 horrendous. They've transported Highlander into a video game and a
 bad game at that.
 
 --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 >
 > I'm pretty sure you can find this movie--or versions of it, like the
 Russian one I mentioned--on the Net. And it'll probably show up on DVD
 soon...
 > 
 > -- Original message -- 
 > From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
 > DAMMIT!!! I hate Comcast!
 > 
 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw a trailer from this flick several
 months ago, I think from a Russian release. Believe I dropped the link
 to the group, in fact. The creators say that any version other than
 the one being aired this Saturday is not officially approved, however.
 Not sure how I feel about this. I don't usually like when beings of
 mysticism like the immortals discover the source of their powers: it
 tends to ruin the mystery. But more, the Highlander movies have all
 sucked (all but the first), especially when compared to the TV series.
 I'm a little nervous about the quality of this upcoming trilogy.
 > But of course I'll be there Saturday night
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > About Highlander on SciFi Channel: 
 > http://www.scifi.com/highlander5/
 > 
 > Official Highlander site:
 > http://www.highlander-thesource.com/news-updates.html
 > 
 > Celebrating 20 years of The Legend, Davis-Panzer Productions,
 Sequence Films and Grosvenor Park are proud to announce the upcoming
 20

[scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

[maidmarian_thepoet]

I actually liked the series after they bought the Watchers and the
character of Methos in.  This one lost me after 30 minutes.  I didn't
even slip back in to see the end.  Thank Goodness, I had a DVD of
"Hustle" to watch.  At least it was accurately titled.


--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> you beat me to it!! :) It is really, really bad. The only
"Highlander" movie that was good was the first one with Conner McLeod.
The others all sucked and this is no exception. One thing I loved
about the series was the fight scenes, which were usually pretty good.
This one has a non-stop camera that makes me dizzy and doesn't show
any good fight details. And I'm not just talking about when that idiot
Guardian uses his super-speed. The movie's using all the horrible FX
used in modern music videos.
> The plot's beyond stupid, the acting's stilted, and they killed Joe
Dawson. (Don't worry about this "spoiler" folks, the movie's too
crappy for you to care).
> 
> I am trully appalled at how bad this is. It's as bad as I feared,
unfortunately.
> 
>

[scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

[maidmarian_thepoet]

I actually like the series especially after they brought in the Watchers
and Adrien Brody.  But this was merely silly.  Special effects
instead of plot.  I left after 30 minutes.  I didn't even slip back in
to see how they ended it.I had a DVD of "Hustle", Thank G-d.

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> you beat me to it!! :) It is really, really bad. The only "Highlander"
movie that was good was the first one with Conner McLeod. The others all
sucked and this is no exception. One thing I loved about the series was
the fight scenes, which were usually pretty good. This one has a
non-stop camera that makes me dizzy and doesn't show any good fight
details. And I'm not just talking about when that idiot Guardian uses
his super-speed. The movie's using all the horrible FX used in modern
music videos.
> The plot's beyond stupid, the acting's stilted, and they killed Joe
Dawson. (Don't worry about this "spoiler" folks, the movie's too crappy
for you to care).
>
> I am trully appalled at how bad this is. It's as bad as I feared,
unfortunately.
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

[KeithBJohnson]

You guys have *got* to see this Highlander debacle just to laugh/cry at how bad 
it is! The bad guy--some crap about a "Guardian" who protects the secrect of 
the Source--looks like Thomas Hayden Church in his Spidey-3 pumped up bod, with 
white makeup applied. He moves at superspeed thanks to his connection to that 
Source.What that means is the fights scenes--one of the best aspects of the 
series--look like crap! Literally looks like music video work, with starts and 
stops, an infinite number of camera angle changes. Ugghh!

The "story":  There's this incredibly ridiculous junk about the Source of all 
Immortals being on Earth (or at least accessible from a physical point on 
Earth).  There's some stuff about another Grand Alignment with all the planets 
in the Solar System pointing the way to the Source. or something. Honestly, I 
can't remember the point. I think during certain times the Source can be 
accessed physically, and the Grand Alignment points the way. I think. At any 
rate, in the first five minutes, one of the Immortals says that the stars in 
the  entire *galaxy* are lining up along a line to Earth! Aside from the utter 
impossibility of that--and the curious lack of news coverage--how the hell 
would you know? It'd take like 30,000 years to reach us from the center of the 
Milky Way, so that alignment would have *already* happened! But the scientific 
screw up is least of the problems here. The plot makes no sense, McLeod 
basically just drifts, brooding, through the film, with none of Adrian Paul'
s strengths in evidence. Methos--my favorite character after McLeod--is truer 
to his amoral self, but he's not used all that much. There are caricatures in 
the form of a younger acting Immortal and a religious fanatic priest Immortal, 
but they're useless. And Amanda's missing. No Amanda?? I could have at least 
used Elizabeth Gracen's lighthearted touch to lighten up this doleful stinker.

I can't go on! Just say it's stupid, illogical, depressing. All the Highlander 
magic is gone, the ending is confusing. Something about Duncan being the "one", 
but not the last Immortal, and having a baby! I can't figure out where they're 
going with this; does accessing the Source always create a new race of 
Immortals?

Martin, maybe you can explain the plot, 'cause I got lost. But anyway, folks, 
it's so bad it'll make you laugh.

-- Original message -- 
From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
To paraphrase the Biblical quote, "I wept."

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you beat me to it!! :) It is really, really bad. The 
only "Highlander" movie that was good was the first one with Conner McLeod. The 
others all sucked and this is no exception. One thing I loved about the series 
was the fight scenes, which were usually pretty good. This one has a non-stop 
camera that makes me dizzy and doesn't show any good fight details. And I'm not 
just talking about when that idiot Guardian uses his super-speed. The movie's 
using all the horrible FX used in modern music videos.
The plot's beyond stupid, the acting's stilted, and they killed Joe Dawson. 
(Don't worry about this "spoiler" folks, the movie's too crappy for you to 
care).

I am trully appalled at how bad this is. It's as bad as I feared, unfortunately.

-- Original message -- 
From: "maidmarian_thepoet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
O-M-G! I stepped into this a few minutes late and already it is
horrendous. They've transported Highlander into a video game and a
bad game at that.

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure you can find this movie--or versions of it, like the
Russian one I mentioned--on the Net. And it'll probably show up on DVD
soon...
> 
> -- Original message -- 
> From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> DAMMIT!!! I hate Comcast!
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw a trailer from this flick several
months ago, I think from a Russian release. Believe I dropped the link
to the group, in fact. The creators say that any version other than
the one being aired this Saturday is not officially approved, however.
Not sure how I feel about this. I don't usually like when beings of
mysticism like the immortals discover the source of their powers: it
tends to ruin the mystery. But more, the Highlander movies have all
sucked (all but the first), especially when compared to the TV series.
I'm a little nervous about the quality of this upcoming trilogy.
> But of course I'll be there Saturday night
> 
> 
> 
> About Highlander on SciFi Channel: 
> http://www.scifi.com/highlander5/
> 
> Official Highlander site:
> http://www.highlander-thesource.com/news-updates.html
> 
> Celebrating 20 years of The Legend, Davis-Panzer Productions,
Sequence Films and Grosvenor Park are proud to announce the upcoming
2007 release of HIGHLANDER: The Source. Brett Leonard is the director
with Adrian Paul playing the immortal Scottish swordsman, Duncan
M

Re: [scifinoir2] Iron Man Trailer

[Justin Mohareb]

According to him, one SCENE with IM and jets is not in the movie.

And that gets an SFW.

JJ Mohareb

On 9/16/07, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   Folks, I fear that I've picked up some disturbing news about this from a
> friend who runs another website. According to him, this trailer isn't even
> in the movie, was shot just for ad purposes.
>
> http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.html?id=3726
>
> Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
> wrote:
>
> http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/
>
> My take: AAbsolutely. Yes. Sorry, folks. This is pretty dang gone
> awesome. I can almost tolerate Gwyneth Paltrow in it, just because Robert
> Downey, Jr. is perfect. "The Dark Knight" had better bring it, or Marvel
> wins yet again. This is so far the only one of these comic movies I would
> like to see in HD.
>
>
>
>
>
> "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get
> organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A
> Country"
>
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Re: [scifinoir2] Iron Man Trailer

[Martin]

Folks, I fear that I've picked up some disturbing news about this from a friend 
who runs another website. According to him, this trailer isn't even in the 
movie, was shot just for ad purposes.

http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.html?id=3726



Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   
 
 http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/
 
 My take: AAbsolutely. Yes. Sorry, folks. This is pretty dang gone
 awesome. I can almost tolerate Gwyneth Paltrow in it, just because Robert
 Downey, Jr. is perfect. "The Dark Knight" had better bring it, or Marvel
 wins yet again. This is so far  the only  one of these comic movies I would
 like to see in HD.
 
 
 
   


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[GWashin891]

Boy that was crap.All I can say is damn how low the Highlander francise 
has falling.   IMO it now needs a major reboot starting onward from the first 
movie and the series and ditch every thing else.Otherwise just end it.


-GTW



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[Gymfig]

Stir of Echo and Hollow Man 2 were bad. I saw the first half of the movie.



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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

[Martin]

To paraphrase the Biblical quote, "I wept."

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   you beat me to it!! :) 
It is really, really bad. The only "Highlander" movie that was good was the 
first one with Conner McLeod. The others all sucked and this is no exception. 
One thing I loved about the series was the fight scenes, which were usually 
pretty good. This one has a non-stop camera that makes me dizzy and doesn't 
show any good fight details. And I'm not just talking about when that idiot 
Guardian uses his super-speed. The movie's using all the horrible FX used in 
modern music videos.
 The plot's beyond stupid, the acting's stilted, and they killed Joe Dawson. 
(Don't worry about this "spoiler" folks, the movie's too crappy for you to 
care).
 
 I am trully appalled at how bad this is. It's as bad as I feared, 
unfortunately.
 
 -- Original message -- 
 From: "maidmarian_thepoet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
 O-M-G! I stepped into this a few minutes late and already it is
 horrendous. They've transported Highlander into a video game and a
 bad game at that.
 
 --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 >
 > I'm pretty sure you can find this movie--or versions of it, like the
 Russian one I mentioned--on the Net. And it'll probably show up on DVD
 soon...
 > 
 > -- Original message -- 
 > From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
 > DAMMIT!!! I hate Comcast!
 > 
 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw a trailer from this flick several
 months ago, I think from a Russian release. Believe I dropped the link
 to the group, in fact. The creators say that any version other than
 the one being aired this Saturday is not officially approved, however.
 Not sure how I feel about this. I don't usually like when beings of
 mysticism like the immortals discover the source of their powers: it
 tends to ruin the mystery. But more, the Highlander movies have all
 sucked (all but the first), especially when compared to the TV series.
 I'm a little nervous about the quality of this upcoming trilogy.
 > But of course I'll be there Saturday night
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > About Highlander on SciFi Channel: 
 > http://www.scifi.com/highlander5/
 > 
 > Official Highlander site:
 > http://www.highlander-thesource.com/news-updates.html
 > 
 > Celebrating 20 years of The Legend, Davis-Panzer Productions,
 Sequence Films and Grosvenor Park are proud to announce the upcoming
 2007 release of HIGHLANDER: The Source. Brett Leonard is the director
 with Adrian Paul playing the immortal Scottish swordsman, Duncan
 MacLeod. This new adventure, starring Adrian Paul is the first feature
 in the Trilogy. The Source tells the story of Immortals as they quest
 to locate the Holy Grail of their world. The entire series of films
 will chronicle the origins of the Immortals.
 > 
 > Director Brett Leonard commented "This is a tremendous opportunity
 for a storyteller of this genre to take part in the mythology of 20
 years." He continues that "HIGHLANDER is an amazing ongoing story that
 I can bring my visual style to... Everything I have done has led me to
 this kind of mythical fantasy."
 > 
 > Brett Leonard pioneered the creation of digital visual effects in
 filmmaking with 1992's Lawnmower Man, he also directed 1995's
 Virtuosity, and most recently completed Marvel's Man-Thing. He is
 heralded as a maverick in science fiction, fantasy and adventure by
 creating films with a strong visual presence.
 > 
 > Peter Davis of Davis-Panzer Productions noted, "We are truly
 celebrating this milestone in HIGHLANDER history by pairing Brett and
 Adrian in our newest Trilogy. We anticipate that this combination will
 recapture the filming glory of the original HIGHLANDER."
 > 
 > Davis-Panzer Productions is busy further immortalizing the Clan
 MacLeod during the series' twentieth year with an anime feature film
 in partnership with Imagi and Madhouse of Japan and a video game with
 SCI Games Ltd. of London. There is no limit when your story is
 timeless and Immortal! 
 > HIGHLANDER: The Source will be distributed in North America through
 Lions Gate Films and in 40 foreign territories through the top
 independent distributors.
 > 
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 > 
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

[Martin]

Can't say, Tracey. Missed that one. And I wanted to see it.

"Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
Anything that premiers as part of Scifi Channel's most dangerous night 
of television you should set your lowest expectations.  Was the Stir of 
Echoes sequel  Butchered as well?

Tracey

maidmarian_thepoet wrote:
>
> O-M-G! I stepped into this a few minutes late and already it is
> horrendous. They've transported Highlander into a video game and a
> bad game at that.
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
> , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I'm pretty sure you can find this movie--or versions of it, like the
> Russian one I mentioned--on the Net. And it'll probably show up on DVD
> soon...
> >
> > -- Original message --
> > From: Astromancer 
> > DAMMIT!!! I hate Comcast!
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw a trailer from this flick several
> months ago, I think from a Russian release. Believe I dropped the link
> to the group, in fact. The creators say that any version other than
> the one being aired this Saturday is not officially approved, however.
> Not sure how I feel about this. I don't usually like when beings of
> mysticism like the immortals discover the source of their powers: it
> tends to ruin the mystery. But more, the Highlander movies have all
> sucked (all but the first), especially when compared to the TV series.
> I'm a little nervous about the quality of this upcoming trilogy.
> > But of course I'll be there Saturday night
> >
> > 
> >
> > About Highlander on SciFi Channel:
> > http://www.scifi.com/highlander5/ 
> >
> > Official Highlander site:
> > http://www.highlander-thesource.com/news-updates.html 
> 
> >
> > Celebrating 20 years of The Legend, Davis-Panzer Productions,
> Sequence Films and Grosvenor Park are proud to announce the upcoming
> 2007 release of HIGHLANDER: The Source. Brett Leonard is the director
> with Adrian Paul playing the immortal Scottish swordsman, Duncan
> MacLeod. This new adventure, starring Adrian Paul is the first feature
> in the Trilogy. The Source tells the story of Immortals as they quest
> to locate the Holy Grail of their world. The entire series of films
> will chronicle the origins of the Immortals.
> >
> > Director Brett Leonard commented "This is a tremendous opportunity
> for a storyteller of this genre to take part in the mythology of 20
> years." He continues that "HIGHLANDER is an amazing ongoing story that
> I can bring my visual style to... Everything I have done has led me to
> this kind of mythical fantasy."
> >
> > Brett Leonard pioneered the creation of digital visual effects in
> filmmaking with 1992's Lawnmower Man, he also directed 1995's
> Virtuosity, and most recently completed Marvel's Man-Thing. He is
> heralded as a maverick in science fiction, fantasy and adventure by
> creating films with a strong visual presence.
> >
> > Peter Davis of Davis-Panzer Productions noted, "We are truly
> celebrating this milestone in HIGHLANDER history by pairing Brett and
> Adrian in our newest Trilogy. We anticipate that this combination will
> recapture the filming glory of the original HIGHLANDER."
> >
> > Davis-Panzer Productions is busy further immortalizing the Clan
> MacLeod during the series' twentieth year with an anime feature film
> in partnership with Imagi and Madhouse of Japan and a video game with
> SCI Games Ltd. of London. There is no limit when your story is
> timeless and Immortal!
> > HIGHLANDER: The Source will be distributed in North America through
> Lions Gate Films and in 40 foreign territories through the top
> independent distributors.
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [scifinoir2] Superman - Doomsday Animated Movie Coming Sept 18

[KeithBJohnson]

I'm looking forward to it, despite the changes. Good call on the lines on the 
face. I hadn't thought about that, but you're right. Now I'm picturing a 
superman comic with him standing, arm outstretched, a la the Surfer or Galactus.

-- Original message -- 
From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
Looks great, really. I'll be sure to check it out on PPV when it comes up. 
Those lines on Supes' face look kinda Kirby-esque, a la New Gods.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This one caught me completely off guard. Bruce 
Timm--the genius behind the Batman, Superman, and Justice League cartoons--has 
done an animated movie based on the excellent "Death of Superman" comic series. 
The movie's out on DVD and pay-per-view next Tuesday. The animation looks 
slightly different from most of Timm's work (the lines on Supes' face are odd), 
perhaps not quite as good, but still good. Voice cast is completely different. 
Really jarring to hear James Marsters (Spike from "Buffy") as Lex Luthor, 
instead of Clancy Brown. The plot differs from the comics in many ways, notably 
the complete absence of the Justice League, the fact that John Kent appears to 
be dead, and that Lois in the movie doesn't yet know that Clark is Superman. 
But still it looks good, and with Timm behind it, ought to be exciting. 

You tube three-minute trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rYgxM_aPWc
Official DVD websie: http://www.warnervideo.com/supermandoomsdaydvd/

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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

Anything that premiers as part of Scifi Channel's most dangerous night 
of television you should set your lowest expectations.  Was the Stir of 
Echoes sequel  Butchered as well?

Tracey

maidmarian_thepoet wrote:
>
> O-M-G! I stepped into this a few minutes late and already it is
> horrendous. They've transported Highlander into a video game and a
> bad game at that.
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
> , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I'm pretty sure you can find this movie--or versions of it, like the
> Russian one I mentioned--on the Net. And it'll probably show up on DVD
> soon...
> >
> > -- Original message --
> > From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > DAMMIT!!! I hate Comcast!
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw a trailer from this flick several
> months ago, I think from a Russian release. Believe I dropped the link
> to the group, in fact. The creators say that any version other than
> the one being aired this Saturday is not officially approved, however.
> Not sure how I feel about this. I don't usually like when beings of
> mysticism like the immortals discover the source of their powers: it
> tends to ruin the mystery. But more, the Highlander movies have all
> sucked (all but the first), especially when compared to the TV series.
> I'm a little nervous about the quality of this upcoming trilogy.
> > But of course I'll be there Saturday night
> >
> > 
> >
> > About Highlander on SciFi Channel:
> > http://www.scifi.com/highlander5/ 
> >
> > Official Highlander site:
> > http://www.highlander-thesource.com/news-updates.html 
> 
> >
> > Celebrating 20 years of The Legend, Davis-Panzer Productions,
> Sequence Films and Grosvenor Park are proud to announce the upcoming
> 2007 release of HIGHLANDER: The Source. Brett Leonard is the director
> with Adrian Paul playing the immortal Scottish swordsman, Duncan
> MacLeod. This new adventure, starring Adrian Paul is the first feature
> in the Trilogy. The Source tells the story of Immortals as they quest
> to locate the Holy Grail of their world. The entire series of films
> will chronicle the origins of the Immortals.
> >
> > Director Brett Leonard commented "This is a tremendous opportunity
> for a storyteller of this genre to take part in the mythology of 20
> years." He continues that "HIGHLANDER is an amazing ongoing story that
> I can bring my visual style to... Everything I have done has led me to
> this kind of mythical fantasy."
> >
> > Brett Leonard pioneered the creation of digital visual effects in
> filmmaking with 1992's Lawnmower Man, he also directed 1995's
> Virtuosity, and most recently completed Marvel's Man-Thing. He is
> heralded as a maverick in science fiction, fantasy and adventure by
> creating films with a strong visual presence.
> >
> > Peter Davis of Davis-Panzer Productions noted, "We are truly
> celebrating this milestone in HIGHLANDER history by pairing Brett and
> Adrian in our newest Trilogy. We anticipate that this combination will
> recapture the filming glory of the original HIGHLANDER."
> >
> > Davis-Panzer Productions is busy further immortalizing the Clan
> MacLeod during the series' twentieth year with an anime feature film
> in partnership with Imagi and Madhouse of Japan and a video game with
> SCI Games Ltd. of London. There is no limit when your story is
> timeless and Immortal!
> > HIGHLANDER: The Source will be distributed in North America through
> Lions Gate Films and in 40 foreign territories through the top
> independent distributors.
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> > "Let's just saying you know more than you think, but we're not going
> to help you figure it out." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie
> >
> > -
> > Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the
> hottest shows on Yahoo! TV.
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
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