Re: [scifinoir2] $175 burger: you want gold with that?
Well, you know Bill Gates and Warren Buffet eat free at McDonald's for life. This is a working stiff's platter. On May 20, 2008, at 5:39 PM, Martin wrote: I'll just take the gold, thank you. Oh, did anyone forward this to Billy-Boy Gates or Larry Ellison? They might want to take their families out for a snack. :P ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Enough of this Obama talk - lets talk about something REALLY important like...$175 hamburgers!) ~rave! http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080520/od_nm/hamburger_dc $175 burger: you want gold with that? By Daniel Trotta 2 hours, 20 minutes ago Its creators admit it is the ultimate in decadence: a $175 hamburger. The Wall Street Burger Shoppe just raised its price from $150 to assure its designation as the costliest burger in the city as determined by Pocket Change, an online newsletter about the most expensive things in New York. Wall Street has good days and bad days. We wanted to have the everyday burger (for $4) ... and then something special if you really have a good day on Wall Street, said co-owner Heather Tierney. The burger, created by chef and co-owner Kevin O'Connell, seeks to justify its price with a Kobe beef patty, lots of black truffles, seared foie gras, aged Gruyere cheese, wild mushrooms and flecks of gold leaf on a brioche bun. The eatery sells 20 or 25 per month in the fine dining room upstairs versus hundreds of $4 burgers each day at the diner counter downstairs, Tierney said. Pocket Change previously designated the double truffle burger at Daniel Boulud's DB Bistro Moderne as the most expensive at $120, and the Burger Shoppe set out to top that. Boulud's creation -- available only during black truffle season from December to March -- rose to $150 this past season, so the Burger Shoppe raised its price on Monday to $175. Our burger is not about the price, said Georgette Farkas, a Boulud spokeswoman. If you are making something concerned only about the price, you are off in the wrong direction. Without truffles, Boulud's burger costs $32. It has a ground sirloin patty stuffed with red wine braised short ribs. O'Connell said the Burger Shoppe was finding the ultimate expression of each one of the ingredients. The concept was like a mushroom-bacon-Swiss cheese burger, which is my favorite sort of burger, he said. The burger comes with golden truffle mayonnaise, Belgian-style fries and a mixed greens and tomato salad. O'Connell pairs the dish with many fine wines, a lager or a toasted brown beer, or ginger ale. Copyright © 2008 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Jim Rhodes is a pretty important character in the Iron Man books. What's been twisted in he movie is that Rhodie actually helped build the suits, and gets one fo his own. On May 20, 2008, at 10:33 PM, ravenadal wrote: How is it that Terrence Howard can play a legendary character on the New York stage but is stuck as the sidekick who's jealous of Robert Downey Jr.'s hardware in Iron Man? http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2008/05/17/a_black_hole/ A black hole African-Americans are blazing creative trails in music, TV, and stage. In film, the choice is either bawdy and preachy or earnest but safe - with a void in between. By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff | May 18, 2008 few weeks ago I got to see Terrence Howard and Anika Noni Rose play Brick and Maggie the Cat in Debbie Allen's Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. I went home depressed. Not because the show was bad, although, in its clanging way, it is. I was depressed because for all its shortcomings, the show was a big entertainment event that doesn't happen much in the movies: It had premium melodrama and black stars being starry. As a moviegoer, I hurt for that kind of glamour. I felt the same hangover leaving an exhilarating concert by Erykah Badu and the Roots earlier this month, and watching both The Wire, which just said goodbye to us and HBO, and the staggering acting in that production of A Raisin in the Sun ABC aired in February: Why isn't black life this interesting, vibrant, or complex at the movies? How is it that Terrence Howard can play a legendary character on the New York stage but is stuck as the sidekick who's jealous of Robert Downey Jr.'s hardware in Iron Man? When it comes to black America, the movies are stagnating. Well, when it comes to any nonwhite male subject matter at the movies, the pickings are slim. But there's such a wealth of black stars, producers, and directors that the scarcity of movies - big-ticket or small, serious or light - focused on the lives of black people, is surreal. There's a gaping entertainment void. It's not just the lack of quantity. It's the lack of variety. Despite the usual death notices posted for hip-hop, black popular music is alive and well. At the moment, black movies come in two flavors: uplift dramas and Tyler Perry. The first is represented by all those feel-good movies - Akeelah and the Bee, Stomp the Yard, Pride, The Great Debaters - that, bless their hearts, wanted to empower us, but that nobody flocked to see. Message movies are a great notion but tricky as entertainment. The makers of these films have this noble but somewhat misguided idea that the average black moviegoer wants to feel like she's in school. Perry's megaplex successes suggest that the average black moviegoer wants to feel like she's in church. His movies have sermons. His movies have soap opera. And, increasingly, his movies have stars. In the past, I've said only somewhat jestingly that a Tyler Perry movie is where black actors go to get back in touch with their roots. (The prim, post-Nipplegate Janet Jackson who showed up in Why Did I Get Married? wasn't just making a movie, she was asking for forgiveness.) But now a Tyler Perry movie is where a black actor goes to act. Angela Bassett is the star of Meet the Browns. Daddy's Little Girls had Gabrielle Union and Idris Elba. And the movie that Perry, who essentially works without Hollywood's help, is currently filming has Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, and the loveable Taraji P. Henson, that pregnant, hook-belting hooker from Hustle Flow. It doesn't do any good to discount the value of Tyler Perry, and he certainly can't be - should not be - ignored. Perry knows what an audience wants, and he delivers - with Woody Allen's regularity, too. These things tend to come in waves (remember the Wayans brothers' racial funhouses from a few years ago?). But Perry is more than a ripple. He is black movies right now. His style has inspired studio executives to look, wittingly or not, for movies with either Perry's clumsy farce (see last winter's The Perfect Holiday or First Sunday - on second thought: don't) or his ensemble comic-melodrama (This Christmas). That's a problem. There's no art in these movies. There's no style. And Perry's success, through no fault of his own, limits what chances the studios are willing to take on black movies. Rickety ghetto comedies, prefab movie biographies, and feel-good historical dramas tailor-made for NAACP Image Award contention are one thing. But a serious, thoughtful act of filmmaking or some real Hollywood glamour is rare. Last year, Denzel Washington found himself at two extremes. He directed and starred in The Great Debaters, a historical drama that used a feel-good formula to tell the somewhat-true story of a Texas debate team in the 1930s. It was meant to enlighten and inspire the young men and women in the audience. But it was his
Re: [scifinoir2] A black hole
Yeah...Funny how that happened... Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Rhodes is a pretty important character in the Iron Man books. What's been twisted in he movie is that Rhodie actually helped build the suits, and gets one fo his own. On May 20, 2008, at 10:33 PM, ravenadal wrote: How is it that Terrence Howard can play a legendary character on the New York stage but is stuck as the sidekick who's jealous of Robert Downey Jr.'s hardware in Iron Man? http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2008/05/17/a_black_hole/ A black hole African-Americans are blazing creative trails in music, TV, and stage. In film, the choice is either bawdy and preachy or earnest but safe - with a void in between. By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff | May 18, 2008 few weeks ago I got to see Terrence Howard and Anika Noni Rose play Brick and Maggie the Cat in Debbie Allen's Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. I went home depressed. Not because the show was bad, although, in its clanging way, it is. I was depressed because for all its shortcomings, the show was a big entertainment event that doesn't happen much in the movies: It had premium melodrama and black stars being starry. As a moviegoer, I hurt for that kind of glamour. I felt the same hangover leaving an exhilarating concert by Erykah Badu and the Roots earlier this month, and watching both The Wire, which just said goodbye to us and HBO, and the staggering acting in that production of A Raisin in the Sun ABC aired in February: Why isn't black life this interesting, vibrant, or complex at the movies? How is it that Terrence Howard can play a legendary character on the New York stage but is stuck as the sidekick who's jealous of Robert Downey Jr.'s hardware in Iron Man? When it comes to black America, the movies are stagnating. Well, when it comes to any nonwhite male subject matter at the movies, the pickings are slim. But there's such a wealth of black stars, producers, and directors that the scarcity of movies - big-ticket or small, serious or light - focused on the lives of black people, is surreal. There's a gaping entertainment void. It's not just the lack of quantity. It's the lack of variety. Despite the usual death notices posted for hip-hop, black popular music is alive and well. At the moment, black movies come in two flavors: uplift dramas and Tyler Perry. The first is represented by all those feel-good movies - Akeelah and the Bee, Stomp the Yard, Pride, The Great Debaters - that, bless their hearts, wanted to empower us, but that nobody flocked to see. Message movies are a great notion but tricky as entertainment. The makers of these films have this noble but somewhat misguided idea that the average black moviegoer wants to feel like she's in school. Perry's megaplex successes suggest that the average black moviegoer wants to feel like she's in church. His movies have sermons. His movies have soap opera. And, increasingly, his movies have stars. In the past, I've said only somewhat jestingly that a Tyler Perry movie is where black actors go to get back in touch with their roots. (The prim, post-Nipplegate Janet Jackson who showed up in Why Did I Get Married? wasn't just making a movie, she was asking for forgiveness.) But now a Tyler Perry movie is where a black actor goes to act. Angela Bassett is the star of Meet the Browns. Daddy's Little Girls had Gabrielle Union and Idris Elba. And the movie that Perry, who essentially works without Hollywood's help, is currently filming has Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, and the loveable Taraji P. Henson, that pregnant, hook-belting hooker from Hustle Flow. It doesn't do any good to discount the value of Tyler Perry, and he certainly can't be - should not be - ignored. Perry knows what an audience wants, and he delivers - with Woody Allen's regularity, too. These things tend to come in waves (remember the Wayans brothers' racial funhouses from a few years ago?). But Perry is more than a ripple. He is black movies right now. His style has inspired studio executives to look, wittingly or not, for movies with either Perry's clumsy farce (see last winter's The Perfect Holiday or First Sunday - on second thought: don't) or his ensemble comic-melodrama (This Christmas). That's a problem. There's no art in these movies. There's no style. And Perry's success, through no fault of his own, limits what chances the studios are willing to take on black movies. Rickety ghetto comedies, prefab movie biographies, and feel-good historical dramas tailor-made for NAACP Image Award contention are one thing. But a serious, thoughtful act of filmmaking or some real Hollywood glamour is rare. Last year, Denzel Washington found himself at two extremes. He directed and starred in The Great Debaters, a historical drama that used a feel-good formula to tell the somewhat-true story of a Texas debate team in the 1930s. It was meant to
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Fox wins TV season crown Strike, DVRs cause record ratings drop By RICK KISSELL A dominant Fox is set to be crowned the winner of the 2007-08 television season, one that the broadcast biz -- and perhaps even Fox -- would just as soon forget. The writers strike, along with the rising popularity of DVRs and the increased availability of programming on multiple platforms, conspired to make this season the lowest-rated on record for the broadcasters. There was also a dearth of breakout hits, with no new show emerging as the biz's savior. Of course, the broadcasters have been losing audience share to cable for years -- but this season saw the most troubling year-to-year declines yet. In a season when overall television usage among young adults was up slightly, the top five English-language broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and CW) will finish down 10% in adults 18-49 rating (14.1 vs. 15.6). And their overall audience average (41.5 million viewers) is off 7% from the 2006-07 campaign (44.8 million), according to Nielsen. By comparison, ad-supported cable saw a 9% increase in 18-49 rating (17.4 vs. 15.9) and 7% in total viewers (51.6 million vs. 48.1 million). The strike made this year an anomaly, said Fox Entertainment chairman Peter Liguori. But we all should look at what happened to those viewership levels and be shocked into being more aggressive about our thinking. No one knows what will happen with summer viewing and into the fall. With just three days to be counted in the season (which ends tonight), Fox led all networks with a 4.2 rating/11 share in adults 18-49, followed by ABC and CBS (tied at 3.0/8), NBC (2.8/8), Spanish-language Univision (1.5/4) and CW (1.1/3). Fox, which benefited from airing the Super Bowl this season, is up 5% vs. last season -- it's the only network showing gains. CBS, which had aired the Super Bowl a year ago, is down the most (19%), while ABC and CW are off 14% and NBC 10%. For the first time, Fox will also finish the season as the most-watched network overall, with its 11.1 million viewers beating out traditional leader CBS (10.5 million). The Eye, which has won most weeks down the stretch, likely would have captured its sixth straight total-viewers crown if not for the writers strike. Working from a smaller base, MyNetwork made some strides in its second season, rising 33% in 18-49 (0.4 vs. 0.3) and 36% in total viewers (1.13 million vs. 835,000). The biggest story of the season, of course, was the three-month writers strike, which sapped any momentum the nets were building in the fall. Auds were also reluctant to return to hit shows in the spring, with virtually every top hit posting ratings declines. The rise in DVR playback was another big story, with the residents of one in four homes now with the ability to watch programs on their own timetables. One result is that hits in crowded timeslots like Thursday at 9 -- where Grey's Anatomy, CSI and The Office all toil -- typically see their live-plus 7 rating (all DVR playback within a week) shoot up by about 20% vs. their averages reported in the next-day Nielsens. For Fox, the 2007-08 season reps its fourth consecutive victory in the advertiser-friendly demo of adults 18-49. The net has been remarkably consistent in recent years, with this year's 4.2 rating a tick above the 4.1 rating it had maintained the previous three years. It has also seen its overall primetime audience grow now with each of the last four seasons. I feel proud of a group out there, from scheduling and planning to marketing and programming, that did a solid job keeping the network vibrant and robust amidst the strike, Liguori said. You strip the Super Bowl away and 'American Idol' away, and the network is still No. 1 by a good margin. That shows the strength of our network across seven nights a week. The performance and results editions of Fox's American Idol remained the top-rated programs in both adults 18-49 and total viewers, even though the show at long last began to show mortal-like signs of ratings erosion. Fox's House is running neck and neck with ABC's Desperate Housewives as the season's top-rated scripted program in 18-49. It's also worth noting that the net prevailed for the season even without its traditional second-half Monday anchor, 24 -- a casualty of the writers strike. Though Fox had its share of first-year bombs, it ended the season with the two top-rated new programs in lie-detector reality show Moment of Truth and sci-fi drama Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. ABC had a winning fall, thanks in part to some promising newcomers, but the writers strike and the arrival of Fox's American Idol sapped much of its momentum. Despite ratings declines, the net's core vets, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Lost and Dancing With the Stars, remain top-10 fixtures. ABC is returning all three of its frosh Wednesday hours in the fall (Pushing Daisies, Private
Re: [scifinoir2] A black hole
He did? Is this a recent RetCon? I know that they heavily foreshadowed him getting the War Machine suit in the film. JJ Mohareb On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Rhodes is a pretty important character in the Iron Man books. What's been twisted in he movie is that Rhodie actually helped build the suits, and gets one fo his own. -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com
Re: [scifinoir2] $175 burger: you want gold with that?
I...I...I couldn't resist...they were silver-plated... Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aha...you fell for the fancy chopsticks meal... Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $700 I paid $950 for mine... Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No thanks...I'll stick with my $700 Raman noodles ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Enough of this Obama talk - lets talk about something REALLY important like...$175 hamburgers!) ~rave! http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080520/od_nm/hamburger_dc $175 burger: you want gold with that? By Daniel Trotta 2 hours, 20 minutes ago Its creators admit it is the ultimate in decadence: a $175 hamburger. The Wall Street Burger Shoppe just raised its price from $150 to assure its designation as the costliest burger in the city as determined by Pocket Change, an online newsletter about the most expensive things in New York. Wall Street has good days and bad days. We wanted to have the everyday burger (for $4) ... and then something special if you really have a good day on Wall Street, said co-owner Heather Tierney. The burger, created by chef and co-owner Kevin O'Connell, seeks to justify its price with a Kobe beef patty, lots of black truffles, seared foie gras, aged Gruyere cheese, wild mushrooms and flecks of gold leaf on a brioche bun. The eatery sells 20 or 25 per month in the fine dining room upstairs versus hundreds of $4 burgers each day at the diner counter downstairs, Tierney said. Pocket Change previously designated the double truffle burger at Daniel Boulud's DB Bistro Moderne as the most expensive at $120, and the Burger Shoppe set out to top that. Boulud's creation -- available only during black truffle season from December to March -- rose to $150 this past season, so the Burger Shoppe raised its price on Monday to $175. Our burger is not about the price, said Georgette Farkas, a Boulud spokeswoman. If you are making something concerned only about the price, you are off in the wrong direction. Without truffles, Boulud's burger costs $32. It has a ground sirloin patty stuffed with red wine braised short ribs. O'Connell said the Burger Shoppe was finding the ultimate expression of each one of the ingredients. The concept was like a mushroom-bacon-Swiss cheese burger, which is my favorite sort of burger, he said. The burger comes with golden truffle mayonnaise, Belgian-style fries and a mixed greens and tomato salad. O'Connell pairs the dish with many fine wines, a lager or a toasted brown beer, or ginger ale. Copyright © 2008 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. I am me, said the stranger, and I work for the ones who pay my fee...and that's not you. - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] I am me, said the stranger, and I work for the ones who pay my fee...and that's not you. - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] Fox Wins Title in Worst TV Season Ever
I'm sure that the fine folks at Skiffy are working hard to reclaim the title. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fox wins TV season crown Strike, DVRs cause record ratings drop By RICK KISSELL A dominant Fox is set to be crowned the winner of the 2007-08 television season, one that the broadcast biz -- and perhaps even Fox -- would just as soon forget. The writers strike, along with the rising popularity of DVRs and the increased availability of programming on multiple platforms, conspired to make this season the lowest-rated on record for the broadcasters. There was also a dearth of breakout hits, with no new show emerging as the biz's savior. Of course, the broadcasters have been losing audience share to cable for years -- but this season saw the most troubling year-to-year declines yet. In a season when overall television usage among young adults was up slightly, the top five English-language broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and CW) will finish down 10% in adults 18-49 rating (14.1 vs. 15.6). And their overall audience average (41.5 million viewers) is off 7% from the 2006-07 campaign (44.8 million), according to Nielsen. By comparison, ad-supported cable saw a 9% increase in 18-49 rating (17.4 vs. 15.9) and 7% in total viewers (51.6 million vs. 48.1 million). The strike made this year an anomaly, said Fox Entertainment chairman Peter Liguori. But we all should look at what happened to those viewership levels and be shocked into being more aggressive about our thinking. No one knows what will happen with summer viewing and into the fall. With just three days to be counted in the season (which ends tonight), Fox led all networks with a 4.2 rating/11 share in adults 18-49, followed by ABC and CBS (tied at 3.0/8), NBC (2.8/8), Spanish-language Univision (1.5/4) and CW (1.1/3). Fox, which benefited from airing the Super Bowl this season, is up 5% vs. last season -- it's the only network showing gains. CBS, which had aired the Super Bowl a year ago, is down the most (19%), while ABC and CW are off 14% and NBC 10%. For the first time, Fox will also finish the season as the most-watched network overall, with its 11.1 million viewers beating out traditional leader CBS (10.5 million). The Eye, which has won most weeks down the stretch, likely would have captured its sixth straight total-viewers crown if not for the writers strike. Working from a smaller base, MyNetwork made some strides in its second season, rising 33% in 18-49 (0.4 vs. 0.3) and 36% in total viewers (1.13 million vs. 835,000). The biggest story of the season, of course, was the three-month writers strike, which sapped any momentum the nets were building in the fall. Auds were also reluctant to return to hit shows in the spring, with virtually every top hit posting ratings declines. The rise in DVR playback was another big story, with the residents of one in four homes now with the ability to watch programs on their own timetables. One result is that hits in crowded timeslots like Thursday at 9 -- where Grey's Anatomy, CSI and The Office all toil -- typically see their live-plus 7 rating (all DVR playback within a week) shoot up by about 20% vs. their averages reported in the next-day Nielsens. For Fox, the 2007-08 season reps its fourth consecutive victory in the advertiser-friendly demo of adults 18-49. The net has been remarkably consistent in recent years, with this year's 4.2 rating a tick above the 4.1 rating it had maintained the previous three years. It has also seen its overall primetime audience grow now with each of the last four seasons. I feel proud of a group out there, from scheduling and planning to marketing and programming, that did a solid job keeping the network vibrant and robust amidst the strike, Liguori said. You strip the Super Bowl away and 'American Idol' away, and the network is still No. 1 by a good margin. That shows the strength of our network across seven nights a week. The performance and results editions of Fox's American Idol remained the top-rated programs in both adults 18-49 and total viewers, even though the show at long last began to show mortal-like signs of ratings erosion. Fox's House is running neck and neck with ABC's Desperate Housewives as the season's top-rated scripted program in 18-49. It's also worth noting that the net prevailed for the season even without its traditional second-half Monday anchor, 24 -- a casualty of the writers strike. Though Fox had its share of first-year bombs, it ended the season with the two top-rated new programs in lie-detector reality show Moment of Truth and sci-fi drama Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. ABC had a winning fall, thanks in part to some promising newcomers, but the writers strike and the arrival of Fox's American Idol sapped much of its momentum. Despite ratings declines, the net's core vets, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate
[scifinoir2] Goliath sized champ of WWE savors life as deity in India
www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-india-wrestler_21may21,0,3301291.story chicagotribune.com India's towering Khali savors life as a deity Goliath-size champ of World Wrestling Entertainment returns home to adoring crowds By Rama Lakshmi The Washington Post 1:53 AM CDT, May 21, 2008 MUMBAI, India After two hours of swaying to thumping Bollywood neo-folk music and listening to stock stage jokes, impatient fans began chanting for the star of the evening to show up. We want Khali! We want Khali! And when the Goliath-size professional wrestler of that name appeared in a blue cotton shirt, jeans and ponytail, thousands of hands thrust cell phone cameras into the air to capture the image. Khali, we love you, screamed men and women alike. The Khali bomb! yelled a male voice. Little boys tried to climb over barricades to get closer to the stage on a college campus. In India, such public adulation and hysteria are usually reserved for stars of cricket or the film industry. But Khali has earned his frenzied fame by becoming the Indian icon of American televised wrestling. He is the first man from India to rise high in the American gladiatorial adventure of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., winning the world heavyweight championship last July. The square-jawed wrestler weighs 420 pounds, is 7 feet 3 inches tall and measures 63 inches around the chest. He also goes by the names the Great Khali and Mahabali-Khali Khali Who Has Great Strength. The Mahabali title is often applied to the Hindu monkey-headed god Hanuman. Last week, Khali, 35, returned to India for a vacation. Thousands of fans were waiting with marigold garlands at the New Delhi airport when he landed. Since then, it has been one fanatical near-stampede after another. Khali has kept a back-to-back schedule, meeting reporters, schoolchildren, slum dwellers, politicians and some of those Bollywood stars and cricketers. 'Our own Rocky Balboa' He is our own Rocky Balboa. From zero to hero, said Darshan Rewar, 22, an engineering graduate who arrived with his family three hours before Khali's appearance at the Mumbai college campus. We want to go backstage and touch him, just once, said his sister, Dipti Rewar, a 24-year-old schoolteacher. I want to see the 63-inch chest. For two years India's Hindi news TV networks have fed hungry viewers daily reports on Khali what he eats, what he wears, whom he married, whom he prays to. Indian reporters have traveled to Khali's home in Atlanta and showed viewers images of every corner of his house. Khali is both a religion and a god, noted the news tabloid Mail Today. India's president, Pratibha Patil, described him as the pride of the nation. I play to bring honor to India's name abroad, and I feel very proud when I am beating up white wrestlers, Khali said in Mumbai. India was colonized by Britain, and to many people here, his victories constitute payback of sorts, the underdog rising to beat the former master. Fans recite details of how the towering Khali, in his trademark black track pants and flowing curls, squashed the dreaded Undertaker with a kick to the head. He also has battled the likes of Rey Mysterio, Kane and Dave Batista, using signature moves the Khali bomb (a two-handed choke-slam), vise grip and brain-chop. The WWE Web site attributes mythic qualities to Khali: This enormous monster has walked the jungles of India unafraid of pythons and wrestled white Bengal tigers. Legend states that the Punjabi Warrior has stared into the abyss and the Earth trembled at his gaze. Born into a poor family The reality is far less spectacular. Khali was born Dalip Singh Rana in 1972, in a poor family of seven children in a Himalayan village, Dhirana. He grew up largely unschooled. As a young man, he struggled to make ends meet as a manual laborer, crushing stones in road-building projects. Later, working as a security guard at a store, he was spotted by a police officer who inducted him into the police force. He won the Mr. India bodybuilding title in 1996 and 1997, after which friends funded training for a wrestling career. In 2000, he made his debut in the American ring under the name Giant Singh. When he joined WWE, he took on his current ring name, from the Hindu goddess of power and destruction, Kali. On paper, he retains his job as a police officer and is on sick leave, even as he goes about brain-chopping opponents in the United States. Khali appeared in the 2005 Hollywood movie The Longest Yard and will be in Get Smart, to be released next month. Speculation is rife that he will soon make his debut in Bollywood movies. Everywhere Khali went, people asked what he eats. He replied that he doesn't smoke or drink, eats four meals a day and drinks lots of milk. They also ask their hero if the fights on WWE are real. I am a little tired of this question, Khali told reporters. We get injured quite often. Is the injury fake? Is the surgery fake? There is no other sport where
[scifinoir2] Re: OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So once again. If you vote for Obama you are intelligent. If yoy vote for Clinton or the Republcians you are stupid. All I know is that likely voters in Kentucky, who had already said their opinion of Barack Obama had been negatively influenced by his twenty years of attending a Christian church helmed by the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, STILL thought Obama was a MUSLIM! Nuff said. ~rave!
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket
Good points. And didn't I hear that, during Saddam's maltreatment of the Khurds, the US ambassador at that time told him we wouldn't interfer into his internal affairs? I seem to remember hearing it was a female ambassador who told him what he did inside his own borders wasn't any of our concern, and I thought I heard the conversation had been taped? -- Original message -- From: James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] True. As I've been an anti-war activist with regard to Iraq since before the war started, I have observed the complete lack of information and knowledge of foreign policy in the hands of most voters. Specifically, most of the people I've spoken with who favor Big Government Wars of Intervention (like Iraq), have no idea that: U.S. involvement in the internal affairs of Iraq and our government's relationship with Huseein began in 1958, NOT 1990 when the CIA, DIA and British Intelligence all conspired to train him (and several others) to assassinate General Abdul Qassim. Over the next two decades, the U.S. continued to use its inside man as he grew in stature to influence affairs in Iraq until the invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Contrary to the bullshit I was fed by the government when I served in the Gulf War, the Bush Administration did not disapprove of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait UNTIL Hussein announced his intention of nationalizing the oilfields. The U.S. also helped fund and stock the chemical and biological weapons programs Iraq used in its barbaric war with Iran. In addition, both Cheney and Rumsfeld had long-term relationships (political and economic) with Hussein when he was at his worst (mass torture, use of chemical and biological weapons, etc.). Those are the Cliff's Notes version. There is more in an essay I wrote in 2005: Seeking Out Monsters: Ignoring the Advice of John Quincy Adams http://jameslandrith.com/content/view/198/44/ By the way, the Shah of Iran was installed by a Republican Administration when Premier Mohammed Mossadeq (democratically elected) was overthrown by a CIA sponsored coup. The Shah led a very repressive regime (if you were a critic - even worse), which helped fuel the fires behind the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni's successful coup. All of this was put into motion by Eisenhower's meddling in the internal affairs of Iran. Jimmy Carter had exactly jack shit to do with that.. -- James Landrith Official website: http://jameslandrith.com TMA: http://multiracial.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jlandrith LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith Facebook: http://apus.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jlandrith Twitter: http://twitter.com/jlandrith http://twitter.com/nbabyak From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:59 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket No, but the republicans and more recently, Clinton have sought out with a vengeance, low information voters. I believe Clinton did it out of necessity when she started losing and recognized that she had an edge with that group. So she work to exploit that advantage.. -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:Gymfig%40aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:32 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket In a message dated 5/20/2008 8:20:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com writes: Gymfig, the Republicans don't want intelligent people. Just ones smart enough to press the touch-screen option next to their candidates' names. They're afraid of all of us pointy-headed liberals... So once again. If you vote for Obama you are intelligent. If yoy vote for Clinton or the Republcians you are stupid. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket
You make a good, compelling reason for Edwards as Attorney General and maybe even on the High Court someday. I have to readjust my thinking, wanting him as a more convential politician or leader, I guess. But you're really making the point--perhaps *more* important--that it's a lot of the more behind-the-scenes, sometimes less flashy jobs, that are often at least as important as high profile ones like Prez, guvnor, etc. As for Richardson, speaking of flashy, I hear a lot of people say he's not scintillating enough to be Sec of State or anything. I thnk a lot of folks feel he's too weak or boring for the job. Kucinich is so focused on the rights of people, dealing with poverty, education, fair housing and hiring, etc., that I sometimes wonder if he'd be a good secreatary for a cabinet post that handles that. -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] I see Biden or Richardson as secretary of state. As much as many of us like Kucinich, he is not a player and in my opinion, therefore he will not be a part of the equation I agree about Edwards, but to truly clean up the department of Justice and restore the constitution, it will require a high profile AG. Additionally, it set him up for the supreme court. However, your point is well taken. Where do you see him Health and Human Services? -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:48 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket i almost feel Edwards would be wasted as Attorney General. Not that he wouldn't do good--he would. And Lord knows, given the abuses from that office the last seven years, we need a good person in that role. But i guess I like Edwards' presence, his affability, his ease with people, I'd rather see him in a role where he'd be in front of the public eye and shaping policy more often, instead of enforcing the law. Do you see a role for Joe Biden? Maybe he could be Secretary of State? What about Kucinich? Education? Housing and Urban Development? -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bosco I know you asked Keith who his VP pick was, but here is my list. I love this puzzle Webb- Former Secretary of the Navy; former republican, could help deliver VA, has a good relationship with Obama - they co-sponsored a Vet bill together, produced Vet documentaries for PBS, would appeal to Reagan democrats and white men to help turn some southern states purple; Con: I hear during his Reagan years he said some things about affirmative action than anger blacks; some say he is too direct and gets foot in the mouth disease Bloomberg - Independents and Moderate republicans like him. Democrats like him. He's been a dem and a republican, he's a good manager. Would change the dem/ Republican dynamic. Cons: No international Experience. From a blue state The four Hilary consolation picks would be: Wesley Clark, Evan Baye, Strickland and Rendell. I think Baye might be the strongest. He is a former governor, has international experience, would appeal to Reagan democrats and white men to help turn some southern states purple - including deliver Indiana. The appease the women VP pick would be: Sibelius, McCaskil, or the governor of AZ. I do not think the Hillary supporters who are angry will accept a substitute angry and I wonder about two change candidates on the ticket. Also I do not think any of them have international experience I think Sibelius would be best. I think the AZ governor has young children and many Americans have issues with the idea of a woman with young children as president. They think she would neglect the kids. However I like McCaskil, but that would be two new Senators on the ticket. I like Edwards, but he did not deliver NC in 2004 and he does not want it. He wants Attorney General and I think he would be great for it I like Richardson, but he is clumsy of the campaign trail for himself and two change brown candidates at one time might be too much for this racist country to handle. I say give him Secretary of state -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bosco Bosco Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 4:57 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket hey Keith Who would you like to see on the ticket? I am undecided. There are things I absolutely love about HRC and things that make me bum out as much as any poltician has ever made me bum out. I'm curious to know who the other folks under consideration are in the Obama camp. B --- On Sun, 5/18/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket
That was before the first Gufl War. Abassador Gillispie told Hussein: We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait. JJ Mohareb On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good points. And didn't I hear that, during Saddam's maltreatment of the Khurds, the US ambassador at that time told him we wouldn't interfer into his internal affairs? I seem to remember hearing it was a female ambassador who told him what he did inside his own borders wasn't any of our concern, and I thought I heard the conversation had been taped? -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket
Hey Tracey Im clear that HRC is an old school beltway powerbroker and has done things which are less than savory. I'm certainly not down with everything she's done. I'm sure that looking over the political career of any of the folks that have made careers in DC would turn up some truly ugly and at times disturbing business. I don't think you can get there without some. However, I don't think her examples are worse than other peoples. All I'm really saying is that warts and all, her presence in the White House wouldn't appall me but I prefer Senator Obama. In the end, the Clinton vs. Obama debate is mostly moot, unless the Democratic power brokers defy the will of the people and give the nomination to Clinton at the convention. The one thing that worries me about Sen. Obama is his position on the war. While I am all for ending it and as soon as possible, I'm also for the moral responsibility of rebuilding a country we have left destroyed. I don't think it's right to simply say we'll just leave. I'd like to see his plan for fixing the mess. He may have one but I haven't seen it anywhere. I'm hopeful that Senator Obama will do the right thing in Iraq and clean up the mess the war criminals have created. Bosco --- On Tue, 5/20/08, tdemorsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: tdemorsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 8:17 PM I'm glad I misunderstood and that you voted for who you wanted - no matter who that is. I did not perceive you as someone who could be pressured by others in your political decision making.
[scifinoir2] FW: Torturing Iron Man: The Strange Reversals of a Pentagon Blockbuster
From: Lord Sauron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 11:36 AM Torturing http://www.truthout.org/article/torturing-iron-man-the-strange-reversals-a- pentagon-blockbuster Iron Man: The Strange Reversals of a Pentagon Blockbuster Tuesday 20 May 2008 http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174934 by: Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com [Tracey de Morsella] The movie Iron Man has been critiqued by antiwar critics for the way it turned history on its head, using reverse iconic images that replace all guilt for death and destruction in Vietnam onto America's enemies. (Photo: Filefront.com) Liberal Hollywood is a favorite whipping-boy of right-wingers who suppose the town and its signature industry are ever-at-work undermining the U.S. military. In reality, the military has been deeply involved http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174908 with the film industry since the Silent Era. Today, however, the ad hoc arrangements of the past have been replaced by a full-scale one-stop shop, occupying a floor of a Los Angeles office building. There, the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, and the Department of Defense itself have established entertainment liaison offices to help ensure that Hollywood makes movies the military way. What they have to trade, especially when it comes to blockbuster films, is access to high-tech, tax-payer funded, otherwise unavailable gear. What they get in return is usually the right to alter or shape scripts http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A54632-2002Jun14?language=printer to suit their needs. If you want to see the fruits of this relationship in action, all you need to do is head down to your local multiplex. Chances are that Iron Man - the latest military-entertainment masterpiece - is playing on a couple of screens. For the past three weeks, Iron Man -a film produced by its comic-book parent Marvel and distributed by Paramount Pictures - has cleaned up at the box office, taking in a staggering $222.5 million in the U.S. and $428.5 million worldwide. The movie, which opened with the tenth biggest weekend box office performance of all time and the second biggest for a non-sequel, has the added distinction of being http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2008/05/05/marvels-hollywood-summer/ the best-reviewed movie of 2008 so far. For instance, in the New http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/movies/02iron.html York Times, movie reviewer A.O. Scott called Iron Man an unusually good superhero picture, while Roger Ebert wrote http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080502/REVIEWS/ 285399481 : The world needs another comic book movie like it needs another Bush administration [but] if we must have on more 'Iron Man' is a swell one to have. There has even been nascent Oscar buzz http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/05/iron-man-oscar.html . Robert Downey Jr. has been nearly universally praised for a winning performance as playboy-billionaire-merchant-of-death-genius-inventor Tony Stark, head of Stark Industries, a fictional version of Lockheed or Boeing. In the film, Stark travels to Afghanistan to showcase a new weapon of massive destruction to American military commanders occupying that country. On a Humvee journey through the Afghan backlands, his military convoy is caught up in a deadly ambush by al-Qaeda stand-ins, who capture him and promptly subject him to what Vice President Dick Cheney once dubbed http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/27/AR200610270 0560.html a dunk in the water, but used to be known as the Water Torture. The objct is to force him to build his Jericho weapons system, one of his masterpieces of death, in their Tora Bora-like mountain cave complex. As practically everyone in the world already knows, Stark instead builds a prototype metal super-suit and busts out of his cave of confinement, slaughtering his terrorist captors as he goes. Back in the U.S., a born-again Stark announces that his company needs to get out of the weapons game, claiming he has more to offer the world than making things blow up. Yet, what he proceeds to build is, of course, a souped-up model of the suit he designed in the Afghan cave. Back inside it, as Iron Man, he then uses it to blow up bad guys in Afghanistan, taking on the role of a kind of (super-)human-rights vigilante. He even tangles with U.S. forces in the skies over that occupied land, but when the Air Force's sleek, ultra high-tech, F-22A http://cg.follow-w.net/images/070912_ironman.jpg Raptors try to shoot him down, he refrains from using his awesome powers of invention to blow them away. This isn't the only free pass doled out to the U.S. military in the film. Just as America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to bring various Vietnam analogies to mind, Iron Man has its own Vietnam pedigree. Before Tony Stark landed in Afghanistan in 2008, he first lumbered http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/ironman3.jpg
[scifinoir2] New Captain America Heroclix
http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/marvel/figuregallery.asp?unitid=14100 WizKids is doing a figure of the Isaiah Bradley Captain America in the Secret Invasion set. JJ Mohareb -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com
[scifinoir2] Re: FW: Torturing Iron Man: The Strange Reversals of a Pentagon Blockbuster
Most famously, it appropriated a then-unforgettable Pulitzer prize-winning photo http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Nguyen.jpg of Lt. Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Loan, South Vietnam's national police chief, executing an unarmed, bound prisoner during the Tet Offensive with a point blank pistol shot to the head. In the film, however, it was the evil enemy which made http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys- images/Film/Pix/pictures/2000/01/31/deerhunter.gif American prisoners do the same to themselves as they were forced to play Russian Roulette for the amusement of their sadistic Vietnamese captors (something that had no basis in reality). I am a fan of critical analysis, and this article is certainly thought provoking, but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar (attribution: Sigmund Freud). Contrary to what the above suggests, Michael Cimino, the director of The Deerhunter, had a Russian Roulette script he was peddling when he was hired to direct Deerhunter. He grafted his roulette script sequence onto the Deerhunter narrative. While the Nguyen Ngoc Loan connection is provocative, I do not believe it was the filmmakers intent to invoke it. ~rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] New Captain America Heroclix
Never liked the concept of the game, but I'll buy that, solely to own it. Justin Mohareb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/marvel/figuregallery.asp?unitid=14100 WizKids is doing a figure of the Isaiah Bradley Captain America in the Secret Invasion set. JJ Mohareb -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[scifinoir2] More May Return for Hobbit
More May Return for Hobbit Rings stars in talks to rejoin Tolkien universe. by Brian Linder http://movies.ign.com/email.html http://movies.ign.com/articles/875/875645p1.html May 21, 2008 - Guillermo del Toro, director of both Hellboy films, is about to move on to another genre franchise, New Line's two-movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Actors Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings, and Andy Serkis (Gollum), have already been in contact with the production about reprising their roles. And now there's word of another Rings star coming into the mix. According to Variety, Viggo Mortensen has been approached about returning to Middle-earth as Aragorn. Tolkien fans will know that Aragorn isn't introduced until Fellowship of the Ring, but the second film in the Hobbit series will be a bridge to the Rings trilogy based on a variety of Tolkien source material. The inclusion of Aragorn runs counter to what we previously heard from actress Liv Tyler who http://movies.ign.com/articles/875/875397p1.html told us recently, As far as I know, Arwen and Aragorn are not in The Hobbit, or definitely aren't in it. But I don't know yet. Pre-production is about to begin on the project which Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens will write with Peter Jackson and del Toro overseeing. We will all be involved in the script in some fashion but the exact definition is about a week away, del Toro told Variety. I am all for keeping the actors who originated the parts, as much as availability and their willingness will allow. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[scifinoir2] Bale to Terminate Batman Times Three
Bale to Terminate Times Three Dark Knight star signed for Terminator trilogy. http://movies.ign.com/articles/875/875447p1.html by Brian Linder http://movies.ign.com/email.html starring in the upcoming Terminator franchise reboot. The Dark Knight star is signed for an entire trilogy of flicks in which he'll play resistance leader John Conner. The producers of Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, which has already begun filming, revealed the scoop to BBC News. Producer Victor Kubicek said, Christian was our first choice and he's a big fan of The Terminator, so we're very lucky. But with Batman he's already done the whole franchise thing, so we weren't sure he'd respond. Luckily, said The Halcyon Company's Derek Anderson, he read the script and he loved it, so he's signed on for all three. There's no word on whether the other Terminator Salvation stars -- Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Common, Moon Bloodgood -- will be reprising their roles in subsequent flicks. The next Terminator installment, directed by McG, will make its bow worldwide on May 22, 2009. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Highlander Reborn Iron Man writers to pen remake. by Jim Vejvoda http://movies.ign.com/email.html http://movies.ign.com/articles/875/875430p1.html May 20, 2008 - Connor MacLeod of the clan MacLeod will return ... again. Summit Entertainment has acquired the remake rights to Highlander and set the Iron Man screenwriting team of Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to script the redo. The 1986 original, starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown, beget film sequels, TV series, comic books and videogames. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Davis, a producer on the original, will also produce the Highlander remake. So who could play the new Connor MacLeod? Might Hollywood actually cast a Scotsman this time? Like say, Gerard Butler, James McAvoy, or Ewan McGregor? Sound off below! Yahoo! http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/ign/http%253A%252F%252Fmovies.ign.com%252Fart icles%252F875%252F875430p1.html Buzz [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] Highlander Reborn
(to the tune of the TV series) Heere we are... Bound to be bored! 'Cause this flick is gonna suck so baad... HEY! Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Highlander Reborn Iron Man writers to pen remake. by Jim Vejvoda http://movies.ign.com/email.html http://movies.ign.com/articles/875/875430p1.html May 20, 2008 - Connor MacLeod of the clan MacLeod will return ... again. Summit Entertainment has acquired the remake rights to Highlander and set the Iron Man screenwriting team of Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to script the redo. The 1986 original, starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown, beget film sequels, TV series, comic books and videogames. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Davis, a producer on the original, will also produce the Highlander remake. So who could play the new Connor MacLeod? Might Hollywood actually cast a Scotsman this time? Like say, Gerard Butler, James McAvoy, or Ewan McGregor? Sound off below! Yahoo! http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/ign/http%253A%252F%252Fmovies.ign.com%252Fart icles%252F875%252F875430p1.html Buzz [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] Oopps - Subject Typo-- RE: Bale to Terminate Batman Times Three
Please see my last... Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:52 PM To: 'scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com' Subject: Bale to Terminate Batman Times Three Bale to Terminate Times Three Dark Knight star signed for Terminator trilogy. http://movies.ign.com/articles/875/875447p1.html by Brian Linder http://movies.ign.com/email.html starring in the upcoming Terminator franchise reboot. The Dark Knight star is signed for an entire trilogy of flicks in which he'll play resistance leader John Conner. The producers of Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, which has already begun filming, revealed the scoop to BBC News. Producer Victor Kubicek said, Christian was our first choice and he's a big fan of The Terminator, so we're very lucky. But with Batman he's already done the whole franchise thing, so we weren't sure he'd respond. Luckily, said The Halcyon Company's Derek Anderson, he read the script and he loved it, so he's signed on for all three. There's no word on whether the other Terminator Salvation stars -- Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Common, Moon Bloodgood -- will be reprising their roles in subsequent flicks. The next Terminator installment, directed by McG, will make its bow worldwide on May 22, 2009. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] Highlander Reborn
File this in the ever growing crap pile of bad Hollywood ideas. Not the worst idea ever but close enough to smell that bad. B --- On Wed, 5/21/08, Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] Highlander Reborn To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 5:54 PM Highlander Reborn Iron Man writers to pen remake. by Jim Vejvoda http://movies. ign.com/email. html http://movies. ign.com/articles /875/875430p1. html May 20, 2008 - Connor MacLeod of the clan MacLeod will return ... again. Summit Entertainment has acquired the remake rights to Highlander and set the Iron Man screenwriting team of Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to script the redo. The 1986 original, starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown, beget film sequels, TV series, comic books and videogames. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Davis, a producer on the original, will also produce the Highlander remake. So who could play the new Connor MacLeod? Might Hollywood actually cast a Scotsman this time? Like say, Gerard Butler, James McAvoy, or Ewan McGregor? Sound off below! Yahoo! http://buzz. yahoo.com/ article/ign/ http%253A% 252F%252Fmovies. ign.com%252Fart icles%252F875% 252F875430p1. html Buzz [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Highlander Reborn
I named my West Highland Terrier Duncan after the Highlander years ago, so that should tell you what a big fan of the show I was, but the idea of another horrible redo, just makes me cringe -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bosco Bosco Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:48 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Highlander Reborn File this in the ever growing crap pile of bad Hollywood ideas. Not the worst idea ever but close enough to smell that bad. B --- On Wed, 5/21/08, Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] Highlander Reborn To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 5:54 PM Highlander Reborn Iron Man writers to pen remake. by Jim Vejvoda http://movies. ign.com/email. html http://movies. ign.com/articles /875/875430p1. html May 20, 2008 - Connor MacLeod of the clan MacLeod will return ... again. Summit Entertainment has acquired the remake rights to Highlander and set the Iron Man screenwriting team of Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to script the redo. The 1986 original, starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown, beget film sequels, TV series, comic books and videogames. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Davis, a producer on the original, will also produce the Highlander remake. So who could play the new Connor MacLeod? Might Hollywood actually cast a Scotsman this time? Like say, Gerard Butler, James McAvoy, or Ewan McGregor? Sound off below! Yahoo! http://buzz. yahoo.com/ article/ign/ http%253A% 252F%252Fmovies. ign.com%252Fart icles%252F875% 252F875430p1. html Buzz [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
