[scifinoir2] 'Land of the Lost" Marathon on SciFi

2009-05-24 Thread Keith Johnson
Well, hell. I was debating going to see "Terminator Salvation" today, though I 
guess I could get ahead on some work. But if this is what SciFi has on, I guess 
there's no reason to stay around the crib. I mean, i watched "Land of the Lost" 
when it was on way back when, and I guess it'd now have a nostalgic camp charm 
to it. But an all-day marathon of painfully fake T-Rexes, repetitive viewings 
of those slow moving Sleestak? Don't think I could handle it. 
Not really excited about the movie, either. I like Will Ferrell okay, but his 
goofy guy schtick seems to be on autopilot for the movie, and I'm afraid the 
funniest bits are being revealed in the trailer. 


[scifinoir2] Terminator Versus … What?! Strangest Skynet Spinof fs

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/05/terminator-versus-what-strangest-skynet-spinoffs/


[scifinoir2] Blue Apple Comics - Mar 2008 (5/25/09)

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
25 March, 2008  Pride & Joy by Garth
Ennis

PRIDE & JOY written by Garth Ennis tells the story of Jimmy Kavanagh, a
widower struggling to raise his young daughter and rebellious teenage son.
Unfortunately, Jimmy also has a secret past — a past that returns without
warning in the form of two frightened ex-cons and one psychotic killer,
hungry for revenge. Now the estranged father and son must confront both the
horror hunting them and their own failings with each other if any of them is
going to survive.



http://rapidshare.com/files/10402090/Pride___Joy__01_of_04.cbz
http://rapidshare.com/files/10402370/Pride___Joy__02_of_04.cbz
http://rapidshare.com/files/10402646/Pride___Joy__03_of_04.cbz
http://rapidshare.com/files/10402975/Pride___Joy__04_of_04.cbz

24 March, 2008  JRR Tolkien: Lord of the
Rings

http://rapidshare.com/files/8439316/JRT.FellowshipofRing.doc.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/8441329/JRT.TwoTowers.doc.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/8440942/JRT.ReturnTheKing.doc.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/8438081/Farmer_Giles_Of_Ham.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/8441233/JRT.The_Hobbit.doc.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/8441500/Quenya_Course.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/8441515/The_Adventures_of_Tom_Bombadil.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/8441870/Unfinished_Tales.txt.html

Complete JRR Tolkien: Lord of the Rings @
http://rapidshare.com/files/8816300/JRR_Tolkien.rar.html

18 March, 2008  Zango Workaround for RapidSafe
Links

You have at least three options to avoid the Zango Popup when you try
downloading a RapidSafe Link

-->Turn off javascript on Internet Explorer or your default Browser
-->Switch to Opera (which is anyway like the best browser on the planet)
where zango gets blocked by default http://www.opera.com/download/
-->For those using Firefox select noscript and it will work just fine



02 March, 2008  Star Wars: Movie
Adaptation

Star Wars is a science fantasy saga and fictional galaxy created by writer /
producer / director George Lucas during the 1970s. The saga began with the
film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), which was
released on May 25, 1977, by 20th Century Fox. The film became a worldwide
pop culture phenomenon - spawning five more feature films, three spin-off
films, five television series and an extensive collection of licensed books,
comics, video games, action figures, trading cards, card games, and other
products - all of which are set within a fictional "galaxy far, far away."

*Episode Release date*
I. The Phantom Menace May 19, 1999
II. Attack of the Clones May 16, 2002
III. Revenge of the Sith May 19, 2005
IV. A New Hope May 25, 1977
V. The Empire Strikes Back May 21, 1980
VI. Return of the Jedi May 25, 1983


Blue Apple Comics: Rapidsafe is Rapidshare.com links disguised: Read
FAQ

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Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I think that was the first batman.

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> What was Detective Comics #27?
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Martin Baxter" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 1:20:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green
>
>
>
>   I know full well what he went through, having watched my apartment go up
> in flames in '95, knowing that, among the combustibles was Detective Comics
> #27 and Action Comics #1.
>
> I'll be in the corner, in a deep funk no way related to anything George
> Clinton might envision...
>
>
>
>
> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
> *Subject : *[scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green
> *Date : *Sun, 24 May 2009 15:05:24 -
> *From : *"ravenadal" 
> *To : *scifino...@yahoogroups.com
>
> Here in Milwaukee, this was big news: old guy sells childhood comics for 10
> cents; sells for $518,000. The heartbreaker is he sold half his collection
> for $3500 in 1968 (which he thought was a windfall), including included the
> valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, and DC Comics' Captain
> Marvel No. 1 through No. 38. Reminds me of the great "Amazing Story" episode
> starring Mark Hamill.
>
> ~rave!
>
> http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/45806457.html
>
> 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green
>
> Posted: May. 21, 2009
>
> Here's the difference between Ralph Chicorel and most of the rest of us who
> bought comic books as kids.
>
> He took loving care of his comics, while we were bending, tearing and
> getting jelly stains on ours. We eventually tossed ours in the trash. Ralph
> saved his, or at least some, way into adulthood.
>
> The payoff came Thursday when the 78-year-old Menomonee Falls man sold 72
> comics from the 1930s and 1940s for $518,000, less the 6% he pays the
> auction house.
>
> "I'm very satisfied," Ralph said afterward. "It's a strange happening this
> late in life."
>
> There is one painful twist to this story. In 1968, to raise the money
> needed to move his family to Wisconsin, Ralph sold 900 vintage comics for
> $3,500. That seemed like a lot of money back then, but he doesn't have the
> stomach to investigate what they would bring now.
>
> He thought at the time that these were all the comics he had, but he
> discovered another box. Ralph was in Dallas on Thursday with two of his sons
> to watch those so-called Golden Age comics fetch astounding sums of money at
> Heritage Auction Galleries.
>
> At $90,000, the top money-maker was Marvel Mystery No.&ensp9 with a
> condition ranking of 9.4 out of 10. The rare 1940 comic features Human Torch
> and Sub-Mariner in the same issue, which may not excite you but clearly
> thrills collectors.
>
> Then came Batman No. 1 from 1940 at $82,500 and Marvel No. 1 at $70,000.
>
> The Marvel comic was among the first purchased by young Ralph Chicorel, who
> at age 8 began making regular trips to a drugstore near his home in Detroit
> and plunking down a dime for a comic book. He continued the practice from
> 1939 to 1947.
>
> "I kept them in boxes. I was very careful who I let look at these comic
> books, even at that time," he said. "If my siblings wanted to look at them,
> they could. But I had to be by their side."
>
> "I remember my thinking at that time," he continued. "I relished them so
> much because there had never been anything like this in published form
> before. The color, the great color of these comic books, and the drawings,
> and the stories - I just couldn't get over it. I wanted to take real good
> care of them. I turned the pages very carefully."
>
> Around age 16, Ralph lost interest in comics and started buying movie
> magazines and records instead.
>
> In 1968, he was married and the father of three sons when an opportunity
> arose to run a WeightWatchers franchise in the Milwaukee area, which he did
> for 24 years until retiring in 1992. He ran an auction in his basement and
> sold the 900 comics, but not before listing exactly what they were.
>
> "There's so many No. 1 issues," said his second wife, Debbie, reading from
> a list that included the valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6,
> and DC Comics' Captain Marvel No. 1 through No. 38.
>
> But no time for regrets. As the years passed, Ralph began to realize that
> the comics he had kept were becoming more and more treasured by collectors.
> He bought a fireproof safe and put them inside.
>
> Recently, he decided to sell them all.
>
> "It's the economy, the financial crisis. That's the reason. I said now it's
> time," he told me.
>
> A representative from Heritage visited his home and arranged to have the
> comics shipped to Dallas. Internet bids mounted in recent weeks, and on
> Thursday, the comics were sold to buyers in person, by telephone and online.
>
>
> Even some of the less-coveted comics brought prices greater than a whole
> year's salary for most people during th

Re: [scifinoir2] "Museum" comedy beats "Terminator" at box office

2009-05-24 Thread Keith Johnson
I'm not. People just want to see stuff in the summer. I lament the ascent of 
the term "summer movie", and how people put their brains on hold for explosions 
and CGI during the warmer months. 
But what's really doing well still is Star Trek. My wife wanted to see it again 
(her second time) Saturday night at the five dollar theatre near us. We jetted 
over for the 7 pm show, and it was sold out thirty minutes before showtime. We 
caught the 3 pm show Sunday, and it sold out too. It's a cut above a "summer 
movie"--several cuts, in fact, but it too has its share of brain-on-hold 
action, laughs, and FX. 

- Original Message - 
From: "ravenadal"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:11:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] "Museum" comedy beats "Terminator" at box office 








I am surprised by the performance of the 4th Terminator movie. Guess it just 
goes to show in this economy people just wanna see stuff blow up good. 

~rave! 

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/quotmuseumquot-comedy-beats-quotterminatorquot-box-office-reuters
 

"Museum" comedy beats "Terminator" at box office (Reuters) 

May 24, 2009, 12:57 pm EDT Buzz up! 

Night at the Museum: Teaser Trailer 

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ben Stiller beat Christian Bale in the North American 
weekend box office duel between their respective "Night at the Museum" and 
"Terminator" sequels, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday. 

The 20th Century Fox comedy "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" 
sold $53.5 million worth of tickets during the three days beginning Friday, far 
exceeding the $30.4 million debut of its 2006 predecessor. 

"Terminator Salvation" earned $43.0 million. The film fell short of the $44 
million start for the previous entry in the cyborg series, 2003's "Terminator 
3: Rise of the Machines," the swan song of franchise star Arnold 
Schwarzenegger. 

But the race between the two new sequels was closer than it appeared because 
Warner Bros. got a head start on the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend by 
opening "Terminator" on Thursday, when it earned about $13.4 million. That 
takes the film's four-day total to $56.4 million. 

The studios generally try to avoid each other when they roll out their big 
movies. In this case, "Night at the Museum" played to a broad audience, while 
"Terminator" was more targeted at male moviegoers. 

Time Warner Inc-owned Warner Bros. said "Terminator" was likely more affected 
by competition for older men from the National Basketball Association playoffs, 
which hurt business in cities like Los Angeles. 

Fox, a unit of News Corp, said the "Night at the Museum" opening set a new 
live-action record for Stiller. The film also opened in most international 
markets, earning $50.5 million. 

Last weekend' North American champion, "Angels & Demons," slipped to No. 3 with 
$21.4 million, taking the 10-day total for Columbia Pictures' Tom Hanks 
religious thriller to $81.5 million. By contrast, its 2006 predecessor "The Da 
Vinci Code" had earned $136.5 million after the same period. 

But the Sony Corp unit has said it never expected the second film to be as big, 
and noted it that it was the top choice internationally with sales of $60.4 
million. Its foreign total now stands at $198.3 million. 




Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green

2009-05-24 Thread Keith Johnson
What was Detective Comics #27? 

- Original Message - 
From: "Martin Baxter"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 1:20:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green 








I know full well what he went through, having watched my apartment go 
up in flames in '95, knowing that, among the combustibles was Detective Comics 
#27 and Action Comics #1. 

I'll be in the corner, in a deep funk no way related to anything George Clinton 
might envision... 






-[ Received Mail Content ]-- 
Subject : [scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green 
Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 15:05:24 - 
>From : "ravenadal"  
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 

Here in Milwaukee, this was big news: old guy sells childhood comics for 10 
cents; sells for $518,000. The heartbreaker is he sold half his collection for 
$3500 in 1968 (which he thought was a windfall), including included the 
valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, and DC Comics' Captain 
Marvel No. 1 through No. 38. Reminds me of the great "Amazing Story" episode 
starring Mark Hamill. 

~rave! 

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/45806457.html 

'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green 

Posted: May. 21, 2009 

Here's the difference between Ralph Chicorel and most of the rest of us who 
bought comic books as kids. 

He took loving care of his comics, while we were bending, tearing and getting 
jelly stains on ours. We eventually tossed ours in the trash. Ralph saved his, 
or at least some, way into adulthood. 

The payoff came Thursday when the 78-year-old Menomonee Falls man sold 72 
comics from the 1930s and 1940s for $518,000, less the 6% he pays the auction 
house. 

"I'm very satisfied," Ralph said afterward. "It's a strange happening this late 
in life." 

There is one painful twist to this story. In 1968, to raise the money needed to 
move his family to Wisconsin, Ralph sold 900 vintage comics for $3,500. That 
seemed like a lot of money back then, but he doesn't have the stomach to 
investigate what they would bring now. 

He thought at the time that these were all the comics he had, but he discovered 
another box. Ralph was in Dallas on Thursday with two of his sons to watch 
those so-called Golden Age comics fetch astounding sums of money at Heritage 
Auction Galleries. 

At $90,000, the top money-maker was Marvel Mystery No.&ensp9 with a condition 
ranking of 9.4 out of 10. The rare 1940 comic features Human Torch and 
Sub-Mariner in the same issue, which may not excite you but clearly thrills 
collectors. 

Then came Batman No. 1 from 1940 at $82,500 and Marvel No. 1 at $70,000. 

The Marvel comic was among the first purchased by young Ralph Chicorel, who at 
age 8 began making regular trips to a drugstore near his home in Detroit and 
plunking down a dime for a comic book. He continued the practice from 1939 to 
1947. 

"I kept them in boxes. I was very careful who I let look at these comic books, 
even at that time," he said. "If my siblings wanted to look at them, they 
could. But I had to be by their side." 

"I remember my thinking at that time," he continued. "I relished them so much 
because there had never been anything like this in published form before. The 
color, the great color of these comic books, and the drawings, and the stories 
- I just couldn't get over it. I wanted to take real good care of them. I 
turned the pages very carefully." 

Around age 16, Ralph lost interest in comics and started buying movie magazines 
and records instead. 

In 1968, he was married and the father of three sons when an opportunity arose 
to run a WeightWatchers franchise in the Milwaukee area, which he did for 24 
years until retiring in 1992. He ran an auction in his basement and sold the 
900 comics, but not before listing exactly what they were. 

"There's so many No. 1 issues," said his second wife, Debbie, reading from a 
list that included the valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, and 
DC Comics' Captain Marvel No. 1 through No. 38. 

But no time for regrets. As the years passed, Ralph began to realize that the 
comics he had kept were becoming more and more treasured by collectors. He 
bought a fireproof safe and put them inside. 

Recently, he decided to sell them all. 

"It's the economy, the financial crisis. That's the reason. I said now it's 
time," he told me. 

A representative from Heritage visited his home and arranged to have the comics 
shipped to Dallas. Internet bids mounted in recent weeks, and on Thursday, the 
comics were sold to buyers in person, by telephone and online. 

Even some of the less-coveted comics brought prices greater than a whole year's 
salary for most people during the time that Ralph was making his drugstore 
runs. Green Hornet No. 1 went for $7,500, for instance. The first Hopalong 
Cassidy comic brought $5,500. 

Another 41 of his lower-graded comics are scheduled to

Re: [scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green

2009-05-24 Thread Keith Johnson
It is so hard to guess what will be valuable in the future, especially 
nowadays. I can remember as a kid reading my brothers' comics from the late 
'60s. All kinds of stuff with Superboy, Legion of Superheroes, Hot Stuff, etc. 
I remember the pages yellowing with age, the tears and ripped covers. We 
thought nothing of it: they were comics, after all. Now I cringe to think what 
some of those books would bring nowadays if we'd preserved them. Years later, 
when Superman died, I got the bright idea to buy a bunch of the comics against 
their future value. Of course, the run on the comics shop, combined with 
further research, made me realize that was no longer a way to get rich, as 
after the early '70s, I believe, so many people collect books the value doesn't 
really increase much with time. 
But who can figure? I know people who tell me of all those Star War's 
collectibles they had and destroyed as kids, which would now be worth a mint. 
How many of us over 40 had Cracker Jack toys that we tore up as kids, Tonka 
trucks that are no more, real metal lunchboxes with Scooby Doo or Flinstones on 
them that our dads ending up using as tool boxes? How many of our families' 
chrome kitchen tables, old fashioned toasters, crazy psychedelic lamps, and 
aluminum Christmas trees ended up on the trash heap, and now we find out 
there's a huge market for that stuff? 

Hard to gauge the future. I look around nowadays and sometimes ask myself what 
will be valuable thirty years from now? For the life of me, I don't know... 


- Original Message - 
From: "ravenadal"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 11:05:24 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green 








Here in Milwaukee, this was big news: old guy sells childhood comics for 10 
cents; sells for $518,000. The heartbreaker is he sold half his collection for 
$3500 in 1968 (which he thought was a windfall), including included the 
valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, and DC Comics' Captain 
Marvel No. 1 through No. 38. Reminds me of the great "Amazing Story" episode 
starring Mark Hamill. 

~rave! 

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/45806457.html 

'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green 

Posted: May. 21, 2009 

Here's the difference between Ralph Chicorel and most of the rest of us who 
bought comic books as kids. 

He took loving care of his comics, while we were bending, tearing and getting 
jelly stains on ours. We eventually tossed ours in the trash. Ralph saved his, 
or at least some, way into adulthood. 

The payoff came Thursday when the 78-year-old Menomonee Falls man sold 72 
comics from the 1930s and 1940s for $518,000, less the 6% he pays the auction 
house. 

"I'm very satisfied," Ralph said afterward. "It's a strange happening this late 
in life." 

There is one painful twist to this story. In 1968, to raise the money needed to 
move his family to Wisconsin, Ralph sold 900 vintage comics for $3,500. That 
seemed like a lot of money back then, but he doesn't have the stomach to 
investigate what they would bring now. 

He thought at the time that these were all the comics he had, but he discovered 
another box. Ralph was in Dallas on Thursday with two of his sons to watch 
those so-called Golden Age comics fetch astounding sums of money at Heritage 
Auction Galleries. 

At $90,000, the top money-maker was Marvel Mystery No.&ensp9 with a condition 
ranking of 9.4 out of 10. The rare 1940 comic features Human Torch and 
Sub-Mariner in the same issue, which may not excite you but clearly thrills 
collectors. 

Then came Batman No. 1 from 1940 at $82,500 and Marvel No. 1 at $70,000. 

The Marvel comic was among the first purchased by young Ralph Chicorel, who at 
age 8 began making regular trips to a drugstore near his home in Detroit and 
plunking down a dime for a comic book. He continued the practice from 1939 to 
1947. 

"I kept them in boxes. I was very careful who I let look at these comic books, 
even at that time," he said. "If my siblings wanted to look at them, they 
could. But I had to be by their side." 

"I remember my thinking at that time," he continued. "I relished them so much 
because there had never been anything like this in published form before. The 
color, the great color of these comic books, and the drawings, and the stories 
- I just couldn't get over it. I wanted to take real good care of them. I 
turned the pages very carefully." 

Around age 16, Ralph lost interest in comics and started buying movie magazines 
and records instead. 

In 1968, he was married and the father of three sons when an opportunity arose 
to run a WeightWatchers franchise in the Milwaukee area, which he did for 24 
years until retiring in 1992. He ran an auction in his basement and sold the 
900 comics, but not before listing exactly what they were. 

"There's so many No. 1 issues," said his second wife, Debbie, reading from a 
list that includ

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Vampire Diaries Coming to CW

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
Trueblood is good! Too bad I don't get HBO anymore.

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Tracey de Morsella <
tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote:

> Same here.  They are defanging our Vamps.   Do you watch the show with
> Sookie on HBO?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Meta
> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 11:48 AM
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Vampire Diaries Coming to CW
>
> I'm starting to miss the days when vampires actually had
> 'bite'. I just can't bring myself to care about 'Calipires'.
> Just too Hollywood for me. I prefer mine with a bit more depth.
> Have not read nor seen Twilight nor do I care to.
>
> Meta
>
>
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" 
> wrote:
> >
> > Vampire Diaries Coming to CW
> >
> > Scream writer Kevin Williamson brings vamps back to network TV.
> >
> > The CW is getting into the vampire business. Nikki Finke reports on
> >
> <
> http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/primetime-pilot-panic-vampire-on-cw/
> >
> > deadlinehollywoodnews.com that the network has ordered Vampire Diaries
> for
> > the 2009-2010 season.
> >
> > Based on a series of books about a love triangle between a high school
> girl
> > and two vampire brothers, the series comes from Scream and Dawson's Creek
> > writer Kevin Williamson  .
> The
> > CW targets a young female demographic that obviously has been quite
> > passionate for recent vampire projects like True Blood
> >   and Twilight
> >  , and even CBS's
> cancelled
> > Moonlight   had a dedicated
> > following (and about seven million viewers per episode that the CW would
> > love to have for any of their shows).
> >
> > While it's probably safe to assume that Twilight's huge success helped
> get
> > Vampire Diaries on the air and led to the book series being re-launched
> > recently, it's worth noting that the Vampire Diaries books actually
> pre-date
> > Twilight by many years, having begun in 1991.
> >
> > http://tv.ign.com/articles/983/983919p1.html
> >
>
>
>
>
> 
>
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[scifinoir2] "Museum" comedy beats "Terminator" at box office

2009-05-24 Thread ravenadal
I am surprised by the performance of the 4th Terminator movie.  Guess it just 
goes to show in this economy people just wanna see stuff blow up good.

~rave!

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/quotmuseumquot-comedy-beats-quotterminatorquot-box-office-reuters

"Museum" comedy beats "Terminator" at box office (Reuters)

May 24, 2009, 12:57 pm EDT Buzz up!

Night at the Museum: Teaser Trailer

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ben Stiller beat Christian Bale in the North American 
weekend box office duel between their respective "Night at the Museum" and 
"Terminator" sequels, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

The 20th Century Fox comedy "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" 
sold $53.5 million worth of tickets during the three days beginning Friday, far 
exceeding the $30.4 million debut of its 2006 predecessor.

"Terminator Salvation" earned $43.0 million. The film fell short of the $44 
million start for the previous entry in the cyborg series, 2003's "Terminator 
3: Rise of the Machines," the swan song of franchise star Arnold Schwarzenegger.

But the race between the two new sequels was closer than it appeared because 
Warner Bros. got a head start on the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend by 
opening "Terminator" on Thursday, when it earned about $13.4 million. That 
takes the film's four-day total to $56.4 million.

The studios generally try to avoid each other when they roll out their big 
movies. In this case, "Night at the Museum" played to a broad audience, while 
"Terminator" was more targeted at male moviegoers.

Time Warner Inc-owned Warner Bros. said "Terminator" was likely more affected 
by competition for older men from the National Basketball Association playoffs, 
which hurt business in cities like Los Angeles.

Fox, a unit of News Corp, said the "Night at the Museum" opening set a new 
live-action record for Stiller. The film also opened in most international 
markets, earning $50.5 million.

Last weekend' North American champion, "Angels & Demons," slipped to No. 3 with 
$21.4 million, taking the 10-day total for Columbia Pictures' Tom Hanks 
religious thriller to $81.5 million. By contrast, its 2006 predecessor "The Da 
Vinci Code" had earned $136.5 million after the same period.

But the Sony Corp unit has said it never expected the second film to be as big, 
and noted it that it was the top choice internationally with sales of $60.4 
million. Its foreign total now stands at $198.3 million.



RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Vampire Diaries Coming to CW

2009-05-24 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Same here.  They are defanging our Vamps.   Do you watch the show with
Sookie on HBO?

-Original Message-
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Meta
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 11:48 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Vampire Diaries Coming to CW

I'm starting to miss the days when vampires actually had
'bite'. I just can't bring myself to care about 'Calipires'.
Just too Hollywood for me. I prefer mine with a bit more depth.
Have not read nor seen Twilight nor do I care to.

Meta



--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella"  wrote:
>
> Vampire Diaries Coming to CW
> 
> Scream writer Kevin Williamson brings vamps back to network TV.
> 
> The CW is getting into the vampire business. Nikki Finke reports on
>

> deadlinehollywoodnews.com that the network has ordered Vampire Diaries for
> the 2009-2010 season. 
> 
> Based on a series of books about a love triangle between a high school
girl
> and two vampire brothers, the series comes from Scream and Dawson's Creek
> writer Kevin Williamson  .
The
> CW targets a young female demographic that obviously has been quite
> passionate for recent vampire projects like True Blood
>   and Twilight
>  , and even CBS's
cancelled
> Moonlight   had a dedicated
> following (and about seven million viewers per episode that the CW would
> love to have for any of their shows). 
> 
> While it's probably safe to assume that Twilight's huge success helped get
> Vampire Diaries on the air and led to the book series being re-launched
> recently, it's worth noting that the Vampire Diaries books actually
pre-date
> Twilight by many years, having begun in 1991.
> 
> http://tv.ign.com/articles/983/983919p1.html
>






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RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Obama Picks First African American NASA Chief

2009-05-24 Thread Tracey de Morsella
AMEN

 

Black is the new black. :) 

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:53 PM, ravenadal  wrote:

Second African-American Playmate.  First African-American NASA Chief.  Is this 
a great country, or what?

~rave!


--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella"  wrote:
>
> HOUSTON - The nation's turbulent space program will be run by one of its
> own, a calming well-liked former space shuttle commander.
>
>

>  .html> President Barack Obama on Saturday chose retired astronaut Gen.

> Charles Bolden to lead NASA. He also named former

>  .html> NASA associate administrator Lori Garver as the agency's No. 2. If

> confirmed, Bolden, who has flown in space four times and was an assistant
> deputy administrator at one point, would be the agency's first black
> administrator.
>
> Bolden would also be only the second astronaut to run NASA in its 50-year
> history. Adm. Richard Truly was the first. In 2002, then-President George W.
> Bush unsuccessfully tried to appoint Bolden as the space agency's deputy
> administrator. The Pentagon said it needed to keep Bolden, who was a Marine
> general at the time and a pilot who flew more than 100 sorties in Vietnam.
>
> "Charlie knows NASA and the people know Charlie; there's a level of
> comfort," especially given the uncertainty the space agency faces, said
> retired astronaut Steve Hawley, who flew twice in space with Bolden.
>
> Bolden likely will bring "more balance" to NASA, increasing spending on
> aeronautics and environment missions, working more with other nations in
> space, and emphasizing education, which the president often talks about when
> it comes to space, said former Johnson Space Center Director George Abbey, a
> longtime friend.
>
> "He's a real leader," Abbey said Saturday. "NASA has been looking for a
> leader like this that they could have confidence in."
>
> Bolden's appointment came during the tail end of the space shuttle Atlantis'
> mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope one final time. He was the
> pilot on the flight that sent Hubble into orbit in 1990.
>
> Bolden, 62, would inherit a NASA that doesn't look much like the
> still-somewhat-fresh-from-the-moon agency he joined as an astronaut in 1980.
> NASA now "is faced with a lot of uncertainty," Abbey said.
>

> Story continues below http://www.huffingtonpost.com/images/v/darr.gif

>
> Bush set in motion a plan to retire the space shuttle fleet at the end of
> next year and return astronauts to the moon and then head out to Mars in a
> series of rockets and capsules that borrows heavily from the 1960s Apollo
> program. The shuttle's replacement won't be ready until at least 2015, so
> for five years the only way Americans will be able to get in space is by
> hitching a ride on a Russian space capsule. And some of NASA's biggest
> science programs are over budget.
>
> Earlier this month, the White House ordered a complete outside examination
> of the manned space program. The Obama administration hasn't been explicit
> about its space policy, with White House science adviser John Holdren saying
> the policy would come after a NASA chief was named.
>
> "These talented individuals will help put NASA on course to boldly push the
> boundaries of science, aeronautics and exploration in the 21st century and
> ensure the long-term vibrancy of America's space program," Obama said of
> Bolden and Garver in a statement.
>
> Bolden, a native of Columbia, S.C., and his wife donated $750 to the Obama
> campaign in 2008.
>
> At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, where Bolden spent about a
> decade, his impending appointment was quietly cheered on all week long.
>
> The diminutive salt-and-pepper haired Bolden, who lives only a few miles
> from the space center, on Saturday morning said he couldn't talk until after
> Senate confirmation. He was busy answering congratulatory e-mails from home.
> He has his own consulting firm in Houston and sits on corporate boards.
>
> Those who have flown or worked with Bolden can't praise him enough.
>
> Retired astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz interviewed to become an astronaut the
> same week as Bolden, was picked at the same time, and they flew together on
> their first flights.
>
> Soon after that much-delayed launch of the space shuttle Columbia in January
> 1986, Chang-Diaz looked at his friend Bolden and saw that the shuttle pilot
> had a "big, big smile... we were kind of like kids in a candy store."
>
> Hawley and then-U.S. Rep. Bill Nelson were also aboard that 1986 flight.
> Nelson, now the chairman of the Senate subcommittee on space that will
> oversee Bolden's nomination and one of the people pushing Bolden's
> nomination to the White House, commented: "I trusted Charlie with my life -
> and would do so again."
>
> Kathryn Sullivan was the payload commander on the 1992 flight of Atlantis,
>

RE: [scifinoir2] Peter Berg May Sink Your 'Battleship'

2009-05-24 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Couldn’t remember the name.  Thanks

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Mr. Worf
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 3:40 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Peter Berg May Sink Your 'Battleship'

 



Oh yea, I am legend's prequel. I'm kind of curious about that. 

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Tracey de Morsella 
 wrote:

 

Io think he has to wait for Smith for Hancock.  Smith is doing a Katrina 
Marine’s story and I think a prequel to that zombie flick

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Mr. Worf
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 3:30 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Peter Berg May Sink Your 'Battleship'

 



Wasn't there supposed to be a Hancock 2? Do we really need another Dune 
movie??? Although there was a new book that came out a couple of years back, I 
don't think that we really need one. (unless it is a prequel) What do you think?

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Tracey de Morsella 
 wrote:

 


Peter Berg May Sink Your 'Battleship' 
 


by Peter Martin   May 18th 
2009 // 3:45PM

Filed under: Action  
, Universal  , RumorMonger 
 , Movie 
  Marketing, War 
 

Peter BergOf all the stupid ideas in all the world, why do they have to raid my 
precious memories of childhood board games? Who is holding their breath waiting 
to see Ridley Scott's Monopoly, or Michael Bay's Ouija Board? How about the 
latest marketing move, an adaptation of Battleship 
 ? Writers have been signed, 
and Peter Berg   is 
in talks to direct a film version of the game, according to The Hollywood 
Reporter 

 .

The idea, apparently, is "to make an epic naval action adventure." Of course, 
with tens of millions of dollars at stake in development, production, and 
marketing costs, no one wants to just make an original naval action adventure. 
They want a movie with a built-in tag line -- "You sunk my battleship!" -- and 
consumer familiarity so that everyone will know what the movie is about. The 
last epic naval adventure was Peter Weir's Master and 
  Commander, but I guess it's cheaper to 
license board games than novels. 

Peter Berg has proven with Hancock 
  and The Kingdom 
  that he can handle 
action scenes, but he's also got (possibly) Hercules: The Thracian Wars 

  and Dune 

  on his plate of potential projects, so who knows when he could fit this one 
in. First they have to get a workable script. Here's my idea: robots! Yeah, 
robots can pilot the ships, and humans can control the ships from thousands of 
miles away, and the plot involves the conquest of ocean territories to secure 
the bad guy's conquest of the free world. (Obviously, this is why I'm not a 
highly-paid screenwriter.) What are your ideas for making an epic out of a 
board game?

 

 






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RE: [RE][scifinoir2] What Your 2009-2010 Network TV Will Look Like

2009-05-24 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Same here. Horrible

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:18 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Cc: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com; cinque3...@verizon.net; ggs...@yahoo.com
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] What Your 2009-2010 Network TV Will Look Like

 






I predict that I'll have a lot more time to write.




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>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
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THIS IS DEPRESSINIG! 




What 
Your 2009-2010 Network TV Will Look Like 


By Graeme McMillan , 12:00 

e=true&s=x> PM on Sat May 23 2009, 3,200 views 

prepared to set your long-range TiVos. Now that the networks have all 
announced their new line-ups, we've got the rundown of where all your 
favorite (and soon-to-be-favorite) shows will be next season. 

Monday 
Mondays stay their relatively lowkey selves with the new schedule and, if 
anything, become even more quiet for SFTV; Heroes and Chuck, both on reduced 
seasons, end up sharing the 8pm timeslot on NBC (Heroes' 19 episode fourth 
season goes first, with Chuck's 13 episode third season replacing it in the 
spring of 2010), with Heroes and Lost alum Jesse Alexander's new show Day 
One taking up the 9pm timeslot on NBC in 
2010. Otherwise, it's a light night, although honorary io9 shows House on 
Fox and The Big Bang Theory on CBS keep on keeping on (Although BBT is being 
moved to 9:30pm). 

Tuesday 
Feel free to go outside or catch up on some cable shows on Tuesdays; Fringe 
has been moved away from its original timeslot, and until Fox premieres 
reincarnation crime procedural Past Life in 
its former 9pm slot midseason, there's almost nothing to see here (The 
exception being ABC's Better Off Ted , 
which will start its new 9:30pm slot as soon as Dancing With The Stars 
finishes). Move along. 

Wednesday 
Just like Tuesday, we're grasping at straws here until midseason, when new 
Fox drama Human Target will premiere at 
9pm (It'll be replacing Glee, which I shamefully have to admit having loved 
the preview of last week. Don't judge me). Of possible interest: ABC's 
Eastwick, which adapts (and, more than likely, homogenizes) the John Updike 
novel/Jack Nicholson movie The Witches of Eastwick, may turn out to be more 
interesting than the "Desperate Housewives meets Bewitched" show I'm 
dreading. Not currently scheduled, but almost certainly on Wednesdays in 
spring 2010, the final season of Lost. 

Thursday 
Okay, this is the night to be thankful for TiVo, or else to make some hard 
choices as to what to watch and what to torrent Hulu later. ABC's new Flash 
Forward will air Thursdays at 8pm, 
which is the same timeslot as the CW's equally-new-but-probably-less-good 
Vampire Diaries and the 
not-SF-but-kinda fifth season of Bones on Fox (Also, not SF at all but still 
potentially worth watching at 8pm: NBC are doing more SNL Weekend Update 
Thursday). 9pm, you'll have to choose between Fringe in its new timeslot on 
Fox or Supernatural in its old timeslot on the CW; Annalee's head may 
explode, but this is one of those occasions where my love of multiverse 
stories makes a choice surprisingly easy (Sorry, Winchester Bros.). 

Friday 
With more networks pushing more "hit" shows to Friday, I can't quite tell if 
that means that the old "Friday is where shows go to die" school of thinking 
is over, or that networks are trying to kill off some shows quietly (Hi, 
Ugly Betty!). There're only a couple of shows in our target demographic 
here, though; Smallville takes up residence for its please-God-final season 
at 8pm on the CW, while Dollhouse starts all over again in its old timeslot, 
and we keep fingers crossed that (a) it has a stronger start to the season 
than last time, and (b) more people tune in live this time (Seriously, DVD 
sales and Hulu views aren't going to keep this thing alive for a third 
season, people). 

Saturday/Sunday 
Both nights are incredibly quiet, especially following this summer's burning 
of remaining episodes of shows we love (Don't forget, Pushing Daisies' final 
three episodes begin May 30th at 10pm on ABC, and Kings is back on Saturdays 
next month), but we're hopeful that that'll change as various shows begin to 
become so unpopular that they get dumped there. Call us cynical, but we'd 
rather just say realistic... 

Still Unscheduled 
We know that ABC's V remake is a go, but it's not been given a home yet; 
looking at the schedules that've been announced, there's theoretically space 
for it on Mondays following the end of Dancing With The Stars, but somehow 
I'm not sure that the network would really want to pair it with The 
Bachelor... Perhaps they're waiting to find out when Lost is returning, to 
make an Elizabeth Mitchell one-two punch, or perhaps details are still being 
worked out about exactly how the rebooted V will w

[scifinoir2] Fishburne drops out of Alchemist

2009-05-24 Thread Tracey de Morsella

Fishburne drops out of movie adaptation.


by Chris Tilly  , IGN UK

http://movies.ign.com/articles/985/985389p1.html
http://ad.doubleclick.net/activity;src=1277903;met=1;v=1;pid=36639491;aid=21
4778156;ko=0;cid=31384948;rid=31402824;rv=1;×tamp=8085972;eid1=9;ecn1=1
;etm1=0;

UK, May 21, 2009 - Bestselling author Paulo Coelho has been talking to
Variety about the long-gestating movie version of his hugely successful
novel The   Alchemist. 

The project, announced in Cannes in 2008, will apparently shoot before the
year's end, although Laurence 
Fishburne is now no longer attached as director due to his CSI commitments. 

The Weinstein Co. will oversee the project and Coelho said, "If there is one
person in the world who can make a movie out of the The Alchemist it's
Harvey Weinstein  . We had a
very long conversation about how it should be, how it should not be. At the
end of the day it's his movie. It's my book, but it's his movie." 

According to Coelho, the screenplay is three months away from completion,
although there's still no word on who will now direct the $60m project. 

 

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Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
Ok. I give you that one, but it was a little ahead of my time. :)

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Justin Mohareb wrote:

> I'm disappointed that none of you seem to remember The Blues Brothers.
>
> Justin
>
> On 24-May-09, at 7:36 AM, "Martin Baxter" 
> wrote:
>
> > For me, it was painfully UNfunny, as was every SNL movie save
> > "Wayne's World".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -[ Received Mail Content ]--
> >
> > Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
> >
> > Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 04:21:55 -0700
> >
> > From : "Mr. Worf" 
> >
> > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> > Oh come on. It wasn't that bad was it? I think that they had a lot
> > of funny
> > catch phrases in it, and it didn't take itself too seriously.
> >
> > SNL has had a LONG dry spell of truly funny people. I think the last
> > funny
> > person that has been on the show is Will Farrell and he is danger of
> > being
> > overexposed.
> >
> > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
> >
> >> I remember it well, Mr Worf.
> >>
> >> I'll now spend the rest of the day trying to *forget* it...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
> >>
> >> Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
> >>
> >> Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 02:59:09 -0700
> >>
> >> From : "Mr. Worf"
> >>
> >> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Wayne's World was funny. I can't think of any of the other ones
> >> that were
> >> able to do well outside of the show.
> >>
> >> Anyone remember A Night at the Roxburys?
> >>
> >> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Tracey de Morsella <
> >> tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I saw Mc Gruber once for five minutes. It was funny, but it was only
> >>> five minutes. I’m not sure it would be funny for an hour. So, ha
> >>> ve any
> >> SNL
> >>> films been successful?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> >>> ]
> >> *On
> >>> Behalf Of *Martin Baxter
> >>> *Sent:* Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:58 PM
> >>> *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> >>> *Subject:* [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Another in the long line of successful SNL films... :P
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
> >>> *Subject : *[scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
> >>> *Date : *Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:27 -0700
> >>> *From : *"Tracey de Morsella"
> >>> *To : *
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 'MacGruber'
> >>> May
> >>> Be Next SNL Film
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> by Monika Bartyzel
> >>> May 19th 2009 // 12:45PM
> >>>
> >>> Filed under: Comedy , Deals
> >>> , RumorMonger
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/05/mac052009.jpg
> >>>
> >>> The season might be over after Will Ferrell wrapped it up in a
> >>> nice bow,
> >>> but
> >>> the Saturday Night Live train keeps
> >>> truckin'. When the George Foster Peabody Awards were held the
> >>> other day
> >> in
> >>> New York City, it became an SNL news releasing zone. Besides talking
> >> about
> >>> their hunt for new writers and stars, Lorne
> >>> Michaels
> >>> talked about movies. Specifically, he told
> >>>
> >>> 6e8b382c253723efd> The Hollywood Reporter that a big feature film
> >>> for
> >>> MacGruber is being considered, and that "it would have to be in the
> >> summer
> >>> because we are back in production in the fall." Not this summer, I'd
> >>> imagine, since they're "still in discussions."
> >>>
> >>> Hello timely spoofs and product placement! You might remember that
> >>> New
> >> Line
> >>>
> >>> started the quest for a new MacGyver back
> >>>
> >>> p:/www.cinematical.com/2009/03/16/macgyver-heads-for-the-big-
> >>> screen/> in
> >>> March, so naturally it'd make sense to match that with Will Forte's
> >>> MacGyver
> >>> spoof. And oh, the product placement that's possible! If you Google
> >>> "MacGruber," you'll be greeted by a sea of blog posts and clips of
> >>> the
> >>> SNL/Pepsi commercials where the
> >>> hero hands in his mixed drink for an obsession with Pepsi products.
> >>>
> >>> But could this be anything other than a short skit stretched way too
> >> long?
> >>> The skits are a silly laugh, but I fear a feature might send it into
> >>> eye-rolling Rob Schneider territory.
> >>>
> >>> Are you primed for an hour and a half of supreme MacGruber action?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> MacGruber~!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years!
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> >
> >
> >
> > http://w

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I feel your pain. I had Superman #1, Creepshow (submariner, wonderwoman,
casper on and on about 80 of them from the 1940s) and others that were given
to me by my aunt. My mom threw them away one day while I was at school. They
could have paid for a house, and my college education.

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Martin Baxter wrote:

> Thank you, rave.
>
> Strangely enough, it's not the dollar value of the books that really gouges
> at me, but the fact that the two comics were birth gifts, given me by my
> father's favorite aunt, with the lecture at age 10 that I couldn't read them
> and that I had to use them for my college education. Didn't need them for
> that, because I got a full academic scholarship. I just kept them in memory
> of that dear lady.
>
>
>
>
>
> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
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>
>  Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 18:03:04 -
>
>  From : "ravenadal" 
>
>  To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> I feel your pain, Martin. I considered using the subject line: "With
> Apologies to Martin."
>
> ~rave!
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter"  wrote:
> >
> > I know full well what he went through, having watched my apartment go up
> in flames in '95, knowing that, among the combustibles was Detective Comics
> #27 and Action Comics #1.
> >
> > I'll be in the corner, in a deep funk no way related to anything George
> Clinton might envision...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
> >
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> >
>  Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 15:05:24 -
> >
>  From : "ravenadal"
> >
>  To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> Here in Milwaukee, this was big news: old guy sells childhood comics for 10
> cents; sells for $518,000. The heartbreaker is he sold half his collection
> for $3500 in 1968 (which he thought was a windfall), including included the
> valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, and DC Comics' Captain
> Marvel No. 1 through No. 38. Reminds me of the great "Amazing Story" episode
> starring Mark Hamill.
> >
> > ~rave!
> >
> > http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/45806457.html
> >
> > 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green
> >
> > Posted: May. 21, 2009
> >
> > Here's the difference between Ralph Chicorel and most of the rest of us
> who bought comic books as kids.
> >
> > He took loving care of his comics, while we were bending, tearing and
> getting jelly stains on ours. We eventually tossed ours in the trash. Ralph
> saved his, or at least some, way into adulthood.
> >
> > The payoff came Thursday when the 78-year-old Menomonee Falls man sold 72
> comics from the 1930s and 1940s for $518,000, less the 6% he pays the
> auction house.
> >
> > "I'm very satisfied," Ralph said afterward. "It's a strange happening
> this late in life."
> >
> > There is one painful twist to this story. In 1968, to raise the money
> needed to move his family to Wisconsin, Ralph sold 900 vintage comics for
> $3,500. That seemed like a lot of money back then, but he doesn't have the
> stomach to investigate what they would bring now.
> >
> > He thought at the time that these were all the comics he had, but he
> discovered another box. Ralph was in Dallas on Thursday with two of his sons
> to watch those so-called Golden Age comics fetch astounding sums of money at
> Heritage Auction Galleries.
> >
> > At $90,000, the top money-maker was Marvel Mystery No.&ensp9 with a
> condition ranking of 9.4 out of 10. The rare 1940 comic features Human Torch
> and Sub-Mariner in the same issue, which may not excite you but clearly
> thrills collectors.
> >
> > Then came Batman No. 1 from 1940 at $82,500 and Marvel No. 1 at $70,000.
> >
> > The Marvel comic was among the first purchased by young Ralph Chicorel,
> who at age 8 began making regular trips to a drugstore near his home in
> Detroit and plunking down a dime for a comic book. He continued the practice
> from 1939 to 1947.
> >
> > "I kept them in boxes. I was very careful who I let look at these comic
> books, even at that time," he said. "If my siblings wanted to look at them,
> they could. But I had to be by their side."
> >
> > "I remember my thinking at that time," he continued. "I relished them so
> much because there had never been anything like this in published form
> before. The color, the great color of these comic books, and the drawings,
> and the stories - I just couldn't get over it. I wanted to take real good
> care of them. I turned the pages very carefully."
> >
> > Around age 16, Ralph lost interest in comics and started buying movie
> magazines and records instead.
> >
> > In 1968, he was married and the father of three sons when an opportunity
> arose to run a WeightWatchers franchise in the Milwaukee area, which he did
> for 24 years until retiring in 1992. He ran an auction in his basement and
> sold the 900 comics, but not before listing exactly what th

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
Thank you, rave.

Strangely enough, it's not the dollar value of the books that really gouges at 
me, but the fact that the two comics were birth gifts, given me by my father's 
favorite aunt, with the lecture at age 10 that I couldn't read them and that I 
had to use them for my college education. Didn't need them for that, because I 
got a full academic scholarship. I just kept them in memory of that dear lady.





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I feel your pain, Martin. I considered using the subject line: "With Apologies 
to Martin."

~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter"  wrote:
>
> I know full well what he went through, having watched my apartment go up in 
> flames in '95, knowing that, among the combustibles was Detective Comics #27 
> and Action Comics #1.
> 
> I'll be in the corner, in a deep funk no way related to anything George 
> Clinton might envision...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
 From : "ravenadal" 
> 
 To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> 
> 
Here in Milwaukee, this was big news: old guy sells childhood comics for 10 
cents; sells for $518,000. The heartbreaker is he sold half his collection for 
$3500 in 1968 (which he thought was a windfall), including included the 
valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, and DC Comics' Captain 
Marvel No. 1 through No. 38. Reminds me of the great "Amazing Story" episode 
starring Mark Hamill.
> 
> ~rave!
> 
> http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/45806457.html
> 
> 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green
> 
> Posted: May. 21, 2009
> 
> Here's the difference between Ralph Chicorel and most of the rest of us who 
> bought comic books as kids.
> 
> He took loving care of his comics, while we were bending, tearing and getting 
> jelly stains on ours. We eventually tossed ours in the trash. Ralph saved 
> his, or at least some, way into adulthood.
> 
> The payoff came Thursday when the 78-year-old Menomonee Falls man sold 72 
> comics from the 1930s and 1940s for $518,000, less the 6% he pays the auction 
> house.
> 
> "I'm very satisfied," Ralph said afterward. "It's a strange happening this 
> late in life."
> 
> There is one painful twist to this story. In 1968, to raise the money needed 
> to move his family to Wisconsin, Ralph sold 900 vintage comics for $3,500. 
> That seemed like a lot of money back then, but he doesn't have the stomach to 
> investigate what they would bring now.
> 
> He thought at the time that these were all the comics he had, but he 
> discovered another box. Ralph was in Dallas on Thursday with two of his sons 
> to watch those so-called Golden Age comics fetch astounding sums of money at 
> Heritage Auction Galleries.
> 
> At $90,000, the top money-maker was Marvel Mystery No.&ensp9 with a 
> condition ranking of 9.4 out of 10. The rare 1940 comic features Human Torch 
> and Sub-Mariner in the same issue, which may not excite you but clearly 
> thrills collectors.
> 
> Then came Batman No. 1 from 1940 at $82,500 and Marvel No. 1 at $70,000.
> 
> The Marvel comic was among the first purchased by young Ralph Chicorel, who 
> at age 8 began making regular trips to a drugstore near his home in Detroit 
> and plunking down a dime for a comic book. He continued the practice from 
> 1939 to 1947.
> 
> "I kept them in boxes. I was very careful who I let look at these comic 
> books, even at that time," he said. "If my siblings wanted to look at them, 
> they could. But I had to be by their side."
> 
> "I remember my thinking at that time," he continued. "I relished them so much 
> because there had never been anything like this in published form before. The 
> color, the great color of these comic books, and the drawings, and the 
> stories - I just couldn't get over it. I wanted to take real good care of 
> them. I turned the pages very carefully."
> 
> Around age 16, Ralph lost interest in comics and started buying movie 
> magazines and records instead.
> 
> In 1968, he was married and the father of three sons when an opportunity 
> arose to run a WeightWatchers franchise in the Milwaukee area, which he did 
> for 24 years until retiring in 1992. He ran an auction in his basement and 
> sold the 900 comics, but not before listing exactly what they were.
> 
> "There's so many No. 1 issues," said his second wife, Debbie, reading from a 
> list that included the valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, 
> and DC Comics' Captain Marvel No. 1 through No. 38.
> 
> But no time for regrets. As the years passed, Ralph began to realize that the 
> comics he had kept were becoming more and more treasured by collectors. He 
> bought a fireproof safe and put them inside.

[RE][scifinoir2] It's animal heroes to the rescue in 'Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers'

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
Part of me wants to chuckle at the cuteness factor... part of me wants to curl 
up in a ball and start screaming.





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http://dailyme.com/story/200905146783/animal-heroes-rescue-lockjaw-pet-avengers.html

It's animal heroes to the rescue in 'Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers'

by bill radford, The Gazette; Colorado Springs, CO


Longtime comics fans may remember DC ''Comics' Legion of Super-Pets, with such 
furry, faithful heroes as Krypto the super dog, Streaky the super cat and Beppo 
the super monkey. (Honest.) Now it's Marvel Comics' turn to go to the dogs, 
with "Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers."

The first issue of the four-issue miniseries is scheduled to arrive in comic 
book shops this week. The story, writer Chris Eliopoulos says, stems from a 
suggestion by editor Nate Crosby.

"He's a bulldog fan," Eliopoulos said. "And Lockjaw being a bulldog, he just 
said, 'I think we need a book about Lockjaw and some of the other animals.'"

But which animals? The answer to that question took some work.

"I had to do a lot of research," Eliopoulos said. "I went online, I went 
through the Marvel archives, and we got an intern to help out and find us all 
the animals that the Marvel Universe has had in the past. And then I picked and 
chose which ones I felt would really work well with this story."

That story, he said, follows the planet's mightiest pets on a "Lord of the 
Rings" kind of quest. "It's up to the animals to find these items throughout 
time and space so that the bad guy doesn't get them."

The team is assembled by Lockjaw, a dog with the power of teleportation and a 
member of the royal family of the once-secret society known as the Inhumans.

"He's just a big loveable dog who just happens to have this power and lives 
with a bunch of Inhumans on the moon," Eliopoulos said.

The rest of the team includes:

_Hairball, a cat with the kinetic energy powers of his owner, Speedball. "He's 
just sort of a typical cat _ all about himself," Eliopoulos said.

_Redwing, pet bird of the high-flying hero known as Falcon. "He's kind of the 
proud, 'I'm better than everybody 'else' kind of character," Eliopoulos said of 
Redwing. "He sort of talks down to everybody on the team."

_Lockheed, the pet dragon of Kitty Pryde of the X-Men. After selling out the 
X-Men in "Astonishing X-Men," "he sort of becomes the saved soul in this book," 
Elilopoulos said. "He is redeemed."

_Ms. Lion, who, despite the name, is not a Ms. and not a lion. He's a dog 
belonging to Peter Parker's Aunt May. With no powers, "he's just sort of the 
comedy relief of the team. He's just there having fun and thinks this is the 
coolest thing in the world."

_And last, but certainly not least: Frog Thor.

Back in the '80s, a memorable story by writer Walt Simonson saw the mighty Thor 
transformed into a frog. This latest Frog Thor, Eliopoulos said, is a different 
character _ "just a frog who gets the powers of the thunder god."

Crosby, his editor, "absolutely freaked out" at the idea, Eliopoulos said. "He 
went from a 25-year-old man to a screaming 4-year-old girl, just loving it."

Eliopoulos is known for examining the lighter side of the Marvel universe, but 
"Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers" isn't played just for laughs, he said.

"My mindset is I am doing a Pixar movie here. I'm doing that sort of movie 
where you have drama, but you also have comedy and light moments that match the 
dark moments. There's a real threat to not only these animals, but to the world 
_ and maybe even to the universe."


(c) 2009, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.).






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds

[RE][scifinoir2] Re: Vampire Diaries Coming to CW

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
Myself as well, Meta. To quote (allegedly) Roberto Duran, "No mas..."





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I'm starting to miss the days when vampires actually had
'bite'. I just can't bring myself to care about 'Calipires'.
Just too Hollywood for me. I prefer mine with a bit more depth.
Have not read nor seen Twilight nor do I care to.

Meta



--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella"  wrote:
>
> Vampire Diaries Coming to CW
> 
> Scream writer Kevin Williamson brings vamps back to network TV.
> 
> The CW is getting into the vampire business. Nikki Finke reports on
> 
> deadlinehollywoodnews.com that the network has ordered Vampire Diaries for
> the 2009-2010 season. 
> 
> Based on a series of books about a love triangle between a high school girl
> and two vampire brothers, the series comes from Scream and Dawson's Creek
> writer Kevin Williamson  . The
> CW targets a young female demographic that obviously has been quite
> passionate for recent vampire projects like True Blood
>  and Twilight
>  , and even CBS's cancelled
> Moonlight  had a dedicated
> following (and about seven million viewers per episode that the CW would
> love to have for any of their shows). 
> 
> While it's probably safe to assume that Twilight's huge success helped get
> Vampire Diaries on the air and led to the book series being re-launched
> recently, it's worth noting that the Vampire Diaries books actually pre-date
> Twilight by many years, having begun in 1991.
> 
> http://tv.ign.com/articles/983/983919p1.html
>





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds

[RE][scifinoir2] Obama comics mania has finally jumped the shark.

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
Might as well put the puppy on skis and in a made-to-size leather jacket...





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 From : "Tracey de Morsella" 

 To : 


Note from Tracey: I thought they jumped the shark with this one long ago

Obama  comics mania has
finally jumped the shark.


Obama Family's Puppy Stars in Bluewater Comic


'Puppy Power'


Published: 05/18/2009, Last Updated: 05/20/2009 02:18am

 
http://www.icv2.com/images/14971Bo-covermd.jpg

We've had comics on President Obama; on President Obama's wife, First Lady
Michelle Obama; and now we can look forward to a comic on the Obama family
pet, Bo Obama. If the political comics trend hadn't jumped the shark
before, this seems to put it over the top. Of course, that doesn't mean it
won't sell; Happy Days went on for years after the famous episode in which
the Fonz jumped a shark on water skis. 

 

Bluewater Productions will release Puppy Power: Bo Obama, written and drawn
especially for kids by Paul J. Salamoff and Keith Tucker, in September. It
will be offered with two covers, by Joshua Labello and Keith Tucker. 

 

 
http://www.icv2.com/images/14971Obama-covermd.jpg

Also coming from Bluewater is Political Power: Barack Obama, by Chris Ward
and Azim Akberali, in August, with two covers. 

 

Political Power: Joe Biden, by Wey-Yuih Loh and Jonathan Rector (cover by
Vinnie Tartamella), will street in September. 

 

Bluewater has had quite a run with its comic biographies of political
figures. Its Female Force biographies on Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin
(see "  Sarah Palin Comic
Book") have both gone into third printings. It's also got biographies of
Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice in the pipe. 

 

 




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds

[RE][scifinoir2] Fall TV: Which sci-fi/fantasy series will win, lose, draw?

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm hoping that "Human Target" comes up a winner. "Eastwick" -- WHY? I didn't 
think that much of the movie. "Chuck" is scary, because of the planned changes 
they've said are coming. Same for "Dollhouse". Call the rest a colossal push.





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draw?

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 From : "Tracey de Morsella" 

 To : 


Fall TV: Which sci-fi/fantasy series will win, lose, draw?

Fall TV: Which sci-fi/fantasy series will win, lose, draw?

John Cho (left) and Joseph Fiennes in Flash Forward

The long wait is over. The decisions have been made. The scheduling has been
done. Now all we have to do is watch our favorite sci-fi television shows
next season and fall in love with some new ones. Suddenly, it really is all
about us.

For now, it's time to assess which shows will be winners and which will be
losers.

While the five broadcast television networks did us plenty of favors by
picking up beloved shows such as Dollhouse and Chuck, not every scheduling
move is going to give our favorite shows their best chance of survival.
Every show that got a pickup, both the new and the renewed, is without a
doubt a winner. But most any show can die a tragic death if it suffers from
bad scheduling. 

Here's a breakdown of the network strategy when it comes to sci-fi and
fantasy television, as well as how things stack up for each show.

Fall TV: Which sci-fi/fantasy series will win, lose, draw?

V

ABC

You have to give ABC credit. Last year it put together some of the most
creative shows on television (Eli Stone, Pushing Daisies) and took huge
chances, which didn't really pay off. Programmers must not have learned
their lesson, because they have the riskiest sci-fi and fantasy schedule of
all the networks, with Flash Forward, Eastwick and V. They're also kicking
off a night of comedy and desperately trying to get some new shows to take
off, especially considering that their aging hits-Lost, Desperate Housewives
and Grey's Anatomy-won't be around forever. After all, it can't all be about
Dancing With the Stars.

Flash Forward: ABC's most buzzworthy show has landed in Ugly Betty's spot on
Thursday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT, before Grey's Anatomy. That puts it up
against CBS' Survivor, Fox's Bones and The CW's The Vampire Diaries. It's a
tough night to get traction, but Flash Forward will at least get sampled
there. We're calling Flash Forward a DRAW.

Eastwick: This witchy brew of devilish comedy managed to get the best spot
on the schedule: Wednesdays at 10 p.m. With only a mature CSI: NY on CBS and
the new Jay Leno Show on NBC, the competition leaves the door wide open,
whether ABC's night of sitcoms helps it out or not. We're calling Eastwick a
WINNER.

Lost: After five seasons, one of the most creative and captivating shows on
television is headed into its final season with just 17 episodes left to go.
ABC hasn't laid out its midseason schedule, so we can't be sure where it
will land, but Losties aren't about to stop watching now. We're calling Lost
a WINNER.

V: Plans are that V will have four seasons, with a beginning, middle and
end. Since it's set for midseason, it's too early to tell what ABC will do
with it. The clips look nice and creepy, but will it be too sci-fi for
general audiences? We're saying the jury's out.

 

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http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/05/medium_arquette_sandoval_cubitt-thumb-
330x188-18254.jpg

Medium

CBS 

The network knows its audience, and that audience usually favors the work of
producer Jerry Bruckheimer. What CBS' audience doesn't appear to want is any
new original sci-fi or fantasy programming. We should consider ourselves
lucky that it was cost-effective for the network to grab up Medium when it
had the chance.

Ghost Whisperer: Who'd have thought four years ago that this little
supernatural series-about a young woman who acts as a social worker for the
dead-would end up being the go-to show for CBS on Friday nights? While
nearly every other show has fallen in ratings, Ghost Whisperer has stayed
strong. Beyond that, it had a good season creatively. Next season, Ghost
takes on The CW's Smallville and NBC's Law & Order, neither of which should
have much of an effect on it, since they have different audiences. So we're
calling Ghost Whisperer a WINNER.

Medium: With NBC's Jay Leno Show taking up five spots on the schedule, the
decision whether Medium would get a pickup came down to the last minute. The
buzz was that NBC wanted to order 13 episodes but star Patricia Arquette had
22-episode seasons specified in her contract. True? Maybe. In any case,
what's certainly true is that CBS is very happy to get hold of Medium, since
the show is produced by CBS TV Studios, which means the studio will get more
of the profits than it would have if the show had remained on NBC.
Regardless of the circumstance, this should be a very good move for this
psychic-mommy detect

[RE][scifinoir2] New Typhoid Mary? Does This Mean A New Daredevil Movie?

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm not really liking the casting, but I have to temper that with the fact that 
I wasn't really keen on the Typhoid Mary character in the book to begin with.





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 From : "Tracey de Morsella" 

 To : 


Auditions, auditions, auditions. Every actor has to go through them, even
ones like Katee Sackhoff, who play popular characters in science fiction
shows.

The  Golden Apple comic store blog
reported on Katee walking into their comic book shop and purchasing all of
the Typhoid Mary comic books in the hopes of landing a role as the ex-lover
of Daredevil. 

Does this mean a Daredevil reboot is in the works? Sounds like it. Unless
she's working on motion capture and voiceover video game stuff, Fox might be
going after the comic book fan (again) with a reboot of Daredevil and the
rumored reboot of The Fantastic Four.

What do you guys think? She a good fit for Typhoid Mary?

http://www.latinoreview.com/images/user/katee_sackhoff_02.jpg

http://www.latinoreview.com/images/user/Typhoid_Mary_Earth-58163_0001.jpg

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/a-new-typhoid-mary-does-this-mean-a-new-dar
edevil-movie-6928




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds

[RE][scifinoir2] Obama supports mutant rights - Someone has to speak for them, dammit.

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
NEVER have I been so proud to say that I am an American.





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them, dammit.

 Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 13:30:53 -0700

 From : "Tracey de Morsella" 

 To : 


President

Obama Vetoes Mutant Registration Act


By Meredith Woerner  , 9:30
 AM
on Tue May 19 2009, 6,002 views

, but with a tinge of hope that some day, this will all be real and mutants
and humans will find peace. Just listen:

Listen http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/president_obama_vetoes

Painting via Faithmouse
 

 




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RE: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
(kicking self)

Justin's right, Tracey. I never considered them a skit, more as a kick-a$$ 
musical performance. But they were SNL-born.





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 From : "Tracey de Morsella" 

 To : 


Blues Bros was SNL? I thought they just used SNL people

-Original Message-
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Justin Mohareb
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 4:55 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

I'm disappointed that none of you seem to remember The Blues Brothers.

Justin

On 24-May-09, at 7:36 AM, "Martin Baxter"  
wrote:

> For me, it was painfully UNfunny, as was every SNL movie save 
> "Wayne's World".
>
>
>
>
>
> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
>
> Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>
> Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 04:21:55 -0700
>
> From : "Mr. Worf" 
>
> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> Oh come on. It wasn't that bad was it? I think that they had a lot 
> of funny
> catch phrases in it, and it didn't take itself too seriously.
>
> SNL has had a LONG dry spell of truly funny people. I think the last 
> funny
> person that has been on the show is Will Farrell and he is danger of 
> being
> overexposed.
>
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>> I remember it well, Mr Worf.
>>
>> I'll now spend the rest of the day trying to *forget* it...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
>>
>> Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>>
>> Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 02:59:09 -0700
>>
>> From : "Mr. Worf"
>>
>> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>>
>>
>> Wayne's World was funny. I can't think of any of the other ones 
>> that were
>> able to do well outside of the show.
>>
>> Anyone remember A Night at the Roxburys?
>>
>> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Tracey de Morsella <
>> tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I saw Mc Gruber once for five minutes. It was funny, but it was only
>>> five minutes. I’m not sure it would be funny for an hour. So, ha 
>>> ve any
>> SNL
>>> films been successful?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
>>> ]
>> *On
>>> Behalf Of *Martin Baxter
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:58 PM
>>> *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>>> *Subject:* [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Another in the long line of successful SNL films... :P
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> *Subject : *[scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>>> *Date : *Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:27 -0700
>>> *From : *"Tracey de Morsella"
>>> *To : *
>>>
>>>
>>> 'MacGruber'
>>> May
>>> Be Next SNL Film
>>>
>>>
>>> by Monika Bartyzel
>>> May 19th 2009 // 12:45PM
>>>
>>> Filed under: Comedy , Deals
>>> , RumorMonger
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/05/mac052009.jpg
>>>
>>> The season might be over after Will Ferrell wrapped it up in a 
>>> nice bow,
>>> but
>>> the Saturday Night Live train keeps
>>> truckin'. When the George Foster Peabody Awards were held the 
>>> other day
>> in
>>> New York City, it became an SNL news releasing zone. Besides talking
>> about
>>> their hunt for new writers and stars, Lorne
>>> Michaels
>>> talked about movies. Specifically, he told
>>>
>>> 6e8b382c253723efd> The Hollywood Reporter that a big feature film 
>>> for
>>> MacGruber is being considered, and that "it would have to be in the
>> summer
>>> because we are back in production in the fall." Not this summer, I'd
>>> imagine, since they're "still in discussions."
>>>
>>> Hello timely spoofs and product placement! You might remember that 
>>> New
>> Line
>>>
>>> started the quest for a new MacGyver back
>>>
>>> p:/www.cinematical.com/2009/03/16/macgyver-heads-for-the-big- 
>>> screen/> in
>>> March, so naturally it'd make sense to match that with Will Forte's
>>> MacGyver
>>> spoof. And oh, the product placement that's possible! If you Google
>>> "MacGruber," you'll be greeted by a sea of blog posts and clips of 
>>> the
>>> SNL/Pepsi commercials where the
>>> hero hands in his mixed drink for an obsession with Pepsi products.
>>>
>>> But could this be anything other than a short skit stretched way too
>> long?
>>> The skits are a silly laugh, but I fear a feature might send it into
>>> eye-rolling Rob Schneider territory.
>>>
>>> Are you primed for an hour and a half of supreme MacGruber action?
>>>
>>>
>>> MacGruber~!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years!
>> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
>>
>
>
>

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

2009-05-24 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Blues Bros was SNL?  I thought they just used SNL people

-Original Message-
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Justin Mohareb
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 4:55 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

I'm disappointed that none of you seem to remember The Blues Brothers.

Justin

On 24-May-09, at 7:36 AM, "Martin Baxter"   
wrote:

> For me, it was painfully UNfunny, as was every SNL movie save  
> "Wayne's World".
>
>
>
>
>
> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
>
> Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>
> Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 04:21:55 -0700
>
> From : "Mr. Worf" 
>
> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> Oh come on. It wasn't that bad was it? I think that they had a lot  
> of funny
> catch phrases in it, and it didn't take itself too seriously.
>
> SNL has had a LONG dry spell of truly funny people. I think the last  
> funny
> person that has been on the show is Will Farrell and he is danger of  
> being
> overexposed.
>
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>> I remember it well, Mr Worf.
>>
>> I'll now spend the rest of the day trying to *forget* it...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
>>
>> Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>>
>> Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 02:59:09 -0700
>>
>> From : "Mr. Worf"
>>
>> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>>
>>
>> Wayne's World was funny. I can't think of any of the other ones  
>> that were
>> able to do well outside of the show.
>>
>> Anyone remember A Night at the Roxburys?
>>
>> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Tracey de Morsella <
>> tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I saw Mc Gruber once for five minutes. It was funny, but it was only
>>> five minutes. I’m not sure it would be funny for an hour. So, ha 
>>> ve any
>> SNL
>>> films been successful?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
>>> ]
>> *On
>>> Behalf Of *Martin Baxter
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:58 PM
>>> *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>>> *Subject:* [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Another in the long line of successful SNL films... :P
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
>>> *Subject : *[scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>>> *Date : *Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:27 -0700
>>> *From : *"Tracey de Morsella"
>>> *To : *
>>>
>>>
>>> 'MacGruber'
>>> May
>>> Be Next SNL Film
>>>
>>>
>>> by Monika Bartyzel
>>> May 19th 2009 // 12:45PM
>>>
>>> Filed under: Comedy , Deals
>>> , RumorMonger
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/05/mac052009.jpg
>>>
>>> The season might be over after Will Ferrell wrapped it up in a  
>>> nice bow,
>>> but
>>> the Saturday Night Live train keeps
>>> truckin'. When the George Foster Peabody Awards were held the  
>>> other day
>> in
>>> New York City, it became an SNL news releasing zone. Besides talking
>> about
>>> their hunt for new writers and stars, Lorne
>>> Michaels
>>> talked about movies. Specifically, he told
>>>
>>> 6e8b382c253723efd> The Hollywood Reporter that a big feature film  
>>> for
>>> MacGruber is being considered, and that "it would have to be in the
>> summer
>>> because we are back in production in the fall." Not this summer, I'd
>>> imagine, since they're "still in discussions."
>>>
>>> Hello timely spoofs and product placement! You might remember that  
>>> New
>> Line
>>>
>>> started the quest for a new MacGyver back
>>>
>>> p:/www.cinematical.com/2009/03/16/macgyver-heads-for-the-big- 
>>> screen/> in
>>> March, so naturally it'd make sense to match that with Will Forte's
>>> MacGyver
>>> spoof. And oh, the product placement that's possible! If you Google
>>> "MacGruber," you'll be greeted by a sea of blog posts and clips of  
>>> the
>>> SNL/Pepsi commercials where the
>>> hero hands in his mixed drink for an obsession with Pepsi products.
>>>
>>> But could this be anything other than a short skit stretched way too
>> long?
>>> The skits are a silly laugh, but I fear a feature might send it into
>>> eye-rolling Rob Schneider territory.
>>>
>>> Are you primed for an hour and a half of supreme MacGruber action?
>>>
>>>
>>> MacGruber~!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years!
>> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds




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[scifinoir2] Obama supports mutant rights - Someone has to speak for them, dammit.

2009-05-24 Thread Tracey de Morsella

President

Obama Vetoes Mutant Registration Act


By Meredith Woerner  , 9:30
  AM
on Tue May 19 2009, 6,002 views

, but with a tinge of hope that some day, this will all be real and mutants
and humans will find peace. Just listen:

Listen  http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/president_obama_vetoes

Painting via Faithmouse
 

 



Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

2009-05-24 Thread Justin Mohareb
I'm disappointed that none of you seem to remember The Blues Brothers.

Justin

On 24-May-09, at 7:36 AM, "Martin Baxter"   
wrote:

> For me, it was painfully UNfunny, as was every SNL movie save  
> "Wayne's World".
>
>
>
>
>
> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
>
> Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>
> Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 04:21:55 -0700
>
> From : "Mr. Worf" 
>
> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> Oh come on. It wasn't that bad was it? I think that they had a lot  
> of funny
> catch phrases in it, and it didn't take itself too seriously.
>
> SNL has had a LONG dry spell of truly funny people. I think the last  
> funny
> person that has been on the show is Will Farrell and he is danger of  
> being
> overexposed.
>
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>> I remember it well, Mr Worf.
>>
>> I'll now spend the rest of the day trying to *forget* it...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
>>
>> Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>>
>> Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 02:59:09 -0700
>>
>> From : "Mr. Worf"
>>
>> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>>
>>
>> Wayne's World was funny. I can't think of any of the other ones  
>> that were
>> able to do well outside of the show.
>>
>> Anyone remember A Night at the Roxburys?
>>
>> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Tracey de Morsella <
>> tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I saw Mc Gruber once for five minutes. It was funny, but it was only
>>> five minutes. I’m not sure it would be funny for an hour. So, ha 
>>> ve any
>> SNL
>>> films been successful?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
>>> ]
>> *On
>>> Behalf Of *Martin Baxter
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:58 PM
>>> *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>>> *Subject:* [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Another in the long line of successful SNL films... :P
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
>>> *Subject : *[scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>>> *Date : *Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:27 -0700
>>> *From : *"Tracey de Morsella"
>>> *To : *
>>>
>>>
>>> 'MacGruber'
>>> May
>>> Be Next SNL Film
>>>
>>>
>>> by Monika Bartyzel
>>> May 19th 2009 // 12:45PM
>>>
>>> Filed under: Comedy , Deals
>>> , RumorMonger
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/05/mac052009.jpg
>>>
>>> The season might be over after Will Ferrell wrapped it up in a  
>>> nice bow,
>>> but
>>> the Saturday Night Live train keeps
>>> truckin'. When the George Foster Peabody Awards were held the  
>>> other day
>> in
>>> New York City, it became an SNL news releasing zone. Besides talking
>> about
>>> their hunt for new writers and stars, Lorne
>>> Michaels
>>> talked about movies. Specifically, he told
>>>
>>> 6e8b382c253723efd> The Hollywood Reporter that a big feature film  
>>> for
>>> MacGruber is being considered, and that "it would have to be in the
>> summer
>>> because we are back in production in the fall." Not this summer, I'd
>>> imagine, since they're "still in discussions."
>>>
>>> Hello timely spoofs and product placement! You might remember that  
>>> New
>> Line
>>>
>>> started the quest for a new MacGyver back
>>>
>>> p:/www.cinematical.com/2009/03/16/macgyver-heads-for-the-big- 
>>> screen/> in
>>> March, so naturally it'd make sense to match that with Will Forte's
>>> MacGyver
>>> spoof. And oh, the product placement that's possible! If you Google
>>> "MacGruber," you'll be greeted by a sea of blog posts and clips of  
>>> the
>>> SNL/Pepsi commercials where the
>>> hero hands in his mixed drink for an obsession with Pepsi products.
>>>
>>> But could this be anything other than a short skit stretched way too
>> long?
>>> The skits are a silly laugh, but I fear a feature might send it into
>>> eye-rolling Rob Schneider territory.
>>>
>>> Are you primed for an hour and a half of supreme MacGruber action?
>>>
>>>
>>> MacGruber~!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years!
>> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds


[scifinoir2] Re: Vampire Diaries Coming to CW

2009-05-24 Thread Meta
I'm starting to miss the days when vampires actually had
'bite'. I just can't bring myself to care about 'Calipires'.
Just too Hollywood for me. I prefer mine with a bit more depth.
Have not read nor seen Twilight nor do I care to.

Meta



--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella"  wrote:
>
> Vampire Diaries Coming to CW
> 
> Scream writer Kevin Williamson brings vamps back to network TV.
> 
> The CW is getting into the vampire business. Nikki Finke reports on
> 
> deadlinehollywoodnews.com that the network has ordered Vampire Diaries for
> the 2009-2010 season. 
> 
> Based on a series of books about a love triangle between a high school girl
> and two vampire brothers, the series comes from Scream and Dawson's Creek
> writer Kevin Williamson  . The
> CW targets a young female demographic that obviously has been quite
> passionate for recent vampire projects like True Blood
>   and Twilight
>  , and even CBS's cancelled
> Moonlight   had a dedicated
> following (and about seven million viewers per episode that the CW would
> love to have for any of their shows). 
> 
> While it's probably safe to assume that Twilight's huge success helped get
> Vampire Diaries on the air and led to the book series being re-launched
> recently, it's worth noting that the Vampire Diaries books actually pre-date
> Twilight by many years, having begun in 1991.
> 
> http://tv.ign.com/articles/983/983919p1.html
>




[scifinoir2] It's animal heroes to the rescue in 'Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers'

2009-05-24 Thread ravenadal
http://dailyme.com/story/200905146783/animal-heroes-rescue-lockjaw-pet-avengers.html

It's animal heroes to the rescue in 'Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers'

by bill radford, The Gazette; Colorado Springs, CO


Longtime comics fans may remember DC ''Comics' Legion of Super-Pets, with such 
furry, faithful heroes as Krypto the super dog, Streaky the super cat and Beppo 
the super monkey. (Honest.) Now it's Marvel Comics' turn to go to the dogs, 
with "Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers."

The first issue of the four-issue miniseries is scheduled to arrive in comic 
book shops this week. The story, writer Chris Eliopoulos says, stems from a 
suggestion by editor Nate Crosby.

"He's a bulldog fan," Eliopoulos said. "And Lockjaw being a bulldog, he just 
said, 'I think we need a book about Lockjaw and some of the other animals.'"

But which animals? The answer to that question took some work.

"I had to do a lot of research," Eliopoulos said. "I went online, I went 
through the Marvel archives, and we got an intern to help out and find us all 
the animals that the Marvel Universe has had in the past. And then I picked and 
chose which ones I felt would really work well with this story."

That story, he said, follows the planet's mightiest pets on a "Lord of the 
Rings" kind of quest. "It's up to the animals to find these items throughout 
time and space so that the bad guy doesn't get them."

The team is assembled by Lockjaw, a dog with the power of teleportation and a 
member of the royal family of the once-secret society known as the Inhumans.

"He's just a big loveable dog who just happens to have this power and lives 
with a bunch of Inhumans on the moon," Eliopoulos said.

The rest of the team includes:

_Hairball, a cat with the kinetic energy powers of his owner, Speedball. "He's 
just sort of a typical cat _ all about himself," Eliopoulos said.

_Redwing, pet bird of the high-flying hero known as Falcon. "He's kind of the 
proud, 'I'm better than everybody 'else' kind of character," Eliopoulos said of 
Redwing. "He sort of talks down to everybody on the team."

_Lockheed, the pet dragon of Kitty Pryde of the X-Men. After selling out the 
X-Men in "Astonishing X-Men," "he sort of becomes the saved soul in this book," 
Elilopoulos said. "He is redeemed."

_Ms. Lion, who, despite the name, is not a Ms. and not a lion. He's a dog 
belonging to Peter Parker's Aunt May. With no powers, "he's just sort of the 
comedy relief of the team. He's just there having fun and thinks this is the 
coolest thing in the world."

_And last, but certainly not least: Frog Thor.

Back in the '80s, a memorable story by writer Walt Simonson saw the mighty Thor 
transformed into a frog. This latest Frog Thor, Eliopoulos said, is a different 
character _ "just a frog who gets the powers of the thunder god."

Crosby, his editor, "absolutely freaked out" at the idea, Eliopoulos said. "He 
went from a 25-year-old man to a screaming 4-year-old girl, just loving it."

Eliopoulos is known for examining the lighter side of the Marvel universe, but 
"Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers" isn't played just for laughs, he said.

"My mindset is I am doing a Pixar movie here. I'm doing that sort of movie 
where you have drama, but you also have comedy and light moments that match the 
dark moments. There's a real threat to not only these animals, but to the world 
_ and maybe even to the universe."


(c) 2009, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.).





Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green

2009-05-24 Thread ravenadal
I feel your pain, Martin.  I considered using the subject line: "With Apologies 
to Martin."

~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter"  wrote:
>
> I know full well what he went through, having watched my apartment go up in 
> flames in '95, knowing that, among the combustibles was Detective Comics #27 
> and Action Comics #1.
> 
> I'll be in the corner, in a deep funk no way related to anything George 
> Clinton might envision...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
-[ Received Mail Content ]--
> 
 Subject : [scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green
> 
 Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 15:05:24 -
> 
 From : "ravenadal" 
> 
 To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> 
> 
Here in Milwaukee, this was big news: old guy sells childhood comics for 10 
cents; sells for $518,000. The heartbreaker is he sold half his collection for 
$3500 in 1968 (which he thought was a windfall), including included the 
valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, and DC Comics' Captain 
Marvel No. 1 through No. 38. Reminds me of the great "Amazing Story" episode 
starring Mark Hamill.
> 
> ~rave!
> 
> http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/45806457.html
> 
> 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green
> 
> Posted: May. 21, 2009
> 
> Here's the difference between Ralph Chicorel and most of the rest of us who 
> bought comic books as kids.
> 
> He took loving care of his comics, while we were bending, tearing and getting 
> jelly stains on ours. We eventually tossed ours in the trash. Ralph saved 
> his, or at least some, way into adulthood.
> 
> The payoff came Thursday when the 78-year-old Menomonee Falls man sold 72 
> comics from the 1930s and 1940s for $518,000, less the 6% he pays the auction 
> house.
> 
> "I'm very satisfied," Ralph said afterward. "It's a strange happening this 
> late in life."
> 
> There is one painful twist to this story. In 1968, to raise the money needed 
> to move his family to Wisconsin, Ralph sold 900 vintage comics for $3,500. 
> That seemed like a lot of money back then, but he doesn't have the stomach to 
> investigate what they would bring now.
> 
> He thought at the time that these were all the comics he had, but he 
> discovered another box. Ralph was in Dallas on Thursday with two of his sons 
> to watch those so-called Golden Age comics fetch astounding sums of money at 
> Heritage Auction Galleries.
> 
> At $90,000, the top money-maker was Marvel Mystery No.&ensp9 with a 
> condition ranking of 9.4 out of 10. The rare 1940 comic features Human Torch 
> and Sub-Mariner in the same issue, which may not excite you but clearly 
> thrills collectors.
> 
> Then came Batman No. 1 from 1940 at $82,500 and Marvel No. 1 at $70,000.
> 
> The Marvel comic was among the first purchased by young Ralph Chicorel, who 
> at age 8 began making regular trips to a drugstore near his home in Detroit 
> and plunking down a dime for a comic book. He continued the practice from 
> 1939 to 1947.
> 
> "I kept them in boxes. I was very careful who I let look at these comic 
> books, even at that time," he said. "If my siblings wanted to look at them, 
> they could. But I had to be by their side."
> 
> "I remember my thinking at that time," he continued. "I relished them so much 
> because there had never been anything like this in published form before. The 
> color, the great color of these comic books, and the drawings, and the 
> stories - I just couldn't get over it. I wanted to take real good care of 
> them. I turned the pages very carefully."
> 
> Around age 16, Ralph lost interest in comics and started buying movie 
> magazines and records instead.
> 
> In 1968, he was married and the father of three sons when an opportunity 
> arose to run a WeightWatchers franchise in the Milwaukee area, which he did 
> for 24 years until retiring in 1992. He ran an auction in his basement and 
> sold the 900 comics, but not before listing exactly what they were.
> 
> "There's so many No. 1 issues," said his second wife, Debbie, reading from a 
> list that included the valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, 
> and DC Comics' Captain Marvel No. 1 through No. 38.
> 
> But no time for regrets. As the years passed, Ralph began to realize that the 
> comics he had kept were becoming more and more treasured by collectors. He 
> bought a fireproof safe and put them inside.
> 
> Recently, he decided to sell them all.
> 
> "It's the economy, the financial crisis. That's the reason. I said now it's 
> time," he told me.
> 
> A representative from Heritage visited his home and arranged to have the 
> comics shipped to Dallas. Internet bids mounted in recent weeks, and on 
> Thursday, the comics were sold to buyers in person, by telephone and online.
> 
> Even some of the less-coveted comics brought prices greater than a whole 
> year's salary for most people during the time that Ralph was making his 
> drugstore runs. Green Hornet No. 1 went for $7,500, for instance. The first 
> Hopalong Cassidy comic br

[RE][scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
I know full well what he went through, having watched my apartment go up in 
flames in '95, knowing that, among the combustibles was Detective Comics #27 
and Action Comics #1.

I'll be in the corner, in a deep funk no way related to anything George Clinton 
might envision...





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 Subject : [scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green

 Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 15:05:24 -

 From : "ravenadal" 

 To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com


Here in Milwaukee, this was big news: old guy sells childhood comics for 10 
cents; sells for $518,000. The heartbreaker is he sold half his collection for 
$3500 in 1968 (which he thought was a windfall), including included the 
valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, and DC Comics' Captain 
Marvel No. 1 through No. 38. Reminds me of the great "Amazing Story" episode 
starring Mark Hamill.

~rave!

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/45806457.html

'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green

Posted: May. 21, 2009

Here's the difference between Ralph Chicorel and most of the rest of us who 
bought comic books as kids.

He took loving care of his comics, while we were bending, tearing and getting 
jelly stains on ours. We eventually tossed ours in the trash. Ralph saved his, 
or at least some, way into adulthood.

The payoff came Thursday when the 78-year-old Menomonee Falls man sold 72 
comics from the 1930s and 1940s for $518,000, less the 6% he pays the auction 
house.

"I'm very satisfied," Ralph said afterward. "It's a strange happening this late 
in life."

There is one painful twist to this story. In 1968, to raise the money needed to 
move his family to Wisconsin, Ralph sold 900 vintage comics for $3,500. That 
seemed like a lot of money back then, but he doesn't have the stomach to 
investigate what they would bring now.

He thought at the time that these were all the comics he had, but he discovered 
another box. Ralph was in Dallas on Thursday with two of his sons to watch 
those so-called Golden Age comics fetch astounding sums of money at Heritage 
Auction Galleries.

At $90,000, the top money-maker was Marvel Mystery No.&ensp9 with a 
condition ranking of 9.4 out of 10. The rare 1940 comic features Human Torch 
and Sub-Mariner in the same issue, which may not excite you but clearly thrills 
collectors.

Then came Batman No. 1 from 1940 at $82,500 and Marvel No. 1 at $70,000.

The Marvel comic was among the first purchased by young Ralph Chicorel, who at 
age 8 began making regular trips to a drugstore near his home in Detroit and 
plunking down a dime for a comic book. He continued the practice from 1939 to 
1947.

"I kept them in boxes. I was very careful who I let look at these comic books, 
even at that time," he said. "If my siblings wanted to look at them, they 
could. But I had to be by their side."

"I remember my thinking at that time," he continued. "I relished them so much 
because there had never been anything like this in published form before. The 
color, the great color of these comic books, and the drawings, and the stories 
- I just couldn't get over it. I wanted to take real good care of them. I 
turned the pages very carefully."

Around age 16, Ralph lost interest in comics and started buying movie magazines 
and records instead.

In 1968, he was married and the father of three sons when an opportunity arose 
to run a WeightWatchers franchise in the Milwaukee area, which he did for 24 
years until retiring in 1992. He ran an auction in his basement and sold the 
900 comics, but not before listing exactly what they were.

"There's so many No. 1 issues," said his second wife, Debbie, reading from a 
list that included the valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, and 
DC Comics' Captain Marvel No. 1 through No. 38.

But no time for regrets. As the years passed, Ralph began to realize that the 
comics he had kept were becoming more and more treasured by collectors. He 
bought a fireproof safe and put them inside.

Recently, he decided to sell them all.

"It's the economy, the financial crisis. That's the reason. I said now it's 
time," he told me.

A representative from Heritage visited his home and arranged to have the comics 
shipped to Dallas. Internet bids mounted in recent weeks, and on Thursday, the 
comics were sold to buyers in person, by telephone and online.

Even some of the less-coveted comics brought prices greater than a whole year's 
salary for most people during the time that Ralph was making his drugstore 
runs. Green Hornet No. 1 went for $7,500, for instance. The first Hopalong 
Cassidy comic brought $5,500.

Another 41 of his lower-graded comics are scheduled to be auctioned off 
Saturday. If only we all had been smart enough to preserve comics or baseball 
cards or early Beanie Babies. But then, of course, they would have no value.

"You just never know what you want to save that might have value someday," 
Debbie said. "We've been cleaning our baseme

[RE][scifinoir2] Today in Sound-Off Television (Sunday)

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
rave, I've seen most of this movie (one of the few decent things about family 
emergencies -- the chance to reconnect with loved ones through the cinema), and 
agree with you entirely. And I'm willing to chip in $20 toward a tanning booth 
for Kidman and Craig if everyone else is.





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For those of you scoring at home, I am once again engaging in my Sunday ritual 
of listening to NPR while reading two sunday newpapers, surfing the web and 
watching a movie with the sound off.

Today's movie is 2007's "Invasion." I am a big fan of Phillip Kaufman's 1978 
remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," so I had a hard time warming up to 
this remake of a remake. BUT, like "The Golden Compass," it looks great in HD. 
The golden hues make many scenes look like renaissance paintings. And, also as 
in "The Golden Compass," Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, two of the palest 
white folks working, look FABULOUS in high def. 

German Director Oliver Hirschbiegel helms the film and is responsible to the 
many evocative close-ups but everything gorgeous I adore about this particular 
Sound-Off viewing was probably provided by German cinematographer Rainer 
Klausmann.

Another thing I like about "Invasion" is that there are black people in this 
universe, including Jeffrey Wright a score of extras.

"Invasion" is a lovely moving picture.

~rave!

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[scifinoir2] Today in Sound-Off Television (Sunday)

2009-05-24 Thread ravenadal
For those of you scoring at home, I am once again engaging in my Sunday ritual 
of listening to NPR while reading two sunday newpapers, surfing the web and 
watching a movie with the sound off.

Today's movie is 2007's "Invasion."  I am a big fan of Phillip Kaufman's 1978 
remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," so I had a hard time warming up to 
this remake of a remake.  BUT, like "The Golden Compass," it looks great in HD. 
 The golden hues make many scenes look like renaissance paintings.  And, also 
as in "The Golden Compass," Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, two of the palest 
white folks working, look FABULOUS in high def.  

German Director Oliver Hirschbiegel helms the film and is responsible to the 
many evocative close-ups but everything gorgeous I adore about this particular 
Sound-Off viewing was probably provided by German cinematographer Rainer 
Klausmann.

Another thing I like about "Invasion" is that there are black people in this 
universe, including Jeffrey Wright a score of extras.

"Invasion" is a lovely moving picture.

~rave!

http://twitter.com/ravenadal
http://blackplush.blogspot.com




















[scifinoir2] 'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green

2009-05-24 Thread ravenadal
Here in Milwaukee, this was big news: old guy sells childhood comics for 10 
cents; sells for $518,000. The heartbreaker is he sold half his collection  for 
$3500 in 1968 (which he thought was a windfall), including included the 
valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, and DC Comics' Captain 
Marvel No. 1 through No. 38.  Reminds me of the great "Amazing Story" episode 
starring Mark Hamill.

~rave!

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/45806457.html

'Golden Age' comics fetch plenty of green

Posted: May. 21, 2009

Here's the difference between Ralph Chicorel and most of the rest of us who 
bought comic books as kids.

He took loving care of his comics, while we were bending, tearing and getting 
jelly stains on ours. We eventually tossed ours in the trash. Ralph saved his, 
or at least some, way into adulthood.

The payoff came Thursday when the 78-year-old Menomonee Falls man sold 72 
comics from the 1930s and 1940s for $518,000, less the 6% he pays the auction 
house.

"I'm very satisfied," Ralph said afterward. "It's a strange happening this late 
in life."

There is one painful twist to this story. In 1968, to raise the money needed to 
move his family to Wisconsin, Ralph sold 900 vintage comics for $3,500. That 
seemed like a lot of money back then, but he doesn't have the stomach to 
investigate what they would bring now.

He thought at the time that these were all the comics he had, but he discovered 
another box. Ralph was in Dallas on Thursday with two of his sons to watch 
those so-called Golden Age comics fetch astounding sums of money at Heritage 
Auction Galleries.

At $90,000, the top money-maker was Marvel Mystery No.&ensp9 with a condition 
ranking of 9.4 out of 10. The rare 1940 comic features Human Torch and 
Sub-Mariner in the same issue, which may not excite you but clearly thrills 
collectors.

Then came Batman No. 1 from 1940 at $82,500 and Marvel No. 1 at $70,000.

The Marvel comic was among the first purchased by young Ralph Chicorel, who at 
age 8 began making regular trips to a drugstore near his home in Detroit and 
plunking down a dime for a comic book. He continued the practice from 1939 to 
1947.

"I kept them in boxes. I was very careful who I let look at these comic books, 
even at that time," he said. "If my siblings wanted to look at them, they 
could. But I had to be by their side."

"I remember my thinking at that time," he continued. "I relished them so much 
because there had never been anything like this in published form before. The 
color, the great color of these comic books, and the drawings, and the stories 
- I just couldn't get over it. I wanted to take real good care of them. I 
turned the pages very carefully."

Around age 16, Ralph lost interest in comics and started buying movie magazines 
and records instead.

In 1968, he was married and the father of three sons when an opportunity arose 
to run a WeightWatchers franchise in the Milwaukee area, which he did for 24 
years until retiring in 1992. He ran an auction in his basement and sold the 
900 comics, but not before listing exactly what they were.

"There's so many No. 1 issues," said his second wife, Debbie, reading from a 
list that included the valuable Superman No. 1, Flash No. 1 through No. 6, and 
DC Comics' Captain Marvel No. 1 through No. 38.

But no time for regrets. As the years passed, Ralph began to realize that the 
comics he had kept were becoming more and more treasured by collectors. He 
bought a fireproof safe and put them inside.

Recently, he decided to sell them all.

"It's the economy, the financial crisis. That's the reason. I said now it's 
time," he told me.

A representative from Heritage visited his home and arranged to have the comics 
shipped to Dallas. Internet bids mounted in recent weeks, and on Thursday, the 
comics were sold to buyers in person, by telephone and online.

Even some of the less-coveted comics brought prices greater than a whole year's 
salary for most people during the time that Ralph was making his drugstore 
runs. Green Hornet No. 1 went for $7,500, for instance. The first Hopalong 
Cassidy comic brought $5,500.

Another 41 of his lower-graded comics are scheduled to be auctioned off 
Saturday. If only we all had been smart enough to preserve comics or baseball 
cards or early Beanie Babies. But then, of course, they would have no value.

"You just never know what you want to save that might have value someday," 
Debbie said. "We've been cleaning our basement for years now. Ralph just keeps 
saving things."

These days, Ralph takes pleasure in composing music and ballroom dancing. But 
it's what he did as a child that has brought this windfall.

"I was smart," he said, "without even knowing it."

Call Jim Stingl at (414) 224-2017 or e-mail at jsti...@journalsentinel.com





RE: [scifinoir2] CBS Picks Up NBC's Canceled 'Medium' LL Cool J Gets NCIS

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
I hear you, brother. Never take a trip that's unnecessary.





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It's more that the show reminds me of my old job. I don't like to go there.
Got a few autopsies that still keep me awake. Little kids and shotgun
suicides...brrr...

 _ 

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Don't count CSI: out flat, Reece. Folks not in uni can sometimes make things
fun...







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To : 

Thats's why I watch NCIS and not CSI. The military influence is enticing to 
me. 



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From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On 
Behalf Of Martin Baxter 
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Keith, that's how I always looked at NCIS, police procedural with Navy and 
Marine uniforms abounding. 







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>From : Keith Johnson 
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 

"The Unit" is a good, well-acted show with interesting characters. But as 
Americans continue to grow weary of constant thoughts of terrorism and 
foreign wars--even though Americans signed off on those wars--I wondered how

long it would last. There was a strong air of fear, xenophobia, and rampant 
vengeance-minded jingoism since 9/11, all stoked by the Bush coterie. 
Television capitalized on that with a glut of such shows back in the day. I 
remember there was one called "E-Ring", with Dennis Hopper and Benjamin 
Bratt. It took place in the Pentagon. 

With Obama trying to change that mindset it's not surprising such 
military-focused shows might finally be losing steam--at least, those 
focused specifically on combat and warfare. I guess "Army Wives", with its 
focus on the family stateside, and gentler view of the military, will last. 
Of course, being on "Lifetime" and having that cast of actresses doesn't 
hurt! I know lots of guys who watch that show! 

I'm surprised "NCIS" lasted this long. I guess it's actually more police 
procedural in tone, less military? 



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Subject: [scifinoir2] CBS Picks Up NBC's Canceled 'Medium' LL Cool J Gets 
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NEW YORK - A couple of television crime-fighters are on the move: Patricia 
Arquette and "Medium" from NBC to CBS, and Simon Baker's " The Mentalist " 
to CBS' Thursday-night lineup. 

CBS, the last of the top four broadcasters to reveal its fall schedule to 
advertisers this week, said it was canceling "Without a Trace," "The Unit" 
and "Eleventh Hour." New series with Jenna Elfman and Julianna Margulies are

moving in. 

The nation's most popular network is a model of stability in a roiled 
broadcast industry. It's the only network with more viewers this season than

last, yet had less advertising revenue than its previous year because of a 
depressed market. 

Sensitive about a stodgy image, CBS Corp. chief executive Leslie Moonves 
cited in a presentation to advertisers on Wednesday a newspaper article that

talked about the network's ratings successes despite not being "sexy." 

"When you come right down to it, winning really is the only sexy thing out 
there," Moonves said. 

CBS moved quickly to grab "Medium." As an aging show, production costs were 
going up. But since it is made by a production company owned by CBS Corp., 
the costs were more easily absorbed by CBS. It lands on CBS' Friday schedule

at 9 p.m., between "Ghost Whisperer" and "Numb3rs." 

Simon Baker's "The Mentalist" was broadcast TV's only real new hit this 
season, and CBS decided to move it from Tuesday nights to Thursday at 10 
p.m. 

Thursdays are important for networks as they seek income from advertisers 
like film studios looking ahead to the weekend. CBS also said it sees the 
chance to gain a competitive edge at 10 p.m. with NBC's decision to air Jay 
Leno's new comedy show at that hour each weeknight 





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Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
For me, it was painfully UNfunny, as was every SNL movie save "Wayne's World".





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Oh come on. It wasn't that bad was it? I think that they had a lot of funny
catch phrases in it, and it didn't take itself too seriously.

SNL has had a LONG dry spell of truly funny people. I think the last funny
person that has been on the show is Will Farrell and he is danger of being
overexposed.

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

> I remember it well, Mr Worf.
>
> I'll now spend the rest of the day trying to *forget* it...
>
>
>
>
>
> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
>
> Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>
> Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 02:59:09 -0700
>
> From : "Mr. Worf" 
>
> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> Wayne's World was funny. I can't think of any of the other ones that were
> able to do well outside of the show.
>
> Anyone remember A Night at the Roxburys?
>
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Tracey de Morsella <
> tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I saw Mc Gruber once for five minutes. It was funny, but it was only
> > five minutes. I’m not sure it would be funny for an hour. So, have any
> SNL
> > films been successful?
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com]
> *On
> > Behalf Of *Martin Baxter
> > *Sent:* Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:58 PM
> > *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Another in the long line of successful SNL films... :P
> >
> >
> >
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> > *Date : *Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:27 -0700
> > *From : *"Tracey de Morsella"
> > *To : *
> >
> >
> > 'MacGruber'
> > May
> > Be Next SNL Film
> >
> >
> > by Monika Bartyzel
> > May 19th 2009 // 12:45PM
> >
> > Filed under: Comedy , Deals
> > , RumorMonger
> >
> >
> > http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/05/mac052009.jpg
> >
> > The season might be over after Will Ferrell wrapped it up in a nice bow,
> > but
> > the Saturday Night Live train keeps
> > truckin'. When the George Foster Peabody Awards were held the other day
> in
> > New York City, it became an SNL news releasing zone. Besides talking
> about
> > their hunt for new writers and stars, Lorne
> > Michaels
> > talked about movies. Specifically, he told
> >
> > 6e8b382c253723efd> The Hollywood Reporter that a big feature film for
> > MacGruber is being considered, and that "it would have to be in the
> summer
> > because we are back in production in the fall." Not this summer, I'd
> > imagine, since they're "still in discussions."
> >
> > Hello timely spoofs and product placement! You might remember that New
> Line
> >
> > started the quest for a new MacGyver back
> >
> > p:/www.cinematical.com/2009/03/16/macgyver-heads-for-the-big-screen/> in
> > March, so naturally it'd make sense to match that with Will Forte's
> > MacGyver
> > spoof. And oh, the product placement that's possible! If you Google
> > "MacGruber," you'll be greeted by a sea of blog posts and clips of the
> > SNL/Pepsi commercials where the
> > hero hands in his mixed drink for an obsession with Pepsi products.
> >
> > But could this be anything other than a short skit stretched way too
> long?
> > The skits are a silly laugh, but I fear a feature might send it into
> > eye-rolling Rob Schneider territory.
> >
> > Are you primed for an hour and a half of supreme MacGruber action?
> >
> >
> > MacGruber~!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
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>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
>



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Re: [scifinoir2] Michael Bay knows you hate him: 'There's a lot of poison on the Internet...whatever'

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
(standing ovation)





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 To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com


I personally put Bay up there with other cultural phenomena that are dulling 
American's abilities to discern really intelligent, well-crafted work from 
surface glitz that pleases like a quick sugar rush. I can't even watch 
"Transformers" again because the plot and acting's so dumb, and the action's 
not enough to overcome it in multiple reviewings. I guess it could qualify for 
Rave's Mute Theatre. 

But as for Bay, I've long agonized over his box office fare and how it sucks 
people in. I posted a negative review of Bad Boys 2 years ago to some friends, 
and they attacked me as being just like those self-important critics who can't 
enjoy a fun summer film. His stuff is so obviously surface, manipulative--I 
mean, Meagan Fax, draped suggestively over car engines and bikes--overblown, 
and loud it's annoying. 

I put those who actually think Bay is a *good* director up (down) there with 
those who think "American Idol" produces good singers...reality shows are good 
TV drama...and the latest Star Trek movie is the best ever. 

:) 

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Michael Bay knows you hate him: 'There's a lot of poison on the 
Internet...whatever' 


01:18 PM PT, May 22 2009 

Michael Bay is a lightning-rod figure in the movie industry, and I wasn't quite 
sure what to expect when I went to visit him in Santa Monica at his sleek 
workshop, where his team is in finish-line mode on "Transformers: Revenge of 
the Fallen." I found him to be smart and personable if a bit defensive, which 
is no surprise considering all the Bay-haters. "There's a lot of poison on the 
Internet," he told me through a tight smile. He also said he's barely going to 
be able to finish this new film, which gobbled up a mind-boggling 140 
terabytes. This is a longer version of a story that will appear this Sunday on 
the cover of the Los Angeles Times Calendar section. 

Michael Bay in Santa Monica

Michael Bay is lean, walks with purpose and carries his chin and shoulders at 
an imperious tilt, and on a recent afternoon at his work compound in Santa 
Monica it was easy to envision him as some proud matador. Perhaps that's 
fitting -- Bay, like those bullfighters in distant Barcelona -- thinks of 
himself as a mayhem artist in the crowd-pleasing business. 

Bay is back in the ring on June 24 with his eighth film, " Transformers: 
Revenge of the Fallen ," which many industry observers expect to surpass the 
first "Transformers" film, which grossed a staggering $708 million worldwide in 
2007. "The pre-tracking is huge ," Bay said of surveys of audience interest in 
the movie that stars Shia LaBeouf , Megan Fox and an army of two-story alien 
robots. 

He rolled his eyes, though, contemplating the last-minute labor that needs to 
be done. "This one," he said, "is barely going to make it to theaters. You have 
no idea how complicated my life is." The 44-year-old chuckled about his stress 
level, which fits his industry reputation as a director who thrives on pressure 
and adrenaline. Bay makes huge movies with high concepts and so many explosions 
that you expect the filmmaker to reek of cordite when you shake his hand. 

His films, such as " The Rock ," " Bad Boys " and " Armageddon ," may make film 
critics cringe ( Kenneth Turan in The Times called him a "world-class 
noisemaker" who leaves audiences "feeling pummeled, not exhilarated"), but 
Hollywood executives view them as spectacles that are big enough to lure 
consumers away from their home theaters. With this new film, Bay describes the 
"huge canvas" of its visual effects in terms of computer memory -- at 
Industrial Light & Magic , the San Francisco effects house, the first 
"Transformers" movie took up an astounding 15 terabytes; the new one required 
140 terabytes. "That breaks every record," said Bay, who is far more Barnum 
than Bergman . 

You might expect that his pursuit of massive entertainment would lead to 
humongous budget overruns, but in fact it's a point of pride for him to wring 
every bit of bang out of each buck. The lanky, lupine filmmaker came from the 
world of television commercials (he did work for Budweiser and Nike , but the 
classic was his Aaron Burr " Got Milk " ad, which you can revisit with video at 
the bottom of this post) and even after 15 years of making feature films, he 
still positions himself as a contrarian outsider who is offended by peers who, 
as a group, he views as too

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
Oh come on. It wasn't that bad was it? I think that they had a lot of funny
catch phrases in it, and it didn't take itself too seriously.

SNL has had a LONG dry spell of truly funny people. I think the last funny
person that has been on the show is Will Farrell and he is danger of being
overexposed.

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

> I remember it well, Mr Worf.
>
> I'll now spend the rest of the day trying to *forget* it...
>
>
>
>
>
> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
>
>  Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>
>  Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 02:59:09 -0700
>
>  From : "Mr. Worf" 
>
>  To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> Wayne's World was funny. I can't think of any of the other ones that were
> able to do well outside of the show.
>
> Anyone remember A Night at the Roxburys?
>
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Tracey de Morsella <
> tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I saw Mc Gruber once for five minutes. It was funny, but it was only
> > five minutes. I’m not sure it would be funny for an hour. So, have any
> SNL
> > films been successful?
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com]
> *On
> > Behalf Of *Martin Baxter
> > *Sent:* Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:58 PM
> > *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Another in the long line of successful SNL films... :P
> >
> >
> >
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> > *Subject : *[scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
> > *Date : *Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:27 -0700
> > *From : *"Tracey de Morsella"
> > *To : *
> >
> >
> > 'MacGruber'
> > May
> > Be Next SNL Film
> >
> >
> > by Monika Bartyzel
> > May 19th 2009 // 12:45PM
> >
> > Filed under: Comedy , Deals
> > , RumorMonger
> >
> >
> > http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/05/mac052009.jpg
> >
> > The season might be over after Will Ferrell wrapped it up in a nice bow,
> > but
> > the Saturday Night Live train keeps
> > truckin'. When the George Foster Peabody Awards were held the other day
> in
> > New York City, it became an SNL news releasing zone. Besides talking
> about
> > their hunt for new writers and stars, Lorne
> > Michaels
> > talked about movies. Specifically, he told
> >
> > 6e8b382c253723efd> The Hollywood Reporter that a big feature film for
> > MacGruber is being considered, and that "it would have to be in the
> summer
> > because we are back in production in the fall." Not this summer, I'd
> > imagine, since they're "still in discussions."
> >
> > Hello timely spoofs and product placement! You might remember that New
> Line
> >
> > started the quest for a new MacGyver back
> >
> > p:/www.cinematical.com/2009/03/16/macgyver-heads-for-the-big-screen/> in
> > March, so naturally it'd make sense to match that with Will Forte's
> > MacGyver
> > spoof. And oh, the product placement that's possible! If you Google
> > "MacGruber," you'll be greeted by a sea of blog posts and clips of the
> > SNL/Pepsi commercials where the
> > hero hands in his mixed drink for an obsession with Pepsi products.
> >
> > But could this be anything other than a short skit stretched way too
> long?
> > The skits are a silly laugh, but I fear a feature might send it into
> > eye-rolling Rob Schneider territory.
> >
> > Are you primed for an hour and a half of supreme MacGruber action?
> >
> >
> > MacGruber~!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
>



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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Obama Picks First African American NASA Chief

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
Black is the new black. :)

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:53 PM, ravenadal  wrote:

> Second African-American Playmate.  First African-American NASA Chief.  Is
> this a great country, or what?
>
> ~rave!
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" 
> wrote:
> >
> > HOUSTON - The nation's turbulent space program will be run by one of its
> > own, a calming well-liked former space shuttle commander.
> >
> >
> > <
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/23/charles-bolden-obamas-pic_n_207043
> > .html> President Barack Obama on Saturday chose retired astronaut Gen.
> > Charles Bolden to lead NASA. He also named former
> > <
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/23/charles-bolden-obamas-pic_n_207043
> > .html> NASA associate administrator Lori Garver as the agency's No. 2. If
> > confirmed, Bolden, who has flown in space four times and was an assistant
> > deputy administrator at one point, would be the agency's first black
> > administrator.
> >
> > Bolden would also be only the second astronaut to run NASA in its 50-year
> > history. Adm. Richard Truly was the first. In 2002, then-President George
> W.
> > Bush unsuccessfully tried to appoint Bolden as the space agency's deputy
> > administrator. The Pentagon said it needed to keep Bolden, who was a
> Marine
> > general at the time and a pilot who flew more than 100 sorties in
> Vietnam.
> >
> > "Charlie knows NASA and the people know Charlie; there's a level of
> > comfort," especially given the uncertainty the space agency faces, said
> > retired astronaut Steve Hawley, who flew twice in space with Bolden.
> >
> > Bolden likely will bring "more balance" to NASA, increasing spending on
> > aeronautics and environment missions, working more with other nations in
> > space, and emphasizing education, which the president often talks about
> when
> > it comes to space, said former Johnson Space Center Director George
> Abbey, a
> > longtime friend.
> >
> > "He's a real leader," Abbey said Saturday. "NASA has been looking for a
> > leader like this that they could have confidence in."
> >
> > Bolden's appointment came during the tail end of the space shuttle
> Atlantis'
> > mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope one final time. He was the
> > pilot on the flight that sent Hubble into orbit in 1990.
> >
> > Bolden, 62, would inherit a NASA that doesn't look much like the
> > still-somewhat-fresh-from-the-moon agency he joined as an astronaut in
> 1980.
> > NASA now "is faced with a lot of uncertainty," Abbey said.
> >
> > Story continues below http://www.huffingtonpost.com/images/v/darr.gif
> >
> > Bush set in motion a plan to retire the space shuttle fleet at the end of
> > next year and return astronauts to the moon and then head out to Mars in
> a
> > series of rockets and capsules that borrows heavily from the 1960s Apollo
> > program. The shuttle's replacement won't be ready until at least 2015, so
> > for five years the only way Americans will be able to get in space is by
> > hitching a ride on a Russian space capsule. And some of NASA's biggest
> > science programs are over budget.
> >
> > Earlier this month, the White House ordered a complete outside
> examination
> > of the manned space program. The Obama administration hasn't been
> explicit
> > about its space policy, with White House science adviser John Holdren
> saying
> > the policy would come after a NASA chief was named.
> >
> > "These talented individuals will help put NASA on course to boldly push
> the
> > boundaries of science, aeronautics and exploration in the 21st century
> and
> > ensure the long-term vibrancy of America's space program," Obama said of
> > Bolden and Garver in a statement.
> >
> > Bolden, a native of Columbia, S.C., and his wife donated $750 to the
> Obama
> > campaign in 2008.
> >
> > At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, where Bolden spent about a
> > decade, his impending appointment was quietly cheered on all week long.
> >
> > The diminutive salt-and-pepper haired Bolden, who lives only a few miles
> > from the space center, on Saturday morning said he couldn't talk until
> after
> > Senate confirmation. He was busy answering congratulatory e-mails from
> home.
> > He has his own consulting firm in Houston and sits on corporate boards.
> >
> > Those who have flown or worked with Bolden can't praise him enough.
> >
> > Retired astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz interviewed to become an astronaut
> the
> > same week as Bolden, was picked at the same time, and they flew together
> on
> > their first flights.
> >
> > Soon after that much-delayed launch of the space shuttle Columbia in
> January
> > 1986, Chang-Diaz looked at his friend Bolden and saw that the shuttle
> pilot
> > had a "big, big smile... we were kind of like kids in a candy store."
> >
> > Hawley and then-U.S. Rep. Bill Nelson were also aboard that 1986 flight.
> > Nelson, now the chairman of the Senate subcommittee on space that will
> > oversee Bolden's nomination and one of the peop

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
I remember it well, Mr Worf.

I'll now spend the rest of the day trying to *forget* it...





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 Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

 Date : Sun, 24 May 2009 02:59:09 -0700

 From : "Mr. Worf" 

 To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com


Wayne's World was funny. I can't think of any of the other ones that were
able to do well outside of the show.

Anyone remember A Night at the Roxburys?

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Tracey de Morsella <
tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote:

>
>
> I saw Mc Gruber once for five minutes. It was funny, but it was only
> five minutes. I’m not sure it would be funny for an hour. So, have any SNL
> films been successful?
>
>
>
> *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Martin Baxter
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:58 PM
> *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Another in the long line of successful SNL films... :P
>
>
>
> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
> *Subject : *[scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
> *Date : *Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:27 -0700
> *From : *"Tracey de Morsella" 
> *To : *
>
>
> 'MacGruber'
> May
> Be Next SNL Film
>
>
> by Monika Bartyzel
> May 19th 2009 // 12:45PM
>
> Filed under: Comedy , Deals
> , RumorMonger
>
>
> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/05/mac052009.jpg
>
> The season might be over after Will Ferrell wrapped it up in a nice bow,
> but
> the Saturday Night Live train keeps
> truckin'. When the George Foster Peabody Awards were held the other day in
> New York City, it became an SNL news releasing zone. Besides talking about
> their hunt for new writers and stars, Lorne
> Michaels
> talked about movies. Specifically, he told
>
> 6e8b382c253723efd> The Hollywood Reporter that a big feature film for
> MacGruber is being considered, and that "it would have to be in the summer
> because we are back in production in the fall." Not this summer, I'd
> imagine, since they're "still in discussions."
>
> Hello timely spoofs and product placement! You might remember that New Line
>
> started the quest for a new MacGyver back
>
> p:/www.cinematical.com/2009/03/16/macgyver-heads-for-the-big-screen/> in
> March, so naturally it'd make sense to match that with Will Forte's
> MacGyver
> spoof. And oh, the product placement that's possible! If you Google
> "MacGruber," you'll be greeted by a sea of blog posts and clips of the
> SNL/Pepsi commercials where the
> hero hands in his mixed drink for an obsession with Pepsi products.
>
> But could this be anything other than a short skit stretched way too long?
> The skits are a silly laugh, but I fear a feature might send it into
> eye-rolling Rob Schneider territory.
>
> Are you primed for an hour and a half of supreme MacGruber action?
>
>
> MacGruber~!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] What Your 2009-2010 Network TV Will Look Like

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I'm already screaming in my head... I guess that I will be mining the joys
of BBC America and netflix.

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Martin Baxter wrote:

> I predict that I'll have a lot more time to write.
>
>
>
>
>
> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
>
>  Subject : [scifinoir2] What Your 2009-2010 Network TV Will Look Like
>
>  Date : Sat, 23 May 2009 16:01:45 -0700
>
>  From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
>
>  To : , ,   <
> ggs...@yahoo.com>
>
>
> THIS IS DEPRESSINIG!
>
>
>
>
> What
> Your 2009-2010 Network TV Will Look Like
>
>
> By Graeme McMillan  , 12:00
>
> e=true&s=x> PM on Sat May 23 2009, 3,200 views
>
> prepared to set your long-range TiVos. Now that the networks have all
> announced their new line-ups, we've got the rundown of where all your
> favorite (and soon-to-be-favorite) shows will be next season.
>
> Monday
> Mondays stay their relatively lowkey selves with the new schedule and, if
> anything, become even more quiet for SFTV; Heroes and Chuck, both on
> reduced
> seasons, end up sharing the 8pm timeslot on NBC (Heroes' 19 episode fourth
> season goes first, with Chuck's 13 episode third season replacing it in the
> spring of 2010), with Heroes and Lost alum Jesse Alexander's new show Day
> One  taking up the 9pm timeslot on NBC in
> 2010. Otherwise, it's a light night, although honorary io9 shows House on
> Fox and The Big Bang Theory on CBS keep on keeping on (Although BBT is
> being
> moved to 9:30pm).
>
> Tuesday
> Feel free to go outside or catch up on some cable shows on Tuesdays; Fringe
> has been moved away from its original timeslot, and until Fox premieres
> reincarnation crime procedural Past Life  in
> its former 9pm slot midseason, there's almost nothing to see here (The
> exception being ABC's Better Off Ted  ,
> which will start its new 9:30pm slot as soon as Dancing With The Stars
> finishes). Move along.
>
> Wednesday
> Just like Tuesday, we're grasping at straws here until midseason, when new
> Fox drama Human Target  will premiere at
> 9pm (It'll be replacing Glee, which I shamefully have to admit having loved
> the preview of last week. Don't judge me). Of possible interest: ABC's
> Eastwick, which adapts (and, more than likely, homogenizes) the John Updike
> novel/Jack Nicholson movie The Witches of Eastwick, may turn out to be more
> interesting than the "Desperate Housewives meets Bewitched" show I'm
> dreading. Not currently scheduled, but almost certainly on Wednesdays in
> spring 2010, the final season of Lost.
>
> Thursday
> Okay, this is the night to be thankful for TiVo, or else to make some hard
> choices as to what to watch and what to torrent Hulu later. ABC's new Flash
> Forward  will air Thursdays at 8pm,
> which is the same timeslot as the CW's equally-new-but-probably-less-good
> Vampire Diaries  and the
> not-SF-but-kinda fifth season of Bones on Fox (Also, not SF at all but
> still
> potentially worth watching at 8pm: NBC are doing more SNL Weekend Update
> Thursday). 9pm, you'll have to choose between Fringe in its new timeslot on
> Fox or Supernatural in its old timeslot on the CW; Annalee's head may
> explode, but this is one of those occasions where my love of multiverse
> stories makes a choice surprisingly easy (Sorry, Winchester Bros.).
>
> Friday
> With more networks pushing more "hit" shows to Friday, I can't quite tell
> if
> that means that the old "Friday is where shows go to die" school of
> thinking
> is over, or that networks are trying to kill off some shows quietly (Hi,
> Ugly Betty!). There're only a couple of shows in our target demographic
> here, though; Smallville takes up residence for its please-God-final season
> at 8pm on the CW, while Dollhouse starts all over again in its old
> timeslot,
> and we keep fingers crossed that (a) it has a stronger start to the season
> than last time, and (b) more people tune in live this time (Seriously, DVD
> sales and Hulu views aren't going to keep this thing alive for a third
> season, people).
>
> Saturday/Sunday
> Both nights are incredibly quiet, especially following this summer's
> burning
> of remaining episodes of shows we love (Don't forget, Pushing Daisies'
> final
> three episodes begin May 30th at 10pm on ABC, and Kings is back on
> Saturdays
> next month), but we're hopeful that that'll change as various shows begin
> to
> become so unpopular that they get dumped there. Call us cynical, but we'd
> rather just say realistic...
>
> Still Unscheduled
> We know that ABC's V remake is a go, but it's not been given a home yet;
> looking at the schedules that've been announced, there's theoretically
> space
> for it on Mondays following the end of Dancing With The Stars, but somehow
> I'm not sure that the network would really want to pair it with The
> Bachelor... Perhaps they're waiting to find out when Lost is returning, to
> make an Elizabeth Mitchell one-two punch, or perhaps details are still
> being
> worked out about exactly how the rebooted V will work 

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Changes Come To NBC's 'Chuck'

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
Its all Scott Bakala's fault. He is the kiss of death. :)

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Tracey de Morsella <
tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote:

>
>
>  I think they are going to get rid of the sister and all of the store
> characters as regulars
>
>
>
> *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Martin Baxter
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 23, 2009 6:11 AM
> *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [RE][scifinoir2] Changes Come To NBC's 'Chuck'
>
>
>
>
>
>(buying earplugs, in anticipation of the screaming to come...)
>
>
>  -[ Received Mail Content ]--
> *Subject : *[scifinoir2] Changes Come To NBC's 'Chuck'
> *Date : *Fri, 22 May 2009 22:39:26 -0700
> *From : *"Tracey de Morsella" 
> *To : *
>
>
> Changes Come To NBC's 'Chuck'
>
>
> Series adjusts to budget cuts and to finale ramifications
>
>
> By BRYANT GRIFFIN
> May-21-2009
>
>
>
> "Chuck" exec producer Josh Schwartz is clarifying the changes facing the
> series' third season.
>
> NBC originally indicated the show's budget would remain unchanged, but cost
>
> reductions are now looming.
>
> "I can tell you that [Warner Bros.] asked us to make budget cuts to meet a
> decrease in the NBC license fee," Schwartz said in an interview with
> Entertainment Weekly . "That's how it was presented to me.
> That's as far as I know. My job is to then be able to produce the show at
> the number the studio is able to deficit it for.
>
> "Hopefully, you won't be able to tell. I don't think the look of the show
> is
> going to change. We might have certain episodes where Chuck's mission is
> such that we don't get the opportunity to go to the Buy More [as much]. We
> love our cast and, obviously, we want to use them as much as possible in as
>
> many episodes as possible."
>
> However, not all the contracts for the actors are finalized, according to
> Schwartz. But he is intent on preserving the ensemble. The show's central
> trio -- Chuck (Zachary Levi), Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) and Casey (Adam
> Baldwin) -- will return.
>
> When "Chuck" emerges from its 10-month hiatus Schwartz hopes fans return as
>
> well.
>
> "It was really a tough choice that the network faced: Put us on Friday or
> [hold us until] midseason," he said. "I really believe 'Chuck' is the
> little
> show that could. Our fans are clearly passionate, clearly loyal, and
> hopefully all we'll do is get them more and more [excited] for our return.
> And we'll come up with fun ways of stoking the fans throughout the fall. We
>
> also have something very, very fun planned for [San Diego] Comic-Con this
> year."
>
> Schwartz offers few hints at Season 3's direction, but says it involves
> "the
> ramifications of how we ended the season. What does it mean for Chuck [and]
>
> how will it manifest itself? And I think for anyone who is concerned that
> he's no longer going to be the Everyman, or an accidental hero, fear not."
>
> One enduring concern is the relationship of Chuck and Sarah. Will they
> become a full-fledged couple?
>
> "I don't want to give anything away, but obviously, Chuck having the
> Intersect in his head will severely complicate their ability to be a
> couple."
>
> http://www.airlockalpha.com/news426374.html
>
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>



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RE: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

2009-05-24 Thread Tracey de Morsella
I liked that, but I can’t think of anything else

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Mr. Worf
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 2:59 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

 



Wayne's World was funny. I can't think of any of the other ones that were able 
to do well outside of the show. 

Anyone remember A Night at the Roxburys? 

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Tracey de Morsella 
 wrote:

 

I saw Mc Gruber once for five minutes.  It was funny, but it was only five 
minutes.  I’m not sure it would be funny for an hour.  So, have any SNL films 
been successful?

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:58 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

 






Another in the long line of successful SNL films... :P




-[ Received Mail Content ]--
Subject : [scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
Date : Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:27 -0700
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 


'MacGruber' 
May 
Be Next SNL Film 


by Monika Bartyzel 
May 19th 2009 // 12:45PM 

Filed under: Comedy , Deals 
, RumorMonger 


http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/05/mac052009.jpg 

The season might be over after Will Ferrell wrapped it up in a nice bow, but 
the Saturday Night Live train keeps 
truckin'. When the George Foster Peabody Awards were held the other day in 
New York City, it became an SNL news releasing zone. Besides talking about 
their hunt for new writers and stars, Lorne 
Michaels 
talked about movies. Specifically, he told 

6e8b382c253723efd> The Hollywood Reporter that a big feature film for 
MacGruber is being considered, and that "it would have to be in the summer 
because we are back in production in the fall." Not this summer, I'd 
imagine, since they're "still in discussions." 

Hello timely spoofs and product placement! You might remember that New Line 
started the quest for a new MacGyver back 

p:/www.cinematical.com/2009/03/16/macgyver-heads-for-the-big-screen/> in 
March, so naturally it'd make sense to match that with Will Forte's 
MacGyver 
spoof. And oh, the product placement that's possible! If you Google 
"MacGruber," you'll be greeted by a sea of blog posts and clips of the 
SNL/Pepsi commercials where the 
hero hands in his mixed drink for an obsession with Pepsi products. 

But could this be anything other than a short skit stretched way too long? 
The skits are a silly laugh, but I fear a feature might send it into 
eye-rolling Rob Schneider territory. 

Are you primed for an hour and a half of supreme MacGruber action? 


MacGruber~! 








http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds 





 




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Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/









[scifinoir2] X-Men - Comics, Art - URLs

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
 More X-Men can be found at http://groups.google.nl/group/ComicsStrips &
http://groups.google.nl/group/Comics_Strips_AC &
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dawn_and_X_Women



Anything X-Men: Comics, Art and more
Some could contain SAC. If that's the case it states so in the info.
Some small samples above the URLs 
X-Men Webpage: http://groups.google.nl/group/AnyUpdates/web/x-men
Save the short URL to this page http://6261903477367.usercash.com
Click on "Click here to load the requested page ... " to go to the download
pages.



  
Cover art for Uncanny X-Men #492. Art by David Finch

X-Men Webpage:
http://groups.google.nl/group/AnyUpdates/web/x-men
X-Men related RS Folder
http://rapidshare.com/users/RH5515

 *Art: **
*2005_marvel_calendar...@rscc - wi...@rscc-2005_marvel_calendar - Scanned
Serie - 4.02 MB, 4215 KB - xIOT
Characters: Spider-Man, X-Men, Elektra, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Hulk
Artists: Greg Horn, and more. More Greg Horn at
http://groups.google.com/group/Greg-Horn
http://rapidshare.com/files/32335733/2005_Marvel_Calendar-We_RSCC.zip
Full set has been posted and archived in jpg on 24th of october 2006 at
http://groups.google.com/group/ComicsStrips and
http://groups.google.com/group/ScannedSeries



*4F - RF Rick van Koert aka Maver* - Artist - Digital Art, Fantasy, Fetish
Females (AC)
http://rapidshare.com/files/233909713/4F_ImageNETion_Set.zip
http://www.4shared.com/file/81087384/443d1144/4F_ImageNETion_Set.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/60034943/4F_Misc01.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/139718180/4F_Welcome.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/60035132/4F_X-Men.zip
His website:
http://www.4f-creations.com



*Aaron Lopresti* - Artist - ComicArt
http://rapidshare.com/files/34886295/AaronLopresti-EmmaFrost.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/139794000/AaronLopresti-Excalibur.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/139797116/AaronLopresti-MsMarvel.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/139798398/AaronLopresti-Wallpapers.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/34887285/AaronLopresti-X-Men.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/139817854/AaronLopresti-X-Men02.zip
Info on Aaron Lopresti
http://www.aaronlopresti.com



*Adam Braun* - Artist - Comic & PinUp Art
Adam Braun X-Men - Phoenix, Rogue, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Ms Marvel, Scarlet
Witch, Ms Marvel, White Queen - 1863 KB
http://rapidshare.com/files/185529293/Adam_Braun_X-Men.rar
Full X-Men set has been posted and archived in jpg on 1st of februari 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/ComicsStrips
Info on Adam Braun:
http://www.adambraunart.com
http://www.myspace.com/adambraunart
His TOU © can be found at:
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*Adam Warren* (DeviantArt) - Artist - Comics, B&W
Comic Art 01 - 3721 KB - AdamWarren01
BatGirl, DangerGirl, Dawn, Gen13, PowerGirl, Red Monika, Shanna, Teen
Titans, Valkyrie, X-Men
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Info on Adam Warren
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*Ale Garza* - Artist - ComicArt, B&W
http://rapidshare.com/files/38086836/AleGarza-Xmen.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/38116541/AleGarza01.zip
Info on Ale Garza
http://alegarza.blogspot.com



*Alex Miranda*
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Info:
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*Carlo Pagulayan* - Artist (GHG, DeviantArt) - Comic Art
Carlo Pagulayan - X-Men - 3539 KB
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Info:
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*Dominic Marco aka Studio Nitro* (CILM, DeviantArt) - Artist - PinUps,
Toons, ComicArt, Fantasy - SAC
Comic Art - Red Sonja, Sinbad, SuperGirls, Teen Titans, Tombraider, X-Men -
3210 KB
http://rapidshare.com/files/166554834/Dominic_Marco_ComicArt.rar
Info on Dominic Marco:
http://dominic-marco.deviantart.com
http://nitrocomix.deviantart.com
http://www.studionitro.com
http://www.myspace.com/studionitro

*Mike Mayhew* - Artist - ComicArt
http://rapidshare.com/files/29132854/MikeMayhew-X-Men.rar

*Mitch Foust**
*http://rapidshare.com/files/212294720/Mitch_Foust_Goblin_Queen.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/212272223/Mitch_Foust_Starfire.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/212294718/Mitch_Foust_Storm.rar
Info:
http://groups.google.com/group/Mitch-Foust

*Zimmerman* 

Re: [scifinoir2] Michael Bay knows you hate him: 'There's a lot of poison on the Internet...whatever'

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I can't believe that they are actually shooting on the Pyramid of Giza.
WTF!?!
 "OOps we're sorry the explosives guy accidentally blew up the left side of
the pyramid... " I guess money speaks louder than logic on that one.

I agree with Keith on this. After I saw transformers the first time I
started looking at how many things looked totally stupid to me. Another one
of my pet peeves is the military is never around when you need them in this
movies. Not even SWAT.

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Daryle Lockhart
wrote:

>
>
> I'd heard the "Bad Boys" story before. It's one of my  favorites.
> If I may geek out for a moment, about that picture of Michael. I  hate
>  when people display samurai swords incorrectly. It just irks me. I've
> studied toyama ryu for years, and one of the first things you learn is
>  proper display of the sword. The blade's edge should face up. And he is
> displaying  the sword in a way (right  hand ready) that says he is ready for
> battle. It's actually an insult ,  depending on who is a guest  in his
> office/home. That's just  my little personal beef.
>
> About the internet part...sounds good, but he cares. He totally cares.  He
> knows that if websites started saying "Transformers is wack" and it really
> started catching hold (translation: there would be an article in Variety one
> Monday)   he'd be equally online defending it. It's why he has a Vimeo
> account and "leaks" TV spots and trailers.
>
>
> On May 23, 2009, at 5:58 PM, Tracey de Morsella wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Michael Bay knows you hate him: 'There's a lot of poison on the
> Internet...whatever'
>
> 01:18 PM PT, May 22 2009
>
> *Michael Bay is a lightning-rod figure in the movie industry, and I wasn't
> quite sure what to expect when I went to visit him in Santa Monica at his
> sleek workshop, where his team is in finish-line mode on "Transformers:
> Revenge of the Fallen." I found him to be smart and personable if a bit
> defensive, which is no surprise considering all the Bay-haters. "There's a
> lot of poison on the Internet," he told me through a tight smile. He also
> said he's barely going to be able to finish this new film, which gobbled up
> a mind-boggling 140 terabytes. This is a longer version of a story that will
> appear this Sunday on the cover of the Los Angeles Times Calendar section.
> *
>
> 
>
> *Michael Bay * is lean, walks with
> purpose and carries his chin and shoulders at an imperious tilt, and on a
> recent afternoon at his work compound in Santa Monica it was easy to
> envision him as some proud matador. Perhaps that's fitting -- Bay, like
> those bullfighters in distant Barcelona -- thinks of himself as a mayhem
> artist in the crowd-pleasing business.
>
> Bay is back in the ring on June 24 with his eighth film, " *Transformers:
> Revenge of the Fallen *," which many
> industry observers expect to surpass the first "Transformers" film, which 
> grossed
> a staggering $708 million 
> worldwide
>  in 2007. "The pre-tracking is *huge*," Bay said of surveys of audience
> interest in the movie that stars *Shia 
> LaBeouf
> *, *Megan Fox * and an army of
> two-story alien robots.
>
> He rolled his eyes, though, contemplating the last-minute labor that needs
> to be done. "This one," he said, "is barely going to make it to theaters.
> You have no idea how complicated my life is." The 44-year-old chuckled about
> his stress level, which fits his industry reputation as a director who
> thrives on pressure and adrenaline. Bay makes huge movies with high concepts
> and so many explosions that you expect the filmmaker to reek of cordite when
> you shake his hand.
>
> His films, such as "*The Rock *," "*Bad
> Boys *" and 
> "*Armageddon
> *," may make film critics cringe (*Kenneth Turan* in The Times called him
> a "world-class noisemaker" who leaves audiences "feeling pummeled, not
> exhilarated"), but Hollywood executives view them as spectacles that are big
> enough to lure consumers away from their home theaters. With this new film,
> Bay describes the "huge canvas" of its visual effects in terms of computer
> memory -- at *Industrial Light & Magic *, the San
> Francisco effects house, the first "Transformers" movie took up an
> astounding 15 terabytes; the new one required 140 terabytes. "That breaks
> every record," said Bay, who is far more *Barnum* than *Bergman*.
>
> You might expect that his pursuit of massive entertainment would lead to
> humongous budget over

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Worf
Wayne's World was funny. I can't think of any of the other ones that were
able to do well outside of the show.

Anyone remember A Night at the Roxburys?

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Tracey de Morsella <
tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote:

>
>
>  I saw Mc Gruber once for five minutes.  It was funny, but it was only
> five minutes.  I’m not sure it would be funny for an hour.  So, have any SNL
> films been successful?
>
>
>
> *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Martin Baxter
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:58 PM
> *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Another in the long line of successful SNL films... :P
>
>
>
>  -[ Received Mail Content ]--
> *Subject : *[scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
> *Date : *Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:27 -0700
> *From : *"Tracey de Morsella" 
> *To : *
>
>
> 'MacGruber'
> May
> Be Next SNL Film
>
>
> by Monika Bartyzel
> May 19th 2009 // 12:45PM
>
> Filed under: Comedy , Deals
> , RumorMonger
>
>
> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/05/mac052009.jpg
>
> The season might be over after Will Ferrell wrapped it up in a nice bow,
> but
> the Saturday Night Live train keeps
> truckin'. When the George Foster Peabody Awards were held the other day in
> New York City, it became an SNL news releasing zone. Besides talking about
> their hunt for new writers and stars, Lorne
> Michaels
> talked about movies. Specifically, he told
>
> 6e8b382c253723efd> The Hollywood Reporter that a big feature film for
> MacGruber is being considered, and that "it would have to be in the summer
> because we are back in production in the fall." Not this summer, I'd
> imagine, since they're "still in discussions."
>
> Hello timely spoofs and product placement! You might remember that New Line
>
> started the quest for a new MacGyver back
>
> p:/www.cinematical.com/2009/03/16/macgyver-heads-for-the-big-screen/> in
> March, so naturally it'd make sense to match that with Will Forte's
> MacGyver
> spoof. And oh, the product placement that's possible! If you Google
> "MacGruber," you'll be greeted by a sea of blog posts and clips of the
> SNL/Pepsi commercials where the
> hero hands in his mixed drink for an obsession with Pepsi products.
>
> But could this be anything other than a short skit stretched way too long?
> The skits are a silly laugh, but I fear a feature might send it into
> eye-rolling Rob Schneider territory.
>
> Are you primed for an hour and a half of supreme MacGruber action?
>
>
> MacGruber~!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>



-- 
Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/


RE: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

2009-05-24 Thread Tracey de Morsella
I saw Mc Gruber once for five minutes.  It was funny, but it was only five 
minutes.  I’m not sure it would be funny for an hour.  So, have any SNL films 
been successful?

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 4:58 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

 







Another in the long line of successful SNL films... :P





-[ Received Mail Content ]--
Subject : [scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
Date : Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:27 -0700
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 


'MacGruber' 
May 
Be Next SNL Film 


by Monika Bartyzel 
May 19th 2009 // 12:45PM 

Filed under: Comedy , Deals 
, RumorMonger 


http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/05/mac052009.jpg 

The season might be over after Will Ferrell wrapped it up in a nice bow, but 
the Saturday Night Live train keeps 
truckin'. When the George Foster Peabody Awards were held the other day in 
New York City, it became an SNL news releasing zone. Besides talking about 
their hunt for new writers and stars, Lorne 
Michaels 
talked about movies. Specifically, he told 

6e8b382c253723efd> The Hollywood Reporter that a big feature film for 
MacGruber is being considered, and that "it would have to be in the summer 
because we are back in production in the fall." Not this summer, I'd 
imagine, since they're "still in discussions." 

Hello timely spoofs and product placement! You might remember that New Line 
started the quest for a new MacGyver back 

p:/www.cinematical.com/2009/03/16/macgyver-heads-for-the-big-screen/> in 
March, so naturally it'd make sense to match that with Will Forte's 
MacGyver 
spoof. And oh, the product placement that's possible! If you Google 
"MacGruber," you'll be greeted by a sea of blog posts and clips of the 
SNL/Pepsi commercials where the 
hero hands in his mixed drink for an obsession with Pepsi products. 

But could this be anything other than a short skit stretched way too long? 
The skits are a silly laugh, but I fear a feature might send it into 
eye-rolling Rob Schneider territory. 

Are you primed for an hour and a half of supreme MacGruber action? 


MacGruber~! 









http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds 










Re: [scifinoir2] A naysayer's guide to the new 'Star Trek' -For Martin

2009-05-24 Thread wlrouge
I think this means that he likes it?
--Lavender


From: Tracey de Morsella 
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 1:56 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com ; ggs...@yahoo.com ; cinque3...@verizon.net 
Subject: [scifinoir2] A naysayer's guide to the new 'Star Trek' -For Martin





Dangerous Days: Trek Gets All Michael Bay'd Out 
A naysayer's guide to the new 'Star Trek' 
By CHRISTOPHER OLDAKER 
May-19-2009 
Source: Airlock Alpha

http://www.airlockalpha.com/news426367pall.html

Some people might call me a "Trekkie," but I'm far from being a purist or some 
kind of psycho who can't stand to see my beloved franchise tainted.

I loved "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" most 
of all and (feel free to call me a pansy, but) I've always been more of a 
Picard guy than a Kirk guy. There have been episodes I've loved and episodes 
I've hated, spinoffs that have worked and spinoffs that have embarrassed the 
hell out of me. Same goes for the movies.

And while the latest attempt at a reboot of the franchise certainly has it's 
moments, all-in-all, it offers very little other than pretty CGI to the versed 
Trek fan.

First thing's first, despite all the bells and whistles, the swirling camera 
shots, the lens flares and the Hollywood heartthrobs, this movie is basically 
"Star Trek: Nemesis" with a few roles reversed. Swap Spock for Picard and Nero 
for Shinzon and you have basically the same general premise -- a maniacal 
villain that's been wronged by the vast workings of the universe, but focuses 
his malice mainly on a Starfleet captain and wants to force said captain to 
watch as he destroys his home to avenge the wrongs inflicted upon his peoples, 
or something like that. Even Nero's costume was pretty much exactly what 
Shinzon was rocking in "Nemesis," with a little less goth-fetish and a little 
more of an old-timey chimney sweep look going on.

But aside from some plot similarities and the carrying over of characters from 
the original series, this "reboot" of the franchise is not really Star Trek. 
I'm not saying that simply because it sucked, but because the fundamental 
elements that make something Star Trek were absent. To me, Star Trek was never 
about Capt. Kirk or Spock. It was never about Picard or Worf or Data or 
Janeway. Star Trek is about a universe in which humanity has gone through their 
absolute lowest point, when all seemed hopeless, and yet they powered through, 
overcame their petty differences and strove to create not only a world where 
people could live in peace and prosperity, but a unified universe free of 
money, greed and the corruption and exploitation that they spawn.

In the Trek universe, nobody gets paid for what they do, they work together for 
the betterment of society and all their needs are satisfied by technology. 
There are, of course, varying view points on what constitutes the betterment of 
society and thus there are conflicts between planets and species. But the 
Federation is supposed to represent something like the United Nations, where 
all are welcome and all are equal under the law.

In this new vision of "Trek," however, that is not the case. If you're human, 
then you're kosher -- no worries there -- but if you happen to have large eyes 
that are slightly skewed on your face or if you have a weird buggy look about 
you, then you can expect a life of second-class citizenship aboard the 
Enterprise or any other Federation vessel. Verbal abuse, constant belittlement, 
racial slurs and even physical violence are just some of the friendly obstacles 
you'll come up against as a non-human alien in JJ Abrams' "Trek." Ethnically 
diverse background characters don't have it much better unless, of course, they 
have some stereotypical cultural trait that can be exploited for gags, such as 
a funny accent or a background in martial arts.

If you think that Star Trek is about Capt. Kirk being a cocky womanizer or 
Spock being an angsty emo, then you've completely missed the point. Trek is 
about the universe itself, not just the characters that populate it.

The problem I have with this movie is that J.J. Abrams admittedly has tried to 
turn Star Trek into Star Wars, and they are just two completely different 
things. I'm not saying that you can't bring Trek into the modern age or make it 
more action packed and accessible, but if you're doing it at the expense of the 
true core of the franchise, then you're better off just naming it something 
else and starting fresh.

When Ronald D Moore rebooted "Battlestar Galactica," he completely changed the 
tone of the original, but at it's essence they were the exact same concepts, 
just treated with a little more seriousness and realism. There was a real 
reason to approach that material again and give it the respect it deserved, and 
it resulted in some incredibly groundbreaking writing and filmmaking.

I would have been very happy to have the same thing done for "Star Trek," but 
in this case it wasn't necess

[RE][scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Baxter
Another in the long line of successful SNL films... :P





-[ Received Mail Content ]--

 Subject : [scifinoir2] 'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film

 Date : Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:27 -0700

 From : "Tracey de Morsella" 

 To : 


'MacGruber'
 May
Be Next SNL Film


by Monika Bartyzel 
May 19th 2009 // 12:45PM

Filed under: Comedy  , Deals
 , RumorMonger
 

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/05/mac052009.jpg

The season might be over after Will Ferrell wrapped it up in a nice bow, but
the  Saturday Night Live train keeps
truckin'. When the George Foster Peabody Awards were held the other day in
New York City, it became an SNL news releasing zone. Besides talking about
their hunt for new writers and stars, Lorne
 Michaels
talked about movies. Specifically, he told

6e8b382c253723efd> The Hollywood Reporter that a big feature film for
MacGruber is being considered, and that "it would have to be in the summer
because we are back in production in the fall." Not this summer, I'd
imagine, since they're "still in discussions."

Hello timely spoofs and product placement! You might remember that New Line
started the quest for a new MacGyver back

p:/www.cinematical.com/2009/03/16/macgyver-heads-for-the-big-screen/> in
March, so naturally it'd make sense to match that with Will Forte's
 MacGyver
spoof. And oh, the product placement that's possible! If you Google
"MacGruber," you'll be greeted by a sea of blog posts and clips of the
 SNL/Pepsi commercials where the
hero hands in his mixed drink for an obsession with Pepsi products. 

But could this be anything other than a short skit stretched way too long?
The skits are a silly laugh, but I fear a feature might send it into
eye-rolling Rob Schneider territory. 

Are you primed for an hour and a half of supreme MacGruber action?


MacGruber~!  

 




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds

Re: [scifinoir2] Michael Bay knows you hate him: 'There's a lot of poison on the Internet...whatever'

2009-05-24 Thread Daryle Lockhart

I'd heard the "Bad Boys" story before. It's one of my  favorites.

If I may geek out for a moment, about that picture of Michael. I   
hate  when people display samurai swords incorrectly. It just irks  
me. I've studied toyama ryu for years, and one of the first things  
you learn is  proper display of the sword. The blade's edge should  
face up. And he is displaying  the sword in a way (right  hand ready)  
that says he is ready for battle. It's actually an insult ,   
depending on who is a guest  in his office/home. That's just  my  
little personal beef.


About the internet part...sounds good, but he cares. He totally  
cares.  He knows that if websites started saying "Transformers is  
wack" and it really started catching hold (translation: there would  
be an article in Variety one Monday)   he'd be equally online  
defending it. It's why he has a Vimeo account and "leaks" TV spots  
and trailers.



On May 23, 2009, at 5:58 PM, Tracey de Morsella wrote:





Michael Bay knows you hate him: 'There's a lot of poison on the  
Internet...whatever'


01:18 PM PT, May 22 2009

Michael Bay is a lightning-rod figure in the movie industry, and I  
wasn't quite sure what to expect when I went to visit him in Santa  
Monica at his sleek workshop, where his team is in finish-line mode  
on "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." I found him to be smart  
and personable if a bit defensive, which is no surprise considering  
all the Bay-haters. "There's a lot of poison on the Internet," he  
told me through a tight smile. He also said he's barely going to be  
able to finish this new film, which gobbled up a mind-boggling 140  
terabytes. This is a longer version of a story that will appear  
this Sunday on the cover of the Los Angeles Times Calendar section.




Michael Bay is lean, walks with purpose and carries his chin and  
shoulders at an imperious tilt, and on a recent afternoon at his  
work compound in Santa Monica it was easy to envision him as some  
proud matador. Perhaps that's fitting -- Bay, like those  
bullfighters in distant Barcelona -- thinks of himself as a mayhem  
artist in the crowd-pleasing business.


Bay is back in the ring on June 24 with his eighth film, "  
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," which many industry observers  
expect to surpass the first "Transformers" film, which grossed a  
staggering $708 million worldwide in 2007. "The pre-tracking is  
huge," Bay said of surveys of audience interest in the movie that  
stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and an army of two-story alien robots.


He rolled his eyes, though, contemplating the last-minute labor  
that needs to be done. "This one," he said, "is barely going to  
make it to theaters. You have no idea how complicated my life is."  
The 44-year-old chuckled about his stress level, which fits his  
industry reputation as a director who thrives on pressure and  
adrenaline. Bay makes huge movies with high concepts and so many  
explosions that you expect the filmmaker to reek of cordite when  
you shake his hand.


His films, such as "The Rock," "Bad Boys" and "Armageddon," may  
make film critics cringe (Kenneth Turan in The Times called him a  
"world-class noisemaker" who leaves audiences "feeling pummeled,  
not exhilarated"), but Hollywood executives view them as spectacles  
that are big enough to lure consumers away from their home  
theaters. With this new film, Bay describes the "huge canvas" of  
its visual effects in terms of computer memory -- at Industrial  
Light & Magic, the San Francisco effects house, the first  
"Transformers" movie took up an astounding 15 terabytes; the new  
one required 140 terabytes. "That breaks every record," said Bay,  
who is far more Barnum than Bergman.


You might expect that his pursuit of massive entertainment would  
lead to humongous budget overruns, but in fact it's a point of  
pride for him to wring every bit of bang out of each buck. The  
lanky, lupine filmmaker came from the world of television  
commercials (he did work for Budweiser and Nike, but the classic  
was his Aaron Burr "Got Milk" ad, which you can revisit with video  
at the bottom of this post) and even after 15 years of making  
feature films, he still positions himself as a contrarian outsider  
who is offended by peers who, as a group, he views as too slow,  
arty, wasteful and indulgent.


"The way I do it, we work hard, we work fast," Bay said. "We shoot  
12-hour days. . . . One thing I can't stand about Hollywood is  
waste. I've gotten to be a very, very efficient shooter. On  
average, these type of sequels run in the $230-million to $240- 
million range, and we're shooting this for a flat $200 million. A  
lot of these directors have second unit the entire time -- that's  
millions of dollars just wasted. We do it all ourselves."






Bay likes to conserve his budget so he can film in exotic places  
that other directors find too difficult to access and, along with  
emphasis on pyro work and stun

Re: [scifinoir2] Today in Mute Theater

2009-05-24 Thread Omari Confer
I agree.eye porn indeed.

c w m

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Martin Baxter wrote:

> Third me in here!
>
>
>
>
>
> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
>
>  Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Today in Mute Theater
>
>  Date : Sat, 23 May 2009 11:03:59 -0700 (PDT)
>
>  From : Augustus Augustus 
>
>  To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> Rave
>
> I totally agree with you my man.  Totally!
>
> Fate.
>
> p.s.  i guess it does not count against me that i have both DVD's?
>
> --- On Sat, 5/23/09, ravenadal  wrote:
>
> From: ravenadal
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Today in Mute Theater
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 1:56 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  Because I was on vacation Friday, I am engaging in my Sunday ritual,
> listening to NPR while surfing the web, reading two newspapers and watching
> a movie with the sound off, today.
>
>
>
> I have found another excellent candidate for soundless movie viewing:
> Robert Rodriguez's "Once Upon a Time in Mexico." This fantasmagoric
> extravaganza is almost unintelligible but my is it a feast for the eyes! All
> those angles! All those close-ups!
>
>
>
> What great faces!
>
>
>
> Antonio Banderas
>
> Salma Hayek
>
> Johnny Depp
>
> Mickey Rourke
>
> Eva Mendez
>
> Danny Trejo
>
> Cheech Marin
>
> Ruben Blades
>
> Willem Dafoe
>
>
>
> It is all so technicolorful!
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Re: [scifinoir2] FW: [SciFiNoir Lit] Reginald Hudlin to leave Black Panther

2009-05-24 Thread Omari Confer
What I have read of his run was nice but not that impressive. I had to drop
the book after about 6 issues

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