Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now

[Keith Johnson]

One hour in and it's not exactly captivating me. Hopefully it'll pick up in the 
next hour. The plot's a bit slow, but not pulling me in. The camera work's 
getting on my nerves just a bit with the constant switches from person to 
person. It's got that music video effect to it. 

- Original Message - 
From: "Augustus Augustus"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 9:22:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now 








Keith I am watching it right now. on regular tv and not my dvr. sidebar: i 
really like the Dresden Files. 

Fate. 

--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Keith Johnson  wrote: 



From: Keith Johnson  
Subject: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 9:14 PM 






Anyone watching "Warehouse 13" on the--wait for it, Martin--all new SyFy? I'm 
just into the first ten minutes, so no way i can make a judgement, but wondered 
if anyone heard any early buzz on the show? I do recognize a couple of the 
actors. The lead actress played Jeremiah's traitorous lover on the show of the 
same name. And the mad scientist guy is memorable as Fajah (sp?), in the TNG ep 
about a rich dude who collects things, and tries to add Data to his collection. 
As always with Sci--er, SyFy, I'm divided. If the show sucks, it's another 
sorry show commissioned by the network. If it's good--and I must admit they've 
shown some good stuff here and there over the years--I fear it'll be canceled 
to soon. And when I see a show like this, I must confess it makes me wonder why 
the likes of "Level 9", "The Dresden Files", and others of this type were 
canceled. Throw in shows on other stations, like "The Chronicle", "John Doe", 
"Jake 2.0", and "G vs. E", and you wonder what this show's chances are. Maybe 
it'll catch on like "Eureka"? 


 

Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now

[Augustus Augustus]

Keith,

think i missed that one.  what was G v E?

--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Keith Johnson  wrote:

From: Keith Johnson 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 9:37 PM
















  
  Same here. I really enjoyed "the Dresden Files". I really enjoyed "G vs. 
E" too, more's the pity.


- Original Message -
From: "Augustus Augustus" 
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 9:22:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now


















  
  Keith I am watching it right now.  on regular tv and not my dvr.  
sidebar:  i really like the Dresden Files.

Fate.

--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Keith Johnson  wrote:

From: Keith Johnson 
Subject: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 9:14 PM









  
  Anyone watching "Warehouse 13" on the--wait for it, Martin--all new 
SyFy?  I'm just into the first ten minutes, so no way i can make a judgement, 
but wondered if anyone heard any early buzz on the show? I do recognize a 
couple of the actors. The lead actress played Jeremiah's traitorous lover on 
the show of the same name. And the mad scientist guy is memorable as Fajah 
(sp?), in the TNG ep about a rich dude who collects things, and tries to add 
Data to his collection.
As always with Sci--er, SyFy, I'm divided. If the show sucks, it's another 
sorry show commissioned by the network. If it's good--and I must admit they've 
shown some good stuff here and there over the years--I fear it'll be canceled 
to soon. And when I see a show like this, I must confess it makes me wonder why 
the likes of "Level 9", "The Dresden Files", and others of this type were 
canceled. Throw
 in shows on other stations, like "The Chronicle", "John Doe", "Jake 2.0", and 
"G vs. E", and you wonder what this show's chances are. Maybe it'll catch on 
like "Eureka"?

 

  


 




  
 

  











 

  




 

















  

Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now

[Keith Johnson]

Same here. I really enjoyed "the Dresden Files". I really enjoyed "G vs. E" 
too, more's the pity. 


- Original Message - 
From: "Augustus Augustus"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 9:22:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now 








Keith I am watching it right now. on regular tv and not my dvr. sidebar: i 
really like the Dresden Files. 

Fate. 

--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Keith Johnson  wrote: 



From: Keith Johnson  
Subject: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 9:14 PM 






Anyone watching "Warehouse 13" on the--wait for it, Martin--all new SyFy? I'm 
just into the first ten minutes, so no way i can make a judgement, but wondered 
if anyone heard any early buzz on the show? I do recognize a couple of the 
actors. The lead actress played Jeremiah's traitorous lover on the show of the 
same name. And the mad scientist guy is memorable as Fajah (sp?), in the TNG ep 
about a rich dude who collects things, and tries to add Data to his collection. 
As always with Sci--er, SyFy, I'm divided. If the show sucks, it's another 
sorry show commissioned by the network. If it's good--and I must admit they've 
shown some good stuff here and there over the years--I fear it'll be canceled 
to soon. And when I see a show like this, I must confess it makes me wonder why 
the likes of "Level 9", "The Dresden Files", and others of this type were 
canceled. Throw in shows on other stations, like "The Chronicle", "John Doe", 
"Jake 2.0", and "G vs. E", and you wonder what this show's chances are. Maybe 
it'll catch on like "Eureka"? 


 

Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game

[Keith Johnson]

I hear that! 

- Original Message - 
From: wlro...@aol.com 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 7:49:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game 









No offense, I don't care how much a bargain that was. I could use that money 
for something else. Well--perhaps a game but not that one. 
--Lavender 




From: Keith Johnson 
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:00 AM 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game 


Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega Genesis' (I 
still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and 3DO's --complete with 
full game libraries--could he have bought with that much dough? 

*** 
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488 

The $17,500 video game 


by Mike Smith 


Buzz up! 

July 6 1:32 P.M. 

$17000 Game

Would you pay $17,500 for this? 

Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any argument from us, 
but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who just paid a clinically insane 
$17,500 for an obscure NES game from 1990. 

The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of Nintendo World 
Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use in a Nintendo-sponsored 
gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only 26 were created, and Hendricks 
calls it the "Holy Grail" of video game collectors. 

The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds and consists 
of three short segments from other NES games: Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and 
Rad Racer. Players are scored according to their performance in each game, and 
their scores are totaled once the time limit expires. Doesn't sound too 
riveting to us, but then somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for the gameplay. 

And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and zeroes, 
Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally listed on eBay for a 
cool $25,000. 


People may lie, but the evidence rarely does. 

Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game

[wlrouge]

Well, the question is does it still play and does his NES still play?
--Lavender


From: Martin Baxter 
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:15 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game




  Amen to that, Mr Worf!

  And I, a video-game fan since the day video games first entered my 
worldview over twenty-five years ago, have *never heard* of that game. Odds 
are, he can only get a reaction out of equally hyper-rabid fans by showing it 
off. And he'd better hope that none of them have sticky fingers.





-[ Received Mail Content ]--
Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game
Date : Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:24:25 -0700
From : "Mr. Worf" 
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com

He could have bought the distribution rights for the game for less 
money. 

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: 

> 
> 
> Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega 
Genesis' (I 
> still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and 3DO's 
--complete 
> with full game libraries--could he have bought with that much dough? 
> 
> *** 
> 
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488 
> The $17,500 video game 
> 
> by Mike Smith 
> Buzz up! 
> 
> July 6 1:32 P.M. 
> [image: $17000 Game] 
> 
> Would you pay $17,500 for this? 
> 
> Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any argument 
from 
> us, but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who just paid a 
> clinically insane $17,500for an obscure NES game from 1990. 
> 
> The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of 
Nintendo 
> World Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use in a 
> Nintendo-sponsored gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only 26 
were 
> created, and Hendricks calls it the "Holy Grail" of video game 
collectors. 
> 
> The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds and 
> consists of three short segments from other NES games: Super Mario 
Bros., 
> Tetris, and Rad Racer. Players are scored according to their 
performance in 
> each game, and their scores are totaled once the time limit expires. 
Doesn't 
> sound too riveting to us, but then somehow we doubt Hendricks is in 
it for 
> the gameplay. 
> 
> And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and 
> zeroes, Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally 
listed on 
> eBay for a cool $25,000. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



-- 
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  




People may lie, but the evidence rarely does.

Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now

[Augustus Augustus]

Keith I am watching it right now.  on regular tv and not my dvr.  sidebar:  i 
really like the Dresden Files.

Fate.

--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Keith Johnson  wrote:

From: Keith Johnson 
Subject: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 9:14 PM
















  
  Anyone watching "Warehouse 13" on the--wait for it, Martin--all new 
SyFy?  I'm just into the first ten minutes, so no way i can make a judgement, 
but wondered if anyone heard any early buzz on the show? I do recognize a 
couple of the actors. The lead actress played Jeremiah's traitorous lover on 
the show of the same name. And the mad scientist guy is memorable as Fajah 
(sp?), in the TNG ep about a rich dude who collects things, and tries to add 
Data to his collection.
As always with Sci--er, SyFy, I'm divided. If the show sucks, it's another 
sorry show commissioned by the network. If it's good--and I must admit they've 
shown some good stuff here and there over the years--I fear it'll be canceled 
to soon. And when I see a show like this, I must confess it makes me wonder why 
the likes of "Level 9", "The Dresden Files", and others of this type were 
canceled. Throw in shows on other stations, like "The Chronicle", "John Doe", 
"Jake 2.0", and "G vs. E", and you wonder what this show's chances are. Maybe 
it'll catch on like "Eureka"?

 

  




 

















  

[scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now

[Keith Johnson]

Anyone watching "Warehouse 13" on the--wait for it, Martin--all new SyFy? I'm 
just into the first ten minutes, so no way i can make a judgement, but wondered 
if anyone heard any early buzz on the show? I do recognize a couple of the 
actors. The lead actress played Jeremiah's traitorous lover on the show of the 
same name. And the mad scientist guy is memorable as Fajah (sp?), in the TNG ep 
about a rich dude who collects things, and tries to add Data to his collection. 
As always with Sci--er, SyFy, I'm divided. If the show sucks, it's another 
sorry show commissioned by the network. If it's good--and I must admit they've 
shown some good stuff here and there over the years--I fear it'll be canceled 
to soon. And when I see a show like this, I must confess it makes me wonder why 
the likes of "Level 9", "The Dresden Files", and others of this type were 
canceled. Throw in shows on other stations, like "The Chronicle", "John Doe", 
"Jake 2.0", and "G vs. E", and you wonder what this show's chances are. Maybe 
it'll catch on like "Eureka"? 

[scifinoir2] How Fights Get Started

[Augustus Augustus]

HOW FIGHTS GET STARTED 















One year, a man decided to buy his mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas 
gift. 

The next year, he didn't buy her a gift. 
When she asked him why, he replied, "Well, you still haven't used the gift I 
bought you last year!" 

       
And that's how the fight started. 
       
              
 * * * * * * **
       
My wife walked into the den & asked, "What's on the TV?" I replied, "Dust". 

       
And that's how the fight started.    
       
       
 * * * * * * **

A woman is standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror... She is not happy 
with what she sees and says to her husband, 'I feel horrible, I look old, fat 
and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment.' The husband replies, 'Your 
eyesight is damn near perfect.' 

        

And that's how the fight started. 
       
       
 * * * * * * **


My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary. She 
said, 'I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 200 in about 3 seconds.  I 
bought her a scale. 

       
And that's how the fight started.  

       
 * * * * * * **

I asked my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' It warmed my 
heart to see her face melt in sweet appreciation. 'Somewhere I haven't been in 
a long time!' she said. So I suggested, 'How about the kitchen?' 

        

And that's when the fight started 
       

 * * * * * * **

My wife and I are watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed, 
I turned to her and said, 'Do you want to have sex?' 'No,' she answered. I then 
said, 'Is that your final answer?' 

She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying 'Yes.'  So I said, 'Then 
I'd like to phone a friend.' 
       
And that's when the fight started 
   

 * * * * * * **

      
I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of Miller Light for $14.95. Instead, 
she bought a jar of cold cream for $7.95. I told her the beer would make her 
look better at night than the cold cream. 

       
And that's when the fight started. 
       
          
 * * * * * * **

My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and she kept 
staring at a drunken guy swigging his drink as he sat alone at a nearby 
table. I asked my wife, 'Do you know him?' 'Yes,' She sighed, 'He's my old 
boyfriend. I
understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years
ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since. 'My God!' I said. 'Who
would think a person could go on celebrating that long?' 

       
And that's when the fight started. 
       
  * * * * * * 
       
I rear-ended a car this morning. So, there we were alongside the road and 
slowly the other driver got out of his car. You know how sometimes you just get 
s stressed and little things just seem funny? Yeah, well I couldn't believe 
it. He was a DWARF!!! 

He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted, 'I AM NOT HAPPY!!!' 

So, I looked down at him and said, 'Well, then which one are you?' 
       
And that's when the fight started. 
     
 
 * * * * * * **

     
I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took my order 
first. 'I'll have the strip steak medium rare, please.' He said, 'Aren't you 
worried about the mad cow?' 'Nah, she can order for herself.' 

       
And that's when the fight started. . 


  

Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game

[wlrouge]

No offense, I don't care how much a bargain that was. I could use that money 
for something else. Well--perhaps a game but not that one.
--Lavender


From: Keith Johnson 
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:00 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game





Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega Genesis' (I 
still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and 3DO's --complete with 
full game libraries--could he have bought with that much dough?

***
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488

The $17,500 video game
by Mike Smith

  Buzz up! 

July 6 1:32 P.M.

 
Would you pay $17,500 for this?

Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any argument from us, 
but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who just paid a clinically insane 
$17,500 for an obscure NES game from 1990. 

The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of Nintendo World 
Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use in a Nintendo-sponsored 
gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only 26 were created, and Hendricks 
calls it the "Holy Grail" of video game collectors. 

The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds and consists 
of three short segments from other NES games: Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and 
Rad Racer. Players are scored according to their performance in each game, and 
their scores are totaled once the time limit expires. Doesn't sound too 
riveting to us, but then somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for the gameplay. 

And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and zeroes, 
Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally listed on eBay for a 
cool $25,000.







People may lie, but the evidence rarely does.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

[wlrouge]

Well, it could be worst. A live version of Pac-Man. Or Dig Dug with Will 
Farrell (sp).
--Lavender


From: Daryle Lockhart 
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 12:49 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale




That  might  explain why Universal insists on greenlighting these Hasbro game 
movies,  and are now moving on to Atari, having just greenlit  "Asteroids". 


Anybody  wanna go in with me on a treatment  for "Bezerk" or "Defender"? 
"Tempest"? Anyone?


On Jul 6, 2009, at 12:41 PM, ravenadal wrote:


  It has been my humble opinion that Hollywood has long operated as a washing 
machine to clean mob money. One of the biggest sausage factories of the last 
millenium, Universal Pictures, was long run by Lew Wasserman who began by 
booking talent into mob operated night clubs and had more than a few mob 
connections. Today, actors often scoff when they hear what they were allegedly 
paid to star in a movie because they likely received half of that amount. The 
rest is the money being laundered.

  ~rave!

  --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf"  wrote:
  >
  > There may be something like that already going on in Hollywood. There are a
  > number of films that they know as soon as they are green lit that they will
  > fail. Frankenhood and Soulplane come to mind. There are also others with
  > white casts that also are made to loose money too. I suspect that they are
  > being used as a write off. At least I hope that they are. There are way too
  > many really bad films making it to the scifi channel that have moderate
  > sized budgets that should have never been made. Like HG Wells War of the
  > Worlds 1 and 2! (Yes. You read that right. They made two!)
  > 
  > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Daryle Lockhart
  > wrote:
  > 
  > >
  > >
  > > "Obsessed" is a Black film, actually.
  > > This loophole in finance Uwe has been ridin g is something Black
  > > filmmakers could/should use to make larger budget films in other 
countries.
  > > There are so many horror scripts that don' t get made in Hollywood that
  > > could be getting done in Europe!
  > >
  > > On Jul 5, 2009, at 11:05 AM, ravenadal wrote:
  > >
  > > I am watching something called "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege
  > > Tale" on Showtime. The movie stars Jason Statham and the cast includes 
such
  > > stellar actors as Ron ("Hellboy") Perlman, Ray ("Goodfellas") Liotta -
  > > shamelessly chewing up scenery as Gallion, the prolific John Rhys-Davies,
  > > Burt "Smokey and the Bandit" Reynolds, Claire "Meet Joe Black" Forlani,
  > > Leelee ("Deep Impact") Sobieski and Brian J. White ("The Shield,"
  > > "Moonlight") wearing a nasty looking scar as Commander Tarish.
  > >
  > > The movie is directed by German born schlockmiester Uwe Boll, best known
  > > for his "BloodRayne" movies.
  > >
  > > I had never heard of this movie so I went to IMDB, Box Office Mojo and
  > > Wikipedia and discovered "In the Name of the King" cost $60 million and
  > > grossed a robust $13 million worldwide. Then I discoverd the first
  > > "BloodRayne" cost $25 million and grossed a whopping $2.42 million. 
WTF!
  > >
  > >
  > > Then I discovered that Boll is very successfully manipulating a lucrative
  > > loophole in German tax laws. Boll is able to acquire funding thanks to
  > > German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allows investors 
in
  > > German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax 
deduction;
  > > it also allows them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees
  > > associated with the loan. The investor is then only required to pay taxes 
on
  > > the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor 
gets a
  > > tax writeoff.
  > >
  > > Imagine, thought I, if black filmmakers were able to exploit such a
  > > loophole? Everybody KNOWS black films don't make money. What an excellent
  > > opportunity to make all the black epics everyone dreams of but nobody 
dares
  > > risk the money to make.
  > >
  > > What a bonanza! You could hire all the known but under utilized black
  > > actors and actresses - pay them top dollar - WTF? We are TRYING to lose
  > > money after all!
  > >
  > > Let Vin Diesel make his "Hannibal." Let Spike Lee make his "Tuskegee
  > > Airmen." Let the Hughes Brothers make whatever they want. Hell, let me 
film
  > > "The World Ebon." Shoot, I could burn through a coupla hundred million
  > > dollars real quick!
  > >
  > > Imagine the mishmash of casts you could come up with! What would be your
  > > dream project?
  > >
  > > ~rave!
  > >
  > > http://twitter.com/ravenadal
  > > http://theworldebon.blogspot.com
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > 
  > >
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > -- 
  > Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years!
  > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
  >









People may lie, but the evidence rarely does.

Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game

[Keith Johnson]

Yeah, I'd pay a little chunk of change for a Stargate (the more colorful 
successor to "Defender") arcade system, and my wife could spend hours on 
Centipede and Ms. Pac-man. But 17K? Don't know that even if I had it I'd want 
to pay that out. 
But as you say, the collector's mind isn't always a rational one... 

- Original Message - 
From: "Daryle Lockhart"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 10:43:04 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game 








If so, then I suffer from the same condition. 


If given the opportunity to own an arcade stand up version of "Defender", I'd 
pay quite a bit. I would also pay quite a bit to own a Fairlight synthesizer 
system in my house, and my MacBook has more power. The collector's mind is not 
a rational mind. There is an arbitrary value placed on things that nobody else 
cares about. Think about all the Star Trek stuff that sold at the Christie's 
auction. 





On Jul 7, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Aubrey Leatherwood wrote: 





Is there something wrong with me that I have no issues with this fellow's 
purchase? 

Aubrey Leatherwood 
www.aubreyleatherwood.com 
FaceBook * MySpace Imperfection 
A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. 
The People You Know, The Sex They Have 
ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 
ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 







To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
From: justinmoha...@gmail.com 
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:08:24 -0400 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game 







I just want to point out that there are more copies of Action Comics # 1 
available than this game. 


For context. 


Justin 

On 2009-07-07, at 12:00 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: 










Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega Genesis' (I 
still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and 3DO's --complete with 
full game libraries--could he have bought with that much dough? 

*** 
http://videogames . yahoo.com/ events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488 

The $17,500 video game 


by Mike Smith 


Buzz up! July 6 1:32 P.M. 


$17000 Game

Would you pay $17,500 for this? Think $60 video games are too expensive? You 
won't hear any argument from us, but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector 
who just paid a clinically insane $17,500 for an obscure NES game from 1990. 
The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of Nintendo World 
Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use in a Nintendo-sponsored 
gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only 26 were created, and Hendricks 
calls it the "Holy Grail" of video game collectors. 
The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds and consists 
of three short segments from other NES games: Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and 
Rad Racer. Players are scored according to their performance in each game, and 
their scores are totaled once the time limit expires. Doesn't sound too 
riveting to us, but then somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for the gameplay. 
And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and zeroes, 
Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally listed on eBay for a 
cool $25,000. 






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Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game

[Mr. Worf]

I think that it has to be over valued. Even though it is very rare. I don't
think that people would pay that kind of money for a Cray computer (which
were truly works of art) or anything else electronic.

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> No kidding! And I'm pretty sure some of us in this group could have cobbled
> together a decent-looking game of similar power and quality for about the
> same amount of dough! I'm no programmer, but old as it is, I'd be willing to
> give creating something like that a go for a few ducats!
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Mr. Worf" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 1:24:25 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game
>
>
>
> He could have bought the distribution rights for the game for less money.
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Keith Johnson 
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega Genesis' (I
>> still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and 3DO's --complete
>> with full game libraries--could he have bought with that much dough?
>>
>> ***
>>
>> http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488
>>  The $17,500 video game
>>
>> by Mike Smith 
>>Buzz 
>> up!
>>
>> July 6 1:32 P.M.
>>  [image: $17000 Game]
>>
>> Would you pay $17,500 for this?
>>
>> Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any argument from
>> us, but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who just paid a
>> clinically insane 
>> $17,500for
>>  an obscure NES game from 1990.
>>
>> The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of Nintendo
>> World Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use in a
>> Nintendo-sponsored gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only 26 were
>> created, and Hendricks calls it the "Holy Grail" of video game collectors.
>>
>> The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds and
>> consists of three short segments from other NES games: Super Mario Bros.,
>> Tetris, and Rad Racer. Players are scored according to their performance in
>> each game, and their scores are totaled once the time limit expires. Doesn't
>> sound too riveting to us, but then somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for
>> the gameplay.
>>
>> And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and
>> zeroes, Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally listed on
>> eBay for a cool $25,000.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
>
>
> 
>



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Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro Decade

[Keith Johnson]

I only know of Lovecraft through references in other works (such as, 
surprisingly, "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon series), and, ironically, through 
a dude I knew back in middle school who loved him, and who was also the 
grandson of a Klansman. 
What's up with his racist views? 


- Original Message - 
From: "B. Smith"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 9:57:03 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro Decade 








Lovecraft's racism have permanently soured me on his work. I know del Toro will 
knock it out of the park but it's a bittersweet feeling. 

Drood is an interesting novel but I couldn't plow through it. Dan Simmons has 
caught a case of the bloat. And the crazy but that's a whole different story. 

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "Martin Baxter"  wrote: 
> 
> He's doing Lovecraft... 
> 
> (breaks out into the HappyHappyJoyJoy Dance) 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
-[ Received Mail Content ]-- 
> 
Subject : [scifinoir2] Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro Decade 
> 
Date : Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:26:06 - 
> 
>From : "ravenadal"  
> 
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
> 
> 
> Del Toro co-writes vampire movie; wants to film "Drood." 
> 
> (Check out the link for the pictures) 
> 
> http://oluik.notlong.com 
> 
> Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro decade: 'The Hobbit' director is just 
> getting started 
> 
> One of the gentle souls in the movie business is Guillermo del Toro, and I 
> always look forward to my interviews with him. This is a longer version of my 
> latest story on Del Toro, which is scheduled to run Thursday on the cover of 
> the Los Angeles Times Calender section. 
> 
> On the far side of the globe, in New Zealand, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is 
> now in his seventh month of labor on "The Hobbit," a $300-million epic that 
> will be told over two films in 2011 and 2012. But you can also find the 
> Guadalajara native on the shelf of your local bookstore with his 
> just-released debut novel, "The Strain," the opening installment of a vampire 
> trilogy he already has mapped out. 
> 
> That's only the beginning. The 44-year-old Del Toro, who was nominated for an 
> Oscar for the dark fairy tale "Pan's Labyrinth" and showed his crowd-pleasing 
> sensibilities with the "Hellboy" films, also has plans to reanimate some 
> musty and monstrous literary classics. He plans to make a "Frankenstein" film 
> as well as an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's epic "At the Mountains of 
> Madness," a project he breathlessly refers to as "my obsession." 
> 
> He would seem to be a full plate but, interviewed by phone recently, he 
> chuckled and added another project to the pile: "I think after `The Hobbit,' 
> my next project may actually turn out to be `Drood,' " he said, referring to 
> the 2008 novel by Dan Simmons that presents Charles Dickens at the center of 
> an occult mystery in 1860s Victorian London. Those three post-"Hobbit" 
> projects are all for Universal, which also has hopes that Del Toro will 
> continue his library-card approach to filmmaking by taking on 
> "Slaughterhouse-Five," Kurt Vonnegut's surreal antiwar tale of time travel. 
> 
> If you're keeping track, that would have Del Toro tied up well past 2015 and 
> perhaps into 2017. He also is flirting with several other projects 
> ("Pinocchio," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and a third "Hellboy" film have been 
> mentioned at various times) but perhaps only as a producer, as with the 
> acclaimed 2007 Spanish ghost story, "The Orphanage." He also wants to write 
> more novels and to join in the increasingly popular quest to discover the 
> land of interactive 21st century storytelling, which lies somewhere between 
> Hollywood films and video games as we know them today. 
> 
> It's a dizzying career plan for the father of two (his wife and daughters 
> have moved to New Zealand for "The Hobbit"), but in conversation, it's clear 
> the cheerful storyteller is motivated by his humble, lifelong passion for 
> genre entertainment – he wants to visit the worlds of Tolkien and Shelley, 
> not take them over. 
> 
> "I love what I do and I feel honored to do it, quite honestly," Del Toro 
> said. 
> 
> Right now, no venture has him more enthused than "The Strain," the 401-page 
> novel that was co-written with Chuck Hogan and released in hardcover this 
> month by William Morrow. The book has gotten generally good reviews (and peer 
> blurbs, too, with novelist Clive Cussler gushing that it "soars with 
> spellbinding intrigue") and fulfills the earliest ambition of Del Toro. As a 
> boy in Mexico, he dreamed of being an author long before filmmaking captured 
> his heart. He already has found one major benefit of being a novelist – the 
> absence of Hollywood machinations. 
> 
> "I have written or co-written 15 screenplays and I have only seven movies," 
> said Del Toro. "I find it frustrating when you write a screenplay and it 
> lives,

Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game

[Keith Johnson]

wow, that's a scary thought 

- Original Message - 
From: "Justin Mohareb"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 9:08:24 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game 









I just want to point out that there are more copies of Action Comics # 1 
available than this game. 


For context. 


Justin 

On 2009-07-07, at 12:00 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: 









Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega Genesis' (I 
still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and 3DO's --complete with 
full game libraries--could he have bought with that much dough? 

*** 
http://videogames . yahoo.com/ events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488 

The $17,500 video game 


by Mike Smith 


Buzz up! 

July 6 1:32 P.M. 

$17000 Game

Would you pay $17,500 for this? 

Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any argument from us, 
but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who just paid a clinically insane 
$17,500 for an obscure NES game from 1990. 

The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of Nintendo World 
Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use in a Nintendo-sponsored 
gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only 26 were created, and Hendricks 
calls it the "Holy Grail" of video game collectors. 

The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds and consists 
of three short segments from other NES games: Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and 
Rad Racer. Players are scored according to their performance in each game, and 
their scores are totaled once the time limit expires. Doesn't sound too 
riveting to us, but then somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for the gameplay. 

And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and zeroes, 
Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally listed on eBay for a 
cool $25,000. 

Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game

[Keith Johnson]

No kidding! And I'm pretty sure some of us in this group could have cobbled 
together a decent-looking game of similar power and quality for about the same 
amount of dough! I'm no programmer, but old as it is, I'd be willing to give 
creating something like that a go for a few ducats! 

- Original Message - 
From: "Mr. Worf"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 1:24:25 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game 








He could have bought the distribution rights for the game for less money. 


On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 






Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega Genesis' (I 
still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and 3DO's --complete with 
full game libraries--could he have bought with that much dough? 

*** 
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488 

The $17,500 video game 


by Mike Smith 


Buzz up! 

July 6 1:32 P.M. 

$17000 Game

Would you pay $17,500 for this? 

Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any argument from us, 
but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who just paid a clinically insane 
$17,500 for an obscure NES game from 1990. 

The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of Nintendo World 
Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use in a Nintendo-sponsored 
gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only 26 were created, and Hendricks 
calls it the "Holy Grail" of video game collectors. 

The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds and consists 
of three short segments from other NES games: Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and 
Rad Racer. Players are scored according to their performance in each game, and 
their scores are totaled once the time limit expires. Doesn't sound too 
riveting to us, but then somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for the gameplay. 

And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and zeroes, 
Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally listed on eBay for a 
cool $25,000. 






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

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro Decade

[Martin Baxter]

B, I'm going to look at it this way.

Think of how old H.P. must be twisting in his grave, knowing that someone 
*non*-White will knock it out of the park...

Martin (never above psychological sadism for a good cause)





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 Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro Decade

 Date : Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:57:03 -

 From : "B. Smith" 

 To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com


Lovecraft's racism have permanently soured me on his work. I know del Toro will 
knock it out of the park but it's a bittersweet feeling.

Drood is an interesting novel but I couldn't plow through it. Dan Simmons has 
caught a case of the bloat. And the crazy but that's a whole different story.

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter"  wrote:
>
> He's doing Lovecraft...
> 
> (breaks out into the HappyHappyJoyJoy Dance)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
-[ Received Mail Content ]--
> 
 Subject : [scifinoir2] Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro Decade
> 
 Date : Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:26:06 -
> 
 From : "ravenadal" 
> 
 To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> 
> 
> Del Toro co-writes vampire movie; wants to film "Drood."
> 
> (Check out the link for the pictures)
> 
> http://oluik.notlong.com
> 
> Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro decade: 'The Hobbit' director is just 
> getting started
> 
> One of the gentle souls in the movie business is Guillermo del Toro, and I 
> always look forward to my interviews with him. This is a longer version of my 
> latest story on Del Toro, which is scheduled to run Thursday on the cover of 
> the Los Angeles Times Calender section. 
> 
> On the far side of the globe, in New Zealand, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is 
> now in his seventh month of labor on "The Hobbit," a $300-million epic that 
> will be told over two films in 2011 and 2012. But you can also find the 
> Guadalajara native on the shelf of your local bookstore with his 
> just-released debut novel, "The Strain," the opening installment of a vampire 
> trilogy he already has mapped out.
> 
> That's only the beginning. The 44-year-old Del Toro, who was nominated for an 
> Oscar for the dark fairy tale "Pan's Labyrinth" and showed his crowd-pleasing 
> sensibilities with the "Hellboy" films, also has plans to reanimate some 
> musty and monstrous literary classics. He plans to make a "Frankenstein" film 
> as well as an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's epic "At the Mountains of 
> Madness," a project he breathlessly refers to as "my obsession."
> 
> He would seem to be a full plate but, interviewed by phone recently, he 
> chuckled and added another project to the pile: "I think after `The Hobbit,' 
> my next project may actually turn out to be `Drood,' " he said, referring to 
> the 2008 novel by Dan Simmons that presents Charles Dickens at the center of 
> an occult mystery in 1860s Victorian London. Those three post-"Hobbit" 
> projects are all for Universal, which also has hopes that Del Toro will 
> continue his library-card approach to filmmaking by taking on 
> "Slaughterhouse-Five," Kurt Vonnegut's surreal antiwar tale of time travel.
> 
> If you're keeping track, that would have Del Toro tied up well past 2015 and 
> perhaps into 2017. He also is flirting with several other projects 
> ("Pinocchio," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and a third "Hellboy" film have been 
> mentioned at various times) but perhaps only as a producer, as with the 
> acclaimed 2007 Spanish ghost story, "The Orphanage." He also wants to write 
> more novels and to join in the increasingly popular quest to discover the 
> land of interactive 21st century storytelling, which lies somewhere between 
> Hollywood films and video games as we know them today.
> 
> It's a dizzying career plan for the father of two (his wife and daughters 
> have moved to New Zealand for "The Hobbit"), but in conversation, it's clear 
> the cheerful storyteller is motivated by his humble, lifelong passion for 
> genre entertainment – he wants to visit the worlds of Tolkien and Shelley, 
> not take them over.
> 
> "I love what I do and I feel honored to do it, quite honestly," Del Toro said.
> 
> Right now, no venture has him more enthused than "The Strain," the 401-page 
> novel that was co-written with Chuck Hogan and released in hardcover this 
> month by William Morrow. The book has gotten generally good reviews (and peer 
> blurbs, too, with novelist Clive Cussler gushing that it "soars with 
> spellbinding intrigue") and fulfills the earliest ambition of Del Toro. As a 
> boy in Mexico, he dreamed of being an author long before filmmaking captured 
> his heart. He already has found one major benefit of being a novelist – the 
> absence of Hollywood machinations.
> 
> "I have written or co-written 15 screenplays and I have only seven movies," 
> said Del Toro. "I find it frustrating when you write a screenplay and it 
> lives, but you don't get it produced – which is a lottery – it exists in a 
> limbo that does not allo

Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game

[Daryle Lockhart]

If so, then I suffer from the same condition.

If given the opportunity to  own an arcade stand up  version of  
"Defender",  I'd pay  quite a bit. I would also  pay  quite a bit to  
own a Fairlight synthesizer system in my house, and my MacBook has  
more power. The collector's mind is not a rational mind. There is an  
arbitrary value placed on things that nobody else cares about. Think  
about all the Star Trek stuff that sold at the Christie's auction.



On Jul 7, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Aubrey Leatherwood wrote:




Is there something wrong with me that I have no issues with this  
fellow's purchase?


Aubrey Leatherwood
www.aubreyleatherwood.com
FaceBook * MySpace Imperfection
A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
The People You Know, The Sex They Have
ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0






To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: justinmoha...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:08:24 -0400
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game



I just want to point out that there are more copies of Action  
Comics # 1 available than this game.


For context.

Justin

On 2009-07-07, at 12:00 AM, Keith Johnson  
 wrote:



Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega  
Genesis' (I still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto),  
and 3DO's --complete with full game libraries--could he have bought  
with that much dough?


***
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/ 
1332488

The $17,500 video game

by Mike Smith

Buzz up!
July 6 1:32 P.M.

Would you pay $17,500 for this?

Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any  
argument from us, but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who  
just paid a clinically insane $17,500 for an obscure NES game from  
1990.
The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of  
Nintendo World Championships, a cartridge specially produced for  
use in a Nintendo-sponsored gaming contest. According to Wikipedia  
only 26 were created, and Hendricks calls it the "Holy Grail" of  
video game collectors.
The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds  
and consists of three short segments from other NES games: Super  
Mario Bros., Tetris, and Rad Racer. Players are scored according to  
their performance in each game, and their scores are totaled once  
the time limit expires. Doesn't sound too riveting to us, but then  
somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for the gameplay.
And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones  
and zeroes, Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was  
originally listed on eBay for a cool $25,000.





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Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro Decade

[B. Smith]

Lovecraft's racism have permanently soured me on his work. I know del Toro will 
knock it out of the park but it's a bittersweet feeling.

Drood is an interesting novel but I couldn't plow through it. Dan Simmons has 
caught a case of the bloat. And the crazy but that's a whole different story.

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter"  wrote:
>
> He's doing Lovecraft...
> 
> (breaks out into the HappyHappyJoyJoy Dance)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
-[ Received Mail Content ]--
> 
 Subject : [scifinoir2] Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro Decade
> 
 Date : Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:26:06 -
> 
 From : "ravenadal" 
> 
 To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> 
> 
> Del Toro co-writes vampire movie; wants to film "Drood."
> 
> (Check out the link for the pictures)
> 
> http://oluik.notlong.com
> 
> Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro decade: 'The Hobbit' director is just 
> getting started
> 
> One of the gentle souls in the movie business is Guillermo del Toro, and I 
> always look forward to my interviews with him. This is a longer version of my 
> latest story on Del Toro, which is scheduled to run Thursday on the cover of 
> the Los Angeles Times Calender section. 
> 
> On the far side of the globe, in New Zealand, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is 
> now in his seventh month of labor on "The Hobbit," a $300-million epic that 
> will be told over two films in 2011 and 2012. But you can also find the 
> Guadalajara native on the shelf of your local bookstore with his 
> just-released debut novel, "The Strain," the opening installment of a vampire 
> trilogy he already has mapped out.
> 
> That's only the beginning. The 44-year-old Del Toro, who was nominated for an 
> Oscar for the dark fairy tale "Pan's Labyrinth" and showed his crowd-pleasing 
> sensibilities with the "Hellboy" films, also has plans to reanimate some 
> musty and monstrous literary classics. He plans to make a "Frankenstein" film 
> as well as an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's epic "At the Mountains of 
> Madness," a project he breathlessly refers to as "my obsession."
> 
> He would seem to be a full plate but, interviewed by phone recently, he 
> chuckled and added another project to the pile: "I think after `The Hobbit,' 
> my next project may actually turn out to be `Drood,' " he said, referring to 
> the 2008 novel by Dan Simmons that presents Charles Dickens at the center of 
> an occult mystery in 1860s Victorian London. Those three post-"Hobbit" 
> projects are all for Universal, which also has hopes that Del Toro will 
> continue his library-card approach to filmmaking by taking on 
> "Slaughterhouse-Five," Kurt Vonnegut's surreal antiwar tale of time travel.
> 
> If you're keeping track, that would have Del Toro tied up well past 2015 and 
> perhaps into 2017. He also is flirting with several other projects 
> ("Pinocchio," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and a third "Hellboy" film have been 
> mentioned at various times) but perhaps only as a producer, as with the 
> acclaimed 2007 Spanish ghost story, "The Orphanage." He also wants to write 
> more novels and to join in the increasingly popular quest to discover the 
> land of interactive 21st century storytelling, which lies somewhere between 
> Hollywood films and video games as we know them today.
> 
> It's a dizzying career plan for the father of two (his wife and daughters 
> have moved to New Zealand for "The Hobbit"), but in conversation, it's clear 
> the cheerful storyteller is motivated by his humble, lifelong passion for 
> genre entertainment – he wants to visit the worlds of Tolkien and Shelley, 
> not take them over.
> 
> "I love what I do and I feel honored to do it, quite honestly," Del Toro said.
> 
> Right now, no venture has him more enthused than "The Strain," the 401-page 
> novel that was co-written with Chuck Hogan and released in hardcover this 
> month by William Morrow. The book has gotten generally good reviews (and peer 
> blurbs, too, with novelist Clive Cussler gushing that it "soars with 
> spellbinding intrigue") and fulfills the earliest ambition of Del Toro. As a 
> boy in Mexico, he dreamed of being an author long before filmmaking captured 
> his heart. He already has found one major benefit of being a novelist – the 
> absence of Hollywood machinations.
> 
> "I have written or co-written 15 screenplays and I have only seven movies," 
> said Del Toro. "I find it frustrating when you write a screenplay and it 
> lives, but you don't get it produced – which is a lottery – it exists in a 
> limbo that does not allow it to become public. A filmmaker will never be 
> known by the movies he left in the drawer. Unlike a musician, a painter or a 
> poet, nobody is going to open a box after I'm gone and say, `Oh, look, 
> another great movie that he didn't make.' "
> 
> "The Strain" presents an unsettling tale of a vampiric virus on the loose in 
> New York City. It was about four years ago that the story started taking 
> shape in Del Toro's imaginatio

RE: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game

[Aubrey Leatherwood]

Is there something wrong with me that I have no issues with this fellow's 
purchase?

Aubrey Leatherwood
www.aubreyleatherwood.com
FaceBook * MySpace Imperfection
A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
The People You Know, The Sex They Have
ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0





 


To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: justinmoha...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:08:24 -0400
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game








I just want to point out that there are more copies of Action Comics # 1 
available than this game. 


For context. 


Justin

On 2009-07-07, at 12:00 AM, Keith Johnson  wrote:








Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega Genesis' (I 
still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and 3DO's --complete with 
full game libraries--could he have bought with that much dough?

***
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488


The $17,500 video game
by Mike Smith





Buzz up!
July 6 1:32 P.M.


 
Would you pay $17,500 for this?
Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any argument from us, 
but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who just paid a clinically insane 
$17,500 for an obscure NES game from 1990. 

The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of Nintendo World 
Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use in a Nintendo-sponsored 
gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only 26 were created, and Hendricks 
calls it the "Holy Grail" of video game collectors. 

The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds and consists 
of three short segments from other NES games: Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and 
Rad Racer. Players are scored according to their performance in each game, and 
their scores are totaled once the time limit expires. Doesn't sound too 
riveting to us, but then somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for the gameplay. 

And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and zeroes, 
Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally listed on eBay for a 
cool $25,000.












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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

[Martin Baxter]

On a slightly different tack...

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/07/02/brad-caleb-kane-writing-view-master-alien-movie/
 (apologies -- hotlinking on vacation)

No, true believers -- your eyes do not deceive you.





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   I was thinking "Pitfall" personally. Or am I too late for that?





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 Date : Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:49:39 -0400

 From : Daryle Lockhart 

 To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com


That might explain why Universal insists on greenlighting these 
Hasbro game movies, and are now moving on to Atari, having just 
greenlit "Asteroids".

Anybody wanna go in with me on a treatment for "Bezerk" or 
"Defender"? "Tempest"? Anyone?

On Jul 6, 2009, at 12:41 PM, ravenadal wrote:

>
>
> It has been my humble opinion that Hollywood has long operated as a 
> washing machine to clean mob money. One of the biggest sausage 
> factories of the last millenium, Universal Pictures, was long run 
> by Lew Wasserman who began by booking talent into mob operated 
> night clubs and had more than a few mob connections. Today, actors 
> often scoff when they hear what they were allegedly paid to star in 
> a movie because they likely received half of that amount. The rest 
> is the money being laundered.
>
> ~rave!
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf"  
> wrote:
> >
> > There may be something like that already going on in Hollywood. 
> There are a
> > number of films that they know as soon as they are green lit that 
> they will
> > fail. Frankenhood and Soulplane come to mind. There are also 
> others with
> > white casts that also are made to loose money too. I suspect that 
> they are
> > being used as a write off. At least I hope that they are. There 
> are way too
> > many really bad films making it to the scifi channel that have 
> moderate
> > sized budgets that should have never been made. Like HG Wells War 
> of the
> > Worlds 1 and 2! (Yes. You read that right. They made two!)
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Daryle Lockhart
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Obsessed" is a Black film, actually.
> > > This loophole in finance Uwe has been riding is something Black
> > > filmmakers could/should use to make larger budget films in 
> other countries.
> > > There are so many horror scripts that don' t get made in 
> Hollywood that
> > > could be getting done in Europe!
> > >
> > > On Jul 5, 2009, at 11:05 AM, ravenadal wrote:
> > >
> > > I am watching something called "In the Name of the King: A 
> Dungeon Siege
> > > Tale" on Showtime. The movie stars Jason Statham and the cast 
> includes such
> > > stellar actors as Ron ("Hellboy") Perlman, Ray ("Goodfellas") 
> Liotta -
> > > shamelessly chewing up scenery as Gallion, the prolific John 
> Rhys-Davies,
> > > Burt "Smokey and the Bandit" Reynolds, Claire "Meet Joe Black" 
> Forlani,
> > > Leelee ("Deep Impact") Sobieski and Brian J. White ("The Shield,"
> > > "Moonlight") wearing a nasty looking scar as Commander Tarish.
> > >
> > > The movie is directed by German born schlockmiester Uwe Boll, 
> best known
> > > for his "BloodRayne" movies.
> > >
> > > I had never heard of this movie so I went to IMDB, Box Office 
> Mojo and
> > > Wikipedia and discovered "In the Name of the King" cost $60 
> million and
> > > grossed a robust $13 million worldwide. Then I discoverd the first
> > > "BloodRayne" cost $25 million and grossed a whopping $2.42 
> million. WTF!
> > >
> > >
> > > Then I discovered that Boll is very successfully manipulating a 
> lucrative
> > > loophole in German tax laws. Boll is able to acquire funding 
> thanks to
> > > German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allows 
> investors in
> > > German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a 
> tax deduction;
> > > it also allows them to invest borrowed money and write off any 
> fees
> > > associated with the loan. The investor is then only required to 
> pay taxes on
> > > the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the 
> investor gets a
> > > tax writeoff.
> > >
> > > Imagine, thought I, if black filmmakers were able to exploit 
> such a
> > > loophole? Everybody KNOWS black films don't make money. What an 
> excellent
> > > opportunity to make all the black epics everyone dreams of but 
> nobody dares
> > > risk the money to make.
> > >
> > > What a bonanza! You could hire all the known but under utilized 
> black
> > > actors and actresses - pay them top dollar - WTF? We are TRYING 
> to lose
> > > money after all!
> > >
> > > Let Vin Diesel make his "Hannibal." Let Spike Lee make his 
> "Tuskegee
> > > Airmen." Let the Hughes Brothers make whatever they want. Hell, 
> let me film
> > > "The Wo

Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game

[Justin Mohareb]

I just want to point out that there are more copies of Action Comics #  
1 available than this game.


For context.

Justin

On 2009-07-07, at 12:00 AM, Keith Johnson   
wrote:





Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega  
Genesis' (I still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and  
3DO's --complete with full game libraries--could he have bought with  
that much dough?


***
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488
The $17,500 video game

by Mike Smith

Buzz up!
July 6 1:32 P.M.


Would you pay $17,500 for this?

Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any argument  
from us, but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who just paid  
a clinically insane $17,500 for an obscure NES game from 1990.


The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of  
Nintendo World Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use  
in a Nintendo-sponsored gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only  
26 were created, and Hendricks calls it the "Holy Grail" of video  
game collectors.


The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds  
and consists of three short segments from other NES games: Super  
Mario Bros., Tetris, and Rad Racer. Players are scored according to  
their performance in each game, and their scores are totaled once  
the time limit expires. Doesn't sound too riveting to us, but then  
somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for the gameplay.


And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and  
zeroes, Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally  
listed on eBay for a cool $25,000.

[RE][scifinoir2] Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro Decade

[Martin Baxter]

He's doing Lovecraft...

(breaks out into the HappyHappyJoyJoy Dance)





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Del Toro co-writes vampire movie; wants to film "Drood."

(Check out the link for the pictures)

http://oluik.notlong.com

Prepare for the Guillermo del Toro decade: 'The Hobbit' director is just 
getting started

One of the gentle souls in the movie business is Guillermo del Toro, and I 
always look forward to my interviews with him. This is a longer version of my 
latest story on Del Toro, which is scheduled to run Thursday on the cover of 
the Los Angeles Times Calender section. 

On the far side of the globe, in New Zealand, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is 
now in his seventh month of labor on "The Hobbit," a $300-million epic that 
will be told over two films in 2011 and 2012. But you can also find the 
Guadalajara native on the shelf of your local bookstore with his just-released 
debut novel, "The Strain," the opening installment of a vampire trilogy he 
already has mapped out.

That's only the beginning. The 44-year-old Del Toro, who was nominated for an 
Oscar for the dark fairy tale "Pan's Labyrinth" and showed his crowd-pleasing 
sensibilities with the "Hellboy" films, also has plans to reanimate some musty 
and monstrous literary classics. He plans to make a "Frankenstein" film as well 
as an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's epic "At the Mountains of Madness," a 
project he breathlessly refers to as "my obsession."

He would seem to be a full plate but, interviewed by phone recently, he 
chuckled and added another project to the pile: "I think after `The Hobbit,' my 
next project may actually turn out to be `Drood,' " he said, referring to the 
2008 novel by Dan Simmons that presents Charles Dickens at the center of an 
occult mystery in 1860s Victorian London. Those three post-"Hobbit" projects 
are all for Universal, which also has hopes that Del Toro will continue his 
library-card approach to filmmaking by taking on "Slaughterhouse-Five," Kurt 
Vonnegut's surreal antiwar tale of time travel.

If you're keeping track, that would have Del Toro tied up well past 2015 and 
perhaps into 2017. He also is flirting with several other projects 
("Pinocchio," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and a third "Hellboy" film have been 
mentioned at various times) but perhaps only as a producer, as with the 
acclaimed 2007 Spanish ghost story, "The Orphanage." He also wants to write 
more novels and to join in the increasingly popular quest to discover the land 
of interactive 21st century storytelling, which lies somewhere between 
Hollywood films and video games as we know them today.

It's a dizzying career plan for the father of two (his wife and daughters have 
moved to New Zealand for "The Hobbit"), but in conversation, it's clear the 
cheerful storyteller is motivated by his humble, lifelong passion for genre 
entertainment – he wants to visit the worlds of Tolkien and Shelley, not take 
them over.

"I love what I do and I feel honored to do it, quite honestly," Del Toro said.

Right now, no venture has him more enthused than "The Strain," the 401-page 
novel that was co-written with Chuck Hogan and released in hardcover this month 
by William Morrow. The book has gotten generally good reviews (and peer blurbs, 
too, with novelist Clive Cussler gushing that it "soars with spellbinding 
intrigue") and fulfills the earliest ambition of Del Toro. As a boy in Mexico, 
he dreamed of being an author long before filmmaking captured his heart. He 
already has found one major benefit of being a novelist – the absence of 
Hollywood machinations.

"I have written or co-written 15 screenplays and I have only seven movies," 
said Del Toro. "I find it frustrating when you write a screenplay and it lives, 
but you don't get it produced – which is a lottery – it exists in a limbo that 
does not allow it to become public. A filmmaker will never be known by the 
movies he left in the drawer. Unlike a musician, a painter or a poet, nobody is 
going to open a box after I'm gone and say, `Oh, look, another great movie that 
he didn't make.' "

"The Strain" presents an unsettling tale of a vampiric virus on the loose in 
New York City. It was about four years ago that the story started taking shape 
in Del Toro's imagination and his inspiration was a surprising one.

"I was watching `The Wire' on cable and I was addicted to it," the filmmaker 
said. "I really felt caught up in this idea of doing a procedural, a limited 
cable series, which married the ideas of biology, of anatomy, of vampirism and 
evolved through the seasons into the spiritual and mythological aspects of the 
theme – and always with the everyday details and prosaic settings, and the 
rhythms of a procedural."

The plan at first was to present "The Strain" as a television series, limi

Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game

[Martin Baxter]

Amen to that, Mr Worf!

And I, a video-game fan since the day video games first entered my worldview 
over twenty-five years ago, have *never heard* of that game. Odds are, he can 
only get a reaction out of equally hyper-rabid fans by showing it off. And he'd 
better hope that none of them have sticky fingers.





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 From : "Mr. Worf" 

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He could have bought the distribution rights for the game for less money.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega Genesis' (I
> still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and 3DO's --complete
> with full game libraries--could he have bought with that much dough?
>
> ***
> http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488
> The $17,500 video game
>
> by Mike Smith 
> Buzz up!
>
> July 6 1:32 P.M.
> [image: $17000 Game]
>
> Would you pay $17,500 for this?
>
> Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any argument from
> us, but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who just paid a
> clinically insane $17,500for an obscure NES game from 1990.
>
> The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of Nintendo
> World Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use in a
> Nintendo-sponsored gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only 26 were
> created, and Hendricks calls it the "Holy Grail" of video game collectors.
>
> The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds and
> consists of three short segments from other NES games: Super Mario Bros.,
> Tetris, and Rad Racer. Players are scored according to their performance in
> each game, and their scores are totaled once the time limit expires. Doesn't
> sound too riveting to us, but then somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for
> the gameplay.
>
> And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and
> zeroes, Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally listed on
> eBay for a cool $25,000.
>
>
>
> 
>



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