Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"

[Keith Johnson]

He's white, right? Not surprised though: I think even Peter Jackson and his 
friends are from New Zealand, South Africa, etc., and probably have a circle of 
friends and acquaintances that are mostly like them. 

I hope to see the movie tomorrow, but also want to see the new Miyazaki film! 

- Original Message - 
From: "George Arterberry"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 4:22:17 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" 






I've been following this for months.I'm just glad to see my favorite vacation 
spot (South Africa] in a so-called major Hollywood movie. 
Still even though filmed in south Africa the major hero/star of the movie is of 
what color??? 

--- On Thu, 8/13/09, C.W. Badie  wrote: 



From: C.W. Badie  
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 10:23 PM 





Oh well...That kills my speculations about District 9 going to be a tongue in 
cheek comedy... 

--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Keith Johnson  wrote: 



From: Keith Johnson  
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" 
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com 
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 11:04 PM 





I knew about it, but never made the connection until I heard it on Slice of 
SciFi. 

- Original Message - 
From: "Martin Baxter"  
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:00:28 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" 






Thanks for that, Keith. I really didn't know about the Halo movie. 






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Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" 
Date : Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:41:07 + (UTC) 
>From : Keith Johnson  
To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com 

I heard on the podcast "Slice of SciFi" a fan call in and say how District 9 
reminded him of ID4 and the videogame "Halo". The hosts said, "yeah it looks a 
lot like 'Halo', down to the aliens". They said that this is the case because, 
if you remember, Peter Jackson was initially engaged to do a movie version of 
"Halo". Ultimately that project fell through, but the rumour is he was so far 
into planning for "Halo", he decided to do a different concept, and gave the 
project over to another guy to direct as "District 9". Not sure if this is 
true, but I do remember Jackson was working on a "Halo" movie. So i guess it's 
not a big stretch to think that the production setups he might have had in 
place for that were then moved to this flick. 

I need to do some research for the truth of this... 

- Original Message - 
From: "Martin Baxter" 
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com 
Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:51:36 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" 






Keith, I'm hyped for it as well. I've been avoiding any websites that hawk it 
in anyway, primarily because of my aversion to critics. All but one person I've 
spoken to regarding it are keen to see it as well. (That one refers to it as an 
" 'Alien Nation' ripoff".) 






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Subject : [scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" 
Date : Sat, 8 Aug 2009 06:55:00 + (UTC) 
>From : Keith Johnson 
To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com 

The "District 9" flick has me really intrigued. with its locale of South Africa 
(so different from usual Hollywood story locatons), it's gritty look, and the 
fact that it's a Peter Jackson joint, i have high hopes. Indeed, I'm actually 
looking forward to it more than I have any other movie so far this year, 
including Star Trek. Anyone heard any early buzz? I did find favorable reviews 
via jumping from Rotten Tomatoes (something I loathe to do, but as local 
newspapers fire more critics, I'm having to venture further afield to even find 
real critics). 

http://www.rottento matoes.com/ m/district_ 9/ 

 * * * * * * 
* 
http://boxoffice. com/reviews/ 2009/07/district -9.php 



District 9 is about the apartheid struggle in South Africa. For those under the 
age of 35 or so, apartheid was the system of racial segregation legally 
established by the government of South Africa between 1948 and 1994. No matter 
what else it seems to be about, District 9 , a film made a young, white, South 
African director, is about apartheid. Co-writer/director Neill Blomkamp spent 
his formative years living under the system of apartheid and has 
conscientiously insinuated the issue into his film. The attitudes, ideals and 
actions of the characters, from everyday citizens to government officials and 
those in business, reflect those that were common during the apartheid regime. 
The filmmakers, including producer Peter Jackson, have stealthily laid the 
artifacts of these dark days beneath the guise of an Alien invasion movie

[scifinoir2] Re: Robert Downey Jr. To Bring Lestat Back To The Big Screen

[B. Smith]

If they trim down some parts of The Vampire Lestat it could make a pretty 
decent film. Lestat's origin story and his abandonment soon after his rebirth 
is a solid story.

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella"  wrote:
>
> We've been scrambling all week to confirm the following report, especially
> since it came from a very reliable source and is insanely logical
> considering the popularity of vampires these days. I guess something good
> has come from the success of Twilight as Bloody Disgusting has learned
> exclusively that Universal Pictures is looking to restart Anne Rice's The
> Vampire Chronicles  , which
> tells the tale of the vampire Lestat Du Lioncort (through his narration), a
> nobleman-turned-vampire in the late 18th century. No word yet on how they
> plan on unrolling this franchise, but we did find out who they are talking
> with to replace Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend. Read on for the skinny.
> 
> We have confirmed this afternoon that ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is in close talks to
> play the vampire Lestat in Universal Pictures' The Vampire Chronicles, a
> newly rebooted franchise based on Anne Rice's popular novels.
> 
> Lestat appears as a major character in both motion picture adaptations of
> The Vampire Chronicles novels. In Neil Jordan's 1994 film adaptation of
> Interview with the Vampire, he is portrayed by Tom Cruise. In the 2002 film
> adaptation of Queen of the Damned, he is played by Stuart Townsend.
> 
> The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves
> around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman made
> into a vampire in the 18th century.
> 
> From Wiki: The Vampire Chronicles
> 
> Interview with the Vampire (1976)
> The Vampire Lestat (1985)
> The Queen of the Damned (1988)
> The Tale of the Body Thief (1992)
> Memnoch the Devil (1995)
> The Vampire Armand (1998)
> Merrick (2000)
> Blood and Gold (2001)
> Blackwood Farm (2002)
> Blood Canticle (2003)
> 
> http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17082
>

[scifinoir2] Robert Downey Jr. To Bring Lestat Back To The Big Screen

[Tracey de Morsella]

We've been scrambling all week to confirm the following report, especially
since it came from a very reliable source and is insanely logical
considering the popularity of vampires these days. I guess something good
has come from the success of Twilight as Bloody Disgusting has learned
exclusively that Universal Pictures is looking to restart Anne Rice's The
Vampire Chronicles  , which
tells the tale of the vampire Lestat Du Lioncort (through his narration), a
nobleman-turned-vampire in the late 18th century. No word yet on how they
plan on unrolling this franchise, but we did find out who they are talking
with to replace Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend. Read on for the skinny.

We have confirmed this afternoon that ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is in close talks to
play the vampire Lestat in Universal Pictures' The Vampire Chronicles, a
newly rebooted franchise based on Anne Rice's popular novels.

Lestat appears as a major character in both motion picture adaptations of
The Vampire Chronicles novels. In Neil Jordan's 1994 film adaptation of
Interview with the Vampire, he is portrayed by Tom Cruise. In the 2002 film
adaptation of Queen of the Damned, he is played by Stuart Townsend.

The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves
around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman made
into a vampire in the 18th century.

>From Wiki: The Vampire Chronicles

Interview with the Vampire (1976)
The Vampire Lestat (1985)
The Queen of the Damned (1988)
The Tale of the Body Thief (1992)
Memnoch the Devil (1995)
The Vampire Armand (1998)
Merrick (2000)
Blood and Gold (2001)
Blackwood Farm (2002)
Blood Canticle (2003)

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17082

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

[Tracey de Morsella]

No, not really, but Berman and Co. Really messed up the movie franchise and 
part of my wondered why the did not bring him back to direct.  In his defense, 
I cannot blame him for the material

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 4:42 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

 







That bad for you, Tracey?





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Subject : RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage
Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:24:29 -0700
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 

He just lost my respect. I had no idea :-( 



From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter 
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:03 PM 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage 









Yes, Tracey, he did the deed so named. But he' still several ahead of U_e 
B__l... 





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Subject : RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage 
Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:49:39 -0700 
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 

Ugh!???!!!??? 



Are you serious? If so, this changes my perspective 



From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Daryle Lockhart 
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:13 AM 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage 








Didn't he direct Insurrection? 


On Aug 14, 2009, at 9:56 AM, "Tracey de Morsella" wrote: 



I agree. I don’t understand why he doesn’t ,nor why Trek dropped him after 
first contact 



From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter 
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:02 AM 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage 










Tracey, he needs to direct more. He's got a great touch with characterization. 






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Subject : [scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage 
Date : Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:35:43 -0700 
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 

Hey fans of First Contact, I saw Riker listed as director of a recent 
episode of Leverage 




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




















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














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

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

[Martin Baxter]

That bad for you, Tracey?





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 Subject : RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

 Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:24:29 -0700

 From : "Tracey de Morsella" 

 To : 


He just lost my respect. I had no idea :-(

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:03 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

 







Yes, Tracey, he did the deed so named. But he' still several ahead of U_e 
B__l...





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Subject : RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage
Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:49:39 -0700
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 

Ugh!???!!!??? 



Are you serious? If so, this changes my perspective 



From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Daryle Lockhart 
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:13 AM 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage 








Didn't he direct Insurrection? 


On Aug 14, 2009, at 9:56 AM, "Tracey de Morsella" wrote: 



I agree. I don’t understand why he doesn’t ,nor why Trek dropped him after 
first contact 



From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter 
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:02 AM 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage 










Tracey, he needs to direct more. He's got a great touch with characterization. 






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Subject : [scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage 
Date : Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:35:43 -0700 
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 

Hey fans of First Contact, I saw Riker listed as director of a recent 
episode of Leverage 




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




















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











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

[RE][scifinoir2] First Black Holes Starved at Birth

[Martin Baxter]

Fascinating, indeed. Thanks, Amy!





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 Subject : [scifinoir2] First Black Holes Starved at Birth

 Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:30:20 -0400

 From : "Amy Harlib" 

 To : 


ahar...@earthlink.net
Fascinating!


> Hullo all,
>
> This was in science news today.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090814/sc_space/firstblackholesstarvedatbirth
>
>
>




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

[RE][scifinoir2] Buddha Call (think i got it right this time...dang yahoo)

[Martin Baxter]

And yes, BTB, I *am* LMNAATWO at this dumb-a$$ boy...





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 Subject : [RE][scifinoir2] Buddha Call (think i got it right this time...dang 
yahoo)

 Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:26:11 -0400 (EDT)

 From : "Martin Baxter" 

 To : 








 




 
 
   Sweet voice... clearly intelligent... *and* her name is Jasmine? Boy 
*deserves* to be put in the doghouse...





-[ Received Mail Content ]--

 Subject : [scifinoir2] Buddha Call (think i got it right this time...dang 
yahoo)

 Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:53:22 -0700 (PDT)

 From : Augustus Augustus 

 To : Black SciFi 

 Cc : Sci Fi 


http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/14063588/967972908/name/_Guy_Caught_Cheating_By_His_Wife_-_Super_Snake_-_Kiss_FM%2Emp3




 


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

 

  

 
 



















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

[RE][scifinoir2] Buddha Call (think i got it right this time...dang yahoo)

[Martin Baxter]

Sweet voice... clearly intelligent... *and* her name is Jasmine? Boy *deserves* 
to be put in the doghouse...





-[ Received Mail Content ]--

 Subject : [scifinoir2] Buddha Call (think i got it right this time...dang 
yahoo)

 Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:53:22 -0700 (PDT)

 From : Augustus Augustus 

 To : Black SciFi 

 Cc : Sci Fi 


http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/14063588/967972908/name/_Guy_Caught_Cheating_By_His_Wife_-_Super_Snake_-_Kiss_FM%2Emp3




 


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

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Amazon Needs to Make the Kindle Available Beyond Amazon.com: Report

[Reece Jennings]

If we refuse to buy at the high price, they'll do it.  They're like drug
dealers.
They sell us what we're willing to buy...

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of George Arterberry
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:39 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Amazon Needs to Make the Kindle Available
Beyond Amazon.com: Report


  


The price right now is just too high.Heck I can download books to my
Iphone.They need to tweak the technology and lower the price.

--- On Mon, 8/10/09, Reece Jennings  wrote:




From: Reece Jennings 
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Amazon Needs to Make the Kindle Available
Beyond Amazon.com: Report
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 9:02 AM


  
How true, Martin.  How true!  I don't feel the say way about newspapers any
more, but that's
got more to do with the souls who deliver them.  Twice a couple of years ago
I came back from
week-long trips to find 7...7!  newspapers lying on my lawn.  And this was
after I called them to 
stop delivery.

  _  

From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On
Behalf Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 8:24 AM
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Amazon Needs to Make the Kindle Available Beyond
Amazon.com: Report


  
The notion of Kindle never really had me.

Across the years I've been online, I've picked up hundreds of e-books, and I
have yet to read more than ten of them. I simply get fix myself to the
notion of reading off a screen. I read a review of the Kindle 2 in the New
Yorker a couple of weeks ago, and the reviewer's teen-aged son, also in the
review project with him, finished one of his favorite books and told his
father that he liked it, but that he'd still rather read the paperback
(which he had dug out for just that purpose). I'm the same way. I like the
feel of the book in my hands.

To say nothing of having the security of knowing that no one can delete my
copy...







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Subject : [scifinoir2] Amazon Needs to Make the Kindle Available Beyond
Amazon.com: Report
Date : Sun, 9 Aug 2009 23:12:00 -0700
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : , "'SciFinoir Lit'" 

http://gigaom. com/2009/ 08/03/amazon- needs-to- make-the- kindle-available
-beyon 
d-amazon-com- report/ 

Amazon will need to start selling the Kindle through venues other than just 
the Amazon.com web site if it wants to maintain its lead in the U.S. 
e-reader market, according to a new 

ereader-data- suggests- amazon-vulnerabi lity.html> study from Forrester 
Research. For while the vast majority of current e-reader owners are what 
the research firm calls "older male tech optimists who tend to buy books 
online," future potential customers will consist of a dramatically different

demographic. 

The e-reader market remains nascent, but it's growing at a rapid clip: As of

the end of the second quarter, just 1.5 percent of U.S. online consumers 
owned an e-reader, but that figure had more than doubled from the second 
quarter of 2008. And at the same time, the percentage of people who said 
they planned to buy an e-reader over the next six months tripled, to 6 
percent. Helping to drive that early adoption have been Amazon's existing 
customers, according to Forrester. "[A]s frequent online book shoppers, 
[early adopters] have an existing relationship with Amazon - a perfect storm

of demographics that has contributed to the Kindle's early success." And 
while the second wave is expected to look similar to the first - also 
largely male, but younger and even more likely to read books - the wave 
after it is expected to be dominated by less tech-savvy females who buy 
books from multiple source like local bookstores, supermarkets and big 
chains like Wal-Mart, places where, currently, the Kindle isn't sold. 

The firm believes the total number of e-readers sold will top 3 million by 
the end of this year, and 13 million by the end of 2013. This may seem like 
a lot, but as Forrester notes, five years after the iPod was released, more 
than 50 million MP3 players had been sold. Apple grabbed the lion's share of

that market - more than 70 percent in the U.S. currently - by rapidly 
expanding the locations where an iPod could be purchased. Now in addition to

the Apple Store, consumers can buy an iPod from Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, 
Radio Shack or Amazon.com. The Kindle can only be purchased from Amazon.com,

and it's difficult to see one before you buy it (though Amazon did roll out 
a program where you can "See 

d=1000230941&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0D ER&pf_rd_s=browse&pf_rd_r=1Y8VB8DKWKW
4YTH08F 
KN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=482501811&pf_rd_i=133141011> A Kindle In Your City," 
but that's a far cry from playing with one in a store). If Amazon doesn't 
expand its distribution, it will leave a huge gap into which other 
e-readers, like one from Plastic Logic that 
features Barn

[scifinoir2] First Black Holes Starved at Birth

[Amy Harlib]

ahar...@earthlink.net
Fascinating!


> Hullo all,
>
> This was in science news today.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090814/sc_space/firstblackholesstarvedatbirth
>
>
>

[scifinoir2] Buddha Call (think i got it right this time...dang yahoo)

[Augustus Augustus]

http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/14063588/967972908/name/_Guy_Caught_Cheating_By_His_Wife_-_Super_Snake_-_Kiss_FM%2Emp3




  

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

[Tracey de Morsella]

He just lost my respect.  I had no idea  :-(

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:03 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

 







Yes, Tracey, he did the deed so named. But he' still several ahead of U_e 
B__l...





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Subject : RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage
Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:49:39 -0700
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 

Ugh!???!!!??? 



Are you serious? If so, this changes my perspective 



From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Daryle Lockhart 
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:13 AM 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage 








Didn't he direct Insurrection? 


On Aug 14, 2009, at 9:56 AM, "Tracey de Morsella" wrote: 



I agree. I don’t understand why he doesn’t ,nor why Trek dropped him after 
first contact 



From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter 
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:02 AM 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage 










Tracey, he needs to direct more. He's got a great touch with characterization. 






-[ Received Mail Content ]-- 
Subject : [scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage 
Date : Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:35:43 -0700 
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 

Hey fans of First Contact, I saw Riker listed as director of a recent 
episode of Leverage 




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




















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

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

[Martin Baxter]

Yes, Tracey, he did the deed so named. But he' still several ahead of U_e 
B__l...





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 Subject : RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

 Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:49:39 -0700

 From : "Tracey de Morsella" 

 To : 


Ugh!???!!!???

 

Are you serious? If so, this changes my perspective

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Daryle Lockhart
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:13 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

 






Didn't he direct Insurrection?


On Aug 14, 2009, at 9:56 AM, "Tracey de Morsella"  wrote:

 

I agree. I don’t understand why he doesn’t ,nor why Trek dropped him after 
first contact

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:02 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

 








Tracey, he needs to direct more. He's got a great touch with characterization.






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Subject : [scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage
Date : Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:35:43 -0700
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 

Hey fans of First Contact, I saw Riker listed as director of a recent 
episode of Leverage 




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

















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

[RE][scifinoir2] Buddha Call...too funny

[Martin Baxter]

Stupid e-mail service hoses me yet again... I'm getting nothing, Fate.





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 Date : Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:30:25 -0700 (PDT)

 From : Augustus Augustus 

 To : Sci Fi 

 Cc : Black SciFi 


This is hilarious!

Dr. Fate









 




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

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Amazon Needs to Make the Kindle Available Beyond Amazon.com: Report

[George Arterberry]

The price right now is just too high.Heck I can download books to my 
Iphone.They need to tweak the technology and lower the price.

--- On Mon, 8/10/09, Reece Jennings  wrote:


From: Reece Jennings 
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Amazon Needs to Make the Kindle Available Beyond 
Amazon.com: Report
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 9:02 AM


  




How true, Martin.  How true!  I don't feel the say way about newspapers any 
more, but that's
got more to do with the souls who deliver them.  Twice a couple of years ago I 
came back from
week-long trips to find 7...7!  newspapers lying on my lawn.  And this was 
after I called them to 
stop delivery.



From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On 
Behalf Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 8:24 AM
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Amazon Needs to Make the Kindle Available Beyond 
Amazon.com: Report


  





The notion of Kindle never really had me.

Across the years I've been online, I've picked up hundreds of e-books, and I 
have yet to read more than ten of them. I simply get fix myself to the notion 
of reading off a screen. I read a review of the Kindle 2 in the New Yorker a 
couple of weeks ago, and the reviewer's teen-aged son, also in the review 
project with him, finished one of his favorite books and told his father that 
he liked it, but that he'd still rather read the paperback (which he had dug 
out for just that purpose). I'm the same way. I like the feel of the book in my 
hands.

To say nothing of having the security of knowing that no one can delete my 
copy...





-[ Received Mail Content ]--
Subject : [scifinoir2] Amazon Needs to Make the Kindle Available Beyond 
Amazon.com: Report
Date : Sun, 9 Aug 2009 23:12:00 -0700
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : , "'SciFinoir Lit'" 

http://gigaom. com/2009/ 08/03/amazon- needs-to- make-the- kindle-available 
-beyon 
d-amazon-com- report/ 

Amazon will need to start selling the Kindle through venues other than just 
the Amazon.com web site if it wants to maintain its lead in the U.S. 
e-reader market, according to a new 

ereader-data- suggests- amazon-vulnerabi lity.html> study from Forrester 
Research. For while the vast majority of current e-reader owners are what 
the research firm calls "older male tech optimists who tend to buy books 
online," future potential customers will consist of a dramatically different 
demographic. 

The e-reader market remains nascent, but it's growing at a rapid clip: As of 
the end of the second quarter, just 1.5 percent of U.S. online consumers 
owned an e-reader, but that figure had more than doubled from the second 
quarter of 2008. And at the same time, the percentage of people who said 
they planned to buy an e-reader over the next six months tripled, to 6 
percent. Helping to drive that early adoption have been Amazon's existing 
customers, according to Forrester. "[A]s frequent online book shoppers, 
[early adopters] have an existing relationship with Amazon - a perfect storm 
of demographics that has contributed to the Kindle's early success." And 
while the second wave is expected to look similar to the first - also 
largely male, but younger and even more likely to read books - the wave 
after it is expected to be dominated by less tech-savvy females who buy 
books from multiple source like local bookstores, supermarkets and big 
chains like Wal-Mart, places where, currently, the Kindle isn't sold. 

The firm believes the total number of e-readers sold will top 3 million by 
the end of this year, and 13 million by the end of 2013. This may seem like 
a lot, but as Forrester notes, five years after the iPod was released, more 
than 50 million MP3 players had been sold. Apple grabbed the lion's share of 
that market - more than 70 percent in the U.S. currently - by rapidly 
expanding the locations where an iPod could be purchased. Now in addition to 
the Apple Store, consumers can buy an iPod from Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, 
Radio Shack or Amazon.com. The Kindle can only be purchased from Amazon.com, 
and it's difficult to see one before you buy it (though Amazon did roll out 
a program where you can "See 

d=1000230941&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0D ER&pf_rd_s=browse&pf_rd_r=1Y8VB8DKWKW 4YTH08F 
KN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=482501811&pf_rd_i=133141011> A Kindle In Your City," 
but that's a far cry from playing with one in a store). If Amazon doesn't 
expand its distribution, it will leave a huge gap into which other 
e-readers, like one from Plastic Logic that 
features Barnes & Noble's e-bookstore, will jump. 






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















  

[scifinoir2] Buddha Call...too funny

[Augustus Augustus]

Enjoy

Dr. Fate.
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[Attachment(s) from Dana Dayne included below]
  


  
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[scifinoir2] Buddha Call...too funny

[Augustus Augustus]

This is hilarious!

Dr. Fate









 





  
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RE: [scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

[Tracey de Morsella]

I thought so, but I wasn't sure

thanks

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Justin Mohareb
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:36 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

 






He directed an episode last year that guest-starred Brent Spiner, and had a
non-speaking cameo in another episode. 

 

Justin Mohareb 

On 2009-08-13, at 6:35 PM, "Tracey de Morsella"
 wrote:

  

Hey fans of First Contact, I saw Riker listed as director of a recent
episode of Leverage

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

[Tracey de Morsella]

Ugh!???!!!???

 

Are you serious? If so, this changes my perspective

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Daryle Lockhart
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:13 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

 






Didn't he direct Insurrection?


On Aug 14, 2009, at 9:56 AM, "Tracey de Morsella" 
 wrote:

  

I agree. I don’t understand why he doesn’t ,nor why Trek dropped him after 
first contact

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:02 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

 








Tracey, he needs to direct more. He's got a great touch with characterization.






-[ Received Mail Content ]--
Subject : [scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage
Date : Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:35:43 -0700
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 

Hey fans of First Contact, I saw Riker listed as director of a recent 
episode of Leverage 




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

Re: [scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

[Justin Mohareb]

He directed an episode last year that guest-starred Brent Spiner, and  
had a non-speaking cameo in another episode.


Justin Mohareb

On 2009-08-13, at 6:35 PM, "Tracey de Morsella" > wrote:


Hey fans of First Contact, I saw Riker listed as director of a  
recent episode of Leverage

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

[Daryle Lockhart]

Didn't he direct Insurrection?


On Aug 14, 2009, at 9:56 AM, "Tracey de Morsella" > wrote:


I agree. I don’t understand why he doesn’t ,nor why Trek dropped  
him after first contact




From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com]  
On Behalf Of Martin Baxter

Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:02 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage







Tracey, he needs to direct more. He's got a great touch with  
characterization.





-[ Received Mail Content ]--
Subject : [scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage
Date : Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:35:43 -0700
From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 

Hey fans of First Contact, I saw Riker listed as director of a recent
episode of Leverage




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

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Amazon Needs to Make the Kindle Available Beyond Amazon.com: Report

[Reece Jennings]

How true, Martin.  How true!  I don't feel the say way about newspapers any
more, but that's
got more to do with the souls who deliver them.  Twice a couple of years ago
I came back from
week-long trips to find 7...7!  newspapers lying on my lawn.  And this was
after I called them to 
stop delivery.

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 8:24 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Amazon Needs to Make the Kindle Available Beyond
Amazon.com: Report


  


The notion of Kindle never really had me.

Across the years I've been online, I've picked up hundreds of e-books, and I
have yet to read more than ten of them. I simply get fix myself to the
notion of reading off a screen. I read a review of the Kindle 2 in the New
Yorker a couple of weeks ago, and the reviewer's teen-aged son, also in the
review project with him, finished one of his favorite books and told his
father that he liked it, but that he'd still rather read the paperback
(which he had dug out for just that purpose). I'm the same way. I like the
feel of the book in my hands.

To say nothing of having the security of knowing that no one can delete my
copy...







-[ Received Mail Content ]--
Subject : [scifinoir2] Amazon Needs to Make the Kindle Available Beyond
Amazon.com: Report
Date : Sun, 9 Aug 2009 23:12:00 -0700
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : , "'SciFinoir Lit'"


http://gigaom.com/2009/08/03/amazon-needs-to-make-the-kindle-available-beyon

d-amazon-com-report/ 

Amazon will need to start selling the Kindle through venues other than just 
the Amazon.com web site if it wants to maintain its lead in the U.S. 
e-reader market, according to a new 

ereader-data-suggests-amazon-vulnerability.html> study from Forrester 
Research. For while the vast majority of current e-reader owners are what 
the research firm calls "older male tech optimists who tend to buy books 
online," future potential customers will consist of a dramatically different

demographic. 

The e-reader market remains nascent, but it's growing at a rapid clip: As of

the end of the second quarter, just 1.5 percent of U.S. online consumers 
owned an e-reader, but that figure had more than doubled from the second 
quarter of 2008. And at the same time, the percentage of people who said 
they planned to buy an e-reader over the next six months tripled, to 6 
percent. Helping to drive that early adoption have been Amazon's existing 
customers, according to Forrester. "[A]s frequent online book shoppers, 
[early adopters] have an existing relationship with Amazon - a perfect storm

of demographics that has contributed to the Kindle's early success." And 
while the second wave is expected to look similar to the first - also 
largely male, but younger and even more likely to read books - the wave 
after it is expected to be dominated by less tech-savvy females who buy 
books from multiple source like local bookstores, supermarkets and big 
chains like Wal-Mart, places where, currently, the Kindle isn't sold. 

The firm believes the total number of e-readers sold will top 3 million by 
the end of this year, and 13 million by the end of 2013. This may seem like 
a lot, but as Forrester notes, five years after the iPod was released, more 
than 50 million MP3 players had been sold. Apple grabbed the lion's share of

that market - more than 70 percent in the U.S. currently - by rapidly 
expanding the locations where an iPod could be purchased. Now in addition to

the Apple Store, consumers can buy an iPod from Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, 
Radio Shack or Amazon.com. The Kindle can only be purchased from Amazon.com,

and it's difficult to see one before you buy it (though Amazon did roll out 
a program where you can "See 

d=1000230941&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=browse&pf_rd_r=1Y8VB8DKWKW4YTH08F

KN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=482501811&pf_rd_i=133141011> A Kindle In Your City," 
but that's a far cry from playing with one in a store). If Amazon doesn't 
expand its distribution, it will leave a huge gap into which other 
e-readers, like one from Plastic Logic that 
features Barnes & Noble's e-bookstore, will jump. 








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

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

[Tracey de Morsella]

I agree. I don’t understand why he doesn’t ,nor why Trek dropped him after 
first contact

 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:02 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

 







Tracey, he needs to direct more. He's got a great touch with characterization.





-[ Received Mail Content ]--
Subject : [scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage
Date : Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:35:43 -0700
>From : "Tracey de Morsella" 
To : 

Hey fans of First Contact, I saw Riker listed as director of a recent 
episode of Leverage 




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

[RE][scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

[Martin Baxter]

Tracey, he needs to direct more. He's got a great touch with characterization.





-[ Received Mail Content ]--

 Subject : [scifinoir2] Riker is directing Leverage

 Date : Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:35:43 -0700

 From : "Tracey de Morsella" 

 To : 


Hey fans of First Contact, I saw Riker listed as director of a recent
episode of Leverage




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

Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13"

[Martin Baxter]

That's what I *should* be doing, pal, but time keeps jumping in the way. :-(





-[ Received Mail Content ]--

 Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13"

 Date : Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:33:32 -0700 (PDT)

 From : "C.W. Badie" 

 To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com


Or...check it out on Hulu or Fancast like us cable TV-challenged folk...

--- On Wed, 8/12/09, Keith Johnson  wrote:


From: Keith Johnson 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13"
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 9:07 PM


  




same here!

- Original Message -
From: "Martin Baxter" 
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 7:58:07 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13"

  







Me as well, Keith, though I'll have to rewatch last night's ep on Friday, as I 
was tied up in a few things last night as I tried to watch. I really need to 
get back to my old habit of turning off the computer before shows come on.





-[ Received Mail Content ]--
Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13"
Date : Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:40:08 + (UTC)
>From : Keith Johnson 
To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com

It's growing on me. Pilot was a bit tepid, but the subsequent shows are more 
engaging. It has a decent mix of humour and scifi. Still at times reminds me of 
a lightweight "Friday the 13th". Some of the things, like using old video 
communicators, is both quaint and kinda silly, but you roll with it. 
Interesting that the artifacts are some combination of scientific and mystical 
at times. In that, they remind of the Green Lantern rings, which have been 
described as both super science, and "magick". I enjoyed tonight's show about 
the ancient artifact that attaches itself to a person's spine, turning them 
into a crazed warrior with electrical powers (sucked from the victim's body). 
The artifact reminded me of nothing so much as the famous "Tingler" from the 
classic movie of the same name. Brought back some memories: that tingler scared 
the bejeezus outa me as a kid! 

- Original Message - 
From: "Keith Johnson" 
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 9:14:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now 









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"? 






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
















 


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

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

[Martin Baxter]

Thus spake the Wise Astromancer...





-[ Received Mail Content ]--

 Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

 Date : Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:28:43 -0700 (PDT)

 From : "C.W. Badie" 

 To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com


Try Hulu...Or Fancast...

--- On Tue, 8/11/09, angelababycat  wrote:


From: angelababycat 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 8:58 PM


  



Has B5 ever gone into syndication? Hard to believe, but I actually never 
watched the show (I was in my mid-20's with a good job, nice car and no 
responsibility so I was never home).

I thought of ordering it, but there's a giant price difference on Amazon 
between the 2004 and June 2009 release: $121 vs $270. Anyone know why? 
Wikipedia has some discussion that "the transfer of Babylon 5 from fullscreen 
to widescreen (originally for the Sci-Fi Channel; later released on DVD) 
created significant problems with regard to special-effects/ CGI footage." But 
I can't tell it that's what got fixed in the 2009 release.

Unlike in 1994, I now have a todler and am too pooped to do anything but watch 
TV at night. 

Angela

--- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Augustus Augustus  wrote:
>
> i liked sinclair as the ambassador.  i think they should have used his 
> character in the later seasons.  especially 4&5 when they were tying up 
> all the loose ends.
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 8/11/09, Keith Johnson  wrote:
> 
> From: Keith Johnson 
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS
> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
> Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 12:25 AM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Â 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yeah, fresh from the days of "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" and his many TV 
> westerns and such. I thought he was okay in the role, but I always missed 
> Sinclair for some reason. His understated performance worked for me in that 
> world.
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Augustus Augustus" 
> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:16:42 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Â 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Keith, 
> 
> i remember when they replaced Sinclair.  that is what they wanted.  someone 
> a little younger and a little better known.  at the time, boxleitner was a 
> bigger star.
> 
> Fate. 
> 
> --- On Tue, 8/11/09, Keith Johnson  wrote:
> 
> From: Keith Johnson 
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS
> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
> Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 12:12 AM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Â 
> 
> 
> I thought the first season of B5 was good. Lots of setup there: the 
> introduction of Mr. Morden, the first appearance of a Shadow vessel (barely 
> seen), an appearance of one of the other First Ones ships, the slow buildup 
> of tension with Earthgov--it' s a great foundation for what came later. Never 
> did understand why Sinclair was replaced: I guess they wanted a more 
> Kirk-like character, rather than the more sedate Sinclair? 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Martin Baxter" 
> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
> Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2009 8:17:39 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Â 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I'm with you on Babylon 5 as well, Mr Worf. Aside from that snoozer of a 
> first season and the jarring effect of the removal of Commander Sinclair and 
> being replaced by Captain Sheridan, that series cooked with gas.
> 
> I really can't see how thw Dominion War was "dragged out". It lasted four 
> years, shorter than WWII.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -[ Received Mail Content ]--
> 
> Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS
> 
> Date : Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:14:48 -0700
> 
> From : "Mr. Worf" 
> 
> To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
> 
> 
> 
> I would agree to Babylon 5 but not DS9. They were dragging the war out. The
> 
> only thing that I did enjoy was the development of Odo's character.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:22 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > On that, I have to disagree, Mr Worf. For me, the last two seasons of
> 
> > DSNine were some of the best TV I've ever watched.
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> >
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> > -[ Received Mail Content ]--
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> > Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS
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> > Date : Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:32:13 -0700
> 
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> 
> > From : "Mr. Worf" 
> 
> >
> 
> > To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> > I think DS9 ran out of steam about a year before it ended. The writing was
> 
> > starting to slack off a bit.
> 
> >
> 
> > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:13 PM, George Arterberry <
> 
> > brotherfromhoward@ yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
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> > >
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> > >
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> > > Cleoptara 2525
> 
> > >
> 
> > > --- On *Fri, 8/7/09, Bosco Bosco * wrote:
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> > >
> 
> > >
> 
> > > From: Bosco Bosco
> 
> > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] GRE

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"

[George Arterberry]

I've been following this for months.I'm just glad to see my favorite vacation 
spot (South Africa] in a so-called major Hollywood movie.Still even though 
filmed in south Africa the major hero/star of the movie is of what color???

--- On Thu, 8/13/09, C.W. Badie  wrote:

From: C.W. Badie 
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 10:23 PM












 
 





  Oh well...That kills my speculations about District 9 going 
to be a tongue in cheek comedy...

--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Keith Johnson  wrote:


From: Keith Johnson 
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 11:04 PM


  


I knew about it, but never made the connection until I heard it on Slice of 
SciFi.

- Original Message -
From: "Martin Baxter" 
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:00:28 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"

  







Thanks for that, Keith. I really didn't know about the Halo movie.





-[ Received Mail Content ]--
Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"
Date : Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:41:07 + (UTC)
>From : Keith Johnson 
To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com

I heard on the podcast "Slice of SciFi" a fan call in and say how District 9 
reminded him of ID4 and the videogame "Halo". The hosts said, "yeah it looks a 
lot like 'Halo', down to the aliens". They said that this is the case because, 
if you remember, Peter Jackson was initially engaged to do a movie version of 
"Halo". Ultimately that project fell through, but the rumour is he was so far 
into planning for "Halo", he decided to do a different concept, and gave the 
project over to another guy to direct as "District 9". Not sure if this is 
true, but I do remember Jackson was working on a "Halo" movie. So i guess
 it's not a big stretch to think that the production setups he might have had 
in place for that were then moved to this flick. 

I need to do some research for the truth of this... 

- Original Message - 
From: "Martin Baxter" 
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com 
Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:51:36 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" 






Keith, I'm hyped for it as well. I've been avoiding any websites that hawk it 
in anyway, primarily because of my aversion to critics. All but one person I've 
spoken to regarding it are keen to see it as well. (That one refers to it as an 
" 'Alien Nation' ripoff".) 






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Subject : [scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" 
Date : Sat, 8 Aug 2009 06:55:00 + (UTC) 
>From : Keith Johnson 
To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
 

The "District 9" flick has me really intrigued. with its locale of South Africa 
(so different from usual Hollywood story locatons), it's gritty look, and the 
fact that it's a Peter Jackson joint, i have high hopes. Indeed, I'm actually 
looking forward to it more than I have any other movie so far this year, 
including Star Trek. Anyone heard any early buzz? I did find favorable reviews 
via jumping from Rotten Tomatoes (something I loathe to do, but as local 
newspapers fire more critics, I'm having to venture further afield to even find 
real critics). 

http://www.rottento matoes.com/ m/district_ 9/ 

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http://boxoffice. com/reviews/ 2009/07/district -9.php 



District 9 is about the apartheid struggle in South Africa. For those under the 
age of 35 or so, apartheid was the system of racial segregation legally 
established by the government
 of South Africa between 1948 and 1994. No matter what else it seems to be 
about, District 9 , a film made a young, white, South African director, is 
about apartheid. Co-writer/director Neill Blomkamp spent his formative years 
living under the system of apartheid and has conscientiously insinuated the 
issue into his film. The attitudes, ideals and actions of the characters, from 
everyday citizens to government officials and those in business, reflect those 
that were common during the apartheid regime. The filmmakers, including 
producer Peter Jackson, have stealthily laid the artifacts of these dark days 
beneath the guise of an Alien invasion movie that is intense, graphically 
novelistic (though it’s an original story) and just funny enough to keep you 
thoroughly entertained, even while the s! ! ubtext is of a very serious nature. 
Buzz and an also clever marketing scheme suggest this should be worth a few 
bucks at the box office—especially if the
 audience is mostly under 35. 

The film is told using a number of cinematic modes including documentary 
footage, mockumentary footage, newsreel accounts, surveillance cameras and the 
standard story elem