Re: [scifinoir2] Heroes' Falls To Big-Time Low, 'Chuck' Normalizes
Speaking telenovellas there is a new show on Telemundo that has the look of Cheaters but is a mix of Cheaters and Cops. Its called Secret. Has anyone seen it? On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:00 PM, C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.comwrote: Getting back to that idea of 'telenovellas'... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On *Fri, 1/22/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com* wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Heroes' Falls To Big-Time Low, 'Chuck' Normalizes To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 2:31 PM I second you there, Mike! If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVikhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: streetforce1@ gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:49:36 -0500 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Heroes' Falls To Big-Time Low, 'Chuck' Normalizes Cancel this hot mess of a show NOW! On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: What will it take for NBC to finally decide that the time for Heroes has come and gone? This week's ratings might be it. After two weeks of matching a series low, Heroes found a way to do even worse as it languishes in its new timeslot, and remains unable to keep audiences tuning in for Chuck. Heroes earned a a 2.4 rating/4 share, according to Fast National ratings from The Nielsen Co. That was more than 17 percent off its premiere in the 9 p.m. slot, itself a now previous all-time low for the series. It also becomes NBC's lowest-rated program of the season overall, beating out the previous low set by The Jay Leno Show[image: http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7058 on Nov. 9 that picked up a 2.6/5. Heroes didn't even come close to challenging its competition, which included the high-rated comedy http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7058block of Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory on CBS, 24 on Fox and The Bachelor on ABC. It only beat the series premiere of Life Unexpected[image: http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7058 on The CW, but did it only by 41 percent. We say only because the other show closest to Heroes in the timeslot, The Bachelor, beat Life Unexpected by 312 percent. Chuck came down a little bit from its triad premiere last week. It clocked in a 3.9/6, down a little more than 9 percent from its previous week. That's mostly on par with how the show did last season when it earned a 4.0/6 in average overnights. That means Heroes lost more than 38 percent of its lead-in audience from Chuck. That's also the same percentage Heroes is now off of its already low-rated premiere, and is now more than 22 percent off its season average. This is the second week Heroes is at 9 p.m., averaging a 2.7/4 in the timeslot, 23 percent off its 8 p.m. average of 3.5/5. Fast Nationals usually provide a snapshot of what Americans are watching by pulling numbers from the top urban markets that includes both live viewing and same-day timeshifted viewing. A rating point generally represents more than 1.1 million households while the share indicates the percentage of televisions turned on that was tuned to the specific program. These numbers typically shift when final ratings are issued. *Data collected from The Nielsen Co., as distributed by Zap2it. BlipNetwork tracks non-news, non-event programming, and figures for this story reflect airing of new episodes only. For more information on the Audience Loyalty Index, click herehttp://insideblip.com/site/audience-loyalty-index-faq.html .* http://www.airlocka lpha.com/ node/7058http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7058 -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook. com/mikestreet http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter. com/streetforce1http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook .com/harlemny http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial .com http://harlemsocial.com/ -- Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ image001.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] Conan O'Brien: Free At Last!
Oh don't get me started! :) Fallon is the worst waste of space on tv! Infomercials are more entertaining than his disjointed sap! On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:55 PM, C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.comwrote: No, really, Mr. Worf, tell us how you really feel... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On *Fri, 1/22/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Conan O'Brien: Free At Last! To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 2:44 PM Kimmel is really a writer. He needs to be part of a team writing somewhere and not hosting a show, but ABC has been trying to compete on the late night for years. Fallon is just a waste of space. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.nethttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Agreed, that's why I'm glad this failed. We need original scripted TV, not more talk shows in a field already overloaded with mostly mediocre talent (Kimmel and Fallon especially). And I'm more irritated at Leno, the more I think of it. He never should have agreed to a 10 pm show that couldn't help but hurt Conan. I've said it before: if you want to bring something different to TV, how about an old-time variety show. Something like Carol Burnett updated, with skits, singing, dancing, etc. Cedric the Entertainer tried it a while back and didn't succeed. I believe Brady tried such a show, with little success. But maybe it could work as a once-a-week show. Surely Americans' tastes haven't fallen so far that we're satisfied with the likes of American Idol or Dancing with the Stars??? Or maybe a new show similiar to In Living Color? - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com Cc: Lockhart, Daryle dar...@darylelockha rt.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dar...@darylelockhart.com, afrikanmind@ hotmail.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=afrikanm...@hotmail.com, Albert Fields cbilmarketing@ yahoo.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cbilmarket...@yahoo.com, bettil...@msn. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bettil...@msn.com, CINQUE cinque3...@verizon. nethttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cinque3...@verizon.net, dorothyhamm@ sbcglobal. nethttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dorothyh...@sbcglobal.net, duva...@hotmail. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=duva...@hotmail.com, fis...@bellsouth. nethttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=fis...@bellsouth.net, GTW gwashin...@aol. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gwashin...@aol.com, Jeffrey Ballou jeffreypballou@ gmail.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jeffreypbal...@gmail.com, Kai Pettaway killa...@gmail. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=killa...@gmail.com, kalpub...@aol. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kalpub...@aol.com, keithbjohnson@ comcast.nethttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=keithbjohn...@comcast.net, Kera imke...@gmail. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=imke...@gmail.com, Leroy Hughes seriousnupe87@ yahoo.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=seriousnup...@yahoo.com, Logic logic1...@aol. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=logic1...@aol.com, Martin Baxter Truthseeker013@ icqmail.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=truthseeker...@icqmail.com, Marvalous mmb1...@gmail. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mmb1...@gmail.com, Michael Gordon gord...@indiana. eduhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gord...@indiana.edu, michael v w gordon michael.v.w. gor...@gmail. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=michael.v.w.gor...@gmail.com, ravenadal ravena...@yahoo. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ravena...@yahoo.com, rs...@yahoo. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rs...@yahoo.com, Seku Brathwaite everythingist@ nyc.rr.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=everything...@nyc.rr.com, Valery Jean valeryjean77@ yahoo.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=valeryjea...@yahoo.com, Wendell Theophilus Smith wendellsmithis@ gmail.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wendellsmit...@gmail.com, Whitney J Evans sonofafieldnegro@ sbcglobal. nethttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sonofafieldne...@sbcglobal.net, williamsfred@ speakeasy. nethttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=williamsf...@speakeasy.net, Zanfordino Anthony beta...@yahoo.
Re: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit n amed ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph
To be honest I don't think that design will work. Vertical takeoff and landing systems are notoriously difficult to fly. It took them years to get the Osbrey system working properly. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:29 PM, C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.comwrote: Um...not meaning to break the rhythm here, but when I look at this thing, all I can think about is how uncomfortable it must get when they retract the landing gear... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On *Fri, 1/22/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 6:14 PM I think that they were leaning towards always on idiot proof systems. At least that is what the guy that created the Moller car was talking about. But you do bring up a good point. No telling what kind of distractions will be going on by then. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: To say nothing of the bright souls who decide to turn off their guidance system and fly by the seat of their pants. While chatting with a buddy or fourteen via text. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVikhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:22:40 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph One of the things that the flying car / suit people have been working on is a replacement for the current air traffic control system. This would use a gps (gps is going away) like control system in the flying car that would be part of a collision avoidance system. However, I'm not sure what they will do about people that do things that they aren't supposed to do like flying peeping toms or drunk flying. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: I'd love to see this in reality as well, but today out on the road proved to me that people are dangerous enough with vehicles that stay on the ground. Add in flight, and all of its vector components.. . it would get ugly. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVikhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:55 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mphBy Andrew Nusca http://www.smartplanet.com/search/?q=Andrew+Nusca | Jan 22, 2010 | *2* Commentshttp://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/nasa-unveils-personal-flying-suit-named-puffin/3490/#comments - Share - Email - Digg - Facebook - Twitter - Google - Delicious - StumbleUpon - Newsvine - LinkedIn - My Yahoo - Technorati - Reddit - Print - Recommend4 * http://i.bnet.com/blogs/nasa-puffin-600px.jpgNASA* on Wednesday said that it is working on a personal flying suit. Called “Puffin,” the conceptual and highly experimental project is part one-man stealth plane, part personal jet pack. Unveiled at a San Francisco meeting of the American Helicopter Society on Jan. 20 by Mark D. Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center, the Puffin promises — on paper at least — a self-contained design with proper “cockpit” and helicopter-style blades that allow for high-altitude flying up to 30,000 ft. The Puffin is intended to be 12 feet in length, with a total wingspan of 14.5 ft., and would tip the scales at 300 pounds, empty. It will be powered by a 60 horsepower electric motor for simplicity, reliability and low environmental impact. The reason for this conceptual device? Covert military missions (”swoop and shoot,” if I may) or rescue operations. Take a look at the video: Why the name “Puffin,” by the way? “If you’ve ever seen a puffin on the ground, it looks very
Re: [scifinoir2] Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good?
I plan on checking it out when they replay it. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Anyone watch the debut of this series? It's showing on both one of the Encore and Starz channels. I tried to watch the show, out of curiosity, and because Lucy Lawless is one of the stars. But I came in in the middle of a battle scene that frankly made me laugh and grown. Lawless in an interview I'd seen mentioned the show was modeled in part on 300. But what I saw was a bad imitation of 300: the same not-quite-real backgrounds, the now recognizable fast-slow-fast movements of the soldiers in battle, blue-grey backgrounds whose colors are splashed liberally with the blood flowing like wine in battle. Lots of close ups of decapitations, swords cleaving flesh to expose nasty cuts. it was all a bit too frenetic and artificial looking for me. And I gotta admit that title--...Blood and Sand already had me a bit leery. Granted, i didn't see anything but the battle. Maybe the actual acting is good and it's worth a look? Can anyone give a recommendation? *** http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus Betrayed by the Romans. Forced into slavery. Reborn as a Gladiator. The classic tale of the Republic’s most infamous rebel comes alive in the graphic and visceral new series, *Spartacus: Blood and Sand*. Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands. Treachery, corruption, and the allure of sensual pleasures will constantly test Spartacus. To survive, he must become more than a man. More than a gladiator. He must become a legend. Starring Australian actor, Andy Whitfield (*McLeod's Daughters)* as Spartacus, Lucy Lawless *(Xena: Warrior Princess)* as Lucretia, John Hannah (*The Mummy, Four Weddings and A Funeral)* as Batiatus and Peter Mensah *(300, The Incredible Hulk)* as Doctore, this unique mix of live action, graphic novel effects and brutal battle sequences is set to make Spartacus: Blood and Sand an epic television event. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
RE: [scifinoir2] NAS A unveils personal f lying suit named ‘Pu ffin’; flies at 150 mph
Hey Astromancer! It has been a long time Hi, how's it going? :) Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:34:47 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph Hey, Aubrey...Long time, no type... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 4:42 PM Wow 6'6. You should never divulge a height like that to me Martin, I have an illness, I've recognized it. LOL. There's hardly anything out there made properly for such a tall fellow (except me, hee hee), seeing as I have only ever dated giant fellows in my life, I know this well. I still say you wouldn't have to worry about fitting in it when you're doubled over on the ground giggling and kicking like a four year old. Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: truthseeker013@ hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:39:49 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph A valid point, Aubrey. And, thinking on it, would they even make a model I could get inside of, at 6'6? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: aubrey.leatherwood@ hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:22:02 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I know I, for one, wouldn't be able to stop laughing long enough to fly safely. I mean, look at it! :D Aubrey Leatherwood CAPA NOMINEE FOR FAVORITE EROTIC AUTHOR 2009 www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: truthseeker013@ hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:17:07 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I'd love to see this in reality as well, but today out on the road proved to me that people are dangerous enough with vehicles that stay on the ground. Add in flight, and all of its vector components.. . it would get ugly. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:55 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph By Andrew Nusca | Jan 22, 2010 | 2 Comments Share Email Digg Facebook Twitter Google Delicious StumbleUpon Newsvine LinkedIn My Yahoo Technorati Reddit Print Recommend4 NASA on Wednesday said that it is working on a personal flying suit. Called “Puffin,” the conceptual and highly experimental project is part one-man stealth plane, part personal jet pack. Unveiled at a San Francisco meeting of the American Helicopter Society on Jan. 20 by Mark D. Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center, the Puffin promises — on paper at least — a self-contained design with proper “cockpit” and helicopter-style blades that allow for high-altitude flying up to 30,000 ft. The Puffin is intended to be 12 feet in length, with a total wingspan of 14.5 ft., and would tip the scales at 300 pounds, empty. It will be powered by a 60 horsepower electric motor for simplicity, reliability and low environmental impact. The reason
RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph
Lately I've been breathing sawdust more than writing...but all is good! Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Sat, 1/23/10, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 7:09 AM Hey Astromancer! It has been a long time Hi, how's it going? :) Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: astromancer2002@ yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:34:47 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph Hey, Aubrey...Long time, no type... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ hotmail.com wrote: From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 4:42 PM Wow 6'6. You should never divulge a height like that to me Martin, I have an illness, I've recognized it. LOL. There's hardly anything out there made properly for such a tall fellow (except me, hee hee), seeing as I have only ever dated giant fellows in my life, I know this well. I still say you wouldn't have to worry about fitting in it when you're doubled over on the ground giggling and kicking like a four year old. Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: truthseeker013@ hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:39:49 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph A valid point, Aubrey. And, thinking on it, would they even make a model I could get inside of, at 6'6? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: aubrey.leatherwood@ hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:22:02 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I know I, for one, wouldn't be able to stop laughing long enough to fly safely. I mean, look at it! :D Aubrey Leatherwood CAPA NOMINEE FOR FAVORITE EROTIC AUTHOR 2009 www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: truthseeker013@ hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:17:07 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I'd love to see this in reality as well, but today out on the road proved to me that people are dangerous enough with vehicles that stay on the ground. Add in flight, and all of its vector components.. . it would get ugly. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:55 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph By Andrew Nusca | Jan 22, 2010 | 2 Comments Share Email Digg Facebook Twitter Google Delicious StumbleUpon Newsvine LinkedIn My Yahoo Technorati Reddit Print Recommend4 NASA on Wednesday said that it is working on a personal flying suit. Called “Puffin,” the conceptual and highly experimental project is part one-man stealth plane, part personal jet pack. Unveiled at a San Francisco meeting of the American Helicopter Society on Jan.
RE: [scifinoir2] PENGUINS
(groan)"Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet"From "THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES" by C.W. Badie--- On Thu, 1/21/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comSubject: RE: [scifinoir2] PENGUINSTo: "SciFiNoir2" scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comDate: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 5:20 PM And the belly pains were just abating..."If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Granthttp://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.comCC: blackscifihorrorfan tasyclub@ yahoogroups. comFrom: jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.comDate: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:47:03 -0800Subject: [scifinoir2] PENGUINS Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica? Where do they go? Wonder no more! -- It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as maintaining a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout its life. If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle have been known to dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into and buried. The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing: 'Freeze a jolly good fellow'. Then they kick him in the ice hole. You really didn't believe that I knew anything at all about penguins, did you? Lighten Up Have a GREAT Day. Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now.
RE: [scifinoir2] Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds
I can't help hearing in the back of my mind: They've got an app for that... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Thu, 1/21/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 5:01 PM Can't deny that. Great story. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:28:25 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds U.S. filmmaker Dan Woolley was shooting a documentary about the impact of poverty in Haiti when the earthquake struck. He could have died, but he ultimately survived with the help of an iPhone first-aid app that taught him to treat his wounds. After being crushed by a pile of rubble, Woolley used his digital SLR to illuminate his surroundings and snap photos of the wreckage in search of a safe place to dwell. He took refuge in an elevator shaft, where he followed instructions from an iPhone first-aid app to fashion a bandage and tourniquet for his leg and to stop the bleeding from his head wound, according to an MSNBC story. Join Reddit’s Haiti relief fundraising drive with Direct Relief International.The app even warned Woolley not to fall asleep if he felt he was going into shock, so he set his cellphone’s alarm clock to go off every 20 minutes. Sixty-five hours later, a French rescue team saved him. “I just saw the walls rippling and just explosive sounds all around me,” said Woolley, recounting the earthquake to MSNBC. “It all happened incredibly fast. David yelled out, ‘It’s an earthquake,’ and we both lunged and everything turned dark.” Woolley’s incident highlights a large social implication of the iPhone and other similar smartphones. A constant internet connection, coupled with a device supporting a wealth of apps, can potentially transform a person into an all-knowing, always-on being. In Woolley’s case, an iPhone app turned him into an amateur medic to help him survive natural disaster. Say what you will about the iPhone. This story is incredible. Update: As Wired reader “bbqbologna” noted in the comments below, the app used in question was Pocket First Aid and CPR. A user review by “Webguydan” reads, “Consulted this app, while trapped under Hotel Montana in Haiti earthquake, to treat excessive bleeding and shock. Helped me stay alive till I was rescued 64 hours later.” See Also: Satellite Photos of Haiti Before and After the Earthquake Scientists Scramble to Analyze Haiti’s Seismic Risk Rescue Ops in Haiti: ‘The First 72 Hours Are Critical’ For the iPhone’s App Store, Quantity Really Does Matter Read More http://www.wired. com/gadgetlab/ 2010/01/haiti- survivor- iphone/?utm_ source=feedburne rutm_medium=feedutm_campaign= Feed%3A+wired% 2Findex+( Wired%3A+ Index+3+( Top+Stories+ 2))#ixzz0dDKDyEs v -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up now.
Re: [scifinoir2] PENGUINS
C. W. I will try 2 do better next time! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:13:11 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] PENGUINS (groan) Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Thu, 1/21/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] PENGUINS To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 5:20 PM And the belly pains were just abating... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com CC: blackscifihorrorfan tasyclub@ yahoogroups. com From: jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:47:03 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] PENGUINS Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica? Where do they go? Wonder no more! -- It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as maintaining a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout its life. If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle have been known to dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into and buried. The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing: 'Freeze a jolly good fellow'. Then they kick him in the ice hole. You really didn't believe that I knew anything at all about penguins, did you? Lighten Up Have a GREAT Day. Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now.
Re: [scifinoir2] more hell on celluloid from SNL: The MacGruber trailer
Is this real? Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Thu, 1/21/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] more hell on celluloid from SNL: The MacGruber trailer To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 3:40 AM Forgive me for posting this... http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=TF8uL16Uurg Yup its a real movie...
RE: [scifinoir2] NAS A unveils personal f lying suit named ‘Pu ffin’; flies at 150 mph
Why sawdust? Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:24:09 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph Lately I've been breathing sawdust more than writing...but all is good! Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Sat, 1/23/10, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 7:09 AM Hey Astromancer! It has been a long time Hi, how's it going? :) Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: astromancer2002@ yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:34:47 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph Hey, Aubrey...Long time, no type... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ hotmail.com wrote: From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 4:42 PM Wow 6'6. You should never divulge a height like that to me Martin, I have an illness, I've recognized it. LOL. There's hardly anything out there made properly for such a tall fellow (except me, hee hee), seeing as I have only ever dated giant fellows in my life, I know this well. I still say you wouldn't have to worry about fitting in it when you're doubled over on the ground giggling and kicking like a four year old. Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: truthseeker013@ hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:39:49 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph A valid point, Aubrey. And, thinking on it, would they even make a model I could get inside of, at 6'6? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: aubrey.leatherwood@ hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:22:02 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I know I, for one, wouldn't be able to stop laughing long enough to fly safely. I mean, look at it! :D Aubrey Leatherwood CAPA NOMINEE FOR FAVORITE EROTIC AUTHOR 2009 www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: truthseeker013@ hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:17:07 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I'd love to see this in reality as well, but today out on the road proved to me that people are dangerous enough with vehicles that stay on the ground. Add in flight, and all of its vector components.. . it would get ugly. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:55 -0800
[scifinoir2] Female Supervillains - Who Rules?
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RE: [scifinoir2] Female Supervillains - Who Rules?
Very cool post, Michelle. I'm still a Dark Phoenix, but I'm sure that has everything to do with the fact that I don't know much about Illyria. Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: miche...@michellelaurenbooks.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:20:19 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Female Supervillains - Who Rules? Just thought I'd share this question with the group: What makes a compelling supervillain? I'm counting down some of the most memorable -- and kick butt -- female super villains on my blog today. Check out the list and let me know your thoughts in the comment section: http://tinyurl.com/yhd88ql Enjoy! Michelle Lauren ~ www.michellelaurenbooks.com Passion. Betrayal. Love against all odds. Starstruck Hunter (Multicultural Sci Fi) - Buy it at Liquid Silver Books Temptation Eve: Just $2.99 at Cobblestone Press _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/
RE: [scifinoir2] Tim Burton to Attack 'Sleeping Beauty' Next?
I'll bite. I thought I was sick of her, but I'm loving everything I see of Bonham-Carter's shrinkwrapped Queen of Hearts. Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:19:41 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Tim Burton to Attack 'Sleeping Beauty' Next? There's a new rumor going around -- one that teeters very delicately on the fence between adoration and fear. But either way you fall, don't hold your breath because it's still very much a rumor: Harry over at AICN was talking with a contact who said that Tim Burton isn't done with Disney fairy tales, and now wants to zero in on Sleeping Beauty. Of course, the most beautiful girl in the land dancing and singing Once Upon a Dream isn't really the sort of theme Burton is usually attracted to. So, what's the deal? Supposedly, he doesn't want to focus on Aurora, but rather the other woman of the tale, the one I raved about just a few months ago: Maleficent. In a quasi Live Actiony kinda way, Burton is said to want to tell the imposing woman's story from her point of view and call the project, aptly, Maleficent. Part of me is excited by the idea of Burton taking a stab at horned one's life and giving us his thoughts on why she's the baddie -- what created the rift with the round and bubbly fairies and Aurora's parents. But the other part worries that this would be too much of an event. At times Burton himself is so larger than life that his presence and vision is almost a character in his films, and the only way I see Maleficent truly reigning on the big screen is in a form where that's diminished. But maybe the better question should be: Do you want to see Helena Bonham Carter playing Maleficent? http://www.cinematical.com/2010/01/19/tim-burton-to-attack-sleeping-beauty-next/ _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/
RE: [scifinoir2] Tim Burton to Attack 'Sleeping Beauty' Next?
The 3-D Previews I saw with Avatar were awesome!I can't wait to see it. If he does to Sleeping Beauty what he did to Alice, I'm so there. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Aubrey Leatherwood Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 10:56 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Tim Burton to Attack 'Sleeping Beauty' Next? I'll bite. I thought I was sick of her, but I'm loving everything I see of Bonham-Carter's shrinkwrapped Queen of Hearts. Aubrey Leatherwood http://www.aubreyleatherwood.com/ www.aubreyleatherwood.com http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1400087918 FaceBook * http://www.myspace.com/aubreymleatherwood MySpace Dime http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Dime/exact_match=exact Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? http://www.lyricalpress.com/imperfection.html ImperfectionA tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. http://www.lyricalpress.com/the_people_you_know_the_sex_they_have.html The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 _ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:19:41 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Tim Burton to Attack 'Sleeping Beauty' Next? There's a new rumor going around -- one that teeters very delicately on the fence between adoration and fear. But either way you fall, don't hold your breath because it's still very much a rumor: Harry over at AICN http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43678?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feed; utm_c%20ampaign=Feed:+AintItCoolNews-CoolNews+(Ain't+It+Cool+News+-+Cool+New s) was talking with a contact who said that Tim Burton http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/tim-burton/1124543/main isn't done with Disney fairy tales, and now wants to zero in on Sleeping Beauty. Of course, the most beautiful girl in the land dancing and singing Once Upon a Dream isn't really the sort of theme Burton is usually attracted to. So, what's the deal? Supposedly, he doesn't want to focus on Aurora, but rather the other woman of the tale, the one I raved http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/13/girls-on-film-maleficents-re%0d%0a%20 ign/ about just a few months ago: Maleficent. In a quasi Live Actiony kinda way, Burton is said to want to tell the imposing woman's story from her point of view and call the project, aptly, Maleficent. Part of me is excited by the idea of Burton taking a stab at horned one's life and giving us his thoughts on why she's the baddie -- what created the rift with the round and bubbly fairies and Aurora's parents. But the other part worries that this would be too much of an event. At times Burton himself is so larger than life that his presence and vision is almost a character in his films, and the only way I see Maleficent truly reigning on the big screen is in a form where that's diminished. But maybe the better question should be: Do you want to see Helena http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/helena-bonham-carter/1500865/main Bonham Carter playing Maleficent? http://www.cinematical.com/2010/01/19/tim-burton-to-attack-sleeping-beauty-n ext/ _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ now.
RE: [scifinoir2] Female Supervillains - Who Rules?
Allow me to throw in The Mist II, from James Robinson's Starman run. She established herself by single-handedly wiping out a Justice League team (not the A-listers, granted, but still a feat), drugging and forcing herself on Starman to conceive his son and constantly tormenting him with the knowledge that she was raising him to be evil and doing he rpart to bring about the end of the DCUniverse by aiding Neron. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: miche...@michellelaurenbooks.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:20:19 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Female Supervillains - Who Rules? Just thought I'd share this question with the group: What makes a compelling supervillain? I'm counting down some of the most memorable -- and kick butt -- female super villains on my blog today. Check out the list and let me know your thoughts in the comment section: http://tinyurl.com/yhd88ql Enjoy! Michelle Lauren ~ www.michellelaurenbooks.com Passion. Betrayal. Love against all odds. Starstruck Hunter (Multicultural Sci Fi) - Buy it at Liquid Silver Books Temptation Eve: Just $2.99 at Cobblestone Press _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/
RE: [scifinoir2] Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds
Ain't technology something, pal? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:18:26 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds I can't help hearing in the back of my mind: They've got an app for that... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Thu, 1/21/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 5:01 PM Can't deny that. Great story. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:28:25 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds U.S. filmmaker Dan Woolley was shooting a documentary about the impact of poverty in Haiti when the earthquake struck. He could have died, but he ultimately survived with the help of an iPhone first-aid app that taught him to treat his wounds. After being crushed by a pile of rubble, Woolley used his digital SLR to illuminate his surroundings and snap photos of the wreckage in search of a safe place to dwell. He took refuge in an elevator shaft, where he followed instructions from an iPhone first-aid app to fashion a bandage and tourniquet for his leg and to stop the bleeding from his head wound, according to an MSNBC story. Join Reddit’s Haiti relief fundraising drive with Direct Relief International.The app even warned Woolley not to fall asleep if he felt he was going into shock, so he set his cellphone’s alarm clock to go off every 20 minutes. Sixty-five hours later, a French rescue team saved him. “I just saw the walls rippling and just explosive sounds all around me,” said Woolley, recounting the earthquake to MSNBC. “It all happened incredibly fast. David yelled out, ‘It’s an earthquake,’ and we both lunged and everything turned dark.” Woolley’s incident highlights a large social implication of the iPhone and other similar smartphones. A constant internet connection, coupled with a device supporting a wealth of apps, can potentially transform a person into an all-knowing, always-on being. In Woolley’s case, an iPhone app turned him into an amateur medic to help him survive natural disaster. Say what you will about the iPhone. This story is incredible. Update: As Wired reader “bbqbologna” noted in the comments below, the app used in question was Pocket First Aid and CPR. A user review by “Webguydan” reads, “Consulted this app, while trapped under Hotel Montana in Haiti earthquake, to treat excessive bleeding and shock. Helped me stay alive till I was rescued 64 hours later.” See Also: Satellite Photos of Haiti Before and After the Earthquake Scientists Scramble to Analyze Haiti’s Seismic Risk Rescue Ops in Haiti: ‘The First 72 Hours Are Critical’ For the iPhone’s App Store, Quantity Really Does Matter Read More http://www.wired. com/gadgetlab/ 2010/01/haiti- survivor- iphone/?utm_ source=feedburne rutm_medium=feedutm_campaign= Feed%3A+wired% 2Findex+( Wired%3A+ Index+3+( Top+Stories+ 2))#ixzz0dDKDyEs v -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up now. _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/
RE: [scifinoir2] Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good?
Ditto. Work's been good. Forgot it entirely. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:03:49 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? I plan on checking it out when they replay it. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Anyone watch the debut of this series? It's showing on both one of the Encore and Starz channels. I tried to watch the show, out of curiosity, and because Lucy Lawless is one of the stars. But I came in in the middle of a battle scene that frankly made me laugh and grown. Lawless in an interview I'd seen mentioned the show was modeled in part on 300. But what I saw was a bad imitation of 300: the same not-quite-real backgrounds, the now recognizable fast-slow-fast movements of the soldiers in battle, blue-grey backgrounds whose colors are splashed liberally with the blood flowing like wine in battle. Lots of close ups of decapitations, swords cleaving flesh to expose nasty cuts. it was all a bit too frenetic and artificial looking for me. And I gotta admit that title--...Blood and Sand already had me a bit leery. Granted, i didn't see anything but the battle. Maybe the actual acting is good and it's worth a look? Can anyone give a recommendation? *** http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus Betrayed by the Romans. Forced into slavery. Reborn as a Gladiator. The classic tale of the Republic’s most infamous rebel comes alive in the graphic and visceral new series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands. Treachery, corruption, and the allure of sensual pleasures will constantly test Spartacus. To survive, he must become more than a man. More than a gladiator. He must become a legend. Starring Australian actor, Andy Whitfield (McLeod's Daughters) as Spartacus, Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) as Lucretia, John Hannah (The Mummy, Four Weddings and A Funeral) as Batiatus and Peter Mensah (300, The Incredible Hulk) as Doctore, this unique mix of live action, graphic novel effects and brutal battle sequences is set to make Spartacus: Blood and Sand an epic television event. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/
RE: [scifinoir2] Heroes' Falls To Big-Time Low, 'Chuck' Normalizes
Glanced at it for about a minute. Can't really judge it one way or the other. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:50:10 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Heroes' Falls To Big-Time Low, 'Chuck' Normalizes Speaking telenovellas there is a new show on Telemundo that has the look of Cheaters but is a mix of Cheaters and Cops. Its called Secret. Has anyone seen it? On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:00 PM, C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com wrote: Getting back to that idea of 'telenovellas'... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Heroes' Falls To Big-Time Low, 'Chuck' Normalizes To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 2:31 PM I second you there, Mike! If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: streetforce1@ gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:49:36 -0500 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Heroes' Falls To Big-Time Low, 'Chuck' Normalizes Cancel this hot mess of a show NOW! On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com wrote: What will it take for NBC to finally decide that the time for Heroes has come and gone? This week's ratings might be it. After two weeks of matching a series low, Heroes found a way to do even worse as it languishes in its new timeslot, and remains unable to keep audiences tuning in for Chuck. Heroes earned a a 2.4 rating/4 share, according to Fast National ratings from The Nielsen Co. That was more than 17 percent off its premiere in the 9 p.m. slot, itself a now previous all-time low for the series. It also becomes NBC's lowest-rated program of the season overall, beating out the previous low set by The Jay Leno Show on Nov. 9 that picked up a 2.6/5. Heroes didn't even come close to challenging its competition, which included the high-rated comedy block of Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory on CBS, 24 on Fox and The Bachelor on ABC. It only beat the series premiere of Life Unexpected on The CW, but did it only by 41 percent. We say only because the other show closest to Heroes in the timeslot, The Bachelor, beat Life Unexpected by 312 percent. Chuck came down a little bit from its triad premiere last week. It clocked in a 3.9/6, down a little more than 9 percent from its previous week. That's mostly on par with how the show did last season when it earned a 4.0/6 in average overnights. That means Heroes lost more than 38 percent of its lead-in audience from Chuck. That's also the same percentage Heroes is now off of its already low-rated premiere, and is now more than 22 percent off its season average. This is the second week Heroes is at 9 p.m., averaging a 2.7/4 in the timeslot, 23 percent off its 8 p.m. average of 3.5/5. Fast Nationals usually provide a snapshot of what Americans are watching by pulling numbers from the top urban markets that includes both live viewing and same-day timeshifted viewing. A rating point generally represents more than 1.1 million households while the share indicates the percentage of televisions turned on that was tuned to the specific program. These numbers typically shift when final ratings are issued. Data collected from The Nielsen Co., as distributed by Zap2it. BlipNetwork tracks non-news, non-event programming, and figures for this story reflect airing of new episodes only. For more information on the Audience Loyalty Index, click here. http://www.airlocka lpha.com/ node/7058 -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook. com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter. com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook .com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial .com Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/attachment: image001.gif
RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Russian ice dance tribute offensive to Aborigines
Clueless, the pair of them. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:01:15 + Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Russian ice dance tribute offensive to Aborigines When oh when will people learn! Don't mess with cultures so far from your understanding like this. check the pics: they look stupid, like kids wearing costumes in a school play! I like the one quote saying the elders in the bush would probably laugh themselves silly at the pair. *** [Yahoo sports] Russian ice dance tribute to Aborigines offensive to Aborigines By Maggie Hendricks Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, the favorites for ice-dancing gold in Vancouver, wowed the crowds with their routine at the European Championships. They sit in the lead after their original dance, a tribute to Australian Aborigines. Except, Aboriginal leaders don't see it as a tribute. They don't really see how it has anything to do with their culture at all. They have got the whole thing wrong, said Stephen Page, artistic director of the respected indigenous group, the Bangarra Dance Company. Page said there were no traditional movements in the routine, the music sounded more like it came from India or Africa than Aboriginal Australia and the body paint looked like a three-year-old child had drawn it on... Probably the elders in the bush would be laughing because they would be saying, 'Look how stupid these fellas are,' he said. Domnina and Shabalin are required to do an original dance that is representative of a country's culture. The U.S. pair of Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, who won silver in Torino, perform a Moldavian folk dance. Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie Davis won the Grand Prix Final with an Indian-inspired dance. The dances are not required to be strict interpretations of the culture -- they are meant to represent those cultures -- but Domnina and Shabalin completely miss the mark. At this point, it's likely too late for the pair to change their routine. Hopefully, an Australian will be on the panel who judges their original dance, and marks their unauthentic and offensive dances and costumes accordingly. _ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/
[scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute
That's the one and the What If was great too. After the success of The Dark Knight Sony wanted to go darker and more adult. I think they are missing the point. Spider-Man was dark at times but there was also joy and the snark has been missing. They need to strike a balance. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Is Last Hunt the one where Kraven sedated Spidey and buried him alive, then donned his costume and went around town brutally putting down crime as Spider-Man? The one where he finally revived Spider-Man--having bettered him in his mind--then killed himself? If so, yeah, that stuff is awesome, but you know darn well they wouldn't use it for a movie franchise that they clearly want to direct at the kiddies. Too scary--unless they defang it to hell. Speaking of Last Hunt, if it's the one I'm thinking about, did you ever read the What If? version of it? In it, Spidey, when first captured by Kraven, starts the standard Okay, Kraven you got me. Now you can start gloating. Instead, to Spidey's horror, Kraven shots and kills him. He then goes on to start beating the hell out of criminals dressed as Spidey, but he's really really snapped. In order to capture the soul of the Spider, Kraven periodically goes back and eats off Peter's body! At the end, I believe Kraven is killed--or kills himself--and Mary Jane, devastated allows Peter's identity to be known to the world, then sets about making sure people know what a hero he really was. one of the creepiest and most disturbing alternate reality tales I've ever read. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 5:14:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute That, I'd buy. Last Hunt still puts chills in my spine. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: daikaij...@... Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:57:31 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute I still say that the Lizard and Kraven the Hunter should be the villains. It's a home run and could set up the epic Kraven's Last Hunt as possible film. If you want to dark and gritty it doesn't get much better than that. I hope they don't do a retelling of the origin. Hit the ground running and build on it. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ wrote: Which is something the kids would never go for. Heck, *I* wouldn't go for it. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: HelloMahogany@ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:05:10 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute Maybe they are going with a more wall crawling less cross town web slinging type spidey? The guy that stops muggers and bank robbers just to get home in time for dinner with Aunt B. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:33 AM, B Smith daikaiju66@ wrote: Malkovich was going to be the Vulture but that's all scrapped now. I'm getting a bad feeling about the new direction this movie is taking. They want a younger Spider-Man and the focus to be more on the gritty side of teenage life. They hired Marc Webb, the director of (500) Days of Summer, and have cut the budget to $80,000,000. Why not give someone like Neil Blomkamp or another genre director with some chops a shot? Webb is a capable director but we've seen how putting a director of more intimate movies into the big budget action chair can have mixed results. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ wrote: Who would he be? The Condor? I think that Malkovich is in that special category of Hollywood weirdos. Such as Shatner, Walken, Depp, Hopkins, and others. Good actors in the right part. Weird in other parts. Val Kilmer is starting to be like that now too. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@wrote: ... ... ... Okay, I'll ask... WHY does the movie need Malkovich as a villain? Personally, I've never been enamored of his work in the least. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell
RE: [scifinoir2] Heroes' Falls To Big-Time Low, 'Chuck' Normalizes
Can't see a downside to it, pal. Not only is it good for the sake of a series (not letting things drag on too long and become utterly disjointed a la Lost), it also costs less. And that should speak to an industry tossing up reality crap right and left, screaming that they can't afford original fiction programming. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:00:14 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Heroes' Falls To Big-Time Low, 'Chuck' Normalizes Getting back to that idea of 'telenovellas'... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Heroes' Falls To Big-Time Low, 'Chuck' Normalizes To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 2:31 PM I second you there, Mike! If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: streetforce1@ gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:49:36 -0500 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Heroes' Falls To Big-Time Low, 'Chuck' Normalizes Cancel this hot mess of a show NOW! On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com wrote: What will it take for NBC to finally decide that the time for Heroes has come and gone? This week's ratings might be it. After two weeks of matching a series low, Heroes found a way to do even worse as it languishes in its new timeslot, and remains unable to keep audiences tuning in for Chuck. Heroes earned a a 2.4 rating/4 share, according to Fast National ratings from The Nielsen Co. That was more than 17 percent off its premiere in the 9 p.m. slot, itself a now previous all-time low for the series. It also becomes NBC's lowest-rated program of the season overall, beating out the previous low set by The Jay Leno Show on Nov. 9 that picked up a 2.6/5. Heroes didn't even come close to challenging its competition, which included the high-rated comedy block of Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory on CBS, 24 on Fox and The Bachelor on ABC. It only beat the series premiere of Life Unexpected on The CW, but did it only by 41 percent. We say only because the other show closest to Heroes in the timeslot, The Bachelor, beat Life Unexpected by 312 percent. Chuck came down a little bit from its triad premiere last week. It clocked in a 3.9/6, down a little more than 9 percent from its previous week. That's mostly on par with how the show did last season when it earned a 4.0/6 in average overnights. That means Heroes lost more than 38 percent of its lead-in audience from Chuck. That's also the same percentage Heroes is now off of its already low-rated premiere, and is now more than 22 percent off its season average. This is the second week Heroes is at 9 p.m., averaging a 2.7/4 in the timeslot, 23 percent off its 8 p.m. average of 3.5/5. Fast Nationals usually provide a snapshot of what Americans are watching by pulling numbers from the top urban markets that includes both live viewing and same-day timeshifted viewing. A rating point generally represents more than 1.1 million households while the share indicates the percentage of televisions turned on that was tuned to the specific program. These numbers typically shift when final ratings are issued. Data collected from The Nielsen Co., as distributed by Zap2it. BlipNetwork tracks non-news, non-event programming, and figures for this story reflect airing of new episodes only. For more information on the Audience Loyalty Index, click here. http://www.airlocka lpha.com/ node/7058 -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook. com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter. com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook .com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial .com Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/attachment: image001.gif
RE: [scifinoir2] Conan O'Brien: Free At Last!
He does tend to sublimate his feelings when posting... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:55:20 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Conan O'Brien: Free At Last! No, really, Mr. Worf, tell us how you really feel... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Conan O'Brien: Free At Last! To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 2:44 PM Kimmel is really a writer. He needs to be part of a team writing somewhere and not hosting a show, but ABC has been trying to compete on the late night for years. Fallon is just a waste of space. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: Agreed, that's why I'm glad this failed. We need original scripted TV, not more talk shows in a field already overloaded with mostly mediocre talent (Kimmel and Fallon especially). And I'm more irritated at Leno, the more I think of it. He never should have agreed to a 10 pm show that couldn't help but hurt Conan. I've said it before: if you want to bring something different to TV, how about an old-time variety show. Something like Carol Burnett updated, with skits, singing, dancing, etc. Cedric the Entertainer tried it a while back and didn't succeed. I believe Brady tried such a show, with little success. But maybe it could work as a once-a-week show. Surely Americans' tastes haven't fallen so far that we're satisfied with the likes of American Idol or Dancing with the Stars??? Or maybe a new show similiar to In Living Color? - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Cc: Lockhart, Daryle dar...@darylelockha rt.com, afrikanmind@ hotmail.com, Albert Fields cbilmarketing@ yahoo.com, bettil...@msn. com, CINQUE cinque3...@verizon. net, dorothyhamm@ sbcglobal. net, duva...@hotmail. com, fis...@bellsouth. net, GTW gwashin...@aol. com, Jeffrey Ballou jeffreypballou@ gmail.com, Kai Pettaway killa...@gmail. com, kalpub...@aol. com, keithbjohnson@ comcast.net, Kera imke...@gmail. com, Leroy Hughes seriousnupe87@ yahoo.com, Logic logic1...@aol. com, Martin Baxter Truthseeker013@ icqmail.com, Marvalous mmb1...@gmail. com, Michael Gordon gord...@indiana. edu, michael v w gordon michael.v.w. gor...@gmail. com, ravenadal ravena...@yahoo. com, rs...@yahoo. com, Seku Brathwaite everythingist@ nyc.rr.com, Valery Jean valeryjean77@ yahoo.com, Wendell Theophilus Smith wendellsmithis@ gmail.com, Whitney J Evans sonofafieldnegro@ sbcglobal. net, williamsfred@ speakeasy. net, Zanfordino Anthony beta...@yahoo. com Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:10:14 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Conan O'Brien: Free At Last! I was reading some media analysis the other day and here is an interesting perspective. 1.When Jonny Carson handed over the reins, he did not opt to compete on ABC against the Tonight Show, as Leno was going to do. 2. When Jonny Carson handed over the reins, he did not opt to present the same show, an hour before his old show 3. Most of the audience that tunes into the tonight show is the same audience that watched the news prior to the tonight show. Most people watch the news that comes on after the 10:00 pm show they are watching. If people turn off Leno, and then turn off the news, then Leno was chasing the audience away from Conan. 4. The made Conan tone down his humor once ratings dropped, but if Leno had not chased away the audience from the news, who is to say what audience Conan would have pulled 5. Leno pulled some sleazy shenanigans with Letterman and now he is doing the same with Coco. I hope the Tonight show tanks. From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogro ups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:25 PM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Conan O'Brien: Free At Last! Wow, thirty-plus mill to get *fired*? And his staff splits twelve mill, but Conan's going to give them extra cash? That's cool. I've seen Zucker from NBC all over the tube, everywhere from Charlie Rose to the financial channel, trying to explain this debacle. Reminds one of why some people need to stay behind the scenes. He comes off as defensive, surly, like a child who's caught doing something wrong, but remains defiant. A lot of we made what we thought was a smart move, but it didn't work. Very little honest we screwed it up and screwed O'Brien to boot. End
RE: [scifinoir2] Roddenberry, Imagine Entertainment To Revive 'Questor Tapes
If you love the property, pal, I'd go with the not. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:51:08 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Roddenberry, Imagine Entertainment To Revive 'Questor Tapes I would love to see that...and while they're at it, they should look into D.F. Jone's Colossus. I would love to see how they treat that...Or maybe not. Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Roddenberry, Imagine Entertainment To Revive 'Questor Tapes To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 3:01 PM ... and it's said that Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation was an homage to that original project. Which is precisely why this one goes down as a fail before it's even out of the gate. Data's still too fresh in the SF community's memory. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:23:17 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Roddenberry, Imagine Entertainment To Revive 'Questor Tapes - http://www.airlocka lpha.com/ node/7065 More than 35 years after Gene Roddenberry first tried to bring The Questor Tapes to television, it may finally happen thanks to his son. Roddenberry Productions, run by Eugene W. Roddenberry Jr., and Imagine Entertainment are working together to bring The Questor Tapes back to life. Imagine Entertainment is the company run by Brian Grazer and director Ron Howard. It is expected the Questor project will be led by Tim Minear, known for his close working relationship with Joss Whedon in projects like Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse. Roddenberry and Imagine are still looking to wrap up negotiations with Minear to bring him on board. My father always felt that 'Questor' was the one that got away, the younger Roddenberry said in a release. He believed that the show had the potential to be bigger than 'Star Trek.' The original project was meant to be a television series about an android with incomplete memory tapes who searches for his creator and his purpose. The android was played by Robert Foxworth, and was the brainchild of both Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek producer Gene L. Coon, the latter who died before the project could get underway. Although Questor was never picked up as a series, the pilot did air as a television movie, and it's said that Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation was an homage to that original project. The younger Roddenberry will develop the project along with his right-hand man Trevor Roth. They will be joined on the Imagine side by president David Nevins and executive vice president of development Robin Gurney. Roddenberry Productions is the current incarnation of the shingle Gene Roddenberry himself originally founded in 1967 that was responsible for shows such as Earth: Final Conflict, Gene Roddenberry' s Andromeda, and comic book series like Days Missing, which will be released as a graphic novel next month. It's not clear where Questor would air as it's too early for details like who would order a pilot and where it might get picked up to be finalized. However, if it doesn't end up on a network, its only other likely home would be cable. The avenues previous posthumous Roddenberry projects like E:FC and Andromeda aired -- first-run syndication -- is no longer a true viable option for scripted dramas. Roddenberry told Airlock Alpha that while the two sides are actively working on putting together a new series, there are still no guarantees it will ever make it to television. However, it would be hard to discount a partnership between two well-respected names having the ability to generate some interest and open a few doors. Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/attachment: image001.gif
RE: [scifinoir2] NAS A unveils personal f lying suit named ‘Pu ffin’; flies at 150 mph
Don't sweat it, pal. Look back through some my recent posts. The spelling is something to make SpellCheck go N-V-T-S NUTS. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:46:35 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph Whoa double letter dyslexia... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com wrote: From: C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 10:36 PM Oh...reffering to an ealier remark, I guess I wasn't out of rhythm after all... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: SciFiNoir2 scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 4:38 PM To say nothing of the bright souls who decide to turn off their guidance system and fly by the seat of their pants. While chatting with a buddy or fourteen via text. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:22:40 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph One of the things that the flying car / suit people have been working on is a replacement for the current air traffic control system. This would use a gps (gps is going away) like control system in the flying car that would be part of a collision avoidance system. However, I'm not sure what they will do about people that do things that they aren't supposed to do like flying peeping toms or drunk flying. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com wrote: I'd love to see this in reality as well, but today out on the road proved to me that people are dangerous enough with vehicles that stay on the ground. Add in flight, and all of its vector components.. . it would get ugly. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:55 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mphBy Andrew Nusca | Jan 22, 2010 | 2 Comments Share Email Digg Facebook Twitter Google Delicious StumbleUpon Newsvine LinkedIn My Yahoo Technorati Reddit Print Recommend4 NASA on Wednesday said that it is working on a personal flying suit. Called “Puffin,” the conceptual and highly experimental project is part one-man stealth plane, part personal jet pack. Unveiled at a San Francisco meeting of the American Helicopter Society on Jan. 20 by Mark D. Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center, the Puffin promises — on paper at least — a self-contained design with proper “cockpit” and helicopter-style blades that allow for high-altitude flying up to 30,000 ft. The Puffin is intended to be 12 feet in length, with a total wingspan of 14.5 ft., and would tip the scales at 300 pounds, empty. It will be powered by a 60 horsepower electric motor for simplicity, reliability and low environmental impact. The reason for this conceptual device? Covert military missions (”swoop and shoot,” if I may) or rescue operations. Take a look at the video: Why the name “Puffin,” by the way? “If you’ve ever seen a puffin on the ground, it looks very awkward, with wings too small to fly, and that’s exactly what our vehicle looks like,” said Mark Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA Langley Research Center, in an article in Scientific American. According to that article, the Puffin can cruise at 240 kilometers per hour — that’s 149 mph — and dash at more than 480 kph, or almost 300 mph. NASA plans to finish a test mule at one-third-size by March to see how it transitions from cruising to hovering. But you never know how such technology could eventually manifest itself in the consumer space. If you ask me, I may have found a whole new way to get to the
RE: [scifinoir2] NAS A unveils personal f lying suit named ‘Pu ffin’; flies at 150 mph
There's a pain moment I hadn't considered... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:29:47 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph Um...not meaning to break the rhythm here, but when I look at this thing, all I can think about is how uncomfortable it must get when they retract the landing gear... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 6:14 PM I think that they were leaning towards always on idiot proof systems. At least that is what the guy that created the Moller car was talking about. But you do bring up a good point. No telling what kind of distractions will be going on by then. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com wrote: To say nothing of the bright souls who decide to turn off their guidance system and fly by the seat of their pants. While chatting with a buddy or fourteen via text. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:22:40 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph One of the things that the flying car / suit people have been working on is a replacement for the current air traffic control system. This would use a gps (gps is going away) like control system in the flying car that would be part of a collision avoidance system. However, I'm not sure what they will do about people that do things that they aren't supposed to do like flying peeping toms or drunk flying. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com wrote: I'd love to see this in reality as well, but today out on the road proved to me that people are dangerous enough with vehicles that stay on the ground. Add in flight, and all of its vector components.. . it would get ugly. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:55 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mphBy Andrew Nusca | Jan 22, 2010 | 2 Comments Share Email Digg Facebook Twitter Google Delicious StumbleUpon Newsvine LinkedIn My Yahoo Technorati Reddit Print Recommend4 NASA on Wednesday said that it is working on a personal flying suit. Called “Puffin,” the conceptual and highly experimental project is part one-man stealth plane, part personal jet pack. Unveiled at a San Francisco meeting of the American Helicopter Society on Jan. 20 by Mark D. Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center, the Puffin promises — on paper at least — a self-contained design with proper “cockpit” and helicopter-style blades that allow for high-altitude flying up to 30,000 ft. The Puffin is intended to be 12 feet in length, with a total wingspan of 14.5 ft., and would tip the scales at 300 pounds, empty. It will be powered by a 60 horsepower electric motor for simplicity, reliability and low environmental impact. The reason for this conceptual device? Covert military missions (”swoop and shoot,” if I may) or rescue operations. Take a look at the video: Why the name “Puffin,” by the way? “If you’ve ever seen a puffin on the ground, it looks very awkward, with wings too small to fly, and that’s exactly what our vehicle looks like,” said Mark Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA Langley Research Center, in an article in Scientific American. According to that article, the Puffin can cruise at 240 kilometers per hour — that’s 149 mph — and dash at more than 480 kph, or almost 300 mph. NASA plans to finish a test mule at one-third-size by March to see how it transitions from cruising to hovering. But you never know how such technology could eventually manifest itself in the consumer space. If you ask me, I may have found a whole new way to get to the office. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/
RE: [scifinoir2] Shiny Happy Martin
(planning on incorporating this into his e-mail sig, when time allows) If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:33:54 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Shiny Happy Martin That's Martin...wouldn't have him any other way... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Grayson grayson.reyesc...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Grayson grayson.reyesc...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Shiny Happy Martin To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 4:52 PM LOL - Martin you are dark. I'm pretty happy and shiny too, really, which may be where the contemporary romance comes from, but I tell you six million ways to die... so I choose a FEW when I'm writing everything else! :) --Grayson --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ ... wrote: Oh, yeah. Actually had the scene written. He went down in a blaze, took a few million with him, but down he went, literally drowning in someone's blood, after he gutted them. Martin (a shiny, happy person at heart -- REM wrote the song for me) If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: grayson.reyescole@ ... Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:34:01 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Gamer - Spoilers Ohhh yeah, good old FW. My eBooks definitely kicked the hindquarters of my paperback sales. Scarlet Rage, huh? ;) --GRC --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ wrote: And missed you we have! Had to look up the newsletter (sad state of my brian -- couldn't remember it right off). It's Fictionwise. com. I tried to forward the e-mail here so that I could post it, but I received it at Yahumail... 'nuff said. And I know what having a story fight you tooth and nail is like. A few weeks ago, I was within a hair's-breadth of killing off one of my main characters. I kindly put him out to pasture (in the floor of my closet) until the Scarlet Rage has passed. Take care, and eep on working! :-) If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: grayson.reyescole@ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:19:48 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Gamer - Spoilers Hey Martin! Things are going, um, swimmingly, for sure, but which report do you get? I'm curious. Right now I'm taking a break from contemporary romance, which I confess is easier for me to finish, in order to devote myself to the hell that is finishing the sequel to Bright Star. Domina is fighting me more than any novel ever has. To deal with this piece, I've decided to not write anything unrelated to Domina through the end of the month and to focus on final edits. That's nearly impossible for me to do because of my super short attention span and the need to get ideas out whenever they happen to come supersedes working on something I've already committed to the world outside my head. We'll see. I've been lurking, but not as talkative as normal because I've been trying to get my writing house in order. :) Thanks for missing me! --Grayson --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ wrote: Hey, Grayson! I don't know about anyone else in the forum, but I know what you've been up to... I get an E-book sales listing every week, and your name was prominent on it. (Congrats! ) And I didn't see Gamer at the theater, because I was once part of a VR experiment back in my Salad Daze. Might pick it up on DVD. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: grayson.reyescole@ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:12:56 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Gamer - Spoilers
RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Brown Projected for Upset Win in Massachusetts
'Twould be to laugh, were it not so sad... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:55:31 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Brown Projected for Upset Win in Massachusetts True, but I see more right-wingers come out really strong for third-party alternatives, which bothers me. It seems the likes of Perot or Paul get all the dissatisfied gun-toting, flag-waving, immigrant bashing white boys who somehow feel they've been treated unfairly every since people of color had the temerity to vote and get gainful employment. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 5:34:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Brown Projected for Upset Win in Massachusetts Naght but truth, Keith. As for why so many see left-leaning third- parties as wingnuts, I think that's because, at its core, America as a nation is strongly resistant to change. Hence the push against President Obama, for a best example. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:15:50 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Brown Projected for Upset Win in Massachusetts And the other thing is, in America recently, third parties that gain any notoriety seem to be more conservative leaning. It's like the so-called independents: so many of them are really closet Republicans to my mind. Of course we have the likes of those who support Jerry Brown, but the liberal-leaning groups seem to be seen as fringe nut groups. It seems that it's usually the ones that are all about some kind mythical perfect America--one that's not all that diverse--that get the traction. I really believe a multi-party system would be better. Do you know, i heard recently about the five-person panel that runs the FCC, and its bylaws state its makeup in terms of Dems and Republicans? What the hey? That's crazy, as if two parties are natural and necessary. I'd like to see a Congress that's more put together like a European parliament. But as say, Martin, Americans are set in their ways, not too imaginative, and way too comfortable putting every single issue in terms of literal left and right, black and white. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 5:54:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Brown Projected for Upset Win in Massachusetts I'd love to have one as well, but, as I said before, we're about thirty years away from such. The reason so many of us chortle derisively at the mere mention of a third political party is because, for all the literature they may hand out displaying their platforms, instinctively, one can't help but get the feeling that they probably threw the manifesto together one night over pizza and beer. It needs to be established at the ground level. Let them field candidates for various city and state offices, and let the people of America see their ideas take root, and, more importantly, see if they can actually work. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:05:50 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Brown Projected for Upset Win in Massachusetts I'm a fan of having a true multi-party system, but I agree in this case. - Original Message - From: Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:48:49 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Brown Projected for Upset Win in Massachusetts I don't know, but I really want to strangle them. It was too close of a race to try for a third party. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute
Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing a truly dark superhero movie. We don't see many of them. They are mostly balance between stuff that would please an 8 year old and a romanticized version of a superhero. Superman is a good example of that. On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:49 PM, B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote: That's the one and the What If was great too. After the success of The Dark Knight Sony wanted to go darker and more adult. I think they are missing the point. Spider-Man was dark at times but there was also joy and the snark has been missing. They need to strike a balance. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Is Last Hunt the one where Kraven sedated Spidey and buried him alive, then donned his costume and went around town brutally putting down crime as Spider-Man? The one where he finally revived Spider-Man--having bettered him in his mind--then killed himself? If so, yeah, that stuff is awesome, but you know darn well they wouldn't use it for a movie franchise that they clearly want to direct at the kiddies. Too scary--unless they defang it to hell. Speaking of Last Hunt, if it's the one I'm thinking about, did you ever read the What If? version of it? In it, Spidey, when first captured by Kraven, starts the standard Okay, Kraven you got me. Now you can start gloating. Instead, to Spidey's horror, Kraven shots and kills him. He then goes on to start beating the hell out of criminals dressed as Spidey, but he's really really snapped. In order to capture the soul of the Spider, Kraven periodically goes back and eats off Peter's body! At the end, I believe Kraven is killed--or kills himself--and Mary Jane, devastated allows Peter's identity to be known to the world, then sets about making sure people know what a hero he really was. one of the creepiest and most disturbing alternate reality tales I've ever read. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 5:14:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute That, I'd buy. Last Hunt still puts chills in my spine. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: daikaij...@... Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:57:31 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute I still say that the Lizard and Kraven the Hunter should be the villains. It's a home run and could set up the epic Kraven's Last Hunt as possible film. If you want to dark and gritty it doesn't get much better than that. I hope they don't do a retelling of the origin. Hit the ground running and build on it. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ wrote: Which is something the kids would never go for. Heck, *I* wouldn't go for it. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: HelloMahogany@ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:05:10 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute Maybe they are going with a more wall crawling less cross town web slinging type spidey? The guy that stops muggers and bank robbers just to get home in time for dinner with Aunt B. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:33 AM, B Smith daikaiju66@ wrote: Malkovich was going to be the Vulture but that's all scrapped now. I'm getting a bad feeling about the new direction this movie is taking. They want a younger Spider-Man and the focus to be more on the gritty side of teenage life. They hired Marc Webb, the director of (500) Days of Summer, and have cut the budget to $80,000,000. Why not give someone like Neil Blomkamp or another genre director with some chops a shot? Webb is a capable director but we've seen how putting a director of more intimate movies into the big budget action chair can have mixed results. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ wrote: Who would he be? The Condor? I think that Malkovich is in that special category of Hollywood weirdos. Such as Shatner, Walken, Depp, Hopkins, and others. Good actors in the right part. Weird in other parts. Val Kilmer is starting to be like that now too. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@wrote: ... ... ...
Re: [scifinoir2] more hell on celluloid from SNL: The MacGruber trailer
Yes... Although I didn't see a release date yet. They had been talking about a movie for a while. On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:35 AM, C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.comwrote: Is this real? Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On *Thu, 1/21/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] more hell on celluloid from SNL: The MacGruber trailer To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 3:40 AM Forgive me for posting this... http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=TF8uL16Uurghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF8uL16Uurg Yup its a real movie... -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute
I agree. I may be alone in this, but I was never fully enamored of the Spider-Man movies. I do like the way the second film had some humor. I agree with you: the third flick was a classic example of them missing the proper balance. - Original Message - From: B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 3:49:03 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute That's the one and the What If was great too. After the success of The Dark Knight Sony wanted to go darker and more adult. I think they are missing the point. Spider-Man was dark at times but there was also joy and the snark has been missing. They need to strike a balance. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Is Last Hunt the one where Kraven sedated Spidey and buried him alive, then donned his costume and went around town brutally putting down crime as Spider-Man? The one where he finally revived Spider-Man--having bettered him in his mind--then killed himself? If so, yeah, that stuff is awesome, but you know darn well they wouldn't use it for a movie franchise that they clearly want to direct at the kiddies. Too scary--unless they defang it to hell. Speaking of Last Hunt, if it's the one I'm thinking about, did you ever read the What If? version of it? In it, Spidey, when first captured by Kraven, starts the standard Okay, Kraven you got me. Now you can start gloating. Instead, to Spidey's horror, Kraven shots and kills him. He then goes on to start beating the hell out of criminals dressed as Spidey, but he's really really snapped. In order to capture the soul of the Spider, Kraven periodically goes back and eats off Peter's body! At the end, I believe Kraven is killed--or kills himself--and Mary Jane, devastated allows Peter's identity to be known to the world, then sets about making sure people know what a hero he really was. one of the creepiest and most disturbing alternate reality tales I've ever read. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 5:14:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute That, I'd buy. Last Hunt still puts chills in my spine. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: daikaij...@... Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:57:31 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute I still say that the Lizard and Kraven the Hunter should be the villains. It's a home run and could set up the epic Kraven's Last Hunt as possible film. If you want to dark and gritty it doesn't get much better than that. I hope they don't do a retelling of the origin. Hit the ground running and build on it. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ wrote: Which is something the kids would never go for. Heck, *I* wouldn't go for it. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: HelloMahogany@ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:05:10 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute Maybe they are going with a more wall crawling less cross town web slinging type spidey? The guy that stops muggers and bank robbers just to get home in time for dinner with Aunt B. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:33 AM, B Smith daikaiju66@ wrote: Malkovich was going to be the Vulture but that's all scrapped now. I'm getting a bad feeling about the new direction this movie is taking. They want a younger Spider-Man and the focus to be more on the gritty side of teenage life. They hired Marc Webb, the director of (500) Days of Summer, and have cut the budget to $80,000,000. Why not give someone like Neil Blomkamp or another genre director with some chops a shot? Webb is a capable director but we've seen how putting a director of more intimate movies into the big budget action chair can have mixed results. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ wrote: Who would he be? The Condor? I think that Malkovich is in that special category of Hollywood weirdos. Such as Shatner, Walken, Depp, Hopkins, and others. Good actors in the right part. Weird in other
RE: [scifinoir2] Shiny Happy Martin
Feeling the need to up my DQ (Darkness Quotient), allow me to add that this character and his brothers all vie to add listings onto something called the Death Register, sort of a Who's Who Among Creative Kills. I'd pick favorites, but there are just too many. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: grayson.reyesc...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:52:00 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Shiny Happy Martin LOL - Martin you are dark. I'm pretty happy and shiny too, really, which may be where the contemporary romance comes from, but I tell you six million ways to die... so I choose a FEW when I'm writing everything else! :) --Grayson --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... wrote: Oh, yeah. Actually had the scene written. He went down in a blaze, took a few million with him, but down he went, literally drowning in someone's blood, after he gutted them. Martin (a shiny, happy person at heart -- REM wrote the song for me) If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: grayson.reyesc...@... Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:34:01 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Gamer - Spoilers Ohhh yeah, good old FW. My eBooks definitely kicked the hindquarters of my paperback sales. Scarlet Rage, huh? ;) --GRC --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ wrote: And missed you we have! Had to look up the newsletter (sad state of my brian -- couldn't remember it right off). It's Fictionwise.com. I tried to forward the e-mail here so that I could post it, but I received it at Yahumail... 'nuff said. And I know what having a story fight you tooth and nail is like. A few weeks ago, I was within a hair's-breadth of killing off one of my main characters. I kindly put him out to pasture (in the floor of my closet) until the Scarlet Rage has passed. Take care, and eep on working! :-) If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: grayson.reyescole@ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:19:48 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Gamer - Spoilers Hey Martin! Things are going, um, swimmingly, for sure, but which report do you get? I'm curious. Right now I'm taking a break from contemporary romance, which I confess is easier for me to finish, in order to devote myself to the hell that is finishing the sequel to Bright Star. Domina is fighting me more than any novel ever has. To deal with this piece, I've decided to not write anything unrelated to Domina through the end of the month and to focus on final edits. That's nearly impossible for me to do because of my super short attention span and the need to get ideas out whenever they happen to come supersedes working on something I've already committed to the world outside my head. We'll see. I've been lurking, but not as talkative as normal because I've been trying to get my writing house in order. :) Thanks for missing me! --Grayson --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ wrote: Hey, Grayson! I don't know about anyone else in the forum, but I know what you've been up to... I get an E-book sales listing every week, and your name was prominent on it. (Congrats! ) And I didn't see Gamer at the theater, because I was once part of a VR experiment back in my Salad Daze. Might pick it up on DVD. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: grayson.reyescole@
RE: [scifinoir2] NAS A unveils personal f lying suit named ‘Pu ffin’; flies at 150 mph
Aubrey, I pretty much have to disclose my height everywhere, because of my use of LMNAO. Many people, including some of my closest confidants, knowing that I'm Black, think that I mean the n-word when I post that. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:42:48 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph Wow 6'6. You should never divulge a height like that to me Martin, I have an illness, I've recognized it. LOL. There's hardly anything out there made properly for such a tall fellow (except me, hee hee), seeing as I have only ever dated giant fellows in my life, I know this well. I still say you wouldn't have to worry about fitting in it when you're doubled over on the ground giggling and kicking like a four year old. Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: truthseeker...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:39:49 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph A valid point, Aubrey. And, thinking on it, would they even make a model I could get inside of, at 6'6? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:22:02 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I know I, for one, wouldn't be able to stop laughing long enough to fly safely. I mean, look at it! :D Aubrey Leatherwood CAPA NOMINEE FOR FAVORITE EROTIC AUTHOR 2009 www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: truthseeker...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:17:07 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I'd love to see this in reality as well, but today out on the road proved to me that people are dangerous enough with vehicles that stay on the ground. Add in flight, and all of its vector components... it would get ugly. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:55 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph By Andrew Nusca | Jan 22, 2010 | 2 Comments Share Email Digg Facebook Twitter Google Delicious StumbleUpon Newsvine LinkedIn My Yahoo Technorati Reddit Print Recommend4 NASA on Wednesday said that it is working on a personal flying suit. Called “Puffin,” the conceptual and highly experimental project is part one-man stealth plane, part personal jet pack. Unveiled at a San Francisco meeting of the American Helicopter Society on Jan. 20 by Mark D. Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center, the Puffin promises — on paper at least — a self-contained design with proper “cockpit” and helicopter-style blades that allow for high-altitude flying up to 30,000 ft. The Puffin is intended to be 12 feet in length, with a total wingspan of 14.5 ft., and would tip the scales at 300 pounds, empty. It will be powered by a 60 horsepower electric motor for simplicity, reliability and low environmental impact. The reason for this conceptual device? Covert military missions (”swoop and shoot,” if I may) or rescue operations. Take a look at the video: Why the name “Puffin,” by the way? “If you’ve ever seen a puffin on the ground, it looks very awkward, with wings too small to fly, and that’s exactly what our vehicle looks like,” said Mark Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA Langley Research Center, in an article in Scientific American. According to that article, the Puffin can cruise at 240 kilometers per
[scifinoir2] Re: [scifi noir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; fli es at 150 mph
Hey Martin, sounds like u have just been propositioned! What u going 2 do? To quote Arsenio..Things that make u go h Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:57:50 To: SciFiNoir2scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifi noir2] NAS A unveils personal f lying suit named ‘Pu ffin’; fli es at 150 mph Aubrey, I pretty much have to disclose my height everywhere, because of my use of LMNAO. Many people, including some of my closest confidants, knowing that I'm Black, think that I mean the n-word when I post that. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:42:48 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph Wow 6'6. You should never divulge a height like that to me Martin, I have an illness, I've recognized it. LOL. There's hardly anything out there made properly for such a tall fellow (except me, hee hee), seeing as I have only ever dated giant fellows in my life, I know this well. I still say you wouldn't have to worry about fitting in it when you're doubled over on the ground giggling and kicking like a four year old. Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: truthseeker...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:39:49 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph A valid point, Aubrey. And, thinking on it, would they even make a model I could get inside of, at 6'6? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:22:02 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I know I, for one, wouldn't be able to stop laughing long enough to fly safely. I mean, look at it! :D Aubrey Leatherwood CAPA NOMINEE FOR FAVORITE EROTIC AUTHOR 2009 www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: truthseeker...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:17:07 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I'd love to see this in reality as well, but today out on the road proved to me that people are dangerous enough with vehicles that stay on the ground. Add in flight, and all of its vector components... it would get ugly. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:55 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph By Andrew Nusca | Jan 22, 2010 | 2 Comments Share Email Digg Facebook Twitter Google Delicious StumbleUpon Newsvine LinkedIn My Yahoo Technorati Reddit Print Recommend4 NASA on Wednesday said that it is working on a personal flying suit. Called “Puffin,” the conceptual and highly experimental project is part one-man stealth plane, part personal jet pack. Unveiled at a San Francisco meeting of the American Helicopter Society on Jan. 20 by Mark D. Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center, the Puffin promises — on paper at least — a self-contained design with proper “cockpit” and helicopter-style blades that allow for high-altitude flying up to 30,000 ft. The Puffin is intended to be 12 feet in length, with a total wingspan of 14.5 ft., and would tip the scales at 300 pounds, empty. It will be powered by a 60 horsepower electric motor for simplicity, reliability and low environmental impact. The reason for this conceptual device? Covert military missions (”swoop and
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: [scifi noir2] NASA unveils personal fl ying suit named ‘Pu ffin’; fli es at 150 mph
Hey Now, This is a family loop! Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:44:19 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: [scifi noir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; fli es at 150 mph Hey Martin, sounds like u have just been propositioned! What u going 2 do? To quote Arsenio..Things that make u go h Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:57:50 -0500 To: SciFiNoir2scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifi noir2] NAS A unveils personal f lying suit named ‘Pu ffin’; fli es at 150 mph Aubrey, I pretty much have to disclose my height everywhere, because of my use of LMNAO. Many people, including some of my closest confidants, knowing that I'm Black, think that I mean the n-word when I post that. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:42:48 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph Wow 6'6. You should never divulge a height like that to me Martin, I have an illness, I've recognized it. LOL. There's hardly anything out there made properly for such a tall fellow (except me, hee hee), seeing as I have only ever dated giant fellows in my life, I know this well. I still say you wouldn't have to worry about fitting in it when you're doubled over on the ground giggling and kicking like a four year old. Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: truthseeker...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:39:49 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph A valid point, Aubrey. And, thinking on it, would they even make a model I could get inside of, at 6'6? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:22:02 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I know I, for one, wouldn't be able to stop laughing long enough to fly safely. I mean, look at it! :D Aubrey Leatherwood CAPA NOMINEE FOR FAVORITE EROTIC AUTHOR 2009 www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: truthseeker...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:17:07 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I'd love to see this in reality as well, but today out on the road proved to me that people are dangerous enough with vehicles that stay on the ground. Add in flight, and all of its vector components... it would get ugly. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:55 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph By Andrew Nusca | Jan 22, 2010 | 2 Comments Share Email Digg Facebook Twitter Google Delicious StumbleUpon Newsvine LinkedIn My Yahoo Technorati Reddit Print Recommend4 NASA on Wednesday said that it is working on a personal flying suit. Called “Puffin,” the conceptual and highly experimental project is part one-man stealth plane, part personal jet pack. Unveiled at a San Francisco meeting of the American Helicopter Society on Jan. 20 by Mark D.
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute
I hear you, B. It's as though H'Wood doesn't get the idea that both cna exist in the same place. I've been blending the two for most of my writing career. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: daikaij...@yahoo.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:49:03 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute That's the one and the What If was great too. After the success of The Dark Knight Sony wanted to go darker and more adult. I think they are missing the point. Spider-Man was dark at times but there was also joy and the snark has been missing. They need to strike a balance. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Is Last Hunt the one where Kraven sedated Spidey and buried him alive, then donned his costume and went around town brutally putting down crime as Spider-Man? The one where he finally revived Spider-Man--having bettered him in his mind--then killed himself? If so, yeah, that stuff is awesome, but you know darn well they wouldn't use it for a movie franchise that they clearly want to direct at the kiddies. Too scary--unless they defang it to hell. Speaking of Last Hunt, if it's the one I'm thinking about, did you ever read the What If? version of it? In it, Spidey, when first captured by Kraven, starts the standard Okay, Kraven you got me. Now you can start gloating. Instead, to Spidey's horror, Kraven shots and kills him. He then goes on to start beating the hell out of criminals dressed as Spidey, but he's really really snapped. In order to capture the soul of the Spider, Kraven periodically goes back and eats off Peter's body! At the end, I believe Kraven is killed--or kills himself--and Mary Jane, devastated allows Peter's identity to be known to the world, then sets about making sure people know what a hero he really was. one of the creepiest and most disturbing alternate reality tales I've ever read. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 5:14:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute That, I'd buy. Last Hunt still puts chills in my spine. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: daikaij...@... Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:57:31 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute I still say that the Lizard and Kraven the Hunter should be the villains. It's a home run and could set up the epic Kraven's Last Hunt as possible film. If you want to dark and gritty it doesn't get much better than that. I hope they don't do a retelling of the origin. Hit the ground running and build on it. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ wrote: Which is something the kids would never go for. Heck, *I* wouldn't go for it. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: HelloMahogany@ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:05:10 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute Maybe they are going with a more wall crawling less cross town web slinging type spidey? The guy that stops muggers and bank robbers just to get home in time for dinner with Aunt B. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:33 AM, B Smith daikaiju66@ wrote: Malkovich was going to be the Vulture but that's all scrapped now. I'm getting a bad feeling about the new direction this movie is taking. They want a younger Spider-Man and the focus to be more on the gritty side of teenage life. They hired Marc Webb, the director of (500) Days of Summer, and have cut the budget to $80,000,000. Why not give someone like Neil Blomkamp or another genre director with some chops a shot? Webb is a capable director but we've seen how putting a director of more intimate movies into the big budget action chair can have mixed results. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ wrote: Who would he be? The Condor? I think that Malkovich is
RE: [scifinoir2] AMC Greenlights The Walking Dead Pilot -
Veddy iteresting... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:19:41 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] AMC Greenlights The Walking Dead Pilot - http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=8157:amc-greenlights-the-walking-dead-pilotcatid=41:newsItemid=71 Can't think of a horror genre I love more than zombies. As a kid, I ate up (No pun intended) the wide variety of brain-eaters ranging from the classy (George Romero's Dawn of the Dead remains one of my top five favorite films) to the tongue-in-cheek approach (like Re-Animator and Return of the Living Dead) to even the absolute garbage Dawn knock-offs from the Italians. Hell of the Living Dead comes to mind. Now the trades report AMC has given the thumbs up to The Walking Dead. The pilot (based on the comic series) will be written and directed by everyone's favorite Frank Darabont and produced by Gale Anne Hurd. Whether this will go beyond that and become a weekly drama remains to be seen. It would certainly be an interesting add to the network. They've been kicking ass as of late with Mad Men and Breaking Bad. _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/attachment: image001.gif
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute
Oh, yeah. Great read, that was. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:53:49 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute Is Last Hunt the one where Kraven sedated Spidey and buried him alive, then donned his costume and went around town brutally putting down crime as Spider-Man? The one where he finally revived Spider-Man--having bettered him in his mind--then killed himself? If so, yeah, that stuff is awesome, but you know darn well they wouldn't use it for a movie franchise that they clearly want to direct at the kiddies. Too scary--unless they defang it to hell. Speaking of Last Hunt, if it's the one I'm thinking about, did you ever read the What If? version of it? In it, Spidey, when first captured by Kraven, starts the standard Okay, Kraven you got me. Now you can start gloating. Instead, to Spidey's horror, Kraven shots and kills him. He then goes on to start beating the hell out of criminals dressed as Spidey, but he's really really snapped. In order to capture the soul of the Spider, Kraven periodically goes back and eats off Peter's body! At the end, I believe Kraven is killed--or kills himself--and Mary Jane, devastated allows Peter's identity to be known to the world, then sets about making sure people know what a hero he really was. one of the creepiest and most disturbing alternate reality tales I've ever read. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 5:14:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute That, I'd buy. Last Hunt still puts chills in my spine. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: daikaij...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:57:31 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute I still say that the Lizard and Kraven the Hunter should be the villains. It's a home run and could set up the epic Kraven's Last Hunt as possible film. If you want to dark and gritty it doesn't get much better than that. I hope they don't do a retelling of the origin. Hit the ground running and build on it. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... wrote: Which is something the kids would never go for. Heck, *I* wouldn't go for it. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@... Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:05:10 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian Dispute Maybe they are going with a more wall crawling less cross town web slinging type spidey? The guy that stops muggers and bank robbers just to get home in time for dinner with Aunt B. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:33 AM, B Smith daikaij...@... wrote: Malkovich was going to be the Vulture but that's all scrapped now. I'm getting a bad feeling about the new direction this movie is taking. They want a younger Spider-Man and the focus to be more on the gritty side of teenage life. They hired Marc Webb, the director of (500) Days of Summer, and have cut the budget to $80,000,000. Why not give someone like Neil Blomkamp or another genre director with some chops a shot? Webb is a capable director but we've seen how putting a director of more intimate movies into the big budget action chair can have mixed results. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ wrote: Who would he be? The Condor? I think that Malkovich is in that special category of Hollywood weirdos. Such as Shatner, Walken, Depp, Hopkins, and others. Good actors in the right part. Weird in other parts. Val Kilmer is starting to be like that now too. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@wrote: ... ... ... Okay, I'll ask... WHY does the movie need Malkovich as a villain? Personally, I've never been enamored of his work in the least.
RE: [scifinoir2] Conan O'Brien: Free At Last!
NOT!! J From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:52 PM To: SciFiNoir2 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Conan O'Brien: Free At Last! He does tend to sublimate his feelings when posting... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik _ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:55:20 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Conan O'Brien: Free At Last! No, really, Mr. Worf, tell us how you really feel... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Conan O'Brien: Free At Last! To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 2:44 PM Kimmel is really a writer. He needs to be part of a team writing somewhere and not hosting a show, but ABC has been trying to compete on the late night for years. Fallon is just a waste of space. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=keithbjohn...@comcast.net comcast.net wrote: Agreed, that's why I'm glad this failed. We need original scripted TV, not more talk shows in a field already overloaded with mostly mediocre talent (Kimmel and Fallon especially). And I'm more irritated at Leno, the more I think of it. He never should have agreed to a 10 pm show that couldn't help but hurt Conan. I've said it before: if you want to bring something different to TV, how about an old-time variety show. Something like Carol Burnett updated, with skits, singing, dancing, etc. Cedric the Entertainer tried it a while back and didn't succeed. I believe Brady tried such a show, with little success. But maybe it could work as a once-a-week show. Surely Americans' tastes haven't fallen so far that we're satisfied with the likes of American Idol or Dancing with the Stars??? Or maybe a new show similiar to In Living Color? - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tdli...@multiculturaladvantage .com aladvantage. com To: scifino...@yahoogro http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com ups.com Cc: Lockhart, Daryle dar...@darylelockha http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dar...@darylelockhart.com rt.com, afrikanmind@ http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=afrikanm...@hotmail.com hotmail.com, Albert Fields cbilmarketing@ http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cbilmarket...@yahoo.com yahoo.com, bettil...@msn. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bettil...@msn.com com, CINQUE cinque3...@verizon. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cinque3...@verizon.net net, dorothyhamm@ http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dorothyh...@sbcglobal.net sbcglobal. net, duva...@hotmail. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=duva...@hotmail.com com, fis...@bellsouth. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=fis...@bellsouth.net net, GTW gwashin...@aol. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gwashin...@aol.com com, Jeffrey Ballou jeffreypballou@ http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jeffreypbal...@gmail.com gmail.com, Kai Pettaway killa...@gmail. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=killa...@gmail.com com, kalpub...@aol. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kalpub...@aol.com com, keithbjohnson@ http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=keithbjohn...@comcast.net comcast.net, Kera imke...@gmail. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=imke...@gmail.com com, Leroy Hughes seriousnupe87@ http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=seriousnup...@yahoo.com yahoo.com, Logic logic1...@aol. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=logic1...@aol.com com, Martin Baxter Truthseeker013@ http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=truthseeker...@icqmail.com icqmail.com, Marvalous mmb1...@gmail. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mmb1...@gmail.com com, Michael Gordon gord...@indiana. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gord...@indiana.edu edu, michael v w gordon michael.v.w. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=michael.v.w.gor...@gmail.com gor...@gmail. com, ravenadal ravena...@yahoo. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ravena...@yahoo.com com, rs...@yahoo. http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rs...@yahoo.com com, Seku Brathwaite everythingist@ http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=everything...@nyc.rr.com nyc.rr.com, Valery Jean valeryjean77@ http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=valeryjea...@yahoo.com yahoo.com, Wendell Theophilus Smith wendellsmithis@
RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph
It lent itself to it in spite of not having read the article... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Sat, 1/23/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 3:00 PM There's a pain moment I hadn't considered.. . If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: astromancer2002@ yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:29:47 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph Um...not meaning to break the rhythm here, but when I look at this thing, all I can think about is how uncomfortable it must get when they retract the landing gear... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 6:14 PM I think that they were leaning towards always on idiot proof systems. At least that is what the guy that created the Moller car was talking about. But you do bring up a good point. No telling what kind of distractions will be going on by then. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com wrote: To say nothing of the bright souls who decide to turn off their guidance system and fly by the seat of their pants. While chatting with a buddy or fourteen via text. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:22:40 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph One of the things that the flying car / suit people have been working on is a replacement for the current air traffic control system. This would use a gps (gps is going away) like control system in the flying car that would be part of a collision avoidance system. However, I'm not sure what they will do about people that do things that they aren't supposed to do like flying peeping toms or drunk flying. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com wrote: I'd love to see this in reality as well, but today out on the road proved to me that people are dangerous enough with vehicles that stay on the ground. Add in flight, and all of its vector components.. . it would get ugly. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:55 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mphBy Andrew Nusca | Jan 22, 2010 | 2 Comments Share Email Digg Facebook Twitter Google Delicious StumbleUpon Newsvine LinkedIn My Yahoo Technorati Reddit Print Recommend4 NASA on Wednesday said that it is working on a personal flying suit. Called “Puffin,” the conceptual and highly experimental project is part one-man stealth plane, part personal jet pack. Unveiled at a San Francisco meeting of the American Helicopter Society on Jan. 20 by Mark D. Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center, the Puffin promises — on paper at least — a self-contained design with proper “cockpit” and helicopter-style blades that allow for high-altitude flying up to 30,000 ft. The Puffin is intended to be 12 feet in length, with a total wingspan of 14.5 ft., and would tip the scales at 300 pounds, empty. It will be powered by a 60 horsepower electric motor for simplicity, reliability and low environmental impact. The reason for this conceptual device? Covert military missions (”swoop and shoot,” if I may) or rescue operations. Take a look at the video: Why the name “Puffin,” by the way? “If you’ve ever seen a puffin on the ground, it looks very awkward, with wings too small to fly, and that’s exactly what our vehicle looks like,” said Mark Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA Langley Research Center, in an article in Scientific American. According to that article, the Puffin can cruise at 240 kilometers per hour — that’s
RE: [scifinoir2] Roddenberry, Imagine Entertainment To Revive 'Questor Tapes
Point taken, sir..."Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet"From "THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES" by C.W. Badie--- On Sat, 1/23/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comSubject: RE: [scifinoir2] Roddenberry, Imagine Entertainment To Revive 'Questor TapesTo: "SciFiNoir2" scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comDate: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 2:54 PM If you love the property, pal, I'd go with the "not"."If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Granthttp://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.comFrom: astromancer2002@ yahoo.comDate: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:51:08 -0800Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Roddenberry, Imagine Entertainment To Revive 'Questor Tapes I would love to see that...and while they're at it, they should look into D.F. Jone's "Colossus." I would love to see how theytreat that...Or maybe not."Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet"From "THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES" by C.W. Badie--- On Fri, 1/22/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.comSubject: RE: [scifinoir2] Roddenberry, Imagine Entertainment To Revive 'Questor TapesTo: "SciFiNoir2" scifino...@yahoogro ups.comDate: Friday, January 22, 2010, 3:01 PM "... and it's said that Data in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was an homage to that original project."Which is precisely why this one goes down as a fail before it's even out of the gate. Data's still too fresh in the SF community's memory."If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Granthttp://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.comFrom: tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. comDate: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:23:17 -0800Subject: [scifinoir2] Roddenberry, Imagine Entertainment To Revive 'Questor Tapes - http://www.airlocka lpha.com/ node/7065 More than 35 years after Gene Roddenberry first tried to bring "The Questor Tapes" to television, it may finally happen thanks to his son.Roddenberry Productions, run by Eugene W. Roddenberry Jr., and Imagine Entertainment are working together to bring "The Questor Tapes" back to life.Imagine Entertainment is the company run by Brian Grazer and director Ron Howard. It is expected the "Questor" project will be led by Tim Minear, known for his close working relationship with Joss Whedon in projects like "Angel," "Firefly" and "Dollhouse." Roddenberry and Imagine are still looking to wrap up negotiations with Minear to bring him on board."My father always felt that 'Questor' was the one that got away," the younger Roddenberry said in a release. "He believed that the show had the potential to be bigger than 'Star Trek.'"The original project was meant to be a television series about an android with incomplete memory tapes who searches for his creator and his purpose. The android was played by Robert Foxworth, and was the brainchild of both Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek producer Gene L. Coon, the latter who died before the project could get underway.Although "Questor" was never picked up as a series, the pilot did air as a television movie, and it's said that Data in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was an homage to that original project.The younger Roddenberry will develop the project along with his right-hand man Trevor Roth. They will be joined on the Imagine side by president David Nevins and executive vice president of development Robin Gurney. Roddenberry Productions is the current incarnation of the shingle Gene Roddenberry himself originally founded in 1967 that was responsible for shows such as "Earth: Final Conflict," "Gene Roddenberry' s Andromeda," and comic book series like "Days Missing," which will be released as a graphic novel next month.It's not clear where "Questor" would air as it's too early for details like who would order a pilot and where it might get picked up to be finalized. However, if it doesn't end up on a network, its only other likely home would be cable. The avenues previous posthumous Roddenberry projects like E:FC and "Andromeda" aired -- first-run syndication -- is no longer a true viable option for scripted dramas.Roddenberry told Airlock Alpha that while the two sides are actively working on putting together a new series, there are still no guarantees it will ever make it to television. However, it would be hard to discount a partnership between two well-respected names having the ability to generate some interest and open a few doors. Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now.
RE: [scifinoir2] Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds
Yes...Thank goodness for him... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Sat, 1/23/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 2:39 PM Ain't technology something, pal? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: astromancer2002@ yahoo.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:18:26 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds I can't help hearing in the back of my mind: They've got an app for that... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Thu, 1/21/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds To: SciFiNoir2 scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 5:01 PM Can't deny that. Great story. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:28:25 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds U.S. filmmaker Dan Woolley was shooting a documentary about the impact of poverty in Haiti when the earthquake struck. He could have died, but he ultimately survived with the help of an iPhone first-aid app that taught him to treat his wounds. After being crushed by a pile of rubble, Woolley used his digital SLR to illuminate his surroundings and snap photos of the wreckage in search of a safe place to dwell. He took refuge in an elevator shaft, where he followed instructions from an iPhone first-aid app to fashion a bandage and tourniquet for his leg and to stop the bleeding from his head wound, according to an MSNBC story. Join Reddit’s Haiti relief fundraising drive with Direct Relief International.The app even warned Woolley not to fall asleep if he felt he was going into shock, so he set his cellphone’s alarm clock to go off every 20 minutes. Sixty-five hours later, a French rescue team saved him. “I just saw the walls rippling and just explosive sounds all around me,” said Woolley, recounting the earthquake to MSNBC. “It all happened incredibly fast. David yelled out, ‘It’s an earthquake,’ and we both lunged and everything turned dark.” Woolley’s incident highlights a large social implication of the iPhone and other similar smartphones. A constant internet connection, coupled with a device supporting a wealth of apps, can potentially transform a person into an all-knowing, always-on being. In Woolley’s case, an iPhone app turned him into an amateur medic to help him survive natural disaster. Say what you will about the iPhone. This story is incredible. Update: As Wired reader “bbqbologna” noted in the comments below, the app used in question was Pocket First Aid and CPR. A user review by “Webguydan” reads, “Consulted this app, while trapped under Hotel Montana in Haiti earthquake, to treat excessive bleeding and shock. Helped me stay alive till I was rescued 64 hours later.” See Also: Satellite Photos of Haiti Before and After the Earthquake Scientists Scramble to Analyze Haiti’s Seismic Risk Rescue Ops in Haiti: ‘The First 72 Hours Are Critical’ For the iPhone’s App Store, Quantity Really Does Matter Read More http://www.wired. com/gadgetlab/ 2010/01/haiti- survivor- iphone/?utm_ source=feedburne rutm_medium=feedutm_campaign= Feed%3A+wired% 2Findex+( Wired%3A+ Index+3+( Top+Stories+ 2))#ixzz0dDKDyEs v -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up now. Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now.
RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph
I'm a carpenter...That's how I eat... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Sat, 1/23/10, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 10:18 AM Why sawdust? Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: astromancer2002@ yahoo.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:24:09 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph Lately I've been breathing sawdust more than writing...but all is good! Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Sat, 1/23/10, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ hotmail.com wrote: From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 7:09 AM Hey Astromancer! It has been a long time Hi, how's it going? :) Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: astromancer2002@ yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:34:47 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph Hey, Aubrey...Long time, no type... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ hotmail.com wrote: From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 4:42 PM Wow 6'6. You should never divulge a height like that to me Martin, I have an illness, I've recognized it. LOL. There's hardly anything out there made properly for such a tall fellow (except me, hee hee), seeing as I have only ever dated giant fellows in my life, I know this well. I still say you wouldn't have to worry about fitting in it when you're doubled over on the ground giggling and kicking like a four year old. Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: truthseeker013@ hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:39:49 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph A valid point, Aubrey. And, thinking on it, would they even make a model I could get inside of, at 6'6? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: aubrey.leatherwood@ hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:22:02 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I know I, for one, wouldn't be able to stop laughing long enough to fly safely. I mean, look at it! :D Aubrey Leatherwood CAPA NOMINEE FOR FAVORITE EROTIC AUTHOR 2009 www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 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 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: truthseeker013@ hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:17:07 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph I'd love to see this in reality
Re: [scifinoir2] PENGUINS
Don't fret...I love groaners! Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Sat, 1/23/10, jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com wrote: From: jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] PENGUINS To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 9:27 AM C. W. I will try 2 do better next time! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie astromancer2002@ yahoo.com Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:13:11 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] PENGUINS (groan) Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Thu, 1/21/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] PENGUINS To: SciFiNoir2 scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 5:20 PM And the belly pains were just abating... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com CC: blackscifihorrorfan tasyclub@ yahoogroups. com From: jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:47:03 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] PENGUINS Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica? Where do they go? Wonder no more! -- It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as maintaining a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout its life. If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle have been known to dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into and buried. The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing: 'Freeze a jolly good fellow'. Then they kick him in the ice hole. You really didn't believe that I knew anything at all about penguins, did you? Lighten Up Have a GREAT Day. Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now.
Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood is Coming to the U.S.
Because it's good...Plus, it would make too much sense and we couldn't have that... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Wed, 1/20/10, bruce harden bhsleepystude...@gmail.com wrote: From: bruce harden bhsleepystude...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood is Coming to the U.S. To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 7:08 PM but the writer of the original is writing this. I just want to know why the scifi channel isn't showing this??? On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com wrote: Plucking British shows from across the pond and remaking them for American audiences is not a new practice. Also not new is the fact that most of them end in disaster. Still, anyone with half a brain knows the trend will continue, and that we'll just have to deal with it. But the latest show to get picked for Americanization even made me wince. Ready? Okay, here goes: Fox is importing Torchwood, the popular spinoff of Doctor Who, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show has a solid pack of rabid fans here in the United States, and the standalone miniseries Children of Earth delivered big-time ratings for BBC America when it aired last year. In other words, a lot of people are going to be very weary of the project. However, there is one indication that a U.S. Torchwood won't be a shell of its former self. Series creator Russell Davies is writing the script, and the rest of the Torchwood production team is on board for the U.S. version. Whereas the original Torchwood focused on a small group of operatives that dealt with aliens on a local basis, the U.S. version will feature a branch of the Torchwood Institute and cover more international territory. With Davies on board, there's an infinitesimal chance that the reboot will actually be good. What's your hope for the series? http://www.tv. com/torchwood- is-coming- to-the-u. s./story/ 20871.html? tag=hotspot; gumball;1
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Question: Would you modify your kid's genes?
...Just my luck, he'll get lazier... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Wed, 1/20/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 7:07 PM Good question. I think what will happen is that it will be like the old west where they will be contacting other countries for mail order brides. Then in 20 years China turns into a multi-cultural landscape with many colors of the rainbow. On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: Chinese social engineering has already created a problem. By restricting families to one child (most families opted for a boy even if that meant killing girl babies) they are now faced with a glut of marriage age men and a serious deficit of marriage age women. I wonder how that is going to work out for them. ~(no)rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ ... wrote: The slippery slope is my problem too, Tracey. I could see the Chinese engineering more boy births and fewer girl births, and someone might want to go the way of the Sauron supermen from The Mote In God's Eye (think the Augments from Enterprise, only meaner and less schemey). If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: tdli...@... Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:22:42 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? See, I have some genetic , incurable crap too. I think I would want that out to. However, I believe it is likely a slippery slope From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogro ups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:23 PM To: SciFiNoir2 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? In a word, no, not even if it meant ridding them of the genetic combo that gave me what I've got. Though an improvement on my genes would be an incalculable gain for Mankind... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: HelloMahogany@ ... Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:17:11 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? Very soon the option of gene manipulation may come available. There are already methods that lean in that direction. Our near future may turn into a world that is similar to the movie Gattica. If the option became available do you think that if this option were available would you take that step to give your child the best advantages that he or she can have? Another question. Do you think that this kind of gene manipulation weaken the gene pool? -- Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. _ _ _ _ _ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt. com/GBL/go/ 196390709/ direct/01/ - - -- Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 / -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good?
Looking at part of it again, the fight scenes really do border on kinda funny, the 300-style imitation is so over the top it reminds me more of the hilariously bloody fight scene with the Black Knight in Monty Python and The Holy Grail. I mean, seriously, the blood is spattering and splatering like red water from a burst balloon. One dude got knocked in the back of the head, and blood sprayed all over it was funny. The showrunners seem to have an almost perverse interest in showing closeups of flesh cut and spread, bodies impaled. Silly, gratuitous, unmoving. Quite a bit of nudity too, including of Lucy Lawless I believe. Bit of a shock that, seeing Xena topless, but much better than seeing the dudes' naked bottoms. :( Also there seems to be quite a bit of anachronistic language. At least, I'm not sure the term Where the fu** are the Romans? is accurate for the times. Two showings, and I haven't been able to sit through the whole thing yet without laughing or shaking my head at the whole thing. Anyone else? - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 11:28:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Anyone watch the debut of this series? It's showing on both one of the Encore and Starz channels. I tried to watch the show, out of curiosity, and because Lucy Lawless is one of the stars. But I came in in the middle of a battle scene that frankly made me laugh and grown. Lawless in an interview I'd seen mentioned the show was modeled in part on 300. But what I saw was a bad imitation of 300: the same not-quite-real backgrounds, the now recognizable fast-slow-fast movements of the soldiers in battle, blue-grey backgrounds whose colors are splashed liberally with the blood flowing like wine in battle. Lots of close ups of decapitations, swords cleaving flesh to expose nasty cuts. it was all a bit too frenetic and artificial looking for me. And I gotta admit that title--...Blood and Sand already had me a bit leery. Granted, i didn't see anything but the battle. Maybe the actual acting is good and it's worth a look? Can anyone give a recommendation? *** http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus Betrayed by the Romans. Forced into slavery. Reborn as a Gladiator. The classic tale of the Republic’s most infamous rebel comes alive in the graphic and visceral new series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand . Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands. Treachery, corruption, and the allure of sensual pleasures will constantly test Spartacus. To survive, he must become more than a man. More than a gladiator. He must become a legend. Starring Australian actor, Andy Whitfield ( McLeod's Daughters) as Spartacus, Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) as Lucretia, John Hannah ( The Mummy, Four Weddings and A Funeral) as Batiatus and Peter Mensah (300, The Incredible Hulk) as Doctore, this unique mix of live action, graphic novel effects and brutal battle sequences is set to make Spartacus: Blood and Sand an epic television event.
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Question: Would you modify your kid's genes?
That is a danger of the technology age. I ran into that myself after working 10-12 hour days and then going home and sitting in front of a computer tv for a few hours at night. I gained a lot of weight. So now I combat it with exercise. On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 6:57 PM, C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.comwrote: ...Just my luck, he'll get lazier... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On *Wed, 1/20/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 7:07 PM Good question. I think what will happen is that it will be like the old west where they will be contacting other countries for mail order brides. Then in 20 years China turns into a multi-cultural landscape with many colors of the rainbow. On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Chinese social engineering has already created a problem. By restricting families to one child (most families opted for a boy even if that meant killing girl babies) they are now faced with a glut of marriage age men and a serious deficit of marriage age women. I wonder how that is going to work out for them. ~(no)rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ ... wrote: The slippery slope is my problem too, Tracey. I could see the Chinese engineering more boy births and fewer girl births, and someone might want to go the way of the Sauron supermen from The Mote In God's Eye (think the Augments from Enterprise, only meaner and less schemey). If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVikhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@... Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:22:42 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? See, I have some genetic , incurable crap too. I think I would want that out to. However, I believe it is likely a slippery slope From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com[mailto:scifino...@yahoogro ups.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:23 PM To: SciFiNoir2 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? In a word, no, not even if it meant ridding them of the genetic combo that gave me what I've got. Though an improvement on my genes would be an incalculable gain for Mankind... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVikhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com From: HelloMahogany@ ... Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:17:11 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? Very soon the option of gene manipulation may come available. There are already methods that lean in that direction. Our near future may turn into a world that is similar to the movie Gattica. If the option became available do you think that if this option were available would you take that step to give your child the best advantages that he or she can have? Another question. Do you think that this kind of gene manipulation weaken the gene pool? -- Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. _ _ _ _ _ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt. com/GBL/go/ 196390709/ direct/01/http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/ - - -- Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? fmvn=mapYahoohttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links (Yahoo! ID required) -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany
Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood is Coming to the U.S.
Yea syfy read the script and said, Wait! No giant snakes? No flying alligators?? We can't show this. This is science fiction. We only show garbage on our channel On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.comwrote: Because it's good...Plus, it would make too much sense and we couldn't have that... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On *Wed, 1/20/10, bruce harden bhsleepystude...@gmail.com* wrote: From: bruce harden bhsleepystude...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood is Coming to the U.S. To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 7:08 PM but the writer of the original is writing this. I just want to know why the scifi channel isn't showing this??? On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: Plucking British shows from across the pond and remaking them for American audiences is not a new practice. Also not new is the fact that most of them end in disaster. Still, anyone with half a brain knows the trend will continue, and that we'll just have to deal with it. But the latest show to get picked for Americanization even made *me* wince. Ready? Okay, here goes: Fox is importing *Torchwood*http://www.tv.com/torchwood/show/50470/summary.html, the popular spinoff of *Doctor Who*http://www.tv.com/doctor-who/show/34391/summary.html, according to *The Hollywood Reporter*http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3id183d5e80b48e57c7ceb299df8e4c2b0. The show has a solid pack of rabid fans here in the United States, and the standalone miniseries *Children of Earth* delivered big-time ratings for BBC America when it aired last year. In other words, a lot of people are going to be very weary of the project. However, there is one indication that a U.S. *Torchwood* won't be a shell of its former self. Series creator Russell Davies is writing the script, and the rest of the *Torchwood* production team is on board for the U.S. version. Whereas the original *Torchwood* focused on a small group of operatives that dealt with aliens on a local basis, the U.S. version will feature a branch of the Torchwood Institute and cover more international territory. With Davies on board, there's an infinitesimal chance that the reboot will actually be good. What's your hope for the series? http://www.tv. com/torchwood- is-coming- to-the-u. s./story/ 20871.html? tag=hotspot; gumball;1http://www.tv.com/torchwood-is-coming-to-the-u.s./story/20871.html?tag=hotspot;gumball;1 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood is Coming to the U.S.
lololo...basically. On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Yea syfy read the script and said, Wait! No giant snakes? No flying alligators?? We can't show this. This is science fiction. We only show garbage on our channel On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.comwrote: Because it's good...Plus, it would make too much sense and we couldn't have that... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On *Wed, 1/20/10, bruce harden bhsleepystude...@gmail.com* wrote: From: bruce harden bhsleepystude...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood is Coming to the U.S. To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 7:08 PM but the writer of the original is writing this. I just want to know why the scifi channel isn't showing this??? On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. comhttp://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: Plucking British shows from across the pond and remaking them for American audiences is not a new practice. Also not new is the fact that most of them end in disaster. Still, anyone with half a brain knows the trend will continue, and that we'll just have to deal with it. But the latest show to get picked for Americanization even made *me* wince. Ready? Okay, here goes: Fox is importing *Torchwood*http://www.tv.com/torchwood/show/50470/summary.html, the popular spinoff of *Doctor Who*http://www.tv.com/doctor-who/show/34391/summary.html, according to *The Hollywood Reporter*http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3id183d5e80b48e57c7ceb299df8e4c2b0. The show has a solid pack of rabid fans here in the United States, and the standalone miniseries *Children of Earth* delivered big-time ratings for BBC America when it aired last year. In other words, a lot of people are going to be very weary of the project. However, there is one indication that a U.S. *Torchwood* won't be a shell of its former self. Series creator Russell Davies is writing the script, and the rest of the *Torchwood* production team is on board for the U.S. version. Whereas the original *Torchwood* focused on a small group of operatives that dealt with aliens on a local basis, the U.S. version will feature a branch of the Torchwood Institute and cover more international territory. With Davies on board, there's an infinitesimal chance that the reboot will actually be good. What's your hope for the series? http://www.tv. com/torchwood- is-coming- to-the-u. s./story/ 20871.html? tag=hotspot; gumball;1http://www.tv.com/torchwood-is-coming-to-the-u.s./story/20871.html?tag=hotspot;gumball;1 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com
