Re: [scifinoir2] New DVD
I love their take on Owl Man. On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com wrote: Anyone heard any early talk about this new DC movie: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths? comes out of the 23rd. Fate.
Re: [scifinoir2] New DVD
Thanks my friend. Going to buy it anyway. Picked up Planet Hulk this weekend, 2 go along with Hulk vs., Justice League: New Frontier, both Ultimate Avengers and my personal fav - Dr. Strange. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:10:37 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New DVD Yes, I will post about it later tonight. On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.comwrote: Anyone heard any early talk about this new DC movie: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths? comes out of the 23rd. Fate. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song
[scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L12I20100222 Any Past Life fans? The series was created by David Hudgins and inspired by the book The Reincarnationist, a crime thriller by M.J. Rose, whose main character, Josh Ryder, solves a 21st-century crime with memories and clues from his past life in ancient Rome. Although seven episodes were produced,the series was canceled after three episodes aired to declining ratings. The network announced plans to air the remaining episodes at some unspecified point later in the season. http://www.fox.com/pastlife/
Re: [scifinoir2] Stereosopic 3D Erotic Movie to be Directed by Tinto Brass
Yeah, the adult industry helped decided the HD-DVD vs. BluRay battle. It helped improve things such as identity verification online, secure payment methods, streaming video technology, chat tech--you name it. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 12:42:05 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Stereosopic 3D Erotic Movie to be Directed by Tinto Brass The adult industry has been ahead of the curve for the last 20 years. They were the first to move to and standardize many technologies. There have been a several green screen adult movies that came out two years before Sincity was made. A lot of people have been making their own 3d cameras by using two identical cameras connected together. I owned a 3d still picture camera a few years back. It was basically an old Kodak camera with two fixed lens. When you pressed the button to take a picture it exposed two frames of film at a time. On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Well, the adult industry has been leading/influencing computer, Internet, and audio-visual tech for years, so no surprise here. This website is pretty good: all things 3D discussed. I used it to determine which theatre near me was using the best 3D tech to show Avatar (turns out both were using Real 3D, which was great). And who knew there was all this You Tube 3D stuff going on? I may have to get some 3D glasses (the ones I absconded with from the theatre probably won't work) and start checking this out. Probably gonna have to use something other than my T42 laptop though :( *** http://3dvision-blog.com/stereosopic-3d-erotic-movie-to-be-directed-by-tinto-brass/#more-1351 You probably have heard the name Tinto Brass (Giovanni Brass) as he is quite popular Italian director of erotic movies, including the very controversial movie adaption of Gor Vidal’s Caligula from 1979 he directed. Tinto Brass’ name just got in the news because of him announcing plans to start working on a 3D erotic movie which can as well turn out to be a remake of the Caligula in 3D, but this time done right and not ruined by someone else. The project that Tinto Brass has already started working on is involving a Roman emperor so the story will be in that era, and the work on casting and the script should start immediately with plans to start the filming process in May or June. Now have in mind that Tinto Brass is talking about making a 3D erotic movie and not 3D porn (there is huge difference), because he believes that time is right for 3D technologies to be used to create such a production. As we all know well enough the adult industry is one of the key factor making some technologies the proffered ones and helping others die unsuccessfully and we are already seeing growing interest coming from it for producing 3D content. Previously there were some attempts to make stereoscopic 3D porn movies, but relying mostly on anaglyph technology which kind of ruins the whole experience. Now having quality not only in terms of script, acting and of course in the visuals is what is still lacking and Tinto Brass is supposed to provide all of these, or at leas the expectations from him in these areas are quite high. In the last few months there were some good examples of what can be done with the currently available 3D technologies, so it can be said that 2010 will also be interesting year for the adult industry going 3D too. If you’ve missed the interview with the founder of the adult oriented stereoscopic 3D website called Adult4D (18+) , you should check it out for some more interesting insights and information from Sir Thomas Graf de Porneau. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] 50 Most Racist Movies
Wild stuff. From this list, I'd put Soul Man as the most offensive. I've not been able to watch C. Thomas Howell or Rae Dawn Chong since the day this offensive thing was release. I ought to send it to a friend of man who went off on me just yesterday after a comment I made on Avatar. I said I loved Avatar for the visuals, action, and even the simplistic but important message, but was irritated by the white man/European fantasy of the imperialist not only Going Native, but surpassing the Natives in their own culture to become their savior. Interesting conversation. Like this list, but my only critique would be that the movies are in some ways too generic/mainstream. I guess they focused on fairly well known flicks of the last forty years or so, but I can think of a whole bunch they've left off that are way more offensive than, say Gremlins. Of course, I guess you can't take the list to any time before 1968 or so, 'cause *all* the damn movies were racist. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 2:08:39 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] 50 Most Racist Movies http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Most-Racist-Movies
Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song
RE: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life
I'm not a fan. To be fair, I wasn't sold on the premise or the promotions for it, so I never got around to watching. 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: ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:56:45 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L12I20100222 Any Past Life fans? The series was created by David Hudgins and inspired by the book The Reincarnationist, a crime thriller by M.J. Rose, whose main character, Josh Ryder, solves a 21st-century crime with memories and clues from his past life in ancient Rome. Although seven episodes were produced,the series was canceled after three episodes aired to declining ratings. The network announced plans to air the remaining episodes at some unspecified point later in the season. http://www.fox.com/pastlife/ _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/
Re: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life
I tried watching it the characters where corny and it felt like a really bad version of Medium. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L12I20100222 Any Past Life fans? The series was created by David Hudgins and inspired by the book The Reincarnationist, a crime thriller by M.J. Rose, whose main character, Josh Ryder, solves a 21st-century crime with memories and clues from his past life in ancient Rome. Although seven episodes were produced,the series was canceled after three episodes aired to declining ratings. The network announced plans to air the remaining episodes at some unspecified point later in the season. http://www.fox.com/pastlife/ -- 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
Re: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life
I actually watched the show. It was puzzling. People went to therapy and ended up talking to crime investigators who used the patients' past lives to solve cold cases. None of this made sense with any traditional understanding of criminal investigations, therapy, or reincarnation. It was a bit crazy. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L12I20100222 Any Past Life fans? The series was created by David Hudgins and inspired by the book The Reincarnationist, a crime thriller by M.J. Rose, whose main character, Josh Ryder, solves a 21st-century crime with memories and clues from his past life in ancient Rome. Although seven episodes were produced,the series was canceled after three episodes aired to declining ratings. The network announced plans to air the remaining episodes at some unspecified point later in the season. http://www.fox.com/pastlife/
Re: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life
I was a fan of the series in a past life. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com wrote: I'm not a fan. To be fair, I wasn't sold on the premise or the promotions for it, so I never got around to watching. *Aubrey Leatherwood *www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1400087918 * MySpacehttp://www.myspace.com/aubreymleatherwood 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? *Imperfection* http://www.lyricalpress.com/imperfection.html A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. *The People You Know, The Sex They Have*http://www.lyricalpress.com/the_people_you_know_the_sex_they_have.html 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: ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:56:45 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L12I20100222 Any Past Life fans? The series was created by David Hudgins and inspired by the book The Reincarnationist, a crime thriller by M.J. Rose, whose main character, Josh Ryder, solves a 21st-century crime with memories and clues from his past life in ancient Rome. Although seven episodes were produced,the series was canceled after three episodes aired to declining ratings. The network announced plans to air the remaining episodes at some unspecified point later in the season. http://www.fox.com/pastlife/ -- Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/ -- READ MY BLOG http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://stringtheory.podbean.com
RE: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life
ahahahahahahahahhha ok that one tickled my funny bone 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: clockwork...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:27:24 -0600 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life I was a fan of the series in a past life. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com wrote: I'm not a fan. To be fair, I wasn't sold on the premise or the promotions for it, so I never got around to watching. 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: ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:56:45 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L12I20100222 Any Past Life fans? The series was created by David Hudgins and inspired by the book The Reincarnationist, a crime thriller by M.J. Rose, whose main character, Josh Ryder, solves a 21st-century crime with memories and clues from his past life in ancient Rome. Although seven episodes were produced,the series was canceled after three episodes aired to declining ratings. The network announced plans to air the remaining episodes at some unspecified point later in the season. http://www.fox.com/pastlife/ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. -- READ MY BLOG http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://stringtheory.podbean.com _ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/
RE: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life
also, seriously, do past lives only go back fifty or sixty years? because what about people dealing with centuries or millenia old past life baggage??? 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: tlcurti...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:22:27 -0600 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life I actually watched the show. It was puzzling. People went to therapy and ended up talking to crime investigators who used the patients' past lives to solve cold cases. None of this made sense with any traditional understanding of criminal investigations, therapy, or reincarnation. It was a bit crazy. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L12I20100222 Any Past Life fans? The series was created by David Hudgins and inspired by the book The Reincarnationist, a crime thriller by M.J. Rose, whose main character, Josh Ryder, solves a 21st-century crime with memories and clues from his past life in ancient Rome. Although seven episodes were produced,the series was canceled after three episodes aired to declining ratings. The network announced plans to air the remaining episodes at some unspecified point later in the season. http://www.fox.com/pastlife/ _ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/
[scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
Agreed. I actually enjoyed watching Baddasss more than movie that inspired it. Although you can't go wrong with the EWF score from Sweetback. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song
RE: [scifinoir2] Anyone familiar with Felicia D. Henderson?
Didn't have the time to do so yesterday. Just did, and Is ee that she was a writer for Fringe and Gossip Girl. In my book, that's enough to keep me moving. No offense intended, but those aren't two of my must-watches. 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: brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:52:54 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone familiar with Felicia D. Henderson? Do a GOGGLE or imdb search? From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, February 21, 2010 3:13:57 PM Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Anyone familiar with Felicia D. Henderson? George, the name rings a bell, and little else. Even when I did read comics regularly, I only read a select few, and she wasn't in any of that number. Probably spied her name on a cover in passing. Why do you ask? 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: brotherfromhoward@ yahoo.com Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:16:37 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Anyone familiar with Felicia D. Henderson? First Black female writer at DC. Was a writer on Fringe. Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/
[scifinoir2] Fw: Brilliant
--- AM CBS NewsmanTips for Handling TelemarketersThree Little Words That Work !!(1)The three little words are:'Hold On, Please...'Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt.Then when you eventually hear the phone company's 'beep-beep-beep' tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.These three little wordswill helpeliminate telephone soliciting.(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end?This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a 'real' sales person to call back and get someone at home.What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your# button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possibleThis confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer !!!(3) Junk Mail Help:When you get 'ads' enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these 'ads' with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away.When you get those 'pre-approved' letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope.Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular 41 cents postage 'IF' and when they receive them back..It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was around 50 cents before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes.One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas.Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their blank application back!If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them.You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 41 cents.The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it...Twice!Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase postage costs again You get the idea !If enough people follow these tips, it will work I have been doing this for years, and I get very little junk mail anymore.THIS JUST MIGHT BE ONE E-MAIL THAT YOU WILL WANT TO FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS attachment: image001.jpg
RE: [scifinoir2] steampunk gadgets
Cool, but the toilet and vibrator were a bit too much. Admittedly necessary in any realm, but that's the liberal prude in me talking... _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/
RE: [scifinoir2] Does Tiger Woods owe you an apology flow chart
Tracy, THANK YOU. 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: tlcurti...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:22:39 -0600 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Does Tiger Woods owe you an apology flow chart I kept wondering who these people were who wanted him to take questions. What in the world do people think he should answer? Why has this become everybody's business and too many people's concern? On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.postbourgie.com/2010/02/19/does-tiger-woods-owe-you-an-apology/ Use this handy dandy flow chart to find out. Hope that cleared things up!~rave! _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/
RE: [scifinoir2] Rewrite 2: Heroes
Start out exactly the way the series started, ignore the Brainless Suits when they complained. I'd stretch things out a bit, put in more sidebars for each Hero, allow them to try heroing in some small form, feel out the scopes of their powers while maintaining the overall story arc. And leave Sylar as the Big Bad. And keep as many of the power players (i.e. Peter and Nathan's mother) out of the spotlight. 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: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:23:33 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Rewrite 2: Heroes If you had the power to go back in time and become an exec at NBC how would you write Heroes? -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ _ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/
RE: [scifinoir2] Giant Botnet steals data
Weirdly enough, I'm going with the Brits. If the Chinese owned it, then they'd already be wavign around our nuclear launch codes. If it were the Russkies, the same thing. If it had been the Mossad, then they would've used it to wipe out Iran. Don't know how the Germans would use it, really. 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: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:51:16 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Giant Botnet steals data Depends on who owns the bot. Is it the chinese? The russian mob? the Israelis? The germans? The brits? On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/02/18/20100218botnet-computer-virus.html SAN FRANCISCO - Security experts have found a network of 74,000 virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and government agencies. The unusual thing about the incident is not that it happened but that it was discovered, and it is a reminder of the dangers of having computers with sensitive data connected to the open Internet. More than 2,400 organizations, including financial institutions and energy companies and federal agencies, were infiltrated by the botnet, according to the NetWitness Corp. security firm, which discovered it. 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/ Individual Email | Traditional http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) scifinoir2-dig...@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/
Re: [scifinoir2] Giant Botnet steals data
I didn't mean governments. I meant hackers. Most of the problems that we have had with viruses etc. have been coming from those countries from anti-american hackers. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: Weirdly enough, I'm going with the Brits. If the Chinese owned it, then they'd already be wavign around our nuclear launch codes. If it were the Russkies, the same thing. If it had been the Mossad, then they would've used it to wipe out Iran. Don't know how the Germans would use it, really. 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: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:51:16 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Giant Botnet steals data Depends on who owns the bot. Is it the chinese? The russian mob? the Israelis? The germans? The brits? On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/02/18/20100218botnet-computer-virus.html SAN FRANCISCO - Security experts have found a network of 74,000 virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and government agencies. The unusual thing about the incident is not that it happened but that it was discovered, and it is a reminder of the dangers of having computers with sensitive data connected to the open Internet. More than 2,400 organizations, including financial institutions and energy companies and federal agencies, were infiltrated by the botnet, according to the NetWitness Corp. security firm, which discovered it. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- 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/
RE: [scifinoir2] topic: Rewrites
Mr Worf, as for the Temporal Cold War, they summed that up when Paramount took the show from the Killer Bs and gave it to Manny Coto. Basically, it came down to an unsatisfying Take out this one time platform and it's all over with. :P As for the V-word series, the less said the better. I quit on it when they trotted out Sex of Nine -- uh, Seven of Nine. That catsuit and heels told me that they wanted my head as a fan. (The OTHER one, that is.) 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: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:36:39 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] topic: Rewrites I defense of Voyager, I think Voyager had some interesting elements in it that were variations on other characters from other series such as a black Vulcan, a female captain, a rehabilitated Borg, a half Klingon/ half human, and a virtual life form. I think the problem with the show was that the show got bogged down in useless subplots. I thought it was interesting that there was a virtual copy of the entire crew that was exploring that part of the galaxy and no one knew about it until their death. Unfortunately, none of these elements made much use that there just wasn't a good enough motivation to watch the show. I think what would be an interesting plot for the mirror universe is that Section 7 sneaks over into the mirror universe and starts stealing technology. I would love to also see a more in depth look at federation wars. Also what happened with the temperal war that was going on in Enterprise? On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:41 AM, jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com wrote: I would change the ending to DS9. Leave ST:THG alone (ending that is). Continue 2 explore the mirror universe and the continuation of the founding of the Federation in Enterprise. And not even do that piece of crap Voyager. Fate. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:59:45 -0800To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: [scifinoir2] topic: Rewrites If you had the power to rewrite any of the Star trek series what would you do? -- 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/201469228/direct/01/
Re: [scifinoir2] Rewrite 2: Heroes
I think that one of the most interesting characters in the first season was Isaac. They should have kept him alive because his character added to the suspense. Also him having the crutch of using heroin was classic! On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: Start out exactly the way the series started, ignore the Brainless Suits when they complained. I'd stretch things out a bit, put in more sidebars for each Hero, allow them to try heroing in some small form, feel out the scopes of their powers while maintaining the overall story arc. And leave Sylar as the Big Bad. And keep as many of the power players (i.e. Peter and Nathan's mother) out of the spotlight. 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: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:23:33 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Rewrite 2: Heroes If you had the power to go back in time and become an exec at NBC how would you write Heroes? -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Fw: Brilliant
These are great tips. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com wrote: --- AM -- *CBS Newsman * * *[image: cid:1.490282034@web33506.mail.mud.yahoo.com] * Tips for Handling Telemarketers * Three Little Words That Work !! (1)The three little words are: *'Hold On, Please...' * Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt. Then when you eventually hear the phone company's 'beep-beep-beep' tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task. These three little words *will help* eliminate telephone soliciting.* (2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end? * This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone. This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a 'real' sales person to call back and get someone at home. What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your *# button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible* This confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer !!! * (3) Junk Mail Help:* When you get 'ads' enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these 'ads' with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away. When you get those 'pre-approved' letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope. Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular 41 cents postage 'IF' and when they receive them back.. It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was around 50 cents before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes. * One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas. * Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their blank application back! If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them. You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 41 cents. The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it...Twice! Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase postage costs again You get the idea ! If enough people follow these tips, it will work I have been doing this for years, and I get very little junk mail anymore. * THIS JUST MIGHT BE ONE E-MAIL THAT YOU WILL WANT TO FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS * -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ image001.jpg
RE: [scifinoir2] Giant Botnet steals data
Forgive me. I'm old-school, still think in terms of nations. Give it to the Russkies. They would see it as entrepreneurisn. (sp?) 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: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:06:49 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Giant Botnet steals data I didn't mean governments. I meant hackers. Most of the problems that we have had with viruses etc. have been coming from those countries from anti-american hackers. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: Weirdly enough, I'm going with the Brits. If the Chinese owned it, then they'd already be wavign around our nuclear launch codes. If it were the Russkies, the same thing. If it had been the Mossad, then they would've used it to wipe out Iran. Don't know how the Germans would use it, really. 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: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:51:16 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Giant Botnet steals data Depends on who owns the bot. Is it the chinese? The russian mob? the Israelis? The germans? The brits? On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/02/18/20100218botnet-computer-virus.html SAN FRANCISCO - Security experts have found a network of 74,000 virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and government agencies. The unusual thing about the incident is not that it happened but that it was discovered, and it is a reminder of the dangers of having computers with sensitive data connected to the open Internet. More than 2,400 organizations, including financial institutions and energy companies and federal agencies, were infiltrated by the botnet, according to the NetWitness Corp. security firm, which discovered it. 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/ Individual Email | Traditional http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) scifinoir2-dig...@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 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: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/
Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
Sweetback was first, Shaft was second. Both are some of the most important films in the black exploitation period. Sweetback originally had an X rating. Which was given to force it to be shown to an adult only audience. Van Peebles should get credit for not only making the first black rebel movie but also being the first modern indie director. (Michealluex was the first.) On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] topic: Rewrites
I have to agree with you on the seven of nine thing. It would have been funnier if she were named six of nine. :) I think that character's out fit will go down in history as the sexiest star fleet uniform ever. I think that they didn't want to get into the temporal war because it would have been too hard to explain. I don't think that any tv series has taken on the task to try to do time travel cause and effect in depth (except Heroes and the Xmen cartoon). On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, as for the Temporal Cold War, they summed that up when Paramount took the show from the Killer Bs and gave it to Manny Coto. Basically, it came down to an unsatisfying Take out this one time platform and it's all over with. :P As for the V-word series, the less said the better. I quit on it when they trotted out Sex of Nine -- uh, Seven of Nine. That catsuit and heels told me that they wanted my head as a fan. (The OTHER one, that is.) 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: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:36:39 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] topic: Rewrites I defense of Voyager, I think Voyager had some interesting elements in it that were variations on other characters from other series such as a black Vulcan, a female captain, a rehabilitated Borg, a half Klingon/ half human, and a virtual life form. I think the problem with the show was that the show got bogged down in useless subplots. I thought it was interesting that there was a virtual copy of the entire crew that was exploring that part of the galaxy and no one knew about it until their death. Unfortunately, none of these elements made much use that there just wasn't a good enough motivation to watch the show. I think what would be an interesting plot for the mirror universe is that Section 7 sneaks over into the mirror universe and starts stealing technology. I would love to also see a more in depth look at federation wars. Also what happened with the temperal war that was going on in Enterprise? On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:41 AM, jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com wrote: I would change the ending to DS9. Leave ST:THG alone (ending that is). Continue 2 explore the mirror universe and the continuation of the founding of the Federation in Enterprise. And not even do that piece of crap Voyager. Fate. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- *From: * Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com *Date: *Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:59:45 -0800 *To: *scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com *Subject: *[scifinoir2] topic: Rewrites If you had the power to rewrite any of the Star trek series what would you do? -- 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. Get it now.http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Giant Botnet steals data
The Russian mob has a lot of good hackers so that is a definite possibility. Some were in the KGB and others were straight out of the Russian equivalent of MIT. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: Forgive me. I'm old-school, still think in terms of nations. Give it to the Russkies. They would see it as entrepreneurisn. (sp?) 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: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:06:49 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Giant Botnet steals data I didn't mean governments. I meant hackers. Most of the problems that we have had with viruses etc. have been coming from those countries from anti-american hackers. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: Weirdly enough, I'm going with the Brits. If the Chinese owned it, then they'd already be wavign around our nuclear launch codes. If it were the Russkies, the same thing. If it had been the Mossad, then they would've used it to wipe out Iran. Don't know how the Germans would use it, really. 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: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:51:16 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Giant Botnet steals data Depends on who owns the bot. Is it the chinese? The russian mob? the Israelis? The germans? The brits? On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/02/18/20100218botnet-computer-virus.html SAN FRANCISCO - Security experts have found a network of 74,000 virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and government agencies. The unusual thing about the incident is not that it happened but that it was discovered, and it is a reminder of the dangers of having computers with sensitive data connected to the open Internet. More than 2,400 organizations, including financial institutions and energy companies and federal agencies, were infiltrated by the botnet, according to the NetWitness Corp. security firm, which discovered it. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- 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/ -- 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/
Re: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life
I get what the show was trying to do. I watched one episode last week. It was about two lovers that met in the 1950s. The father didn't want the girl dating this bad boy. One night the father caught the two of them in her room and defending the boy the girl struck her father in the head with a music box killing him. They stole his car and ended up going on a crime spree where they are both killed. They meet up again in the 70s and get killed by the police again. This time they meet in the 2000s and each of them don't know why they are attracted to each other but the past life thing kicks in and they steal a car and go on a crime spree. Part of the problem with the show is that there isn't a spookiness factor that is involved with the cases. Without that it just becomes a bad mystery that is similar to Cold Case / Ghost Whisperer / Medium except the cases are facilitated by a therapist into past life regression. Great for people that enjoy that topic, bad for people that are looking for more bang for their buck. I remember listening to an Art Bell interview with two doctors that specialized in past life regression that met at a medical convention. They started talking about their cases. One case that they brought up was about a guy that lived in NYC that dreamed about knives and his fear of them. Over the years they explored the root of cause of his dreams and discovered that in a past life he was an apprentice to a knife maker that was sexually abusing him, where he stabbed the knife maker in revenge. On the west coast was another person who was also afraid of knives. This person admitted that he was a knife maker and as they probed discovered that he had molested a little boy that was his apprentice and was stabbed. I don't know if that proves the existence of past lives but it is something to think about. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com wrote: also, seriously, do past lives only go back fifty or sixty years? because what about people dealing with centuries or millenia old past life baggage??? *Aubrey Leatherwood *www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1400087918 * MySpacehttp://www.myspace.com/aubreymleatherwood 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? *Imperfection* http://www.lyricalpress.com/imperfection.html A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. *The People You Know, The Sex They Have*http://www.lyricalpress.com/the_people_you_know_the_sex_they_have.html 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: tlcurti...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:22:27 -0600 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fox cancels Past Life I actually watched the show. It was puzzling. People went to therapy and ended up talking to crime investigators who used the patients' past lives to solve cold cases. None of this made sense with any traditional understanding of criminal investigations, therapy, or reincarnation. It was a bit crazy. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L12I20100222 Any Past Life fans? The series was created by David Hudgins and inspired by the book The Reincarnationist, a crime thriller by M.J. Rose, whose main character, Josh Ryder, solves a 21st-century crime with memories and clues from his past life in ancient Rome. Although seven episodes were produced,the series was canceled after three episodes aired to declining ratings. The network announced plans to air the remaining episodes at some unspecified point later in the season. http://www.fox.com/pastlife/ -- Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
I own Baddasss and rewatch it religiously. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song
Re: [scifinoir2] Stereosopic 3D Erotic Movie to be Directed by Tinto Brass
Yep, and all of the tech that led up to the internet. Plus shooting an editing movies on 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, and video. Surround sound, and enhanced DVDs are also something that was created and used by porn makers as well first. Without it we wouldn't have extras on our dvds. We should also thank the Weekly World News for influencing the creators of Photoshop. :) Evil's alien babies and Big foot Ufo sightings help create a technology. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Yeah, the adult industry helped decided the HD-DVD vs. BluRay battle. It helped improve things such as identity verification online, secure payment methods, streaming video technology, chat tech--you name it. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 12:42:05 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Stereosopic 3D Erotic Movie to be Directed by Tinto Brass The adult industry has been ahead of the curve for the last 20 years. They were the first to move to and standardize many technologies. There have been a several green screen adult movies that came out two years before Sincity was made. A lot of people have been making their own 3d cameras by using two identical cameras connected together. I owned a 3d still picture camera a few years back. It was basically an old Kodak camera with two fixed lens. When you pressed the button to take a picture it exposed two frames of film at a time. On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Well, the adult industry has been leading/influencing computer, Internet, and audio-visual tech for years, so no surprise here. This website is pretty good: all things 3D discussed. I used it to determine which theatre near me was using the best 3D tech to show Avatar (turns out both were using Real 3D, which was great). And who knew there was all this You Tube 3D stuff going on? I may have to get some 3D glasses (the ones I absconded with from the theatre probably won't work) and start checking this out. Probably gonna have to use something other than my T42 laptop though :( *** http://3dvision-blog.com/stereosopic-3d-erotic-movie-to-be-directed-by-tinto-brass/#more-1351 You probably have heard the name Tinto Brass (Giovanni Brass) as he is quite popular Italian director of erotic movies, including the very controversial movie adaption of Gor Vidal’s Caligula from 1979 he directed. Tinto Brass’ name just got in the news because of him announcing plans to start working on a 3D erotic movie which can as well turn out to be a remake of the Caligula in 3D, but this time done right and not ruined by someone else. The project that Tinto Brass has already started working on is involving a Roman emperor so the story will be in that era, and the work on casting and the script should start immediately with plans to start the filming process in May or June. Now have in mind that Tinto Brass is talking about making a 3D erotic movie and not 3D porn (there is huge difference), because he believes that time is right for 3D technologies to be used to create such a production. As we all know well enough the adult industry is one of the key factor making some technologies the proffered ones and helping others die unsuccessfully and we are already seeing growing interest coming from it for producing 3D content. Previously there were some attempts to make stereoscopic 3D porn movies, but relying mostly on anaglyph technology which kind of ruins the whole experience. Now having quality not only in terms of script, acting and of course in the visuals is what is still lacking and Tinto Brass is supposed to provide all of these, or at leas the expectations from him in these areas are quite high. In the last few months there were some good examples of what can be done with the currently available 3D technologies, so it can be said that 2010 will also be interesting year for the adult industry going 3D too. If you’ve missed the interview with the founder of the adult oriented stereoscopic 3D website called Adult4D (18+) http://3dvision-blog.com/go/adult4d/, you should check it out for some more interesting insights and information from Sir Thomas Graf de Porneau. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
I place Sweetback at number five in my fab five because, while seminal, it is the least watchable. In fact, as cinema, it is really a mess. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song
[scifinoir2] Man finds Pill in Burger King sandwich
http://www.news4jax.com/news/22585348/detail.html Man, I hate when this happens! ~(no)rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
It depends on how you look at the film. Do you look at it as a movie or do you look at the whole thing as an art piece? Like the editing, the camera work etc. could be counted as part of the collective aesthetic. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I place Sweetback at number five in my fab five because, while seminal, it is the least watchable. In fact, as cinema, it is really a mess. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Mov - Pando - Prince of Persia [1 Attachment]
** * *Plot: Set in medieval Persia, the story of an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. Which is why after the prince was tricked by a dying Vizier to unleash the Sands of Time that turns out to destroy a kingdom and transforms its populace into ferocious demons. In his effort to save his own kingdom and redeem his fatal mistake, it\'s up to the prince and the princess to return the sands to the hourglass by using the Dagger of Time, which also gives him a limited control over the flow of time. Director: Mike Newell Writers: Doug Miro (screenplay) %26 Carlo Bernard (screenplay) ... Release Date: 28 May 2010 (USA) more Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance more Tagline: Defy the Future Cast Jake Gyllenhaal ...Prince Dastan Gemma Arterton ...Tamina Ben Kingsley ...Nizam Alfred Molina ...Sheik Amar -- -- The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. - Carl Sagan -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
RE: [scifinoir2] Mov - Pando - Prince of Persia
I am so shamefully excited about this movie it's ridiculous. I've played all the games. I'm infatuated with the way Jake looks in all the trailers and promo plus the scenes I've caught glimpses of were bigger than life, the way I like my movies. It may disappoint, but I'm all over it. 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: pandoparad...@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:23:51 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Mov - Pando - Prince of Persia [1 Attachment] [Attachment(s) from Mr. Worf included below] Plot: Set in medieval Persia, the story of an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. Which is why after the prince was tricked by a dying Vizier to unleash the Sands of Time that turns out to destroy a kingdom and transforms its populace into ferocious demons. In his effort to save his own kingdom and redeem his fatal mistake, it\'s up to the prince and the princess to return the sands to the hourglass by using the Dagger of Time, which also gives him a limited control over the flow of time. Director: Mike Newell Writers: Doug Miro (screenplay) %26 Carlo Bernard (screenplay) ... Release Date: 28 May 2010 (USA) more Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance more Tagline: Defy the Future Cast Jake Gyllenhaal ...Prince Dastan Gemma Arterton ...Tamina Ben Kingsley ...Nizam Alfred Molina ...Sheik Amar -- The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. - Carl Sagan -- 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. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/
Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
That's my thinking as well. And wasn't Shaft originally supposed to be a white man? I do like that it was directed by incredibly talented photographer, the late Gordon Parks. I guess that Shaft may be more well known to the main than Sweetback. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 4:29:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time Sweetback was first, Shaft was second. Both are some of the most important films in the black exploitation period. Sweetback originally had an X rating. Which was given to force it to be shown to an adult only audience. Van Peebles should get credit for not only making the first black rebel movie but also being the first modern indie director. (Michealluex was the first.) On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
Really, really good movie. I knew Mario had directorial skills. Posse and New Jack City are shot with a sure hand: they both feel like real movies. But the way he handled the story of his father in Badass, and the way he was able to capture the look and feel of those times, not to mention starring as his own father while also being the director, is nothing short of impressive. I told every black person I could think of to watch that flick when it came out. Unfortunately I usually got blank stares, and queries as to the latest Will Smith or Halle Berry film. The fact that Badass didn't get nominated for any major awards is a crime and an indictment of the system that hands those things out... - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 4:57:35 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time I own Baddasss and rewatch it religiously. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song
Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
Yea I think that they were going to make it a white guy. The movie Bada explains more of the back story to the movie. I don't remember all of the details on it. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: That's my thinking as well. And wasn't Shaft originally supposed to be a white man? I do like that it was directed by incredibly talented photographer, the late Gordon Parks. I guess that Shaft may be more well known to the main than Sweetback. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 4:29:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time Sweetback was first, Shaft was second. Both are some of the most important films in the black exploitation period. Sweetback originally had an X rating. Which was given to force it to be shown to an adult only audience. Van Peebles should get credit for not only making the first black rebel movie but also being the first modern indie director. (Michealluex was the first.) On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
A lot of people don't know their history or African American film history. So it doesn't register as being important to them. Only the here and now and not the predecessors. Same thing for music. It never dawned on a lot of younger folks that the music in the background of their new favorite song had a life of its own. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Really, really good movie. I knew Mario had directorial skills. Posse and New Jack City are shot with a sure hand: they both feel like real movies. But the way he handled the story of his father in Badass, and the way he was able to capture the look and feel of those times, not to mention starring as his own father while also being the director, is nothing short of impressive. I told every black person I could think of to watch that flick when it came out. Unfortunately I usually got blank stares, and queries as to the latest Will Smith or Halle Berry film. The fact that Badass didn't get nominated for any major awards is a crime and an indictment of the system that hands those things out... - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 4:57:35 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time I own Baddasss and rewatch it religiously. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] 50 Most Racist Movies
I agree. I was pissed off when that movie came out. It also started quite a few arguments at school. I couldn't stand to look at Rae Dawn Chong after that. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Wild stuff. From this list, I'd put Soul Man as the most offensive. I've not been able to watch C. Thomas Howell or Rae Dawn Chong since the day this offensive thing was release. I ought to send it to a friend of man who went off on me just yesterday after a comment I made on Avatar. I said I loved Avatar for the visuals, action, and even the simplistic but important message, but was irritated by the white man/European fantasy of the imperialist not only Going Native, but surpassing the Natives in their own culture to become their savior. Interesting conversation. Like this list, but my only critique would be that the movies are in some ways too generic/mainstream. I guess they focused on fairly well known flicks of the last forty years or so, but I can think of a whole bunch they've left off that are way more offensive than, say Gremlins. Of course, I guess you can't take the list to any time before 1968 or so, 'cause *all* the damn movies were racist. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 2:08:39 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] 50 Most Racist Movies http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Most-Racist-Movies -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
Yeah, I find that a lot. When I talk to black folk about film, I usually find that most are victims of only knowing about the mainstream movies, TV and theatre, that get all the buzz. If it's got Denzel, Halle, Will Smith, or now Beyonce, they know about it. I usually trot out a handful of must-see's for them: Sankofa - moving tale of a woman whose spirit is sent back to slavery. First movie I ever saw where the slaves get to fight back! I am *stunned* how few black people have seen this wonderful movie Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored - nice little look at a pre-Civil Rights Southern town, starring the great actor Al Freeman, JR, and produced by Tim Reid and his wife Daphne To Sleep with Anger - Danny Glover as disruptive spirit in the home of his cousin and his family, great performances by all, especially former Law and Order actor Richard Brooks Killer of Sheep - gritty look at inner city life by To Sleep with Anger writer/director Charles Burnett. Eve's Bayou - almost mystical tale with great performances by up-and-coming actress Jurnee Smollet and Meagan Good. Overlooked because it had the misfortune to come out the same year as Soul Food, to which it was superior) Bada! - great way to know an hugely important part of black and American film history known by too few Brother from Another Planet - from master director John Sayles, an insightful movie, featuring one of Joe Morton's best performances--for all that he speaks not a word! Down on the Delta - Poet Maya Angelou directs a lovely tale of a family split between rural and big city members, and how simple it really is to heal the wounds and rifts. Nice acting by Wesley Snipes in a non action role. Passionfish - John Sayles shows that you don't have to make a black movie to have black actors that are real, fully fleshed out, and respectfully treated. Love Jones - Cool music, cool actors, Nia Long looking her best, and a fun, sexy love story. Always angers me this movie never shows up on anyone's list of best date movies... - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 7:09:57 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time A lot of people don't know their history or African American film history. So it doesn't register as being important to them. Only the here and now and not the predecessors. Same thing for music. It never dawned on a lot of younger folks that the music in the background of their new favorite song had a life of its own. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Really, really good movie. I knew Mario had directorial skills. Posse and New Jack City are shot with a sure hand: they both feel like real movies. But the way he handled the story of his father in Badass, and the way he was able to capture the look and feel of those times, not to mention starring as his own father while also being the director, is nothing short of impressive. I told every black person I could think of to watch that flick when it came out. Unfortunately I usually got blank stares, and queries as to the latest Will Smith or Halle Berry film. The fact that Badass didn't get nominated for any major awards is a crime and an indictment of the system that hands those things out... - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 4:57:35 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time I own Baddasss and rewatch it religiously. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
I think that when black people think of movies they list black comedies such as Coming to America or Fridays and not the dramas. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Yeah, I find that a lot. When I talk to black folk about film, I usually find that most are victims of only knowing about the mainstream movies, TV and theatre, that get all the buzz. If it's got Denzel, Halle, Will Smith, or now Beyonce, they know about it. I usually trot out a handful of must-see's for them: Sankofa - moving tale of a woman whose spirit is sent back to slavery. First movie I ever saw where the slaves get to fight back! I am *stunned* how few black people have seen this wonderful movie Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored - nice little look at a pre-Civil Rights Southern town, starring the great actor Al Freeman, JR, and produced by Tim Reid and his wife Daphne To Sleep with Anger - Danny Glover as disruptive spirit in the home of his cousin and his family, great performances by all, especially former Law and Order actor Richard Brooks Killer of Sheep - gritty look at inner city life by To Sleep with Anger writer/director Charles Burnett. Eve's Bayou - almost mystical tale with great performances by up-and-coming actress Jurnee Smollet and Meagan Good. Overlooked because it had the misfortune to come out the same year as Soul Food, to which it was superior) Bada! - great way to know an hugely important part of black and American film history known by too few Brother from Another Planet - from master director John Sayles, an insightful movie, featuring one of Joe Morton's best performances--for all that he speaks not a word! Down on the Delta - Poet Maya Angelou directs a lovely tale of a family split between rural and big city members, and how simple it really is to heal the wounds and rifts. Nice acting by Wesley Snipes in a non action role. Passionfish - John Sayles shows that you don't have to make a black movie to have black actors that are real, fully fleshed out, and respectfully treated. Love Jones - Cool music, cool actors, Nia Long looking her best, and a fun, sexy love story. Always angers me this movie never shows up on anyone's list of best date movies... - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 7:09:57 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time A lot of people don't know their history or African American film history. So it doesn't register as being important to them. Only the here and now and not the predecessors. Same thing for music. It never dawned on a lot of younger folks that the music in the background of their new favorite song had a life of its own. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Really, really good movie. I knew Mario had directorial skills. Posse and New Jack City are shot with a sure hand: they both feel like real movies. But the way he handled the story of his father in Badass, and the way he was able to capture the look and feel of those times, not to mention starring as his own father while also being the director, is nothing short of impressive. I told every black person I could think of to watch that flick when it came out. Unfortunately I usually got blank stares, and queries as to the latest Will Smith or Halle Berry film. The fact that Badass didn't get nominated for any major awards is a crime and an indictment of the system that hands those things out... - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 4:57:35 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time I own Baddasss and rewatch it religiously. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
And to be fair, it's not just black people. Most people just see what's marketed the most, what's in more theatres, what stars the most famous actors. it's just easier, i guess. Me, i tire of see the same actors, the same plots, the same directors' recognizable methods, so i seek out true indie, foreign, and low-budget fare. It appears a lot of people on this list do the same! Age-old question: Do blacks in general seek out comedies more than other ethnicities, or is that true across the board? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 7:51:01 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time I think that when black people think of movies they list black comedies such as Coming to America or Fridays and not the dramas. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Yeah, I find that a lot. When I talk to black folk about film, I usually find that most are victims of only knowing about the mainstream movies, TV and theatre, that get all the buzz. If it's got Denzel, Halle, Will Smith, or now Beyonce, they know about it. I usually trot out a handful of must-see's for them: Sankofa - moving tale of a woman whose spirit is sent back to slavery. First movie I ever saw where the slaves get to fight back! I am *stunned* how few black people have seen this wonderful movie Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored - nice little look at a pre-Civil Rights Southern town, starring the great actor Al Freeman, JR, and produced by Tim Reid and his wife Daphne To Sleep with Anger - Danny Glover as disruptive spirit in the home of his cousin and his family, great performances by all, especially former Law and Order actor Richard Brooks Killer of Sheep - gritty look at inner city life by To Sleep with Anger writer/director Charles Burnett. Eve's Bayou - almost mystical tale with great performances by up-and-coming actress Jurnee Smollet and Meagan Good. Overlooked because it had the misfortune to come out the same year as Soul Food, to which it was superior) Bada! - great way to know an hugely important part of black and American film history known by too few Brother from Another Planet - from master director John Sayles, an insightful movie, featuring one of Joe Morton's best performances--for all that he speaks not a word! Down on the Delta - Poet Maya Angelou directs a lovely tale of a family split between rural and big city members, and how simple it really is to heal the wounds and rifts. Nice acting by Wesley Snipes in a non action role. Passionfish - John Sayles shows that you don't have to make a black movie to have black actors that are real, fully fleshed out, and respectfully treated. Love Jones - Cool music, cool actors, Nia Long looking her best, and a fun, sexy love story. Always angers me this movie never shows up on anyone's list of best date movies... - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 7:09:57 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time A lot of people don't know their history or African American film history. So it doesn't register as being important to them. Only the here and now and not the predecessors. Same thing for music. It never dawned on a lot of younger folks that the music in the background of their new favorite song had a life of its own. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Really, really good movie. I knew Mario had directorial skills. Posse and New Jack City are shot with a sure hand: they both feel like real movies. But the way he handled the story of his father in Badass, and the way he was able to capture the look and feel of those times, not to mention starring as his own father while also being the director, is nothing short of impressive. I told every black person I could think of to watch that flick when it came out. Unfortunately I usually got blank stares, and queries as to the latest Will Smith or Halle Berry film. The fact that Badass didn't get nominated for any major awards is a crime and an indictment of the system that hands those things out... - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 4:57:35 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time I own Baddasss and rewatch it religiously. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more
[scifinoir2] Men of A Certain Age Marathon on TNT
TNT is currently airing several eps of Men of a Certain Age, with the first season finale showing at 10 pm EST. If you've never seen the show, I highly recommend it. And you don't have to be a middle-aged man seeing his hopes and dreams slowing slipping away to enjoy it (though it is uncomfortably familiar for some). It's just a well-written, well acted show that deals with people trying to find purpose and happiness in life. I'm *still* not used to seeing Andre Braugher--who ruled Homicide like a feral predator--act as a uncertain, slightly weak man who can't stand up to his dad. I'm also still impressed to see that Ray Romano does so well as both dramatic actor, and producer/writer/creator of this series. http://www.tnt.tv/series/menofacertainage/
[scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
I think Foxy Brown is the better movie of the two. Plus you have Antonio Fargas and Sid Haig chewing up the scenery in memorable roles. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song
[scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
According to Melvin Van Peebles, the original production was of a white detective story, but after the success of Sweet Sweetback's Baadas Song (1971), the original script was scrapped in favor of an adaptation of Ernest Tidyman's 1970 novel Shaft, which focused on an African-American detective. Tidyman, who was white, was an editor at The New York Times prior to becoming a novelist. He sold the movie rights to Shaft by showing the galley proofs to the studio (the novel had not yet been published). Tidyman was honored by the NAACP for his work on the Shaft movies and books. In 2000, Shaft was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: That's my thinking as well. And wasn't Shaft originally supposed to be a white man? I do like that it was directed by incredibly talented photographer, the late Gordon Parks. I guess that Shaft may be more well known to the main than Sweetback. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 4:29:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time Sweetback was first, Shaft was second. Both are some of the most important films in the black exploitation period. Sweetback originally had an X rating. Which was given to force it to be shown to an adult only audience. Van Peebles should get credit for not only making the first black rebel movie but also being the first modern indie director. (Michealluex was the first.) On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it made more money than Love Story) actually opened the way for other black films. Not sure if it leads or follows Shaft in release dates, though... And if you've never seen Baddasss, Mario's faithful biographical telling of his dad's struggle to make Sweetback, please do so. A really good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
For me, this is like arguing whether Godfather 1 or Godfather 2 is the better movie. Of course, Godfather 2 is a great, operatic movie but nothing compares with the visceral pulp impact of Godfather 1. I would argue the same regarding Coffy and Foxy Brown. Brown may be a better movie (I don't concede that) but nothing will ever compare with seeing Pam Grier twenty feet tall (and naked) for the first time. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, B Smith daikaij...@... wrote: I think Foxy Brown is the better movie of the two. Plus you have Antonio Fargas and Sid Haig chewing up the scenery in memorable roles. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Kelwyn ravenadal@ wrote: http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song
[scifinoir2] Black Folks We'd Like to Remove from Black History
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[scifinoir2] Koenig Says Son May Not Want to Be Found
Well, at least in the last day they've seemed to conclude he's likely still alive... ** http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/vancouver/2010-02-22-actor-koenig-missing_N.htm VANCOUVER — To the hundreds of joggers, bicyclists and strollers enjoying the sunshine in Stanley Park , the police on horseback could have passed as a small part of the $900 million security effort for the Winter Olympics. In fact, the mounted officers and dozens of other investigators dispatched throughout the city have an altogether different mission: they are part of a growing search for American actor Andrew Koenig, reported missing last Thursday. Koenig, 41, known for his role on the television series Growing Pains , was scheduled to return to his home in Venice, Calif., Feb. 16. But police Constable Tim Fanning said Koenig never boarded the airplane at Vancouver International Airport . Investigators believe Koenig still is in the Vancouver area where he once lived and doesn't want to be found, Fanning says. Fanning said friends and relatives said Koenig was feeling despondent before he went missing while visiting friends. Fanning said the actor's trip to Vancouver was not related to the Olympics. In a statement posted on his website, Walter Koenig , the missing man's father, said he received a troubling letter from his son Feb. 16. The father, also an actor, said he grew concerned about his son's welfare because of the letter's despondent tone. I think it's something that has been part of his makeup for a long time, the father said, adding that drugs were not involved. There is no episode (that triggered his depression). There is nothing of that nature. The last time the family heard from Koenig by phone was Feb. 9, according to the father's website. Koenig is best known for playing the role of Richard Boner Stabone on the former television series Growing Pains, which ran for seven years beginning in 1985. His father's website also describes him as a producer, director, writer, editor and photographer. Fanning said investigators have focused part of their search in Stanley Park, a vast swath of urban open space, where Koenig liked to walk and was last seen Feb. 14. Police have combed the more than 150 miles of trails in the park on horseback and on foot. They also have been monitoring activity on his credit card and cellphone. Fanning declined to comment on whether the card and phone were being used. But he said investigators believe Koenig is still in the Vancouver area. According to the father's website, Koenig's phone last received a text message Feb. 16. He also made a bank transaction on the same day. Fanning said police went public with their search Sunday, in part to solicit new information about the man's possible whereabouts. Even as the police department has deployed hundreds of its officers to the streets to deal with massive Olympic crowds, Fanning said the department would continue to dedicate personnel to the search. We will use as many as we think will be helpful, the constable said. Koenig is described as 5-feet-5 inches tall and 135 pounds, with long, brown shoulder-length hair. Fanning said family members were en route to Vancouver to assist police. Obviously, he does not want to be found, the constable said.
[scifinoir2] The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms available this week!
Apologies for the crosspost, folks; just trying to be efficient in my shameless self-promotion. =) I can has book! My first novel, THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, first of the Inheritance Trilogy, is officially available as of February 25th. It's actually available already in many bookstores and from Amazon, if you don't want to wait: http://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Thousand-Kingdoms-N-Jemisin/dp/0316043915 A saga of gods and mortals, power and love, death and revenge, THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS follows Yeine, a young woman who is an estranged member of the most powerful family in the world. At her mother's death, she's dragged back into the family politics, and must ally with the source of their power -- a quartet of enslaved gods -- to survive. Despite the shamelessness of this message, I'm actually not great at talking myself up, so I'll just refer you to my website (http://nkjemisin.com), where you can find: -A synopsis -Sample chapters -Some of the great reviews the book has been getting, including a starred review from Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal, and a Top Pick from Romantic times -Contests, interviews, and more! Please take a look-see, and spread the word! Nora (N. K. Jemisin) -- The gods, enslaved. A family with absolute power, absolutely corrupt. A young woman whose rage can save the world. THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, out now from Orbit Books! http://nkjemisin.com
Re: [scifinoir2] Black Folks We'd Like to Remove from Black History
This is a good list. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.theroot.com/multimedia/black-folks-wed-remove-black-history Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time
Here is one that didn't make the list. Wattstax. The making of this movie was timely and covered several topics that are still relevant. Most people have seen the music part of the film, and not the interviews which are golden. Richard Pryor, Ted Lange etc. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: For me, this is like arguing whether Godfather 1 or Godfather 2 is the better movie. Of course, Godfather 2 is a great, operatic movie but nothing compares with the visceral pulp impact of Godfather 1. I would argue the same regarding Coffy and Foxy Brown. Brown may be a better movie (I don't concede that) but nothing will ever compare with seeing Pam Grier twenty feet tall (and naked) for the first time. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, B Smith daikaij...@... wrote: I think Foxy Brown is the better movie of the two. Plus you have Antonio Fargas and Sid Haig chewing up the scenery in memorable roles. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Kelwyn ravenadal@ wrote: http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the debut of the most famous twos of the '70s. And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the Blaxploitation boom. My personal top five: 1)Shaft 2)Superfly 3)Coffy 4)The Mack 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms available this week!
ahar...@earthlink.net Can't wait to get my copy! Cheers! Amy I just adore this type of fantasy! Subject: [scifinoir2] The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms available this week! Apologies for the crosspost, folks; just trying to be efficient in my shameless self-promotion. =) I can has book! My first novel, THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, first of the Inheritance Trilogy, is officially available as of February 25th. It's actually available already in many bookstores and from Amazon, if you don't want to wait: http://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Thousand-Kingdoms-N-Jemisin/dp/0316043915 A saga of gods and mortals, power and love, death and revenge, THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS follows Yeine, a young woman who is an estranged member of the most powerful family in the world. At her mother's death, she's dragged back into the family politics, and must ally with the source of their power -- a quartet of enslaved gods -- to survive. Despite the shamelessness of this message, I'm actually not great at talking myself up, so I'll just refer you to my website (http://nkjemisin.com), where you can find: -A synopsis -Sample chapters -Some of the great reviews the book has been getting, including a starred review from Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal, and a Top Pick from Romantic times -Contests, interviews, and more! Please take a look-see, and spread the word! Nora (N. K. Jemisin) -- The gods, enslaved. A family with absolute power, absolutely corrupt. A young woman whose rage can save the world. THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, out now from Orbit Books! http://nkjemisin.com Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2703 - Release Date: 02/22/10 02:34:00
