Re: [scifinoir2] Movie Studio Finally Sees the Light On Rentals

[Mr. Worf]

I believe that they could make even more money if they beefed up their
rental library and offered opening day renting from home. (at a premium)

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

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>
> After reading that, Mr Worf, I'm reminded of that immortal scene from "The
> Blues Brothers", when Reverend Cleophus Jones asks Joliet Jake, "Have you
> seen the light?"
>
> In this case, it's "Have you seen the $$$?"
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
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>>
>> *"After months of conducting studies about the effects of delays on sales
>> of DVDs, 'Paramount Pictures has agreed to provide its movies to Redbox
>> on the same day they go on 
>> sale.'
>> A Paramount exec said, 'Those people who want to rent are going to figure
>> out ways to rent, and us restricting them from renting isn't going to turn
>> it into a purchase.' Gee, who would have thought of that?"* Reader
>> DisKurzion sends in news of another movie business experiment underway by an
>> Australian company called Distracted Media. They are raising funds for a
>> movie called *The Tunnel* by letting people invest in individual frames
>> for $1 
>> apiece.
>> When the movie is complete, it will be released for free on torrent sites.
>>
>> --
>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>> Mahogany at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>
> 
>



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Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] Who greenlighted "Jonah Hex"

[Martin Baxter]

Bosco, Fate, I'm running with both of you. Gonna try to squeeze in Hex
tomorrow, after I get my Corporate Fix.

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Sammie A  wrote:

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> Might be with you on this one Bos...love the comic and a really like
> westerns.
>
> Fate.
>
> --- On *Sun, 6/20/10, Bosco Bosco * wrote:
>
>
> From: Bosco Bosco 
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Who greenlighted "Jonah Hex"
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 8:30 PM
>
>
>
> It might be DOA and it might be pointless and terrible but I loved that
> comic as a kid and I plan to see this with my kid this week. A western with
> lots of explosions and retarded action plot line? Im in.
>
> --- On *Sun, 6/20/10, George Arterberry *wrote:
>
>
> From: George Arterberry 
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Who greenlighted "Jonah Hex"
> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
>
> Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 6:55 AM
>
>
>
>
>
> Anyone with half a brain knew this was DOA , Megan Fox or not.
>
>
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Clearwire launches new 4G modems, supports Apple laptops

[Martin Baxter]

All of the reasons you listed are why I'm jumping the fence, Mr Worf. And
I'm not big on buying hardware.

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

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>
> The only problem that I know of is that the drivers are always available
> for mac. So you are a little limited in the hardware that you can buy, but
> that is it.
>
> The hardest thing from switching from a pc to mac is getting used to using
> a one button mouse. The good thing is that you can use a regular mouse if
> you want. Also some of the software works a little differently as well.
>
> Macs are cool and they can be a lot less frustrating than pcs.
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
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>>
>>
>> Mr Worf, this is just what the doctor ordered for me. I've been looking to
>> change over to an Macbok Pro, but my provider's told me that I might have
>> trouble with the conversion (don't know if that's real or just a snow job by
>> Apple-haters, because Apple says that isn't the case. Still, I'm keeping
>> this for a closer look. Thank you!
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Clearwire launches new 4G modems, supports Apple laptops
>>>
>>> By Larry Dignan | June 17, 2010, 5:39am PDT
>>>   Summary
>>>
>>> Clearwire on rolled out three new 4G modems, including one to support
>>> Apple laptops.
>>>   Topics
>>>  4G , Clearwire 
>>> Corp.,
>>> Apple Inc. , Laptop 
>>> Computer,
>>> 3G Coverage , 
>>> Modems,
>>> 3G , Cellular 
>>> Phones,
>>> Wireless And Mobility,
>>> Hardware , 
>>> Components,
>>> Consumer Electronics ,
>>> Personal Technology , Larry
>>> Dignan  more +
>>>  Learn More 
>>> »
>>>
>>>Clearwire on Thursday rolled out three new 4G modems, including one
>>> to support Apple laptops.
>>>
>>> Clearwire has been expanding into new cities as it builds out its cities.
>>> The plan for Clearwire is to be able to reach 120 million people by the end
>>> of the year. Meanwhile, Clearwire has responded to AT&T’s move to cap data
>>> plans by promising that its service will remain all you can eat.
>>>
>>> Among the new devices:
>>>
>>>- Clear Spot 4G serves as a Wi-Fi/Mi-Fi hotspot and can connect
>>>multiple devices to the 4G networks. This modem is manufactured by 
>>> Infomark
>>>and will run you $99.99 or $4.99 for a monthly lease.
>>>- Clear Spot 4G+ also acts as a mobile hotspot, but can toggle
>>>between 3G and 4G services when out of the 4G coverage area. The 3G 
>>> coverage
>>>is provided by Clearwire partner Sprint. This modem, made by Sierra
>>>Wireless, is available for $224.99 or $5.99 a month on a lease.
>>>- Clear 4G+ and Mobile USB modem (right) is a dual-mode device that
>>>supports the MacBook and MacBook Pro as well as PCs. The modem, also 
>>> made by
>>>Sierra Wireless, can connect up to five Wi-Fi devices and will run you
>>>$114.99 or $5.99 a month on a lease. This modem will support Mac OS X as
>>>well as Windows XP, Vista and 7. All Clearwire markets will be available
>>>July 1.
>>>
>>> *Related:* Clearwire’s future: LTE, wholesale and cash 
>>> worries
>>>
>>>- Clearwire: We’ll have more than 2 million subscribers this 
>>> year
>>>- Sprint, Clearwire rev 4G: What’s the shelf life for 
>>> WiMax?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>>> Mahogany at:
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
>> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogan

Re: [scifinoir2] WEIRD RESTAURANT

[Martin Baxter]

Now that does seem like an experience worth the ducats.

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> “Hospitalis“. It is a must-see place if you like gore things. The restaurant
> looks like a medicine cabinet, while you are treated as a patient and taken
> good care by the long-legged waitresses in nurses uniforms. The food is
> served in flasks and operating-room’s dishes and isn’t that cheap (7 and
> more lats per meal), but this is a bizarre experience that is worth breaking
> the bank. Besides, the place is owned by local doctors, but unfortunately,
> the president of Latvia, who is also a doctor, declined his appearance at
> the opening once he realized how weird this place actually is.
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> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] "Leverage" Kicks off New Season Tonight!

[Martin Baxter]

Can't sort the move out either, Keith, unless TNT figures that the lineup
they're fielding is so strong that they can get away with it. And, as I'm
just realizing that I'm a day late on this and was watching "Life With
Father" when this was on, I'm off to the website...

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> Well, hell, this caught me off guard. When did they decide to move
> "Leverage" to Sunday nights--and why?? By the way, one of tonight's eps is
> directed by Johnathan Frakes. I listened to a long interview with him
> recently on a podcast called "Slice of ScFi". (
> http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/06/05/slice-of-scifi-268/  )
> Frakes stays busy directing for TV when not doing movies. He's directed eps
> of "Leverage", "Burn Notice", "Warehouse 13", and the show I've been
> trumpeting, "The Good Guys".
>
> ***
>
> http://www.tnt.tv/series/leverage/episodeguide.jsp?seasonId=58938&episodeId=58939
> The Jailhouse Job  Sunday, June 20, at 9/8c
> In order to save the life of an innocent inmate, Nate must bring down the
> corrupt warden of the Super-Max prison where he’s currently incarcerated and
> escape… whether he wants to or not. Elisabetta Canalis and Edwin Hodge
> (brother of LEVERAGE star Aldus Hodge) guest-star.
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

[scifinoir2] 28 Pairs of Weird Shoes

[Mr. Worf]

http://www.urlesque.com/2010/06/17/28-pairs-of-weird-shoes/?sms_ss=email
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[image: weird 
shoes]We
need shoes to do pretty much anything outdoors, but the fashion industry has
turned them from a necessary, functional item of clothing into a work of...
Something entirely different. Some may call it art, but some of these crazy
creations are just plain silly. If they can't be worn, at least they're fun
to look at. Here are 28 pairs of weird shoes.

 Horses everywhere are rolling their eyes.


 
If you love your CDs to skip constantly, these are perfect.


 
INCOMING!!


 
The spikes on the front look like really gnarly toenails.


 
Pieces to a Puzzle


 
Gun Safety Completely Ignored



You can just go barefoot for free.



Lift Weights While You Walk



These seem to be the most practical so far.


 
All Metal? Ouch!


 
Shoes of the Future


 
Our Calculations: Very Uncomfortable



Swimming Made Easy, Walking in Sand Made Impossible


 
Feet Tied into the Position They're Normally Rendered into by High Heels --
Pretty Clever


 
Business Casual?


 
These are uncomfortable just to look at.


 
Do they make you run really fast?


 
Finding the Right Size Must Be a Real Drag


 
Chia Shoes


 
The Stinky Transformer


 
Anyone with these had better warn their guests.


 
These probably don't work the way they look like they should.


 
So Fly



Bringing Something to the BBQ


 
Han Cholo


 
Monopoly Sneakers



Cork Sandals


 
Bikini Sandals
 


-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] WEIRD RESTAURANT

[Mr. Worf]

Did you see the post that I did about the prison restaurant and the ninja
one? The ninja restaurant has a large blow up ninja scaling down the wall
outside, and when you walk in, a waterfall parts as if it is a secret
entrance.

The prison restaurant chains everyone together then they lock you in your
cell and chain you to the table.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:21 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

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> Now that does seem like an experience worth the ducats.
>
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>> “Hospitalis“. It is a must-see place if you like gore things. The restaurant
>> looks like a medicine cabinet, while you are treated as a patient and taken
>> good care by the long-legged waitresses in nurses uniforms. The food is
>> served in flasks and operating-room’s dishes and isn’t that cheap (7 and
>> more lats per meal), but this is a bizarre experience that is worth breaking
>> the bank. Besides, the place is owned by local doctors, but unfortunately,
>> the president of Latvia, who is also a doctor, declined his appearance at
>> the opening once he realized how weird this place actually is.
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>> --
>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>> Mahogany at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>
> 
>



-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

[scifinoir2] In California, license plates might go electronic

[Mr. Worf]

This has the makings of a bad scifi movie backdrop.

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15338527




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Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

[scifinoir2] Countries with the Most Millionaires

[Mr. Worf]

Countries with the Most Millionaires
by Venessa Wong
Sunday, June 20, 2010provided by[image:
BusinessWeek]

As the financial markets rebounded in 2009 and developing markets continued
to grow, lost wealth around the world returned. Despite the volatile global
economy, many households gained or regained millionaire status last year,
according to a new report by the Boston Consulting Group. The study finds
global wealth increased 11.5 percent in 2009, to $111.5 trillion, just short
of 2007 levels. When measuring assets under management -- cash deposits,
money market funds, listed securities, and onshore and offshore assets, but
not wealth attributed to investors' own businesses, residences, or luxury
goods -- the U.S. continued to lead with more than 4.7 million "millionaire
households," followed by Japan and China.
*More from BusinessWeek.com :*

• Countries with the Most Millionaires 2010


• Most Expensive Homes in America's Biggest Cities


• Most Expensive Summer Homes 2010


Singapore, a country with a population of about 5.1 million, had the
greatest concentration of millionaire households: 11.4 percent of the
country's total. Wealth may have returned to precrisis levels last year, but
confidence has not yet. BCG expects global wealth to grow an average 6
percent annually through 2014, led by robust economies in the Asia-Pacific,
but Peter Damisch, a BCG partner and a co-author of the report, says people
are still hesitant about investing. Many moved assets from private banks to
state-guaranteed retail banks and are still waiting for either new
opportunities or new confidence to reinvest, says Damisch.



* 1. United States*
 [image: Biz1.jpg]
Bloomberg News

*2009 Population:* 306.8 million*

*2009 number of millionaire households:* 4,715,000**
*Percentage increase:* 15.1 percent YOY**
*Share of country's wealth held by millionaire households:* 56 percent**

Even though the U.S. real estate market remained weak, the stock market
rebound helped boost the number of millionaire households 15.1 percent in
2009. The U.S. had the most millionaires by far, leading second-in-line
Japan by 3,485,000 households.

Millionaires represented a fraction of the U.S. population last year but
held 56 percent of its wealth, according to Boston Consulting Group.

* Source on all slides: Population Reference Bureau
** Source on all slides: Boston Consulting Group. The year on year change in
number of millionaire households was calculated using a constant exchange
rate; BCG used yearend 2009 exchange rates to calculate the number of
millionaire households in both 2008 and 2009.



*2. Japan*

*Population:* 127.6 million

*2009 number of millionaire households:* 1,230,000
*Percentage increase:* 5.9 percent YOY
*Share of country's wealth held by millionaire households:* 21 percent

The number of millionaire households in Japan grew by a 5.9 percent in 2009.
Although No. 3 on the list China tightened the gap with a 30.7 percent
increase, Japan still outpaced its developing neighbor by 560,000
households.



*3. China*
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Bloomberg News

*Population:* 1,331.4 million

*2009 number of millionaire households:* 670,000
*Percentage increase:* 30.7 percent YOY
*Share of country's wealth held by millionaire households:* 50 percent

While developed countries struggled through the recession, China's economy
continued to boom, with gross domestic product growing 8.7 percent last
year. The surge of commercial activity has created a growing nouveau riche
population in China that includes entrepreneurs and investors, although they
still represent a tiny fraction of the total population.

Seeing opportunities in the growing wealthy demographic, luxury retailers
have set up operations in major cities, and high-end real estate is drawing
interest -- for example, a $30 million house reportedly sold in Shanghai.



*4. United Kingdom*

*Population:* 61.8 million

*2009 number of millionaire households:* 485,000
*Percentage increase:* 11.5 percent YOY
*Share of country's wealth held by millionaire households:* 23 percent

As the financial markets improved, the millionaire population is rebounding
in the U.K. Their numbers fell by more than half in the recession, according
to a 2009 BBC report. The British Chambers of Commerce said the economy was
showing signs of leaving recession in 2009, and gross domestic product
ticked up 0.3 percent in this year's first quarter over the previous
quarter.



*5. Germany*
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Bloomberg News

*Population:* 82 million

*2009 number of millionaire households:* 430,000
*Percentage increase:* 23.1 percent YOY
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Re: [scifinoir2] WEIRD RESTAURANT

[Mr. Worf]

Here is a in depth look at the Ninja restaurant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZeQNelpUmg

This is the one in Japan:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/bg-3016089/tokyo_ninja_restaurant/

Alcatraz restaurant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdjWOVLMYMw
Its a prison theme

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

> Did you see the post that I did about the prison restaurant and the ninja
> one? The ninja restaurant has a large blow up ninja scaling down the wall
> outside, and when you walk in, a waterfall parts as if it is a secret
> entrance.
>
> The prison restaurant chains everyone together then they lock you in your
> cell and chain you to the table.
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:21 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
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>> Now that does seem like an experience worth the ducats.
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>> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
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>>>A unique, weird restaurant has opened in Riga, Latvia named
>>> “Hospitalis“. It is a must-see place if you like gore things. The restaurant
>>> looks like a medicine cabinet, while you are treated as a patient and taken
>>> good care by the long-legged waitresses in nurses uniforms. The food is
>>> served in flasks and operating-room’s dishes and isn’t that cheap (7 and
>>> more lats per meal), but this is a bizarre experience that is worth breaking
>>> the bank. Besides, the place is owned by local doctors, but unfortunately,
>>> the president of Latvia, who is also a doctor, declined his appearance at
>>> the opening once he realized how weird this place actually is.
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>>> --
>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>>> Mahogany at:
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
>> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
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>
>
> --
> 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] DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive

[Mr. Worf]

DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive

  Analysis by David
Teeghman 
Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:52 AM ET
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Our world has no shortage of mysteries: Where did life begin? Who killed
JFK? Will the BP oil
spillever
end? Why is Ozzy
Osbourne  still alive? For this last conundrum, at
least, we may have an answer.

Researchers at the genome sequencing company Knome ,
based in Massachusetts, are mapping the heavy metal singer's entire genome
to get to the bottom of why rock and roll's self-proclaimed Prince of
Darkness is still kicking and screaming despite decades of relentless drug
and alcohol  abuse.

Genome sequencing is an exhaustive process that ultimately determines the
order of the 3 billion chemical building blocks -- the bases abbreviated as
A, T, C, and G -- that make up the DNA of a person's 23 different pairs of
chromosomes.

The first full genome took 13 years to be sequenced and was finished in
2003. Today, analyzing a genome takes about three months and costs around
$40,000.
Researchers hope there is some key to Ozzy's longevity in his DNA. It's no
secret that Ozzy has abused an astounding number of drugs. This Science
Channel reportsays
Ozzy has described himself as a "modern miracle."

The hallowed history books of rock and roll are littered with rock stars who
died of drug overdose, from Janis Joplin to Jimi Hendrix. But through it
all, Ozzy's health has been remarkably unscathed.

Nathan Pearson, the director of research at Knome, tells the Sunday Times of
London, “Sequencing and analysing individuals with extreme medical histories
provides the greatest potential scientific value,” said Nathan Pearson,
director of research at Knome."

As if to rub it in your face, he is about to begin writing a *health advice
column *for the Sunday Times of London. One piece of advice that you can
expect from this column, "to a mother for putting her young son off
cigarettes, including: “Throw some [cigarette] ash on his cornflakes.”

By no means is Ozzy the only rock star who's been able to survive decades of
substance abuse. Researchers still have so much to learn from Keith Richards
and David Bowie!


-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

[scifinoir2] Movie Review – Thirst

[Mr. Worf]

Movie Review – Thirst

Thirst is a dark and complicated tragic love story, and horror movie that
takes you through several mood swings throughout the film. In the beginning
of the film, we find our main character Sang-hyun (Played by Kang-ho Song)
who is a priest that seems to be yearning to give more of himself in his
duty. He volunteers at the local hospital, as well as takes confession, but
this is not enough for him. He heard of a program in Africa that was seeking
out volunteers to be test subjects for a sickness called “Emmanuel Disease.”
When someone is infected with the disease, they begin to grow legions all
over their body and into their nose and windpipe. Soon they expel blood and
die soon after. Although this was incredibly dangerous, Sang-hyeon decided
to sign up knowing that god will heal him. He signs up for the testing and
soon after he contracts a lethal dose of the disease.  Sang dies and by a
miracle he comes back to life.

Word of the miracle spreads across the world, and when he comes home to S.
Korea, he finds a large group of people wanting him to pray for them. Sang
begins to realize that he is a changed man and his faith is no longer as
strong as it used to be. Upon visiting an old neighbor, he meets a young
woman named Tae-ju (Played by Ok-bin Kim) who is in a somewhat abusive
relationship with the neighbor’s son, an ill-mannered dimwit.  The neighbor
is also abusive toward the young lady and they both treat her as a servant,
by having her sit at a child’s table, and waiting on them hand and foot
during the evenings. During the day, she works at the neighbor’s kimono
shop.

Sang begins dropping by once a week to play Mahjong with the neighbor and
several of her friends. A retired police officer and man with a subservient
Filipino wife. While on his mahjong visits, Sang’s sympathy for Tae-ju
begins to grow, and soon he finds himself attracted to her. She is also
becoming attracted to him, but there is a catch. Sang is changing…

The special effects in this movie take wirework to a new high (pardon my
pun). There is a wonderful scene where Sang shows Tae-ju some of his
newfound abilities by leaping from rooftop to rooftop holding her in his
arms like superman. The camera follows them both with each leap taking us
along for the ride. Simply beautiful. There are more cool scenes sprinkled
throughout the movie that I refuse to spoil here. However, I love how the
director took something superhuman and made it look natural.

The screenplay was co-written and directed by Chan-woo Park who has captured
the number 3 spot on my all time favorite writer/directors list. If you are
not familiar with his work, I suggest renting Old boy, Sympathy for Mr.
Vengeance, and Lady Vengeance.  Every film that Chan-woo Park makes has a
dark edge to it that reminds you what good filmmaking is all about.

Pros: Cool story, dark story that takes a twist on a familiar theme spins it
into a different direction. Great special effects.

Cons: Subtitles but most of the good stuff has them.

4 out of 5 stars

Rated R


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[scifinoir2] The Sorcerer's apprentice

[Mr. Worf]

Just caught a trailer for it on tv. This isn't the story related to Mickey
Mouse.

Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1346832153/



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Re: [scifinoir2] The Sorcerer's apprentice

[Omari Confer]

That is what they claimed.

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Just caught a trailer for it on tv. This isn't the story related to Mickey
> Mouse.
>
> Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1346832153/
>
>
>
> --
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> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
> 
>



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[scifinoir2] Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[ravenadal]

http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/

What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, who 
will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that audiences 
flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, loved. Given 
that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of the 2 hour and 20 
minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who hides his sadness 
behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least — a magnetic and 
affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that Jaden Smith's presence 
on screen had a little something to do with the movie's success. Yet Smith's 
rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters (including a number of comment 
boards on ew.com, like the one on my review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. 
This 11-year-old really has the haters foaming.

[scifinoir2] Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

[Kelwyn]

Jaden Smith's "The Karate Kid" wasn't supposed to score a huge $55.7 million 
opening (and $112 million in two weeks).

It is done so by defying conventional Hollywood wisdom.  Amazingly, it has an 
almost entirely nonwhite cast.  This something "The Prince of Persia" and "The 
Last Airbender" were too timid to try.

~rave!

Re: [scifinoir2] Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

[Omari Confer]

Its also a remake...with Will Smith's kidand the most prolific action
star on the planetslam dunk.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
> Jaden Smith's "The Karate Kid" wasn't supposed to score a huge $55.7
> million opening (and $112 million in two weeks).
>
> It is done so by defying conventional Hollywood wisdom. Amazingly, it has
> an almost entirely nonwhite cast. This something "The Prince of Persia" and
> "The Last Airbender" were too timid to try.
>
> ~rave!
>
> 
>



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Re: [scifinoir2] Who greenlighted "Jonah Hex"

[Omari Confer]

The idea is genius. The execution is the issue.

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 6:55 AM, George Arterberry <
brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
>
>
> Anyone with half a brain knew this was DOA , Megan Fox or not.
>
>  
>



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Re: [scifinoir2] Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

[Adrianne Brennan]

I'm always iffy on remakes and in my mind, no one can possibly replace Pat
Morita. I mean, I grew UP with Daniel-san; that movie is a classic 80s
flick.

But the ire from others and good reviews from here has made me want to go
see the movie. Think I will this coming weekend.


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On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:

> Jaden Smith's "The Karate Kid" wasn't supposed to score a huge $55.7
> million opening (and $112 million in two weeks).
>
> It is done so by defying conventional Hollywood wisdom.  Amazingly, it has
> an almost entirely nonwhite cast.  This something "The Prince of Persia" and
> "The Last Airbender" were too timid to try.
>
> ~rave!
>
>
>
> 
>
> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at
>
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> Groups Links
>
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>
>

[scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

[Kelwyn]

Nothing in Hollywood is a slam dunk.  Before hand everybody was picking "The 
A-team," another remake, as the "slam dunk."  Further, conventional wisdom is 
that a major movie must be helmed by a white person.  Lastly, what does Will 
Smith's track record have to do with his son?  Hollywood dominance is not 
hereditary.

~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer  wrote:
>
> Its also a remake...with Will Smith's kidand the most prolific action
> star on the planetslam dunk.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Jaden Smith's "The Karate Kid" wasn't supposed to score a huge $55.7
> > million opening (and $112 million in two weeks).
> >
> > It is done so by defying conventional Hollywood wisdom. Amazingly, it has
> > an almost entirely nonwhite cast. This something "The Prince of Persia" and
> > "The Last Airbender" were too timid to try.
> >
> > ~rave!
> >
> > 
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> READ MY BLOG
> http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com
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>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

[Daryle Lockhart]

...just ask the Eastwoods.

Another thing to factor in is that  Will's son's LAST picture was a  
remake, and was horrible. This film succeeded, as much  as nobody   
wants to admit it, BECAUSE of Jaden Smith. And I love me some Jackie  
Chan.  But Jaden made this character work!



On Jun 21, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Kelwyn wrote:

Nothing in Hollywood is a slam dunk. Before hand everybody was  
picking "The A-team," another remake, as the "slam dunk." Further,  
conventional wisdom is that a major movie must be helmed by a white  
person. Lastly, what does Will Smith's track record have to do with  
his son? Hollywood dominance is not hereditary.


~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer   
wrote:

>
> Its also a remake...with Will Smith's kidand the most  
prolific action

> star on the planetslam dunk.
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Jaden Smith's "The Karate Kid" wasn't supposed to score a huge  
$55.7

> > million opening (and $112 million in two weeks).
> >
> > It is done so by defying conventional Hollywood wisdom.  
Amazingly, it has
> > an almost entirely nonwhite cast. This something "The Prince of  
Persia" and

> > "The Last Airbender" were too timid to try.
> >
> > ~rave!
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> READ MY BLOG
> http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com
> STRING THEORY
> http://stringtheory.podbean.com
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[Daryle Lockhart]

It's not Jaden.  It's his parents. The world hates his parents  but  
worship money  too much to say it to their faces.


Generation X and early Y are under-achievers.  We coin phrases like  
"underwhelm". Will and Jada  do what they  say they're gonna do.  
Collectively,  we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be  
hatred towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops.


What has amazed me is the amount  of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We  
keep hating on young  people who are doing  good work, and we wonder  
why  the majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers.




On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote:


http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/

What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young  
actor, who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The  
Karate Kid that audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from  
all available evidence, loved. Given that Smith is front and center  
in more or less every frame of the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and  
given that his performance, as a kid who hides his sadness behind a  
mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least — a magnetic and  
affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that Jaden  
Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the  
movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many  
quarters (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the  
one on my review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year- 
old really has the haters foaming.

Re: [scifinoir2] The Sorcerer's apprentice

[Martin Baxter]

Mr Worf, that didn't hurt nearly as much as I expected, considering who the
star is. I might not catch it in the theater, but I'd definitely pick up the
TV.

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Just caught a trailer for it on tv. This isn't the story related to Mickey
> Mouse.
>
> Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1346832153/
>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>  
>



-- 
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wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Movie Review – Thirst

[Martin Baxter]

Mr Worf, I meant to catch that when it was on last week. I'm eyes-open for
it, even with the knowledge that wirework (normally a huge turn-OFF for me
in a movie) will be there. And I don't have to catch the movies you
recommended afterward. Part of my collection, I can say with pride.

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Movie Review – Thirst
>
> Thirst is a dark and complicated tragic love story, and horror movie that
> takes you through several mood swings throughout the film. In the beginning
> of the film, we find our main character Sang-hyun (Played by Kang-ho Song)
> who is a priest that seems to be yearning to give more of himself in his
> duty. He volunteers at the local hospital, as well as takes confession, but
> this is not enough for him. He heard of a program in Africa that was seeking
> out volunteers to be test subjects for a sickness called “Emmanuel Disease.”
> When someone is infected with the disease, they begin to grow legions all
> over their body and into their nose and windpipe. Soon they expel blood and
> die soon after. Although this was incredibly dangerous, Sang-hyeon decided
> to sign up knowing that god will heal him. He signs up for the testing and
> soon after he contracts a lethal dose of the disease.  Sang dies and by a
> miracle he comes back to life.
>
> Word of the miracle spreads across the world, and when he comes home to S.
> Korea, he finds a large group of people wanting him to pray for them. Sang
> begins to realize that he is a changed man and his faith is no longer as
> strong as it used to be. Upon visiting an old neighbor, he meets a young
> woman named Tae-ju (Played by Ok-bin Kim) who is in a somewhat abusive
> relationship with the neighbor’s son, an ill-mannered dimwit.  The
> neighbor is also abusive toward the young lady and they both treat her as a
> servant, by having her sit at a child’s table, and waiting on them hand and
> foot during the evenings. During the day, she works at the neighbor’s kimono
> shop.
>
> Sang begins dropping by once a week to play Mahjong with the neighbor and
> several of her friends. A retired police officer and man with a subservient
> Filipino wife. While on his mahjong visits, Sang’s sympathy for Tae-ju
> begins to grow, and soon he finds himself attracted to her. She is also
> becoming attracted to him, but there is a catch. Sang is changing…
>
> The special effects in this movie take wirework to a new high (pardon my
> pun). There is a wonderful scene where Sang shows Tae-ju some of his
> newfound abilities by leaping from rooftop to rooftop holding her in his
> arms like superman. The camera follows them both with each leap taking us
> along for the ride. Simply beautiful. There are more cool scenes sprinkled
> throughout the movie that I refuse to spoil here. However, I love how the
> director took something superhuman and made it look natural.
>
> The screenplay was co-written and directed by Chan-woo Park who has
> captured the number 3 spot on my all time favorite writer/directors list. If
> you are not familiar with his work, I suggest renting Old boy, Sympathy for
> Mr. Vengeance, and Lady Vengeance.  Every film that Chan-woo Park makes
> has a dark edge to it that reminds you what good filmmaking is all about.
>
> Pros: Cool story, dark story that takes a twist on a familiar theme spins
> it into a different direction. Great special effects.
>
> Cons: Subtitles but most of the good stuff has them.
>
> 4 out of 5 stars
>
> Rated R
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>  
>



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wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive

[Martin Baxter]

Because he's the Prince of Darkness, Mr Worf. " 'Nuff said," to quote Stan
the Man. I've come to wonder only what *will* manage to take him out.
Reminds me of Daniel Craig's character in "Layer Cake". The Underworld
couldn't knock him off, a bunch of kill-crazy Serbs couldn't get him...
ended up being a jealous boyfriend.

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive
> 
>   Analysis by David
> Teeghman 
> Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:52 AM ET
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> Ozzy-650x600]
> Our world has no shortage of mysteries: Where did life begin? Who killed
> JFK? Will the BP oil 
> spillever
>  end? Why is Ozzy
> Osbourne  still alive? For this last conundrum, at
> least, we may have an answer.
>
> Researchers at the genome sequencing company Knome ,
> based in Massachusetts, are mapping the heavy metal singer's entire genome
> to get to the bottom of why rock and roll's self-proclaimed Prince of
> Darkness is still kicking and screaming despite decades of relentless drug
> and alcohol  abuse.
>
> Genome sequencing is an exhaustive process that ultimately determines the
> order of the 3 billion chemical building blocks -- the bases abbreviated as
> A, T, C, and G -- that make up the DNA of a person's 23 different pairs of
> chromosomes.
>
> The first full genome took 13 years to be sequenced and was finished in
> 2003. Today, analyzing a genome takes about three months and costs around
> $40,000.
> Researchers hope there is some key to Ozzy's longevity in his DNA. It's no
> secret that Ozzy has abused an astounding number of drugs. This Science
> Channel 
> reportsays Ozzy 
> has described himself as a "modern miracle."
>
> The hallowed history books of rock and roll are littered with rock stars
> who died of drug overdose, from Janis Joplin to Jimi Hendrix. But through it
> all, Ozzy's health has been remarkably unscathed.
>
> Nathan Pearson, the director of research at Knome, tells the Sunday Times
> of London, “Sequencing and analysing individuals with extreme medical
> histories provides the greatest potential scientific value,” said Nathan
> Pearson, director of research at Knome."
>
> As if to rub it in your face, he is about to begin writing a *health
> advice column *for the Sunday Times of London. One piece of advice that
> you can expect from this column, "to a mother for putting her young son off
> cigarettes, including: “Throw some [cigarette] ash on his cornflakes.”
>
> By no means is Ozzy the only rock star who's been able to survive decades
> of substance abuse. Researchers still have so much to learn from Keith
> Richards and David Bowie!
>
>
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

[Omari Confer]

The daughter of Clint went out of her way to not use her dads repand has
gotten her nowhere. The foundation of hollywood is in the genes man. Ask the
Baldwins...the Barrymores, The Arquettes, the Copalas...etc




On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Daryle Lockhart  wrote:

>
>
> ...just ask the Eastwoods.
>
> Another thing to factor in is that  Will's son's LAST picture was a remake,
> and was horrible. This film succeeded, as much  as nobody  wants to admit
> it, BECAUSE of Jaden Smith. And I love me some Jackie Chan.  But Jaden made
> this character work!
>
>
>  On Jun 21, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Kelwyn wrote:
>
>
>
> Nothing in Hollywood is a slam dunk. Before hand everybody was picking "The
> A-team," another remake, as the "slam dunk." Further, conventional wisdom is
> that a major movie must be helmed by a white person. Lastly, what does Will
> Smith's track record have to do with his son? Hollywood dominance is not
> hereditary.
>
> ~rave!
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Omari
> Confer  wrote:
> >
> > Its also a remake...with Will Smith's kidand the most prolific action
> > star on the planetslam dunk.
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jaden Smith's "The Karate Kid" wasn't supposed to score a huge $55.7
> > > million opening (and $112 million in two weeks).
> > >
> > > It is done so by defying conventional Hollywood wisdom. Amazingly, it
> has
> > > an almost entirely nonwhite cast. This something "The Prince of Persia"
> and
> > > "The Last Airbender" were too timid to try.
> > >
> > > ~rave!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > READ MY BLOG
> > http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com
> > STRING THEORY
> > http://stringtheory.podbean.com
> >
>
>
>  
>



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Re: [scifinoir2] In California, license plates might go electronic

[Martin Baxter]

And, Mr Worf, I can alreadys ee to downside to this.

Within a year, some smart kid will have figured out how to hack e-plates.
And, for a small fee (certainly less than the cost of an actual e-plate),
it'll be for sale on darkboards everywhere, just like the new ATM e-hack kit
I heard about on the news this weekend..

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> This has the makings of a bad scifi movie backdrop.
>
> http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15338527
>
>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>  
>



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wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[Amy Harlib]

ahar...@earthlink.net
I'm really looking forward to seeing this film.  I liked the trailers and I 
love Jackie Chan.  I hate the title.  The story has nothing to do with Karate 
which is a Japanese thing.
It is about kung-fu and China!  This film's title insults billions of Chinese 
people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell tickets by 
exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too stupid to 
tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu?
All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh?  Typical Hollywood willful 
ignorance.  They could have correctly and accurately called this film Kung-Fu 
Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many tickets I bet!

I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else.

Amy





It's not Jaden.  It's his parents. The world hates his parents  but worship 
money  too much to say it to their faces.  


Generation X and early Y are under-achievers.  We coin phrases like 
"underwhelm". Will and Jada  do what they  say they're gonna do. Collectively,  
we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred towards BOTH kids. 
Wait till Willow's album drops.



What has amazed me is the amount  of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep hating 
on young  people who are doing  good work, and we wonder why  the majority of 
young people wanna stay under-achievers. 






On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote:



  http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/

  What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, who 
will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that audiences 
flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, loved. Given 
that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of the 2 hour and 20 
minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who hides his sadness 
behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least — a magnetic and 
affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that Jaden Smith's presence 
on screen had a little something to do with the movie's success. Yet Smith's 
rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters (including a number of comment 
boards on ew.com, like the one on my review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. 
This 11-year-old really has the haters foaming.

Re: [scifinoir2] 28 Pairs of Weird Shoes

[Martin Baxter]

Demented souls roam this globe, to have developed those...

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> http://www.urlesque.com/2010/06/17/28-pairs-of-weird-shoes/?sms_ss=email
> 28 Pairs of Weird Shoes
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> Comments
>
> [image: weird 
> shoes]We
> need shoes to do pretty much anything outdoors, but the fashion industry has
> turned them from a necessary, functional item of clothing into a work of...
> Something entirely different. Some may call it art, but some of these crazy
> creations are just plain silly. If they can't be worn, at least they're fun
> to look at. Here are 28 pairs of weird shoes.
>
>  Horses everywhere are rolling their eyes.
>
>
>  
> If you love your CDs to skip constantly, these are perfect.
>
>
>  
> INCOMING!!
>
>
>  
> The spikes on the front look like really gnarly toenails.
>
>
>  
> Pieces to a Puzzle
>
>
>  
> Gun Safety Completely Ignored
>
>
> 
> You can just go barefoot for free.
>
>
> 
> Lift Weights While You Walk
>
>
> 
> These seem to be the most practical so far.
>
>
>  
> All Metal? Ouch!
>
>
>  
> Shoes of the Future
>
>
>  
> Our Calculations: Very Uncomfortable
>
>
> 
> Swimming Made Easy, Walking in Sand Made Impossible
>
>
>  
> Feet Tied into the Position They're Normally Rendered into by High Heels --
> Pretty Clever
>
>
>  
> Business Casual?
>
>
>  
> These are uncomfortable just to look at.
>
>
>  
> Do they make you run really fast?
>
>
> 
> Finding the Right Size Must Be a Real Drag
>
>
>  
> Chia Shoes
>
>
>  
> The Stinky Transformer
>
>
>  
> Anyone with these had better warn their guests.
>
>
>  
> These probably don't work the way they look like they should.
>
>
>  
> So Fly
>
>
> 
> Bringing Something to the BBQ
>
>
>  
> Han Cholo
>
>
>  
> Monopoly Sneakers
>
>
> 

[scifinoir2] Re: Asking for Movie Suggestions

[Keith Johnson]

Not a suggestion? Anyone watching any movies at the theatre? Recently I've seen 
"Kings of the Evening", which was nice, and plan to see a 
little-known-but-well-praised foreign flick, "The Secret in Their Eyes". It's 
way off the summer-blockbuster path... 

- Original Message - 
From: "Keith Johnson"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 6:35:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Asking for Movie Suggestions 




Any recommendations on which of the big summer movies are worth seeing? 

Have any of you seen Prince of Persia, Robin Hood, A-Team, Karate Kid, Splice, 
Killers, Shrek, Get Him to the Greek 



With the summer "blockbuster" season here, we're inundated with all the 
next-big-things at the box office: all the CGI- and action-heavy movies. 
Typically I start to burn out after a while, as so many of them nowadays seem 
to be mediocre films based mostly on explosions, fights, and FX. "Iron Man 2" 
was okay, but a bit of a disappointment. I need to watch the money I spend at 
the cinema, so don't want to plop down my six bucks for something that I can 
wait for on DVD. And there are some indie films like "Mother and Child" and 
"Kings of the Evening" that I'd rather see, since they actually rely on plots 
and good acting. 

Re: [scifinoir2] Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[Adrianne Brennan]

This was the defining reason I've heard elsewhere for not liking the movie.



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Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon
Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath
The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m):
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html


On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Amy Harlib  wrote:

>
>
>
> ahar...@earthlink.net
>  I'm really looking forward to seeing this film.  I liked the trailers and
> I love Jackie Chan.  I hate the title.  The story has nothing to do with
> Karate which is a Japanese thing.
> It is about kung-fu and China!  This film's title insults billions of
> Chinese people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell
> tickets by exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too
> stupid to tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu?
> All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh?  Typical Hollywood willful
> ignorance.  They could have correctly and accurately called this film
> Kung-Fu Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many tickets I
> bet!
>
> I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else.
>
> Amy
>
>
> It's not Jaden.  It's his parents. The world hates his parents  but worship
> money  too much to say it to their faces.
>
> Generation X and early Y are under-achievers.  We coin phrases like
> "underwhelm". Will and Jada  do what they  say they're gonna do.
> Collectively,  we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred
> towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops.
>
> What has amazed me is the amount  of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep
> hating on young  people who are doing  good work, and we wonder why  the
> majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers.
>
>
>
>  On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote:
>
>
>
> http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/
>
> What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor,
> who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that
> audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence,
> loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of
> the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who
> hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least
> — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that
> Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the
> movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters
> (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my
> review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the
> haters foaming.
>
>
>
>
> 
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[Omari Confer]

Cant go wrong with jackie chan.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Adrianne Brennan <
adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> This was the defining reason I've heard elsewhere for not liking the movie.
>
>
>
>
> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com
> Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon
> Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath
> The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m):
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Amy Harlib  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> ahar...@earthlink.net
>>  I'm really looking forward to seeing this film.  I liked the trailers
>> and I love Jackie Chan.  I hate the title.  The story has nothing to do with
>> Karate which is a Japanese thing.
>> It is about kung-fu and China!  This film's title insults billions of
>> Chinese people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell
>> tickets by exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too
>> stupid to tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu?
>> All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh?  Typical Hollywood willful
>> ignorance.  They could have correctly and accurately called this film
>> Kung-Fu Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many tickets I
>> bet!
>>
>> I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else.
>>
>> Amy
>>
>>
>> It's not Jaden.  It's his parents. The world hates his parents  but
>> worship money  too much to say it to their faces.
>>
>> Generation X and early Y are under-achievers.  We coin phrases like
>> "underwhelm". Will and Jada  do what they  say they're gonna do.
>> Collectively,  we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred
>> towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops.
>>
>> What has amazed me is the amount  of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep
>> hating on young  people who are doing  good work, and we wonder why  the
>> majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers.
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/
>>
>> What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor,
>> who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that
>> audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence,
>> loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of
>> the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who
>> hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least
>> — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that
>> Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the
>> movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters
>> (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my
>> review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the
>> haters foaming.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>  
>



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Re: [scifinoir2] Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[L Freeman]

I hated the idea too. But, damn, the execution was amazing. This is a GREAT 
movie. 

--- On Mon, 6/21/10, Adrianne Brennan  wrote:

From: Adrianne Brennan 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, June 21, 2010, 10:44 AM







 



  



  
  
  This was the defining reason I've heard elsewhere for not liking the 
movie.


~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adrianne brennan.com


Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ 
books.html# darkmoon
Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adrianne 
brennan.com/ books.html# the_oath


The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adrianne 
brennan.com/ dawnoftheseraphs .html



On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Amy Harlib  wrote:





























 
ahar...@earthlink. net

I'm really looking forward to 
seeing this film.  I liked the trailers and I love Jackie Chan.  I 
hate the title.  The story has nothing to do with Karate which is a 
Japanese thing.
It is about kung-fu and 
China!  This film's title insults billions of Chinese people all over 
the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell tickets by exploiting the Karate 
Kid franchise that they think folks are too stupid to tell the difference 
between Karate and Kung-fu?
All those slanty-eyed Asians are 
all alike, eh?  Typical Hollywood willful ignorance.  They could have 
correctly and accurately called this film Kung-Fu Kid and with Jackie Chan's 
name on it, sold just as many tickets I bet!
 
I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if 
nothing else.
 
Amy
 

It's 
not Jaden.  It's his parents. The world hates his parents  but worship 
money  too much to say it to their faces.  


Generation X and early Y are under-achievers.  We coin phrases like 
"underwhelm". Will and Jada  do what they  say they're gonna do. 
Collectively,  we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred 
towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops.



What has amazed me is the amount  of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We 
keep hating on young  people who are doing  good work, and we wonder 
why  the majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers. 







On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote:

  
  
  http://movie- critics.ew. com/2010/ 06/18/why- the-hatred- for-jaden- smith/

What 
  is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, who will 
  turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that audiences 
  flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, loved. Given 
  that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of the 2 hour and 
  20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who hides his 
  sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least — a 
magnetic 
  and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that Jaden Smith's 
  presence on screen had a little something to do with the movie's success. Yet 
  Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters (including a number 
of 
  comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my review), with bitter, gnashing 
  resentment. This 11-year-old really has the haters foaming.



























 





 



  






  

[scifinoir2] Re: Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[Kelwyn]

In this instance the filmmakers have crossed their "t"s and dotted their "i"s.  
The film is known as "The Kung Fu Kid" internationally and "Best Kid" in Japan.

~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Amy Harlib"  wrote:
>
> 
> ahar...@...
> I'm really looking forward to seeing this film.  I liked the trailers and I 
> love Jackie Chan.  I hate the title.  The story has nothing to do with Karate 
> which is a Japanese thing.
> It is about kung-fu and China!  This film's title insults billions of Chinese 
> people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell tickets by 
> exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too stupid to 
> tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu?
> All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh?  Typical Hollywood willful 
> ignorance.  They could have correctly and accurately called this film Kung-Fu 
> Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many tickets I bet!
> 
> I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else.
> 
> Amy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> It's not Jaden.  It's his parents. The world hates his parents  but worship 
> money  too much to say it to their faces.  
> 
> 
> Generation X and early Y are under-achievers.  We coin phrases like 
> "underwhelm". Will and Jada  do what they  say they're gonna do. 
> Collectively,  we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred 
> towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops.
> 
> 
> 
> What has amazed me is the amount  of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep 
> hating on young  people who are doing  good work, and we wonder why  the 
> majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>   http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/
> 
>   What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, 
> who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that 
> audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, 
> loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of 
> the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who 
> hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least — 
> a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that Jaden 
> Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the movie's 
> success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters 
> (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my review), 
> with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the haters 
> foaming.
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[Daryle Lockhart]

Additionally, the reason they  switched back to Karate Kid title in  
the US was because of the story.  He originally knew Karate and had  
no hope of winning  with that  style. Jackie's character trains him  
in Kung Fu.


On Jun 21, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Kelwyn wrote:

In this instance the filmmakers have crossed their "t"s and dotted  
their "i"s. The film is known as "The Kung Fu Kid" internationally  
and "Best Kid" in Japan.


~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Amy Harlib"  wrote:
>
>
> ahar...@...
> I'm really looking forward to seeing this film. I liked the  
trailers and I love Jackie Chan. I hate the title. The story has  
nothing to do with Karate which is a Japanese thing.
> It is about kung-fu and China! This film's title insults billions  
of Chinese people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to  
sell tickets by exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think  
folks are too stupid to tell the difference between Karate and Kung- 
fu?
> All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh? Typical Hollywood  
willful ignorance. They could have correctly and accurately called  
this film Kung-Fu Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just  
as many tickets I bet!

>
> I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else.
>
> Amy
>
>
>
>
>
> It's not Jaden. It's his parents. The world hates his parents but  
worship money too much to say it to their faces.

>
>
> Generation X and early Y are under-achievers. We coin phrases  
like "underwhelm". Will and Jada do what they say they're gonna do.  
Collectively, we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be  
hatred towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops.

>
>
>
> What has amazed me is the amount of BLACK hatred towards Jaden.  
We keep hating on young people who are doing good work, and we  
wonder why the majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers.

>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote:
>
>
>
> http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden- 
smith/

>
> What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming  
young actor, who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of  
The Karate Kid that audiences flocked to beyond expectation and,  
from all available evidence, loved. Given that Smith is front and  
center in more or less every frame of the 2 hour and 20 minute  
movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who hides his  
sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least —  
a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree  
that Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do  
with the movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far  
too many quarters (including a number of comment boards on ew.com,  
like the one on my review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This  
11-year-old really has the haters foaming.

>

[scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

[Kelwyn]

Michael Douglass is the only second generation star to come anywhere near his 
father's Hollywood success/stardom (I am talking first line stars here - which 
would preclude any Martin Sheen/Charlie Sheen discussions) and Kirk Douglass 
remains higher in the Hollywood firmament than Michael - it may even be argued 
that Kirk made more money when adjusted for inflation.  It is highly unlikely 
that Jaden earning capacity will ever approach Will's.
 
~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer  wrote:
>
> The daughter of Clint went out of her way to not use her dads repand has
> gotten her nowhere. The foundation of hollywood is in the genes man. Ask the
> Baldwins...the Barrymores, The Arquettes, the Copalas...etc
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Daryle Lockhart  > wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > ...just ask the Eastwoods.
> >
> > Another thing to factor in is that  Will's son's LAST picture was a remake,
> > and was horrible. This film succeeded, as much  as nobody  wants to admit
> > it, BECAUSE of Jaden Smith. And I love me some Jackie Chan.  But Jaden made
> > this character work!
> >
> >
> >  On Jun 21, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Kelwyn wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Nothing in Hollywood is a slam dunk. Before hand everybody was picking "The
> > A-team," another remake, as the "slam dunk." Further, conventional wisdom is
> > that a major movie must be helmed by a white person. Lastly, what does Will
> > Smith's track record have to do with his son? Hollywood dominance is not
> > hereditary.
> >
> > ~rave!
> >
> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Omari
> > Confer  wrote:
> > >
> > > Its also a remake...with Will Smith's kidand the most prolific action
> > > star on the planetslam dunk.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jaden Smith's "The Karate Kid" wasn't supposed to score a huge $55.7
> > > > million opening (and $112 million in two weeks).
> > > >
> > > > It is done so by defying conventional Hollywood wisdom. Amazingly, it
> > has
> > > > an almost entirely nonwhite cast. This something "The Prince of Persia"
> > and
> > > > "The Last Airbender" were too timid to try.
> > > >
> > > > ~rave!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > READ MY BLOG
> > > http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com
> > > STRING THEORY
> > > http://stringtheory.podbean.com
> > >
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
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>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[Tracy Curtis]

After reading through a few of the comments on the original article, I was
struck by how many people seem to say specifically that they like Will
Smith, but dislike Jada Pinkett-Smith and dislike the kid because he looks
like her.  Actually, they won't name her.  They just call her "his mother."
That seems scary, but somehow typical.

Jaden, in the Letterman interview, says that the name is a nod to the
producer of the original film because of the help, and stamp of approval he
gave them.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
> In this instance the filmmakers have crossed their "t"s and dotted their
> "i"s. The film is known as "The Kung Fu Kid" internationally and "Best Kid"
> in Japan.
>
> ~rave!
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "Amy
> Harlib"  wrote:
> >
> >
> > ahar...@...
> > I'm really looking forward to seeing this film. I liked the trailers and
> I love Jackie Chan. I hate the title. The story has nothing to do with
> Karate which is a Japanese thing.
> > It is about kung-fu and China! This film's title insults billions of
> Chinese people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell
> tickets by exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too
> stupid to tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu?
> > All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh? Typical Hollywood willful
> ignorance. They could have correctly and accurately called this film Kung-Fu
> Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many tickets I bet!
> >
> > I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else.
> >
> > Amy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > It's not Jaden. It's his parents. The world hates his parents but worship
> money too much to say it to their faces.
> >
> >
> > Generation X and early Y are under-achievers. We coin phrases like
> "underwhelm". Will and Jada do what they say they're gonna do. Collectively,
> we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred towards BOTH kids.
> Wait till Willow's album drops.
> >
> >
> >
> > What has amazed me is the amount of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep
> hating on young people who are doing good work, and we wonder why the
> majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/
> >
> > What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor,
> who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that
> audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence,
> loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of
> the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who
> hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least
> — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that
> Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the
> movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters
> (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my
> review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the
> haters foaming.
> >
>
>  
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[Tracy Curtis]

After reading through a few of the comments on the original article, I was
struck by how many people seem to say specifically that they like Will
Smith, but dislike Jada Pinkett-Smith and dislike the kid because he looks
like her.  Actually, they won't name her.  They just call her "his mother."
That seems scary, but somehow typical.

Jaden, in the Letterman interview, says that the name is a nod to the
producer of the original film because of the help, and stamp of approval he
gave them.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
> In this instance the filmmakers have crossed their "t"s and dotted their
> "i"s. The film is known as "The Kung Fu Kid" internationally and "Best Kid"
> in Japan.
>
> ~rave!
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "Amy
> Harlib"  wrote:
> >
> >
> > ahar...@...
> > I'm really looking forward to seeing this film. I liked the trailers and
> I love Jackie Chan. I hate the title. The story has nothing to do with
> Karate which is a Japanese thing.
> > It is about kung-fu and China! This film's title insults billions of
> Chinese people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell
> tickets by exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too
> stupid to tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu?
> > All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh? Typical Hollywood willful
> ignorance. They could have correctly and accurately called this film Kung-Fu
> Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many tickets I bet!
> >
> > I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else.
> >
> > Amy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > It's not Jaden. It's his parents. The world hates his parents but worship
> money too much to say it to their faces.
> >
> >
> > Generation X and early Y are under-achievers. We coin phrases like
> "underwhelm". Will and Jada do what they say they're gonna do. Collectively,
> we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred towards BOTH kids.
> Wait till Willow's album drops.
> >
> >
> >
> > What has amazed me is the amount of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep
> hating on young people who are doing good work, and we wonder why the
> majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/
> >
> > What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor,
> who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that
> audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence,
> loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of
> the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who
> hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least
> — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that
> Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the
> movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters
> (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my
> review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the
> haters foaming.
> >
>
>  
>

[scifinoir2] CBS enters India TV market with Reliance

[Kelwyn]

(Deal was signed on June 20, 2010)

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73327710-6cdf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html

CBS eyes India TV foray with Reliance

By Joe Leahy in Mumbai

Published: May 31 2010 21:12 | Last updated: May 31 2010 21:12

Reliance Media World, controlled by Indian industrialist Anil Ambani, is in 
talks to form a television joint venture with CBS Broadcasting of the US in 
what would be the latest foray by a US network into India.

CBS was one of "a number of groups" Reliance was in talks with about the plan 
to roll out a group of channels for Indian pay television, a Reliance 
spokesperson said, declining to give details.

The partnership would give CBS access to one of the fastest growing emerging 
media and entertainment markets.

India has the second-biggest number of cable viewing households after China at 
more than 80m.

This, together with India's relatively liberal foreign ownership and content 
regimes has made it the most important market in Asia for many media groups.

Indian television generated Rs257bn ($5.5bn) in revenue last year and clocked a 
compound annual growth rate of 12 per cent between 2006 and 2009, according to 
a report by KPMG, the consultancy.

CBS could bring its hit television sitcoms to India in competition with the 
existing local ventures of US-based networks, including News Corp, Time Warner, 
Viacom and Walt Disney.

[scifinoir2] Re: The Machine Girl

[Kelwyn]

I gifted myself with a black wii console this Father's Day weekend, hooked 
everything up, inserted my Netflix wii disk and watched "The Machine Girl" on 
my 42 inch flat screen televison. It is everything Mr. Worf said and a bag of 
chips!  The "Power Rangers with splatter" segments were giddily awesome and I 
love me some girl power bonding with machine guns and power saws!

~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf"  wrote:
>
> The Machine Girl (aka Kataude Mashin Garu) is about a young woman (Played by
> the very cute Minase Yashiro wearing the traditional school uniform.)
> seeking revenge for the death of her brother and his friend that was
> bullied then murdered by the son of a Yakuza chief. In her solo attempt to
> seek revenge she loses an half of an arm in the process. After gaining the
> friendship of the father of her brother's friend he builds her a prosthetic
> arm that is an eight barrel machine gun to help her fight the Yakuza and
> NINJAS!
> 
> This movie is splatteriffic! There are multiple blood splatter scenes that
> are so over the top that they are laughable. (If you have seen any of the
> Lone Wolf and Cub movies you know what I mean by that.) Other scenes are so
> gory that they are almost cartoony with violence. Somehow you find yourself
> routing for her anyway. The movie was made by the Nikkatsu film (and Tokyo
> Shock) company in Japan who are famous for their Pinky Violence (basically
> bad girls taking revenge) and Roman Porno movies in the 1960s-80s. Great
> action, although not totally believable, but who cares? Its fun! Check it
> out!
> 
> They have an English dubbed version of the movie so that helps out a lot
> with the action.
> 
> Rated R
> 
> 3 stars for creative gore.
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[Adrianne Brennan]

+1 Informative.


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On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

> In this instance the filmmakers have crossed their "t"s and dotted their
> "i"s.  The film is known as "The Kung Fu Kid" internationally and "Best Kid"
> in Japan.
>
> ~rave!
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Amy Harlib"  wrote:
> >
> >
> > ahar...@...
> > I'm really looking forward to seeing this film.  I liked the trailers and
> I love Jackie Chan.  I hate the title.  The story has nothing to do with
> Karate which is a Japanese thing.
> > It is about kung-fu and China!  This film's title insults billions of
> Chinese people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell
> tickets by exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too
> stupid to tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu?
> > All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh?  Typical Hollywood
> willful ignorance.  They could have correctly and accurately called this
> film Kung-Fu Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many
> tickets I bet!
> >
> > I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else.
> >
> > Amy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > It's not Jaden.  It's his parents. The world hates his parents  but
> worship money  too much to say it to their faces.
> >
> >
> > Generation X and early Y are under-achievers.  We coin phrases like
> "underwhelm". Will and Jada  do what they  say they're gonna do.
> Collectively,  we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred
> towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops.
> >
> >
> >
> > What has amazed me is the amount  of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep
> hating on young  people who are doing  good work, and we wonder why  the
> majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >   http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/
> >
> >   What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young
> actor, who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid
> that audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available
> evidence, loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every
> frame of the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as
> a kid who hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic,
> at least — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all
> agree that Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do
> with the movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many
> quarters (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on
> my review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has
> the haters foaming.
> >
>
>
>
>
> 
>
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>
>
>
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Machine Girl

[Mr. Worf]

Wow I can't imagine watching something like Machine Girl on a big tv. :)
Sounds like you had a hell of a weekend!

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

> I gifted myself with a black wii console this Father's Day weekend, hooked
> everything up, inserted my Netflix wii disk and watched "The Machine Girl"
> on my 42 inch flat screen televison. It is everything Mr. Worf said and a
> bag of chips!  The "Power Rangers with splatter" segments were giddily
> awesome and I love me some girl power bonding with machine guns and power
> saws!
>
> ~rave!
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf"  wrote:
> >
> > The Machine Girl (aka Kataude Mashin Garu) is about a young woman (Played
> by
> > the very cute Minase Yashiro wearing the traditional school uniform.)
> > seeking revenge for the death of her brother and his friend that was
> > bullied then murdered by the son of a Yakuza chief. In her solo attempt
> to
> > seek revenge she loses an half of an arm in the process. After gaining
> the
> > friendship of the father of her brother's friend he builds her a
> prosthetic
> > arm that is an eight barrel machine gun to help her fight the Yakuza and
> > NINJAS!
> >
> > This movie is splatteriffic! There are multiple blood splatter scenes
> that
> > are so over the top that they are laughable. (If you have seen any of the
> > Lone Wolf and Cub movies you know what I mean by that.) Other scenes are
> so
> > gory that they are almost cartoony with violence. Somehow you find
> yourself
> > routing for her anyway. The movie was made by the Nikkatsu film (and
> Tokyo
> > Shock) company in Japan who are famous for their Pinky Violence
> (basically
> > bad girls taking revenge) and Roman Porno movies in the 1960s-80s. Great
> > action, although not totally believable, but who cares? Its fun! Check it
> > out!
> >
> > They have an English dubbed version of the movie so that helps out a lot
> > with the action.
> >
> > Rated R
> >
> > 3 stars for creative gore.
> >
>
>
>
>
> 
>
> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at
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>
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Re: [scifinoir2] CBS enters India TV market with Reliance

[Mr. Worf]

Hmmm I wonder what shows would they air in India? They cannot show kissing
or the body being autopsied.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

> (Deal was signed on June 20, 2010)
>
> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73327710-6cdf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html
>
> CBS eyes India TV foray with Reliance
>
> By Joe Leahy in Mumbai
>
> Published: May 31 2010 21:12 | Last updated: May 31 2010 21:12
>
> Reliance Media World, controlled by Indian industrialist Anil Ambani, is in
> talks to form a television joint venture with CBS Broadcasting of the US in
> what would be the latest foray by a US network into India.
>
> CBS was one of "a number of groups" Reliance was in talks with about the
> plan to roll out a group of channels for Indian pay television, a Reliance
> spokesperson said, declining to give details.
>
> The partnership would give CBS access to one of the fastest growing
> emerging media and entertainment markets.
>
> India has the second-biggest number of cable viewing households after China
> at more than 80m.
>
> This, together with India's relatively liberal foreign ownership and
> content regimes has made it the most important market in Asia for many media
> groups.
>
> Indian television generated Rs257bn ($5.5bn) in revenue last year and
> clocked a compound annual growth rate of 12 per cent between 2006 and 2009,
> according to a report by KPMG, the consultancy.
>
> CBS could bring its hit television sitcoms to India in competition with the
> existing local ventures of US-based networks, including News Corp, Time
> Warner, Viacom and Walt Disney.
>
>
>
> 
>
> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[Amy Harlib]

ahar...@earthlink.net
Thanks for that info!  I'm still insulted that Hollywood thinks Americans are 
too stupid to get the difference between Karate and Kung-Fu!
Amy




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On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

  In this instance the filmmakers have crossed their "t"s and dotted their 
"i"s.  The film is known as "The Kung Fu Kid" internationally and "Best Kid" in 
Japan.

  ~rave!

  --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Amy Harlib"  wrote:
  >
  >
  > ahar...@...

  > I'm really looking forward to seeing this film.  I liked the trailers and I 
love Jackie Chan.  I hate the title.  The story has nothing to do with Karate 
which is a Japanese thing.
  > It is about kung-fu and China!  This film's title insults billions of 
Chinese people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell tickets 
by exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too stupid to 
tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu?
  > All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh?  Typical Hollywood willful 
ignorance.  They could have correctly and accurately called this film Kung-Fu 
Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many tickets I bet!
  >
  > I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else.
  >
  > Amy
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > It's not Jaden.  It's his parents. The world hates his parents  but worship 
money  too much to say it to their faces.
  >
  >
  > Generation X and early Y are under-achievers.  We coin phrases like 
"underwhelm". Will and Jada  do what they  say they're gonna do. Collectively,  
we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred towards BOTH kids. 
Wait till Willow's album drops.
  >
  >
  >
  > What has amazed me is the amount  of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep 
hating on young  people who are doing  good work, and we wonder why  the 
majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers.
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote:
  >
  >
  >
  >   http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/
  >
  >   What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, 
who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that 
audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, 
loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of the 
2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who hides 
his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least — a 
magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that Jaden 
Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the movie's 
success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters (including 
a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my review), with bitter, 
gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the haters foaming.
  >




  

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Re: [scifinoir2] Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[Mr. Worf]

Some of it is just racism. Others are just hating because they are jealous.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:26 AM, ravenadal  wrote:

> http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/
>
> What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor,
> who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid that
> audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence,
> loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every frame of
> the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as a kid who
> hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, at least
> — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all agree that
> Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do with the
> movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many quarters
> (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on my
> review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has the
> haters foaming.
>
>
>
> 
>
> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at
>
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>
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[scifinoir2] Re: Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[tetsuwanatom1]

"We" (that would be the American we) hate Jaden Smith because of the 
implication that his career is being handed to him. "We" generally hate that in 
all professions from politics to business, and especially in Hollywood because 
of it's reputation for advancement going along lines of who you know, not what 
you know/can do. Only in sports, which has a rep for earned merit, do "we" not 
begrudge successful scions of famous fathers/mothers.

Yes, if his films/projects fail it wont have anything to do with his parents 
but that really isn't the point.

He isn't helping matters with his constant B-boy stance-ing and mean mugging 
for cameras and having hair that is ridiculed regularly on Bossip, etc. He 
really made himself that much more annoying before setting out to prove himself 
as a talent.

I was dead set against seeing the remake for all the usual reasons + Jaden 
however the previews turned me. I think Chan's "serious" acting is underrated 
so I get a chance to see that w/out having to resort to region 3 DVD. 
Resultingly I'll be forced to give young Smith a shot.
 
> What has amazed me is the amount  of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep 
> hating on young  people who are doing  good work, and we wonder why  the 
> majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers. 
> 

See above, esp. the part abt his hair.

[scifinoir2] Re: Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?

[tetsuwanatom1]

Also, Gleiberman totally overreacts to the situation. Maybe he feels compelled 
to defend his review of the movie?

Re: [scifinoir2] In California, license plates might go electronic

[Mr. Worf]

You know it. They could do one big hack and cause everyone on the freeway to
stop and then a choreographed dance song will flash on the license plates
and inside the cars.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
> And, Mr Worf, I can alreadys ee to downside to this.
>
> Within a year, some smart kid will have figured out how to hack e-plates.
> And, for a small fee (certainly less than the cost of an actual e-plate),
> it'll be for sale on darkboards everywhere, just like the new ATM e-hack kit
> I heard about on the news this weekend..
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> This has the makings of a bad scifi movie backdrop.
>>
>> http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15338527
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>
> 




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Re: [scifinoir2] DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive

[Mr. Worf]

Its either him or Keith Richards. Maybe they are both the rock n roll dark
siths for the devil? :)

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
> Because he's the Prince of Darkness, Mr Worf. " 'Nuff said," to quote Stan
> the Man. I've come to wonder only what *will* manage to take him out.
> Reminds me of Daniel Craig's character in "Layer Cake". The Underworld
> couldn't knock him off, a bunch of kill-crazy Serbs couldn't get him...
> ended up being a jealous boyfriend.
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive
>> 
>>   Analysis by David
>> Teeghman 
>> Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:52 AM ET
>> 6 
>> Comments|
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>> a 
>> Comment
>> Print
>> Email
>>
>>- 
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>> Buzz
>>
>>   [image: 
>> Ozzy-650x600]
>> Our world has no shortage of mysteries: Where did life begin? Who killed
>> JFK? Will the BP oil 
>> spillever
>>  end? Why is Ozzy
>> Osbourne  still alive? For this last conundrum, at
>> least, we may have an answer.
>>
>> Researchers at the genome sequencing company Knome,
>> based in Massachusetts, are mapping the heavy metal singer's entire genome
>> to get to the bottom of why rock and roll's self-proclaimed Prince of
>> Darkness is still kicking and screaming despite decades of relentless drug
>> and alcohol  abuse.
>>
>> Genome sequencing is an exhaustive process that ultimately determines the
>> order of the 3 billion chemical building blocks -- the bases abbreviated as
>> A, T, C, and G -- that make up the DNA of a person's 23 different pairs of
>> chromosomes.
>>
>> The first full genome took 13 years to be sequenced and was finished in
>> 2003. Today, analyzing a genome takes about three months and costs around
>> $40,000.
>> Researchers hope there is some key to Ozzy's longevity in his DNA. It's no
>> secret that Ozzy has abused an astounding number of drugs. This Science
>> Channel 
>> reportsays 
>> Ozzy has described himself as a "modern miracle."
>>
>> The hallowed history books of rock and roll are littered with rock stars
>> who died of drug overdose, from Janis Joplin to Jimi Hendrix. But through it
>> all, Ozzy's health has been remarkably unscathed.
>>
>> Nathan Pearson, the director of research at Knome, tells the Sunday Times
>> of London, “Sequencing and analysing individuals with extreme medical
>> histories provides the greatest potential scientific value,” said Nathan
>> Pearson, director of research at Knome."
>>
>> As if to rub it in your face, he is about to begin writing a *health
>> advice column *for the Sunday Times of London. One piece of advice that
>> you can expect from this column, "to a mother for putting her young son off
>> cigarettes, including: “Throw some [cigarette] ash on his cornflakes.”
>>
>> By no means is Ozzy the only rock star who's been able to survive decades
>> of substance abuse. Researchers still 

[scifinoir2] Re: The Machine Girl

[Kelwyn]

The ability to download Netflix movies directly to my television set via my wii 
console has dramatically enhanced my life. 0;)

~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf"  wrote:
>
> Wow I can't imagine watching something like Machine Girl on a big tv. :)
> Sounds like you had a hell of a weekend!
> 
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:
> 
> > I gifted myself with a black wii console this Father's Day weekend, hooked
> > everything up, inserted my Netflix wii disk and watched "The Machine Girl"
> > on my 42 inch flat screen televison. It is everything Mr. Worf said and a
> > bag of chips!  The "Power Rangers with splatter" segments were giddily
> > awesome and I love me some girl power bonding with machine guns and power
> > saws!
> >
> > ~rave!
> >
> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf"  wrote:
> > >
> > > The Machine Girl (aka Kataude Mashin Garu) is about a young woman (Played
> > by
> > > the very cute Minase Yashiro wearing the traditional school uniform.)
> > > seeking revenge for the death of her brother and his friend that was
> > > bullied then murdered by the son of a Yakuza chief. In her solo attempt
> > to
> > > seek revenge she loses an half of an arm in the process. After gaining
> > the
> > > friendship of the father of her brother's friend he builds her a
> > prosthetic
> > > arm that is an eight barrel machine gun to help her fight the Yakuza and
> > > NINJAS!
> > >
> > > This movie is splatteriffic! There are multiple blood splatter scenes
> > that
> > > are so over the top that they are laughable. (If you have seen any of the
> > > Lone Wolf and Cub movies you know what I mean by that.) Other scenes are
> > so
> > > gory that they are almost cartoony with violence. Somehow you find
> > yourself
> > > routing for her anyway. The movie was made by the Nikkatsu film (and
> > Tokyo
> > > Shock) company in Japan who are famous for their Pinky Violence
> > (basically
> > > bad girls taking revenge) and Roman Porno movies in the 1960s-80s. Great
> > > action, although not totally believable, but who cares? Its fun! Check it
> > > out!
> > >
> > > They have an English dubbed version of the movie so that helps out a lot
> > > with the action.
> > >
> > > Rated R
> > >
> > > 3 stars for creative gore.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

[Daryle Lockhart]

The SON of Clint is in "Invictus" and is a pretty weak actor...so  
far. So far the most  successful Coppola besides Francis doesn't use  
the name (he uses Nick Cage). Robert Downey Jr is  WAY more  
successful than his dad ever was, pre-and post rehab.


As has been mentioned already, Michael Douglas is really one of the  
best actor's kid example.



On Jun 21, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Omari Confer wrote:



The daughter of Clint went out of her way to not use her dads  
repand has gotten her nowhere. The foundation of hollywood is  
in the genes man. Ask the Baldwins...the Barrymores, The Arquettes,  
the Copalas...etc





On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Daryle Lockhart  
 wrote:



...just ask the Eastwoods.

Another thing to factor in is that  Will's son's LAST picture was a  
remake, and was horrible. This film succeeded, as much  as nobody   
wants to admit it, BECAUSE of Jaden Smith. And I love me some  
Jackie Chan.  But Jaden made this character work!



On Jun 21, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Kelwyn wrote:



Nothing in Hollywood is a slam dunk. Before hand everybody was  
picking "The A-team," another remake, as the "slam dunk." Further,  
conventional wisdom is that a major movie must be helmed by a  
white person. Lastly, what does Will Smith's track record have to  
do with his son? Hollywood dominance is not hereditary.


~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer   
wrote:

>
> Its also a remake...with Will Smith's kidand the most  
prolific action

> star on the planetslam dunk.
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Jaden Smith's "The Karate Kid" wasn't supposed to score a huge  
$55.7

> > million opening (and $112 million in two weeks).
> >
> > It is done so by defying conventional Hollywood wisdom.  
Amazingly, it has
> > an almost entirely nonwhite cast. This something "The Prince  
of Persia" and

> > "The Last Airbender" were too timid to try.
> >
> > ~rave!
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> READ MY BLOG
> http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com
> STRING THEORY
> http://stringtheory.podbean.com
>









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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

[Keith Johnson]

One of the most successful acting families in history is the Barrymore family, 
with actors going back to the early 20th century.  Drew has been very 
successful in her own right since her days as the cute kid actor. While one may 
argue about the types of movies she does, or debate her acting ability, she's 
undeniably able to get and create work, having been a producer as well as an 
actress. Besides, she really is a student of film history, and after i heard 
her on NPR's "Fresh Air" saying how "honored" she was to speak to host Terry 
Gross, I upped her assessment in my book. Any actress who regularly listens to 
NPR and counts being on it an honor is okay in my book. 


- Original Message - 
From: "Daryle Lockhart"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 8:41:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom 

  




The SON of Clint is in "Invictus" and is a pretty weak actor...so far. So far 
the most  successful Coppola besides Francis doesn't use the name (he uses Nick 
Cage). Robert Downey Jr is  WAY more successful than his dad ever was, pre-and 
post rehab. 


As has been mentioned already, Michael Douglas is really one of the best 
actor's kid example. 






On Jun 21, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Omari Confer wrote: 


  



The daughter of Clint went out of her way to not use her dads repand has 
gotten her nowhere. The foundation of hollywood is in the genes man. Ask the 
Baldwins...the Barrymores, The Arquettes, the Copalas...etc 



  
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Daryle Lockhart < dar...@darylelockhart.com > 
wrote: 



  





...just ask the Eastwoods. 

Another thing to factor in is that  Will's son's LAST picture was a remake, and 
was horrible. This film succeeded, as much  as nobody  wants to admit it, 
BECAUSE of Jaden Smith. And I love me some Jackie Chan.  But Jaden made this 
character work! 






On Jun 21, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Kelwyn wrote: 


  


Nothing in Hollywood is a slam dunk. Before hand everybody was picking "The 
A-team," another remake, as the "slam dunk." Further, conventional wisdom is 
that a major movie must be helmed by a white person. Lastly, what does Will 
Smith's track record have to do with his son? Hollywood dominance is not 
hereditary. 

~rave! 

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Omari Confer  wrote: 
> 
> Its also a remake...with Will Smith's kidand the most prolific action 
> star on the planetslam dunk. 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Kelwyn  wrote: 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Jaden Smith's "The Karate Kid" wasn't supposed to score a huge $55.7 
> > million opening (and $112 million in two weeks). 
> > 
> > It is done so by defying conventional Hollywood wisdom. Amazingly, it has 
> > an almost entirely nonwhite cast. This something "The Prince of Persia" and 
> > "The Last Airbender" were too timid to try. 
> > 
> > ~rave! 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com 
> STRING THEORY 
> http://stringtheory.podbean.com 
> 










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[scifinoir2] Re: Asking for Movie Suggestions

[angelababycat]

Saw your original post and felt sad I had nothing interesting to offer.  But 
the new Predators movie opens July 9th and I will be there for the 11:00 am 
Friday showing of course.  Also on my "see at the theater for the special 
effects vs waiting for PPV" list:
June 30th - Twilight Saga: Eclipse 
July 2nd - The Last Airbender
July 16th - Inception
August 27th - Resident Evil: Afterlife 

Other than Predators maybe, not a very exciting summer movie list for me I'm 
affraid.

Angela


--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson  wrote:
>
> Not a suggestion? Anyone watching any movies at the theatre? Recently I've 
> seen "Kings of the Evening", which was nice, and plan to see a 
> little-known-but-well-praised foreign flick, "The Secret in Their Eyes". It's 
> way off the summer-blockbuster path... 
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Keith Johnson"  
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 6:35:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
> Subject: Asking for Movie Suggestions 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Any recommendations on which of the big summer movies are worth seeing? 
> 
> Have any of you seen Prince of Persia, Robin Hood, A-Team, Karate Kid, 
> Splice, Killers, Shrek, Get Him to the Greek 
> 
> 
> 
> With the summer "blockbuster" season here, we're inundated with all the 
> next-big-things at the box office: all the CGI- and action-heavy movies. 
> Typically I start to burn out after a while, as so many of them nowadays seem 
> to be mediocre films based mostly on explosions, fights, and FX. "Iron Man 2" 
> was okay, but a bit of a disappointment. I need to watch the money I spend at 
> the cinema, so don't want to plop down my six bucks for something that I can 
> wait for on DVD. And there are some indie films like "Mother and Child" and 
> "Kings of the Evening" that I'd rather see, since they actually rely on plots 
> and good acting.
>

[scifinoir2] Director del Toro has quit the Hobbit?

[angelababycat]

Saw this on www.scifimoviepage.com/upcoming/previews/hobbit.html
 :

STATUS UPDATE (07/06/2010): Director del Toro has quit the project
citing incessant production delays due to MGM's financial woes: "In
light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming The
Hobbit, I am faced with the hardest decision of my life," del Toro told
a Lord of the Rings fan website. "After nearly two years of living,
breathing and designing a world as rich as Tolkien's Middle Earth, I
must, with great regret, take leave from helming these wonderful
pictures."


Anyone hear anything about this?

Re: [scifinoir2] In California, license plates might go electronic

[Daryle Lockhart]

KID? This is hackable at the concept level. Display  ads on an LED  
screen? Great fun. Finding  color combinations that traffic cameras  
can't read...pulling  people over because their fuse blew out...oh  
this is just  a MESS waiting to happen.



On Jun 21, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:

You know it. They could do one big hack and cause everyone on the  
freeway to stop and then a choreographed dance song will flash on  
the license plates and inside the cars.



On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Martin Baxter  
 wrote:



And, Mr Worf, I can alreadys ee to downside to this.

Within a year, some smart kid will have figured out how to hack e- 
plates. And, for a small fee (certainly less than the cost of an  
actual e-plate), it'll be for sale on darkboards everywhere, just  
like the new ATM e-hack kit I heard about on the news this weekend..



On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Mr. Worf   
wrote:


This has the makings of a bad scifi movie backdrop.

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15338527




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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Asking for Movie Suggestions

[Daryle Lockhart]

I've been really immersed in Bollywood and Asian films on DVD/online  
lately.  "Raaavan" was the best  Indian film I've seen in a couple of  
years.  "Kites"  was the most  accessible,  as it's in English. It's  
playing  near you  as "Kites: The Remix", which  was re-edited by  
Brett Ratner.


I'm down for Last Airbender and Inception,  but I gotta  say...I'm  
really  not personally  looking  forward to  any  big  budget films  
except Tron Legacy. I'm way more excited to see "Scott Pilgrim" than  
anything  else this summer.


Daryle


On Jun 21, 2010, at 9:54 PM, angelababycat wrote:

Saw your original post and felt sad I had nothing interesting to  
offer. But the new Predators movie opens July 9th and I will be  
there for the 11:00 am Friday showing of course. Also on my "see at  
the theater for the special effects vs waiting for PPV" list:

June 30th - Twilight Saga: Eclipse
July 2nd - The Last Airbender
July 16th - Inception
August 27th - Resident Evil: Afterlife

Other than Predators maybe, not a very exciting summer movie list  
for me I'm affraid.


Angela

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson  
 wrote:

>
> Not a suggestion? Anyone watching any movies at the theatre?  
Recently I've seen "Kings of the Evening", which was nice, and plan  
to see a little-known-but-well-praised foreign flick, "The Secret  
in Their Eyes". It's way off the summer-blockbuster path...

>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Keith Johnson" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 6:35:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Asking for Movie Suggestions
>
>
>
>
> Any recommendations on which of the big summer movies are worth  
seeing?

>
> Have any of you seen Prince of Persia, Robin Hood, A-Team, Karate  
Kid, Splice, Killers, Shrek, Get Him to the Greek

>
>
>
> With the summer "blockbuster" season here, we're inundated with  
all the next-big-things at the box office: all the CGI- and action- 
heavy movies. Typically I start to burn out after a while, as so  
many of them nowadays seem to be mediocre films based mostly on  
explosions, fights, and FX. "Iron Man 2" was okay, but a bit of a  
disappointment. I need to watch the money I spend at the cinema, so  
don't want to plop down my six bucks for something that I can wait  
for on DVD. And there are some indie films like "Mother and Child"  
and "Kings of the Evening" that I'd rather see, since they actually  
rely on plots and good acting.

>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

[Daryle Lockhart]

Wow,  I'm gonna search  for that  interview,  because until you   
typed this,  I had Drew written off as very "Madonna" ish, in that   
if 'being  smart' is what's up, then she's all  in.  Until being   
dumb is what's up. Then she's at that party.


You may have singlehandedly  changed my view of her.

Daryle


On Jun 21, 2010, at 9:24 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:



One of the most successful acting families in history is the  
Barrymore family, with actors going back to the early 20th  
century.  Drew has been very successful in her own right since her  
days as the cute kid actor. While one may argue about the types of  
movies she does, or debate her acting ability, she's undeniably  
able to get and create work, having been a producer as well as an  
actress. Besides, she really is a student of film history, and  
after i heard her on NPR's "Fresh Air" saying how "honored" she was  
to speak to host Terry Gross, I upped her assessment in my book.  
Any actress who regularly listens to NPR and counts being on it an  
honor is okay in my book.



- Original Message -
From: "Daryle Lockhart" 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 8:41:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies  
Hollywood wisdom




The SON of Clint is in "Invictus" and is a pretty weak actor...so  
far. So far the most  successful Coppola besides Francis doesn't  
use the name (he uses Nick Cage). Robert Downey Jr is  WAY more  
successful than his dad ever was, pre-and post rehab.



As has been mentioned already, Michael Douglas is really one of the  
best actor's kid example.



On Jun 21, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Omari Confer wrote:



The daughter of Clint went out of her way to not use her dads  
repand has gotten her nowhere. The foundation of hollywood is  
in the genes man. Ask the Baldwins...the Barrymores, The Arquettes,  
the Copalas...etc





On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Daryle Lockhart  
 wrote:



...just ask the Eastwoods.

Another thing to factor in is that  Will's son's LAST picture was a  
remake, and was horrible. This film succeeded, as much  as nobody   
wants to admit it, BECAUSE of Jaden Smith. And I love me some  
Jackie Chan.  But Jaden made this character work!



On Jun 21, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Kelwyn wrote:


Nothing in Hollywood is a slam dunk. Before hand everybody was  
picking "The A-team," another remake, as the "slam dunk." Further,  
conventional wisdom is that a major movie must be helmed by a white  
person. Lastly, what does Will Smith's track record have to do with  
his son? Hollywood dominance is not hereditary.


~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer   
wrote:

>
> Its also a remake...with Will Smith's kidand the most  
prolific action

> star on the planetslam dunk.
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Jaden Smith's "The Karate Kid" wasn't supposed to score a huge  
$55.7

> > million opening (and $112 million in two weeks).
> >
> > It is done so by defying conventional Hollywood wisdom.  
Amazingly, it has
> > an almost entirely nonwhite cast. This something "The Prince of  
Persia" and

> > "The Last Airbender" were too timid to try.
> >
> > ~rave!
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> READ MY BLOG
> http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com
> STRING THEORY
> http://stringtheory.podbean.com
>








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Re: [scifinoir2] In California, license plates might go electronic

[Mr. Worf]

Also, what if it is stuff that you are against? Like cigarette ads or Mc
Donalds? Or the Seirra club?

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

> I didn't think about that (neither did they apparently) but you're right.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Daryle Lockhart <
> dar...@darylelockhart.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> KID? This is hackable at the concept level. Display  ads on an LED screen?
>> Great fun. Finding  color combinations that traffic cameras can't
>> read...pulling  people over because their fuse blew out...oh this is just  a
>> MESS waiting to happen.
>>
>>
>> On Jun 21, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> You know it. They could do one big hack and cause everyone on the freeway
>> to stop and then a choreographed dance song will flash on the license plates
>> and inside the cars.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Martin Baxter 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> And, Mr Worf, I can alreadys ee to downside to this.
>>>
>>> Within a year, some smart kid will have figured out how to hack e-plates.
>>> And, for a small fee (certainly less than the cost of an actual e-plate),
>>> it'll be for sale on darkboards everywhere, just like the new ATM e-hack kit
>>> I heard about on the news this weekend..
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>>


 This has the makings of a bad scifi movie backdrop.

 http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15338527




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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
>>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>> Mahogany at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>
>
>
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Re: [scifinoir2] In California, license plates might go electronic

[Mr. Worf]

I didn't think about that (neither did they apparently) but you're right.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Daryle Lockhart
wrote:

>
>
> KID? This is hackable at the concept level. Display  ads on an LED screen?
> Great fun. Finding  color combinations that traffic cameras can't
> read...pulling  people over because their fuse blew out...oh this is just  a
> MESS waiting to happen.
>
>
> On Jun 21, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>
>
>
> You know it. They could do one big hack and cause everyone on the freeway
> to stop and then a choreographed dance song will flash on the license plates
> and inside the cars.
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Martin Baxter 
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> And, Mr Worf, I can alreadys ee to downside to this.
>>
>> Within a year, some smart kid will have figured out how to hack e-plates.
>> And, for a small fee (certainly less than the cost of an actual e-plate),
>> it'll be for sale on darkboards everywhere, just like the new ATM e-hack kit
>> I heard about on the news this weekend..
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This has the makings of a bad scifi movie backdrop.
>>>
>>> http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15338527
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>>> Mahogany at:
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
>> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
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>
>
>
>
> 
>



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[scifinoir2] The eBook eBook: How to Turn Your Expertise into Magnetic Marketing Material, Free NetLine Corporation eBook

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This is something that you might find useful.

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This is something else that you may find interesting.


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[scifinoir2] freebie: The Underground Guide To The iPhone, Free Makeuseof.com Guide

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More freebies...

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[scifinoir2] Freebies

[Mr. Worf]

Just in case you were wondering, I was poking my way around the trade
publications website today and found a bunch of freebies that you all may be
interested in.

I will post them here.

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[scifinoir2] 7th-Graders Discover Mysterious Cave on Mars

[brent wodehouse]

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/students-discover-mars-cave-100621.html

7th-Graders Discover Mysterious Cave on Mars

By Clara Moskowitz
Senior Writer

posted: 21 June 2010


A group of seventh-graders in California has discovered a mysterious cave
on Mars as part of a research project to study images taken by a NASA
spacecraft orbiting the red planet.

The 16 students from teacher Dennis Mitchell's 7th-grade science class at
Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, Calif., found what looks to be a
Martian skylight - a hole in the roof of a cave on Mars
[http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/091026-mm-mars-caves.html].

The intrepid students were participating in the Mars Student Imaging
Program at the Mars Space Flight Facility at Arizona State University. The
program allows students to frame a research question and then commission a
Mars-orbiting camera to take an image to answer their question.

The newfound hole on Mars
[http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=students-discover-mars-cave-100621-02.jpg&cap=California+7th+graders+discovered+this+Martian+pit+feature+at+the+center+of+the+superimposed+red+square+in+this+image+while+participat
ing+in+a+program+that+enables+students+to+use+the+camera+on+NASA%27s+Mars+Odyssey+orbiter.+The+feature%2C+on+the+slope+of+an+equatorial+volcano+named+Pavonis+Mons%2C+appears+to+be+a+skylight+in+an+underground+lava+tube.+%3Ca+href%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.s
pace.com%2Fscienceastronomy%2Fstudents-discover-mars-cave-100621.html%3EFull+Story%3C%2Fa%3E.+Credit%3A+NASA%2FJPL-Caltech%2FASU]
resembled features seen on other parts of Mars in a 2007 study by Glen
Cushing, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist.

Cushing suggested that these anomalous pit craters
[http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070605_mars_hole.html ] are like
skylights - places where a small part of the roof of a cave or a lava tube
had collapsed, opening the area below the surface to the sky.

The caves are thought to result from volcanic activity on the red planet.
At some point lava channels likely carved out caverns in the rock, and
then left behind tunnel, or "lava tubes," when the eruptions were over.
They would have been covered when a solid ceiling of cooled material
settled on top, and then sections of the ceiling likely collapsed at some
point to form the skylight entrances.

Scientists aren't sure what type of materials or deposits could be stored
inside.

"This pit is certainly new to us," Cushing told the students. "And it is
only the second one known to be associated with Pavonis Mons."

He estimated the pit to be approximately 620 by 520 feet (190 by 160
meters) wide and 380 feet (115 meters) deep at least.

The young researchers had initially set out to hunt for lava tubes, a
common volcanic feature on Earth and Mars.

"The students developed a research project focused on finding the most
common locations of lava tubes on Mars," Mitchell said. "Do they occur
most often near the summit of a volcano, on its flanks, or the plains
surrounding it?"

The class commissioned a main photo and a backup image of Mars' Pavonis
Monsvolcano
[http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_daily_020507.html],
targeted on a region that hadn't been imaged up close.

The pictures were taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter
[http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090312-odyssey-reboot.html ] using
its Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) instrument. Both images
showed lava tubes, as the students had hoped.

But the backup photo provided another surprise: a small, round black spot.
It was a hole on Mars leading into the buried cave, researchers said.

The students have submitted their site to be further imaged by the High
Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter, which could reveal enough detail to see inside the
hole in the ground.

"The Mars Student Imaging Program is certainly one of the greatest
educational programs ever developed," Mitchell said.  "It gives the
students a good understanding of the way research is conducted and how
that research can be important for the scientific community. This has been
a wonderful experience."