[scifinoir2] 12 Amazing Masks and Costumes
Latest Post(s) from Toxel.com http://www.toxel.com http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgsfeedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/toxel -- 12 Amazing Masks and Costumeshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/07/24/12-amazing-masks-and-costumes/ Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:28 PM PDT Incredible masks and costumes that will get you noticed at Comic-Con and make you the star of the yearly Halloween party. 8-bit Costume Creative 8-bit costume built by Kiel Johnson and Klai Brown. [link] Realistic Mask Handsome Guy mask created by Rusty Slusser from SPFX Masks. [link] War Machine Costume Custom made War Machine costume created by Anthony Le. [link] Hulk Costume Incredible [...] You are subscribed to email updates from Toxel.com http://www.toxel.com To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe nowhttp://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=Km8di_Q8uzHGX7tsYNEnXBsGo4k . Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 12 Amazing Masks and Costumeshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/07/24/12-amazing-masks-and-costumes/ July 24th, 2010 | Inspiration http://www.toxel.com/category/inspiration/ | [image: 12 Amazing Masks and Costumes] Incredible maskshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/06/01/masks-made-from-fashion-magazines/and costumeshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/06/11/cute-and-adorable-costumes-for-kids/that will get you noticed at Comic-Con http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con_Internationaland make you the star of the yearly Halloweenhttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/10/29/12-creative-halloween-costumes/party. 8-bit Costume Creative 8-bit costume built by Kiel Johnson and Klai Brown. [linkhttp://hyperbolestudios.com/kieljohnson.com/8-bit.html ] [image: 8-bit Costume] Realistic Mask Handsome Guy mask created by Rusty Slusser from SPFX Masks. [linkhttp://www.spfxmasks.com/ ] War Machine Costume Custom made War Machine costume created by Anthony Le. [linkhttp://www.myspace.com/anthonyqle ] [image: War Machine Costume] Hulk Costume Incredible Hulk costume made by MikesCostumes.com. [linkhttp://mikescostumes.com/ ] [image: Hulk Costume] Halo Elite Costume Impressive 7-foot-tall costume made by effects artist Pete Mander. [linkhttp://fashionablygeek.com/costumes/animatronic-halo-elite-costume-takes-cosplay-to-insane-levels/ ] [image: Halo Elite Costume] Terminator Costume Detailed Terminator T-600 costume created by Patrick Neese. [linkhttp://mydisguises.com/2009/06/25/amazing-homemade-terminator-costume/ ] Self Portrait Mask Creative 3D self portrait crafted out of paper by Eric Testroete. [linkhttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/11/06/3d-self-portrait-made-from-paper/ ] [image: Self Portrait Mask] Bioshock Costume Awesome costume inspired by Big Daddy from BioShock video games. Optimus Prime Costume Fun costume inspired by the leader of Autobots from Transformers. [linkhttp://www.optimusprotects.com/ ] [image: Optimus Prime Costume] Predator Costume Scary costume made by a fan of Predators for his kid. [costumes for kidshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/06/11/cute-and-adorable-costumes-for-kids/ ] [image: Predator Costume] Daft Punk Helmet Harrison Krix re-created the iconic gold Daft Punk helmet. [linkhttp://volpinprops.blogspot.com/2010/07/daft-punk-final.html ] [image: Daft Punk Helmet] Team Fortress 2 Costumes Awesome costumes inspired by characters from Valve’s video game. [linkhttp://www.geekologie.com/2010/06/amazing_team_fortress_2_cospla.php ] [image: Team Fortress 2 Costumes] -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] The Limits of Control
Consider it on my list, rave. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.directorsnotes.com/2009/10/25/dn-lff09-the-limits-of-control-jim-jarmusch/ To breakdown the plot of The Limits of Control, would be like unwrapping a riddle that's wrapped in an enigma, the film transcends conventional narrative and is more about atmosphere and intrigue, than story and plot development. Watching Jarmusch's film reminded me of an old quote about Jazz musicians, It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play and with his latest feature, the cult director manages to say so much by having his characters say so little. n essence the movie focuses on the Lone Man (Isaach De Bankolé, the coolest, smoothest, most smartly dressed man you'll seen on screen this year, if not this decade), a hit man sent to Spain to follow a treasure-hunt like trail of coded messages to his target. Jarmusch uses to his advantage are the facial features of lead performer Isaach De Bankolé, whose chiseled good looks and unyielding eyes gives the Lone Man the level of mystery needed to make this film work. It's one of those roles you can't imagine anyone else filling and a performance that should elevate Bankolé from bit player to fully fledged leading man. This movie has its own Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/TheLimitsOfControl -- 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] Love your i-Phone? Somebody died to get it to you
Missed that one, Mr Worf. What's the name of the show it was on? I'll keep an eye out for it. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Did anyone see the story about factory closures in China on Current tv? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Why does this NOT surprise me? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/28/foxconn-plant-china-deaths-suicides Construction workers began erecting anti-suicide nets today at an industrial plant in southern China that makes millions of the world's mobile phones and computers. Five-metre long steel poles were bolted into the walls below the roofs to support webbing that will eventually cover 1.5m square metres. To stem an epidemic of workers leaping to their deaths, the Taiwanese electronics company Foxconn – which works with Apple, Dell and Sony – has also pledged to raise salaries by 20% and offered counselling to its 420,000 employees here. -- 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/ -- 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] Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic
Try discount packages, including a room at the Mare Serenitatis Comfort Suites and tickets to DisneyWorld Luna. (There's a story in that. I thought it first!) On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder what would have happened if corporations had the chance to take over in the beginning of the space program. Would we have discount tickets to the moon by now? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Off the top, I'd say that the corporate-run space program would be more commercially oriented. Getting space tourism numbers up, as opposed to a government entity's attempts to further the boundaries of space travel in general. If that makes any sense. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: I don't think that I have read anything debating the pluses and minuses of space exploration ran by a corporation vs a government entity like NASA. Or possibly a joint government program. Would the goals be the same? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Wouldn't mind that at all. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: I'm sure it will, but it won't have the name NASA on the side. It will probably be Virgin Space or something like that. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: If only these had been representations of people going forth... On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic by Karen Dayhttp://www.coolhunting.com/author/karen-day/in Tech http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/ on 16 October 2009 [image: space-infographic-1.jpg] The National Geographic's Fifty Years of Explorationhttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexbeautifully charts the paths taken by astronauts on historic missions to space—including both failed and triumphant attempts—visually pinpointing specific interests in various planets and comets. [image: space-infographic-close-1.jpg] Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the Pioneer10 and robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current expeditions including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Messenger mission to Mercury, lend a sense of how far we reach these days. [image: space-infographic-close-2.jpg] Learn more about the infographichttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexfrom National Geographic. Via information estheticshttp://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/10/50_years_of_space_exploration_in_one_infographic.html -- 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/ -- 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/ -- 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/ -- 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] Another Wave in the Wall: Vertical Lake Building Facade
Wonder if the same effect can be seen by those inside the building. If so, that would make it a great place to work, IMO. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Web Urbanist http://weburbanist.com http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgsfeedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/WebUrbanist -- Another Wave in the Wall: Vertical Lake Building Facadehttp://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/WebUrbanist/%7E3/eZQhJv3ahcs/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=email Posted: 23 Jul 2010 10:00 AM PDT [ By Delana http://weburbanist.com/delana in Architecture Designhttp://weburbanist.com/category/architecture/, Environment Nature http://weburbanist.com/category/environment/, Urban Street Art http://weburbanist.com/category/urban-art/. ] Undulating water is an immensely soothing and calming sight. That’s why many urban planners incorporate water features into city centers, whether in the form of fountains, lakes or ponds. But international design studio Urban Art Projects http://www.uap.com.au/ wants to put the soothing effects of water into an unlikely place: the side of Brisbane, Australia’s airport car park. The amazing large-scale projecthttp://www.archdaily.com/69219/uap-ned-kahn-to-create-kinetic-artwork-for-brisbane-airport/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed:+ArchDaily+%28Arch+Daily%29is being developed with artist Ned Kahn. The project is called a “kinetic wall,” and it will essentially be an eight-story-tall public art installation. Seen from the outside, the installation will look like a vertical body of water, complete with gentle waves and naturalhttp://weburbanist.com/phenomenamovement. From the inside of the building, the movement of the facade will create beautiful patterns in sunlight on the interior surfaces. The effect is created with 250,000 aluminum panels which are loosely suspended so as to move gently with the wind. The huge kinetic artwork captures the ever-changing movement of the wind in a graceful way that also happens to be naturally calming. Maybe the road rage that results from trying to fight your way out of a crowded parking garage will be lessened by the smoothly rippling panels that look eerily like a displaced lake. But this wonderful art project isn’t just about making a boring building more interesting. It will also help provide passive cooling and ventilation for the car http://weburbanist.com/transportation park, cutting down on energy costs and keeping the building more comfortable all year long. The new parking garage, complete with the unique facade, will be completed in late 2011. -- Want More? Click for Great Related Content on WebUrbanist: http://weburbanist.com/2009/11/05/off-the-wall-graffiti-11-artists-making-odd-marks/ Off the Wall Graffiti: 11 Artists Making Odd Markshttp://weburbanist.com/2009/11/05/off-the-wall-graffiti-11-artists-making-odd-marks/ By now, we're all so used to seeing graffiti that we ignore it. But would you be able to ignore graffiti using a medium or a method you'd never seen before? 2 Comments - Click Here to Read More »»http://weburbanist.com/2009/11/05/off-the-wall-graffiti-11-artists-making-odd-marks/ -- http://weburbanist.com/2009/07/28/12-creative-architectural-art-installations-building-modifications/ 12 Creative Architectural Art Installations Building Modificationshttp://weburbanist.com/2009/07/28/12-creative-architectural-art-installations-building-modifications/ Sometimes, art is so large it can't fit inside a building. These 12 architectural art installations transform the structures themselves into 3D canvases. 9 Comments - Click Here to Read More »»http://weburbanist.com/2009/07/28/12-creative-architectural-art-installations-building-modifications/ -- http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fweburbanist.com%2F2010%2F07%2F23%2Fanother-wave-in-the-wall-vertical-lake-building-facade%2Fservice=bit.ly [image: Share on Facebook]http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fweburbanist.com%2F2010%2F07%2F23%2Fanother-wave-in-the-wall-vertical-lake-building-facade%2Ft=Another+Wave+in+the+Wall%3A+Vertical+Lake+Building+Facade [ WebUrbanist http://weburbanist.com - By Delanahttp://weburbanist.com/delanain Architecture Design http://weburbanist.com/category/architecture/, Environment Nature http://weburbanist.com/category/environment/, Urban Street Arthttp://weburbanist.com/category/urban-art/. ] [image: Become a Fan on Facebook] http://facebook.com/weburbanist http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/WebUrbanist?a=eZQhJv3ahcs:UpM3XIppSog:yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/WebUrbanist?a=eZQhJv3ahcs:UpM3XIppSog:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/WebUrbanist?a=eZQhJv3ahcs:UpM3XIppSog:V_sGLiPBpWU
Re: [scifinoir2] Comic and graphic novels vs. the critics
rave, your mere mention of the word critics makes me want to leap to the defense of those movies, but that would be akin to defending Klansmen. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/comics_and_graphic_novels_vs_the_critics/1/ Rank 118 Yu-Gi-Oh: The Movie (2004) Critics Consensus: Don't watch the TV show or play the card game? Then this movie is not for you. Synopsis: The plot concerns teenage gaming wizard Yugi Muto (vocalized by Dan Stuart) who, having merged forces with an Egyptian pharaoh since he solved his grandfather's cosmic puzzle, now rules the universe as the king of Duel... [More] Starring: Dan Green, Wayne Grayson, Eric Stuart Directed By: Ryusoke Takahashi Rank 104 Catwoman (2004) Critics Consensus: Halle Berry is the lone bright spot, but even she can't save this laughable action thriller. Synopsis: Patience Philips is a shy, reserved young woman who wants to be an artist but instead is a designer for an advertising company. She is mousy and lacking in self-esteem even when she gets her big break to work on the launch... [More] Starring: Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Lambert Wilson Directed By: Pitof Rank 94 Spawn (1997) Critics Consensus: Spawn is an overbearing, over-violent film that adds little to the comic book adaptation genre. Synopsis: The ambitious, visually extravagant big-screen adaptation of comic artist Todd McFarlane's popular eponymous Gothic serial, helmed by first-timer Dippe (formerly of Industrial Light Magic). After burning to death in the... [More] Starring: Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen Directed By: Mark Dippé -- 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] Re: Fight like girls? Yes, they do!
Ugh! How do, pal? [?] On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com wrote: Ugh..me like too, especially in tight clothes! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... wrote: rave, Martin like women what kick much a$$... [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?] On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: http://baemith.notlong.com Angelina Jolie has proven her skills as a dramatic actress in such movies as A Mighty Heart and Changeling, but she maintains her wow appeal and global stardom as an action star who's every bit as vicious as any of the boys, from the Lara Croft movies to Mr. Mrs. Smith and Wanted. And she'll likely cement her action-gal status in the spy thriller Salt, said Gladys L. Knight, author of Female Action Heroes: A Guide to Women in Comics, Video Games, Film and Television. -- 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 -- 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 330.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] Dieselpunk short Reign of Death is noir with flying cars
I wonder why it hasn't. Would make perfect sense for it to have proliferated. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: They could have made a longer film if they wanted to. I think that it was probably an experiment. It was only two locations and a few shots. The rest was the artwork. I was hoping that after greenscreen caught on that we would see a lot more indie scifi movies but that isn't really happening. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Exactly my thoughts, Mr Worf. With a better budget and more time, this could be something worth noticing, IMO. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Interesting film. Although the wasn't all that good. I did enjoy the special effects and the breakdown about how it was done. Amazing what you can do with a good effects person or team at the helm. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: For those of you who may have wondered what became of Mickey from Doctor Who... === If you want a visual feast, you must watch UK short Reign Of Death - it's dystopian futurism, complete with film noir robots and a high tech gumshoe. Plus it stars *Doctor Who*'s Noel Clarke (Mickey!) and is directed by concept designer Matt Savage, who worked on *Doctor Who, Kick-Ass*, and the upcoming *X-Men: First Class.* The styling reminds me of *Caprica*, with its blend of mid-twentieth century styles and a hypertech future. More at: http://io9.com/5592959/dieselpunk-short-reign-of-death-is-noir-with-flying-cars -- 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/ -- 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/ -- 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] 12 Amazing Masks and Costumes
I like the Team Fortress 2 costumes, Mr Worf. Steampunk-y... [?] On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Latest Post(s) from Toxel.com http://www.toxel.com http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgsfeedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/toxel -- 12 Amazing Masks and Costumeshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/07/24/12-amazing-masks-and-costumes/ Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:28 PM PDT Incredible masks and costumes that will get you noticed at Comic-Con and make you the star of the yearly Halloween party. 8-bit Costume Creative 8-bit costume built by Kiel Johnson and Klai Brown. [link] Realistic Mask Handsome Guy mask created by Rusty Slusser from SPFX Masks. [link] War Machine Costume Custom made War Machine costume created by Anthony Le. [link] Hulk Costume Incredible [...] You are subscribed to email updates from Toxel.comhttp://www.toxel.com To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe nowhttp://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=Km8di_Q8uzHGX7tsYNEnXBsGo4k . Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 12 Amazing Masks and Costumeshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/07/24/12-amazing-masks-and-costumes/ July 24th, 2010 | Inspiration http://www.toxel.com/category/inspiration/| [image: 12 Amazing Masks and Costumes] Incredible maskshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/06/01/masks-made-from-fashion-magazines/and costumeshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/06/11/cute-and-adorable-costumes-for-kids/that will get you noticed at Comic-Con http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con_Internationaland make you the star of the yearly Halloweenhttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/10/29/12-creative-halloween-costumes/party. 8-bit Costume Creative 8-bit costume built by Kiel Johnson and Klai Brown. [linkhttp://hyperbolestudios.com/kieljohnson.com/8-bit.html ] [image: 8-bit Costume] Realistic Mask Handsome Guy mask created by Rusty Slusser from SPFX Masks. [linkhttp://www.spfxmasks.com/ ] War Machine Costume Custom made War Machine costume created by Anthony Le. [linkhttp://www.myspace.com/anthonyqle ] [image: War Machine Costume] Hulk Costume Incredible Hulk costume made by MikesCostumes.com. [linkhttp://mikescostumes.com/ ] [image: Hulk Costume] Halo Elite Costume Impressive 7-foot-tall costume made by effects artist Pete Mander. [linkhttp://fashionablygeek.com/costumes/animatronic-halo-elite-costume-takes-cosplay-to-insane-levels/ ] [image: Halo Elite Costume] Terminator Costume Detailed Terminator T-600 costume created by Patrick Neese. [linkhttp://mydisguises.com/2009/06/25/amazing-homemade-terminator-costume/ ] Self Portrait Mask Creative 3D self portrait crafted out of paper by Eric Testroete. [linkhttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/11/06/3d-self-portrait-made-from-paper/ ] [image: Self Portrait Mask] Bioshock Costume Awesome costume inspired by Big Daddy from BioShock video games. Optimus Prime Costume Fun costume inspired by the leader of Autobots from Transformers. [linkhttp://www.optimusprotects.com/ ] [image: Optimus Prime Costume] Predator Costume Scary costume made by a fan of Predators for his kid. [costumes for kidshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/06/11/cute-and-adorable-costumes-for-kids/ ] [image: Predator Costume] Daft Punk Helmet Harrison Krix re-created the iconic gold Daft Punk helmet. [linkhttp://volpinprops.blogspot.com/2010/07/daft-punk-final.html ] [image: Daft Punk Helmet] Team Fortress 2 Costumes Awesome costumes inspired by characters from Valve’s video game. [linkhttp://www.geekologie.com/2010/06/amazing_team_fortress_2_cospla.php ] [image: Team Fortress 2 Costumes] -- 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 330.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] Tron Legacy trailer
Uh, it should really be said...SPOLERS. I kinda wish I hadn't seen this trailer and the footage Disney showed. Tron: Legacy is one of the few movies I'm looking forward to this year. This trailer answers a lot of questions about the story, but gives away a couple of reveals that I could have waited for. Daryle On Jul 25, 2010, at 1:30 AM, Mr. Worf wrote: For the Scifi people out there who have been waiting for this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Zq5rRtMu4 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Dieselpunk short Reign of Death is noir with flying cars
I think because people want to be a part of the big system and make the big films. There's no romance in making indie scifi anymore. Although I believe that there is a niche for it, a lot of the artists that I was in school with wanted to make cartoons or video games. Very few wanted to make special effects or do movies. :( I think it was 4 out of 60 people. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I wonder why it hasn't. Would make perfect sense for it to have proliferated. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: They could have made a longer film if they wanted to. I think that it was probably an experiment. It was only two locations and a few shots. The rest was the artwork. I was hoping that after greenscreen caught on that we would see a lot more indie scifi movies but that isn't really happening. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Exactly my thoughts, Mr Worf. With a better budget and more time, this could be something worth noticing, IMO. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Interesting film. Although the wasn't all that good. I did enjoy the special effects and the breakdown about how it was done. Amazing what you can do with a good effects person or team at the helm. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: For those of you who may have wondered what became of Mickey from Doctor Who... === If you want a visual feast, you must watch UK short Reign Of Death - it's dystopian futurism, complete with film noir robots and a high tech gumshoe. Plus it stars *Doctor Who*'s Noel Clarke (Mickey!) and is directed by concept designer Matt Savage, who worked on *Doctor Who, Kick-Ass*, and the upcoming *X-Men: First Class.* The styling reminds me of * Caprica*, with its blend of mid-twentieth century styles and a hypertech future. More at: http://io9.com/5592959/dieselpunk-short-reign-of-death-is-noir-with-flying-cars -- 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/ -- 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/ -- 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] China: 4-Ton Transformeresque Sculpture of General
China: 4-Ton Transformeresque Sculpture of General source: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-06/four-ton-transformer-tribute-chinese-genera...http://current.com/http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-06/four-ton-transformer-tribute-chinese-general-meshes-history-and-sci-fi-sweetness -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Tron Legacy trailer
Yea, now that you mention it. That was a big one. Hopefully they will cut that out for the other trailers. I'm surprised that no one caught that, unless its to throw you off. But it is Disney... On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 6:32 AM, Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.comwrote: Uh, it should really be said...SPOLERS. I kinda wish I hadn't seen this trailer and the footage Disney showed. Tron: Legacy is one of the few movies I'm looking forward to this year. This trailer answers a lot of questions about the story, but gives away a couple of reveals that I could have waited for. Daryle On Jul 25, 2010, at 1:30 AM, Mr. Worf wrote: For the Scifi people out there who have been waiting for this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Zq5rRtMu4 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] 12 Amazing Masks and Costumes
They kind of remind me of the ghost busters. By the way, any news on the new movie? On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I like the Team Fortress 2 costumes, Mr Worf. Steampunk-y... [?] On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Latest Post(s) from Toxel.com http://www.toxel.com http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgsfeedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/toxel -- 12 Amazing Masks and Costumeshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/07/24/12-amazing-masks-and-costumes/ Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:28 PM PDT Incredible masks and costumes that will get you noticed at Comic-Con and make you the star of the yearly Halloween party. 8-bit Costume Creative 8-bit costume built by Kiel Johnson and Klai Brown. [link] Realistic Mask Handsome Guy mask created by Rusty Slusser from SPFX Masks. [link] War Machine Costume Custom made War Machine costume created by Anthony Le. [link] Hulk Costume Incredible [...] You are subscribed to email updates from Toxel.comhttp://www.toxel.com To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe nowhttp://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=Km8di_Q8uzHGX7tsYNEnXBsGo4k . Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 12 Amazing Masks and Costumeshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/07/24/12-amazing-masks-and-costumes/ July 24th, 2010 | Inspirationhttp://www.toxel.com/category/inspiration/| [image: 12 Amazing Masks and Costumes] Incredible maskshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/06/01/masks-made-from-fashion-magazines/and costumeshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/06/11/cute-and-adorable-costumes-for-kids/that will get you noticed at Comic-Conhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con_Internationaland make you the star of the yearly Halloweenhttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/10/29/12-creative-halloween-costumes/party. 8-bit Costume Creative 8-bit costume built by Kiel Johnson and Klai Brown. [linkhttp://hyperbolestudios.com/kieljohnson.com/8-bit.html ] [image: 8-bit Costume] Realistic Mask Handsome Guy mask created by Rusty Slusser from SPFX Masks. [linkhttp://www.spfxmasks.com/ ] War Machine Costume Custom made War Machine costume created by Anthony Le. [linkhttp://www.myspace.com/anthonyqle ] [image: War Machine Costume] Hulk Costume Incredible Hulk costume made by MikesCostumes.com. [linkhttp://mikescostumes.com/ ] [image: Hulk Costume] Halo Elite Costume Impressive 7-foot-tall costume made by effects artist Pete Mander. [linkhttp://fashionablygeek.com/costumes/animatronic-halo-elite-costume-takes-cosplay-to-insane-levels/ ] [image: Halo Elite Costume] Terminator Costume Detailed Terminator T-600 costume created by Patrick Neese. [linkhttp://mydisguises.com/2009/06/25/amazing-homemade-terminator-costume/ ] Self Portrait Mask Creative 3D self portrait crafted out of paper by Eric Testroete. [linkhttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/11/06/3d-self-portrait-made-from-paper/ ] [image: Self Portrait Mask] Bioshock Costume Awesome costume inspired by Big Daddy from BioShock video games. Optimus Prime Costume Fun costume inspired by the leader of Autobots from Transformers. [linkhttp://www.optimusprotects.com/ ] [image: Optimus Prime Costume] Predator Costume Scary costume made by a fan of Predators for his kid. [costumes for kidshttp://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/06/11/cute-and-adorable-costumes-for-kids/ ] [image: Predator Costume] Daft Punk Helmet Harrison Krix re-created the iconic gold Daft Punk helmet. [linkhttp://volpinprops.blogspot.com/2010/07/daft-punk-final.html ] [image: Daft Punk Helmet] Team Fortress 2 Costumes Awesome costumes inspired by characters from Valve’s video game. [linkhttp://www.geekologie.com/2010/06/amazing_team_fortress_2_cospla.php ] [image: Team Fortress 2 Costumes] -- 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/ 330.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] Love your i-Phone? Somebody died to get it to you
Vanguard. They did a series of shows on Asia and China. One covered Malaysia and how so many companies have left their for China because China was even cheaper. (they tried to squeeze a few tax dollars out of the billions that was there and the manufactures left!) Then he covered Hong Kong, and mainland China. I think it was all together 4 or 5 shows. The reporter's name is Adam Yamaguchi. He's covering India right now. There's a ton of other videos on the site as well. Just doing a search on China pulled up 403 pages of videos! You can also check it out on their website at: http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/ One of the things that I like about them is that they cover stuff that doesn't get covered in the regular news channel and may NEVER get covered by them. One reporter covered Somali pirates a year before they attacked the US boat. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Missed that one, Mr Worf. What's the name of the show it was on? I'll keep an eye out for it. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Did anyone see the story about factory closures in China on Current tv? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Why does this NOT surprise me? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/28/foxconn-plant-china-deaths-suicides Construction workers began erecting anti-suicide nets today at an industrial plant in southern China that makes millions of the world's mobile phones and computers. Five-metre long steel poles were bolted into the walls below the roofs to support webbing that will eventually cover 1.5m square metres. To stem an epidemic of workers leaping to their deaths, the Taiwanese electronics company Foxconn – which works with Apple, Dell and Sony – has also pledged to raise salaries by 20% and offered counselling to its 420,000 employees here. -- 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/ -- 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] Star Trek: The Next Generation of Fandom
Star Trek: The Next Generation of Fandom By Marc http://weburbanist.com/Marc in Architecture Designhttp://weburbanist.com/category/architecture/, Furniture Interiors http://weburbanist.com/category/urban-furniture/, Gadgets Geek Art http://weburbanist.com/category/geek-art/ Star Trek has been an ongoing phenomenon since its debut in 1966. Star Trek consists of 2 series on the USS Enterprise, 3 spin offs, an animated series, and 11 feature films. A franchise this long lasting and successful creates a loyal following that is interested in anything related to the series. Whether it’s Star Trek clothing, home decor, or tattoos, there are a plethora of awesome examples of the fierceness of Star Trek fans. From the fantastic to the ridiculous, here are 10 of the most interesting expressions of Star Trek fanaticism: (Images via voyageronlinehttp://voyageronline.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/the-sacred-tattoo-kim-falconer/, norulesnoshamehttp://norulesnoshame.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/star-trek-tattoos/, mez love http://flickr.com/photos/mezdeathhead/3506178445/, tattoo22http://www.tattoo22.com/pe.html ) Star Trek fans explore every means of showing off their passion for the Star Trek universe, and this includes tattoos. A lot of fans pay homage to their favorite characters (or the entire cast) by having portraits placed prominently on themselves, though the more subtle Star Trek fan may simply have a communicator tattooed to their chest. (Images via trekmoviehttp://trekmovie.com/2007/10/08/first-look-at-star-trek-funeral-products/, walyou http://www.walyou.com/blog/2009/04/06/star-trek-funeral-gadgets/) Even with the advanced technology in Star Trek, exploring the boundaries of space is a dangerous business, and there have been a lot of deaths throughout the series. The funeral rites in the Federation are beautiful and explored in detail. As with all things Star Trek, industrious companies have even learned to capitalize on funeral gear. Futuristic looking urns are available, as well as coffins that look identical to those in the series and films. (Images via product-reviewshttp://www.product-reviews.net/2007/11/20/star-trek-home-theater/, techebloghttp://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-star-trek-fans-build-custom-home-theater-apartment, gearsandwidgets http://www.gearsandwidgets.com/2008/01/, reighnhttp://www.reighn.com/theaterconcept.html ) Everything about the USS Enterprise is graceful and epic, as it is the flagship of the Federation’s fleet, and the pinnacle of human technological achievement. The Star Trek films deserve a fitting viewing space, preferably Star Trek themed. The most common Star Trek home theater design is the bridghe, with its signature sweeping railing and the Captain’s chair. (Images via neatorama http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/15/, craziestgadgets http://craziestgadgets.com/tag/spock/, gearlivehttp://www.gearlive.com/news/tag/star+trek, geekalerts http://www.geekalerts.com/star-trek-enterprise-bottle-opener/, geek-tastic http://geek-tastic.com/?cat=106, geeky-gadgetshttp://www.geeky-gadgets.com/category/iphone-accessories/page/10/ ) Life is about the little things, and for the avid Trekkie, this involves USS Enterprise bottle openers, iPhone cases, cakes, pillow cases, carhttp://weburbanist.com/transportationdecorations… the list goes on and on. There are a million ways to subtly reveal your loyalty to the Federation. (Images via clothesmonaut http://clothesmonaut.wordpress.com/2009/04/, majorspoilers http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/28402.htm/, iofferhttp://www.ioffer.com/search/items/picard%20star, highsnobietyhttp://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2008/11/18/bbc-star-trek-gloves/ ) If you’re truly proud to be a Trekkie, you’re not afraid to wear clothing that reflects it. Star Trek ties are a great way to bring your interests to work, while a pair of Spock inspired gloves will keep you showing your loyalties throughout the winter. If you’re on your way to a convention, you can always toss on your Star Trek uniform corset to really catch some nerdy attention. (Images via boingboing http://boingboing.net/2008/06/29-week/, geek24http://www.geek24.com/g/u-s-s-enterprise-ncc-1701-7-shuttlecar, makezine http://blog.makezine.com/archive/make_projects/?p=2, walyouhttp://www.walyou.com/blog/2009/12/10/star-trek-led-menorah-design/ ) Car enthusiasts like to customize their rides, and Star Trek enthusiasts are no different. When you can’t find a Star Trek themed accessory to meet your needs, you might as well make it. Some fans have created iPhone cases that look like the original Star Trek comm units, but the ultimate modification involves changing your main mode of transportation to blare your preferences to the world and brighten up the road. (Images via feelingstylish http://feelingstylish.co.uk/tag/shield/, geekologie http://www.geekologie.com/2009/03/01-week/,
[scifinoir2] China discovers XXL Way of Life
After struggling for millennia to feed its population, China, the world's fastest-growing major economy, now faces the opposite problem. Some 30 percent of adults are overweight or obese. http://www.bwchinese.com/article/developments_global/2010-06/2515.html
[scifinoir2] Re: Love your i-Phone? Somebody died to get it to you
Foxcomm (Hon Hai) generates more revenue in a year than Apple, Dell or Microsoft. Foxcomm won Apple's order to make the iPhone after Foxcomm directed the business units to sell parts at zero profit. Can you imagine 420,000 workers paid subsistence wages and jammed 8 to 10 to a dorm room? What I want to know is why do these phones still cost $300? Lastly, business practices oversees are eventually imported here. We purchase our future subjugation. Walmart moved their corporate headquarters to China. Walmart is the number one company in America and this has led to the Walmarting of America: collecting overtime after 40 hours instead of after 8 hours is courtesy of Walmart. Every time you shop at Walmart you are lowering your standard of living. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Vanguard. They did a series of shows on Asia and China. One covered Malaysia and how so many companies have left their for China because China was even cheaper. (they tried to squeeze a few tax dollars out of the billions that was there and the manufactures left!) Then he covered Hong Kong, and mainland China. I think it was all together 4 or 5 shows. The reporter's name is Adam Yamaguchi. He's covering India right now. There's a ton of other videos on the site as well. Just doing a search on China pulled up 403 pages of videos! You can also check it out on their website at: http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/ One of the things that I like about them is that they cover stuff that doesn't get covered in the regular news channel and may NEVER get covered by them. One reporter covered Somali pirates a year before they attacked the US boat. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: Missed that one, Mr Worf. What's the name of the show it was on? I'll keep an eye out for it. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@...wrote: Did anyone see the story about factory closures in China on Current tv? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: Why does this NOT surprise me? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/28/foxconn-plant-china-deaths-suicides Construction workers began erecting anti-suicide nets today at an industrial plant in southern China that makes millions of the world's mobile phones and computers. Five-metre long steel poles were bolted into the walls below the roofs to support webbing that will eventually cover 1.5m square metres. To stem an epidemic of workers leaping to their deaths, the Taiwanese electronics company Foxconn â which works with Apple, Dell and Sony â has also pledged to raise salaries by 20% and offered counselling to its 420,000 employees here. -- 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/ -- 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/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Love your i-Phone? Somebody died to get it to you
You can fill in ANY popular product in the place of iPhone in this piece. The iPhone 3G, Apple's most popular unit, is $99. It no doubt costs around $20 to make. The $300 prices are for people who are not ATT customers, Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters are in Arkansas. Bentonville. I've been there. They have a NEW office in China, which makes sense, as it's their number one market. Their profits are something, but nothing compared to the oil companies. Not to say one form of exploitation is better than another. Every time you fill your tank with oil refined in the United States, you lower your standard of living. On Jul 25, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Kelwyn wrote: Foxcomm (Hon Hai) generates more revenue in a year than Apple, Dell or Microsoft. Foxcomm won Apple's order to make the iPhone after Foxcomm directed the business units to sell parts at zero profit. Can you imagine 420,000 workers paid subsistence wages and jammed 8 to 10 to a dorm room? What I want to know is why do these phones still cost $300? Lastly, business practices oversees are eventually imported here. We purchase our future subjugation. Walmart moved their corporate headquarters to China. Walmart is the number one company in America and this has led to the Walmarting of America: collecting overtime after 40 hours instead of after 8 hours is courtesy of Walmart. Every time you shop at Walmart you are lowering your standard of living. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Vanguard. They did a series of shows on Asia and China. One covered Malaysia and how so many companies have left their for China because China was even cheaper. (they tried to squeeze a few tax dollars out of the billions that was there and the manufactures left!) Then he covered Hong Kong, and mainland China. I think it was all together 4 or 5 shows. The reporter's name is Adam Yamaguchi. He's covering India right now. There's a ton of other videos on the site as well. Just doing a search on China pulled up 403 pages of videos! You can also check it out on their website at: http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/ One of the things that I like about them is that they cover stuff that doesn't get covered in the regular news channel and may NEVER get covered by them. One reporter covered Somali pirates a year before they attacked the US boat. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: Missed that one, Mr Worf. What's the name of the show it was on? I'll keep an eye out for it. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@...wrote: Did anyone see the story about factory closures in China on Current tv? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: Why does this NOT surprise me? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/28/foxconn-plant- china-deaths-suicides Construction workers began erecting anti-suicide nets today at an industrial plant in southern China that makes millions of the world's mobile phones and computers. Five-metre long steel poles were bolted into the walls below the roofs to support webbing that will eventually cover 1.5m square metres. To stem an epidemic of workers leaping to their deaths, the Taiwanese electronics company Foxconn †which works with Apple, Dell and Sony †has also pledged to raise salaries by 20% and offered counselling to its 420,000 employees here. -- 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/ -- 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/
Re: [scifinoir2] Love your i-Phone? Somebody died to get it to you
Thanks, Mr Worf. I do Autotune Vanguard every week, and try to be there to watch. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Vanguard. They did a series of shows on Asia and China. One covered Malaysia and how so many companies have left their for China because China was even cheaper. (they tried to squeeze a few tax dollars out of the billions that was there and the manufactures left!) Then he covered Hong Kong, and mainland China. I think it was all together 4 or 5 shows. The reporter's name is Adam Yamaguchi. He's covering India right now. There's a ton of other videos on the site as well. Just doing a search on China pulled up 403 pages of videos! You can also check it out on their website at: http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/ One of the things that I like about them is that they cover stuff that doesn't get covered in the regular news channel and may NEVER get covered by them. One reporter covered Somali pirates a year before they attacked the US boat. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Missed that one, Mr Worf. What's the name of the show it was on? I'll keep an eye out for it. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Did anyone see the story about factory closures in China on Current tv? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Why does this NOT surprise me? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/28/foxconn-plant-china-deaths-suicides Construction workers began erecting anti-suicide nets today at an industrial plant in southern China that makes millions of the world's mobile phones and computers. Five-metre long steel poles were bolted into the walls below the roofs to support webbing that will eventually cover 1.5m square metres. To stem an epidemic of workers leaping to their deaths, the Taiwanese electronics company Foxconn – which works with Apple, Dell and Sony – has also pledged to raise salaries by 20% and offered counselling to its 420,000 employees here. -- 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/ -- 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/ -- 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] China discovers XXL Way of Life
rave, maybe this is why China struggled to keep out Western influences for so long. Another society corrupted... who's next on the list? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: After struggling for millennia to feed its population, China, the world's fastest-growing major economy, now faces the opposite problem. Some 30 percent of adults are overweight or obese. http://www.bwchinese.com/article/developments_global/2010-06/2515.html -- 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] Star Trek: The Next Generation of Fandom
Juuust a tad much for me. No thanks. And where is The Sisko in all of this? On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Star Trek: The Next Generation of Fandom By Marc http://weburbanist.com/Marc in Architecture Designhttp://weburbanist.com/category/architecture/, Furniture Interiors http://weburbanist.com/category/urban-furniture/, Gadgets Geek Art http://weburbanist.com/category/geek-art/ Star Trek has been an ongoing phenomenon since its debut in 1966. Star Trek consists of 2 series on the USS Enterprise, 3 spin offs, an animated series, and 11 feature films. A franchise this long lasting and successful creates a loyal following that is interested in anything related to the series. Whether it’s Star Trek clothing, home decor, or tattoos, there are a plethora of awesome examples of the fierceness of Star Trek fans. From the fantastic to the ridiculous, here are 10 of the most interesting expressions of Star Trek fanaticism: (Images via voyageronlinehttp://voyageronline.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/the-sacred-tattoo-kim-falconer/, norulesnoshamehttp://norulesnoshame.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/star-trek-tattoos/, mez love http://flickr.com/photos/mezdeathhead/3506178445/, tattoo22http://www.tattoo22.com/pe.html ) Star Trek fans explore every means of showing off their passion for the Star Trek universe, and this includes tattoos. A lot of fans pay homage to their favorite characters (or the entire cast) by having portraits placed prominently on themselves, though the more subtle Star Trek fan may simply have a communicator tattooed to their chest. (Images via trekmoviehttp://trekmovie.com/2007/10/08/first-look-at-star-trek-funeral-products/, walyou http://www.walyou.com/blog/2009/04/06/star-trek-funeral-gadgets/) Even with the advanced technology in Star Trek, exploring the boundaries of space is a dangerous business, and there have been a lot of deaths throughout the series. The funeral rites in the Federation are beautiful and explored in detail. As with all things Star Trek, industrious companies have even learned to capitalize on funeral gear. Futuristic looking urns are available, as well as coffins that look identical to those in the series and films. (Images via product-reviewshttp://www.product-reviews.net/2007/11/20/star-trek-home-theater/, techebloghttp://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-star-trek-fans-build-custom-home-theater-apartment, gearsandwidgets http://www.gearsandwidgets.com/2008/01/, reighnhttp://www.reighn.com/theaterconcept.html ) Everything about the USS Enterprise is graceful and epic, as it is the flagship of the Federation’s fleet, and the pinnacle of human technological achievement. The Star Trek films deserve a fitting viewing space, preferably Star Trek themed. The most common Star Trek home theater design is the bridghe, with its signature sweeping railing and the Captain’s chair. (Images via neatorama http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/15/, craziestgadgets http://craziestgadgets.com/tag/spock/, gearlivehttp://www.gearlive.com/news/tag/star+trek, geekalerts http://www.geekalerts.com/star-trek-enterprise-bottle-opener/, geek-tastic http://geek-tastic.com/?cat=106, geeky-gadgetshttp://www.geeky-gadgets.com/category/iphone-accessories/page/10/ ) Life is about the little things, and for the avid Trekkie, this involves USS Enterprise bottle openers, iPhone cases, cakes, pillow cases, carhttp://weburbanist.com/transportationdecorations… the list goes on and on. There are a million ways to subtly reveal your loyalty to the Federation. (Images via clothesmonaut http://clothesmonaut.wordpress.com/2009/04/, majorspoilers http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/28402.htm/, iofferhttp://www.ioffer.com/search/items/picard%20star, highsnobietyhttp://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2008/11/18/bbc-star-trek-gloves/ ) If you’re truly proud to be a Trekkie, you’re not afraid to wear clothing that reflects it. Star Trek ties are a great way to bring your interests to work, while a pair of Spock inspired gloves will keep you showing your loyalties throughout the winter. If you’re on your way to a convention, you can always toss on your Star Trek uniform corset to really catch some nerdy attention. (Images via boingboing http://boingboing.net/2008/06/29-week/, geek24http://www.geek24.com/g/u-s-s-enterprise-ncc-1701-7-shuttlecar, makezine http://blog.makezine.com/archive/make_projects/?p=2, walyouhttp://www.walyou.com/blog/2009/12/10/star-trek-led-menorah-design/ ) Car enthusiasts like to customize their rides, and Star Trek enthusiasts are no different. When you can’t find a Star Trek themed accessory to meet your needs, you might as well make it. Some fans have created iPhone cases that look like the original Star Trek comm units, but the ultimate modification involves changing your main mode of transportation to blare your preferences to
[scifinoir2] We've seen the alien in Simon Pegg's new roadtrip movie
And I don't care. After this, I want to see it again... == [image: We've seen the alien in Simon Pegg's new roadtrip movie]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/07/simon_pegg_and_nick_frost__3_.jpg Footage at Comic Con revealed at last what the CG alien will look like in Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's *Paul* - and it was a very familiar shape. Pegg and Frost explained to us why Paul looks so classic. Oh, and there are spoilers below. Find them at: http://io9.com/5595616/we-saw-the-alien-in-simon-peggs-new-roadtrip-movie?skyline=trues=i -- 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] China: 4-Ton Transformeresque Sculpture of General
So... his kung fu was that good. Must've studied under Bruce Lee. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: China: 4-Ton Transformeresque Sculpture of General source: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-06/four-ton-transformer-tribute-chinese-genera...http://current.com/http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-06/four-ton-transformer-tribute-chinese-general-meshes-history-and-sci-fi-sweetness -- 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] Salt in your eye
I LOVED the movie. We need MORE female action pics. We only have Angie and Mellia who can pull off action picture and make money. I'd love to see Jada in n action pic. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Although Salt did not dislodge Inception from the top of the box office, it did take in $36 mil at the weekend box office. Part of its success is that it adhered to the formula for a successful kick-ass female action movie: Salt opens with Angelina Jolie stripped to her skivvies, bloodied and beaten, under the extremes of torture - the usual fetishistic fantasy. ~(no)rave! -- Get Social and Follow Me: Read my blog at http://BrandsGoSocial.com Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny
[scifinoir2] Re: Love your i-Phone? Somebody died to get it to you
I know you mentioned profits and the margins are smaller in retail but Walmart is number one on the 2010 Fortune 500 list and Exxon is number 2. Walmart is also the first corporation to top the Fortune 500 list that doesn't make anything (outside of money and more poverty). ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle Lockhart dar...@... wrote: You can fill in ANY popular product in the place of iPhone in this piece. The iPhone 3G, Apple's most popular unit, is $99. It no doubt costs around $20 to make. The $300 prices are for people who are not ATT customers, Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters are in Arkansas. Bentonville. I've been there. They have a NEW office in China, which makes sense, as it's their number one market. Their profits are something, but nothing compared to the oil companies. Not to say one form of exploitation is better than another. Every time you fill your tank with oil refined in the United States, you lower your standard of living. On Jul 25, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Kelwyn wrote: Foxcomm (Hon Hai) generates more revenue in a year than Apple, Dell or Microsoft. Foxcomm won Apple's order to make the iPhone after Foxcomm directed the business units to sell parts at zero profit. Can you imagine 420,000 workers paid subsistence wages and jammed 8 to 10 to a dorm room? What I want to know is why do these phones still cost $300? Lastly, business practices oversees are eventually imported here. We purchase our future subjugation. Walmart moved their corporate headquarters to China. Walmart is the number one company in America and this has led to the Walmarting of America: collecting overtime after 40 hours instead of after 8 hours is courtesy of Walmart. Every time you shop at Walmart you are lowering your standard of living. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ wrote: Vanguard. They did a series of shows on Asia and China. One covered Malaysia and how so many companies have left their for China because China was even cheaper. (they tried to squeeze a few tax dollars out of the billions that was there and the manufactures left!) Then he covered Hong Kong, and mainland China. I think it was all together 4 or 5 shows. The reporter's name is Adam Yamaguchi. He's covering India right now. There's a ton of other videos on the site as well. Just doing a search on China pulled up 403 pages of videos! You can also check it out on their website at: http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/ One of the things that I like about them is that they cover stuff that doesn't get covered in the regular news channel and may NEVER get covered by them. One reporter covered Somali pirates a year before they attacked the US boat. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@wrote: Missed that one, Mr Worf. What's the name of the show it was on? I'll keep an eye out for it. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@wrote: Did anyone see the story about factory closures in China on Current tv? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@wrote: Why does this NOT surprise me? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Kelwyn ravenadal@ wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/28/foxconn-plant- china-deaths-suicides Construction workers began erecting anti-suicide nets today at an industrial plant in southern China that makes millions of the world's mobile phones and computers. Five-metre long steel poles were bolted into the walls below the roofs to support webbing that will eventually cover 1.5m square metres. To stem an epidemic of workers leaping to their deaths, the Taiwanese electronics company Foxconn â which works with Apple, Dell and Sony â has also pledged to raise salaries by 20% and offered counselling to its 420,000 employees here. -- 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/ -- 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] Cowboys and Aliens is the best thing you'll see next summer
Just read this... pardon me if my SQUEE of delight hurt anyone's ears. And Harrison Ford as the BAD GUY... == [image: Cowboys and Aliens is the best thing you'll see next summer]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/07/cowboysandaliensfirstlook.jpgProbably the most exciting thing we saw at Comic-Con today was a surprise chunk of footage from Jon Favreau's scifi western, *Cowboys and Aliens*. It was gritty and action-packed, plus there was a showdown between Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig. Favreau, whose previous films were *Iron Man* and *Iron Man 2,* said they've only been shooting for a month, but he wanted to prep some great footage for Comic-Con. Holy crap did he deliver. He called the movie a by the book Western, in the vein of John Ford, which will definitely be in 2D. (Why no 3D? He just doesn't think you can shoot a Western in digital.) And he said his scifi influences include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien, and Predator. We wanted it to look like practical effects, with minimal CGI, he added. And it really worked. More at: http://io9.com/5595665/cowboys-and-aliens-is-the-best-thing-youll-see-next-summer?skyline=trues=i -- 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] Salt in your eye
It's another movie on my wish list, right after Inception. ~ 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 Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: I LOVED the movie. We need MORE female action pics. We only have Angie and Mellia who can pull off action picture and make money. I'd love to see Jada in n action pic. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Although Salt did not dislodge Inception from the top of the box office, it did take in $36 mil at the weekend box office. Part of its success is that it adhered to the formula for a successful kick-ass female action movie: Salt opens with Angelina Jolie stripped to her skivvies, bloodied and beaten, under the extremes of torture - the usual fetishistic fantasy. ~(no)rave! -- Get Social and Follow Me: Read my blog at http://BrandsGoSocial.com Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny
Re: [scifinoir2] Dieselpunk short Reign of Death is noir with flying cars
That's really sad to hear. When I get my works done to my satisfaction, I intend to use animation in order to bring it to visual life. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I think because people want to be a part of the big system and make the big films. There's no romance in making indie scifi anymore. Although I believe that there is a niche for it, a lot of the artists that I was in school with wanted to make cartoons or video games. Very few wanted to make special effects or do movies. :( I think it was 4 out of 60 people. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I wonder why it hasn't. Would make perfect sense for it to have proliferated. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: They could have made a longer film if they wanted to. I think that it was probably an experiment. It was only two locations and a few shots. The rest was the artwork. I was hoping that after greenscreen caught on that we would see a lot more indie scifi movies but that isn't really happening. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Exactly my thoughts, Mr Worf. With a better budget and more time, this could be something worth noticing, IMO. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Interesting film. Although the wasn't all that good. I did enjoy the special effects and the breakdown about how it was done. Amazing what you can do with a good effects person or team at the helm. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: For those of you who may have wondered what became of Mickey from Doctor Who... === If you want a visual feast, you must watch UK short Reign Of Death - it's dystopian futurism, complete with film noir robots and a high tech gumshoe. Plus it stars *Doctor Who*'s Noel Clarke (Mickey!) and is directed by concept designer Matt Savage, who worked on *Doctor Who, Kick-Ass*, and the upcoming *X-Men: First Class.* The styling reminds me of * Caprica*, with its blend of mid-twentieth century styles and a hypertech future. More at: http://io9.com/5592959/dieselpunk-short-reign-of-death-is-noir-with-flying-cars -- 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/ -- 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/ -- 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/ -- 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] Dieselpunk short Reign of Death is noir with flying cars
I'm not sure what is going on. A couple of years ago I used to see a lot of youngsters making scifi in their backyard but now its just a trickle. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: That's really sad to hear. When I get my works done to my satisfaction, I intend to use animation in order to bring it to visual life. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I think because people want to be a part of the big system and make the big films. There's no romance in making indie scifi anymore. Although I believe that there is a niche for it, a lot of the artists that I was in school with wanted to make cartoons or video games. Very few wanted to make special effects or do movies. :( I think it was 4 out of 60 people. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I wonder why it hasn't. Would make perfect sense for it to have proliferated. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: They could have made a longer film if they wanted to. I think that it was probably an experiment. It was only two locations and a few shots. The rest was the artwork. I was hoping that after greenscreen caught on that we would see a lot more indie scifi movies but that isn't really happening. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: Exactly my thoughts, Mr Worf. With a better budget and more time, this could be something worth noticing, IMO. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Interesting film. Although the wasn't all that good. I did enjoy the special effects and the breakdown about how it was done. Amazing what you can do with a good effects person or team at the helm. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: For those of you who may have wondered what became of Mickey from Doctor Who... === If you want a visual feast, you must watch UK short Reign Of Death - it's dystopian futurism, complete with film noir robots and a high tech gumshoe. Plus it stars *Doctor Who*'s Noel Clarke (Mickey!) and is directed by concept designer Matt Savage, who worked on *Doctor Who, Kick-Ass *, and the upcoming *X-Men: First Class.* The styling reminds me of *Caprica*, with its blend of mid-twentieth century styles and a hypertech future. More at: http://io9.com/5592959/dieselpunk-short-reign-of-death-is-noir-with-flying-cars -- 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/ -- 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/ -- 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/ -- 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/
Re: [scifinoir2] Salt in your eye
Ah... remind me to be getting popcorn during that part of the festivities. [?][?] On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Although Salt did not dislodge Inception from the top of the box office, it did take in $36 mil at the weekend box office. Part of its success is that it adhered to the formula for a successful kick-ass female action movie: Salt opens with Angelina Jolie stripped to her skivvies, bloodied and beaten, under the extremes of torture - the usual fetishistic fantasy. ~(no)rave! -- 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 323.gif320.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] Salt in your eye
And thanks for the heads-up on that, rave. Forewarned is forearmed. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Although Salt did not dislodge Inception from the top of the box office, it did take in $36 mil at the weekend box office. Part of its success is that it adhered to the formula for a successful kick-ass female action movie: Salt opens with Angelina Jolie stripped to her skivvies, bloodied and beaten, under the extremes of torture - the usual fetishistic fantasy. ~(no)rave! -- 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] Short film: 1945A
That, Mr Worf, was dripping with goodness. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: It is 1945. The Americans, English and Russians are sweeping through Europe. Victory is at hand, but the Nazis have one last card to play http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPnINKwWUiY -- 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] Salt in your eye
It's not bad. They don't show any real abuse, just the image of her after having been abused.- Original Message -From: "Martin Baxter" martinbaxt...@gmail.comTo: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 6:39:47 PMSubject: Re: [scifinoir2] Salt in your eye Ah... remind me to be getting popcorn during that part of the festivities. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Although Salt did not dislodge Inception from the top of the box office, it did take in $36 mil at the weekend box office. Part of its success is that it adhered to the formula for a successful kick-ass female action movie: Salt opens with Angelina Jolie stripped to her skivvies, bloodied and beaten, under the extremes of torture - the usual fetishistic fantasy. ~(no)rave! -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Granthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Love your i-Phone? Somebody died to get it to you
Walmart is also the first corporation to top the Fortune 500 list that doesn't make anything (outside of money and more poverty). And they wonder why we speak such ill of them... [?][?][?][?] On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I know you mentioned profits and the margins are smaller in retail but Walmart is number one on the 2010 Fortune 500 list and Exxon is number 2. Walmart is also the first corporation to top the Fortune 500 list that doesn't make anything (outside of money and more poverty). ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Daryle Lockhart dar...@... wrote: You can fill in ANY popular product in the place of iPhone in this piece. The iPhone 3G, Apple's most popular unit, is $99. It no doubt costs around $20 to make. The $300 prices are for people who are not ATT customers, Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters are in Arkansas. Bentonville. I've been there. They have a NEW office in China, which makes sense, as it's their number one market. Their profits are something, but nothing compared to the oil companies. Not to say one form of exploitation is better than another. Every time you fill your tank with oil refined in the United States, you lower your standard of living. On Jul 25, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Kelwyn wrote: Foxcomm (Hon Hai) generates more revenue in a year than Apple, Dell or Microsoft. Foxcomm won Apple's order to make the iPhone after Foxcomm directed the business units to sell parts at zero profit. Can you imagine 420,000 workers paid subsistence wages and jammed 8 to 10 to a dorm room? What I want to know is why do these phones still cost $300? Lastly, business practices oversees are eventually imported here. We purchase our future subjugation. Walmart moved their corporate headquarters to China. Walmart is the number one company in America and this has led to the Walmarting of America: collecting overtime after 40 hours instead of after 8 hours is courtesy of Walmart. Every time you shop at Walmart you are lowering your standard of living. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ wrote: Vanguard. They did a series of shows on Asia and China. One covered Malaysia and how so many companies have left their for China because China was even cheaper. (they tried to squeeze a few tax dollars out of the billions that was there and the manufactures left!) Then he covered Hong Kong, and mainland China. I think it was all together 4 or 5 shows. The reporter's name is Adam Yamaguchi. He's covering India right now. There's a ton of other videos on the site as well. Just doing a search on China pulled up 403 pages of videos! You can also check it out on their website at: http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/ One of the things that I like about them is that they cover stuff that doesn't get covered in the regular news channel and may NEVER get covered by them. One reporter covered Somali pirates a year before they attacked the US boat. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@wrote: Missed that one, Mr Worf. What's the name of the show it was on? I'll keep an eye out for it. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@wrote: Did anyone see the story about factory closures in China on Current tv? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@wrote: Why does this NOT surprise me? On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Kelwyn ravenadal@ wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/28/foxconn-plant- china-deaths-suicides Construction workers began erecting anti-suicide nets today at an industrial plant in southern China that makes millions of the world's mobile phones and computers. Five-metre long steel poles were bolted into the walls below the roofs to support webbing that will eventually cover 1.5m square metres. To stem an epidemic of workers leaping to their deaths, the Taiwanese electronics company Foxconn †which works with Apple, Dell and Sony †has also pledged to raise salaries by 20% and offered counselling to its 420,000 employees here. -- 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/ -- If all the world's a stage and
[scifinoir2] The Search for Dark Energy has a New Weapon
The Search for Dark Energy has a New Weapon http://omnikool.discovery.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/news.discovery.com/space/the-search-for-dark-energy-has-a-new-weapon.html/498344566/Top3/default/empty.gif/5350666142307848534e774143362b62?x http://news.discovery.com/contributors/nicole-gugliucci/ Analysis by Nicole Gugliucci http://news.discovery.com/contributors/nicole-gugliucci/ Sat Jul 24, 2010 03:10 PM ET 1 Commentshttp://news.discovery.com/space/the-search-for-dark-energy-has-a-new-weapon.html#view-comments| Leave a Commenthttp://news.discovery.com/space/the-search-for-dark-energy-has-a-new-weapon.html#post-a-comment Printhttp://news.discovery.com/space/the-search-for-dark-energy-has-a-new-weapon.html?print=true Email javascript:%20void(null); - Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://news.discovery.com/space/the-search-for-dark-energy-has-a-new-weapon.html - Twitterhttp://wd.sharethis.com/api/sharer.php?destination=twitterurl=http://news.discovery.com/space/the-search-for-dark-energy-has-a-new-weapon.htmltitle=The%20Search%20for%20Dark%20Energy%20has%20a%20New%20Weapon%20:%20Discovery%20News - Digghttp://digg.com/submit?url=http://news.discovery.com/space/the-search-for-dark-energy-has-a-new-weapon.htmltitle=The%20Search%20for%20Dark%20Energy%20has%20a%20New%20Weapon%20:%20Discovery%20Newsbodytext=What%20is%20causing%20the%20Universe%20to%20expand%20at%20an%20accelerated%20rate?%20Astronomers%20have%20demonstrated%20a%20new%20technique%20with%20the%20largest%20fully-steerable%20radio%20telescope%20topic=television - Yahoo! Buzzhttp://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?publisherurn=discovery_cha79targetUrl=http://news.discovery.com/space/the-search-for-dark-energy-has-a-new-weapon.htmlsubmitHeadline=The%20Search%20for%20Dark%20Energy%20has%20a%20New%20Weapon%20:%20Discovery%20News [image: Dark-matter-energy-625x450]http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8341bf67c53ef0133f279c262970b-pi The nature of dark energyhttp://news.discovery.com/space/one-step-closer-to-understanding-dark-energy.htmlis one of the outstanding problems in cosmology today. *Something* is causing the universe's expansion to accelerate, but what? Numerous techniques are being developed to attack this problem, and astronomers have demonstrated such a technique with the largest fully-steerable radio telescope http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2010/highzhi/. *SLIDE SHOW: Visualizing the inner workings of a Type Ia supernova -- the standard candle astronomers use to measure the effects of dark energy.http://news.discovery.com/space/argonne-supernova-simulation.html * [image: Dark-energy] *WATCH VIDEO: James Williams investigates the mysteries behind a dark force in the universe: dark energy.*http://news.discovery.com/videos/space-study-sheds-light-on-dark-energy.html Theories predict that acoustic, or sound waves, from the very early universe should have left their mark in a detectable way. (What if you could hear these soundshttp://www.astro.virginia.edu/%7Edmw8f/BBA_web/index_frames.html?) By measuring the large-scale structures left behind by the sound waves, astronomers may be able to make precise measurements of some of the parameters of dark energy http://news.discovery.com/dark-energy/, thus getting one step closer to determining its nature. Astronomers Tzu-Ching Chang, Jeffrey Peterson, Ue-Li Pen, and Kevin Bandura used the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia to map large, faint structures of hydrogen gas. Hydrogen is the most common element in the galaxy, and hydrogen atoms give off a characteristic color of radio light. As they map the hydrogen in the universe on the largest scales, astronomers can search for the structures created by the universe's characteristic sound waves. However, mapping the most abundant element in the universe in this way isn't the easiest task. The team developed new techniques of mapping the faint hydrogen, as well as methods for removing stray radio interferences from man-made sources and from astronomical sources in the foreground. The work paid off as they detected hydrogen ten times further than had been done before. To unlock the universe's deepest secrets, astronomers find themselves working harder to find more clever techniques in order to detect fainter and more elusive signals. But isn't it the challenge that makes it more fun? *Caption: Computer simulation of large scale structure. Credit: Science Magazine* -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Short film: 1945A
The scary part was all of those things that were used were on the drawing boards at the time. No one has been able to give me a good explanation as to why German scientists were able to create such wonder weapons while Americans seem to lack imagination. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: That, Mr Worf, was dripping with goodness. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: It is 1945. The Americans, English and Russians are sweeping through Europe. Victory is at hand, but the Nazis have one last card to play http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPnINKwWUiY -- 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/
Re: [scifinoir2] China: 4-Ton Transformeresque Sculpture of General
He may have been the original incarnation of Bruce Lee. A lot of the older historic Kung Fu movies has his character in it. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: So... his kung fu was that good. Must've studied under Bruce Lee. On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: China: 4-Ton Transformeresque Sculpture of General source: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-06/four-ton-transformer-tribute-chinese-genera...http://current.com/http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-06/four-ton-transformer-tribute-chinese-general-meshes-history-and-sci-fi-sweetness -- 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] Endhiran - The Robot
This movie is being billed as the most expensive Indian made movie. What is it you ask? It is a scifi / musical about a robot. In keeping with India's long tradition of musical numbers appearing in inappropriate places, this fits right in doesn't it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Ps4eTQJrk -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Cowboys and Aliens is the best thing you'll see next summer
Looks interesting! On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Just read this... pardon me if my SQUEE of delight hurt anyone's ears. And Harrison Ford as the BAD GUY... == [image: Cowboys and Aliens is the best thing you'll see next summer]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/07/cowboysandaliensfirstlook.jpgProbably the most exciting thing we saw at Comic-Con today was a surprise chunk of footage from Jon Favreau's scifi western, *Cowboys and Aliens*. It was gritty and action-packed, plus there was a showdown between Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig. Favreau, whose previous films were *Iron Man* and *Iron Man 2,* said they've only been shooting for a month, but he wanted to prep some great footage for Comic-Con. Holy crap did he deliver. He called the movie a by the book Western, in the vein of John Ford, which will definitely be in 2D. (Why no 3D? He just doesn't think you can shoot a Western in digital.) And he said his scifi influences include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien, and Predator. We wanted it to look like practical effects, with minimal CGI, he added. And it really worked. More at: http://io9.com/5595665/cowboys-and-aliens-is-the-best-thing-youll-see-next-summer?skyline=trues=i -- 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] Short film: Server
Years after the apocalypse that was started by the server and its machines, the surviving humans band together and elect champions to brave the desolate wilderness of what was once America to take down the machines and the server that built them. The film was made in hundreds of still images or modified Adobe Flash images. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMdJ0NHww-cfeature=related Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viDxaW5y8i8NR=1 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Conspiracy Series Rubicon - Sneak Preview Tonight
AMC is airing the pilot ep right now. I'm checking it out... - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 3:48:48 PM Subject: [scifinoir2] Conspiracy Series Rubicon Debuts on AMC in August Wow, another new cable series? Like I said before, there's so much on TNT, AMC, FX, USA, and the premium channels, you almost don't have to watch the Big Three (Four?) In fact, I think just about all of my fav shows are on cable: Burn Notice, Warehouse 13, Eureka, In Plain Sight, Royal Pains. The broadcast channels have some I like, such as The Good Guys, Friday Night Lights, Numb3rs. I still don't know much about Rubicon, but its being on AMC bodes well. Who knew that AMC had set a record for number of consecutive Drama Emmy awards? ** http://www.amctv.com/originals/Rubicon/about AMC's NEWEST ORIGINAL SERIES: RUBICON AMC production on Rubicon , its newest original drama series, began on Monday, March 29 in New York City. The show is a conspiracy thriller starring James Badge Dale (who earlier this year headlined HBO’s The Pacific ) as an analyst at a New York City-based federal intelligence agency who is thrown into a story where nothing is as it appears to be. Henry Bromell ( Homicide, Chicago Hope, Brotherhood ) has signed on as showrunner. The one-hour, 13-episode weekly series is produced by Warner Horizon Television and premieres this summer. (Click here to watch a sneak preview of Rubicon .) Rubicon is an incredible story about trust and power born out of the desire to find a way to capture the intensity and mystery of the best conspiracy thrillers in a series. It is a show that appeals to everyone who has some skepticism about the relationship between big business and our government, which we think is pretty much everybody,” said Joel Stillerman, SVP of original programming, production and digital content for AMC. “Our stellar cast and creative team allow us to continue to present premium television on basic cable. The series cast includes James Badge Dale ( The Pacific, The Departed ), Oscar®-nominated actress Miranda Richardson ( Sleepy Hollow ), Dallas Roberts ( Walk the Line, Flicka, The L Word ), Jessica Collins ( The Nine, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ), Christopher Evan Welch ( Vicky Cristina Barcelona ), Lauren Hodges ( Law Order ), and Arliss Howard ( Full Metal Jacket, Natural Born Killers, The Sandlot ). AMC’s Stillerman along with Susie Fitzgerald, senior vice president of scripted development and current programming and Jeremy Elice, vice president of original programming, will oversee the development and production of the new drama. Rubicon’s pilot was produced in New York City and was directed by acclaimed film and television helmer Allen Coulter ( The Sopranos, Hollywoodland, Damages, Nurse Jackie ) and Kerry Orent ( Michael Clayton, Rescue Me ) is the producer. Greenlit to a full series order in June 2009, Rubicon marks AMC’s third original series. In summer 2007, AMC debuted its first original drama Mad Men , which went on to receive unprecedented critical acclaim and garner history-making awards recognition, including back-to-back Emmy and the only series to ever win the Golden Globe, three times in a row, for best drama series on television. The series returns for a fourth season this summer. In January 2008, AMC premiered its second original series, Breaking Bad , which landed on countless critics' top ten lists and also won back-to-back Emmy Awards for outstanding lead actor for Bryan Cranston’s portrayal of lead character Walter White. The series returned for its third season on March 21. About AMC AMC reigns as the only network to ever win the Golden Globe® Award for Best Television Series - Drama three years in a row and the only basic cable network to win back-to-back Primetime Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Drama Series. Whether commemorating favorite films from every genre and decade from the most comprehensive library or creating acclaimed original productions, the AMC experience is an uncompromising celebration of great stories. AMC's original stories include the Emmy® Award-winning dramas Mad Men and Breaking Bad , and insightful non-scripted programming such as AMC News. AMC further demonstrates its commitment to the art of storytelling with curated movie franchises like AMC Hollywood Icon and AMC Complete Collection. Available in more than 95 million homes (Source: Nielsen Media Research), AMC is a subsidiary of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, which includes sister networks IFC, Sundance Channel, WE tv and Wedding Central. AMC is available across all platforms, including on-air, online, on demand and mobile. AMC: Story Matters HereSM.
Re: [scifinoir2] China discovers XXL Way of Life
Its the desk jobs. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: After struggling for millennia to feed its population, China, the world's fastest-growing major economy, now faces the opposite problem. Some 30 percent of adults are overweight or obese. http://www.bwchinese.com/article/developments_global/2010-06/2515.html Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Star Trek: The Next Generation of Fandom
Gotta admit the home movie theater look real nice. May just get the Iphone cover. I just want the Nurse Chapel voice apps for my phone and desktop. From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 8:12:42 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Star Trek: The Next Generation of Fandom Juuust a tad much for me. No thanks. And where is The Sisko in all of this? On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: Star Trek: The Next Generation of Fandom By Marc in Architecture Design, Furniture Interiors, Gadgets Geek Art Star Trek has been an ongoing phenomenon since its debut in 1966. Star Trek consists of 2 series on the USS Enterprise, 3 spin offs, an animated series, and 11 feature films. A franchise this long lasting and successful creates a loyal following that is interested in anything related to the series. Whether it’s Star Trek clothing, home decor, or tattoos, there are a plethora of awesome examples of the fierceness of Star Trek fans. From the fantastic to the ridiculous, here are 10 of the most interesting expressions of Star Trek fanaticism: (Images via voyageronline, norulesnoshame, mez love, tattoo22) Star Trek fans explore every means of showing off their passion for the Star Trek universe, and this includes tattoos. A lot of fans pay homage to their favorite characters (or the entire cast) by having portraits placed prominently on themselves, though the more subtle Star Trek fan may simply have a communicator tattooed to their chest. (Images via trekmovie, walyou) Even with the advanced technology in Star Trek, exploring the boundaries of space is a dangerous business, and there have been a lot of deaths throughout the series. The funeral rites in the Federation are beautiful and explored in detail. As with all things Star Trek, industrious companies have even learned to capitalize on funeral gear. Futuristic looking urns are available, as well as coffins that look identical to those in the series and films. (Images via product-reviews, techeblog, gearsandwidgets, reighn) Everything about the USS Enterprise is graceful and epic, as it is the flagship of the Federation’s fleet, and the pinnacle of human technological achievement. The Star Trek films deserve a fitting viewing space, preferably Star Trek themed. The most common Star Trek home theater design is the bridghe, with its signature sweeping railing and the Captain’s chair. (Images via neatorama, craziestgadgets, gearlive, geekalerts, geek-tastic, geeky-gadgets) Life is about the little things, and for the avid Trekkie, this involves USS Enterprise bottle openers, iPhone cases, cakes, pillow cases, car decorations… the list goes on and on. There are a million ways to subtly reveal your loyalty to the Federation. (Images via clothesmonaut, majorspoilers, ioffer, highsnobiety) If you’re truly proud to be a Trekkie, you’re not afraid to wear clothing that reflects it. Star Trek ties are a great way to bring your interests to work, while a pair of Spock inspired gloves will keep you showing your loyalties throughout the winter. If you’re on your way to a convention, you can always toss on your Star Trek uniform corset to really catch some nerdy attention. (Images via boingboing, geek24, makezine, walyou) Car enthusiasts like to customize their rides, and Star Trek enthusiasts are no different. When you can’t find a Star Trek themed accessory to meet your needs, you might as well make it. Some fans have created iPhone cases that look like the original Star Trek comm units, but the ultimate modification involves changing your main mode of transportation to blare your preferences to the world and brighten up the road. (Images via feelingstylish, geekologie, geeky-gadgets, movieties) Formal wear isn’t exempt from Star Trek fervor, with a booming cufflink industry keeping geek-centric companies in business. Several colognes and perfumes have been made, as well as luxurious watches and time pieces. Star Trek inspired jewelry is quite common, and people are willing to pay a high price for the more unique goods. (Images via product-reviews, funkybachelor, manolo) Your house is the ultimate expression of your taste and style, where you go to relax, or invite friends over for social activities. You have to be truly fanatical to drastically alter your home decor to reflect the atmosphere of your favorite television show. From illuminated wall displays to the smooth walls and low lighting of the interior of the USS Enterprise, these fans proudly display their Star Trek inspired lifestyle. (Images via gadgetreview, mydesignpick, gadgether, insidedgw,stylehive) Star Trek fans are proud geeks who spend a lot of time at their computers. It makes sense, then, that there is such an extensive variety of USB devices that can grace one’s desk. Miniature USS Enterprises,
