Re: [scifinoir2] Skyline Trailer

[Martin Baxter]

It does at that, Mr Worf. And it's amazing to me that they incorporated
Hawking's comments on the subject so soon after he made them.

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> I'm going to keep thinking positive on that. The movie looks good though.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Stephen Hawking said that we shouldn't seek First Contact with aliens...
>> maybe he was right.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6gtCpPMA4Y
>>
>> --
>> "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] Famous Faces Stationery

[Martin Baxter]

This one goes forth to many on my list. Thanks, Mr Worf!

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Famous Faces Stationery Pets impersonating celebrities grace the covers of
> these new notebooks by Margaret 
> Kaminskiin
> Design  on 11 August 2010
> [image: tenues-2.jpg]
>
> A kitschy new line of stationary, 
> Takkoda's
> Famous Faces series features freakishly adorable pets dressed up as popular
> celebrities. The collection includes journals, bookmarks and greeting cards,
> each with stoic faces ironically mocking their silly appearance.
>
> Each of the 184-page lightly ruled journals (offered in pocket- or
> full-size versions) is complete with an elastic pen holder, ribbon bookmark
> and interior pocket, keeping organization at the forefront of the design.
> [image: hamsterhat.jpg] [image: hamsters1.jpg] [image: ozzy2.jpg]
>
> Characters such as chihuahua Michael Jackson, corgi Dr. Spock and kitten
> Audrey Hepburn keep the humor alive while doing some serious note taking.
> Available online from 
> teNeuesfor
>  $9 (small) or $13 (large).
>
>
> --
> 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] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV

[Martin Baxter]

Sad thing, Gerald, is that everything you said CAN BE DONE. And the studios
would easily make their money. If it's piracy they worry over, they have to
deal with the certainty that piracy is a fact of life. No matter how hard
they try to stamp out torrents, more spring up every day. And don't ask
about the piracy industries in Russia and China.

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Gerald Haynes  wrote:

>
>
> Complete on-demand. Every episode of every show from every network
> available on demand. Hulu is close, but studio deals make them remove
> content to boost dvd sales. Netflix is close, but missing a lot of tv
> studios. Then the ability to stream ALL new dvd on the day they are
> released. Perfection would be the ability to stream movies when they are
> released in theaters and sporting events like the Super Bowl as they happen.
> THEN and only then would I think about dropping Uverse.
>
> Gerald
>
>
> On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 4:38 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote:
>
> >What do you think could push it over, Gerald, in your opinion?
> >
> >On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Gerald Haynes 
> >>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Nah, this isn't the cable killing deal yet - but between this & the Hulu
> >> deal, we're close. Verrry close.
> >>
> >> Gerald
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 3:05 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote:
> >>
> >> >If this hurts Comscum in any way, then I endorse it wholeheartedly.
> >> >
> >> >On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Kelwyn 
> >> >
> >
>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/netflix-and-epix-working-on-major-digital-partnership-to-shake-up-pay-tv-landscape.html
> >> >>
> >> >> In a deal that could transform the landscape for digital movie
> >> >> distribution, start-up pay-TV channel Epix is in serious negotiations
> to
> >> >> give Netflix exclusive online rights to films from its three equity
> >> partners
> >> >> -- Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
> >> >>
> >> >> The five-year arrangement would allow Netflix subscribers to watch
> >> movies
> >> >> such as "Iron Man 2," "Dinner for Schmucks" and this week's release
> "The
> >> >> Expendables" via the company's Internet streaming service, according
> to
> >> >> several people familiar with the situation.
> >> >>
> >> >> The agreement would make Netflix, best known for its DVD-by-mail
> >> business,
> >> >> a potentially formidable competitor to Time Warner's dominant pay
> >> channel
> >> >> Home Box Office, which has movies from Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox
> >> and
> >> >> Universal Pictures. As more people watch Internet content on their
> >> >> televisions, Netflix has been investing huge amounts of money to
> acquire
> >> >> content for its streaming video service. It already has a deal with
> >> Liberty
> >> >> Media's pay channel Starz, which brings it movies from Walt Disney
> >> Studios
> >> >> and Sony Pictures. Netflix also recently acquired exclusive pay-TV
> >> window
> >> >> rights for films produced by Relativity Media.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >"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
>
>  
>



-- 
"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] Japan Getting Blazing Fast 42 Mbps Wireless Network

[Martin Baxter]

Exactly. As far as America's advanced in the last 234 years, it still ahsn't
moved forward in mentality. If anything, it's taken several steps backward.

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> I'm surprised that this hasn't come up on business shows yet. There are so
> many similar situations to this one that I think it may be indicative of the
> American psyche.
>
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:25 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Because the American way is to create the technology, sell it for big
>> bucks and then rest on laurels. The Japanese bought it and kept working to
>> improve it.
>>
>> And you're spot-on about this creating a new rental/entertainment
>> industry. Let us, however, pause to hope that Comscum gets nowhere near the
>> rights.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My question is why are they so far ahead of us on this when "we" invented
>>> the technology?
>>>
>>> Speed like this could create a whole new rental and entertainment
>>> industry. Comscum and HSC want interactive tv this could be it in real
>>> time.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Martin Baxter 
>>> wrote:
>>>


 If it weren't for their environmental stance, I'd be on my way.


 On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:47 AM, Mr. Worf wrote:

>
>
> Japan Getting Blazing Fast 42 Mbps Wireless Network
>  By Kevin C. Tofel  Jul. 6,
> 2010, 12:16pm PDT 1 
> Comment
>   Buzz    
> 
>  
> 88
>
> Ericsson
> equipment will power a 42 Mbps HSPA network for Japanese carrier 
> EMOBILE,
> which is expected to launch the super-fast network in major cities before
> the end of this year. Ericsson said today that its gear will be deployed 
> in
> Tokyo, Tokai and Osaka, among other major metropolitan areas. The upgraded
> EMOBILE network can offer such fast speeds because it will use a dual-cell
> HSPA solution, allowing the consumer to receive data over two blocks of
> spectrum simultaneously.
>
> Thanks to the dual-cell HSPA (DC-HSPA) technology, EMOBILE’s new data
> offering will roughly double that of T-Mobile’s current HSPA+ network
> in the United 
> States.
> Once EMOBILE completes this DC-HSPA implementation, it will be the first
> Japanese dual-cell HSPA network. Telecom gear-maker Ericsson first
> demonstrated the dual-cell technology at the 2009 Mobile World 
> Congressand,
>  at that time, expected commercial deployments would take place by the
> end of 2010.
>
> Although the EMOBILE implementation of DC-HSPA doesn’t support MIMO, or
> multiple-input-multiple-output, technology, future versions will, Ericsson
> says. By simultaneously sending two data streams to a pair of antennas on
> the same frequency, a DC-HSPA network with MIMO support will double
> theoretical wireless broadband speeds to 84 Mbps. Both 3 Scandinavia
> and Telstra  are looking at 2011
> deployments for a 84 Mbps-capable network upgrade. For many operators, 
> this
> will be a handy way to hold off on deploying Long Term Evolution (LTE)
> networks while the 4G technology and market matures.
>
> *Related content from GigaOM Pro (sub req’d):*
>
>
> --
> 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

Re: [scifinoir2] AutoTram combines a bus and a tram to get the best of both worlds

[Martin Baxter]

I'm loving that. But the human element would have to be totally excised, or
there'd be accidents up the wa- and out the -zoo.

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> AutoTram combines a bus and a tram to get the best of both worlds
>
> By Darren Quick 
>
> *01:02 August 13, 2010*
>[image: The AutoTram research platform for testing new components and
> systems for use in the 
> elect...]
>
> The AutoTram research platform for testing new components and systems for
> use in the electromobile vehicles of tomorrow (Image: Fraunhofer IVI)
>   Electric Power 
> Scooters-
> www.Hoveround.com/Scooters
> 9/10 People Had Medicare Pay for a New Electric Scooter! Free Info Kit
> Double Layer 
> Capacitors-
> www.digikey.com
> 2.1V-56V. 3.5mm-10.6mm lead space. Buy EDL capacitors from Digi-Key.
> Renewable Energy 
> Systems-
> www.siemens.com/energy/services

Re: [scifinoir2] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV

[Gerald Haynes]

The video entertainment industry would make a grip if they did this. If I could 
just pay to stream the latest releases, I would watch 5x more movies. Now it's 
a hassle with getting the kids ready and packing snacks to bring into the 
theater. I would GLADLY pay for the ability to watch whatever tv show i could 
whenever I wanted. But then again It'd probably never leave the house. Maybe 
it's for the best.

Gerald

On Sat Aug 14th, 2010 6:38 AM EDT Martin Baxter wrote:

>Sad thing, Gerald, is that everything you said CAN BE DONE. And the studios
>would easily make their money. If it's piracy they worry over, they have to
>deal with the certainty that piracy is a fact of life. No matter how hard
>they try to stamp out torrents, more spring up every day. And don't ask
>about the piracy industries in Russia and China.
>
>On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Gerald Haynes  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Complete on-demand. Every episode of every show from every network
>> available on demand. Hulu is close, but studio deals make them remove
>> content to boost dvd sales. Netflix is close, but missing a lot of tv
>> studios. Then the ability to stream ALL new dvd on the day they are
>> released. Perfection would be the ability to stream movies when they are
>> released in theaters and sporting events like the Super Bowl as they happen.
>> THEN and only then would I think about dropping Uverse.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 4:38 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote:
>>
>> >What do you think could push it over, Gerald, in your opinion?
>> >
>> >On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Gerald Haynes 
>> >>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Nah, this isn't the cable killing deal yet - but between this & the Hulu
>> >> deal, we're close. Verrry close.
>> >>
>> >> Gerald
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 3:05 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >If this hurts Comscum in any way, then I endorse it wholeheartedly.
>> >> >
>> >> >On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Kelwyn 
>> >> >
>> >
>>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/netflix-and-epix-working-on-major-digital-partnership-to-shake-up-pay-tv-landscape.html
>> >> >>
>> >> >> In a deal that could transform the landscape for digital movie
>> >> >> distribution, start-up pay-TV channel Epix is in serious negotiations
>> to
>> >> >> give Netflix exclusive online rights to films from its three equity
>> >> partners
>> >> >> -- Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The five-year arrangement would allow Netflix subscribers to watch
>> >> movies
>> >> >> such as "Iron Man 2," "Dinner for Schmucks" and this week's release
>> "The
>> >> >> Expendables" via the company's Internet streaming service, according
>> to
>> >> >> several people familiar with the situation.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The agreement would make Netflix, best known for its DVD-by-mail
>> >> business,
>> >> >> a potentially formidable competitor to Time Warner's dominant pay
>> >> channel
>> >> >> Home Box Office, which has movies from Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox
>> >> and
>> >> >> Universal Pictures. As more people watch Internet content on their
>> >> >> televisions, Netflix has been investing huge amounts of money to
>> acquire
>> >> >> content for its streaming video service. It already has a deal with
>> >> Liberty
>> >> >> Media's pay channel Starz, which brings it movies from Walt Disney
>> >> Studios
>> >> >> and Sony Pictures. Netflix also recently acquired exclusive pay-TV
>> >> window
>> >> >> rights for films produced by Relativity Media.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >--
>> >> >"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
>>
>>  
>>
>
>
>
>-- 
>"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] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV

[Gerald Haynes]

The video entertainment industry would make a grip if they did this. If I could 
just pay to stream the latest releases, I would watch 5x more movies. Now it's 
a hassle with getting the kids ready and packing snacks to bring into the 
theater. I would GLADLY pay for the ability to watch whatever tv show i could 
whenever I wanted. But then again It'd probably never leave the house. Maybe 
it's for the best.

Gerald

On Sat Aug 14th, 2010 6:38 AM EDT Martin Baxter wrote:

>Sad thing, Gerald, is that everything you said CAN BE DONE. And the studios
>would easily make their money. If it's piracy they worry over, they have to
>deal with the certainty that piracy is a fact of life. No matter how hard
>they try to stamp out torrents, more spring up every day. And don't ask
>about the piracy industries in Russia and China.
>
>On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Gerald Haynes  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Complete on-demand. Every episode of every show from every network
>> available on demand. Hulu is close, but studio deals make them remove
>> content to boost dvd sales. Netflix is close, but missing a lot of tv
>> studios. Then the ability to stream ALL new dvd on the day they are
>> released. Perfection would be the ability to stream movies when they are
>> released in theaters and sporting events like the Super Bowl as they happen.
>> THEN and only then would I think about dropping Uverse.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 4:38 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote:
>>
>> >What do you think could push it over, Gerald, in your opinion?
>> >
>> >On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Gerald Haynes 
>> >>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Nah, this isn't the cable killing deal yet - but between this & the Hulu
>> >> deal, we're close. Verrry close.
>> >>
>> >> Gerald
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 3:05 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >If this hurts Comscum in any way, then I endorse it wholeheartedly.
>> >> >
>> >> >On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Kelwyn 
>> >> >
>> >
>>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/netflix-and-epix-working-on-major-digital-partnership-to-shake-up-pay-tv-landscape.html
>> >> >>
>> >> >> In a deal that could transform the landscape for digital movie
>> >> >> distribution, start-up pay-TV channel Epix is in serious negotiations
>> to
>> >> >> give Netflix exclusive online rights to films from its three equity
>> >> partners
>> >> >> -- Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The five-year arrangement would allow Netflix subscribers to watch
>> >> movies
>> >> >> such as "Iron Man 2," "Dinner for Schmucks" and this week's release
>> "The
>> >> >> Expendables" via the company's Internet streaming service, according
>> to
>> >> >> several people familiar with the situation.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The agreement would make Netflix, best known for its DVD-by-mail
>> >> business,
>> >> >> a potentially formidable competitor to Time Warner's dominant pay
>> >> channel
>> >> >> Home Box Office, which has movies from Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox
>> >> and
>> >> >> Universal Pictures. As more people watch Internet content on their
>> >> >> televisions, Netflix has been investing huge amounts of money to
>> acquire
>> >> >> content for its streaming video service. It already has a deal with
>> >> Liberty
>> >> >> Media's pay channel Starz, which brings it movies from Walt Disney
>> >> Studios
>> >> >> and Sony Pictures. Netflix also recently acquired exclusive pay-TV
>> >> window
>> >> >> rights for films produced by Relativity Media.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >--
>> >> >"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
>>
>>  
>>
>
>
>
>-- 
>"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
>wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik



  

[scifinoir2] Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied

[Martin Baxter]

Passing this on for the fans...

==

Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied
August 11th, 2010 8:21am EDT 1
comment
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*[image: Snoop Dogg]Snoop Dogg *'s
call for a cameo on hit vampire drama True
Bloodhas been
rebuffed - the show's star Sam
Trammell  insists the series
does not need superstars to entice viewers.

The rapper is a huge fan of the racy bloodsucking series, and urged TV
bosses to get in touch with him to organize a guest appearance. He recently
said, "I love that show. I wish I could be on it. I'd be a hell of a
vampire,
don't you think? So what's happenin'? True Blood, get at me - Snoop Dogg
wants to be a 
vampire."


However, at a U.K. convention earlier this month, True Blood shape-shifter
Trammel admits the show's creator Alan Ball is not enthusiastic on giving
the rapper a tryout.

He tells fans, "Apparently Snoop has wanted to be on the show from the
beginning, but I don't think Alan Ball is going to let that happen. Having
such a high-profile person appear in the show, I think it would take us all
out of Bon Temps (show's location). (Alan) doesn't need to cast Snoop
Doggto
get people to watch."

[image: Snoop Dogg]


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

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

[scifinoir2] Re: Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied

[Kelwyn]

What's the world coming to when the Doggfather can't get a cameo on a white 
trash gore fest?

~rave?

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter  wrote:
>
> Passing this on for the fans...
> 
> ==
> 
> Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied
> August 11th, 2010 8:21am EDT 1
> comment
> [image:
> favorite] Add to My
> News
>   
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *[image: Snoop Dogg]Snoop Dogg *'s
> call for a cameo on hit vampire drama True
> Bloodhas been
> rebuffed - the show's star Sam
> Trammell  insists the series
> does not need superstars to entice viewers.
> 
> The rapper is a huge fan of the racy bloodsucking series, and urged TV
> bosses to get in touch with him to organize a guest appearance. He recently
> said, "I love that show. I wish I could be on it. I'd be a hell of a
> vampire,
> don't you think? So what's happenin'? True Blood, get at me - Snoop Dogg
> wants to be a 
> vampire."
> 
> 
> However, at a U.K. convention earlier this month, True Blood shape-shifter
> Trammel admits the show's creator Alan Ball is not enthusiastic on giving
> the rapper a tryout.
> 
> He tells fans, "Apparently Snoop has wanted to be on the show from the
> beginning, but I don't think Alan Ball is going to let that happen. Having
> such a high-profile person appear in the show, I think it would take us all
> out of Bon Temps (show's location). (Alan) doesn't need to cast Snoop
> Doggto
> get people to watch."
> 
> [image: Snoop Dogg]
> 
> 
> -- 
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>

[scifinoir2] As Ramadan Begins, Muslim iPhone Apps Abound

[Kelwyn]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/ramadan-iphone-apps-muslim-faithful/story?id=11391956

Need help with the holy month? There's an app for that ... a few, actually.

For the hundreds of millions of Muslims observing Ramadan, a month of fasting 
that is one of the five pillars of the faith, a round of high-tech solutions 
has emerged for remembering prayer times, browsing an electronic Quran and even 
pointing oneself toward Mecca with the help of a GPS.

Islamic applications for the iPhone and iPad are abundant. The Qibla Compass 
Pro points a red arrow toward the Kaaba, the shrine in Saudi Arabia considered 
most sacred in Islam. Muslims are instructed to pray five times a day in its 
direction.

Another app, the iQuran, comes with "verse by verse recitation and full text 
search" of the Muslim holy book. An app called the Daily Dua -- dua being a 
prayer of supplication -- is made especially for Ramadan. It offers hadiths, or 
sayings of the Prophet Mohammed, and reminds users of the obligatory charity 
tax, or zakat, that Muslims are required to donate to the poor.

[scifinoir2] How black people use Twitter. For real?

[Kelwyn]

http://www.slate.com/id/2263462/pagenum/all/

As far as I can tell, the Twitter hashtag #wordsthatleadtotrouble got started 
at about 11 a.m. Pacific Time on Sunday morning, when a user named Kookeyy 
posted this short message: "#wordsthatleadtotrouble 'Don't Worry I gotchu." A 
couple minutes later, Kookeyy posted another take on the same theme: 
"#wordsthatleadtotrouble - I Love Yuh *kiss teeth*." On Twitter, people append 
hashtags to categorize their messages—the tags make it easier to search for 
posts on a certain topic, and they can sometimes lead to worldwide 
call-and-response conversations in which people compete to outdo one another 
with ever more hilarious, bizarre, or profane posts. A woman in South Africa 
named Tigress_Lee moved the chatter in that direction: "#wordsthatleadtotrouble 
'the condom broke'!" she wrote. From there, the meme took off. "We need to talk 
#wordsthatleadtotrouble," declared BigJamaal (11,920 followers), and then he 
proceeded to post a blizzard of suggestions, including "#wordsthatleadtotrouble 
I dont know why you got that Magnum in your wallet you clearly live a Durex 
lifestyle."

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Re: [scifinoir2] sign up for a free subscription to NASA Tech Briefs

[Martin Baxter]

Thanks, Mr Worf. I'll be signing up in a bit.

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Re: [scifinoir2] Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied

[Mr. Worf]

He's already been on every show there is. I think I saw him on Martha
Stewart a while back. He was on Larry King last week and they took Larry
outside and had him ride in a low rider.

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
> Passing this on for the fans...
>
> ==
>
> Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied
> August 11th, 2010 8:21am EDT 1 
> comment
>  [image:
> favorite] Add to My News
>   
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
> *[image: Snoop Dogg]Snoop Dogg
> *'s call for a cameo on hit vampire drama True 
> Bloodhas been rebuffed - the 
> show's star Sam
> Trammell  insists the
> series does not need superstars to entice viewers.
>
> The rapper is a huge fan of the racy bloodsucking series, and urged TV
> bosses to get in touch with him to organize a guest appearance. He recently
> said, "I love that show. I wish I could be on it. I'd be a hell of a
> vampire,
> don't you think? So what's happenin'? True Blood, get at me - Snoop Dogg
> wants to be a 
> vampire."
>
>
> However, at a U.K. convention earlier this month, True Blood shape-shifter
> Trammel admits the show's creator Alan Ball is not enthusiastic on giving
> the rapper a tryout.
>
> He tells fans, "Apparently Snoop has wanted to be on the show from the
> beginning, but I don't think Alan Ball is going to let that happen. Having
> such a high-profile person appear in the show, I think it would take us all
> out of Bon Temps (show's location). (Alan) doesn't need to cast Snoop 
> Doggto
>  get people to watch."
>
> [image: Snoop Dogg]
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>
> 




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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied

[Martin Baxter]

LMNAATWO, rave !

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
> What's the world coming to when the Doggfather can't get a cameo on a white
> trash gore fest?
>
> ~rave?
>
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Martin
> Baxter  wrote:
> >
> > Passing this on for the fans...
> >
> > ==
> >
> > Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied
> > August 11th, 2010 8:21am EDT 1
> > comment<
> http://www.starpulse.com/sp_comments/viewcomments.php?object_id=171027>
>
> > [image:
> > favorite] Add to My
> > News
> > <
> http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&winname=addthis&pub=starpulse&source=tbx-250&lng=en-US&s=facebook&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starpulse.com%2Fnews%2Findex.php%2F2010%2F08%2F11%2Fsnoop_doggs_true_blood_cameo_request_d&title=Snoop%20Dogg%27s%20%27True%20Blood%27%20Cameo%20Request%20Denied%20-%20Starpulse.com&ate=AT-starpulse/-/pz-0/4c66bc24ec295ee3/1&ui_cobrand=Starpulse.com&CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXC&tt=0
> >
> > <
> http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&winname=addthis&pub=starpulse&source=tbx-250&lng=en-US&s=myspace&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starpulse.com%2Fnews%2Findex.php%2F2010%2F08%2F11%2Fsnoop_doggs_true_blood_cameo_request_d&title=Snoop%20Dogg%27s%20%27True%20Blood%27%20Cameo%20Request%20Denied%20-%20Starpulse.com&ate=AT-starpulse/-/pz-0/4c66bc24ec295ee3/2&ui_cobrand=Starpulse.com&CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXC&tt=0
> >
> > <
> http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&winname=addthis&pub=starpulse&source=tbx-250&lng=en-US&s=stumbleupon&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starpulse.com%2Fnews%2Findex.php%2F2010%2F08%2F11%2Fsnoop_doggs_true_blood_cameo_request_d&title=Snoop%20Dogg%27s%20%27True%20Blood%27%20Cameo%20Request%20Denied%20-%20Starpulse.com&ate=AT-starpulse/-/pz-0/4c66bc24ec295ee3/3&ui_cobrand=Starpulse.com&CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXC&tt=0
> >
> > <
> http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&winname=addthis&pub=starpulse&source=tbx-250&lng=en-US&s=digg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starpulse.com%2Fnews%2Findex.php%2F2010%2F08%2F11%2Fsnoop_doggs_true_blood_cameo_request_d&title=Snoop%20Dogg%27s%20%27True%20Blood%27%20Cameo%20Request%20Denied%20-%20Starpulse.com&ate=AT-starpulse/-/pz-0/4c66bc24ec295ee3/4&ui_cobrand=Starpulse.com&CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXC&tt=0
> >
> >
> > *[image: Snoop Dogg]Snoop Dogg <
> http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Snoop_Dogg/>*'s
>
> > call for a cameo on hit vampire drama True
> > Bloodhas been
>
> > rebuffed - the show's star Sam
> > Trammell  insists the
> series
>
> > does not need superstars to entice viewers.
> >
> > The rapper is a huge fan of the racy bloodsucking series, and urged TV
> > bosses to get in touch with him to organize a guest appearance. He
> recently
> > said, "I love that show. I wish I could be on it. I'd be a hell of a
> > vampire<
> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/08/11/snoop_doggs_true_blood_cameo_request_d#
> >,
>
> > don't you think? So what's happenin'? True Blood, get at me - Snoop Dogg
> > wants to be a vampire<
> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/10/22/snoop_dogg_wants_to_play_a_vampire_in_tr
> >."
>
> >
> >
> > However, at a U.K. convention earlier this month, True Blood
> shape-shifter
> > Trammel admits the show's creator Alan Ball is not enthusiastic on giving
> > the rapper a tryout.
> >
> > He tells fans, "Apparently Snoop has wanted to be on the show from the
> > beginning, but I don't think Alan Ball is going to let that happen.
> Having
> > such a high-profile person appear in the show, I think it would take us
> all
> > out of Bon Temps (show's location). (Alan) doesn't need to cast Snoop
> > Dogg<
> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/08/11/snoop_doggs_true_blood_cameo_request_d#
> >to
>
> > get people to watch."
> >
> > [image: Snoop Dogg]
> >
> >
> > --
> > "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

Re: [scifinoir2] Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied

[Martin Baxter]

Mr Worf, he was also on One Life To Live, if memory serves. Or was that GH?

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> He's already been on every show there is. I think I saw him on Martha
> Stewart a while back. He was on Larry King last week and they took Larry
> outside and had him ride in a low rider.
>
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Passing this on for the fans...
>>
>> ==
>>
>> Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied
>> August 11th, 2010 8:21am EDT 1 
>> comment
>>  [image:
>> favorite] Add to My News
>>   
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>
>> *[image: Snoop Dogg]Snoop Dogg
>> *'s call for a cameo on hit vampire drama True 
>> Bloodhas been rebuffed - 
>> the show's star Sam
>> Trammell  insists the
>> series does not need superstars to entice viewers.
>>
>> The rapper is a huge fan of the racy bloodsucking series, and urged TV
>> bosses to get in touch with him to organize a guest appearance. He recently
>> said, "I love that show. I wish I could be on it. I'd be a hell of a
>> vampire,
>> don't you think? So what's happenin'? True Blood, get at me - Snoop Dogg
>> wants to be a 
>> vampire."
>>
>>
>> However, at a U.K. convention earlier this month, True Blood shape-shifter
>> Trammel admits the show's creator Alan Ball is not enthusiastic on giving
>> the rapper a tryout.
>>
>> He tells fans, "Apparently Snoop has wanted to be on the show from the
>> beginning, but I don't think Alan Ball is going to let that happen. Having
>> such a high-profile person appear in the show, I think it would take us all
>> out of Bon Temps (show's location). (Alan) doesn't need to cast Snoop
>> Doggto
>>  get people to watch."
>>
>> [image: Snoop Dogg]
>>
>>
>> --
>> "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] How black people use Twitter. For real?

[Martin Baxter]

This is why, even though I do have a Twitter account (only because a really
hot brunette batted her baby browns at me until I weakened), I don't use it.

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
> http://www.slate.com/id/2263462/pagenum/all/
>
> As far as I can tell, the Twitter hashtag #wordsthatleadtotrouble got
> started at about 11 a.m. Pacific Time on Sunday morning, when a user named
> Kookeyy posted this short message: "#wordsthatleadtotrouble 'Don't Worry I
> gotchu." A couple minutes later, Kookeyy posted another take on the same
> theme: "#wordsthatleadtotrouble - I Love Yuh *kiss teeth*." On Twitter,
> people append hashtags to categorize their messages—the tags make it easier
> to search for posts on a certain topic, and they can sometimes lead to
> worldwide call-and-response conversations in which people compete to outdo
> one another with ever more hilarious, bizarre, or profane posts. A woman in
> South Africa named Tigress_Lee moved the chatter in that direction:
> "#wordsthatleadtotrouble 'the condom broke'!" she wrote. From there, the
> meme took off. "We need to talk #wordsthatleadtotrouble," declared BigJamaal
> (11,920 followers), and then he proceeded to post a blizzard of suggestions,
> including "#wordsthatleadtotrouble I dont know why you got that Magnum in
> your wallet you clearly live a Durex lifestyle."
>
>  
>



-- 
"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] As Ramadan Begins, Muslim iPhone Apps Abound

[Martin Baxter]

SH!

Don't tell the Teabaggers. They'll make noise...

Seriously, I love this. And I hope that the Teabaggers do get up in arms. No
doubt, it'll be from some other religious group, upset because they didn't
have the idea first.

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/International/ramadan-iphone-apps-muslim-faithful/story?id=11391956
>
> Need help with the holy month? There's an app for that ... a few, actually.
>
> For the hundreds of millions of Muslims observing Ramadan, a month of
> fasting that is one of the five pillars of the faith, a round of high-tech
> solutions has emerged for remembering prayer times, browsing an electronic
> Quran and even pointing oneself toward Mecca with the help of a GPS.
>
> Islamic applications for the iPhone and iPad are abundant. The Qibla
> Compass Pro points a red arrow toward the Kaaba, the shrine in Saudi Arabia
> considered most sacred in Islam. Muslims are instructed to pray five times a
> day in its direction.
>
> Another app, the iQuran, comes with "verse by verse recitation and full
> text search" of the Muslim holy book. An app called the Daily Dua -- dua
> being a prayer of supplication -- is made especially for Ramadan. It offers
> hadiths, or sayings of the Prophet Mohammed, and reminds users of the
> obligatory charity tax, or zakat, that Muslims are required to donate to the
> poor.
>
>  
>



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

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

[scifinoir2] Star Trek motivational posters

[Mr. Worf]

Yummy geekiness
http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html





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Re: [scifinoir2] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV

[Keith Johnson]

Good deal for advancing the tech, but exclusive deals bother me... 


- Original Message - 
From: "Kelwyn"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 1:02:30 PM 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV 

  




http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/netflix-and-epix-working-on-major-digital-partnership-to-shake-up-pay-tv-landscape.html
 

In a deal that could transform the landscape for digital movie distribution, 
start-up pay-TV channel Epix is in serious negotiations to give Netflix 
exclusive online rights to films from its three equity partners -- Paramount 
Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 

The five-year arrangement would allow Netflix subscribers to watch movies such 
as "Iron Man 2," "Dinner for Schmucks" and this week's release "The 
Expendables" via the company's Internet streaming service, according to several 
people familiar with the situation. 

The agreement would make Netflix, best known for its DVD-by-mail business, a 
potentially formidable competitor to Time Warner's dominant pay channel Home 
Box Office, which has movies from Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and Universal 
Pictures. As more people watch Internet content on their televisions, Netflix 
has been investing huge amounts of money to acquire content for its streaming 
video service. It already has a deal with Liberty Media's pay channel Starz, 
which brings it movies from Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures. Netflix also 
recently acquired exclusive pay-TV window rights for films produced by 
Relativity Media. 

[scifinoir2] Anthony Mackie on Working With Hugh Jackman, Robots in Real Steel

[brent wodehouse]

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/08/anthony_mackie_wont_play_with.html

Anthony Mackie on Working With Hugh Jackman, Robots in Real Steel


At last night's launch of Marc Ecko Cut & Sew's new ad campaign, featuring
[ http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/08/lohan_1.html ]a hologram of
Lindsay Lohan, longtime Ecko customer Anthony Mackie stayed far away from
the computer stations demoing digital Lindsay, preferring to flirt with
his many lady admirers in the VIP section. He's been on a roll since The
Hurt Locker's Oscar run made him a household name, so Vulture took this
opportunity grill him about reading suggestions for Lohan in rehab and his
spate of new projects.

Have you tried playing with the Lindsay Lohan hologram yet?
I haven't. I feel like something about virtual Lindsay Lohan turns me on
too much to play with it in front of people.

You can give her commands and make her do stuff. What would you have her
do?
I would have her tell me what I look good in. Guys want to know what looks
good to women, so you want a woman who you think is hot to tell you what
you look good in. I would like to be able to go on the site and have her
sit there and say, "You look good in that."

The webcam films her and then projects her into your world.
I don't want her in my world! I don't want her, like, in my house.

She's in rehab now. Got any reading suggestions for her?
I'm on a big David McCullough kick. I'm reading The Johnstown Flood and
1776. I'm a big history buff. So I'd just tell her to pick up some really
good history books and check out mistakes other people have made. Every
time I think I've done something stupid, I read about something like the
Johnstown Flood and I'm like, "You know what? I'm not so bad."

You're doing the sci-fi movie Real Steel with Hugh Jackman. You're a
promoter of robot boxers?
I'm the Don King of the future. It's an amazing movie. Shawn Levy is an
amazing director. And Hugh is honestly one of the coolest cats in the
business. All of my scenes are with him. He is basically a robot boxing
[trainer] and I am the promoter. So he has to come to me to get his fights
on.

Are there actual robots or is it CGI?
They're there! They built eight-foot-tall robots! Yes. You're standing
there and a big-ass robot comes by. They got the guy who did all the
robots for Jurassic Park and Jaws and all these crazy movies and got him
to build mechanical eight-foot-tall robots.

What do you do with the robots?
I run away from them! No, basically I introduce the robots; I promote the
robots; I speak with robots who want to fight other robots. I'm the Don
King of it all.

Do you have Don King's hair?
No, I don't. There are two hairstyles you will never find another man
wearing: Don King's and Al Sharpton's. They're done. They're done.

Evangeline Lilly retired from acting and then [
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/05/evangeline_lilly_unretires.html
]unretired eight days later to do this movie. Did you talk about it?
No, but that's everyone's goal, to pull an Anthony Hopkins: "You know
what? I'm never gonna do this again."

After that, you're playing Buddy Bolden, the Cornet King of New Orleans
and the guy people think started jazz, and then track star Jesse Owens.
Are those skills you possess already?
You bet. I run three miles a day and I've been playing trumpet since
middle school. I think that's why they cast me. I can't talk about Jesse
Owens, but we finished filming Bolden two weeks ago.

You play your own trumpet music?
No, no, no. Wynton Marsalis played all the music. I just act the fuck out
of it.

I always get annoyed when people pretend to play musical instruments in
movies.
Well, as an actor, don't you think I get annoyed when musicians pretend to
act? Right back 'atcha.

How do you feel about all the rappers getting into acting?
A. [Rolls eyes, evading question.] I played the trumpet some. By the
end of the movie, I got my chops back up to where I could sort of make it
work. I learned all the music. Delfeayo Marsalis was my musical coach, so
he made sure everything I did was on point, that I had the right fingering
and stuff. So I think, and everyone else thinks it looks like I'm playing
the music.

Why are you taking so many roles based on real people?
Because those are the best stories! If someone came to me and said, "We
want you to play Spider-Man," I'd say, "Hell yeah!" But I'd have to get
them to change the name to "Brotha-man." That's who I'd be.

[scifinoir2] Lucas Announces Star Wars Blu-ray

[Keith Johnson]

This deleted scene with Vader reaching out to Luke seems pretty cool. It sounds 
as if it has more of the grim feeling of "The Empire Strikes Back". I don't 
have a Blu-Ray player yet, but not sure I'd buy this even if I did. I have at 
least two versions Lucas has released over the years--and I'm not even an 
ardent fan. I wonder how many different versions UPF's (Ultra Passionate Fans) 
might have? 

* 
http://bluray.ign.com/articles/111/1112481p1.html 

Lucas Announces Star Wars Blu-ray 



The Star Wars Blu-ray release is now as official as it can be, as none other 
than George Lucas announced the films were coming to the format. "I wish I 
could say it's coming out this year, but it's coming out next year," Lucas said 
to the packed audience at the "Main Event" at Star Wars Celebration V today, 
which was moderated by Jon Stewart . 

Speaking about what will be included, Lucas said, "They'll be different kinds 
of additional material," adding, "I think you've seen enough behind the scenes 
[material] for a lifetime. There's some really good material that will be 
included in there, [including] more deleted scenes that you haven't seen yet." 
Lucas said these newly released scenes would be kept separate from the film 
itself. 

In a surprise appearance, Mark Hamill then joined Lucas and Stewart on stage, 
to introduce one of the new deleted scenes, which he said was his "original 
entrance" in Return of the Jedi . Hamill noted the scene was short, but that it 
was for the UPFs in the audience – the "ultra passionate fans." 

We were then shown the scene, which would have taken place after Darth Vader 
arrives on the second Death Star at the beginning of Return of the Jedi . We 
see Vader walking down a corridor and into an elevator on the Death Star. We 
then cut to Vader inside his medication chamber, a la Empire Strikes Back . As 
Vader sits there, the camera moves into a close-up and we hear him reaching out 
with the Force. "Luke. Luke. Join me in the dark side of the Force. My son. It 
is the only way." 

As Vader continues to repeat Luke's name, we cut to a tight close-up of Luke, 
insinuating he is hearing his father's voice. it's a very ominous shot of Luke, 
who is wearing his cloak and hood, with the shadows from the hood blocking out 
his eyes completely - in line with how Darth Sideous' face is mostly hidden. As 
Vader's voice fades away, the camera pans down to Luke's hands, and we see that 
he is using a tool to complete work on his new lightsaber. Satisfied, he puts 
the tool down and holds the lightsaber hilt up, igniting it – in what would 
have been the first reveal of the green blade. 

We cut to a shot from the side and see Luke is sitting inside a cave on 
Tatooine, with C-3P0 standing outside, waiting for him – no doubt to receive 
his orders to head to Jabba the Hutt. 


That was it for the scene, but the crowd erupted in cheers at what was indeed a 
very cool new moment, from films we are all quite familiar with. 

The panel ended with one more surprise guest – Carrie Fisher . Alas, there were 
no other deleted scenes shown to us today, but Fisher cracked to Lucas, "Did 
you put the nude scenes back in?" She then turned to the audience and 
deadpanned, "There was a huge me and Jabba porn scene. That's what got me into 
drugs." 

No further details were given on the Blu-rays as yet, which leave plenty to 
speculate about. It's safe to say from the Return of the Jedi scene being shown 
that this release will include all of the original trilogy, but while it seems 
likely the answer is yes, there was nothing definitive stated about the 
prequels being released simultaneously. And no, we didn't get any info on 
whether the original, pre-Special Edition versions of the films will be part of 
this set as well. 

Suffice to say though, there will be more news to come in the months ahead, so 
keep checking IGN for more on the Star Wars Blu-ray release! 

Update: About five minutes after I published this story, I was handed 
Lucasfilm's official press release for the Blu-rays. It confirms that all six 
movies are being released on Blu-ray and that the set is coming out Fall 2011 - 
so don't line up just yet! We're also told it will include, "documentaries, 
vintage behind-the-scenes moments, interviews, retrospectives and 
never-before-seen footage from the Lucasfilm archives." 

Star Wars fans should also check out my article about the new Empire Strikes 
Back documentary that debuted at Celebration [Click Here!] , that I theorize 
could possibly be part of the Blu-ray release.