Re: [scifinoir2] Fun Show THe Good Guys On Fox Tonight
Hey Keith. I really liked it as well and for the same reasons. I'm looking forward to seeing more. __ James Landrith ja...@jameslandrith.com cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM/MSN/Yahoo! IM: jlandrith http://www.twitter.com/jlandrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://www.facebook.com/jameslandrith http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ On Mon, June 7, 2010 8:49 pm, Keith Johnson wrote: Anyone else watch this show's premiere a few weeks ago? It's from Burn Notice creator Matt Nix. I found the first show to be hilarious. It's a campy, non-stop action fest that has the humour and even look of something from the '70s. The silly hyperkinetic energy and jokes puts me in mind of things like  Cannonball Run, Smokey and the Bandit, or the better Police Squad stuff. The characters are quirky, especially Brad Whitford, who looks and acts like a cop from a '70s picture. The plots are convoluted and improbable, but oh so fun. The premiere had something to do with a pawn shop and a hair dryer, and before the show was done, we're caught up in gunplay--a lot of it--and car chases across Dallas. Look closely and you can definitely feel the Burn Notice energy, along with the feel of other fun cable shows like Psych. Not sure how long it'll last, but it's definitely a fun, silly time--something that unfortunately might have a better chance on USA or one of the other cable channels. *** http://www.fox.com/goodguys/about/ From Matt Nix (Burn Notice), comes THE GOOD GUYS, a new action comedy about what happens when an old-school cop and a modern-day detective expose the big picture of small crime. Once upon the 1970s, DAN STARK (Bradley Whitford) and his partner, Frank Savage, were big-shot Dallas detectives. So big, in fact, that they were lauded as American heroes after saving the Governor's son. Thirty years later, Dan Stark is a washed-up detective who spends most of his time drunk or re-hashing his glory days. A stranger to modern police work who would much rather trust his old-school police instincts, Dan has the reputation as being a bit of a wild card. Able to skate by on the heroic deeds of his yesteryear, he is still a semi-active presence on the force, and with the help of his liquor of choice, occasionally comes through to solve a petty crime. Dan's new partner, JACK BAILEY (Colin Hanks), is an ambitious, by-the-book and overall good detective, but is sometimes a bit too snarky for his own good. His habit of undermining himself has earned him a dead-end position in the department, and he is stuck solving annoying petty theft cases that nobody else wants. Worse, he's been given the thankless task of babysitting Dan, the drunk pariah who can never keep partners for long. Jack may not see it, but he has little chance of getting out of his situation; his knack for making enemies at the station has assured he is not going anywhere. His only ally is ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY LIZ TRAYNOR (Jenny Wade), a quick witted former girlfriend whom Jack hasn't quite gotten over and the one person he turns to for help with his current professional predicament. Until Jack finds his way out of this situation, he is stuck awaiting the day when he can turn everything around, get back to solving actual cases and return to being a real detective. On one fairly typical day, as Jack and Dan are pursuing a Code 58, the Dallas police code for routine investigations, which puts them hot on the case of a stolen humidifier, they inadvertently become engaged in a shootout over a stolen golf bag belonging to a notorious drug smuggler. This starts Jack and Dan on a wild chase to retrieve the bag, recover the contents inside and go after the drug smuggler - all while dodging his hired assassin! The excitement of the case reminds Dan of the way he and Frank busted punks back in the good old days, and he convinces Jack to go along for the ride. Needless to say, many departmental rules are again broken in the reckless pursuit, showing their boss, LIEUTENANT ANA RUIZ (Diana Maria Riva), that Jack and Dan will be spending many more days in the Property Crimes Division, assigned to investigate seemingly minor crimes in order to keep them out of major trouble. THE GOOD GUYS is produced by Fox Television Studios. Matt Nix and Mikkel Bondesen serve as executive producers. Tim Matheson will direct the pilot episode.
RE: [scifinoir2] Topic: Minority Report is here!
Why do I see this ending very badly __ James Landrith ja...@jameslandrith.com cell: 703-593-2065 AIM/MSN/Yahoo! IM: jlandrith http://www.twitter.com/jlandrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://www.facebook.com/jameslandrith http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.multiracial.com __ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr. Worf Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 5:17 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Topic: Minority Report is here! This is scary... They are close to completing this. http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=61297173 http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=61297173feedType=nlfeedName=ustechnologyvideoChannel=6refresh=true feedType=nlfeedName=ustechnologyvideoChannel=6refresh=true -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Pushing Daisies
About frakking time. --- In scifino...@yahoogro mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com, Bosco Bosco ironpi...@... wrote: I'm told a NEW Pushing Daisies episode will air on Saturday May 30th. Check your local listings. Set your DVR's. It's Daisy time Bosco
Re: [scifinoir2] Fringe's Jasika Nicole promises we'll learn about Astrid. Next year
Her website is here: http://jasikanicole.com/ I Googled her when the show started because she looks like an actress who appears on some local commercials in the DC area. It wasn't her, but it was interesting to learn about her artwork and sketches. __ James Landrith ja...@jameslandrith.com cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM/MSN/Yahoo! IM: jlandrith http://www.twitter.com/jlandrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ Tracey de Morsella wrote: Jasika Nicole plays Astrid Farnsworth on ABC's Fringe. Astrid is an FBI agent assigned to assist Walter Bishop in his lab. Sci-Fi Wire has posted an interview with Jasika about plans for Astrid in season 2 of Fringe, now that Fox has renewed it. Jasika Nicole, who plays Astrid Farnsworth on Fox's sci-fi series Fringe, told SCI FI Wire that the show's writers have promised to explore her character's backstory in future episodes-though likely not before the end of the first season. Astrid is an FBI agent who works as Walter Bishop's (John Noble) lab assistant and usually serves basic mechanical functions like hooking up electrodes and monitors. They've been working on that for a really long time, and they want to make sure that it's perfect, Nicole said in a phone interview last week. That's why we haven't seen it yet. So I'm hoping that it's going to come in season two. We will not get that episode in season one, but I'm pretty sure that it will happen in season two, and I can't wait to find out what's in it, let me tell you. Read the full interview at Sci-Fi Wire http://scifiwire.com/2009/05/fringes-jasika-nicole-pro.php . http://blackgeekdom.com/blog/
RE: [scifinoir2] Clickable Watchmen Video
I don’t know if you are into podcasts Keith, but much of the action in this one centers on Atlanta: The Secret World Chronicle: http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/ I’m about halfway through book one “Invasion”. I’m enjoying it and have been listening everyday for the last week on my commute. My only complaint is the single narrator. She does an excellent job, although I really enjoy the podcast science fiction that employs multiple vocal talents, especially on serial broadcasts. You can download it off the website or through iTunes. -- James Landrith Official website: http://jameslandrith.com TMA: http://multiracial.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 Facebook Reader's Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/James-A-Landrith-Jr/18759565916 MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jlandrith Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jlandrith From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 4:26 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Clickable Watchmen Video Great: we've got Adrianne rolling her eyes over Rave's waxing ecstatic over Life on Mars, now your Watchmen recommendation will get Martin to start muttering under his breath about cheap, poorly done movie adaptations of classic comic/graphic novels! All we have to do now is drop another Star Trek link and really watch the grumbling start! I'm just funning ya, though. I'm one of the very few true comic fans who hasn't yet read the Watchmen source material, so I'm still psyched about the picture. I'm hoping to pick up a cheap copy of the work this weekend and have it read before March 6, so from me...thanks! keith - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 4:17:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Clickable Watchmen Video http://www.superheroflix.com/news/NEAl8EDAmqA4DF Check out this cool interactive watchmen video -- My Social Media Resume: http://www.visualcv.com/mikestreet Visit my Blog: http://www.Greasyguide.com
RE: [scifinoir2] OT: On a personal note...
Martin, I am sorry to hear of your uncle’s passing. Your family will be in my thoughts. By the way, what part of Virginia will you be visiting? I’m in Alexandria. -- James Landrith Official website: http://jameslandrith.com TMA: http://multiracial.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith Facebook: http://apus.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 Facebook Reader's Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/James-A-Landrith-Jr/18759565916 MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jlandrith Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jlandrith From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:37 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: On a personal note... My friends, I will be absent from you august company until Monday. My mother's oldest brother passed away on Friday, and I have to travel to Virginia for the funeral on this Friday. Know that I'm with all of you, in spirit and thought. Keep the good works coming, and I'll be back. Martin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Levar Burton has begun to Blog
Thanks for the link, I'm now following him on Twitter, along with Wil Wheaton, who I've been following for a while. I checked out Burton's blog as well. I appreciate that he used WordPress for the CMS. It is a stable tool and easy to deploy and maintain. He is probably managing it himself if he has the time. I really cannot stand celebrity sites that end up just looking like online portfolios or feel too slick. Give me a reason to keep coming back and feel free to geek out with me. A blog does that as do podcasts and twitter feeds, etc. One reason I got addicted to Wheaton's blog (aside from his sense of humor and having been on that same fruity space show as Burton) was the fact that he initially started out with a Geocities page - for those of us on the list who are old school enough to remember those days. Burton and Wheaton are both talking with their fans - not at them. __ James Landrith ja...@jameslandrith.com cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM/MSN/Yahoo! IM: jlandrith http://www.twitter.com/jlandrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ Justin Mohareb wrote: Levar Burton, star of Roots and Reading Rainbow (and some fruity space show) has begun blogging on his home page http://www.levarburton.com. He's also posting the posts in audio format, which is cool as he has an actor's pronunciation. He is also twittering, which is cool. http://twitter.com/levarburton Justin -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com
Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Warren Buffet's Granddaughter--Not a Partaker of His Fortune
Wow. Cold is an understatement. His comment to her that, I have not emotionally or legally adopted you as a grandchild, nor have the rest of my family adopted you as a niece or a cousin is just plain shameful and disgusting. He owes her and the rest of the family an apology for saying something so petty and intentionally hurtful - over money. If I knew nothing else about the man, I think that comment alone is quite enough for me. I have no further interest in anyone who could say something so hateful to his granddaughter - and she is his granddaughter regardless what he may wish to the contrary... __ James Landrith ja...@jameslandrith.com cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM/MSN/Yahoo! IM: jlandrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Wow, this is cold. I agree not giving out all your hard-earned money to all family, but he could have set her up with an inheritance. I get waiting your kids and grandkids to learn to survive and make their own way, but this feels a bit cold-hearted to me. What else is the point of earning money other than to provide for one's family, and then those less fortunate? * http://www.marieclaire.com/world/news/warren-buffett-granddaughter-nicole-buffett?src=syndom=yah_buzzmag=marha=1kw=ist The Billionaire's Black Sheep What's it like when your grandpa is the richest man in the world? For Nicole Buffett, it means forgoing cable TV and health insurance and making do on $40,000 a year. Here, she dishes on her upbringing and why her grandfather Warren Buffett disowned her. By Leah McGrath Goodman Brigitte Sire Nicole Buffett is at home among the neo-hippies who shuffle along the laid-back, tree-lined streets of Berkeley, CA. At an elfin 5 feet tall, clad in a flowing peasant dress and sandals adorned with peace signs, her long hair cascading in ropy dreadlocks to her waist, the 32-year-old abstract painter is just another of the city's free-thinking, granola-crunching denizens. And yet, she's a walking oddity. The first thing most people think of when they hear my last name is money, she laughs. Not just money gobs of it. Nicole Buffett's grandfather is the legendary investor Warren Buffett, whose $58 billion fortune made him the richest man on the planet, a mantle he seized from Bill Gates last fall. So deep are Buffett's pockets that when the financial markets cratered in September, the so-called Oracle of Omaha single-handedly buoyed Wall Street (at least for a day) by plunking down $5 billion on troubled investment bank Goldman Sachs. (Canonize Warren Buffett, cried one headline on CNBC's Website.) But there's a bitter irony to Buffett's beneficence. Wall Street's white knight is also an unforgiving hardhead when it comes to his own granddaughter, whom he cut off two years ago after a falling-out. For him to discard me like that was devastating, Nicole says matter-of-factly. It permanently divided our family. When Nicole was 4, her singer-songwriter mother married Warren Buffett's youngest child, Peter, a composer for commercials and films. He later adopted Nicole and her identical twin sister, who were embraced as kin by the larger Buffett family especially Susan, Warren's first wife, an avid music lover and cabaret performer. A lot of people don't realize that my family is full of artists, says Nicole. (Susan Buffett, who died in 2004, was an early buyer of Nicole's art and named Nicole one of my adored grandchildren in her will.) As a child, Nicole made regular visits to Grandpa's modest home in Omaha, where he still lives, purchased in 1958 for $31,500. Despite the humble digs, Nicole remembers the occasional spoils of Buffett's wealth. At Christmas, when she was 5, he gave her a crisp $100 bill from his wallet. Once, she was invited on a private tour of the See's Candies factory he owned. And twice yearly, Peter Buffett packed up his brood for a vacation at his father's compound in Laguna Beach. Nicole also remembers once tiptoeing into her grandfather's study to fetch something, careful not to disturb him while he read the Wall Street Journal. Just as she turned to slip out, Buffett cleared his throat and said, Nicole, I just want you to know that your grandmother and I are very proud of all that you've accomplished as an artist. It's a really big deal for him to communicate on such an emotional level, says Nicole, her eyes welling. So it was a big deal for me. Nicole was clueless about the scope of the Buffett fortune until she was 17, when her grandfather appeared on the cover of Forbes for having topped the magazine's annual list of the richest Americans. Her
[scifinoir2] Missing Dr. Who Episodes
A fascinating article on a very short-sighted former BBC policy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes I think that in the end, they will likely have to use animation to recreate some of these missing episodes (barring a hidden cache surfacing somewhere), since there is a large amount of the audio available from fan recordings made during the original broadcasts. While I've never been a huge Dr. Who fan, starting at the beginning and working my way forward is something I'd like to do someday... __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM/MSN/Yahoo! IM: jlandrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __
Re: [scifinoir2] Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script?
Aww, cher, me too... __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM/MSN/Yahoo! IM: jlandrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ Adrianne Brennan wrote: I'm not! I'm waiting for Gambit, dammit!! ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon on 12/2: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 11:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You think fans are waiting for Jubilee, Psylocke, and Bishop? Intriguing choices. Psylocke done right--once she's been transferred into the Asian body and is basically a kickass ninja psi--would be awesome. -- Original message -- From: Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been saying all week since this story broke that Fox is over thinking it.  They  saw the Star Trek trailer and tripped. They're on that  apes, science fiction is apes, the people want apes...  jazz. All  anybody wants is to see Jubilee, then move on to Psylocke and Bishop an nem. The audience is ready to move on.  What they NEED to do is focus on developing Deadpool. THAT  could be something. On Nov 22, 2008, at 10:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Speaking personally, i'm rarely a fan of Young Whatever superhero stories when more can be done with the adults. And I never glommed on to the decision to make Rogue, Ice Man, Pyro, and some others into young teens. That was a stupid move to me, for all that I like Anna Pacquin...  Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script? by Matt McDaniel ââ November 20, 2008 [image: Hugh Jackman as Wolverine]http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/movie-stills/gallery/1263/xmen-origins-wolverine#photo0 Professor X and Magneto. Wolverine and Sabretooh. Serena and Blair? It was announced on Wednesday that Josh Schwartz, the creator of the TV teen dramas The O.C. and Gossip Girl, will be writing X-Men: First Class, another installment of the superhero franchise. Variety reports that the new film will focus on the students at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, rather than the adults like Wolverine and Storm. On paper the deal seems to make sense: Schwartz is a writer with a proven track record for soapy high school angst; the comic book was originally envisioned by Stan Lee to be focused on mutant teenagers and their issues; and assembling the actors from the first three films has likely become too complicated and expensive to do again. But will the younger-skewing take alienate the true fans? The previous movie, 2006's X-Men: The Last Standhttp://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808490830/info, was the most financially successful of the series, bringing in over $234 million in the U.S. Some fans of the comic book, however, weren't happy with the liberties the script took with the source material. Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News http://www.aintitcool.com/node/23420 spoke out on how the Dark Phoenix story from the book was shortchanged in the movie, writing, I truly truly truly hate how they treated it. Others took exception to how major characters were killed off without much fanfare. David Cornelius at efilmcritic.comhttp://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=14574reviewer=392 went so far as to call it one of the very worst comic book films ever made. So will Josh Schwartz's First Class franchise reboot push the core fanbase further away? It's difficult to say just yet. While he gained more notoriety for his shows about the rich and spoiled, Schwartz also co-created the geek-turned-spy series Chuck, which is peppered with allusions to comics and sci-fi movies. And even if the fans reject this particular title, the franchise is branching out into other directions that might please them more. [image: Hugh Jackman as Wolverine]http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/movie-stills/gallery/1263/xmen-origins-wolverine#photo1 Opening next year's summer movie season is X-Men Origins: Wolverinehttp://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808665084/info, a prequel with Hugh Jackman returning to his breakout role. It will tell the story of how the mutant Logan was transformed into the metal-clawed superhero, with Liev Schreiber stepping into the role of his nemesis, Sabretooth. A brief montage of footage was shown at the San Diego Comic Con this past July to great applause. There was also a quick shot of Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, another Marvel Comics character that may get his own spin-off movie. Also in development is Magneto, another X-Men Origins film
RE: [scifinoir2] Tyra Banks makes cameo in Oval Office
I've always admired Tyra's angles. -- James Landrith Official website: http://jameslandrith.com TMA: http://multiracial.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith Facebook: http://apus.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 Facebook Reader's Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/James-A-Landrith-Jr/18759565916 MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jlandrith Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jlandrith From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:03 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Tyra Banks makes cameo in Oval Office U... There was a *political* angle in that layout? All I saw was Tyra in that dress... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik --- On Tue, 8/12/08, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] Tyra Banks makes cameo in Oval Office To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 4:55 PM http://www.chicagot ribune.com/ features/ lifestyle/ http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-fash-in-news- chi-fash- in-news- 0812aug12,0, 4518712.story FASHION IN THE NEWS Tyra Banks makes cameo in Oval Office By Wendy Donahue | Chicago Tribune reporter August 12, 2008 Tyra Banks' latest modeling move has raised a few eyebrows-and it has nothing to do with swimsuit cellulite or silicone versus real breasts. Inside the September issue of Harper's Bazaar, Banks poses as Michelle Obama in an Oval Office-type setting that includes a Barack Obama look-alike and a little girl under his desk, echoing the famous photo of President John Kennedy with John Jr. underfoot. Bazaar calls Banks' spread another bold move that exemplifies her powerful position in today's society. Others call it a blatant publicity gimmick. But Banks gives political commentary a whirl in the magazine. With Barack Obama, his becoming president is them becoming president because Michelle was there from the beginning, she's quoted as saying. Then she declares to her Tyra Banks Show camera, Michelle Obama, you're one hot mama. We'll stick to the fashion issues, and say that Banks-as-Obama is one hot mama. We'd love the phone number of the tailor for her Banana Republic dress, $148, paired with the $40,000 necklace from Mastoloni Pearls.
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Please, please, please, please, please let it be so. -- James Landrith Official website: http://jameslandrith.com TMA: http://multiracial.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith Facebook: http://apus.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/James-A-Landrith-Jr/18759565916 MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jlandrith Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jlandrith -Original Message- Source: http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/NWkmsb20080730_hiv_breakt-hro ugh.1971ecbd.html Doctors may have found a way to destroy HIV 10:16 AM MST on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 By Lee McGuire / KHOU-TV News Video: Houston doctors may have found a way to destroy HIV HOUSTON -- There is real hope that what's happening in a Houston lab might lead to a cure for HIV. We have found an innovative way to kill the virus by finding this small region of HIV that is unchangeable, Dr. Sudhir Paul of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston said. Dr. Paul and Dr. Miguel Escobar aren't talking about just suppressing HIV - they're talking about destroying it permanently by arming the immune system with a new weapon lab tests have shown to be effective. Ford Stuart has been HIV positive for 15 years. He's on a powerful drug cocktail that keeps the disease in check. I'm on four different medications. Three of them are brand new, and it's the first time that I've ever been non-detectible, Stuart said. I'm down to about - just for the HIV - about nine pills per day, five in the morning and four at night. But Stuart knows HIV mutates, and eventually it will learn how to outsmart his medications. The virus is truly complex and has many tricks up its sleeve, Paul said. But Dr. Paul thinks he's cracked a code. We've discovered the weak spot of HIV, he said. Paul and his team have zeroed in on a section of a key protein in HIV's structure that does not mutate. The virus needs at least one constant region, and that is the essence of calling it the Achilles heel, Paul said. That Achilles heel is the doctors' way in. They take advantage of it with something called an abzyme. It's naturally produced by people, like lupus patients. When they applied that abzyme to the HIV virus, it permanently disarmed it. What we already have in our hand are the abzymes that we could be infusing into the human subjects with HIV infection, essentially to move the virus, Paul said. Basically, their idea could be used to control the disease for people who already have it and prevent infection for those at risk. The theory has held up in lab and animal testing. The next step is human trials. Meanwhile, every day in Houston, three people are diagnosed with HIV. The doctors still need funding to launch human trials. In the world of HIV research, that's often where things fall apart. Clinical trials are very expensive, Paul said. That is the worry of the researcher. This is what nightmares are made of - that after 30 years of work, you find it doesn't work, Paul said. But so far, it is working. This is the holy grail of HIV research, to develop a preventative vaccine, Paul said. If we can get the viral loads down to a manageable level, that will preclude the need for these conventional drugs, Escobar said. Still, even if everything goes well, it's at least five years before the research could help people with HIV. The doctors know people like Ford Stuart are waiting. There are so many people struggling with the disease because it affects not only your body, but also your psyche, how you perceive yourself, he said. If nothing else, the research is promising for the tens of millions waiting for a cure.
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YL for the wife? Likely story Keith. -- James Landrith Official website: http://jameslandrith.com TMA: http://multiracial.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith Facebook: http://apus.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/James-A-Landrith-Jr/18759565916 MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jlandrith Twitter: http://twitter.com/jlandrith http://twitter.com/nbabyak From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:23 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Hellboy II sizzles at Box Office I need to drop a review of Hancock, which I enjoyed despite some's concern about the less than model Black man's behaviour, and despite the fact that it's Will Smith in his eleventy-millionth performance. Haven't seen Hellboy yet. It was raining in the ATL yesterday and my wife and I stayed in, watching Sky High for the first time (funny!), and Young and the Restless on tape (for her, you know!) Was Hellboy 2 any good? Critics are just so-so about it. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Hellboy II sizzles at Box Office
Oops, meant YR. -- James Landrith Official website: http://jameslandrith.com TMA: http://multiracial.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith Facebook: http://apus.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/James-A-Landrith-Jr/18759565916 MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jlandrith Twitter: http://twitter.com/jlandrith http://twitter.com/nbabyak From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Landrith Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:24 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Hellboy II sizzles at Box Office YL for the wife? Likely story Keith. -- James Landrith Official website: http://jameslandrith.com TMA: http://multiracial.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith Facebook: http://apus.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/James-A-Landrith-Jr/18759565916 MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jlandrith Twitter: http://twitter.com/jlandrith http://twitter.com/nbabyak From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:23 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Hellboy II sizzles at Box Office I need to drop a review of Hancock, which I enjoyed despite some's concern about the less than model Black man's behaviour, and despite the fact that it's Will Smith in his eleventy-millionth performance. Haven't seen Hellboy yet. It was raining in the ATL yesterday and my wife and I stayed in, watching Sky High for the first time (funny!), and Young and the Restless on tape (for her, you know!) Was Hellboy 2 any good? Critics are just so-so about it. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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I just don't think that words could adequately express the rage, horror and sadness I feel right now. Why? Why? Why? -- James Landrith Official website: http://jameslandrith.com TMA: http://multiracial.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith Facebook: http://apus.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jlandrith Twitter: http://twitter.com/jlandrith http://twitter.com/nbabyak From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Albert Fields'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; CINQUE ; 'Cleo'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Kai Pettaway'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Kera'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Michael Gordon'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Seku Brathwaite'; 'Valery Jean'; 'Wendell Theophilus Smith'; 'Whitney J Evans'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] FW: Minutes of horror as father beats, kills his son From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:SouLive-Susan%40googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:SouLive-Susan%40googlegroups.com ] On Behalf Of Skee OuiZy Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 11:30 PM To: WindyCity JackandJill; [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:soulive-susan%40googlegroups.com Subject: Minutes of horror as father beats, kills his son Minutes of horror as Turlock father beats, kills his son By Julia Prodis Sulek and Ken McLaughlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:jsulek%40mercurynews.com ?subject=San%20Jose%20Mercury%20News:%20Minute s%20of%20horror%20as%20Turlock%20father%20beats,%20kills%20his%20son Mercury News Article Launched: 06/16/2008 07:43:19 PM PDT Six-and-a-half minutes. Six-and-a-half minutes for two men to try to stop a father from beating the demons out of his two-year-old son in the middle of a dark country road. Six-and-a-half minutes for a young woman to crouch in her car and watch in helpless shock. Six-and-a-half minutes for a police officer to land in a helicopter, run across a cow pasture, and shoot the man squarely in the forehead. Six-and-a-half minutes of horror. It seemed like forever, said Lisa Mota, 23, who was driving to her parents' house when she came upon the scene after 10 p.m. Saturday. I need to get this out of my head and I don't think it will be for the rest of my life. On Monday, all that's left of the violence is blood seeping into the cracks of West Bradbury Road, just outside the Central Valley town of Turlock. Parents and children came and went all day placing ceramic angels and stuffed animals along the barbed wire fence. One white teddy bear held a heart that said, Besos y Abrazos. It means kisses and hugs. The terrible man got to die in an instant, but his baby had to suffer endlessly, said Joel Arana, 36, a father of a toddler who stopped by to pay his respects. It's not right. But God will take care of it. The man has been identified by police as Sergio Casian Aguilar, 27. He and his wife had been separated. In an interview with detectives Monday, Frances Liliana Casian said she didn't know why Aguilar would do such a thing. He had no police record and she didn't know of any mental illness, said Deputy Royjindar Singh, a spokesman for the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department. A toxicology test for drugs and alcohol is under way. As news of the roadside beating spread across the country, letters of support and thanks poured in for the pilot who landed the helicopter in the dark cow pasture and the Modesto police officer who shot Aguilar. That baby needed help and I knew we had to do something, the pilot, Sheriff's Deputy Rob Latapie said in a statement. I have never seen anything like that before and I hope I never have to again, said Officer Jerry Ramar, who fired the fatal shot. Three cars stopped on the darkened lane that night. Three 911 calls were placed. And two men who happened upon this scene defied their fears of what this man was capable of, what weapons he might have, and tried to save a child. It wasn't enough. Dan Robinson, chief of the Crows Landing volunteer fire department, was driving home Saturday night with his wife and two grown children when their headlights shined on a man standing behind a parked pickup truck, which was in the next lane, facing oncoming traffic. At first, they thought maybe it was a hunter with a dead animal. As they slowed down, someone noticed it was an infant, Singh said. He stopped, backed up and the dad got out. It's unclear when the beating began, but the first 911 call came at just after 10:13 p.m. It was from someone named Mike, who may be Robinson's son, Singh said. He gave just a brief description before the cell phone went dead. By then, Robinson had confronted Aguilar and was trying to get him to stop, trying to pull him off, or away from the baby, Singh said. The suspect just pushed him away and continued doing what he was doing. A minute later, at 10:14 p.m
Re: [scifinoir2] Black Men Ski
Yup! You're doggone right Leatherneck. Sent from my iPhone James Landrith 703-593-2065 (cell) http://jameslandrith.com On Jun 15, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course...known to speak our mind, it's not beyond us...Right, James? Bosco? I am me, said the stranger, and I work for the ones who pay my fee...and thatamp;#39;s not you.amp;quot; - The Side Street Chonic les by C.W. Badie --- On Sun, 6/15/08, Martin lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; wrote: From: Martin lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Black Men Ski To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, June 15, 2008, 4:02 PM Are Marines allowed to say that, in any context, at any time in their lives, no matter how far removed from uniform they may be? Astromancer lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED] comgt; wrote: Now that was cute! Yeah, I said it! It was cute! I am me, said the stranger, and I work for the ones who pay my fee...and thatamp;#39;s not you.amp;quot; - The Side Street Chonic les by C.W. Badie --- On Mon, 6/9/08, ravenadal lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED] comgt; wrote: From: ravenadal lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED] comgt; Subject: [scifinoir2] Black Men Ski To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Monday, June 9, 2008, 6:03 AM http://www.ted. com/index. php/talks/ view/id/119 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] - - -- Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [scifinoir2] M. Night Shyamalan: HE'S NOT 'HAPPENING
Yeah, I'd gladly sit through a few more The Village or Lady in the Water flicks if there's a chance at getting another Unbreakable, Signs or Sixth Sense. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlandrith * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://jameslandrith.com http://jameslandrith.com/ The Multiracial Activist - http://multiracial.com http://multiracial.com/ The Abolitionist Examiner - http://multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:50 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] M. Night Shyamalan: HE'S NOT 'HAPPENING The trailer looks good. I'm not a big Marky Mark fan, but I guess his limited emotional range would work for a movie where he'd basically have to be puzzled and in the dark much of the time. The scene with the people falling (jumping?) off the buildings spooks me for some reason. One thing about Knight: when he's on, he's one. He crashes and burns every now and then, but big props for his ambitions. I'm looking forward to it. And Martin, you have *got* to see Iron Man! It is really good, fun, and exciting. I'm planning to go pay for a third viewing! -- Original message -- From: Martin truthseeker_ mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tracey, I want to see it. Whether or not time allows me the luxury is another matter altogether. Martin (still hasn't laid eyes on Ol' Shellhead) Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: The following is a positive review: The Happening was screened in Madrid last tuesday. Go here to see a review (the critic gave it 4 out of 5 stars): http://www.labutaca http://www.labutaca.net/films/61/elincidente4.php .net/films/61/elincidente4.php Here a BabelFish translation, retouched by me: A ghost, a superhero, a Martian, a monster and a siren. These recurrent elements have been used by the brilliant M. Night Shyamalan in his last films -we are talking about his production from The sixth sense (1999) onwards, because that movie began his international and commercial recognition-, characters that serve as a colourful excuse to present tremendous tragedies about the solitude, the loss of innocence and, definitively and in an inescapable way, the internal and external fragility of human being. Nevertheless, the considerable critical and public catastrophe of the unjustly neglected Lady in the water, his last work, placed him in a complex situation facing the industry. For that reason, that he succeeds in his return even when he resigns in a certain way to the essence of his previous work -especially as far as concerns the narrative tempo- it is wonderful news. Something strange harasses New York. A wave of suicides without apparent reason expands all over the city, an uncontrolled fury that doesn't distinguish age, creed or social position. Faced with this situation, the authorities begin to plan the evacuation of the downtown. But when other cases appear in different states, a global panic spreads, an inevitable fear towards the unknown. First of all, it is necessary to indicate that The Happening has one of the most demolishing beginnings of recent cinema; a brutal, gelid prologue, shot and displayed with a technical and aesthetic perfection that maintains the spectator in tension, hypnotized by the unfolding events. But it is somewhat strange, inevitably, that unfolding of a mechanic -and fascinatingly morbid- violence, an approach far away from the previous works of the Indian filmmaker, which opted, for virtually all the footage, for intuition and suggestion rather than exhibition. So here we are facing a new and different Shyamalan, who largely prefers to articulate a spectacular thriller aimed to a majority, perhaps concerned about a possible -and, in the end, warningly definitive- rejection of a public not accustomed to the elaborated and chillingly sensible works of this unique director. But that is precisely the great triumph of the film. Because based on a structurally simpler script, in which the classic and linear narrative division emerges avoiding more complex and twisted ways, the master of ceremonies gives some magisterial lessons of a visual tension that seizes every minute of a history in which the man succumbs to the constant threat of a quiet surrounding, a silent and hostile frame in which only the whisper of the wind anticipates an imminent attack. Each scene is carefully planned, with a wisdom that harmonizes brutality and lyricism; a magnificent director of actors -he's been showing it throughout all of his work-, [Shyamalan] is amply capable at the time of turning
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket
True. As I've been an anti-war activist with regard to Iraq since before the war started, I have observed the complete lack of information and knowledge of foreign policy in the hands of most voters. Specifically, most of the people I've spoken with who favor Big Government Wars of Intervention (like Iraq), have no idea that: U.S. involvement in the internal affairs of Iraq and our government's relationship with Huseein began in 1958, NOT 1990 when the CIA, DIA and British Intelligence all conspired to train him (and several others) to assassinate General Abdul Qassim. Over the next two decades, the U.S. continued to use its inside man as he grew in stature to influence affairs in Iraq until the invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Contrary to the bullshit I was fed by the government when I served in the Gulf War, the Bush Administration did not disapprove of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait UNTIL Hussein announced his intention of nationalizing the oilfields. The U.S. also helped fund and stock the chemical and biological weapons programs Iraq used in its barbaric war with Iran. In addition, both Cheney and Rumsfeld had long-term relationships (political and economic) with Hussein when he was at his worst (mass torture, use of chemical and biological weapons, etc.). Those are the Cliff's Notes version. There is more in an essay I wrote in 2005: Seeking Out Monsters: Ignoring the Advice of John Quincy Adams http://jameslandrith.com/content/view/198/44/ By the way, the Shah of Iran was installed by a Republican Administration when Premier Mohammed Mossadeq (democratically elected) was overthrown by a CIA sponsored coup. The Shah led a very repressive regime (if you were a critic - even worse), which helped fuel the fires behind the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni's successful coup. All of this was put into motion by Eisenhower's meddling in the internal affairs of Iran. Jimmy Carter had exactly jack shit to do with that.. -- James Landrith Official website: http://jameslandrith.com TMA: http://multiracial.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jlandrith LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith Facebook: http://apus.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jlandrith Twitter: http://twitter.com/jlandrith http://twitter.com/nbabyak From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:59 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket No, but the republicans and more recently, Clinton have sought out with a vengeance, low information voters. I believe Clinton did it out of necessity when she started losing and recognized that she had an edge with that group. So she work to exploit that advantage.. -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:Gymfig%40aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:32 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT:Top reasons Clinton should not get on dream ticket In a message dated 5/20/2008 8:20:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com writes: Gymfig, the Republicans don't want intelligent people. Just ones smart enough to press the touch-screen option next to their candidates' names. They're afraid of all of us pointy-headed liberals... So once again. If you vote for Obama you are intelligent. If yoy vote for Clinton or the Republcians you are stupid. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] FW: Free Comic Book Day
I stopped by and picked up a free comic along with The Wife and The Kid. In addition, wifey picked up Serenity and Supernatural prequel graphic novels and I snatched up a copy of the Death of Captain America. I hardly ever go to that shop given that parking is a real pain in the ass, but I'm glad I did given how long it has been. The independent shops need more support and purchasing online cannot compare to the smell and atmosphere of a locally owned shop. I'm far more likely to find something interesting and unexpected at a brick and mortar than online or in the very limited selections at a BN or Borders. Sent from my iPhone James Landrith 703-593-2065 (cell) http://jameslandrith.com On May 4, 2008, at 2:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: true! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lately, Free Comic Book Day has been little more than an excuse for me to visit Ye Olde Shoppe one more time a month than usual. Keith can testify to the fact that one of the stores we frequent still has last year's batch of freebies still on the floor in boxes. Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: CINQUE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 1:23 PM To: don polite; Gabriel, Dexter; JohnScott Lucas; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Free Comic Book Day Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free* www.freecomicbookday.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Dr Who versus Sarah Jane
Back when I had no cable, I used to watch old DW re-runs on PBS. I could never really take to it fully then. It was a sci-fi fix, but not very satisfying. However, I've really enjoyed the new series. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlandrith * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://jameslandrith.com http://jameslandrith.com/ The Multiracial Activist - http://multiracial.com http://multiracial.com/ The Abolitionist Examiner - http://multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:36 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Dr Who versus Sarah Jane i never watched Dr. Who before the series was revived recently with Chris Eccleston, but I can imagine the more kid-friendly, action-over-drama-and-emotion angle would have left me cold after a while. I mean, the one reason I can go with the show with giant hand androids and menacing Daleks with plungers for weaponry is because there's some good drama at the core. Sometimes the shows are just plain fun, true, and nothing wrong with that. But I like the more mature, intelligent tellings. The Sarah Jane show is a case in point. I found it to be too light and breezy, the angle of the kids a bit off-putting. I don't think i'll be making a point of watching it... -- Original message -- From: maidmarian_thepoet [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:md_moore42%40yahoo.com com I've had 2 weeks of the Doctor Who and Sarah Jane. It's interesting in a way. Someone asked for a comparison of the old Doctor series and the new one a while back. Sarah Jane is very much like the old Doctor Who series. It's obviously for kids. They even have a kid version of Mickie from the 2005/2006 series of Doctor Who. (That's somewhat disturbing.) They don't spend a lot of time on scientific explanations. The rescues are very unbelievable. It's just a fun series. Sarah Jane has children as companions; in the old Dr Who series, he had childish companions. That used to drive me up the wall. To have all of these adult women behave like complete idiots. Rose and especially Martha were welcome changes in the new Doctor Who series. The age range for Doctor Who has moved up a little. Hence the sexual titillation that has been tossed in from time to time. There is more emotional drama in the show now. Some of the Dr Who lists complain about this bitterly. They want the innocent show of their childhood back. On the whole, I would say that it's a young teen show now. I notice on the BBC site that they are nervous about entangling Doctor Who and Torchwood story lines. I haven't seen Torchwood, but I keep reading complaints about how raunchy it is. Can anyone comment? On the whole, I prefer the new Doctor Who series. The Donna character bugs me in that we seem to returning to the era of clueless women. She moves into the Tardis with loads of suitcases and a hat box of all things. But, I'll wait and see. Oh, and it was amusing that now that series shows are allowed have memories of what came before--Everyone in London leaves town at Christmas because disasters happen then. Doctor Who has done a Xmas special to start the BBC season. So every London has been threatened every Xmas for the past 3 years. Nice touch. I could imagine the same for the people that occupy the world of 24 or CSI. Oh G-d, it September, what is going to happen to us now? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Amazon.com bullying small publishers: The eight hundred pound gorilla
Hey Amy, I see we have a mutual friend in Charles! From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amy Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] Amazon.com bullying small publishers: The eight hundred pound gorilla [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:aharlib%40earthlink.net I followed your advice and am passing this on to other folks. News of this has been flying around other writer and literature focused list groups already. Amy I don't normally send out an update more than once a quarter or so, but an issue has come up which I felt was important enough to disregard that. In any event, I'll try to keep this short. One of the great things that I've watched develop over the last ten years or so has been the connection of amazing new technologies which have made it possible for people to organize in ways they never could before. It made it possible to organize Gulf War veterans in the mid-nineties, and Iraq War veterans since 2003. It's made entire small creative industries possible, particularly in the arts. That, connected with digital printing, has made it economically viable for small, creative and independent presses to publish books that would never have made it through the corporate gatekeepers of the huge conglomerates in New York. Musicians have made entire careers boosted on the internet, and small-time authors who podcasted their books have become mega-bestsellers. In other words, regular folks like you and me have the opportunity to find and build an audience in ways never before possible! Digital printing, the Internet, social networking -- things few of us even imagined as little as twenty years ago. Unfortunately, these trends seem to be threatening to some of the market leaders. This week we learned that Amazon.com, the 800 pound gorilla of the online sales world, is threatening hundreds of small, family owned independent presses in a way which may or may not be illegal, but is certainly just plain wrong. The long and short of it: if you want to be sold on Amazon.com (and stay in business), you have to give them higher discounts than any other retailer gets, plus you have to use their printer to print the book in the first place. The irony, of course, is that Amazon was one of key factors that has made this renaissance of micro-publishers possible. Why is this a big deal? Because it's a huge, incredibly profitable corporation directly threatening the livelihood of hundreds of small businesses. Play ball our way, or we'll put you into bankruptcy. Sad, isn't it? You can check out the ugly details on my blog (along with links to coverage in the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal). But that's not why I'm writing. I'm writing to ask you: do you care about the ability of independent artists and writers to reach their audience without having to pay a 90% premium to a huge corporation? If so, there's a couple simple things you can do to help, that will only take about five seconds of your time. Help Me Spread the Word About This 1. Visit my blog entry about the issue and click on the Digg It link at the top of the page. Just a couple hundred diggs from you will drive it to the top on Digg, where the issue will be exposed to hundreds of thousands of visitors. http://www.sheehanmiles.com/Amazon_declares_war.html 2. Forward this on to your friends, and let them know they can help too. 3. Send an email to Amazon's customer support. You can do so through their online webform at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/contact-us/general-questions.html. They'll almost certainly email you back some inane response that has nothing to do with the issue you are writing about (kind of like writing Congress, I know), but a landslide of bad customer responses over this can make a difference. 4. Finally, and most importantly: if you keep a blog, post something about this issue. Companies are pretty sensitive to bad online press these days, and a lot of negative blog entries about this could really put some pressure on them to reverse themselves. After all -- one of the great things that distinguishes Amazon in the first place is the availability of books you just can't find at a big-box retailer. What happens to that when small, unique publishers are put out of business? Thanks for listening, and best regards! You can always post comments about the issue here: http://www.sheehanmiles.com/Amazon_declares_war.html And, as always, it's not too late to unsubscribe from my list! If you get tired of hearing from me, just click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of this page, or send me back some hate mail. Take care, and best regards, Charles P.S. Just a reminder that I'm now sending out the chapters for my new book Insurgent. I just posted Chapter Two and got the second episode of the podcast online. You can check it out and subscribe here: http://www.sheehanmiles.com/Insurgent_Chapter_Two.html - Charles Sheehan-Miles |
RE: [scifinoir2] 'Jericho' too cynical for the times?
Co-sign. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 10:34 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] 'Jericho' too cynical for the times? interesting question, that touches on something I've been thinking about recently: when is scifi or speculative fiction too topical, real, or downbeat? I asked because my younger brother last night was telling me that one reason he didn't like the new Battlestar Galactica was because it was based too much on current issues: terrorism, religious fundamentalism, etc. I've heard others say the same thing, including a guy who quit watching because he felt he was getting hit over the head with a thinly-veiled satire of our times. I just want good outer space action without all the socio-political stuff he grumped. I've heard many others say the same, that they want their scifi/speculative fiction to be escapist fare. They seem to want action, explosions, great fX, BEMs, gunfire, spaceships, scantily clad women, etc., but please: no depression reality intruding on their fantasy! I tend to favor the stuff that's topical, 'cause done right it can be enjoyed years later, even when the subject matter may not be front and center in society at that time. One of the reasons I loved B5 and DS9 was *because* they dealt with real life issues of racism, religion, and politics. And in that same vein, I liked it when Jericho viewed our modern world through a lens of (perhaps cynical) reality. For me, the best stuff--even scifi and spec fiction--tells the truth, or a truth. So no, not too cynical for me. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Animated Star Wars Movie, Series Coming This Year
Oh, that Lego Star Wars game is ridiculously addictive. Leia's slap-fighting and Greedo's B.F.G. crack me up. Awesome. A few months back, I saw a license plate in Alexandria, VA that read, Tru Jedi. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlandrith * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://jameslandrith.com http://jameslandrith.com/ The Multiracial Activist - http://multiracial.com http://multiracial.com/ The Abolitionist Examiner - http://multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daryle Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:43 PM To: SciFi Noir Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Animated Star Wars Movie, Series Coming This Year I'm in for a Clone Wars feature. I thought the series was pretty good and gave depth to some of the characters I was actually interested in. I like Star Wars a lot and episodes 1-3 really fell short for me, personally. I thought Clone Wars was better than all three films. Lucas needs to le this live action project go. My son and I have been playing the Star Was Lego video game for 2 months now, and I have to say...even THAT's better than 1-3. On 2/13/08 10:07 PM, KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: The fact that the one guy states animated films always appeal to a younger audience kind of troubles me. Such an American attitude. Not the greatest fan of CGI animated films, either. I wish they could have brought back genius Gendy Tartakovsky, who did the great Clone Wars animated shorts for Cartoon Network. Unless the series is exceptionally good, a CGI series aimed at younger audience won't reel me in, especially since I like Star Wars, but can't really call myself a fan. *** New `Star Wars' Film Animated Will Be By JAKE COYLE - 3 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) - The Star Wars universe, already substantially rendered by computer generated imagery, is giving in all the way to animation. Star Wars: The Clone Wars, an animated film, will open in theaters Aug. 15 and be followed by a TV series of the same name, to air on the Cartoon Network and TNT this fall. I felt there were a lot more `Star Wars' stories left to tell, said Star Wars creator George Lucas in a statement. I was eager to start telling some of them through animation and, at the same time, push the animation forward. Produced by Lucasfilm Animation, both the film and TV show will be distributed through Time Warner Inc., which owns TNT, the Cartoon Network and the film's distributor, Warner Bros. Lucas, who serves as executive producer, is also planning a live-action television series spinoff of the franchise, which he began working on last fall. The animated series has long been in the works, though the theatrical release was only announced late Tuesday. The movie and subsequent series takes place between the ground covered in episodes II and III of the Star Wars films: Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005). It will include cartoon versions of many familiar characters, including Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padme Amidala and General Grievous. A new character named Ahsoka, Anakin's padawan, will be the first female Jedi to be a character of focus. It turned out to be an idea that George wanted to explore, said Dave Filoni, director of the Clone Wars movie and supervising director of the series. Henry Gillroy (a writer on the series) and I very much wanted to have a female Jedi in more of a lead role because you've had all the boys. More than 30 episodes are planned, though Filoni declined to say exactly how long the show will run. He acknowledged it's a finite timeline before encroaching on Revenge of the Sith story lines. Though the Star Wars films have been extraordinarily lucrative, the force won't be expected to be as strong in cartoon form. The film and series are clearly aimed at younger viewers, though Filoni hopes to also entice the many Star Wars die-hard fans. An animated series always appeals more to a younger audience, said Filoni. But at the same time, we've tried to do some sophisticated things and ensure that we are going to satisfy the broad spectrum of `Star Wars' fans. Though Lucas farms out various Star Wars projects in what's known as the `Star Wars' expanded universe, Filoni says that Lucas ensured The Clone Wars has that `Star Wars' feeling. Fans will also remember other animated series following the first time Lucas completed a Star Wars trilogy. After Return of the Jedi, the series Ewoks and Droids ran in the late `80s. The Cartoon Network also ran an earlier version of a Clone Wars animated series
RE: [scifinoir2] J.J. Abrams: You're Dead, Jim
My stepson saw Cloverfield over the weekend and said, I want my money back. I'll be waiting for it to hit HBO or Starz. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Street Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:19 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] J.J. Abrams: You're Dead, Jim I saw Cloverfield last night and I totally want my money back. It was the most bumb ass movie and those white kids really annoyed the hell out of me. Will not see Cloverfield 2 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry
I received one as a Christmas gift (couldn't afford one on my own) and just finished a review on my blog: http://jameslandrith.com/content/view/3019/79/ __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlandrith * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://jameslandrith.com http://jameslandrith.com/ The Multiracial Activist - http://multiracial.com http://multiracial.com/ The Abolitionist Examiner - http://multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ravenadal Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:20 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry My 19 year-old nephew, who is a first adapter, spent a week's salary to be the proud owner of an i-phone. I got to hold and sample his i- phone this past christmas. Like the i-pod and the i-mac, it is an elegant and supple piece of equipment - almost intuitive and sublime in its ease of use. Now, the i-phone remains too expensive for me, a divorced father, who is still making child support payments with a son in college, but i can attest it is a beautiful thing. ~rave! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Ice Cube up forThe A-Team
I saw Mr. T in the World of Warcraft (I think) commercials recently. Too funny. (What about that, Mr. Condescending Producer Man) Give him the role. No one else can sport 75 lbs of gold and a kick-ass Mohawk better. It will look cartoonish if someone else tries to pull it off. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:11 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Ice Cube up forThe A-Team works for me! I still think Richard Roundtree should have starred in the Shaft remake! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com Caught this earlier today. I had the odd-slash-evil thought that Ice should play B.A. jarringly well-mannered son, while Mr T should reprise his own role. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: Ice Cube Pities the Fool Rapper-actor up forThe A-Team. by Stax http://movies.ign.com/articles/844/844131p1.html January 8, 2008 - Now that John Singleton is set to direct the movie version of the 1980s TV series The A-Team, the rumor mill has kicked into overdrive with speculation about who might star in the Fox pic. One name that's popped up for the role of B.A. Baracus (immortalized on the small screen by Mr. T) is rapper-actor Ice Cube. BlackFilm.com caught up with Cube while he was doing press for his new movie First Sunday, and got the star to comment on the buzz. When asked if he'd even consider the part, Cube replied, Hell yeah, especially with John Singleton directing! Singleton and Cube first teamed on the former's directing debut, Boyz N the Hood. Cube acknowledged that he has indeed been approached about the role, but doesn't know if he'll land it or not. They want me to do it if all the business works out right, Cube explained. I was a fan as a kid and that would be, not a dream come true, but it's definitely a good thing to do and I would put it on my resume for sure. Ice Cube said that he wouldn't try to duplicate what Mr. T did and wants to put his own spin on the character, but he did promise to wear the mohawk if he gets the role. Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] Happy New Year
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Pssst...
Reece, this is Tracey's group. Legally speaking, this *is* her room...
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RE: [scifinoir2] New Year's Resolutions everyone
Yeah, that's why I elected to go the Weight Watcher route this time. Sure, I lost 60 pounds in 5 months on Atkins. I could not sustain that dietary arrangement. I need to do something that changes my diet - and I can be happy with - on a permanent basis. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:45 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Year's Resolutions everyone Remembering my proscription against being on a diet, I'd agree that Weight Watchers is the best because it's the most easily followed for a true and permanent lifestyle change--a change in one's diet. But South Beach is a good short term to help jumpstart the system, and its focus on understanding glycemic index and how it does things like spike your insulin, create body fat, etc., is great. I'd recommend South Beach as a short term guide, but it is for those with a bit of discipline. -- Original message -- From: Mike Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:streetforce1%40gmail.com You have to not think of it as a diet but as just a change in eatting habits. I have moments when I want to woof down a whole Papa John's pizza. Weight Wathers is the best cause you can actually eat. I tried South Beach but I can't get into it. The Abs diet is the only other diet I would recommend. On Jan 1, 2008 10:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote: good luck, and glad your health is stabilized. I don't do diets much, preferring to change my diet rather than go on a diet, if that makes sense. But as a way to get started on good eating and health and learn about the best ways to feed your body, Weight Watchers is very good in my opinion. I always favor diet plans that don't force you to buy their food, and WW helps you learn to make intelligent choices with the food you buy. That's the only real way to go. Another good one to help kickstart things is South Beach. It starts with a 2 -4 week plan that can be pretty rough: giving up sugars, carbs, red meat, etc. But that functions as a detox and addiction killing period and is worth it. I did the Phase I (the two week bland diet) and I dropped pounds and inches like crazy. The thing is, most addictions to food--and we Americans are addicted to things like white bread, white rice, white sugar, starches, processed foods, salt, caffeine, etc.--can be broken in about 2 -4 weeks. Force yourself to give up some of the bad stuff for that time, and your cravings will drop remarkably. It's the easiest/hardest thing you can do, but most of us just never take the time to try the weaning off period. -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com Didn't make any last year, but my goals this year: 1 - To really lose weight this year. Now that my health is back in check (had a nasty H-flu infection all summer and most of the fall), I would like to dump at least 50 pounds. I had previously dumped 60 pounds on Atkins, but gained it all back after a varicocelectomy that required more than the normal period of recovery, combined with stress on the job and a different commute that involves more car transport and less walking in the Metro. The Wife has talked me into trying Weight Watchers this time. 2 - To blog more. My syndication agreement requires a specified minimum number of entries per week, but I'd been pre-occupied and too fatigued earlier this year to keep up due to employment chaos and spousal illnesses. 3 - Attend 20 year class reunion without jacking anyone up. No doubt I will run into some of the worthless ass-goblins who tormented my small, unpopular self for years before I left to join the USMC. From what I've researched, few of them amounted to jack. My intent is to get through the evening homicide-free. :) I'll stop here. There are a few more, but they involve whip cream and Gina Torres. Mr. Fishburne may object... __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ Tracey said: What New Years Resolutions Have you made? However about last year? Did you keep the ones that you made last year? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- -- Blogs: The Greasy Guide http://greasyguide.com Your Online Destination for Urban Information Coming Soon Street Sweet NYC http://www.streetsweetnyc.com Get your fix on cupcake bliss. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Movies Watched Over The Holiday
I gotta get me a cape From: Daryle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 3:13 PM To: SciFi Noir Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Movies Watched Over The Holiday MI-5 is my SHOW. It¹s called ³Spooks² in England. BBC America runs the later episodes now, but AE ran the first two seasons. You probably saw the promos for AE and thought it was an American show. You are watching it the best way possible, without commercials. Last night, TCM had an HG Wells double feature. ³Things To Come², which is awesome because everyone in the future wears capes, and ³The Time Machine². I always hated the 1960 version of the Time Machine, as it¹s one of the whitest depictions of the future ever, but it¹s a great story, and for 1960 special effects, you can¹t beat it. Watching it, though, you really get a feeling for what the Guy Pearce version was going for. I think the remake may be a superior picture. I also watched: Blade Runner The Final Cut. This gets a hell yeah from me. ³It¹s A Wonderful Life² - I had never seen this film. I can¹t believe it¹s so popular. ³Rush Hour 3² - These movies need to start being distributed by tourism departments of exotic countries. They serve no other purpose but to make you want to go to the cities they are shot in. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
Yeah, I prefer the independents around here as well. St. Elmo's, Karma, etc. When my stepson's car was in the shop due to an engine rebuild, I was quite happy to pick him up from work in the evenings. St. Elmo's Coffee Pub was a few blocks away from the dealership where he works. A nice vanilla chai latte, muffin, and a quiet corner with a book on my PDA was just the type of quiet time I needed some nights after dealing with idiots in 12 states all day long. Given that he is a car salesman, his quitting time wasn't always quitting time. If a potential sale walked in the door 15 minutes before he was scheduled to leave, so be it. I was certainly not gonna rush the kid and make him miss a sale just so I can get home. There's always more coffee and more books. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 11:15 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( i spend all my time seeking out independently owned coffee shops, music stores, and bookstores in Atlanta. They're often cooler, with a different vibe, and I love the difference in style and look--something you can't get with corporate entities. And honestly, the more places like Starbucks--or the big bookstores-try to give themselves the mom-and-pop look, the angrier they make me. Even more than coffee shops, i lament the demise of mom-and-pop bookstores. If for no other reason, I miss being surrounded by honest-to-goodness old hardbound books with the old bindings and that great smell. I'm not the world's best carpenter, and Phyllis (my wife) really didn't want an older home, so a fixer-upper was out for us. Phyllis is also much more enamored of newer homes, and really wanted a new house with all the fixins: granite countertops, fancy backsplash, modern lighting, etc. I tend to like older homes with more character: too many new homes are built as part of giant projects where everything looks alike. So we had to make a compromise in age, price, and location. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
Yeah - I've been typed. INTJ all the way. The Wife has been typed ENFP and ENTJ at different times. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 30, 2007, at 1:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ever had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, which is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of energy internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're always running around with lamp shades on their heads at parties. I'm a strong extrovert: going to the mall on Black Friday gets me pumped and hyper like a kid. I'm never bored in an airport 'cause I almost OD on watching people. I do have difficulty not speaking into silence (you called it talking just to talk). But by the same token, once my batteries are charged, I have to get away from people to think and analyze or write. But then I have to be back among the mading crowd. I've taken Meyers Briggs tests three times. I'm a strong ENFP: Extroverted - Getting psychic/mental/emotional/spiritual energy from others instead of internally (as opposed to Introverted, getting energy from within) Intuitive - making lots of leaps in thought and creativity based on the gut or inspiration (as opposed to Sensers, who need hard facts to fuel the process) Feeling - ruled by emotions and passions, going with what feels right (as opposed to Thinkers, who analyze things and tend to rely on logic more) Perceiving - filter the world based on what I feel and how things should be (right and wrong), wanting to fluidly adjust circumstances to individuals' needs, strongly ruled by a sense of right (as opposed to Judgers, who tend to be more rigid, less focused on right and wrong , but on what's fair for all, tending to want a set of rules that apply as well as possible to the masses, with little emotion to change them. not prone to want to change laws or rules willy-nilly) so of course, being fueled by emotions and passions and feelings, and a cosmic sense of right and wrong, I majored in electrical engineering in college and now work as a network administrator. According to all tests (and my feelings) i should have been a writer, journalist, musician, public relations person--or a minister. Which is why I wrtie more posts than anyone except maybe Martin, why I'm long winded, why I'm always ranting about something being wrong in the universe. :) -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Wife and I are strikingly different. She is a heavy extrovert and prone to being the life of a party. Her skills as a former model, multiple pageant winner, on-air personality (radio), television host, etc. make it seem effortless. She turns it on like flicking a switch at parties and public events. I prefer to be behind the scenes a bit more. In the office, I have to make an effort to self-promote as my natural tendency is to let my work speak for itself while I get trampled by those who underperform, yet have mastered the art of self-promotion (I believe Keith posted similar sentiments a few months ago). Through my websites and as a media contact for Veterans for Common Sense, I've done several TV and radio appearances and a lot of print media interviews, but only reluctantly. I've turned down more than I've accepted. I much prefer to let my written words speak for me via my writings. Over the next few years, I'll be putting out a book related to some of advocacy work, which will require active PR and appearances. (sigh) At social events, while The Wife is on and entertaining, I prefer to relax in a quiet corner, nursing my drink with a friend or two. I'm the guy you think is not having fun, but I'm really analyzing the guests and storing data about who I've met or talked with that night. At home, I need that quiet time with a book or my laptop. Or at a coffee shop for a bit on the way home from work. My blog and commentary persona are nothing like my meatspace personality. I'm not shy. I just prefer to observe and think. I hate small talk and refuse to speak just for the sake of speaking. When I do speak, it is because I have something real to add to the conversation. I abhor hoopla and I suck at entertaining. I'm not the guy screaming his head off at sporting events or concerts. If you see me at a concert, it'll likely be a more intimate club like the Birchmere - listening to a band, sipping a margarita - just enjoying the music. And I hate being asked if something is wrong. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://www.jameslandrith.com http
RE: SPOILERS !!!!Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Saw 28 Weeks on DVD- Plot Holes, Plot Holes ....
I remember looking at my former Army officer wife during the movie when things were spirally out of control and saying something about it figures and then made an off the cuff comment about an Army of One. Then I regained consciousness three hours later.. From: Astromancer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:36 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: SPOILERS Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Saw 28 Weeks on DVD- Plot Holes, Plot Holes I hear you, Devildog...If this is the movie I think it is, it took place in the UK...That would make it a UN base, right? That's usually Army and Air Force territory...After WWII, with the exception of Embassy duty, the Marines have been traditionally posted in the Far East...So the story is at least accurate in that aspect... James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com wrote: Yeah, I saw it as well. I recall calling bullshit at several points. However, I did notice that there were no Marines involved in that unfortunate zombie debacle on the Isle of Dogs. J (sends OOH-RAH in general direction of a Marine in Chicagoland) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: SPOILERS !!!!Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Saw 28 Weeks on DVD- Plot Holes, Plot Holes ....
Yup. Every so often I tell my son that his mama wears combat boots. Then I duck and cover. Never know which direction it's gonna come at you. From: Astromancer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:39 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: SPOILERS Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Saw 28 Weeks on DVD- Plot Holes, Plot Holes Ah...I would think somewhere along the line you would realize that most of what was said about the fairer sex were myths...and the truisms updated and equalized buy such things and guns bats, kitchen utensils, etcLet me guess...attack direction came from up and behind you? James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com wrote: I remember looking at my former Army officer wife during the movie when things were spirally out of control and saying something about it figures and then made an off the cuff comment about an Army of One. Then I regained consciousness three hours later.. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: SPOILERS !!!!Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Saw 28 Weeks on DVD- Plot Holes, Plot Holes ....
Wow! Déjà vu My wife has a degree in mass communications with a minor in architecture not to mention experience accrued in print journalism and broadcasting while earning her degree in the reserves. So of course, when she elected to go active duty after her commission, the Army put her in charge of a motor pool . From: Astromancer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 2:22 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: SPOILERS Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Saw 28 Weeks on DVD- Plot Holes, Plot Holes I nevewr say stuff like that unless there is a buffer of at least 1 mile between us...Add And she works in the motor pool and you'll have my ex... James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com wrote: Yup. Every so often I tell my son that his mama wears combat boots. Then I duck and cover. Never know which direction it's gonna come at you. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Night Watch/ Day Watch- Seen them?
This discussion has reminded me of a series I used to watch in the late 1980's. I believe it came on Friday nights in the Peoria area in syndication. The show was of UK origin and featured a new dark fantasy (and possibly and occasional science fiction theme) each week with no recurring characters - kind of a dark fantasy Outer Limits. Ring any bells? Tracey de Morsella wrote: Looking for some flix to rent on Netflix over the weekend. I just saw a preview for Day Watch, that was interesting. Has anyone hear of it or its prequel Night Watch. Anyone read th trilogy. It got some good reviews. I never heard of them prior to seeing the preview. I think it came out while I was in Mexico. NY Times describes it as Star Wars Meets the Vampires in Moscow. The plots can be convoluted at times, often taking a backseat to cool special effects but they're both fun to watch. Think Highlander with shape shifters, psychics, vampires, magic and lots of red tape. Night Watch is the darker film but the more light-hearted Day Watch is probably the better of the two. I'm really looking forward to the director's next project, Wanted with Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy. ** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
They are easy to assemble - with simple male and female joints. Occasionally, a piece of track may be cut a little off so that the fit is tight - but that is the exception. Overall, she ought to be able to connect the track pieces herself. -Original Message- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 7:40 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( I was thinking of getting Kira set next year, maybe we will try Brio wooden tracks too. Are they easy to assemble. One of the reasons I put it off this year was tht I did not realize I would be better and I did not think she could assemble the tracks on her own
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Night Watch/ Day Watch- Seen them?
This confirms it. Yeah, I used to watch it late night on Fridays in Peoria while the parents were at their weekly night out with the aunt and uncle. I had babysit-your-brothers-duty those night. So naturally, I controlled the TV once they were in bed. From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:54 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Night Watch/ Day Watch- Seen them? I remember it. It used to come on Fridays late at night in Philly James Landrith wrote: Upon experimenting with search terms, I have stumbled upon Hammer House of Horror originally broadcast in Europe in 1980 and repackaged for syndication in the U.S. in the mid-1980s. This may be it. I'd have to watch an episode or two to verify: http://homepages.tesco.net/~dr.phibes/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080231/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that flick. But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr! Please tell me none of you watched it? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
How was it? Not very good. At its core, the movie suffered from a plot that involved talking and singing chipmunks. For some reason, my son enjoyed it. This same kid loved TMNT, Iron Giant, Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar. Someone explain to me why he liked this Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made? I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network, Nick, Radio Disney, etc. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:47 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( lo siento! how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's quite good. The Iron Giant and The Incredibles come to mind. Even Robots or Madagascar are okay for adults to sit through once. But Alvin just seemed horrible to me from the trailers... -- Original message -- From: James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net ] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that flick. But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr! Please tell me none of you watched it? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
Remember, never cross against the light... -Original Message- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:58 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( I Love Night of The Comet Daryle wrote: Oh, is this turning into THAT discussion? ³Night Of the Comet². AND I bought it on VHS. On 12/26/07 12:15 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest movie secrets. I love Howard the Duck. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: Keith I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :( Martin wrote: But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu! [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and Voight (just show me the money!!). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw Knocked Up recently and loved it) or mindless action flicks. Im the guy who will watch The Warriors every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And Face Off? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go boom!. Love that flick. But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr! Please tell me none of you watched it? National Treasure sleighs Christmas box office Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday. The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued on Wednesday. Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the 2004 smash National Treasure stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's assassination. Will Smith's sci-fi thriller I Am Legend was No. 2 with five-day sales of $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. Pictures. Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit Alvin and the Chipmunks, saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million. The fact-based political comedy Charlie Wilson's War earned $14.75 million, and the Johnny Depp musical Sweeney Todd $12.75 million, both after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses. The box office jury is still out on Charlie Wilson, a high-profile vehicle starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many theaters as Sweeney Todd, which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros. Further down the rankings, P.S. I Love You had earned $9.1 million in its first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that Christmas-related chores are behind them. The musical spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story reported a four-day haul of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day estimate for the box office disappointment. Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, the Denzel Washington drama The Great Debaters, and the family fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of
RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
What? Are you saying that one man, a Mac laptop and a few hours of virus coding couldn't topple the computer system of a technologically superior society of interstellar conquerors on the first try? You so totally have to know that Steve Jobs is an alien so Macs are, of course, compatible with all of the major Milky Way operating systems. I refuse to believe otherwise. From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:14 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( Can't get through either. Ugggh! I get a kick out of over the top Hollywoodized, corny, scifi blockbusters. National Treasure, The Island, Transformers, Independence Day. See a trend here. You could not pay me to go to the Theater to see them. just laughing a some of the ridiculous science or the silly over the top lines is a hoot. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(
Fortunately, my son skipped out on Thomas. He did get into wooden trains though. We (me, wife and my father) bought him one of those expensive Brio sets for his 4th birthday. For various birthdays and Christmases following, he received add-on tunnels, new cars, etc. Charles spent many hours assembling, disassembling and experimenting with track configurations. At 10, he doesn't play with it much anymore, but being of solid wood and in excellent condition - he'll be able to pass it on (hundreds of pieces, cars, add-ons, etc.) to his children. I think this expensive Brio set was our way of heading off the Thomas mania before it started... -Original Message- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:07 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :( Thomas is still big, she is just not that into him and there was a major recall recently, so we embraced her inner Car to make up for not having the train. Besides, have you watched Thomas the Train? What are they teaching kids? how to be petty, tease friends and be cruel while respecting the corporate bosses !?!?! I'm left scratching my head at the end of some of those episodes. She has not seen Static yet, but she loves Superman and Batman, so I introduced her to Power Puffs last week and she was hooked. There was a Green Lantern Show? When? Fortunately, Lazytown and Barney were not obsessive, however, Dora is to some degree. Most of the shows, she needs to see alot of I like or can tolerate. However, once she is done with seeing them over and over and over, I need a break from them all. Daryle wrote: Be glad you missed the ³Thomas² phase. My son¹s the same age. ³Thomas² type kids are obsessive collectors, and my son is one. We missed Barney completely. We did ³Thomas², ³Cars², and ³Static Shock². Well, we¹re still doing ³Static Shock², actually. (Because dad is not having a ³Superman² phase without at least a Green Lantern or SOME brother in the mix) I¹m so mad they canceled that show I don¹t know what to do. I only have it on VHS. As for ³Lazy Town²...God bless you. That show is entirely too damn loud. We bought those Nick Jr DVDs (they run like 6 hours!) so that he isn¹t exposed to the commercials between the shows and Lazy Town is on it. As much as I wanna support the show because of Pixel...that show is just no go. ³Dora² also yells throughout her whole show, but at least I can tolerate the music. On 12/26/07 2:43 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know it is inevitable. I just survived Barney and Lazy Town. Don't you remember just a few short days ago, I told you we had to watch the Grinch five times a day and then listen to the soundtrack a few dozen times or how we have to watch Cars, draw Cars, color Cars, build cars, be Cars (by poor husband is often Mater) and play with Cars around the clock. but you can't blame me for doing whatever it took to avert the alvin and the chipmunks tragedy! [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote: Give it up, Tracey. Every parent is curse by one phenom of the times that he/she finds execrable, but which the kids love with a non-stop mania. It could be that purple dinosaur singing, non-stop, or those strange Teletubbies with their chirping noises and curious drug-induced-seeming plots. Or it might even be a halfway decent show that, after the thousandth viewing, simply makes you want to pull your eyes out. I remember many parents complaining that if they heard Barney's I love you, you love me... one more time they'd go bonkers! In the old days parents just self-medicated while their kids zoned out on the stuff... not an option i know! :) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com James: You have me living in fear of how long I can keep my daughter away from commercial kids shows (we are still on PBS, Disney Pre-School, Noggin and Nick Jr) or the influence of other kids who will be advocating for Alfin and his ilk. Be strong... [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote: -- Original message -- From: James Landrith How was it? Not very good. At its core, the movie suffered from a plot that involved talking and singing chipmunks. For some reason, my son enjoyed it. This same kid loved TMNT, Iron Giant, Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar. Someone explain to me why he liked this Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made? I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network, Nick
RE: [scifinoir2] Amazon Kindle 'a Bit Sad,' Designer Says
Ive been reading books on various Palm OS devices for years. At any given point, Ive got five or more books in various stages of being read on my Treo. Waiting in line at checkout? Whip out the Treo and start reading. Sitting on the Metro? Whip out the Treo Once Ive read them, they get deleted from the PDA and I keep a copy in my electronic library on my shared drive at home. Also, since I purchase them through eReader - 9 times out of 10, I can re-download any prior purchase without cost whenever the mood strikes. Of course, I also have some in PDF version, html, plain text, etc. Im guessing Im not Kindles target market. I look for formats that conform to my existing devices not additional gadgetry. I was excited beyond belief when my PDA and phone became one not looking to backslide here. From: Daryle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 1:59 PM To: SciFi Noir Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Amazon Kindle 'a Bit Sad,' Designer Says Can¹t we all just...use our mobile phones and computers? I mean, we carry this stuff around with us as it is. Laptops, Treo, Blackberry, iPhone...why not just use all this stuff to read books? People already know how to use RSS, they listen to or watch podcasts all the time. Why not just go to a site, click, get your book, and read on demand? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Anyone Watch Tin Man?
Yeah, they really screwed the pooch on that one. From: Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 8:45 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Anyone Watch Tin Man? Isn't she just a doll, James? Didn't know she existed until Hitchhiker's Guide. And I feel the same way about the overall product, save for being furiously unhappy with the Brother being the Dog. And the ending could've done with a bit more of an embellish. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com wrote: I've enjoyed it mostly so far - better than a fork in the eye - but not so enthralling that I'd consider purchasing the DVD. Of course, I loves me some Zooey though, so that may be part of it... __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ Anyone? not hearing any reviews. I have the next week-and-a-half off from work, and wondering if i should watch the miniseries, or clear up the tape for Avatar and Legion of Superheroes -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:keithbjohnson%40comcast.net (Keith Johnson) When I realized Tin Man was a three-part miniseries, and that tonight would run it up against Heroes and K*Ville, i elected to record the whole thing and watch it this weekend in one long marathon. Anyone watch part one last night? How was it? Hoping it was as cool as the trailers led me to hope... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Gellar Afraid o f ‘Buffy’ Reprisal
True – and in the few dramatic roles I’ve seen O’Neill, the man can really act. From: Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 1:57 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Gellar Afraid of ‘Buffy’ Reprisal I can't blame her, both for her stated reasons *and* the fact that typecasting is still rampant in H'Wood. Look at Ed O'Neill. Man can't even be mentioned without someone thinking Al Bundy. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: Gellar Afraid of ‘Buffy’ Reprisal http://www.rabiddoll.com/index.php?p=82 By Julie Pyle Fans might still be demanding a return from “Buffy The Vampire Slayer,†but it doesn’t look like that’ll happen anytime soon. Especially now that Sarah Michelle Gellar, who played Buffy Summers for seven years, isn’t sure she even wants to return to the role … even if it hits the big screen. “I have to be honest. That thought really scares me,â€Gellar said in an interview to Moviehole. “Buffy was a movie and it didn’t work because her story was longer than that. This was about a girl that you had to get to know and it took so long to figure out how to crack the ending so that people weren’t upset. Of course I never say never, so I’m not saying no, but my fear would be to open something like that up again, to only end it again.†Even though the series has been off the air for over four years, fan outcry still demands a continuation of the BuffyVerse. And while a feature film on the big screen may still be just a pipe dream, the world may be closer to direct-to-DVD movies featuring secondary characters. Rumors have been swirling about creator Joss Whedon directing a Spike movie and executive producer Marti Noxon says past show scriptwriters have been contacted regarding a series of new movies centering around characters other than Buffy herself. “I feel like a show you love ends, you have like a mourning period, so do you open yourself up to that again, to wanting it but knowing it’s going to end,†she continued. “That whole thing worries me a little bit.†So far, no specific characters have been named for the DVD movies and none of this has been confirmed by Twentieth Century Fox so should be treated as any other rumor. There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Winona Ryder Becomes a Vulcan
This is brazen ass-clownery of the highest order. Spock's bi-species (is that a word?) heritage was a recurring plot device and was responsible for more than one excellent look into his character's inner turmoil and struggle with his dual heritages. WTF is wrong with Abrams? From: Daryle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 1:41 PM To: SciFi Noir Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Winona Ryder Becomes a Vulcan Well, that makes it official. This movie sucks. Time to give Woody Allen movie #12 so we can just pack it in and go home. They may as well have left Berman in charge. Has JJ Abrams SEEN Star Trek? Anyone who has seen half a season of TOS knows Amanda is human. Why not put Sarek in the movie? On 11/9/07 12:46 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: For Winona Ryder, it's a fine line between pixie-like and Vulcanesque. The actress has become the latest boldface name attached to J.J. Abrams' highly anticipated reboot of the Star Trek franchise, signing on to star as mother to a young Spock. It will be Ryder's biggest studio film since 2002, when the two-time Oscar nominee costarred in Mr. Deeds with Adam Sandler and S1m0ne with Al Pacino. Ryder laid low for several years following her shoplifting arrest and has only appeared in a handful of mostly independent films, most notably in Richard Linklater's 2006 rotoscope-animated feature, A Scanner Darkly. Variety reports the erstwhile Heathers star will play the Vulcan mother of the Starfleet logician, sending Trekkers into a tizzy. Abrams is messing with a key element of the Star Trek canon: In all previous installments of the franchise, Spock's mother was human, not Vulcan (the pointy ears come courtesy of his father's side of the family). As conceived by Trek mastermind Gene Rodenberry, Spock's mother was Amanda Grayson, a teacher who met and married Sarek, the Vulcan Ambassador to Earth. The two later decamped to planet Vulcan. Spock's maternal unit was first introduced in a 1967 episode of the original series and portrayed by actress Jane Wyatt. Wyatt reprised the role in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. The 36-year-old Ryder will mother Heroes' Zachary Quinto, an actor just six years her junior. It's unclear whether movie makeup magic will make up the age difference or whether Ryder's character will only appear in flashback. Original Spock Leonard Nimoy is also slated to appear in a cameo role, though it's unclear in what capacity. No official details have been released about the film's plot, other than it will revolve around the Starship Enterprise crew's first mission together. Ryder's addition signals the end of casting. In recent weeks, Abrams beamed up Chris Pine (Kirk), Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy), Simon Pegg (Scotty), John Cho (Sulu), Zoe Saldana (Uhura), Anton Yelchin (Chekov) and Eric Bana (the nefarious Nero) to the film. Shooting is scheduled to begin on the film this month and is expected to last through March 2008. The film is slated for a Christmas 2008 release. http://tinyurl.com/yv57sh [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Strike could be a reality by Monday - so expect more reality TV
Grumble, grumble, losing brain cells watching reality TV, grumble, grumble. From: Brent Wodehouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 4:54 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Strike could be a reality by Monday - so expect more reality TV http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2007/11/strike-its-a-re.html Strike could be a reality by Monday - so expect more reality TV Nov 2, 2007 by Lynette Rice A month ago, when Hollywood was in full hand-wringing mode over the potential of a writer's strike, a William Morris agent confidently declared that such a decision would defy logic. No reasonable professional would dare to strike in the midst of a television season, right? Wrong. Less than 12 hours after their contract expired at midnight on Oct. 31, some 2,000-plus writers assembled in the Los Angeles Convention Center to hear union leaders declare that a strike will occur; the only question now is when. Many believe the picket lines could begin forming as early as this afternoon (at least, that's what some New York-based scribes were led to believe based on an earlier meeting), but the common wisdom is that the Writers Guild of America will inform writers to start waving the placards Monday morning, unless, of course, an 11th-hour deal is hammered out over the weekend. The goal now is to recruit some of the guild's more recognizable faces to walk the picket line, though it seems unlikely the WGA will drag Conan O'Brien out in front of 30 Rock in New York. They might, however, be able to convince 30 Rock creator Tina Fey to wave a sign or two. As dense as some of the negotiation-speak may seem (what's all this talk about credit and separate rights, anyway?) the writers' complaints are pretty simple: every time you catch an episode of Desperate Housewives on ABC.com, creator/writer Marc Cherry (or his fellow DH scribe, who may have written that particular epsiode) doesn't get paid for it. Every time a series writer generates new content for his show's official Web page, he doesn't get paid for it. The writers also want a bigger piece of DVD profits (6 percent, up from 3 percent), so if you decide to, say, buy season one of Heroes on DVD, the scribes would get more money in their residual checks. That's what this dispute is about, give or take a few disagreements over credit and pensions and such. So what does it mean for viewers if the strike begins Monday? Late night shows could immediately go into reruns, if David Letterman and Jay Leno decide not to write their own shows (though Letterman and Johnny Carson did this back in 1988). Cable yakkers like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report could also shut down. SNL may be forced to go black, airing repeats instead. As for series television, most shows have about six-to-eight weeks worth of episodes written and in the can waiting to be shot, which will carry the networks through January, maybe early February. Writers who also hold the title of producer can continue to come to the set, they just can't do any kind of writing. For instance, if Jason Lee's joke falls flat during the taping of My Name is Earl, creator Greg Garcia would have to just let it go. The only sticking point that may interrupt ongoing production is if the Teamsters (i.e., the folks who drive all those production trucks) live up to their promise to not cross the picket line, which would force shows to simply go dark. If that's the case, expect even more new reality shows to debut in the next few months. We'll be ready, says one Big Four network executive. This is what we get paid to do. We've anticipated this for months, though honestly I thought they'd resolve it. How stupid can they be? As for the impact in daytime, soaps generally have about four weeks worth of episodes in the can. Once the nets burn though those originals, expect compilations of classic episodes (Victor and Nikki's first wedding! Luke and Laura reconcile - for the second time!) News programs, as well as syndicated shows like The Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy, will not be affected. As for cable series, most shows, like The Shield and Nip/Tuck, were shot months in advance so there will be no impact - unless the strike is a long one. It's emotion transcending logic, opines another network executive. Obviously, they're thinking they need to strike. But this isn't like the striking garment workers. We work alongside these people every day. A lot of us are friends. We golf together. It's so weird. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] OT(sorta): AE's Bounty Hunter Show suspended
I was interviewed yesterday by National Enquirer reporter Darryl Wrobel for the print version of the story. He played two tapes for me that appeared to have been made on different occasions. The short of it: Chapman ordered his son to break it off with his girlfriend for fear she would hear him or other family members uttering racial slurs in casual conversation. He dangles loss of the sons job in the family business, his home and future as consequences for continuing the relationship. Chapman claims his use of such slurs are not meant to be hurtful or racist and deployed the old we just talk like that defense. Later he uses the same terminology to describe his sons girlfriend. I wanted to vomit afterward. Nasty shit. Kudos to AE for moving quickly. -- James Landrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://apus.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 http://www.myspace.com/jlandrith http://jameslandrith.com http://multiracial.com From: Daryle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:46 PM To: SciFi Noir Subject: [scifinoir2] OT(sorta): AE's Bounty Hunter Show suspended [ source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/business/media/01dog.html?ex=1351569600 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/business/media/01dog.html?ex=1351569600e n en =8362eec01f3228c8ei=5088partner=rssnytemc=rss ] The cable channel AE has suspended production on the popular show ³Dog the Bounty Hunter² after the show¹s star, Duane Dog Chapman, was said to have been overheard expressing racist insults in two recorded phone calls. The National Enquirer, a tabloid newspaper, published on its Web site yesterday afternoon an audio tape in which it said Mr. Chapman could be heard ³directing his racist hatred at his son Tucker¹s girlfriend.² AE responded swiftly, saying in a statement last night that it ³has just learned of the story released by The National Enquirer concerning Duane Dog Chapman.² ³We take this matter very seriously,² the channel said. ³Pending an investigation, we have suspended production on the series. When the inquiry is concluded, we will take appropriate action.² Mr. Chapman is well known as a bounty hunter and bail bondsman. His AE reality show records his captures and occasional run-ins with the law. He was arrested last year on charges stemming from a capture three years ago in Mexico, but he fled to the United States. A Mexican court dismissed the charge in August. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Blade May be Remade without Snipes
I'm big on Chiwetel as well. His presence, vocal cadence, etc. translates well to multiple roles. Everytime he shows up on screen - even in a bit role of an older movie playing on HBO or Starz, The Wife says, James, your guy is on TV! -Original Message- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:48 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blade May be Remade without Snipes I like Chiwetel too. Not that it is related, but I think he is extremely versatile and plays a conflicted part well. I saw him in a movie in which he was a straight transvestite and in Children of men. He was excellent in both. I also like Djimon Hounsou for the part. He does conflicted well Regarding Michael Jai White being old, wasn't Snipes in his late thirties when he started Blade? Also I do not think Chiwetel and Idris are that young. Of couse we know, they won't get picked. Instead we will probably get Tyresse and or someone like Usher or... Jessica Biel God... I hope not. Tracey, Good call on Idris Elba. He'd be a good choice. Chiwetel Ejiofor showed some good action hero cred in Serenity and he definitely has the acting chops. As far as Michael Jai White. I was thinking of his performances in Thick As Thieves, Undisputed 2 and the stuff from Kill Bill that ended up on the cutting room floor. He can do the menacing tough guy but he has a pretty good comedic touch as well and that could bring something to the role. But it's a moot point because he's over 40 and that's ancient in Hollywood years. Personally I would love to see one of the original treatments for Blade 3 get filmed. It was the one where the vampires cause the apocolypse in the future and the last free humans manage to use a form of time travel to contact present day Blade in an attempt to stop their timeline from happening. It will never be filmed but it was a great story. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: agreed. i don't see Jai White for the role. Man, here's a a concept: how about casting the net wide for the *best* actor, not the actors with some kind of name recognition? One of my greatest joys in going to the movies is seeing a completely unknown actor in a role. Usually, we're so used to saying Russell Crowe was great in that role, or Denzel Washington disappeared in that part or Charlize Theron didn't even look like herself. Afte a while, try as we might, we can never ignore the *actor* playing the role, no matter how good he/she is. But put an unknown in and it's easier to get into. The young lady who played Ray Charles' mother in Ray is a perfect example. I'd never seen or heard of her before, yet she gave what was an Oscar-worthy performance in my opinion, and it was great that I didn't come in already knowing of her. -- Original message -- From: tetsuwanatom1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Daryle yokozuna@ wrote: Holy Highlander! Why is it necessary to reboot this series? It¹s an ongoing story. We¹ve all seen the first one. If ³Superman² has taught us nothing else...there¹s no need to retell a story we already know. Just pick up where you left off and keep it movin¹. It's the lesson of the revolving Bruce Waynes. Every year that there was discussion of a Batman movie, the buzz generated by the question of who would play the role was worth about 10M PR dollars, and those crap movies needed all the PR they could get. A Blade reboot is newsier than continuing with a new actor (which is basically what they're doing, isn't it?). Then again, I thought Trinity was supposed to be a reboot. People mention MJ White on the Internets a lot (for a lot of movies) however he isn't all that charismatic. I like him fine, I just can't see him as a leading man. Blade as ass-kicking Wu-Shu expert comes from the movies, not the source, so we don't have to have a martial artist in the role. On 10/31/07 12:22 PM, B. Smith daikaiju66@ wrote: Blade 2 is cheesy? More cheese please. I know Snipes legal troubles and onset behavior are the main reasons he won't get to play the role again but I hate the Hollywood trend of casting for young and hot. If it was a perfect world I'd cast Michael Jai White. I imagine he's too old for Hollywood and not bankable enough but he has the perfect skillset to play Blade. I don't know if I would do a complete reboot but they may have painted themselves in a corner after the last movie. Maybe they need to have him face a non-vampiric big bad to shake things up. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Blade May be Remade without Snipes
Co-sign. From: Daryle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 3:19 PM To: SciFi Noir Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blade May be Remade without Snipes Holy Highlander! Why is it necessary to reboot this series? It¹s an ongoing story. We¹ve all seen the first one. If ³Superman² has taught us nothing else...there¹s no need to retell a story we already know. Just pick up where you left off and keep it movin¹. On 10/31/07 12:22 PM, B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:daikaiju66%40yahoo.com wrote: Blade 2 is cheesy? More cheese please. I know Snipes legal troubles and onset behavior are the main reasons he won't get to play the role again but I hate the Hollywood trend of casting for young and hot. If it was a perfect world I'd cast Michael Jai White. I imagine he's too old for Hollywood and not bankable enough but he has the perfect skillset to play Blade. I don't know if I would do a complete reboot but they may have painted themselves in a corner after the last movie. Maybe they need to have him face a non-vampiric big bad to shake things up. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com , Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Blade Remade? Franchise reboot may be in the works. by IGN Staff http://movies.ign.com/articles/830/830575p1.html October 26, 2007 - Could there be a new, reworked version of Marvel's Blade headed to the big screen? Initially, the thought of a Blade franchise reboot sounds kind of crazy, but when you think about it, the first film in the series is already almost 10 years old. And with the later films in the franchise becoming increasingly cheesy, maybe it's not a bad idea. The Bloody-Digusting.com website reports that just such a move is being plotted right now in Hollywood. A source for the website contends that the comic property (we assume this means Marvel and/or the creative team currently working on the comic) is pushing for the redo rather than New Line, who may or may not be involved. Marvel is currently attempting to relaunch the Hulk franchise in a similar fashion, which could have them feeling their oats and looking for other stale properties to freshen up. The Blade do-over chatter could also be fueled by the hot-as-fire vampire movie trend that just won't let up (see Underworld 3). - New Line Blade: Trinity was likely Snipes' swan song. Were there a new school version of Blade launched, Wesley Snipes would undoubtedly be replaced in the lead role. Who would you like to see fill his shoes? And what do you think of the Blade reboot whole idea in general? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Cervical Cancer Vaccinations for Boys
The HPV vaccine controversy/Merck Money Grab was earlier this year. It was interesting to note that the several deaths and life-threatening reactions attributed to the vaccine over the summer were not reported with anything approaching the raging furor that this vaccine was touted as a “miracle” vaccine earlier in the year. From: Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:41 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Cervical Cancer Vaccinations for Boys I'm gonna have to call a couple of my exes on this. Both are doctors. Off the top, sounds fishy, on a par with the HPV vaccination for girls last year. Or was that earlier this year? Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: Absurd Vaccine Marketing -- Cervical Cancer Vaccinations for Boys School-age boys are now being advised to get vaccinated with Gardasil, Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine, according to mainstream media reports. Previously, the vaccine was only recommended for girls. The new male recommendation is based on the notion that boys could get throat cancer if they have oral sex with an HPV-infected girl. According to some, however, recommending Gardasil to boys is little more than a scare campaign aimed at gaining market share from teenage boys. Even the advice to give mandatory Gardasil vaccinations to young girls is simply disease mongering designed to sell vaccines. This is because girls who have HPV do not automatically get cervical cancer. Girls who have healthy immune systems, and who lead healthy lifestyles, have little risk of developing cervical cancer from HPV. It is only girls who have compromised immune systems that may be vulnerable. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/09/18/absurd-vaccine-marketing-cervical-cancer-vaccinations-for-boys.aspx There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Forest Whitaker To Do 'MAMBO'
A few links on the differences between film and story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report http://jameslandrith.com/content/view/78/44/ Even though it links to my essay, I did not write the Wikipedia entry. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:43 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Forest Whitaker To Do 'MAMBO' Never read Minority Report's source material. How did the ending stray (though from what I know about the author, I'd guess it was pretty bleak in the book). I see your point in some cases. A.I. was damn near brilliant until that god awful ending. And I loved War of the Worlds in so many ways--the alien walkers were terrifying, emitting a sound almost as scary as the Shadows on B5. But they ruined the movie for me by insisting on including kids, which destroyed the whole thing. -- Original message -- From: Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Same thing with everything Spielberg touches post Close Encounters -- the ending. Nothing is as bad an ending as A.I., to be sure, but Minority Report could have stayed a little truer to the book for me. On 9/13/07 3:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i was okay with Minority Report. What did you dislike about it? -- Original message -- From: Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] I¹ll see your horror and raise you one first thing that came to mind was ³Minority Report² -- what if Steven Spielberg directed this movie? Halfway through we¹d forget what it was supposed to be about and be staring at aliens for an hour. On 9/13/07 12:49 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The horror...the *horror*... [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote: Just please, please don't let Michael Bay direct, or this will devolve quickly from a pointed satirical comment on society into a non-stop chase full of explosions and speeding vehicles on whatever passes for a highway in the future. -- Original message -- From: Brent Wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:Brent_Wodehouse%40swiftnet.org http://www.blackflix.com/coming_soon.html FOREST WHITAKER TO DO 'MAMBO' September Forest Whitaker has landed a role opposite Jude Law and Brazilian actress Alice Braga in the futuristic thriller Repossession Mambo. Based on the novel by Eric Garcia, the film is set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit with one catch - if the buyer defaults on payment, it will result in a fatal repossession. Law's character - himself made up of artificial organs' - is a repo man who reclaims organs when their recipients cannot make the payments. When he struggles to pay off his new heart, he becomes one of the people he used to hunt down and must go on the run with Braga's character, who is also down on her luck. The Universal Pictures project is slated to begin Oct. 15 in Toronto. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [scifinoir2] Speaking of Painkiller Jane
Intense indeed! And I was cracking up when Diana said, I shot you six times. I'd have shot you more times if I could have reloaded. _ From: Reece Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 5:10 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Speaking of Painkiller Jane Speaking of which, did anybody watch the 4400 Sunday night? It was a fairly intense episode! Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com] On Behalf Of KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 1:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Speaking of Painkiller Jane Thank you, Tracey. It really is helping to get the notes from you guys, and for distracting myself even for a few moments with discussions about scifi. keith -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com Keith: I'm sorry to read about your mother passing away. Over the years as we have traded stories about our mothers, I have come to feel like I got to know her a little. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. As Daryl said we will work to do our part by keeping you distracted, informed and entertained. Tracey KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: No, I don't mind sharing, and I *really* appreciate the concern. I got a call at 4:30 am Friday that my mother had died of a heart attack. It was completely unexpected, because even at age 81, she was in perfect health according to every test the docs had run on her previously. She had two complete physicals a year, and the last in January was very good. I flew out from Atlanta to Fort Worth yesterday, and am undergoing the painful process of planning the funeral. Family is reeling, I'm here helping my two brothers make plans, and it ain't fun at all. I do think of y'all as family, as all the e-mails to you should indicate, so I do appreciate the ability to share with you. Say prayers for me and the family. keith -- Original message -- From: Reece Jennings What news? We're family...unless you'd prefer to keep it private...we're still family, and pray that it's not as bad as it sounds... Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com mesavers.com _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com ] On Behalf Of KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 11:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Speaking of Painkiller Jane I'm sitting up late night unable to sleep (horrible news from back home, boarding a plane in a few) and of course I need a scifi fix/distraction, so I watch Painkiller Jane after Doctor Who. Bad as that show is, they have the nerve tonight to do with is basically a clip show. A thin skein of an original plot is stretched over the frame of flashbacks from past eps. I *hate* clip shows, can't remember a single one for any series that I really liked. But to see one from a show that's already bad is beyond bad... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Underdog - WTF??
I want to see it. But I don't really. I told my son (10 years old) that we'll be watching some episodes of the cartoon first (does it play on Boomerang?). Kids today can't get what we got out of it - especially given what they've watched growing up. Underdog truly was corny and the animation was nothing special but like you, I loved and watched it regularly. The little guy may not be able to appreciate the cartoon version like we did but at least he can see what it was before we see the movie version... Now then, Disney better keep their hands off my Hong Kong Phooey. _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 12:55 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Underdog - WTF?? Okay, someone explain to me why Disney took a goofy, funny cartoon like Underdog--complete with bipedal, talking dogs who co-existed in the world with humans as equals--and turned it into a live-action piece of junk? When I heard there was a movie--actually, i was in the theatre and the name flashed on screen--I was intrigued. I watched Underdog as a kid and loved it. Sure, the animation was weak, the voices all done by about three people. Theme song is corny. But I loved it. But, as I started reminiscing, I saw the trailer for the new movie, and soon I was really irritated. Why change from a cartoon to live action? Why use a real dog, who looks incredibly stiff and stupid flying around? Why introduce all these idiotic humans, and make Underdog basically a pet of some dopey kid? Why change from a world of sentient animals to another one of those where they all talk and stuff, but humans never know it? This is Underdog in name only. And Lord save me from another Babe/Dr . Doolittle style movie with CGI mouths animated for talking animals. I've long had a problem with America's sad abandonment of 2D animation in favor of 3D CGI and FX-obssession. Sometimes it makes sense, as with the recent Transformers movie. But many times, a cartoon should remain a cartoon. I feel sorry for kids who'll see what in all probability will be another throwaway forgettable cutesy movie with poop and butt-sniffing jokes. I can only imagine the movie will suck. With John Belushi and a beagle as stars, how can it do anything else? The original series may be old, but it's still fun. Or maybe I'm just getting old? :( Official Disney site here: http://disney. http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/underdog/ go.com/disneypictures/underdog/ Example of original cartoon here: http://www.youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_-mMIClI14 com/watch?v=X_-mMIClI14 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Jericho May Be Saved by Fans
It is about time they explored the DVR ratings. I hardly watch anything real-time anymore with my 10-12 hour work days and two hour roundtrip commute. I go to work. I come home. I spend time with my wife and kid. I maybe watch one or two hours of recorded material and then I go to bed. Hell, I just watched last week's Stargates last night. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:39 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Jericho May Be Saved by Fans Maybe we can still make a difference. I wonder sometimes if networks get so used to us getting used to what they do, they forget it can sometimes have a negative impact. Putting shows on hiatus isn't a good thing. There's still questions in the industry about why almost all televisions shows lost viewership this season, but hiatus sure didn't help. And they haven't been taking into account how many of us watch shows later on VCR or DVR recordings. I hear that this week, Nielsen is for the first time trying to measure viewership of programs on DVRs, as well as commercial viewing habits. Fans Make CBS Reconsider 'Jericho' Axing By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer Tue Jun 5, 11:08 PM LOS ANGELES - Fans trumpeting the cause of CBS' canceled drama Jericho have caught the network's ear. CBS, deluged with calls, messages and shipments of nuts signifying viewer displeasure, is reconsidering its decision, a source close to the production said Tuesday. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly. A decision on whether to bring the show back, probably for a midseason run, is imminent, the source said. We are tired of the networks (not just CBS) tossing aside quality programming, was the message carried by jericholives.com, one of several web sites protesting the cancellation. Enough! We're going to fight for this one. Clarke Ingram, a Jericho fan from Pittsburgh, Pa., and a spokesman for jericholives, said he was optimistic that CBS would find a way to revive the drama about a Kansas town isolated by a nuclear terrorist attack. People would paint this as teenagers in tinfoil hats rallying behind the show, said Ingram, 50, an operations manager for two radio stations. That's not what this is. These are educated professionals. The show's daring premise, its writing and acting make the case for its survival, he said. Several factors could work in the show's favor: It appeals to the young adult viewers sought by advertisers and was one of CBS' most popular shows streamed online, indicating an audience beyond that measured by traditional ratings. CBS may also be considering the dent a long hiatus put in the show's viewership, the same scheduling misstep that hurt ABC's Lost and NBC's Heroes. The network apparently has been impressed by the display of viewer passion, which included the delivery of 50,000 pounds of peanuts to its New York offices. In the season finale, a character replies Nuts! to a demand that the beleaguered town of Jericho surrender. That's the same response that a U.S. general in World War II made to a German demand for surrender at the Battle of the Bulge. There's already been one positive outcome: CBS is donating the protest peanuts to charities, including one that sends care packages to troops overseas. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Why Shows Like Jericho Matter to Me.
Well said. It was moments like that in Jeremiah that hooked me as well. The relationship between Kurdy and Jeremiah was why I watched. While the main focus appeared to be on Markus and Thunder Mountain's attempts to form a de facto government through uniting the different factions and regional powers, the real story was Kurdy and Jeremiah and their struggles to cope with their tragic pasts and uncertain future while clinging to their humanity in the face of sometimes utter barbarity. http://www.petergaley.com/tmf/107/main.htm http://abyss.hubbe.net/jeremiah/eps/s1/07.html http://www.thelogbook.com/logbook/jeremiah/city-of-roses/ A memorable moment came in the episode City of Roses, back at Thunder Mountain with Jeremiah pissed at Kurdy for stopping him from killing the skinheads after saving the girl and locking them in the back of the truck. Kurdy tells Jeremiah that he is always ready to what is necessary and has done his share of killing in the past, but adds that he stopped him from offing the bastards because he didn't want one more body on that pile that don't have to be there. I was speechless and in awe. Powerful stuff. Having seen him grow up as a Cosby Kid I gained a new respect for Warner as an actor after that episode, which shed light on his past and gave his character new depth. I was sucked into the show for keeps at that point. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 12:06 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Why Shows Like Jericho Matter to Me. Martin, You mentioned that perhaps you should have given Jericho a chance. I think it was the kind of show that grows on you. You still may not have liked it, but your statement got me to thinking. For the last two months I've been percolating an essay in my head about how some post-apocalyptic shows move me more than others. I've been thinking a great deal about two from way back in the day. Here's an excerpt of the essay I'm working on. It's long--of course--but speaks to why I liked Jericho --keith In 1983, two events premiered dealing with a post-nuclear strike world: the TV miniseries The Day After, and the film Testament. The Day After was a heavily hyped, much-anticipated, FX-heavy, big budget affair. Its goal was to realistically portray the horrors of nuclear war. I remember seeing missiles screaming out of silos in the Midwest, mushroom clouds dotting the landscape, images of citizens vaporized, whole cities reduced to rubble. And then came the nuclear winter, as radioactive ash and dirty snow fell onto devastated lands. Scientists like Carl Sagan served as advisors to make sure the aftermath was properly depicted. I remember star Jason Robards wandering the streets of a burned out city, a living ghost dying--like those around him--from the poisons in the air. It was grim and scary and sobering and unflinching in its visual style. ABC so feared the impact the miniseries would have on viewers, they set up a call-in line so people could talk to counselors after seeing it. No one called. Though The Day After was fairly well received, it wasnt the big cultural phenomenon people had hoped. I think the length, scope, and big-budget treatment actually removed it a bit from people. They treated it more like one of the ever-increasing number of FX-heavy sci-fi movies that were cropping up. People talked of how it *looked* scary, but carried little with them after the last images faded. Testament, on the other hand, slid in under the radar. No fanfare, no big promotions. This film--taking place wholly in a small suburb outside San Francisco--barely made a ripple when it premiered, in truth. Years later I caught it on PBS. Its a very small film, with no FX, no explosions, no major stars. The sky doesnt turn blood red or coal black, no radioactive flakes fall on the citizens. No crazed mutates or lawless soldiers rampage unchecked. Hell, we never even really find out what happened. One day the Emergency Broadcasting System comes on, and then the TVs and radios go silent--forever. Loved ones never return from the big city, and no one knows why. The little neighborhood that serves as the focus is simply cut off from the world. Most of the movie focuses on one family. The setting never changes from one or two streets. The people just go on trying to live in what they now realize is a dying world. Despite
Re: [scifinoir2] Jericho Cancelled
Frakking fraktardian frakkers. A plague on their broadcasthouse. I am not loving CBS right now. Even my wife, who is normally apathetic toward my sci-fi love affair was loving Jericho after she got through the first five or so episodes. ___ James A. Landrith, Jr. 703-593-2065 cell 760-875-8547 fax http://www.jameslandrith.com .. Original Message ... On Wed, 16 May 2007 12:11:46 -0700 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CBS Ends `Jericho' in New Schedule By DAVID BAUDER The Associated Press Wednesday, May 16, 2007; 2:14 PM NEW YORK -- CBS canceled the nuclear apocalypse drama, Jericho, on Wednesday, another sign that TV networks are shying away from serial dramas after overloading on them last season. The network unveiled a fall schedule with five new shows, three of them dramas. Jericho started out strong last fall for CBS. However, like Lost on ABC and Heroes on NBC, many viewers abandoned the show after it went on a long midseason hiatus. We lost a lot of steam, said Kelly Kahl, CBS' chief scheduling executive. I know we had loyal viewers ... but the show sort of lost its engine and wasn't performing. CBS' only new show that is heavily serialized, Swingtown, will start in midseason and run uninterrupted until the end of the season. The series is set in the shag-carpeted 1970s, with Chicago-area couples navigating the sexual freedom of the era. To counter its stodgy image, CBS has scheduled a handful of edgy new shows for the fall: a musical, a drama about a vampire and a drama about a Cuban-American family running a sugar business in Florida. For those of you who accuse CBS of being too conservative, you will feel differently when you see the shows we have lined up, said Leslie Moonves, chairman of CBS Corp. A new reality show, Kid Nation, will take 40 children and set them up in an abandoned New Mexico town. Cameras will follow them as they try to set up their own society without adult supervision. Veteran actor Jimmy Smits is the patriarch in Cane, about the family sugar business. Moonlight, about a vampire in modern society, is another one of a handful of high-concept ideas networks are trying out next year. Hugh Jackman produces Viva Laughlin, an adaptation of the BBC show Viva Blackpool, about a shady businessman. Music plays a central part in driving the series along. The Monday comedy The Big Bang Theory seems like a sitcom version of Beauty and the Geek, with two brainy guys flustered by a sexy new neighbor. CBS canceled the comedy The Class and drama Close to Home. The comedy The New Adventures of Old Christine was left off the fall schedule but will be used at midseason. (This version CORRECTS that Hugh Jackman produces, not stars, in `Viva Laughlin,' and that `Close to Home' is a drama, not a comedy.) ) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/16/AR2007051600598_pf.html Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [scifinoir2] 'Star Trek' Writers Talk Direction, Technobabble But Not Matt Damon
I thoroughly enjoyed DS9 in syndication. I was on active duty when it began its run and hardly watched TV then. It was nice to see an ST series that didn't have the obligatory holodeck scene every episode or an undisciplined, out of control crew lost in space, or a desperate problem routinely solved through reversing the polarity. Couldn't stand the damned v-word show. Liked TNG. Loved DS9. Great casting. Lots of new characters and familiar faces. Hawk from Spenser - running a space station? Awesome! Rene Auberjonis as a shape-shifting security officer? Plus, Terry Farrell reminded me of Justine Bateman - who I used crush on back in the day. :) That was some damn fine television. ___ James A. Landrith, Jr. 703-593-2065 cell 760-875-8547 fax http://www.jameslandrith.com . Original Message ... On Wed, 16 May 2007 19:51:26 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, as evidenced by the fact which bothered me from day one of DS9: Sisko was the *only* star of any Trek series who didn't come in as a captain. What was that about? I hear you and agree. I know from stuff I've read on the Net and even conversations in comic shops, DS9 isn't really appreciated. What's really sad, Tracey? DS9 had the best balance of all the things that made Trek what it was: aliens, futuristic tech, action, drama, fully realized characters, and humour. I loved TNG--still do--but it was lacking in humorous, light-hearted shows. Between Quark, Bashir, and O'Brien, DS9 had a goodly number of funny shows, especially during the Dominion War, when the humour broke up the heavy drama. Voyager had lots of aliens, and the Doctor was funny, but the characters weren't really realized. Janeway and Seven ultimately got all the best scripts, with B'Lana Torres and the Doctor getting the leftovers. DS9 managed to develop everyone in that cast over seven years--even people like Jake and Rom--so that all had grown. Enterprise had the tension of the Xindi thing, but the Dominion War trumps it easily. And everywhere I turn now, people pat themselves on the back by saying the new Battlestar Galactica is the best scifi series ever on American TV. I love BSG, but I have to say that overall DS9 is better due to its more balanced flow. Great shows both--along with B5--but when it comes to thinking about what series I could watch over and over again decades in the future without getting tired of it, DS9 beats BSG. And again, it seems so few of those people realize that Ronald Moore worked on DS9 before BSG... -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let me just say it. Most of America never wanted and never liked a Black captain staring in the Star Trek universe. From day one Deep Space nine has been the step-child of the Franchise. Tracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure if this particular piece on the next Trek film was already posted. I find it interesting they say it won't be a prequel, but a reimaging. (Lord--the last reimaged movie I saw was Tim Burton's laughable Planet of the Apes! Gotta be better than that!). I also note that just about every writer, director, and producer I read references The Next Generation as the standard Trek of the modern era. I get it that TNG had lots of action, a starship as base, and great characters. It's probably overall the most easily accessible Trek show to casual fans and non-fans. Still, it bothers me that the best overall *written* show is almost never discussed: Deep Space Nine. How many people realize that the much-heralded new Battlestar Galactica series' Ronald Moore found his footing on DS9 with the stories of the Prophets and the Dominon War? the more I see how DS9 is almost always overlooked, the more I realize a dream of a movie based on the best of the Trek series is a long shot at best... * http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1554046/story.jhtml 'Star Trek' Writers Talk Direction, Technobabble — But Not Matt Damon 'With this one we're going for the broad audience to bring people into Trek for the first time,' Roberto Orci says. By Josh Horowitz If Batman and Superman can be reborn, why not Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock? On Christmas Day 2008, the storied Star Trek franchise will begin anew on the big screen, and its creators are almost as ecstatic as the series' famously obsessive fans. We just got the green light! We have a release date and everything, said Alex Kurtzman, co-screenwriter of the eagerly anticipated new Trek adventure. Kurtzman and collaborator Roberto Orci, who are also executive producers of the project — and veterans of Transformers and Mission: Impossible III — spoke exclusively to Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fav B Movie - Worse B Movie - DOA
Northern Virginia traffic equals a 2.5 hour daily commute for me, so I get my fix through podcasts and old scifi radio programs. I recommend The Falcon Banner and Autumn at: http://www.darkerprojects.com I've also been listening to the old X Minus One shows: http://www.otr.net/?p=xmn1 Every time someone on the X Minus 1 cast says robutt instead of robot I smile a little... ___ James A. Landrith, Jr. 703-593-2065 cell 760-875-8547 fax http://www.jameslandrith.com .. Original Message ... On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:13:48 -0700 Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't through stones when I watch scifi junk just to get a fix almost every week Tracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: oh, I can definitely see that. Like I said, you can hardly beat me for watching scifi junk just to get a fix. Well, maybe Tracey can... :) -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe not, but I think they're worth it when you need a 'sci-fi fix'... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You got me. I never saw either of the Resident Evil flicks. The trailers didn't entrhall me, and word-of- mouth and reviews were so bad I skipped 'em. I assumed that the directing would follow the latest trend of too-fast camera work, where the scenes shift every three seconds like a crazed music video. I see more and more directors using that method to convey action, it really, really irritates me. Think of the horrible camera work in the action scenes in Van Helsing, and you'll get it. -- Original message -- From: votomguy [EMAIL PROTECTED] HHHEEYYY i liked resident evil. well i liked the first one. as for the sequel. well i can see where you're coming from. but the first oen rocked. how can you not like a survival horror film where all the characters know how to handle weapons. sure it's not in the same league as say aliens but hey some movies are instant classics. but the first resident evil was pretty good. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, I didn't see this movie (after video game based dreck like Resident Evil, can you blame me?) But it's probably a good qualifier for a really bad B-movie. I mean, a martial-arts flick with Jamie Pressly, Sarah Carter (currently on Shark), Devon Aoki (the silent ninja girl from Sin City) and perennial martial arts B-movie star Eric Roberts? Gotta qualify! [about DOA: Dead or Alive] DOA is a martial arts tournament where the world's best fighters anticipate in a contest, where combatants faces each other on a mysterious island, where the loser who gets knocked-out will be forced to leave the island and return home. And the winner will be moved on the next match. Three female fighters are chosen to take part in DOA: Christie Allen, a sexy jewel thief, Tina Armstrong, a tough-as-nails pro-wrestler and Kasumi, a Ninja princess. Once arriving on the island after jumping out of their airplane with parachutes, Christie, Tina and Kasumi finds they aren't just fighting for the championship, they find themselves up against Tornament master Donovan, the previous tournament master's teenage daughter H
RE: [scifinoir2] 300 Doing Huge Box Office Worldwide
in Bowfinger: Kit Ramsey's MindHead handler - after he had a minor meltdown. ___ James A. Landrith, Jr. 703-593-2065 cell 760-875-8547 fax http://www.jameslandrith.com .. Original Message ... On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:19:02 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: who said that??? -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Under no circumstances are you to show it to the Laker Girls. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ True! But the trailer for Wild Hogs: a bird flying into a guy's face, a dude falling off a bike, a cliched bar fight with a biker gang, Martin Lawrence chased and tossed by a bull. Who'd pay for such cliched crap? Norbit looks like Big Mamma's House part three. Eddie Murphy puzzles me. I think the guy is actually way more talented than even his fans realize. Ever seen Steve Martin's Bowfinger? Martin plays a director who wants to film a movie starring a superstar actor (played by Murphy), but can't even come close to affording him. He finds a really nerdy guy who looks like the actor, and uses him for most of the film's scenes, then surreptitiously films the real star using telephoto lenses and close ups shot from hiding places like bushes. The actor is paranoid, though, and comes to think aliens or spies or someone's out to get him. It's hilarious, and even if you don't love the film, watching Murphy pull off the two disparate roles is a treat. Then there's Showtime, the cop buddy flick with Robert DeNiro. The movie sags toward the end, but the first two thirds are hilarious satirical spoofing of reality TV shows. Murphy is genuinely funny as the cop who wants to be an actor, and he does it without fat suits and dirty jokes. It's n ot even the broad humour of Beverly Hills Cop: it's really comic *acting*. I respect and understand his recent turn of films like Dr. Doolittle and Haunted Mansion and even The Klumps (barely). They paid the bills, and actually were films the whole family could see. When those films debuted, I was always happy to see black parents taking the whole family to see them. But he doesn't need to return to the Norbit type of crude humour. Besides, Beverly Hills Cop 4 ought to cover even his alimony and possible upcoming paternity costs! People talk of the amazing subtletly Murphy brought to the quieter scenes of Dreamgirls, but I've seen that in him for years. I'm hoping he can leave the Norbit stuff behind, and try to showcase the fact that he's actually a good comic, mimic and yes, actor, in his own right. Murphy will long be remembered as an amazingl
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: COMMENTARY: Can 'Wonder Woman' succeed purely as action hero?
13 years with a Taurus. I shall say no more about that.I like breathing. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 6:11 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: COMMENTARY: Can 'Wonder Woman' succeed purely as action hero? The Taurus *I* was thinking about was actually on the stable side. *Another* Taurus I dated... I broke up with her because I'd taen her to a party, where she met her ex-BF. Ten minutes later, she was testing the shocks in her VW Bug with the aforementioned ex. I dumed her that night, but she had trouble with the concept of no. Next-to-last time I saw her, I slammed the door in her face. She screamed at me, If I ever get you on an operating table, I'll *take sh*t OUT of you!. The last time I saw her was when she was given her MD. What's she doing now, you ask? Army surgeon, in Saudi Arabia, treating our troops... SERIOUSLY. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Where is everybody??
I'm around. I bumped my head or something and decided to run for office this year: http://jameslandrith.org Anyone on the list living in Fairfax County, VA? __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 12:54 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Where is everybody?? Hey!!! Where is everyone??? My productivity at work is going to go wy down if I can't break up my day chatting with you guys Tracey Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [scifinoir2] Where is everybody??
Thanks Martin! __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 3:06 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Where is everybody?? Just remembered that I have a friend who lives in Fairfax. I'll call her up this weekend, let her know that you're running. Mind you, she's a smart woman, and is probably already preparing to vote for you. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: You are running for office? Congratulations! Take care of that head injury :) Tracey James Landrith wrote: I'm around. I bumped my head or something and decided to run for office this year: http://jameslandrit http://jameslandrith.org h.org Anyone on the list living in Fairfax County, VA? __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com .com cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslan http://www.jameslandrith.com drith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multirac http://www.multiracial.com ial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multirac http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ ial.com/abolitionist/ __ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com ] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 12:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Where is everybody?? Hey!!! Where is everyone??? My productivity at work is going to go wy down if I can't break up my day chatting with you guys Tracey Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Massive terror screening draws outrage
Yeah, this system is rife with potential for abuse and DHS wants it to be immune to the oversight of the Privacy Act. EPIC (and my publication TMA co-signed) issued comments in response to this system: http://www.epic.org/privacy/pdf/ats_comments.pdf __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Said Kakese Dibinga Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 12:16 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Massive terror screening draws outrage interesting... Massive terror screening draws outrage By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 9 minutes ago A leader of the new Democratic Congress, business travelers and privacy advocates expressed outrage Friday over the unannounced assignment of terrorism risk assessments to American international travelers by a computerized system managed from an unmarked, two-story brick building in Northern Virginia. Incoming Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (news, bio, voting record) of Vermont pledged greater scrutiny of such government database-mining projects after reading that during the past four years millions of Americans have been evaluated without their knowledge to assess the risks that they are terrorists or criminals. Data banks like this are overdue for oversight, said Leahy, who will take over Judiciary in January. That is going to change in the new Congress. The Associated Press reported Thursday that Americans and foreigners crossing U.S. borders since 2002 have been assessed by the Homeland Security Department's computerized Automated Targeting System, or ATS. The travelers are not allowed to see or directly challenge these risk assessments, which the government intends to keep on file for 40 years. Some or all data in the system can be shared with state, local and foreign governments for use in hiring, contracting and licensing decisions. Courts and even some private contractors can obtain some of the data under certain circumstances. It is simply incredible that the Bush administration is willing to share this sensitive information with foreign governments and even private employers, while refusing to allow U.S. citizens to see or challenge their own terror scores, Leahy said. This system highlights the danger of government use of technology to conduct widespread surveillance of our daily lives without proper safeguards for privacy. The concerns spread beyond Congress. I have never seen anything as egregious as this, said Kevin Mitchell, president of the Business Travel Coalition, which advocates for business travelers. It's evidence of what can happen when there isn't proper oversight and accountability. By late Friday, the government had received 22 written public comments about its after-the-fact disclosure of the program last month in the Federal Register, a fine-print compendium of federal rules. All either opposed it outright or objected to the lack of a direct means for people to correct any errors in the database about themselves. As a U.S. citizen who spends much time outside the U.S., I can understand the need for good security, wrote one who identified himself as Colin Edmunds. However, just as I would not participate in a banking/credit card system where I have no recourse to correct or even view my personal data, I cannot accept the same of my government. Privacy advocates also were alarmed. Never before in American history has our government gotten into the business of creating mass `risk assessment' ratings of its own citizens, said Barry Steinhardt, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. We are stunned the program has been undertaken with virtually no opportunity for the public to evaluate or comment on it. The Homeland Security Department says the nation's ability to spot criminals and other security threats would be critically impaired without access to this data. And on Friday as the normal daily flow of a million or more people entered the United States by air, sea and land, the ATS program's computers continued their silent scrutiny. At that Virginia building with no sign, the managers of the National Targeting Center allowed an Associated Press photographer to briefly roam their work space. But he couldn't reveal the building's exact location. None of the dozens of workers under the bright fluorescent lights could be named. Some could not be photographed. The only clue he might have entered a government building was a montage of photos in the reception area of President Bush's visit
RE: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [AFAMHED] Bush: the Google -our literate president]
I just lost 17 IQ points reading that. He should just stop speaking. Or better yet, let Vice President Penguin do the talking. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 5:07 PM To: GIRLFRIEND; Chris de Morsella; scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [AFAMHED] Bush: the Google -our literate president] Bush on using Google: Video can be seen here: http://thinkprogres http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/23/bush-says-he-uses-the-google/ s.org/2006/10/23/bush-says-he-uses-the-google/ Transcript: *MARIA BARTIROMO*: Speaking of wealth, there's so much change in terms of technology on society, on business; I'm curious, have you ever Googled anybody? Do you use Google? *PRESIDENT BUSH*: Occasionally. One of the things I've used on the Google is to pull up maps. It's very interesting to see that. I forgot the name of the program, but you get the satellite and you can -- like, I kind of like to look at the ranch on Google, reminds me of where I want to be sometimes. Yeah, I do it some. I'm not a -- I tend not to e-mail or -- not only tend not to e-mail, I don't e-mail, because of the different record requests that can happen to a president. I don't want to receive e-mails because, you know, there's no telling what somebody's e-mail may -- it would show up as, you know, a part of some kind of a story, and I wouldn't be able to say, `Well, I didn't read the e-mail.' `But I sent it to your address, how can you say you didn't?' So, in other words, I'm very cautious about e-mailing. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Favorite Shows That Never Made It (Now and Again)
I miss that Toys B Fun truck. Great show. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:10 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Favorite Shows That Never Made It (Now and Again) Good show, another vehicle that helped get Dennis Haysbert the recognition he deserved. There was some confusion because the Sela Ward show Now and Then was also on, and people often confused the shows' titles. Ward's show was a contemporary family drama from the Thirtysomething and Relativity creators. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Favorite Shows That Never Made It
Another show I loved was the cop show Night Heat (not be confused with In the Heat of the Night). It was on late at night when I got home from work and was one of the few dramas on at that time of night that was new, rather than recycled from the 70's, so I got hooked. I think it lasted four seasons. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088582/ Now that I think about it, I wonder if it is available on DVD. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:47 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Favorite Shows That Never Made It I hear you. Realize this: that if the networks had throughout history been this quick to cancel shows (in a few weeks instead of a season or two) due to lower than desired initial ratings, the following shows would also be on our list of Great shows that were cancelled and never seen again: Hill Street Blues NYPD: Blue (good ratings, but many, many local markets initially refused to air the show due to language and partial nudity) Cagney and Lacey The X-Files Seinfeld Family Ties Cheers Friends Beverly Hills, 90210 (may not have been a bad loss!) Melrose Place (ditto, more strongly!) Everybody Loves Raymond Seventh Heaven Buffy the Vampire Slayer Star Trek --imagine the entire franchise of series, books, movies, etc., never having existed [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Favorite Shows That Never Made It (Now and Again)
I was talking about the truck in Now and Again that Dennis Haysbert's team used to track Mr. Newman. It was made up to look like a delivery truck for a toy store. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 3:41 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Favorite Shows That Never Made It (Now and Again) James, I'm not familiar with that one. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS
Thanks for the recap Keith. I missed the first 45 minutes and forgot to set it up to record. Now the last 15 minutes I saw makes more sense with your summary. I did like the mayors admonition to the citizens to not break my heart again by acting in all manner of jackassery. I grew up in a small town like that (near Peoria, IL) and I can certainly picture a few idiots I knew losing their minds in a crisis. Of course, my father was (at different times) on the Village Council, Mayor, Fire Chief, Rescue Chief, and all-around-volunteer-guy, so I probably felt a bit more of a connection to that character than others may have experienced. I hope the writing is up to par and it doesnt become clichéd and predictable. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:17 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS Anyone watch Jericho last night? Nothing yet to make me feel one way or the other. Apparently--apparently--the US was nuked, as the residents saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon one day, and next thing all radio and phone communications are down. No contact with the nearest major city, Denver. One kid got a call on his home answering machine from his parents who were vacationing here in Atlanta, and you can hear an explosion and screaming, after which the message cuts off. So there's an assumption it was a major attack. At this point, though, there's nothing approaching data on what really happened. The most intriguing character is a Black guy who is a former St. Louis cop. He's handling the crisis well, telling the local officials how to do their jobs better. They're starting to look to him for innovative ways to keep the peace, get power, etc. Kinda cool to see a Brother take the lead and not be a reformed criminal with street smarts and all that. Other than that the show's a big mystery so far, and i have no clue as to when we'll know for sure what happened. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Black Dutch, Irish etc.
Mike Nassau is an interesting guy and a long-time supporter of multiracial self-identity. Thanks for mentioning his book here. I am also of Melungeon/Black Dutch ancestry and find the topic fascinating. There's a lot of us hiding in plain sight. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amanda Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 4:27 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Black Dutch, Irish etc. http://www.geocitie http://www.geocities.com/mikenassau/BlackDutch.htm s.com/mikenassau/BlackDutch.htm This is intersting. The part about Hitler is funny. Just imagine if someone had told that man he probably had black ancestory. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Alternative Sources of Science Fiction
I spend more time in my car than I like and abhor local radio, so I tend to keep my iPod updated constantly with new podcasts. One of my favorite sources is Darker Projects. The have several podcasts with science fiction and high and dark fantasy themes. Online at: http://www.darkerprojects.com http://www.darkerprojects.com/ I've enjoyed their productions of Alive Inside, Generation 1, and the Falcon Banner (adapted from a novel). Not all of the vocal talent is top shelf, but it is still a worthy distraction. I have sampled their Doctor Who or Star Trek offerings yet. Also, Sonic Theatre on XM Radio has several science fiction radio programs. http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=163 __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Paramount Dumps Tom Cruise
George: You are right, Cruise has a mighty ego. Back in the day, The Wife used to be a DJ on several South Carolina radio stations. While Days of Thunder (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099371/) was filming in SC at Darlington, she did some remotes from the set. She got to meet most of the drivers and stunt crews and said they were all outgoing and nice guys (with the exception of Earnhardt) and she also got to interact with some of the actors. She said Robert Duvall was really nice and that Randy Quaid was awesome, while Cruise was just an ass. Go figure. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g123curious Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:35 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Paramount Dumps Tom Cruise Thanks for sharing this article. IMDB does some things well and others not so well. This article is an example. IMHO, one chief reason Cruise got dumped was his public dissing of Brooke Shields about post-partum depression and anti-depression drugs. While Cruise is entitled to his opinions, he is not a doctor and he is a poor source about pharmaceutical information and post- partum depression. His comments were very dangerous about a very serious subject... and it alienates a large portion of the audience (e.g., women) Paramount needs to sell tickets to. Why IMDB neglected to write about this baffles me. There are some better articles: http://www.forbes. http://www.forbes.com/business/2006/08/23/redstone-cruise-viacom- com/business/2006/08/23/redstone-cruise-viacom- cx_po_0823paramount.html http://www.kfoxtv. http://www.kfoxtv.com/entertainment/9729716/detail.html com/entertainment/9729716/detail.html http://www.kfoxtv. http://www.kfoxtv.com/entertainment/9712702/detail.html com/entertainment/9712702/detail.html http://www.iesb. http://www.iesb.net/index.php? net/index.php? option=com_d4j_ezinetask=readpage=1category=2article=226Itemid=2 9 Nor does the article mention the South Park episode Cruise didn't want Paramount to air. That probably figured into the mix, too, since Parker and Stone just inked a new production deal with Paramount. It also didn't help Cruise when he demanded that reporters hear a scientology lecture before interviewing him on set during filming. For Cruise, it's all about the ego. George Captain USS McNair (Boston) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: say good bye to the thongs?
I offered to buy some for The Wife. Not amused would be an understatement. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:49 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: say good bye to the thongs? OK guys, i swear this is scifi. i'm sorry, I had to send it. Buttless underwear!?!?! C V wrote: Did you all know there was such a thing as 'backless underwear'? I swear...I'm getting old and have seen it all. AND they're having a sale now! where the heck have i been? http://www.backless http://www.backlesslingerie.com/?cid=1134sid=4029pid=0mid=494 lingerie.com/?cid=1134sid=4029pid=0mid=494 Camille [perhaps its 1/2 off??] LOL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: say good bye to the thongs?
True, I'll have to try that approach next time. All I can remember from that conversation is something about stank and one of my ex-girlfriends. The rest is all a blur. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daryle Lockhart Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 3:30 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: say good bye to the thongs? I loved your capitalisation. I have been referring to my wife as Number One for some time now, but The Wife is a LOT more DS9. Responding all stop. Awaiting response from The Wife, Captain. But again, I think the offer was sort of the wrong approach. The thong is a garnish. You don't offer in advance. You sort of get to Jamaica on holiday, everybody's relaxed in the suite after a long day doing nothing and a drink or two, and you break it out like hm? and it's either yea or nay. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: Janet Jackson Poses Topless for Vibe]
I'd be afraid that Calista would snap in two when things got hot and heavy. A visit to the ER is a real mood killer. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:27 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: Janet Jackson Poses Topless for Vibe] It takes me out that they consider actresses like Monica Bertolucci voluptuous. I think she is hot. The minute an actress puts on just enough weight to still be just under average weight, they make a big deal of it. Then I see movie boards talking about how great actresses like Calista Flockheart of Ally Mc Beal look. I'm not a man, but it seems to me that men should be lusting over Monica more than Calista. It is almost like those that prefer these emaciated women to not really be women, but to provide a legal be to be with someone who resembles young teen. Tracey KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: Sometimes I feel as if I'm the only guy left who still thinks the voluptuous look of the old days is the best: for non-Black women, that'd be Rita Hayworth, Racquel Welch, Sophia Loren, Yvette Mimieux, Yvonne Craig (Batgirl, Green Orion Slave Girl in Star Trek the OS). Nowadays you can bet that when I think a white actress has a shape, someone will tell her she's fat, and you'll come back later to see she's dropped twenty or so pounds. A few like Scarlett Johannsen resist it, and I hear a backlash is growing among some actresses, but the unrealistic expectations are crazy. In the main I think Black people still have a healthier attitude. Seriou sly, I think the natural butts and big legs many Blacks have help our women not go too far down that skinny-as-a-board road, but I'm seeing more young Sisters buy into the hype. They say everything comes back in style in time. I just wonder when the days of the voluptuous curvy woman will return to mass media? -- Original message -- From: Daryle Lockhart melaninjitsu@ mailto:melaninjitsu%40mac.com mac.com science fiction at its best. On Aug 7, 2006, at 5:36 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) wrote: Original Message Subject: Janet Jackson Poses Topless for Vibe Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 17:15:12 -0400 From: C V [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:camillegfs%40GMAIL.COM COM Reply-To: GIRLFRIEND [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:GIRLFRIEND%40HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM EASE.LSOFT.COM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:GIRLFRIEND%40HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM EASE.LSOFT.COM all i can say is for a person who just lost 60 lbs this year, she certainly is flat.but what do i know? LOL Camille [ain't mad at her either!] = Janet Jackson Poses Topless for Vibe http://apnews1. http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20060807/D8JBPUN01.html? iwon.com//article/20060807/D8JBPUN01.html? PG=homeSEC=news Aug 7, 4:15 PM (ET) NEW YORK (AP) - Janet Jackson has never been afraid to expose some skin. The 40-year-old singer, newly svelte after losing some 60 pounds, appears on the cover of Vibe magazine wearing a skimpy bikini bottom and a necklace made of large shells. Her right arm covers her breasts. Will she ever stop posing for sexy photos? Of course. When I'm 80, she tells Vibe. That's when I'll call it quits. Two years ago, Justin Timberlake pulled off a part of Jackson's bustier, briefly exposing one of her breasts, during the Super Bowl halftime show. In an interview in the magazine's September issue, on newsstands Aug. 15, Jackson says the incident - variously referred to as Nipplegate and the bra-ha-ha - is history. It's just over and done with. It's old. It's the past. It's history. I'm onto something new. Everybody got their licks in - those who wanted to - and it's done, she says. Jackson credits her boyfriend, 33-year-old music producer Jermaine Dupri, for giving her self-esteem a little boost. I came to realize that younger men had less of a problem with who I am than older men, she says. With the younger guys, there was less ego. Things were less competitive. They weren't threatened by who made more and who made less. She says that with Dupri, she feels as if she's met her match. When I look at Jermaine, I see myself, Jackson says. I feel as if I'm looking in the mirror. The connection I feel with him I have never felt with anybody else. Her new album, 20 Y.O
RE: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: Janet Jackson Poses Topless for Vibe]
Yeah, I've been busy. Stupid, frakking Russian hackers had been messing with my websites. Problem solved (upgraded a component in the C.M.S.). Anyway, The Wife refers to Flockhart, Lara Flynn Boyle, etc. as lollipops. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:58 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: Janet Jackson Poses Topless for Vibe] Hey James! Long time, no type. How am I supposed to get work done when I'm laughing hysterically :) Tracey James Landrith wrote: I'd be afraid that Calista would snap in two when things got hot and heavy. A visit to the ER is a real mood killer. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com .com cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslan http://www.jameslandrith.com drith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multirac http://www.multiracial.com ial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multirac http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ ial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: Janet Jackson Poses Topless for Vibe] It takes me out that they consider actresses like Monica Bertolucci voluptuous. I think she is hot. The minute an actress puts on just enough weight to still be just under average weight, they make a big deal of it. Then I see movie boards talking about how great actresses like Calista Flockheart of Ally Mc Beal look. I'm not a man, but it seems to me that men should be lusting over Monica more than Calista. It is almost like those that prefer these emaciated women to not really be women, but to provide a legal be to be with someone who resembles young teen. Tracey KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: Sometimes I feel as if I'm the only guy left who still thinks the voluptuous look of the old days is the best: for non-Black women, that'd be Rita Hayworth, Racquel Welch, Sophia Loren, Yvette Mimieux, Yvonne Craig (Batgirl, Green Orion Slave Girl in Star Trek the OS). Nowadays you can bet that when I think a white actress has a shape, someone will tell her she's fat, and you'll come back later to see she's dropped twenty or so pounds. A few like Scarlett Johannsen resist it, and I hear a backlash is growing among some actresses, but the unrealistic expectations are crazy. In the main I think Black people still have a healthier attitude. Seriou sly, I think the natural butts and big legs many Blacks have help our women not go too far down that skinny-as-a-board road, but I'm seeing more young Sisters buy into the hype. They say everything comes back in style in time. I just wonder when the days of the voluptuous curvy woman will return to mass media? -- Original message -- From: Daryle Lockhart melaninjitsu@ mailto:melaninjitsu%40mac.com mac.com science fiction at its best. On Aug 7, 2006, at 5:36 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) wrote: Original Message Subject: Janet Jackson Poses Topless for Vibe Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 17:15:12 -0400 From: C V [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:camillegfs%40GMAIL.COM COM Reply-To: GIRLFRIEND [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:GIRLFRIEND%40HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM EASE.LSOFT.COM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:GIRLFRIEND%40HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM EASE.LSOFT.COM all i can say is for a person who just lost 60 lbs this year, she certainly is flat.but what do i know? LOL Camille [ain't mad at her either!] = Janet Jackson Poses Topless for Vibe http://apnews1. http://apnews1. http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20060807/D8JBPUN01.html? iwon.com/article/20060807/D8JBPUN01.html? iwon.com//article/20060807/D8JBPUN01.html? PG=homeSEC=news Aug 7, 4:15 PM (ET) NEW YORK (AP) - Janet Jackson has never been afraid to expose some skin. The 40-year-old
RE: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: Janet Jackson Poses Topless for Vibe]
I use Mambo (http://www.mamboserver.com http://www.mamboserver.com/ ). These fools were hacking the index page via the Simpleboard forum component. It was a game, like teenagers trying to tag as many walls as possible. I even found a place online where they were keeping count of how many websites they had defaced. Once I upgraded the component from Simpleboard to Joomlaboard, the problem was solved. Fortunately, they were only replacing the index page and not doing any real damage. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 7:25 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: Janet Jackson Poses Topless for Vibe] What CMS do you use? Any particular reasons the Russians have it out for you? I like the lollipop analogy. Lara was another one who wasn't big to begin with who got on this kick of looking like she has been staying in a concentration camp Tracey [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: 'Surface' Canceled
I'm still missing Nowhere Man (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112104/), Dark Angel (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204993/), Jeremiah (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290966/) and Now and Again (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212395/). :-( __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:23 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 'Surface' Canceled Tracey, First off--Where the hell have you been :) I wondered if you'd gone into the mountains or something and started a rebel movement! Good to hear from you. Hope life is good for you and the family? As for the scifi world, I don't know that it'll ever get back to the old days. When even initially popular mainstream shows like Commander In Chief and Veronica Mars get hurt by pre-emptions and schedule changes, and the network suits literally give shows maybe three weeks to succeed, it's harder for any show to last, let alone scifi. I think you'll see the majority of the long-running scifi shows stay on niche channels like Sci Fi, and even then, only some shows. As for Stargate, how many e-mails have I dropped titled How does Stargate Stay on TV? I will admit, though, that SG-1 is more interesting with the Ori and Mitchell on the team. I got sick of O'Neill's wisecracking after a while. Atlantis ain't bad either. Each is a better time waster than in times past, though they're still not as good as some of those late, lamented scifii shows. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Video Shows Bush Warned Before Katrina Hit
On a separate note, what's with all the money and time spent on the Emergency Broadcast System? Seems it had a legitimate use on September 11, 2001 that went ignored. __ James Landrith mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 12:08 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Video Shows Bush Warned Before Katrina Hit Well, I agree. The problem is most Americans don't know about the sims that are run all the time. I've spoken to several people over the last few months who didn't have a clue that sims are run on that level. So to many the tapes are actually somewhat of a revelation. But as you're suggesting, they shouldn't be. What really scares those people who don't know all this is when I tell them all the things the simulations *didn't* even consider, such as the looting that went on. Makes me wonder what the hell our disaster recovery leaders have been doing for all these decades. Speaking of the disinterested government, as you put it, how do you feel about Ray Nagin or Governor Blanco's roles in all this? Are they also culpable through ignorance or neglect? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent Disagrees...)
http://www.montfordpointmarines.com/ The current president of the Montford Point Marine Association is SgtMaj Nathaniel James, Jr. (USMC, Ret.) I had the pleasure of working with him daily as a LCpl/Cpl during his final enlistment in the Corps while stationed at Headquarters and Service Battalion, Second Force Service Support Group on Camp Lejeune (French Creek area) and in Saudi Arabia during Gulf War I (1989 - 1992). You could always tell when the SgtMaj had been around by the sweet smell of his pipe tobacco. He was one of a kind. Old Corps. __ James Landrith mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Astromancer Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:48 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent Disagrees...) Monefort Point Marines...Another well-kept secret...I have misspelled the name because it escape me right now... sancochojo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Oh of course. We must not forget The Buffalo Soldiers I believe which consisted of the 9th and 10th Calvary. Name given to them by the Native Americans. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Why the disaster relief orders never got to New Orleans
Is that for real, or did someone photo-shop it together? Funny, yet sad, either way. Also, is that a picture of Tony Blair on the credenza behind His Chimpness? __ James Landrith mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g123curious Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:14 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Why the disaster relief orders never got to New Orleans http://www.ircruise.com/fun/why_no_order.html _ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS *Visit your group scifinoir2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2 on the web. *To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Terms of Service. _ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Why the disaster relief orders never got to New Orleans
If you liked that one: http://blog.lewrockwell.com/lewrw/archives/008894.html __ James Landrith mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g123curious Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:35 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Why the disaster relief orders never got to New Orleans His royal chimpness! Hahaha. I gotta remember than one. About the photo, somebody sent it to me, so I can't answer your question. It looks Photoshoped. What's really sad is that most folks pause for a moment and actually consider that this might be true. That's indicative of how much we don't trust BushCo. George [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Intelligent Design: Teach Both Theories... Let the Kids Decide
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. __ James Landrith mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of brent wodehouse Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:02 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Intelligent Design: Teach Both Theories... Let the Kids Decide http://www.blythe.org/users/rrichard/theories.gif [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- font face=arial size=-1a href=http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h53mugg/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123711733/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOOcmpgn=GRPRTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/;What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good/a./font ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Johansson Quit MI3 Because Cruise Tried To Convert Her
I can't look at Cruise anymore without thinking about Eddie Murphy's character Kit and Mindhead from Bowfinger. ___ James Landrith cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 Yahoo!: jlandrith * MSN: jlandrith http://multiracial.com http://jameslandrith.com http://jameslandrith.com/wordpress/ .. Original Message ... On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:23:39 -0400 Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for the Scientology thing, they must have zapped Cruise with more of that electricity testing/cleansing regimen they have, as he's been acting straight crazy recently! Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
