Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test
More than welcome, my friend! On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Ok thanks! On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: TV, on The Movie Channel, Mr Worf. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Was this on tv or dvd? On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I caught This is not a Test starring Hill Harper and Robinne Lee on the Movie Channel last night. It is a tight, taut little psychological thriller about 9/11 conspiracy theorists that gives new meaning to the old adage that even paranoiacs have enemies. Hill Harper, who is given absolutely NOTHING to do on CSI:NY gives a riveting performance as a good man brought low by his rapid descent into apparent dementia. ~rave! Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test
Good call, rave. This, and Premium, where he co-stars with Zoe Saldana, are his best roles to date, in my opinion. I had to watch this movie twice to really get it, but the second time I totally got what Hill was doing. On Mar 18, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Kelwyn wrote: I caught This is not a Test starring Hill Harper and Robinne Lee on the Movie Channel last night. It is a tight, taut little psychological thriller about 9/11 conspiracy theorists that gives new meaning to the old adage that even paranoiacs have enemies. Hill Harper, who is given absolutely NOTHING to do on CSI:NY gives a riveting performance as a good man brought low by his rapid descent into apparent dementia. ~rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test
Harper's a talented actor. I agree: the M.E. position on most of these shows is a (pun intended) dead end. Kandi Alexander left her version of CSI for the same reason: not enough to do. Tamala Jones--she of the loud voice and innumerable black comedies--plays an M.E. on Castle, and I lament at how little she's on screen. Waste of talent. Still, I guess she and Harper and others in such roles like to count on the steady work and paychecks that allow them to pursue indie films, take times to travel, interview people, and write books (as Harper's done), and maybe do some behind the scenes work to help other blacks get projects launched. In that way, good move. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:49:02 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test I caught This is not a Test starring Hill Harper and Robinne Lee on the Movie Channel last night. It is a tight, taut little psychological thriller about 9/11 conspiracy theorists that gives new meaning to the old adage that even paranoiacs have enemies. Hill Harper, who is given absolutely NOTHING to do on CSI:NY gives a riveting performance as a good man brought low by his rapid descent into apparent dementia. ~rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test
Was this on tv or dvd? On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I caught This is not a Test starring Hill Harper and Robinne Lee on the Movie Channel last night. It is a tight, taut little psychological thriller about 9/11 conspiracy theorists that gives new meaning to the old adage that even paranoiacs have enemies. Hill Harper, who is given absolutely NOTHING to do on CSI:NY gives a riveting performance as a good man brought low by his rapid descent into apparent dementia. ~rave! Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test
TV, on The Movie Channel, Mr Worf. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Was this on tv or dvd? On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I caught This is not a Test starring Hill Harper and Robinne Lee on the Movie Channel last night. It is a tight, taut little psychological thriller about 9/11 conspiracy theorists that gives new meaning to the old adage that even paranoiacs have enemies. Hill Harper, who is given absolutely NOTHING to do on CSI:NY gives a riveting performance as a good man brought low by his rapid descent into apparent dementia. ~rave! Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test
Ok thanks! On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: TV, on The Movie Channel, Mr Worf. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Was this on tv or dvd? On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I caught This is not a Test starring Hill Harper and Robinne Lee on the Movie Channel last night. It is a tight, taut little psychological thriller about 9/11 conspiracy theorists that gives new meaning to the old adage that even paranoiacs have enemies. Hill Harper, who is given absolutely NOTHING to do on CSI:NY gives a riveting performance as a good man brought low by his rapid descent into apparent dementia. ~rave! Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?
If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:15:02 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? Shoulda watched the back-to-back Blacula movies on TVOne. What a howl! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 1, 2009 4:25:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? Ever since MST3K, it often becomes my raison d'etre to look for them. Heck, I found two last night without even trying... and they *weren't* on Siffy. Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196618/ (The Count from Sesame Street was scarier) Werewolf Hunter: The Legend of Romasanta: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374180/ (rooted for the werewolf) Such pain... such delicious pain... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:33:09 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? Ha-ha-ha! Is it at least worth a so-bad-it's-funny look? There was one I saw a year ago, about killer fish in the Louisiana bayou. That was so campy I enjoyed laughing at it. Can't remember the name. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:56:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I missed Sharks In Venice? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:01:11 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I can't really ascertain how many were made specifically for SyFy, and how many they purchase from other sources. But at any rate, you're right. But if you haven't seen Dog Soldiers, please do give it a look. Though as I said, SyFy inexplicably shows that worthy film at the worst viewing times, typically late night, really early, when almost no one is home watching horror movies! I remember because that happened in the last month or so. One Saturday I'm getting ready to hit the gym, then to go to a pancake brunch and run errands with my wife. I idly turn on the telly, and there, at 9 am, is Dog soldiers! Why are they showing this good horror flick at a time when most people are out? I wondered. I then checked the guide, figuring that if this flick is on during doldrum times, they *had* to be showing some great stuff in the more watched hours that day. What were they showing? A block of their evil mutant monsters movies. It was either killer fish (like Snakehead Terror), deadly snakes (like Boa), or man eating sharks (Sharks in Venice). i was flabbergasted. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:38:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I have never wasted my time watching an entire film that was made for syfy. As soon as I see the special effects it is pretty much over for me. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Yep. So how many of those gawd awful movies have you seen? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:18:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken
RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?
Ever since MST3K, it often becomes my raison d'etre to look for them. Heck, I found two last night without even trying... and they *weren't* on Siffy. Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196618/ (The Count from Sesame Street was scarier) Werewolf Hunter: The Legend of Romasanta: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374180/ (rooted for the werewolf) Such pain... such delicious pain... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:33:09 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? Ha-ha-ha! Is it at least worth a so-bad-it's-funny look? There was one I saw a year ago, about killer fish in the Louisiana bayou. That was so campy I enjoyed laughing at it. Can't remember the name. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:56:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I missed Sharks In Venice? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:01:11 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I can't really ascertain how many were made specifically for SyFy, and how many they purchase from other sources. But at any rate, you're right. But if you haven't seen Dog Soldiers, please do give it a look. Though as I said, SyFy inexplicably shows that worthy film at the worst viewing times, typically late night, really early, when almost no one is home watching horror movies! I remember because that happened in the last month or so. One Saturday I'm getting ready to hit the gym, then to go to a pancake brunch and run errands with my wife. I idly turn on the telly, and there, at 9 am, is Dog soldiers! Why are they showing this good horror flick at a time when most people are out? I wondered. I then checked the guide, figuring that if this flick is on during doldrum times, they *had* to be showing some great stuff in the more watched hours that day. What were they showing? A block of their evil mutant monsters movies. It was either killer fish (like Snakehead Terror), deadly snakes (like Boa), or man eating sharks (Sharks in Venice). i was flabbergasted. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:38:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I have never wasted my time watching an entire film that was made for syfy. As soon as I see the special effects it is pretty much over for me. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Yep. So how many of those gawd awful movies have you seen? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:18:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI--in other words, true SyFy Originals. :( -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com
RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?
Sorry. Was laughing so hard at the memories that I forgot to say where I saw them. The TV Guide Channel. 8-O If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:33:09 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? Ha-ha-ha! Is it at least worth a so-bad-it's-funny look? There was one I saw a year ago, about killer fish in the Louisiana bayou. That was so campy I enjoyed laughing at it. Can't remember the name. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:56:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I missed Sharks In Venice? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:01:11 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I can't really ascertain how many were made specifically for SyFy, and how many they purchase from other sources. But at any rate, you're right. But if you haven't seen Dog Soldiers, please do give it a look. Though as I said, SyFy inexplicably shows that worthy film at the worst viewing times, typically late night, really early, when almost no one is home watching horror movies! I remember because that happened in the last month or so. One Saturday I'm getting ready to hit the gym, then to go to a pancake brunch and run errands with my wife. I idly turn on the telly, and there, at 9 am, is Dog soldiers! Why are they showing this good horror flick at a time when most people are out? I wondered. I then checked the guide, figuring that if this flick is on during doldrum times, they *had* to be showing some great stuff in the more watched hours that day. What were they showing? A block of their evil mutant monsters movies. It was either killer fish (like Snakehead Terror), deadly snakes (like Boa), or man eating sharks (Sharks in Venice). i was flabbergasted. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:38:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I have never wasted my time watching an entire film that was made for syfy. As soon as I see the special effects it is pretty much over for me. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Yep. So how many of those gawd awful movies have you seen? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:18:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI--in other words, true SyFy Originals. :( -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness
RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?
I fell across those last two late. Still worth the watching, both. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:31:33 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? Yeah, but they did show Dr. Phibes, a classic of a howler horror movie! I've been watching Cat People and Curse of the Cat People, which I'd never seen before. Oh--and been jumping back to TVOne to laugh at Blacula and Scream, Blacula Scream Think I'll check out Spencer Tracy in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on TCM later. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:53:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? Keith, it keeps my Mistie chops exercised. As for all-day Ghost Hunters? Puh-LEEZE! I was on TCM, taking in some of the good classic stuff there. such as Diary of a Madman with Vincent Price. Disappointed that they didn't recirculate Price's Twice-Told Tales or Tales of Terror. A better fit, I couldn't imagine. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:25:34 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI--in other words, true SyFy Originals. :( Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more. _ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/
Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?
That would be an interesting remake. The Count from Seasame Street's blood lust as he feeds on Gordon, Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie. He is then put down by Elmo, Grover, and Mr. Snuffalafagus. On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: Ever since MST3K, it often becomes my raison d'etre to look for them. Heck, I found two last night without even trying... and they *weren't* on Siffy. Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196618/ (The Count from Sesame Street was scarier) Werewolf Hunter: The Legend of Romasanta: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374180/ (rooted for the werewolf) Such pain... such delicious pain... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:33:09 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? Ha-ha-ha! Is it at least worth a so-bad-it's-funny look? There was one I saw a year ago, about killer fish in the Louisiana bayou. That was so campy I enjoyed laughing at it. Can't remember the name. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:56:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I missed Sharks In Venice? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:01:11 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I can't really ascertain how many were made specifically for SyFy, and how many they purchase from other sources. But at any rate, you're right. But if you haven't seen Dog Soldiers, please do give it a look. Though as I said, SyFy inexplicably shows that worthy film at the worst viewing times, typically late night, really early, when almost no one is home watching horror movies! I remember because that happened in the last month or so. One Saturday I'm getting ready to hit the gym, then to go to a pancake brunch and run errands with my wife. I idly turn on the telly, and there, at 9 am, is Dog soldiers! Why are they showing this good horror flick at a time when most people are out? I wondered. I then checked the guide, figuring that if this flick is on during doldrum times, they *had* to be showing some great stuff in the more watched hours that day. What were they showing? A block of their evil mutant monsters movies. It was either killer fish (like Snakehead Terror), deadly snakes (like Boa), or man eating sharks (Sharks in Venice). i was flabbergasted. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:38:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I have never wasted my time watching an entire film that was made for syfy. As soon as I see the special effects it is pretty much over for me. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Yep. So how many of those gawd awful movies have you seen? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:18:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI--in other words, true SyFy Originals
RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?
LMNAO Smart move, taking out Ernie early on. The guy with the anger-management issues could've proven to be his undoing lat in the game. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:51:02 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That would be an interesting remake. The Count from Seasame Street's blood lust as he feeds on Gordon, Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie. He is then put down by Elmo, Grover, and Mr. Snuffalafagus. On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: Ever since MST3K, it often becomes my raison d'etre to look for them. Heck, I found two last night without even trying... and they *weren't* on Siffy. Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196618/ (The Count from Sesame Street was scarier) Werewolf Hunter: The Legend of Romasanta: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374180/ (rooted for the werewolf) Such pain... such delicious pain... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:33:09 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? Ha-ha-ha! Is it at least worth a so-bad-it's-funny look? There was one I saw a year ago, about killer fish in the Louisiana bayou. That was so campy I enjoyed laughing at it. Can't remember the name. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:56:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I missed Sharks In Venice? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:01:11 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I can't really ascertain how many were made specifically for SyFy, and how many they purchase from other sources. But at any rate, you're right. But if you haven't seen Dog Soldiers, please do give it a look. Though as I said, SyFy inexplicably shows that worthy film at the worst viewing times, typically late night, really early, when almost no one is home watching horror movies! I remember because that happened in the last month or so. One Saturday I'm getting ready to hit the gym, then to go to a pancake brunch and run errands with my wife. I idly turn on the telly, and there, at 9 am, is Dog soldiers! Why are they showing this good horror flick at a time when most people are out? I wondered. I then checked the guide, figuring that if this flick is on during doldrum times, they *had* to be showing some great stuff in the more watched hours that day. What were they showing? A block of their evil mutant monsters movies. It was either killer fish (like Snakehead Terror), deadly snakes (like Boa), or man eating sharks (Sharks in Venice). i was flabbergasted. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:38:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I have never wasted my time watching an entire film that was made for syfy. As soon as I see the special effects it is pretty much over for me. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Yep. So how many of those gawd awful movies have you seen? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:18:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies
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Shoulda watched the back-to-back Blacula movies on TVOne. What a howl! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 1, 2009 4:25:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? Ever since MST3K, it often becomes my raison d'etre to look for them. Heck, I found two last night without even trying... and they *weren't* on Siffy. Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196618/ (The Count from Sesame Street was scarier) Werewolf Hunter: The Legend of Romasanta: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374180/ (rooted for the werewolf) Such pain... such delicious pain... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:33:09 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? Ha-ha-ha! Is it at least worth a so-bad-it's-funny look? There was one I saw a year ago, about killer fish in the Louisiana bayou. That was so campy I enjoyed laughing at it. Can't remember the name. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:56:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I missed Sharks In Venice? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:01:11 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I can't really ascertain how many were made specifically for SyFy, and how many they purchase from other sources. But at any rate, you're right. But if you haven't seen Dog Soldiers, please do give it a look. Though as I said, SyFy inexplicably shows that worthy film at the worst viewing times, typically late night, really early, when almost no one is home watching horror movies! I remember because that happened in the last month or so. One Saturday I'm getting ready to hit the gym, then to go to a pancake brunch and run errands with my wife. I idly turn on the telly, and there, at 9 am, is Dog soldiers! Why are they showing this good horror flick at a time when most people are out? I wondered. I then checked the guide, figuring that if this flick is on during doldrum times, they *had* to be showing some great stuff in the more watched hours that day. What were they showing? A block of their evil mutant monsters movies. It was either killer fish (like Snakehead Terror), deadly snakes (like Boa), or man eating sharks (Sharks in Venice). i was flabbergasted. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:38:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I have never wasted my time watching an entire film that was made for syfy. As soon as I see the special effects it is pretty much over for me. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Yep. So how many of those gawd awful movies have you seen? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:18:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI
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I missed Sharks In Venice? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:01:11 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I can't really ascertain how many were made specifically for SyFy, and how many they purchase from other sources. But at any rate, you're right. But if you haven't seen Dog Soldiers, please do give it a look. Though as I said, SyFy inexplicably shows that worthy film at the worst viewing times, typically late night, really early, when almost no one is home watching horror movies! I remember because that happened in the last month or so. One Saturday I'm getting ready to hit the gym, then to go to a pancake brunch and run errands with my wife. I idly turn on the telly, and there, at 9 am, is Dog soldiers! Why are they showing this good horror flick at a time when most people are out? I wondered. I then checked the guide, figuring that if this flick is on during doldrum times, they *had* to be showing some great stuff in the more watched hours that day. What were they showing? A block of their evil mutant monsters movies. It was either killer fish (like Snakehead Terror), deadly snakes (like Boa), or man eating sharks (Sharks in Venice). i was flabbergasted. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:38:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I have never wasted my time watching an entire film that was made for syfy. As soon as I see the special effects it is pretty much over for me. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Yep. So how many of those gawd awful movies have you seen? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:18:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI--in other words, true SyFy Originals. :( -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ _ Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen1:102009
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Mr Worf, cheaper *is* better. For his wallet, that is. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:18:09 -0700 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI--in other words, true SyFy Originals. :( -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ _ New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pc-scout/default.aspx?CBID=wlocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_pcscout:102009
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Yeah, but they did show Dr. Phibes, a classic of a howler horror movie! I've been watching Cat People and Curse of the Cat People, which I'd never seen before. Oh--and been jumping back to TVOne to laugh at Blacula and Scream, Blacula Scream Think I'll check out Spencer Tracy in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on TCM later. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:53:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? Keith, it keeps my Mistie chops exercised. As for all-day Ghost Hunters? Puh-LEEZE! I was on TCM, taking in some of the good classic stuff there. such as Diary of a Madman with Vincent Price. Disappointed that they didn't recirculate Price's Twice-Told Tales or Tales of Terror. A better fit, I couldn't imagine. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:25:34 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI--in other words, true SyFy Originals. :( Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more.
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Ha-ha-ha! Is it at least worth a so-bad-it's-funny look? There was one I saw a year ago, about killer fish in the Louisiana bayou. That was so campy I enjoyed laughing at it. Can't remember the name. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:56:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I missed Sharks In Venice? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:01:11 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I can't really ascertain how many were made specifically for SyFy, and how many they purchase from other sources. But at any rate, you're right. But if you haven't seen Dog Soldiers, please do give it a look. Though as I said, SyFy inexplicably shows that worthy film at the worst viewing times, typically late night, really early, when almost no one is home watching horror movies! I remember because that happened in the last month or so. One Saturday I'm getting ready to hit the gym, then to go to a pancake brunch and run errands with my wife. I idly turn on the telly, and there, at 9 am, is Dog soldiers! Why are they showing this good horror flick at a time when most people are out? I wondered. I then checked the guide, figuring that if this flick is on during doldrum times, they *had* to be showing some great stuff in the more watched hours that day. What were they showing? A block of their evil mutant monsters movies. It was either killer fish (like Snakehead Terror), deadly snakes (like Boa), or man eating sharks (Sharks in Venice). i was flabbergasted. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:38:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I have never wasted my time watching an entire film that was made for syfy. As soon as I see the special effects it is pretty much over for me. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Yep. So how many of those gawd awful movies have you seen? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:18:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI--in other words, true SyFy Originals. :( -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more.
Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?
Yep. So how many of those gawd awful movies have you seen? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:18:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI--in other words, true SyFy Originals. :( -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?
I have never wasted my time watching an entire film that was made for syfy. As soon as I see the special effects it is pretty much over for me. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Yep. So how many of those gawd awful movies have you seen? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:18:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI--in other words, true SyFy Originals. :( -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?
I can't really ascertain how many were made specifically for SyFy, and how many they purchase from other sources. But at any rate, you're right. But if you haven't seen Dog Soldiers, please do give it a look. Though as I said, SyFy inexplicably shows that worthy film at the worst viewing times, typically late night, really early, when almost no one is home watching horror movies! I remember because that happened in the last month or so. One Saturday I'm getting ready to hit the gym, then to go to a pancake brunch and run errands with my wife. I idly turn on the telly, and there, at 9 am, is Dog soldiers! Why are they showing this good horror flick at a time when most people are out? I wondered. I then checked the guide, figuring that if this flick is on during doldrum times, they *had* to be showing some great stuff in the more watched hours that day. What were they showing? A block of their evil mutant monsters movies. It was either killer fish (like Snakehead Terror), deadly snakes (like Boa), or man eating sharks (Sharks in Venice). i was flabbergasted. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:38:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I have never wasted my time watching an entire film that was made for syfy. As soon as I see the special effects it is pretty much over for me. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Yep. So how many of those gawd awful movies have you seen? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:18:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI--in other words, true SyFy Originals. :( -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?
Usually you can tell by the name. If the title has a name that sounds like a well known film then that is the cheap made for tv movie. I don't know if the guy made them only for syfy or if he has been creating them and syfy has been buying them because they are available and cheap. What they need is quality and not quantity. They could air old scifi shows that were pretty good that go back to the 60s and still do ok. Which would be much better than showing D level movies. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: I can't really ascertain how many were made specifically for SyFy, and how many they purchase from other sources. But at any rate, you're right. But if you haven't seen Dog Soldiers, please do give it a look. Though as I said, SyFy inexplicably shows that worthy film at the worst viewing times, typically late night, really early, when almost no one is home watching horror movies! I remember because that happened in the last month or so. One Saturday I'm getting ready to hit the gym, then to go to a pancake brunch and run errands with my wife. I idly turn on the telly, and there, at 9 am, is Dog soldiers! Why are they showing this good horror flick at a time when most people are out? I wondered. I then checked the guide, figuring that if this flick is on during doldrum times, they *had* to be showing some great stuff in the more watched hours that day. What were they showing? A block of their evil mutant monsters movies. It was either killer fish (like Snakehead Terror), deadly snakes (like Boa), or man eating sharks (Sharks in Venice). i was flabbergasted. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:38:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? I have never wasted my time watching an entire film that was made for syfy. As soon as I see the special effects it is pretty much over for me. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Yep. So how many of those gawd awful movies have you seen? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:18:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen? That's what we get when they approve movies by a man that believes cheaper is better. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.syfy.com/movies/?__source=Syfy_Global_Nav Really, really pissed off at SyFy for showing Ghost Hunters all Halloween day (see previous rant), I decided to look into the list of potential movies they could have aired instead. So I surfed on over to their site, clicked on Movies, and was taken to the list of their vaunted Originals. (odd title, since not all were produced original by/for SyFy). I was appalled to see how much *crap* is on the list. Honestly, on first reading, i could only find one good flick: Dog Soldiers. Missing from the list are moderately entertaining flicks for a cold Saturday, like Gingersnaps, Alien Lockdown, etc. But even were those included, this list is appallingly bad. More frightening is how many I've tried to watch, though none to completion. My general overview of all? Bad plot, horrible acting, cheap production values, laughably unbelievable CGI--in other words, true SyFy Originals. :( -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
