Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
The always intelligent Juan Cole compares Heroes and 24 to real world political meme systems in America. Slight Spoilerage Ensues: http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/30/heroes/ NBC's hit series Heroes was the

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Heroes posits a world in which a small number of persons have been born with extraordinary powers drawn from the standard science fiction repertory. The powers include levitating objects, mind reading, flying, miraculous healing, bursting into flames and, as with the painter Isaac Mendez

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 7:09 AM Subject: Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show? Heroes posits a world in which a small number of persons have been born with

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:55 AM Monday 6/4/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: The always intelligent Juan Cole compares Heroes and 24 to real world political meme systems in America. Slight Spoilerage Ensues: Makes one wonder what you would classify as _major_ spoilerage . . . ? ;) And, while Heroes and 24 aired in

Re: Fahrenheit 451 Misinterpreted

2007-06-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:20 PM Sunday 6/3/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: What happened in 2004 made me think that Moore was just a blowhard and *anything* he did should be taken with a barrel of salt. That was just a really bad PR move on his part that ticked off a bunch of intelligent people who might be otherwise

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:27 AM Monday 6/4/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: On 6/4/2007 7:54:10 AM, Ronn! Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: At 06:55 AM Monday 6/4/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: The always intelligent Juan Cole compares Heroes and 24 to real world political meme systems in America.

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
*** Hero Spoilers below *** Robert Seeberger wrote: The always intelligent Juan Cole compares Heroes and 24 to real world political meme systems in America. Slight Spoilerage Ensues: Makes one wonder what you would classify as _major_ spoilerage . . . ? ;) More detail. I pretty

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Robert Seeberger wrote: Heroes posits a world in which a small number of persons have been born with extraordinary powers drawn from the standard science fiction repertory. (...) Quoting Him: Above all, I never cared for the whole Nietzchian ubermensch thing... the notion -- pervading

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
On 6/4/2007 7:54:10 AM, Ronn! Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: At 06:55 AM Monday 6/4/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: The always intelligent Juan Cole compares Heroes and 24 to real world political meme systems in America. Slight Spoilerage Ensues: Makes one wonder what you would

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:27 AM Subject: Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show? Robert Seeberger wrote: Heroes posits a world in which a small number of persons have

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Robert Seeberger wrote: The series _is_ about demigods. They were born with demigod powers, not much unlike the Jedi or Sith that were born with midichlorians :-P Only if Tom Orley is a demi-god. Tom Orley's powers are nowhere near the demigods of Heroes. To aspire to greatness is not

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:33 AM Subject: Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show? At 08:27 AM Monday 6/4/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: On 6/4/2007 7:54:10 AM, Ronn!

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:34 AM Subject: Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show? *** Hero Spoilers below *** Robert Seeberger wrote: The always intelligent Juan Cole

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 9:17 AM Subject: Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show? Robert Seeberger wrote: The series _is_ about demigods. They were born with demigod

RE: Political Dementia

2007-06-04 Thread Horn, John
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship So I guess discussing vasectomies is right out? It will knot be tolerated. What vas deferens would it make if we did? - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the

Re: Political Dementia

2007-06-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Horn, John wrote: [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship So I guess discussing vasectomies is right out? It will knot be tolerated. What vas deferens would it make if we did? Dunno. All I've gotta say is, when you're trying to wean yourself off the Vicodin afterwards, for

Heroes (with spoilers) [was: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?]

2007-06-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
*** Heroes - with spoilers *** Robert Seeberger wrote: More detail. I pretty much knew all these spoilers before I saw the episodes and/or figured the course of things out beforehand. It was a surprise to see George Takei as Hiro's father... Even though it seems he's a minor character. I

Michael Moore

2007-06-04 Thread jon louis mann
And confirmed the opinions of those who already disagreed with his political positions and gave them all the hard proof they needed that their opinion of him as a person was correct. and in contrast, no matter what decisions bush makes, his diehard supporters will continue to support him.

Re: Heroes (with spoilers) [was: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?]

2007-06-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:56 PM Monday 6/4/2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote: *** Heroes - with spoilers *** Which still beats a Hero sandwich with spoiled meat . . . Robert Seeberger wrote: More detail. I pretty much knew all these spoilers before I saw the episodes and/or figured the course of things out

Re: Michael Moore

2007-06-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:58 PM Monday 6/4/2007, jon louis mann wrote: And confirmed the opinions of those who already disagreed with his political positions and gave them all the hard proof they needed that their opinion of him as a person was correct. and in contrast, no matter what decisions bush makes, his

Re: Heroes (with spoilers) [was: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?]

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:56 PM Subject: Heroes (with spoilers) [was: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?] *** Heroes - with spoilers *** Robert Seeberger wrote: More

Re: Heroes (with spoilers)

2007-06-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
*** Heroes - with spoilers *** Robert Seeberger wrote: Now when Nathan was revealed to be Claires bio-father I was pissed. It seemed to me to be a pointless, soap-operaish plot point. It would be a cliché if _Sylar_ was Claire's bio-father :-) LOL! You'd get a good laugh at some of the

Michael Moore

2007-06-04 Thread jon louis mann
moore is human and bound to have failings. --jon As is Bush. (To take that argument to its logical conclusion.) -- Ronn! : if bush has christian virtues, they are way out of proportion to his flaws, although his supporters would count otherwise. few modern world leaders have caused more

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Max Battcher
On 6/4/07, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAWKSF (as far as we know so far) the genes for the Heroes powers are a natural occurance and must be fairly widespread thoughout the general population in order to have the numbers of meta-humans seen. It seems that those superpowers

Re: Heroes (with spoilers)

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 3:02 PM Subject: Re: Heroes (with spoilers) *** Heroes - with spoilers *** Robert Seeberger wrote: LOL! You'd get a good laugh at some of the fan

Heroes - Generations

2007-06-04 Thread jon louis mann
I would be interested to hear any extrapolations, Matt. The title is a giveaway, i doubt it is misdirection. It offers a possible explanation of what Hiro is doing so far back in the past. I expect he will receive lessons in Bushido, etc. It doesn't really give any clues to what happens post

Re: Heroes - Generations

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: jon louis mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 4:22 PM Subject: Heroes - Generations I would be interested to hear any extrapolations, Matt. The title is a giveaway, i doubt it is misdirection. It

Re: Heroes - Generations

2007-06-04 Thread Max Battcher
On 6/4/07, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want spoilers you can always go to Wikipedia, or spoilerfix, or SpoilerTV, but only the smallest of cats have slipped out of the bag. If you haven't discovered it yet, as far as I'm concerned Heroes Wiki (heroeswiki.com) is the

Re: Heroes (with spoilers)

2007-06-04 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
*** Heroes - with spoilers *** Robert Seeberger wrote: I think I missed these episodes, unless they are in (my) future. Last week's episodes were the 12 and 13 (and on Saturday there was a mini-Takei marathon, with him in Psych and Heroes). OK...I'm going to be more careful about what I

Heroes - Generations

2007-06-04 Thread jon louis mann
Dania Ramirez will play a new character named Maya. I expect then, that hers will be the power to create illusion... (she has also has appeared in three spike lee films...) jon Sick sense of humor?

Battlestar Ending Next Season

2007-06-04 Thread Gary Nunn
Battlestar Ending Next Season The producers of SCI FI Channel's Battlestar Galactica confirmed that the upcoming fourth season will be the show's last. Executive producers Ronald Moore and David Eick said that it was a creative decision to end the acclaimed series with the upcoming 22-episode