RE: [scifinoir2] Re: [PSA] 'iPods can make you deaf'

2005-05-11 Thread Bosco Bosco
I understand the Shatner feeling. When it's bad, it's unpleasant at best. Mine is moderate and usually a light blocking noise like the fan on my central air unit will cover it. I can't bear silence anywhere. It makes me crazy. I really hate the having to ask people to repeat themselves though. I ha

RE: [scifinoir2] TV Series "Werewolf"

2005-05-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Title: Message That's it. it was indeed on Fox... -Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin PrattSent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 15:00To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [scifinoir2] TV Series "Werewolf" O

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: TV Series "Werewolf"

2005-05-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Title: Message It did have decent FX, I remember. And I think the star was on the run, so lots of location shots too. -Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:03To: scifi

[scifinoir2] Scans reveal Tutankhamun's face

2005-05-11 Thread Kelly Wright
Scans reveal Tutankhamun's face Wednesday, May 11, 2005 Posted: 10:16 PM EDT (0216 GMT) Model of King Tut made by French team based on facial reconstructions from CT scans of Tut's mummy. Image: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/11/tut.face.ap/index.html CAIRO, Egypt (AP)

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: [PSA] 'iPods can make you deaf'

2005-05-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Title: Message I have tinitus too, but it didn't come from excessive noise. It just started out of nowhere when I was ten years old. I always have a high-pitched whining sound in my ears. Curiously, despite this, I have above average hearing. It can be distracting in totally silent rooms,

RE: [scifinoir2] RE: Scifi on TV

2005-05-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Title: Message Now what do you have against the story of a man and his car? At least they got rid of KITT's voice and the cheesy '80s music done by anyone but the original artists (didn't they? I never watched the Knight Rider redux series). As for men and their vehicles, did you like Stre

RE: [scifinoir2] RE: Watch your back Halle!

2005-05-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Title: Message true -Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:03To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSubject: [scifinoir2] RE: Watch your back Halle!In a message dated 5/9/05 11

[scifinoir2] Re: [PSA] 'iPods can make you deaf'

2005-05-11 Thread Kelly Wright
I remain amused by how every popular new technological gizmo is followed shortly thereafter by an article portending imminent doom and gloom. I would write more but excessive staring at a computer screen can cause blindness. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTE

[scifinoir2] Re: Hollywood Worries as Decline Continues

2005-05-11 Thread Kelly Wright
This is an interesting dilemma for the film companies. With DVD sales that they don't share a dime of with the theatres, they are making more money than ever. DVD revenue is three times the lucre they rake in from theatres (a 55/45 split). The real losers here are the movie theatres which are r

RE: [scifinoir2] "Enterprise" episode "Demons"--minor spoilers

2005-05-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Title: Message It wasn't bad, just weak, more like a Season one ep. Please--no more time travel   :( -Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin PrattSent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 14:51To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Bloodthirsty 'Blade' stays sharp at Spike TV

2005-05-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Title: Message I can't get with a younger Blade. I hate shows that do the "younger days" of an established character. There's lot of opportunity to mine good shows with the right creative team behind it. Highlander and even Forever Knight lasted years due to good writing adn interesting ch

[scifinoir2] Fw: HuffingtonPost.com: We are Live

2005-05-11 Thread Amy Harlib
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Lots of great stuff!     The Huffington Post is now up and running.  Please visit HuffingtonPost.com  and check it out -- a

[scifinoir2] FW: Chappelle Reportedly Checks Into Facility

2005-05-11 Thread Tracey de Morsella \(formerly Tracey L. Minor\)
-Original Message- From: GIRLFRIEND [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Camille Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 7:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Chappelle Reportedly Checks Into Facility Chappelle Reportedly Checks Into Facility May 11, 7:06 PM (ET) By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK (AP)

[scifinoir2] Hollywood Worries as Decline Continues

2005-05-11 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/movies/10holl.html?ex=1116475200&en=570e36cadf423c7e&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERFEATURES Hollywood Worries as Decline Continues By SHARON WAXMAN Published: May 10, 2005 LOS ANGELES, May 9 - Now Hollywood is starting to get worried. The poor box-office performanc

[scifinoir2] Vintage 'Star Wars' in high demand

2005-05-11 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2005/05/11/1034233.html Vintage 'Star Wars' in high demand By MIKE ENGEL - Calgary Sun It's the kind of bounty fiendish Boba Fett would appreciate. Mint-condition 1970s Star Wars stormtrooper? $125. One of the original Jawas that was released in 1977 with a plastic

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: [PSA] 'iPods can make you deaf'

2005-05-11 Thread Bosco Bosco
you may have had enough but as a person who suffers from tinitus, an ever constant ringing noise in the ears, and hearing loss due to damage caused by excessive volume, I can tell you that this issue is very real and very permanent. It's easy to take for granted until you lose it. It's really frust

[scifinoir2] Re: [PSA] 'iPods can make you deaf'

2005-05-11 Thread Kelly Wright
You know I have had enough. "Microwave ovens make you sterile," "Cell phones cause brain cancer," "iPods make you deaf." I can't hear you cause I my cell phone is ringing while I'm listening to my i-Pod and my microwave popcorn in almost done. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Brent

[scifinoir2] Re: Next Mission Unclear for "Star Trek"

2005-05-11 Thread g123curious
Thanks forposting this. Regarding Berman's comment, all I can say is this: I gotta go get some thigh-high boots. It's getting might deep in here. George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Kelly Wright" wrote: > ``A lot of fans have discussed the fact th

[scifinoir2] [PSA] 'iPods can make you deaf'

2005-05-11 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/18532179?source=Evening%20Standard&ct=5# 'iPods can make you deaf' By Mark Prigg, Evening Standard 11 May 2005 A health alert over the dangers to your hearing from portable music players is issued today. Experts say the huge popularity of iPods and ot

[scifinoir2] Arnie's not mad at the moon

2005-05-11 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=qw111570084341B253 Arnie's not mad at the moon May 10 2005 By Steve Gorman Los Angeles - California Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger does not want to destroy the moon. A US political commentator has admitted he failed to check his facts

RE: [scifinoir2] RE: Scifi on TV

2005-05-11 Thread Martin Pratt
That it was. I came to like "Vanishing Son" more than any of the sci-fi shows. "TekWar" had me for all of a month, and let's not discuss "Knight Rider" in ANY incarnation. "The story of a car and his man."Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I watched Time Trax maybe twice, but never got i

Re: [scifinoir2] TV Series "Werewolf"

2005-05-11 Thread Martin Pratt
Okay, now I remember it! Chuck Connors was in it, as the werewolf who bit the young man, and both of them were after the Father Werewolf who created them all in order to kill him so they could be free of the curse. Was that Fox? I thought it was syndicated.Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

RE: [scifinoir2] "Enterprise" episode "Demons"--minor spoilers

2005-05-11 Thread Martin Pratt
I'm still lagging in reading that thread, so pardon my inexactitude. As for the show, it wasn't bad. Didn't give me the "wow" that most of Coto's other stories have this season, but I enjoyed it. I'm almost afraid to see how the matter of how the baby is Trip's and T'Pol's. (B&B, the Return of t

Re: [scifinoir2] FW: Ratings and African Americans

2005-05-11 Thread Martin Pratt
Nice. They can address that inequity right after they sort out every other one in their little system. Once and for all, Neilsen needs to shape up or be shipped out."Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Original Message-From: Andrew S [mailto:[EMAIL P

Re: [scifinoir2] Next Mission Unclear for "Star Trek"

2005-05-11 Thread Martin Pratt
Thank you. The ONLY "lost" things in this matter are named Berman and Braga...Kelly Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ``A lot of fans have discussed the fact that we have ignored thecontinuity of `Star Trek' and ignored the canon.  That could not befarther from the truth. We live and breathe thi

[scifinoir2] recommended sf movie

2005-05-11 Thread md_moore42
F&SF had a review of the following movie that recommended it. I got it from Netflix and can do the same. The photography is wonderful. I liked seeing what a Korean writer would do with the idea of alternative history. It is violent, so if that is going to bother you—I would steer clear. Ho

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Bloodthirsty 'Blade' stays sharp at Spike TV

2005-05-11 Thread Said Kakese Dibinga
that'd be a good move...[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/10/05 1:05:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com writes: Said Kakese Dibinga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wroteMichael Jai White...Good choice. He has the martial arts background to pull it off but I'mnot sure if "Bla

[scifinoir2] Re: Bloodthirsty 'Blade' stays sharp at Spike TV

2005-05-11 Thread keop7
In a message dated 5/10/05 1:05:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com writes: Said Kakese Dibinga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote Michael Jai White... Good choice. He has the martial arts background to pull it off but I'm not sure if "Blade" can work as a series. Maybe if they w

[scifinoir2] Re: TV Series "Werewolf"

2005-05-11 Thread keop7
"Keith Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The show I was remembering was "Werewolf", which aired on Fox starting in 1987. This was one the same year as Star Trek: TNG, but several years before the X-Files which aired in 1993.  Fox was trying to establish an identity for itself, but TV scifi

[scifinoir2] RE: Watch your back Halle!

2005-05-11 Thread keop7
In a message dated 5/9/05 11:43:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com writes:    From: "Keith Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: They *really* need to make use of Sharon Warren, the Sister who played Ray Charles' mother in "Ray". She tore up the screen in her few scenes!

[scifinoir2] Next Mission Unclear for "Star Trek"

2005-05-11 Thread Kelly Wright
``A lot of fans have discussed the fact that we have ignored the continuity of `Star Trek' and ignored the canon. That could not be farther from the truth. We live and breathe this continuity.'' - Rick Berman http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/2005/05/09/living/11595128.htm Posted on Su

[scifinoir2] Fw: Mysterious Cancer

2005-05-11 Thread Amy Harlib
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]   NASA Science News Researchers agree that space radiation can cause cancer. They're just not sure how. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/09may_mysteriouscancer.htm?list86684 The [EMAIL PROTECTED] Podcast feed is available at http://science.nasa.gov/