[scifinoir2] Fw: The Dish Dedicated to the Dialog on Race

2006-06-30 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dot's Information Service Hotline Unbossed and unbought news and information you can use Visit The DISH online at www.thedish.org Vol. 9 No 26...Dedicated to the Dialogue on Race... 06-30-06 Table of Contents

[scifinoir2] Re: Blade Premiere--What did you think?

2006-06-30 Thread B. Smith
I can't say I disagree. Blade was the weakest thing about the show. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am so glad that I wasn't the only one to notice that! What kind of hogwash was that?? I also think that the actor,,,I don't even know his name...was

Re: [scifinoir2] Blade Premiere--What did you think?

2006-06-30 Thread Daryle Lockhart
Blade is portrayed by Sticky Fingaz from Onyx. They've been trying to find a vehicle for Sticky to act for a long time now. I really want this show to work out for him because when I read the books I thought he'd be perfect for the role, but this wasn't a promising first episode. On

[scifinoir2] Re: Shyamalan Blasts Disney Execs in New Book

2006-06-30 Thread B. Smith
The Pixar folks said that improving Disney's traditional animation side is one of their main goals. Disney can still make very good 2-D features(I loved Lilo and Stitch and I liked Treasure Planet) but the audience may be dwindling.I hope Disney comes out with something mindblowing so they can

[scifinoir2] Re: Church Bulks Up for 'Spider-Man 3'

2006-06-30 Thread B. Smith
I think he was being a wiseass throughout the entire interview. He probably was told he needed to bulk up for the role but I doubt he added 100 pounds. From the on set stills I've seen of him I would say he might have added twenty or thirty pounds. I took the steroid comment as a zinger thrown

[scifinoir2] (Fwd): [Seeking] SF Story Collection on Economics theme

2006-06-30 Thread brent wodehouse
I'm looking for a short story collection (or maybe anthology) from a while back, which uniquely featured stories which were based on economic principals. (So it advertised in the blurb on the back of the jacket.) The one story that stands out in my memory: In a brief introduction, set in

[scifinoir2] The Top 10 Classic SF Lines As Written by Shakespeare

2006-06-30 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.littlefivers.com/scifi/classic-sf-lines-as-written-by-shakespeare/ The Top 10 Classic SF Lines As Written by Shakespeare 10 When thou art nine hundred years aged, thou wilt not look as dashing. 9 Would not an Atreides by any other name still be Muad’Dib? 8 Therefore shalt a robot

Re: [scifinoir2] Blade Premiere--What did you think?

2006-06-30 Thread Martin Pratt
I was too ashamed tio admit that I missed the show (too busy downloading), but it seems, from the comments I've read, that I didn't miss much. I just caught the previews for the upcoming ep, and it looks, at face value, a lot like Blade II, only with more gory stuff. Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: Americans' circle of close friends shrinking]

2006-06-30 Thread Martin Pratt
So, they just frelling noticed? Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message Subject: Americans' circle of close friends shrinking Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:43:14 -0400 From: Mel Cragwell, II [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blade Premiere--What did you think?

2006-06-30 Thread Astromancer
I saw the previews of next week's show, and it doesn't look like it's getting any better...but I said that about BSG... B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't say I disagree. Blade was the weakest thing about the show. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer [EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] Blade Premiere--What did you think?

2006-06-30 Thread Astromancer
Not at all...It may be that he's not up to the role...I've never seen him act before, so I don't know... Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Blade is portrayed by Sticky Fingaz from Onyx. They've been trying to find a vehicle for Sticky to act for a long time now. I really