[scifinoir2] Marvel pacts with No Equal

2006-10-30 Thread Said Kakese Dibinga
Marvel pacts with No Equal Duo to develop skein based on superhero Moon Knight By VARIETY STAFF Marvel Studios has pacted with Vancouver-based production company No Equal Entertainment to develop a live-action TV series based on the cult-favorite comicbook superhero Moon

[scifinoir2] Marvel irons out coin

2006-10-30 Thread Said Kakese Dibinga
Marvel irons out coin 'Man,' 'Hulk' covered under under Meryl Lynch agreement By STEVEN ZEITCHIK Iron Man has received a gold star from the money men. Marvel has restructured its credit facility with Merrill Lynch so that the biggest bets on its nascent slate, Iron Man and a Hulk

[scifinoir2] Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
TV and movie stars always stop the bomb with two seconds left on the timer -- they don't actually explode!' In this show, they do. --Jericho Executive Producer John Turtletaub. Does anyone watch this series? I've watched it since pilot and it really isn't moving me. I guess the

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread Daryle Lockhart
Nope. I watched two episodes and decided it was going to take to long to follow. I recorded The Nine and couldn't make it through the first episode. The two dimensional illustrations of people were beyond annoying. I liked Prison Break when everyone was IN PRISON. Now it's like Galactica

[scifinoir2] Re: Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread B. Smith
I like Jericho quite a bit. I just hope they don't do a Lost and keep dancing around the central mysteries. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TV and movie stars always stop the bomb with two seconds left on the timer -- they don't actually explode!' In this show,

[scifinoir2] Re: Hellboy: Sword of Storms on Cartoon Network

2006-10-30 Thread B. Smith
I enjoyed the heck out of it. Sun's coming up. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, same here. Here I was bummed because I couldn't find my copy of The Halloween Tree (a really good, dark cartoon based on a Ray Bradbury story that you must see).

Re: [scifinoir2] Dawson draws pic

2006-10-30 Thread Daryle Lockhart
I met her and the rest of the people making and marketing this book in Charlotte at the Heroes Con. I had originally written Rosario off as an actor trying to be down with the comic books scene, but she's the real deal. Star Trek fan and everything. The book, OCT, is pretty good. I wish

[scifinoir2] 'Heroes' Graphic Novel

2006-10-30 Thread brent wodehouse
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[scifinoir2] Re: Staying the Course?

2006-10-30 Thread g123curious
I hope so. I pray so. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do I hear the impeachment engines warming up? g123curious [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jq0j80UB_c From the mouth of the flip-flopper-in chief. George

Re: [scifinoir2] Dawson draws pic

2006-10-30 Thread Martin
Thanks for reminding me to stick it on my to-look-for list, Daryle. Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I met her and the rest of the people making and marketing this book in Charlotte at the Heroes Con. I had originally written Rosario off as an actor trying to be down with the

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread Martin
Jericho lost me ten minutes into the pilot. B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like Jericho quite a bit. I just hope they don't do a Lost and keep dancing around the central mysteries. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TV and movie stars always stop the

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Hellboy: Sword of Storms on Cartoon Network

2006-10-30 Thread Martin
Here's hoping that more are to come... B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I enjoyed the heck out of it. Sun's coming up. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, same here. Here I was bummed because I couldn't find my copy of The Halloween

Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [AFAMHED] Bush: the Google -our literate president]

2006-10-30 Thread Martin
A friend of mine in another group I post with regularly and I have come to a disturbing thought of our own regarding this administration, namely how history will look at us as citizens, wondering how *stupid* we were to allow this to roll along unchecked. Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread Martin
I think that the biggest reason I dropped this show was because, supposedly after the bomb went off, not all of the power sources were out. I seem to recall that, in the event of a nuclear blast, there'd be this lovely thing called an EM pulse, which would fry any electronic system beyond

Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [AFAMHED] Bush: the Google -our literate president]

2006-10-30 Thread Martin
A friend of mine in another group I post with regularly and I have come to a disturbing thought of our own regarding this administration, namely how history will look at us as citizens, wondering how *stupid* we were to allow this to roll along unchecked. Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread GWashin891
In a message dated 10/30/06 1:10:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I like Jericho quite a bit. I just hope they don't do a Lost and keep dancing around the central mysteries. From what I see it looks like they are avoiding that (it looks like next week we'll get some hard info on the world

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread GWashin891
Well I'm been watching it from the start and despite a slow start I like it. Probally it is because of it's seemly reality of the aftermath of a nuke war. And it's slow realization of how what started it along the way. I also like the fact that (and I might be on a limb her) it still

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread Sasha Keen
Does anybody remember an old Science Fiction novel entitled Alas, Babylon ??? Sasha [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

RE: [scifinoir2] Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread Keith Johnson
You liked Prison Break when they were in prison? I agree! It was interesting there. Now the whole on-the-run thing is like a Fugitive ripoff. And I'm having a hard time buying all these dudes on the run, yet continually managing to make last-minute escapes. _ From:

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread Martin
Vaguely. Picked it up about thirty years ago, never read it. The reason was named Beth,and she was worth missing the book. But I've distracted you, I'm sure... Sasha Keen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody remember an old Science Fiction novel entitled Alas, Babylon ??? Sasha

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Hellboy: Sword of Storms on Cartoon Network

2006-10-30 Thread Keith Johnson
yeah, *loved* that line! Best thing they did was get most of the original cast to do the voice work. By the way, am I crazy, or was the evil spider-lady being voiced by the actress who played Keiko O'Brien on TNG and later Deep Space Nine? _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com

RE: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [AFAMHED] Bush: the Google -our literate president]

2006-10-30 Thread Keith Johnson
yeah, don't get me started on The Wall. That angers, troubles, and saddens me in too many ways to say. _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daryle Lockhart Sent: Monday, 30 October, 2006 10:33 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2]

RE: [scifinoir2] Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread Keith Johnson
I'm with you on Jericho. I kept trying to like it--like I said, it's based on a real-life potential scenario, so I wanted to get into it. But the small Kansas town struggling mightily to survive? Meh! Not to be a snob, but *maybe* if this were taking place in a big city I'd be more fascinated. As

RE: [scifinoir2] Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread Keith Johnson
Well, an EMP pulse would knock out power circuits, but I'm not sure about the range. The closest bomb blast to Jericho was at least 30 miles away (on the horizon), possibly further. Assuming it was one bomb, and assuming it was several dozen kilotons instead of a megaton, perhaps the EMP pulse

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread GWashin891
In a message dated 10/30/06 6:22:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think that the biggest reason I dropped this show was because, supposedly after the bomb went off, not all of the power sources were out. I seem to recall that, in the event of a nuclear blast, there'd be this lovely thing

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone Watching Jericho?

2006-10-30 Thread GWashin891
In a message dated 10/30/06 11:00:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, an EMP pulse would knock out power circuits, but I'm not sure about the range. The closest bomb blast to Jericho was at least 30 miles away (on the horizon), possibly further.  Assuming it was one bomb, and assuming it