[scifinoir2] WHO SHOULD SET PRICE FOR ONLINE VIDEO DOWNLOADS?

2007-09-13 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
As rumors continued to circulate that Apple is considering slashing the price it charges for video downloads on its iTunes Music Store, News Corp President and COO Peter Chernin has expressed his concern about the reported cuts. In an interview with Reuters while on business in Poland, Chernin

[scifinoir2] Jericho Spoilers Revealed

2007-09-13 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Jericho Spoilers Revealed http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0id=44074 The producers of CBS' post-apocalyptic series Jericho invited SCI FI Wire to tour the set of the show, which is currently in production, and offered a few spoilers about the upcoming second season. Among the

[scifinoir2] Potter Is Biggest Franchise Ever

2007-09-13 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Potter Is Biggest Franchise Ever The success of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has made Warner Brothers' boy-wizard films the top-grossing franchise in movie history, the studio announced. The combined worldwide box-office gross for the five Harry Potter films to date is more than

[scifinoir2] Charisma Carpenter Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestant

2007-09-13 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Charisma Carpenter and Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestants Is the Buffy/Angel alum one of the contestants on the celebrity version of the series? by IGN Staff September 12, 2007 - TV Guide is reporting that Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel alumni Charisma Carpenter will be one of

Re: [scifinoir2] Charisma Carpenter Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestant

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
Deep breaths, Keith. Deep breaths... Martin (wondering why he's sweating suddenly...) Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charisma Carpenter and Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestants Is the Buffy/Angel alum one of the contestants on the celebrity

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Six arrested, charged in woman's weeklong torture

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
Has anyone else caught more than a *blurb* about this in the mainstream media? I think I saw a thirty-second clip on a nationally-syndicated morning show. I hate to be the one to play the race card (because, IMO, it makes you the racist), but brand me. Had this been a pretty blonde girl with

Re: [scifinoir2] Homeland Security Adviser Dismisses bin Laden as virtually impotent

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
Oh, I've been asked numerous times when I'm moving back to Moskova and eat my borscht... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Watch it now! MoveOn.org and others who've made that same charge have been called traitors! :) -- Original message -- From: Martin His speech wasn't

Re: [scifinoir2] Maria Bello to star in Mummy 3

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
(grinning at the thought of those three on the same screen...) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, all we need are Chow Yun Fat, Jackie Chan, and Michelle Yeoh, and we can dispense with Brendan Frasier (who I never thought was all the interesting as the hero anyway). -- Original message

Re: [scifinoir2] A New V May Be Coming!!

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
NOW I remember... I'll be over in the corner, shivering uncontrollably. Pardon the screaming sure to follow. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You really, really don't want to know, but(having flashbacks of Star Crash...) The ship is climbing out of Earth

Re: [scifinoir2] Maria Bello to star in Mummy 3

2007-09-13 Thread Daryle
What ever happened to Jet Li retiring? Wasn¹t Unleashed or something billed as ³Jet Li¹s final action movie²? Don¹t get me wrong, I love Jet Li¹s work, and I understand the need to do movies like ³War² to balance out his work in Chinese (gotta keep the brand relevant and all) but is there

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Six arrested, charged in woman's weeklong torture

2007-09-13 Thread g123curious
Thanks. I hadn't heard about this. This reminds me of the group of thugs in Jasper Texas that chained a black man to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him around town until his body came apart. Lifetime in jail sounds good to me. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin [EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Gymfig
In a message dated 9/12/2007 7:06:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gymfig, I think you're referring to Daleks, the Ultimate Racists. In their eyes, anything that isn't Dalek deserves to be wiped out Yes, that is what I am talking about.

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Six arrested, charged in woman's weeklong torture

2007-09-13 Thread g123curious
It'll be interesting to see if this gets more coverage in the news media than the dogs M. Vick and friends killed. 9/11 coverage may have pushed this story aside earlier this week. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone else caught more than a

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Gymfig
In a message dated 9/13/2007 12:46:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I had no idea what he was talking about...I just threw it out there He is a she. ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com [Non-text portions of this message

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Gymfig
I guess I should go to Doctor Who.com to find out their history. How can they be destroyed? ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Homeland Security Adviser Dismisses bin Laden as virtually impotent

2007-09-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
truer words were ne'er spoken -- Original message -- From: g123curious [EMAIL PROTECTED] When one is truly incompetent and knows it, sometimes the only protection from getting fired (or impeached) is a thin blue line (or party-loyalists you can easily hire and blame

Re: [scifinoir2] Forest Whitaker To Do 'MAMBO'

2007-09-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
Just please, please don't let Michael Bay direct, or this will devolve quickly from a pointed satirical comment on society into a non-stop chase full of explosions and speeding vehicles on whatever passes for a highway in the future. -- Original message -- From: Brent

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Six arrested, charged in woman's weeklong torture

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
g, I doubt that. I remember an old adage from my childhood daze, when I worked on my HS newspaper. If it bleeds, it leads. g123curious [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It'll be interesting to see if this gets more coverage in the news media than the dogs M. Vick and

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
I believe you have to concentrate your fire on their eyestalks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess I should go to Doctor Who.com to find out their history. How can they be destroyed? ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Six arrested, charged in woman's weeklong torture

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
As long as it's in general population. g123curious [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. I hadn't heard about this. This reminds me of the group of thugs in Jasper Texas that chained a black man to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him around town until his

Re: [scifinoir2] Maria Bello to star in Mummy 3

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
Money talks, Daryle. Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What ever happened to Jet Li retiring? Wasn¹t Unleashed or something billed as ³Jet Li¹s final action movie²? Don¹t get me wrong, I love Jet Li¹s work, and I understand the need to do movies like ³War² to

Re: [scifinoir2] Forest Whitaker To Do 'MAMBO'

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
The horror...the *horror*... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just please, please don't let Michael Bay direct, or this will devolve quickly from a pointed satirical comment on society into a non-stop chase full of explosions and speeding vehicles on whatever passes

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Gymfig
In a message dated 9/13/2007 11:43:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe you have to concentrate your fire on their eyestalks. Thanks ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com [Non-text portions of this message have been

Re: [scifinoir2] Charisma Carpenter Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestant

2007-09-13 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
You know I posted this just for him (smirk) Martin wrote: Deep breaths, Keith. Deep breaths... Martin (wondering why he's sweating suddenly...) Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] aladvantage. com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: Charisma

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
I dunno. Maybe if Jack could get one out its housing and snog with it for awhile... Justin Mohareb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Keystone Kops at Torchwood wouldn't last ten minutes against one Dalek. It would be... Ugly. Justin On 9/12/07, Martin [EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
The Doctor almost destroyed them a few weeks ago by doing something to their genome, but one of them had merged with a human and wanted to evolve, so he did not destroy them. Unfortunately the rest of the Darleks disagreed and mutinied. However, some pigmen they created retaliated and now

Re: [scifinoir2] Charisma Carpenter Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestant

2007-09-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
funny! Electra doesn't do anything for me, so I can breathe okay with just a little hitch in the respiration. Now, if you said Gabrielle Union and Kenya Moore were *also* going to guest star--I'd be gasping like a fish on land! -- Original message -- From: Martin

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
Where the best stuff comes from, pal... Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had no idea what he was talking about...I just threw it out there Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like that. I never thought of

Re: [scifinoir2] A New V May Be Coming!!

2007-09-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
I really really hope this young girl fixation is over. I was worried when Joss Whedon was on the Wonder Woman project, and he too said I'm going with a younger character than that traditionally shown in the comics. Got really nervous there. I'm all for the added drama getting a young,

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Six arrested, charged in woman's weeklong torture

2007-09-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
Jesus Christ (forgive me Lord!) Talk about a dysfunctional family! Mom helped kill an elderly woman? Junior went after mom with a machete? When the cop first said they tended to get in trouble on the weekends, I thought he meant the standard drunking arugments in the front yard, with a few

Re: [scifinoir2] Charisma Carpenter Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestant

2007-09-13 Thread Daryle
Gabrielle Union on the Apprentice would be the highest rated show in the history of television. On 9/13/07 1:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: funny! Electra doesn't do anything for me, so I can breathe okay with just a little hitch in the respiration. Now, if you

Re: [scifinoir2] Forest Whitaker To Do 'MAMBO'

2007-09-13 Thread Daryle
I¹ll see your horror and raise you one ‹ first thing that came to mind was ³Minority Report² -- what if Steven Spielberg directed this movie? Halfway through we¹d forget what it was supposed to be about and be staring at aliens for an hour. On 9/13/07 12:49 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] Forest Whitaker To Do 'MAMBO'

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
(removing brain for acid scrubbing) Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I¹ll see your horror and raise you one ‹ first thing that came to mind was ³Minority Report² -- what if Steven Spielberg directed this movie? Halfway through we¹d forget what it was supposed to

Re: [scifinoir2] Charisma Carpenter Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestant

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
(now using deep-breathing techniques for self) Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gabrielle Union on the Apprentice would be the highest rated show in the history of television. On 9/13/07 1:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
More than welcome. Feel free to ask any questions. I'm always around. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/13/2007 11:43:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe you have to concentrate your fire on their eyestalks. Thanks

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
With time-travel capability, let's not forget. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Doctor almost destroyed them a few weeks ago by doing something to their genome, but one of them had merged with a human and wanted to evolve, so he did not destroy them.

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Six arrested, charged in woman's weeklong torture

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
Keith- and to think they makes jokes about us here in the South! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jesus Christ (forgive me Lord!) Talk about a dysfunctional family! Mom helped kill an elderly woman? Junior went after mom with a machete? When the cop first said they tended to get in trouble on the

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Since they walk around with Plungers, sticking them in people's faces, maybe some liquid plummer will do the trick Martin wrote: I believe you have to concentrate your fire on their eyestalks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:Gymfig%40aol.com wrote: I guess I should go to Doctor Who.com to find

Re: [scifinoir2] Charisma Carpenter Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestant

2007-09-13 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
CHARISMA! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: funny! Electra doesn't do anything for me, so I can breathe okay with just a little hitch in the respiration. Now, if you said Gabrielle Union and Kenya Moore were *also* going to guest star--I'd be gasping like a fish on land! --

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Six arrested, charged in woman's weeklong torture

2007-09-13 Thread moondancerdrake
Lifetime in jail sounds good to me. Unfortunately, what sounds good to me the regulations of the Geneva Convention prohibit. There is no punishment to make up for even one percent of what these less then human creatures did to this woman. If prison is their final punishment I home they get

[scifinoir2] Online worlds to be AI incubators

2007-09-13 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6992613.stm Online worlds to be AI incubators By Mark Ward Technology Correspondent, BBC News website Online worlds such as Second Life will soon become training grounds for artificial intelligences. Researchers at US firm Novamente have created software

Re: [scifinoir2] Maria Bello to star in Mummy 3

2007-09-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
I believe Li meant to say he'd never act again in another pure martial arts film. He's done a lot of period pieces from a century or more ago. He's going to still do action flicks, but it seems he wants to add some more Chow Yun Fat style of action, bringing in guns and all. He'll still do the

Re: [scifinoir2] Online worlds to be AI incubators

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
Can anyone say HAL 9000? Colossus? Proteus IV? Martin (off to forward this to a guy who just might have a coronary ten secs after reading it) Brent Wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6992613.stm Online worlds to be AI

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Six arrested, charged in woman's weeklong torture

2007-09-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
amen! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith- and to think they makes jokes about us here in the South! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jesus Christ (forgive me Lord!) Talk about a dysfunctional family! Mom helped kill an elderly woman? Junior went after

Re: [scifinoir2] Forest Whitaker To Do 'MAMBO'

2007-09-13 Thread Daryle
Same thing with everything Spielberg touches post Close Encounters -- the ending. Nothing is as bad an ending as A.I., to be sure, but Minority Report could have stayed a little truer to the book for me. On 9/13/07 3:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i was okay with Minority

[scifinoir2] Re: Maria Bello to star in Mummy 3

2007-09-13 Thread B. Smith
Exactly. He said he wouldn't be doing any more wuxia or period pieces. He said he wanted to do more traditional action movies and maybe even some comedy. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe Li meant to say he'd never act again in another pure martial arts

[scifinoir2] Re: Forest Whitaker To Do 'MAMBO'

2007-09-13 Thread B. Smith
Blame Kubrick for AI's ending. Spielberg filmed the one that was written. What exactly was so bad about AI's ending? I thought it was fairly bittersweet. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same thing with everything Spielberg touches post Close Encounters - -

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Astromancer
I stand corrected, Madame...and it explains how you answered a few of the questions posted...if you are curious, I made the same assuption about Oreo... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/13/2007 12:46:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I had no idea

Re: [scifinoir2] Torchwood Premier Anyone?

2007-09-13 Thread Astromancer
Aint it the truth... Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where the best stuff comes from, pal... Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had no idea what he was talking about...I just threw it out there Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like

Re: [scifinoir2] A New V May Be Coming!!

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
(waving pics of Gabrielle Union and Nia Long, if it'll help) Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gotcha...now if you'll pardon me, I have to go and repress those memories again... Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NOW I remember... I'll be over in the

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Forest Whitaker To Do 'MAMBO'

2007-09-13 Thread Astromancer
Yeah, I like it a lot...Brought tears to my eyes... B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Blame Kubrick for AI's ending. Spielberg filmed the one that was written. What exactly was so bad about AI's ending? I thought it was fairly bittersweet. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle

Re: [scifinoir2] Charisma Carpenter Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestant

2007-09-13 Thread Astromancer
That's scary, Martin... Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make it three. Never seen what it is about her. The body, yes, but I've seen better in nightclubs. And, to me, she's as sexy as Ronald Reagan. Martin (excusing self to scream for drawing that analogy) Astromancer [EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] Charisma Carpenter Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestant

2007-09-13 Thread Daryle
We can thank Prince for bringing Tara ³Carmen Electra² Patrick to our attention in the first place. She was really only mildly amusing while he was dragging her around. When he was done, I was done as well. I¹ll say this...she¹s working her 15 minutes in a way nobody else can/has. If she ever

Re: [scifinoir2] A New V May Be Coming!!

2007-09-13 Thread Astromancer
Thank you sir, you are so thoughtful! Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (waving pics of Gabrielle Union and Nia Long, if it'll help) Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gotcha...now if you'll pardon me, I have to go and repress those memories again... Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] Charisma Carpenter Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestant

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
Truly, I know. Just another gift of insanity... Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's scary, Martin... Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make it three. Never seen what it is about her. The body, yes, but I've seen better in nightclubs. And, to me,

Re: [scifinoir2] A New V May Be Coming!!

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
More than welcome, sir! Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you sir, you are so thoughtful! Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (waving pics of Gabrielle Union and Nia Long, if it'll help) Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gotcha...now if

Re: [scifinoir2] A New V May Be Coming!!

2007-09-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
was that the finale of the series? I have trouble remembering but that little girl--i remember that. -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gotcha...now if you'll pardon me, I have to go and repress those memories again... Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [scifinoir2] Forest Whitaker To Do 'MAMBO'

2007-09-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
Never read Minority Report's source material. How did the ending stray (though from what I know about the author, I'd guess it was pretty bleak in the book). I see your point in some cases. A.I. was damn near brilliant until that god awful ending. And I loved War of the Worlds in so many

Re: [scifinoir2] Charisma Carpenter Carmen Electra Rumored Apprentice Contestant

2007-09-13 Thread Martin
Would make for fun reading, I'm sure. Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We can thank Prince for bringing Tara ³Carmen Electra² Patrick to our attention in the first place. She was really only mildly amusing while he was dragging her around. When he was done, I was