[scifinoir2] Studios Operating at a Loss, Says Report

Back-end participation deals with top directors, producers and actors, in which they receive a percentage of a movie's gross -- regardless of whether it is profitable -- have been principally responsible for pushing the movie industry into an annual loss, according to a report produced by rese

Re: [scifinoir2] Studios Operating at a Loss, Says Report

Looks like someone finally checked Tom Cruise's books. The studios are operating at a loss, but it ain't all the actors' fault. Recently on Sunday Morning Shootout (great show, btw, Sunday Mornings on AMC channel, for those with cable) there was this no-name adult actress on being interviewed abo

[scifinoir2] "Heroes" Improving? - My Complaints (Some Spoilers)

Okay, been watching "Heroes" since day one this season. Like a lot of folks i've been less than thrilled about this season. It's just seemed a bit too slow and unfocused. I'm still not sure of the overall direction, and how the various storylines will gel. It's not *bad*, just not as good as las

Re: [scifinoir2] Eragon

Alien, Mimic...oh yeah...Pitch Black... "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, give me a scifi horror movie that did not bore you. Astromancer wrote: > > (small voice) Well...yeah... > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL P

Re: [scifinoir2] Eragon

Great List!! Didn't sleep during any of those - all positively terrifying in their own right Astromancer wrote: > > Alien, Mimic...oh yeah...Pitch Black... > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: So, give m

[scifinoir2] Black Celebrity Plastic Surgeon Implicated In Kanye West's Mother's Death

Tall, dark, handsome, Dr. Jan Adams, perhaps best known for his co- starring role on Dick Clark's short-lived all-male version of The View, "The Other Half," has been implicated in the death of rapper Kanye West's mother. http://defamer.com/hollywood/malpractice/dr-jan-adams-star-of-discovery- c

Re: [scifinoir2] Eragon

Oh yeah...Event Horizon just didn't strike me as frightening...in Pitch Black, the character were more frightening than the monsters... "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Great List!! Didn't sleep during any of those - all positively terrifying i

[scifinoir2] Good Star Trek on the big screen

I have just come from seeing Star Trek: The Menagerie (parts 1 and 2) re-mastered on a big theatrical screen. I have to take back a lot of what I've been saying about Paramount. Or, CBS. Or, whatever they wanna be called now. Restoring and re-mastering this stuff was a great idea, and they took a

Re: [scifinoir2] Good Star Trek on the big screen

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[scifinoir2] Andre Braugher Discusses Andromeda Strain

Andromeda Is All New Andre Braugher, who stars in A&E's upcoming miniseries The Andromeda Strain, told SCI FI Wire that it will completely rework the Michael Crichton novel on which it is based. "Crichton's book doesn't hold up to the test of time," Braugher said of the book, which was previou

[scifinoir2] Harlan Ellison Stinking Mad About New Trek Rumors

By MICHAEL HINMAN Source: SyFy Portal Nov-12-2007 This story contains possible MAJOR SPOILERS for the upcoming film "Star Trek XI." First it was rumors that Starfleet Academy would be featured in the new Star Trek film, picking up an idea originally pitched by one-time Trek movie producer Harv

[scifinoir2] Adrian Pasdar Backs Tim Kring, Writers Strike

http://www.syfyportal.com/news424425.html n the first season of Heroes (Mondays at 9 pm/ET, NBC), Adrian Pasdar's Nathan Petrelli seemed to have it all: a loving family, a swank house, a successful Senate bid. But he sacrificed it all to save New York from nuclear apocalypse by flying off with

[scifinoir2] A Roddenberry Perspective On Star Trek

A Roddenberry Perspective On Star Trek By MICHAEL HINMAN Source: SyFy Portal Nov-12-2007 http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=4423&page=3 If you let him tell the story, Eugene W. Roddenberry will tell you that he was asked to host this week's special theatrical presentations of the orig