[scifinoir2] Battlestar Galactica: Razor - What did you think?

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
anybody catch Battlestar Razor over the weekend? What did you think? Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to:

[scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
It seems as if a lot of us use the Thanksgiving holiday to chill out with some DVDs, We watched Mr. Brooks (loved it), Seraphim Falls with Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson, Spiderman III, and we got Ants for my little girl. What did you guys watch? Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group

[scifinoir2] I am Legend

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I'm a big fans of the old versions of Omega Man and I am Legend. Anyone interested in seeing the Will Smith version? Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
I'll check it out because i'm a sucker for scifi films. Tired of Will Smith getting so many blockbuster roles, but won't keep me from seeing it. I'm curious as to how it will compare to Charleton Heston's The Omega Man, which I enjoyed. I'm *really* curious to see if, given modern studios'

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend Film Adaptations

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
Wow, who knew there have been *four* versions of the book filmed (including the upcoming one)? Like i said, i've only seen The Omega Man, which evidently varies wildly from the book. Never even heard of the one starring The Crow star Dacascos. And who knew Ahnuld had been tapped to do a

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread Daryle
I watched the first 2 seasons of Sliders. This started off as a really fun and interesting show. It ended so terribly that it's easy to forget that. I am actually still on holiday this week, and so I will be watching the first 2 seasons of Space: 1999, and a bunch of anime I've been collecting

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
Love one of the early Space: 1999 eps where they're still in the Solar System. I think they're out near Neptune. There's an abandoned spaceship that has some kind of flesheating monster on it. The creature's like a giant squid or something, with one giant lighted eye in the center of its body.

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread GWashin891
Vandred and Blue Gender anime series for me -GTW ** Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop000301) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [scifinoir2] Battlestar Galactica: Razor - What did you think?

2007-11-26 Thread Gymfig
In a message dated 11/26/2007 3:53:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: anybody catch Battlestar Razor over the weekend? What did you think? I missed it. good food+ heat ( cold weather) + waking up at 3 am + falling asleep at 7pm. How was it? Will it aired again? I

Re: [scifinoir2] Battlestar Galactica: Razor - What did you think?

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
I caught it. The verdict? Meh. (Apologies to all of Jewish extraction, but it fits.) S P O I L E R S It filled in all the holes, made a few extras, gave us a potentially good character who was a relfection of all that can be noble and

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
I started to watch Volume 2 of Karas: The Revelation (won it in an online contest which I forgot I'd even entered- the FedEx Dump-and-Run was the happiest surprise I'd had in many a month), but I was interrupted. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vandred and Blue Gender anime series for me

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Keith, I recall seeing on a 1999 web site that an Eagle's max speed was just short of lightspeed. If so, then the issue of range is kind of moot. On another site, the show was referred to as a science fantasy, which would cover a lot of the glaring science goofs, such as the notion of nuclear

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend Film Adaptations

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Ridley Scott, yes. Ah-nuld? Ah don' thenk suh... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, who knew there have been *four* versions of the book filmed (including the upcoming one)? Like i said, i've only seen The Omega Man, which evidently varies wildly from the book. Never even heard of the one

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
I have, Keith. It was on TCM during Hallowe'en week. Not bad, really, but I didn't see it from the start, so I came out thrown by the ending. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll check it out because i'm a sucker for scifi films. Tired of Will Smith getting so many blockbuster roles, but

Re: [scifinoir2] Battlestar Galactica: Razor - What did you think?

2007-11-26 Thread Gymfig
I did not look at the spoilers. I really like this show. Is this a one time movie or will be shown again? **Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop000301) [Non-text portions

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Liver and onions... Thanks for the dinner plan for tomorrow, pal! Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oatmeal (gag!) Then I need an invitation to your grandmother's. Liver and onions is the bomb, dude! Cherio's and lowfat milk works to control my cholesterol... [EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend

2007-11-26 Thread Bosco Bosco
I'll be there to check it out when it hits screens here. Probably not opening day but this could be fun. I predict fluffiness and a happy ending rather than the intended sequence of thematic events B --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll check it out because i'm a sucker for scifi films. Tired of

[scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-26 Thread Bosco Bosco
Read a rumor that Gibson's Neuromancer is being brought to the big screen which made me jump for joy until I read that it would be directed by Joseph Kahn who directed a Brittany Spears video. Did this get discussed here already and I missed it? If not, does anyone know anything further? Bosco

[scifinoir2] [Fwd: New Song Sometimes I Wish I Was White]

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Original Message Subject:New Song Sometimes I Wish I Was White Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:12:31 -0600 From: Susan Smith Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The-Vine AKA [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] *New

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
love liver and onions. Anyone like it with bacon? Martin wrote: Liver and onions... Thanks for the dinner plan for tomorrow, pal! Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:cwbadie%40yahoo.com wrote: Oatmeal (gag!) Then I need an invitation to your grandmother's. Liver and onions is the bomb,

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread GWashin891
In a message dated 11/26/07 3:51:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I started to watch Volume 2 of Karas: The Revelation (won it in an online contest which I forgot I'd even entered- the FedEx Dump-and-Run was the happiest surprise I'd had in many a month), but I was interrupted. Karas 2

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
How was it, I watched part of the original over the holidays. I hope to see the whole movie the next time it comes on.Anyone into Full Metal Alchemist? If so, did you catch the movie? That came on during the holiday too, but I missed it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated

[scifinoir2] Good Anime

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
After viewing Cowboy BeBop, my brother-in-law asked me to recommend some anime that I liked that I thought he should check out and I gave him the following: Full Metal Alchemist, Blue Gender and Wolf's Rain. While I've only seen two episodes, I told him that Death Note looked pretty good. I

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend

2007-11-26 Thread Astromancer
I have a question: Was Harry Belafonte in the 1964 version? If not, there's possibly a fifth version of that story floating around... Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have, Keith. It was on TCM during Hallowe'en week. Not bad, really, but I didn't see it from the start, so I came out

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
science was all whack on that show, for sure. The force needed to blow the Moon out of orbit at what would have to be near-light speed would more likely have shattered the planetoid instead. Of course, the whole fact that they entered other solar systems was hard to swallow, as it'd require the

[scifinoir2] Dancing with the Star Wars

2007-11-26 Thread ravenadal
http://starwars.yahoo.com/videos/f53002efca66ef2d159d85d3ec27bab8

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Astromancer
Liver and onions over rice...(gurgle!!!) Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Liver and onions... Thanks for the dinner plan for tomorrow, pal! Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oatmeal (gag!) Then I need an invitation to your grandmother's. Liver and onions is the bomb, dude! Cherio's

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
(Trying to avoid spoilers for any of you who don't know the plot and ending). from what i can tell, the only consistent thing among all the previous versions is that the ending ain't happy. I'll be disappointed if that's not the case here... -- Original message --

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
amazing i missed that. how did the vincent Price version compare to Heston's? -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have, Keith. It was on TCM during Hallowe'en week. Not bad, really, but I didn't see it from the start, so I came out thrown by the

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-26 Thread Astromancer
Oh hell yeah! I just hope they don't screw it up like they did Johnny Nemonic...BTW, how many of you guys know that Neuromancer is an ad hoc sequel to Johnny Nemonic? Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read a rumor that Gibson's Neuromancer is being brought to the big screen which

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
ack! gag reflex just triggered. Kind of a reverse-Pavlovian thing -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] love liver and onions. Anyone like it with bacon? Martin wrote: Liver and onions... Thanks for the

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Astromancer
YES Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: love liver and onions. Anyone like it with bacon? Martin wrote: Liver and onions... Thanks for the dinner plan for tomorrow, pal! Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:cwbadie%40yahoo.com wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
Harry Belafonte was in another movie The World, The Flesh, and the Devil. In it, he's a miner trapped in a cave in Pennysylvania, who escapes after several days underground. No one's left alive. He travels to NYC to find it a literal ghost town (no bodies, just no people). Far as he can tell,

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Easy for me. If her name is Gina, Gabrielle or Nia, there's a dead man on the ground... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harry Belafonte was in another movie The World, The Flesh, and the Devil. In it, he's a miner trapped in a cave in Pennysylvania, who escapes after several days underground.

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
(drool splattering on keyboard) Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YES Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: love liver and onions. Anyone like it with bacon? Martin wrote: Liver and onions... Thanks for the dinner plan for tomorrow, pal!

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Dibs on Keith's helping! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ack! gag reflex just triggered. Kind of a reverse-Pavlovian thing -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) love liver and onions. Anyone like it with bacon? Martin wrote: Liver

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
I didn't know that. As for that director, directing Miss Spears is a serious black mark on him before he's out of the gate. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh hell yeah! I just hope they don't screw it up like they did Johnny Nemonic...BTW, how many of you guys know that

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Funnier, IMO, surpisingly. Grittier. I really needed a bath after seeing it. And don't feel badly about missing it. It aired at 1:30 in the morn. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: amazing i missed that. how did the vincent Price version compare to Heston's? -- Original message

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Moments like this are when I *hate* being on a med that requires you to stop eating after nine... Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Liver and onions over rice...(gurgle!!!) Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Liver and onions... Thanks for the dinner plan for tomorrow, pal!

Re: [scifinoir2] Good Anime

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
I'm so-so on Death Note. Pardon the pun, but it's a one-note anime. Yes, enthusiastically, on every recommend you listed, Tracey, and add Coyote Ragtime Show. It's got sort of a BeBop vibe. The good guys are a family of thieves who pull off the biggest theft in history, then have to get

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Started out slow, but it picked up nicely for me. Hopefully, I'll be able to go all the way through it tomorrow, if nothing leaps out. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How was it, I watched part of the original over the holidays. I hope to see the whole

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Honestly, I don't know if that's true. I won my copy, and I don't remember where it was shipped from (dumped the packaging as soon as I opened the thing). The web site I won it at is American, but the owner has lots of friends over in Japan. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
I take back what I just said. I remember seeing a late commercial on Skiffy. Should be out next week, the 4th or 5th, if memory serves. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/26/07 3:51:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I started to watch Volume 2 of Karas: The Revelation (won

Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: New Song Sometimes I Wish I Was White]

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
WHOA. That put me back into 1995, folks. Too close to the truth for my comfort. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message Subject: New Song Sometimes I Wish I Was White Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:12:31 -0600 From: Susan Smith

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
No, Bosco, this is the first I recall of it being mentioned. Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read a rumor that Gibson's Neuromancer is being brought to the big screen which made me jump for joy until I read that it would be directed by Joseph Kahn who directed a Brittany Spears

Re: [scifinoir2] Battlestar Galactica: Razor - What did you think?

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
They aired it almost immediately after, at 1:00 a.m.. I tried to check Skiffy's scheduler, but it doesn't want to talk. I'd be surprised if it didn't pop up later this week, unexpectedly. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did not look at the spoilers. I really like this show. Is this a one

Re: [scifinoir2] Futurama blasts from past with a new DVD movie

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Keith, I don't think that aux/Fixed/Fox ever *liked* the show. It was pulled everytime a football game ran over, and sometimes not even re-aired. I recall that a demographic of Fox viewers put their average age as between 19 and 35, with roughly a year and a half or less of college experience.

Re: [scifinoir2] Futurama blasts from past with a new DVD movie

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Martin shall yet buy, and enjoy. ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/340881_futurama24.html 'Futurama' blasts from the past with a new DVD movie Last updated November 23, 2007 5:37 p.m. PT By TED ANTHONY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Chicken livers...there's Saturday dinner. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just the opposite...I ate just about every meal with the zeal of a hungry husband coming home from work...I am fond of calling myself a proud omnivor, eating or at least trying everything that was

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
There's always a place at table for you, pal. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and I'm jealous... :( Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That we do. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i hear you, we'll need to hook up! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna See The Golden Compass?

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
I bought the first two when they came out, and I just dug them out for reading. (Never did read them- back when I worked steadily, I bought books right and left, and never had the chance to read them, because I worked steadily.) First few pages come across as though written for young adults. I

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
A man who has never partaken of the chitlin... (bows head in sorrow) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I was a kid, i was notorious for not eating any food that looked unappealing to me, and definitely nothing that even faintly had an unpleasant smell. So I never touched pigs' feet

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-26 Thread Mike Street
He also direct the hot mess that was Torque. But yeah it's still in rumors I heard about that a few month back. But haven't heard anything new since. On Nov 26, 2007 4:23 PM, Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read a rumor that Gibson's Neuromancer is being brought to the big screen

[scifinoir2] Undersea slide set off a giant flow

2007-11-26 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Vote in the National Cheney Impeachment Poll http://www.usalone.com/blogvoices.php?Cheney%20Impeachment%3F Add this text to your own email and blog signatures! Interesting article from BBC News _http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7107318.stm_

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna See The Golden Compass?

2007-11-26 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have copies but have not yet read the books. I did meet Mr. Pullman at an author event and he's a very pleasant and dynamic guy and the excerpt he read was excellent. I am very eager to see this film. Cheers! Amy I'm actually looking forward to seeing this film. I know

[scifinoir2] Re: Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread the3rdgeneral
Merry Christmas to you, and everyone reading this. I know what you mean about Christmas. I love the lights, sounds and every thing about that holiday. Ever since I saw an episode of the X-files where Scully told some one that as a child she was always upset that her father took down the

[scifinoir2] G.I. Joe - The Movie

2007-11-26 Thread streetforce1
So the G.I. Joe movie is starting to get buzz and cast members...but will it suck as hard at Transformers did? I hated the Transformers movie and not another of my favorite 80's cartoons is coming to live. Aug 2009 is the release date of the movie. I want to know whatever happened to the Voltron

[scifinoir2] Fw: World Science: Breakthrough may let scientists make stem cells on demand

2007-11-26 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cool science stuff. Vote in the National Cheney Impeachment Poll http://www.usalone.com/blogvoices.php?Cheney%20Impeachment%3F Add this text to your own email and blog signatures! * Breakthrough may let scientists make stem cells on demand: Researchers say they appear to

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
oh yeah, gotta see that cool gull wing car the leader of SHADO drove! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've pulled three eps of 1999 off YouTube. Never thought to see if they had UFO there. One more thing on the itinerary... [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [scifinoir2] For Martin Re: FW: [Blackfolks] Electromagnetic Radiation:Intervention

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
You take care of yourself, Reece! Best thoughts going your way. Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok. I'll do some myself. I just found out I have at least 3 days of doing nothing. My leg swelled up, and is extremely painful. I had to go to an immediate care clinic, and they gave

RE: [scifinoir2] GREAT wireless Alarm System!

2007-11-26 Thread Astromancer
Let's see...9 years in the Marine Corps...I have a vague idea of what a Claymore mine is...even if you're talking about a bomb stuffed with the famous Scottish swords... Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good suggestion! I had one, but the new alarm company said it's not

RE: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds]

2007-11-26 Thread Reece Jennings
Or is that aloan, or alown...? Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ _ From:

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-26 Thread Astromancer
Tell me about this Milliways group, Martin... Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oddly enough, somethign like that. Don't remember the exact title. Saw the report in my Milliways group posting a few weeks back. One of the main people from the original is going over to it, which, if you

[scifinoir2] Fw: Real-Life Star Wars: The Militarization of Space

2007-11-26 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scarey stuff! Vote in the National Cheney Impeachment Poll http://www.usalone.com/blogvoices.php?Cheney%20Impeachment%3F Add this text to your own email and blog signatures! Real-Life Star Wars: The Militarization of Space By Stan Cox, AlterNet

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend Film Adaptations

2007-11-26 Thread Mike Street
I have to put that DVD on my Netflix. I'm glad Will Smith is keep up with Sci Fi pics. But I wish we could get some more sista in these kinda roles. I would love to see Kindred by Octavia Butler made into a movie. The Sci Fi channel did an audio version of it several years ago with Alfred Woodard

Re: [scifinoir2] Queen guitarist and astrophysicist

2007-11-26 Thread Astromancer
Oh yeah...Had the poster! Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fat-Bottomed Girls? Justin Mohareb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 21, 2007 2:58 AM, Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lol...if you give it a quick glance, it will definitely make you do a double-take... Apparently,

Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds]

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
James, we have to weep louder. I run across such daily, and from people who profess to be educated professionals. (Said education apparently being Sesame Street...) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a few months, there was a frequent poster on one of my websites who saw no reason for

Re: [scifinoir2] Fw: World Science: Drastic diet may extend human life, study finds

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
Amy, in this day and age, some scientists need a roadmap and a copy of Gray's Comparative to find out where to wipe once they finish boo-booing... Amy Harlib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Interesting science stuff. Does it really take a PHD to figure out that last one?

RE: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds]

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
LMNAO! Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack and Jill went up the hill to seek a habeus corpus. Jack fell down and broke his lawyer, and Jill got half of his assets... Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with

RE: [scifinoir2] Queen guitarist and astrophysicist

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
And a Happy Belated Thanksgiving to you! Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey! I unnerstood that! Happy Thanksgiving, other family. Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No

Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds]

2007-11-26 Thread Astromancer
...So sad to see people who strive to stay ignorant...attacking constructive criticism...A sure sign that she has probably not picked up a book in a while...Forgive me, James for babbling...I really don't have much to say at 2:30 in the morning, but I could let this one pass without saying

Re: [scifinoir2] Futurama blasts from past with a new DVD movie

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
that would explain it... -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith, I don't think that aux/Fixed/Fox ever *liked* the show. It was pulled everytime a football game ran over, and sometimes not even re-aired. I recall that a demographic of Fox viewers

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna See The Golden Compass?

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
let me know what you think. i'm about to dive into another Raymond Feist novel. I really enjoyed the Riftwar books (someone in this group suggested them, in fact), and i've been reading his stuff since. Over the winter I may pull out the George RR Martin books i have (three of them) and read

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
missed that ep. i usually take my tree down the day after New Years, unless it's a live tree, in which case the falling needles and increasingly unpleasant smell drive me to get it out soon as possible -- Original message -- From: the3rdgeneral [EMAIL PROTECTED] Merry

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna See The Golden Compass?

2007-11-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
so he's not an anger, cynical, arrogant, dismissive, contemptuous atheist? Not that all are, by any means, but i've certainly been accosted by unyielding atheists at least as obnoxious as religious fanatics. I think it's a reaction to years of feeling attacked by proselytizers --

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I saw it. Its a good b-Movie adaptation. I never would know that it and Omega Man are based on the same book. I hear the book is great. I'm going to get it. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com wrote: I have, Keith. It was on TCM during Hallowe'en week. Not bad,

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I loved both those shows. But you are right, you definitively need to suspend disbelief for Space 1999 or your head will start hurting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: science was all whack on that show, for sure. The force needed to blow the Moon out of orbit at what would have to be near-light

Re: [scifinoir2] For Martin Re: FW: [Blackfolks] Electromagnetic Radiation:Intervention

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Same here! How are you doing now? Martin wrote: You take care of yourself, Reece! Best thoughts going your way. Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com wrote: Ok. I'll do some myself. I just found out I have at least 3 days of doing nothing. My leg swelled up,

Re: [scifinoir2] Newbie

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Hey Mike: Welcome to the family! I'm so glad you jumped right in, Tracey streetforce1 wrote: Hey guys this is Mike Street. I'm new to the list so just checking in and posting my first message. I'm a big sci-fi, anime, fantasy, and puzzles. I wanted to see what the black sci-fi online

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
The year my Dad died, I left my tree up for three months. Put the lights on every day and ate dinner by the tree. I'm lucky I did not burn the place down, it got so dry. the3rdgeneral wrote: Merry Christmas to you, and everyone reading this. I know what you mean about Christmas. I love

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
You poor, poor deluded man [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ack! gag reflex just triggered. Kind of a reverse-Pavlovian thing -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] love liver and onions. Anyone like it with bacon?

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Amen! The horror! Martin wrote: I didn't know that. As for that director, directing Miss Spears is a serious black mark on him before he's out of the gate. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:cwbadie%40yahoo.com wrote: Oh hell yeah! I just hope they don't screw it up like they did Johnny

Re: [scifinoir2] I am Legend

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Definitely, it was really dark Martin wrote: Funnier, IMO, surpisingly. Grittier. I really needed a bath after seeing it. And don't feel badly about missing it. It aired at 1:30 in the morn. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote: amazing i missed that. how did the

Re: [scifinoir2] DVDs Watched Over Thanksgiving

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I read that it would be coming out in November when I was looking at reviews of the first one Martin wrote: Honestly, I don't know if that's true. I won my copy, and I don't remember where it was shipped from (dumped the packaging as soon as I opened the thing). The web site I won it at is

Re: [scifinoir2] Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
me neither, but I feel not shame. Yuk!!! Martin wrote: A man who has never partaken of the chitlin... (bows head in sorrow) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote: When I was a kid, i was notorious for not eating any food that looked unappealing to me, and definitely

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Happy Holidays Y'all

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Keith: Where is the unpleasant smell coming from? Pine? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: missed that ep. i usually take my tree down the day after New Years, unless it's a live tree, in which case the falling needles and increasingly unpleasant smell drive me to get it out soon as possible

RE: [scifinoir2] GREAT wireless Alarm System!

2007-11-26 Thread Reece Jennings
LOL! I bet you do have an idea! Perfect replacement for a motion detector,huh? ka-BOOOMM!!! Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation =

[scifinoir2] Re: Last Man on Earth

2007-11-26 Thread Said Kakese Dibinga
Last Man on Earth was really cool, I enjoyed watching it...I didn't know there was a redited version, I'll look for it... Said www.onceuponatimeinthecongo.com - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

[scifinoir2] Drug Enforcement Agents Unhappy With 'American Gangster'

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Drug Enforcement Agents Unhappy With 'American Gangster' Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe's hit new movie American Gangster is at the center of a new legal fight, after upsetting a retired Drug Enforcement agent in New York. The narcotics detectives are far from happy with the way they are

[scifinoir2] Daniel Craig Says 'Compass' Not Anti-Religious

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Daniel Craig Says 'Compass' Not Anti-Religious Casino Royale star Daniel Craig has come to the defense of The Golden Compass after the book on which it is based was ordered removed from school libraries in the Canadian province of Ontario. Catholic lay leaders in Canada and the U.S. have