RE: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
so that fits, huh? My ENFP is strong in all areas, though my feeling/thinking was fairly close. I guess that makes sense because, though I'm very emotion-driven, I also have a logical, analytical side that lets me do the math/engineering/IT things i've done in life. Still, the F is stronger, and

[scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread GWashin891
In a message dated 12/30/07 11:04:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > indeed. Remember a year or so ago when there was talk of a US version of > the British miniseries "Ultraviolet"? I cringed, just knowing what a > blonde-obssessed, youth-loving, plot-averse US studio would do with that > mat

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
similar to the tolkien family, eh? That's actually good to hear. what choices have they made that you didn't think were good? -- Original message -- From: "maidmarian_thepoet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think that PKD's kids keep a tight rein on who makes movies of their fathe

Re: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread GWashin891
In a message dated 12/30/07 10:48:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > a good friend of mine has been working with Linux for the last three years > and puts it on all laptops and desktops he has. My goal for this winter is to > build two computers. One i will keep as a Windows machine simply for

Re: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
they keep trying to sell all these extra features with each new OS: enhanced multimedia capabilities, better security, expanded Office Suites, etc. But all they do is add more junk that causes lockups, blue screen, adds more security holes, and adds more support headaches. Windows Millennium i

Re: [scifinoir2] Sweeney Todd

2007-12-30 Thread Mike Street
I think you have to really see the play before you see the movie to appreciate how good Sweeney Todd really is. I saw the play with Patti Lapone when it was on Broadway and I'm totally in love with the material. And when I heard J. Depp was going to play Sweeney Todd I knew it was going to be a win

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for "Cloverfield"

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
you know i'm joking. i've said before, i'd rather watch the b-movies from the 50s - '70s over the SciFi Originals. Give me "The Incredible Two Headed Transplant", "Day of the Triffids", even "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". -- Original message -- From: "Tracey de Morsel

[scifinoir2] Re: Sweeney Todd

2007-12-30 Thread maidmarian_thepoet
Wow! Sorry that you didn't like it. The original musical is around 3 hours long and the characters get a little more leg room, but Burton pretty much captured one stream of the show. (There is a bit more humor in the musical.) Maybe I was in a more blood-thirsty mood. I went back last night.

[scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread maidmarian_thepoet
I think that PKD's kids keep a tight rein on who makes movies of their father's work. Not that they always make great choices. However, Bladerunner was one that he was alive to see the rushes from and he approved of the movie. I can't see a remake made unless his daughters really see a better s

[scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread maidmarian_thepoet
Alas yes, even from someone I was sitting with. (smile) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do not think fans want literate work anymoreat least not the > target they are after. Have you ever heard comments, like

Re: [scifinoir2] Sweeney Todd

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
Try to catch "Juno", which I hear is good, and plan to see tomorrow. It stars up-and-coming Canadian actress Ellen Page ("Hard Candy", Kitty in the "X-Men") as a young pregnant teen who makes a matter-of-fact decision to give up her child. I hear it's funny, well-written, and well acted. "Atonem

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Where do you find the abbreviated test? I took one long, long time ago and do not remember how I scored Reece Jennings wrote: > I just took an abbreviated Briggs-Meyers: > > Your Type is > ISTJ > IntrovertedSensing ThinkingJudging > Strength of the preferences %

Re: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
How much are they paying you? Reece Jennings wrote: > I choose to love a couple of them! Microsoft and Comcast! > LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE!!! > > > 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] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread Reece Jennings
I just took an abbreviated Briggs-Meyers: Your Type is ISTJ Introverted Sensing ThinkingJudging Strength of the preferences % 78 12 38 56 Career choices: Computer programmer, law enforcement, Management... Wow! Maurice Jennings Have

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Reece Jennings
(Prostrate in front of a cable box)...COMcast! COMcast! 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

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread Reece Jennings
(Running screaming into the side of a bus)...YAHHH!!! 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

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I was thinking about Uncle Jed today. When I heard that, I was crushed. Same thing with him, try as I might, I can not hate him [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > the problem comes in when good hearted people with good intentions do > horrible things--which i think is probably the greater problem in h

Re: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Programmers do not like Vista as Microsoft, so why is the public supposed to? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > a good friend of mine has been working with Linux for the last three years > and puts it on all laptops and desktops he has. My goal for this winter is to > build two computers. One i will k

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I would be surprised if someone already pitched it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > agreed. especially when the remake is inferiour (Planet of the Apes). > I just had a nightmare thought: what if someone tries to remake "Blade > Runner" some day??? > > -- Original message --

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for "Cloverfield"

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I don't even bother. I watched about four times when they first started their movies. Even the ones with good genre actors were bad. After hearing reviews both on the list and around the web, I believe all of them are bad, so why waste any time hoping for a good campy b-movie. What I do not

[scifinoir2] Sweeney Todd

2007-12-30 Thread Bosco Bosco
So I just got back in from watching Sweeney Todd with my girlfriend and my kids. They all liked it pretty well. I was not too impressed. It looked good. It was typically "Burton" dark. The costumes were really nice and there are some truly funny moments throughout the film. Overall, it's just a bor

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Reece Jennings
I choose to love a couple of them! Microsoft and Comcast! LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE!!! 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

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Reece Jennings
Actually, I was a UNIX guy back in the late '70s - early 80s when I was with AT&T Informations Systems in Bala Cynwyd, PA. (Tracey knows where that is!). We had a room full of IBM-PC/ATs, and what AT&T called their 3B2 computers. I remember the beginning of email, and 2-letter commands. UNIX

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Reece Jennings
Sure! Looking for it! 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 _ From: scifinoir

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Astromancer
...and I still hate Comcrap... Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Reece, I'm going to send you something I sent Astro a few days back about the chairman of Comcrap that just might change your mind... Reece Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The big companies are so egotistic. They don

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Reece Jennings
LOLLOLLOLLOL!! 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 _ From: scifi

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for "Cloverfield"

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
you haven't lived 'til you've seen "Chupacabra" or one of the many bad-CGI films like "Doom Troopers" or "Gargoyles" -- Original message -- From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Strong??? I don't even have to put any effort in avoiding that crap...All I have to do is se

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
why is that? -- Original message -- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go there with. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ever had a Meyers-Briggs

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
I would have guessed that for both you and James, from your writings and opinions. Interestingly, most corporate leaders, and just about all US presidents, have similar profiles. I think they're ISTJ or INTJ often. People with my profile--ENFP and similar--tend to be the ones trying to lead re

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
the problem comes in when good hearted people with good intentions do horrible things--which i think is probably the greater problem in humanity than that caused by truly "evil" men doing evil things. I really don't believe the likes of Heston or Stewart hate people; at least, not in the way a K

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
Give it time. Ridley Scott doesn't own the rights, does he? If not, he certainly couldn't stop it if someone tried... -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please, never use the phrase "Blade Runner" and the word "remake" together in a sentence again. Someone m

RE: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for "Cloverfield"

2007-12-30 Thread Reece Jennings
LOLLOLLOL! 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 _ From: scifinoir2@yahoog

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
indeed. Remember a year or so ago when there was talk of a US version of the British miniseries "Ultraviolet"? I cringed, just knowing what a blonde-obssessed, youth-loving, plot-averse US studio would do with that material. -- Original message -- From: "Tracey de Mor

Re: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
a good friend of mine has been working with Linux for the last three years and puts it on all laptops and desktops he has. My goal for this winter is to build two computers. One i will keep as a Windows machine simply for ease of storing existing files. Probably keep it as XP, 'casue i don't ca

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
because, unfortunately, illiterate work still pulls people into the theatres. I was just talking to some friends about how much i disliked "Transformers" from a plot and acting point. Great fX, but really horrid lines that actually had me wincing in the theatre. I want to see the picture again,

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread james
Please, never use the phrase "Blade Runner" and the word "remake" together in a sentence again. Someone might get an idea (shudders at thought) __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlna

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
agreed. especially when the remake is inferiour (Planet of the Apes). I just had a nightmare thought: what if someone tries to remake "Blade Runner" some day??? -- Original message -- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gattaca i

Re: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Maurice. We gotta reprogram you. Microsoft leads the way with big egotistical companies Martin wrote: > And I just noticed that you tossed in Microsoft-in-the-head... where's that > danged vomiting smiley when you need it? > > Reece Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The big companie

Re: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
While I'm no fan of comcrap, send it to me as well. Please. Tracey > Reece, I'm going to send you something I sent Astro a few days back about the > chairman of Comcrap that just might change your mind... > > Reece Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The big companies are so > egotisti

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
One of the things that appeals to me about Seattle is that there are lots of independent coffee houses where the self-employed (writers included) seem to work. Out in the suburbs there are all Starbucks--its not the same. Anyway, when we move I'm going to try working at a few of the coffee h

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for "Cloverfield"

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
ooo! I feel the chills. Astromancer wrote: > Or the Candy Man... > > Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I will not watch the SciFi > Channel's "most dangerous night on television". > > I'd say it more than once, but I'm afraid of the Beetlejuice Effect... > > "Tracey de Morsella (for

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I do not think fans want literate work anymoreat least not the target they are after. Have you ever heard comments, like the story is too hard to follow or too complicated, or there was too much talking, not enough action? Martin wrote: > Mine, too. I wonder again why no one in H'Wood has

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Martin
Reece, I'm going to send you something I sent Astro a few days back about the chairman of Comcrap that just might change your mind... Reece Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The big companies are so egotistic. They don't ask what we like. They just give us what they want to sell. Scre

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread Martin
I'm INTJ as well. James Landrith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yeah - I've been typed. INTJ all the way. The Wife has been typed ENFP and ENTJ at different times. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 30, 2007, at 1:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ever had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? Y

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Martin
Microsoft-in-the-head...must bathe self in lye... Reece Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm a Firefox guy myself. I keep IE7 on my machine, but it's got dust on it. I DID buy something from Microsoft that I love, though. Windows Live OneCare. It does my virus, spyware and firewall

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for "Cloverfield"

2007-12-30 Thread Martin
Of late, I don't even need the sight impetus. Just got this week's TV guide, and this Saturday's offering, "Beyond Loch Ness" posits that Nessie's done some commuting, and has left a few kids around. Martin (off to see what the History Channel has in the way of competition for the time sl

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread Martin
Keith, I go to malls for the same reason you do airports, for the people-watching. But I don't interact with anyone, even the people I go there with. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ever had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, which is not, as some think, a 'wal

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
i feel you. When i take days off i rarely spend all day at the house. I will work in the yard for a while, maybe do some chores. But after a few hours i get lonely and need to be around people. So I always go to the gym and take classes, then meet a friend for lunch, or my wife. Or, i'll just go

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Martin
And I just noticed that you tossed in Microsoft-in-the-head... where's that danged vomiting smiley when you need it? Reece Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The big companies are so egotistic. They don't ask what we like. They just give us what they want to sell. Screw them. Except fo

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for "Cloverfield"

2007-12-30 Thread Astromancer
Or the Candy Man... Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I will not watch the SciFi Channel's "most dangerous night on television". I'd say it more than once, but I'm afraid of the Beetlejuice Effect... "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You have to

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
That's what I read, but I did not know whether it had been updated. Since reading the Wikipedia profile, at least I understand why I have liked him and why it is so hard to let go. The man was a card carrying,outspoken liberal for years. It also shed like on another star I've admired who wa

Re: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Martin
I used Netscape for about a month, walked away from it because I didn't ahve the common sense that Deity gave little green apples (i.e. knowing that Microsoft-in-the-head was jsut that). Now, I used Firefox, and will be bouncing out of XP as soon as I can afford to buy another OS. "Tracey de Mo

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread Martin
Mine, too. I wonder again why no one in H'Wood has picked up on the fact that what fans want is literate work. "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gattaca is one of my favorites. This trend of remakes and adaptations is scary. While I often enjoy some of

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Astromancer
I stand corrected. He's not dead...yet. Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't know...I do know he's dead now... "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hasn't he retired from public life as a result of Alzheimer's? Astromancer wrote: > NRA..

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Bosco Bosco
Not necessarily, According to the IMDB. He's still alive: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm032/bio and Wikipedia as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleton_Heston --- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He's dead? I had know idea > > Astromancer w

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
He's dead? I had know idea Astromancer wrote: > I don't know...I do know he's dead now... > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hasn't he retired from public life as a result of Alzheimer's? > > Astromancer wrote: > >> NRA... >> >> [EMAIL PR

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Astromancer
I don't know...I do know he's dead now... "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hasn't he retired from public life as a result of Alzheimer's? Astromancer wrote: > NRA... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no, refresh my memory on that one... > > -

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread Astromancer
I'm with you, Rave... ravenadal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Don't cry for Mr. Diesel. After a shallow 2007, he appears to have a full slate of films scheduled and announced for 2008 & 2009 including "Hannibal the Conquerer." Plot: Vin Diesel stars as the Carthaginian general who led a

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for "Cloverfield"

2007-12-30 Thread Astromancer
Strong??? I don't even have to put any effort in avoiding that crap...All I have to do is see a bug or psychotic animal and I'm watching the History Channel... "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You have to be strong, know it will be bad, REAL BA

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Gattaca is one of my favorites. This trend of remakes and adaptations is scary. While I often enjoy some of the final productions, it smacks of a trend of decreasing use of creativity in movie making and TV production. I fear movies created from original scripts may be a thing of the past m

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
You know, after a decade of working at home, I really enjoyed my stint at Merrill Lynch and sometimes think about going in to work a Microsoft once I'm well. I loved the interaction with the people and the laid back atmosphere of the IT department. I still miss that and them. It was a fun pl

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn/Charleston Heston

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
That explains a lot. I remember thinking he was liberal while growing up. No body was hiring us in Hollywood, yet he always did, with meaty, meaningful roles. So when he became a right wing nut, I was shocked. I really tried to hate him, but after years of being a fan, it was difficult. I j

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread James Landrith
Yeah - I've been typed. INTJ all the way. The Wife has been typed ENFP and ENTJ at different times. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 30, 2007, at 1:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ever had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an > introvert, which is not, as some think, a 'wall

Re: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Same here ravenadal wrote: > I have always hated Microsoft Explorer (I currently use Firefox) but I > was big Netscape fan until AOL bought it and did what it did to Time > Warner. > > ~(no)rave! > > http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Dec28/0,4670,NetscapeRIP,00.html > > AOL Pulls Plug on Netscape W

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Martin
LMNAO!!! Reece Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 100% Total Scumbag Now, now, B-B. You really must learn how to express your TRUE feelings! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I think CH got his attitudes from riding war chariots in Ben-Hur. He probably thou

Re: [scifinoir2] SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
you think Dwayne Johnson--isn't that his given name? I hear he no longer wants to go by "The Rock"--killed Diesel's career? I didn't think so. Johnson has done well, but not gangbusters by any means. "The Rundown" was a good movie that established he has screen presence. I enjoyed it, but it di

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
Having to go to work everyday helped me, as there are some folks there I'm able to talk and joke with (none in my immediate group, unfortunately). Having gone through this before with my dad's death, and during a period when I was unemployed for a few months, I literally have been forcing mysel

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn/Charleston Heston

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
You know, i've always liked Heston. Yeah, he's a conservative, and his NRA rhetoric got on my nerves. But he is one of those old-school actors who always said what he felt. He didn't dissemble or demure for fear of damaging his career and rep: he told it like it was. Heston did a wide range of f

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
This makes me very angry. My first foray into the Net was with AOL, which I loved for a while. Once I tired of it, I got MindSpring, an Atlanta-based company which later merged with Earthlink. Mindspring's browser of choice was Netscape Navigator. I loved everything about Netscape: the way you c

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
ever had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, which is not, as some think, a 'wall flower". Simply means you get a lot of energy internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're al

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread Mike Street
It's a family movie. So to me it was for everyone from ages 5 to 65. It's a Disney flick to they made it with the broadest appeal possible. On Dec 30, 2007 12:44 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > i'm still skeptical. Roger Ebert says your mouth hangs open--at how > preposterous the mov

Re: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
i'm still skeptical. Roger Ebert says your mouth hangs open--at how preposterous the movie is. Question: just because the stars are over 30, does that mean the movie is then for the 30+ audience? Can't youngsters in their 20s still go? That was my question to Tracey earlier: when I was in my ear

Re: [scifinoir2] SF Movies coming Up in 2008 - Vin Diesel

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
I think Diesel is trying to establish himself, and as you said, maybe some ego got in the way. Yet, he did that family-friendly flick where he was agent having to babysit a family, so surely that was just to please the crowd and make some dough (a la Eddie Murphy). "A Man Apart" was pretty good

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Reece Jennings
The big companies are so egotistic. They don't ask what we like. They just give us what they want to sell. Screw them. Except for Microsoft and Comcast! LOLLOL!!! Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tra

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread Reece Jennings
I'm a Firefox guy myself. I keep IE7 on my machine, but it's got dust on it. I DID buy something from Microsoft that I love, though. Windows Live OneCare. It does my virus, spyware and firewall protection, defrags my drives, backs up my drives, and a couple of other things. Maurice Jenn

[scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread ravenadal
I have always hated Microsoft Explorer (I currently use Firefox) but I was big Netscape fan until AOL bought it and did what it did to Time Warner. ~(no)rave! http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Dec28/0,4670,NetscapeRIP,00.html AOL Pulls Plug on Netscape Web Browser Friday, December 28, 2007 By A