[scifinoir2] 50 WTF COMIC MOMENTS

2008-10-18 Thread Omari Confer
I HEART THIS LIST... http://www.ugo.com/comics/wtf-moments-in-comics/?cmpid=ppc_ggl_ugo_wtfc_092908gclid=CLf52qWTsJYCFQSwFQodUG-wLQ -- cwm blog http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://www.stringtheory.mypodcast.com

[scifinoir2] Re: Will America Watch Watchmen?

2008-10-18 Thread B. Smith
The teaser trailer for Watchmen is the best thing I've seen in a long time and all the early screenings have generated nothing but positive buzz. The point about the ending has some merit and I'm interested in seeing how they pull it off. I agree about American audiences being provincial and film

[scifinoir2] Re: Spanish Movie Rec A Superiour Original to Quarantine?

2008-10-18 Thread B. Smith
My rant: The trend of remaking good foreign movies like REC, The Ring and others rather than releasing the original is frustrating. The other trend of buying the rights and burying a good foreign movie so the American remake will have more impact is just as bad. A movie like Oldboy should have

[scifinoir2] OT: Trader Drove Up Price of McCain �Stock� in Online Market

2008-10-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
Odd, very odd. I went to Intrade site ( http://www.intrade.com/jsp/intrade/help/index.jsp?page=howitworks.html ) and read about it. It seems pretty tight, and I must say, their How it Works is one of the easiest to follow explanations of any financial stuff I've ever read. But in a way this

[scifinoir2] OT: Americans Flunk Simple Three-Question Political Survey

2008-10-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
I don't know what's most disturbing: that this is considered to be an accurate test of political knowledge, that so few people--even among the supposedly best informed groups--can name the leader of our most staunch political ally, or that *anyone* who can breath and form a sentence could

[scifinoir2] Re: Will America Watch Watchmen?

2008-10-18 Thread Meta
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Meta: I relate. While living in Mexico, even though I was only one country over, I felt disconnected... particularly from Scifi TV and movies I can't remember where you live. Is it the Netherlands? Yes, I

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Will America Watch Watchmen?

2008-10-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
What??!! Are you serious?! -- Original message -- From: B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] The teaser trailer for Watchmen is the best thing I've seen in a long time and all the early screenings have generated nothing but positive buzz. The point about the ending has some merit

[scifinoir2] Re: Will America Watch Watchmen?

2008-10-18 Thread B. Smith
About the dubbing? Yes I am. The redubbed Mad Max still pops up on cable quite a bit. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What??!! Are you serious?! -- Original message -- From: B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] The teaser trailer for Watchmen is

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Will America Watch Watchmen?

2008-10-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
wow -- Original message -- From: B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] About the dubbing? Yes I am. The redubbed Mad Max still pops up on cable quite a bit. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What??!! Are you serious?! -- Original

[scifinoir2] Justice League: New Frontier Showing now

2008-10-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
The Cold War era tale Justice League: New Frontier is on Cartoon Network now.

Re: [scifinoir2] One Good Thing about Smallville

2008-10-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
Clark and Lois are the only interesting things about the show, and again, that's weird because they've been introduced way too soon. IThe show is like a party where most of the guests have gone home, and a few people linger on long past the fun has died down. the stories are stupid. Last week,

[scifinoir2] Raimi Talks of More Spider-Man Flicks

2008-10-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
I hope that if they do another movie or two, they're better than the joke that was Spider-Man 3. I'd also like to hope against hope that the bad CGI used for most of Spidey's web-swinging and major fight scenes either be replaced with real stuntmen, or an improved CGI technique. In the last

Re: [scifinoir2] 50 WTF COMIC MOMENTS

2008-10-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
It's an interesting list, but the title WTF? is a bit of a misnomer to my mind. Many of the things mentioned--the fate of Batman co-creator Finger, the death of Jason Todd, the appearance of the first Superman--aren't moments that shock and stun people, puzzle people, anger people. They're

Re: [scifinoir2] 50 WTF COMIC MOMENTS

2008-10-18 Thread Omari Confer
lol... WTF? I think that phrase applies to the strange, the stupid and the shocking... Though when I hear the word in my ear it means that was stupid...i feel you... On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's an interesting list, but the title WTF? is a bit of a

Re: [scifinoir2] 50 WTF COMIC MOMENTS

2008-10-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
Thinking about this more, i really do think many of these are just memorable moments in comic history. Indeed, I think at least half or more should be removed from the list in favor of true WTF? comic moments. I can think of a few that should be added instead (don't have any comic numbers): *

Re: [scifinoir2] 50 WTF COMIC MOMENTS

2008-10-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
Yeah, it might not be strictly accurate, but WTF? is usually used for something that makes no sense, that leaves you angry and confused. For a lot of this stuff--including the appearance of Superman--I think the term wow might be more appropriate. -- Original message