Re: [scifinoir2] Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script?

2008-11-22 Thread Daryle Lockhart
sh. spoiler alert. ...you GOT Gambit in the Wolverine movie. On Nov 22, 2008, at 11:36 PM, James Landrith wrote: Aww, cher, me too... __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547

Re: [scifinoir2] Ford on Indy V

2008-11-22 Thread Omari Confer
There were partial beasties but not enough to be convincing On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 8:40 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Well put, that's what i heard. The first film used a lot of what was > starting to become considered old fashioned stunt work: real people doing > real stunts, minimal

Re: [scifinoir2] Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script?

2008-11-22 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Agreed. I want me a GOOD Cajun accent. ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon on 12/2: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html On Sat, N

Re: [scifinoir2] Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script?

2008-11-22 Thread Adrianne Brennan
I wholeheartedly agree. Jean Grey is one of my favorite X-Men, and wow did they do her character in. O_O I gotta say tho, fab job casting Patrick Stewart as Prof X. I had been waiting for that since early days of high school and PRAYED for it. :D ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adrian

Re: [scifinoir2] Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script?

2008-11-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
Gambit would be cool, but please-oh-please, can we get an actor with a real accent? Longshot would be awesome too, if done right, and i'd enjoy seeing Dazzler turning all the sound around her into laser beams and light bursts. -- Original message -- From: "Adrianne Bren

Re: [scifinoir2] Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script?

2008-11-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
True. You know, i enjoyed and enjoy the X-Men flicks, but as time goes on I like them less. It's not that they're bad, it's just that stuff like the treatment of Rogue and Ice Man bothers me. It's Halle Berry as a really bad Storm (accent gone, powers mostly weak, shoulda used Angela Bassett).

Re: [scifinoir2] Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script?

2008-11-22 Thread James Landrith
Aww, cher, me too... __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM/MSN/Yahoo! IM: jlandrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=134400205 http://www.jameslandrit

Re: [scifinoir2] Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script?

2008-11-22 Thread Adrianne Brennan
I'm not! I'm waiting for Gambit, dammit!! ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon on 12/2: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html On Sa

Re: [scifinoir2] Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script?

2008-11-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
You think fans are waiting for Jubilee, Psylocke, and Bishop? Intriguing choices. Psylocke done right--once she's been transferred into the Asian body and is basically a kickass ninja psi--would be awesome. -- Original message -- From: Daryle Lockhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [scifinoir2] Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script?

2008-11-22 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Agreed. I'm a fan of the main characters, and when they decide to do this sort of thing, they lose me and the rest of the audience. :P ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html Experience th

Re: [scifinoir2] FOX movie channel becomes "Channel of the Apes" Thanksgiving weekend

2008-11-22 Thread Daryle Lockhart
That end scene of the original is just the best. I think that film's ending was the moment I knew I loved science fiction film. I love me some Tim Burton, but nobody BUT Tim Roth showed up for work on the Planet of the Apes remake. If "Entourage" is about Mark Wahlberg, "Medelin" is "

Re: [scifinoir2] Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script?

2008-11-22 Thread Daryle Lockhart
I've been saying all week since this story broke that Fox is over thinking it. They saw the Star Trek trailer and tripped. They're on that "apes, science fiction is apes, the people want apes..." jazz. All anybody wants is to see Jubilee, then move on to Psylocke and Bishop an nem. The

[scifinoir2] Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script?

2008-11-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
Speaking personally, i'm rarely a fan of "Young Whatever" superhero stories when more can be done with the adults. And I never glommed on to the decision to make Rogue, Ice Man, Pyro, and some others into young teens. That was a stupid move to me, for all that I like Anna Pacquin... **

Re: [scifinoir2] FOX movie channel becomes "Channel of the Apes" Thanksgiving weekend

2008-11-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
That could be fun. i still love the original movie, which is never boring. Love the spaceship, the look on Heston's face when the gorilla's are first revealed, the classic moment when a captured Heston yells "Got your hands off me you damn dirty apes!". And of course ,the last scene, the reveal

Re: [scifinoir2] 'Twilight' Starts Out Strong

2008-11-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
I debated going to see it, though as Martin and i discussed, I'm tiring of the young handsome vampyr and his mortal love theme. But not having read the books, I was unsure. Then i read a few reviews, such as Roger Ebert's, which was titled "Young girls and their mothers will love vapid 'Twilight

Re: [scifinoir2] Ford on Indy V

2008-11-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well put, that's what i heard. The first film used a lot of what was starting to become considered old fashioned stunt work: real people doing real stunts, minimal CGI. Indeed, that was one of the things that Spielberg at least prided himself on. But i hear this last film uses more of the CGI in

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Colm Meaney on "Law and Order" Tonight

2008-11-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
I like Law and Order okay, but it never keeps me engaged, i guess because it does rely on guest stars, but i never really get to know the principals like i want. Great actors, engaging plots, and as you said, sometimes fantastic guest stars. But I always feel a bit short changed, since I don't g

Re: [scifinoir2] Ford on Indy V

2008-11-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
then maybe i'll rent it during one of the cold winter days upcoming -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> it was fun. It was very much the campy adventure flick you would expect. Certainly worth a DVD rental on a Saturday Afternoon. B --- On Fri

[scifinoir2] Grayson's Predicanment

2008-11-22 Thread Grayson Reyes-Cole
Hi All,   So I find myself in a predicament. On Halloween, I was involved in an author chat, when one thing led to another, and a new WIP was born. WIPs are good, right? Well this one is dark, paranormal, and quite certainly headed in the direction of a complicated romance. I'm enjoying writing

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Colm Meaney on "Law and Order" Tonight

2008-11-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Daryle, I think I've said before that star turns on shows like this are bad for them, because first-time or occasional fans who tune in are likely to expect certain things of the show, only to find them lacking when the show returns to its regular format. -[ Received Mail Content ]-

[RE][scifinoir2] Bugged by Hollywood

2008-11-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Gil Grissom would approve of this post. Seriously, some of the bug-related movies I've seen in recent memory (*far* too many attached to Skiffy) have presented bugs in an almost laughable light.. The "advisors" on these movies must've all been found in the pool of fifth-graders Jeff Foxworthy d

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Colm Meaney on "Law and Order" Tonight

2008-11-22 Thread Martin Baxter
FreemaHeartFromBondage is a busy lady. She's also been announced as one of the stars of the remake of "Survivors", according to BBC1. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Colm Meaney on "Law and Order" Tonight Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:48:00 -0500

[RE][scifinoir2] e=mc2: 103 years later, Einstein's proven right

2008-11-22 Thread Martin Baxter
At the risk of seeming facetious, I would think that Hiroshima and Nagasaki would've proven Einstein right. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] e=mc2: 103 years later, Einstein's proven right Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:50:24 -0500 From : "brent wodehouse"

[RE][scifinoir2] [Review] Rocky Horror-esque 'Repo!' lacks charm

2008-11-22 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm guessing that he's angry because he didn't get the lead... -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] [Review] Rocky Horror-esque 'Repo!' lacks charm Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:00:20 -0500 From : "brent wodehouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To : scifinoir2@yahoogr

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 'True Blood' amps up the enjoyable vamp antics as its finale approaches

2008-11-22 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm with you on all points. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 'True Blood' amps up the enjoyable vamp antics as its finale approaches Date : Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:22:43 + From : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com True dat! L

[scifinoir2] FOX movie channel becomes "Channel of the Apes" Thanksgiving weekend

2008-11-22 Thread ravenadal
http://www.theforbidden-zone.com/news/channeloftheapes.shtml FOX MOVIE CHANNEL BECOMES "CHANNEL OF THE APES" ON THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND This Thanksgiving weekend, the apes are taking over Fox Movie Channel. "Channel of the Apes," the four day tribute to the ground-breaking Planet of the A

[scifinoir2] FW: [Chinese Made Products & Bar Codes on Products/Foods

2008-11-22 Thread Tracey de Morsella
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bee Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 6:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [candidasupport] Chinese Made Products & Bar Codes on Products/Foods Hi Group, China has gotten a bad reputation for the many goods and foods they produce

[scifinoir2] Fw: World Science: Signs of 'dark matter' found?

2008-11-22 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cool science stuff. * Woolly-mammoth genome decoded: Biologists report that they have for the first time unraveled nearly the whole genetic code of an extinct animal. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/081119_mammoth * Signs of dark matter found?: Telltale residue may ha

[scifinoir2] 'Twilight' Starts Out Strong

2008-11-22 Thread ravenadal
http://boxoffice.com/featured_stories/2008/11/twilight-anticipation- continue.php 'Twilight' Starts Out Strong posted November 21, 2008 8:11 PM By Phil Contrino Early estimates from around the web are predicting that Twilight brought in as much as $7 million from midnight screenings and that i

[scifinoir2] Bugged by Hollywood

2008-11-22 Thread ravenadal
U. of I. prof itching for more realistic pest portrayals on the big screen. www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk- bugsnov21,0,7957770.story chicagotribune.com Bugged by Hollywood U. of I. prof itching for more realistic pest portrayals on the big screen By Robert Mitchum Tribune

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Korean Film the Host gets Americanized

2008-11-22 Thread Omari Confer
Old Boy Produced by Will Smith weird On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:15 PM, marian_changling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I am not optimistic. > > It's strange. I've watched several foriegn movies paired with their > American counterparts. The American movies almost always fail with > me. The only

Re: [scifinoir2] Ford on Indy V

2008-11-22 Thread Omari Confer
A friend of mine told me that it missed something he called "The Millenium Falcon Effect"... All genre work (mainly sci-fi) must visually look dirty..and real like the Falcon or the desired emotion will not be accomplished. Indy was the best example of thisuntil now On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9