Re: [scifinoir2] Comics industry battles grim economic reality

2009-01-28 Thread Wayne badie
Bush and the gang... --- On Wed, 1/28/09, keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Comics industry battles grim economic reality To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 4:12 PM Yep. "Super Pimps"? What the hey???

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Michelle Obama Getting Some Criticism for Choice of Designers

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
Amen! I'm more worried about Obama managing to work with this partisan Republican Congress... -- Original message -- From: Wayne badie > I just read the original post and I have to give this response to those > people: > get a life...no one who has one really c

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Michelle Obama Getting Some Criticism for Choice of Designers

2009-01-28 Thread Wayne badie
I just read the original post and I have to give this response to those people: get a life...no one who has one really cares about that... --- On Wed, 1/28/09, keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Michelle Obama Getting Some Criticism for

Re: [scifinoir2] Dollhouse Preview

2009-01-28 Thread Grayson Reyes-Cole
Consider it destroyed. Jeez. I just saw this commercial and already I am planning to euthenize myself (shut up Aub :-D ). There's this one scene that lasts less than to seconds of her in some sort of uniform, flying a helicopter with her hair up and glasses on. All I could think was that someone

[scifinoir2] A New Test....

2009-01-28 Thread Augustus Augustus
      Cleaning The Mouse You should do this every few days. More often if you spend a lot of time on computer!  I was shocked to see this works! To recalibrate your mouse, click and hold on the S.  Then drag the S toward the e.  If it doesn't work, you mi

Re: [scifinoir2] James Earl Jones is a goat farmer

2009-01-28 Thread Dax
I wonder does he threaten them in the voice of Darth Vader? --Lavender People may lie, but the evidence rarely does. From: Tracey de Morsella Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 7:23 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com ; 'Cinque3000' Subject: [scifinoir2] James Earl Jones is a goat farmer Jones Is A

[scifinoir2] AP: Chris Rock�s �Good Hair� documentary hilarious, thought-provoking

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
This sounds interesting... ** Chris Rock’s ‘Good Hair’ documentary hilarious, thought-provoking By DAVID GERMAIN Associated Press Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Park City, Utah — Chris Rock was having a good hair day at the Sundance Film Festival.

[scifinoir2] OT: Forbes Lists 25 Most Influential Liberals in the U.S. Media

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
My take I like some on here, like Krugman, Huffington, and Friedman (was he on?) But... The thing that troubles me about this list is the thing that always troubles me when discussions of intellectualism and liberal movers and shakers come up: where the Black people at? Do you realize that

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Senate Passes Bill to Delay Switch to Digital TV

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well, the House refused the bill, saying we're too far down the path to turn back now and delay the switch... -- Original message -- From: "Martin Baxter" > I've known about this proposal for a couple of weeks now, and Al Roker just > spoke thew truest words on

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Senate Passes Bill to Delay Switch to Digital TV

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well, the House refused the bill, saying we're too far down the path to turn back now and delay the switch... -- Original message -- From: "Martin Baxter" > I've known about this proposal for a couple of weeks now, and Al Roker just > spoke thew truest words on

Re: [scifinoir2] Comics industry battles grim economic reality

2009-01-28 Thread Justin Mohareb
I missed Martin's original post, but the power of Google compelled me: http://www.dialcforcomics.com/comics/super_pimps/index.html Anyone ever see Black Bastard, BTW? Justin On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:12 PM, wrote: > Yep. "Super Pimps"? What the hey??? > > -- Original message -

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Michelle Obama Getting Some Criticism for Choice of Designers

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
Right on. By the way, my wife has a pair of green leather gloves like that, and she bought them way *before* Michelle Obama sported hers at the inauguration! She's got taste like that, and you're right: sisters--or any women with style--can buy something at K-Mart, Ann Taylor, or Macy's and make

Re: [scifinoir2] Dollhouse Preview

2009-01-28 Thread Daryle Lockhart
Fox will destroy this, too, and it will then be an online series. On Jan 28, 2009, at 5:13 PM, keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Looks like... -- Original message -- From: "Martin Baxter" > By this, Keith, am I to presume that the show *will* actually make it

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Michelle Obama Getting Some Criticism for Choice of Designers

2009-01-28 Thread Daryle Lockhart
How about the fact that her hairdresser (Black) now has a TV development deal? This whole "you need to wear somebody Black if you're Black and in the public eye" has been a thing since the 80s, when people cracked on you for wearing Yamamoto or Calvin Klein instead of Patrick Kelley or

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie?

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well said, as always. Fox as "feral"? Hmmm... she certainly can look the part in posing for pics, but never seen it in the acting. I guess the move toward more of a "Barbie Doll" figure then it already is just bugs me. -- Original message -- From: "ravenadal" >

[scifinoir2] OT: Michelle Obama Getting Some Criticism for Choice of Designers

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
My take...keith I sympathize and empathize, but one black family can't be everything for all black people. What about her jewelry, her shoes, her hairdo--any of them from black folks? And if not, is that a sin? What about the fact that the family went to a majority-black church for years? Tha

Re: [scifinoir2] Comics industry battles grim economic reality

2009-01-28 Thread Daryle Lockhart
Super Pimps, with their mighty mutant backhand slaps, I take it. I must have it. On Jan 28, 2009, at 5:12 PM, keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Yep. "Super Pimps"? What the hey??? -- Original message -- From: "Martin Baxter" > Exactly, Keith. > > I just got

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie?

2009-01-28 Thread Daryle Lockhart
Okay, once and for all, Megan Fox = lips. She pouts well. That's it. She is entirely too skinny. Lara Croft = tight top and shorts with boots. Any actress that can convincingly play a teenager is NOT ready for Lara Croft. I sense that the studio is pulling a "Defiant" on Jolie (hmmm, and

Re: [scifinoir2] WTF? "Mall Cop" Leads Box Office for Second Week

2009-01-28 Thread Dax
OK, lets not get me started on those movie. Started out great and each one just got plain dumb. I mean I guess they thought that they could make them forever and we would just laugh at everything. One laugh for a hour or hour half movie. Just go right to DVD. --Lavender People may lie, but the e

Re: [scifinoir2] Dollhouse Preview

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
Looks like... -- Original message -- From: "Martin Baxter" > By this, Keith, am I to presume that the show *will* actually make it to TV, > and > not direct-to-DVD as I think? > > > > > > -[ Received Mail Content ]-- > > Subject : Re: [sci

Re: [scifinoir2] Comics industry battles grim economic reality

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
Yep. "Super Pimps"? What the hey??? -- Original message -- From: "Martin Baxter" > Exactly, Keith. > > I just got back from Oxford, and saw an entire shelf dedicated solely to the > newest "Final Crisis" books, three bucks a pop. Never been so happy to have >

Re: [scifinoir2] Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie?

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
Agreed. Every time there's a movie role for a young woman nowadays, her name comes up. Now I can't deny she's easy on the eyes, but again, I haven't seen that she's a great actress, even an action type. Jolie, for all her overexposure, is a good actress. As for Wonder Woman, I feel Fox is too

[scifinoir2] Re: Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie?

2009-01-28 Thread ravenadal
I can see human barbie-doll Megan Fox as Lara Croft. There is something very fetishistic about the whole Lara Croft franchise and Fox brings with her a similar internet based cult of personality. Although Jolie is a good actress (and good actors make good superhero movies), acting has nothing

Re: [scifinoir2] Dollhouse Preview

2009-01-28 Thread Martin Baxter
By this, Keith, am I to presume that the show *will* actually make it to TV, and not direct-to-DVD as I think? -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Dollhouse Preview Date : Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:18:59 + From : keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : scifino

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Underworld The TV Show Is A Possibility

2009-01-28 Thread Martin Baxter
Please do stop, pal... we can't afford to lose genuine talent in these times. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Underworld The TV Show Is A Possibility Date : Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:57:28 -0800 (PST) From : Wayne badie To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups

Re: [scifinoir2] Comics industry battles grim economic reality

2009-01-28 Thread Martin Baxter
Exactly, Keith. I just got back from Oxford, and saw an entire shelf dedicated solely to the newest "Final Crisis" books, three bucks a pop. Never been so happy to have the mental discipline to buy only what I walk in the door to buy, and not to be moved by what's "hot". BTB, also saw one copy

[RE][scifinoir2] OT: Drug-detecting Police Dog Dies of Nose Cancer

2009-01-28 Thread Martin Baxter
A moment of silence for a great puppy, please... -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] OT: Drug-detecting Police Dog Dies of Nose Cancer Date : Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:56:19 + From : keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Talk about ir

Re: [scifinoir2] Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie?

2009-01-28 Thread Martin Baxter
Dibs on the wall! -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie? Date : Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:03:15 -0500 From : Daryle Lockhart To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Megan Fox's management has said she's not invol

Re: [scifinoir2] Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie?

2009-01-28 Thread Daryle Lockhart
Megan Fox's management has said she's not involved in this movie at all -- yet. File this under Wonder Woman. The studios are trying to figure out who the hottest actress in Hollywood is. Instead of just asking the bloggers ( they know everybody) they're going through this and readi

[scifinoir2] Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie?

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
Sad thing is, I didn't think the Tomb Raider movies were that bad. Forgettable, perhaps, but not junk like what's served up on SciFi. Indeed, there were the basics of good movies here: Jolie's presence (she can play borderline psycho/aggressive like nobody), decent directing, and guest stars a c

[scifinoir2] It's snowing on Mars......article from Guardian.co.uk

2009-01-28 Thread Amy Harlib
ahar...@earthlink.net It's snowing on Mars..article from Guardian.co.uk Wonderful stuff! Fascinating article about Mars. It is snowing in the upper atmosphere of Mars. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jan/27/mars-snow-space-technology-nasa I have been fascinated about Mars

[scifinoir2] Mexican Words of the Day

2009-01-28 Thread Augustus Augustus
Mexican words of the day > > 1. *Cheese* > The teacher told Pepito to use the word cheese in a sentence.  Pepito > replies:  Maria likes me, but cheese fat. > > 2. *Mushroom* > When all my family get in the car, there's not mushroom. > > 3.  *Shoulder* > My fren wanted 2 become a cit

[scifinoir2] Stand By Me - check this out

2009-01-28 Thread Augustus Augustus
http://www.vimeo.com/2539741

Re: [scifinoir2] Amazing Panaromic and Zoomable Shot of Inauguration Speech

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
My wife asked if Thomas was simply huddled down against the cold. "Heck no!" I replied, "that's some church sleeping!" Buddy is taking a nap just like brothers do it in the church sometime. I bet if you kept watching, he probably woke up confused and shouted "Amen!" before looking around to see

[scifinoir2] OT: Drug-detecting Police Dog Dies of Nose Cancer

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
Talk about irony! The picture of Max with the contraption to let him walk is wild... ** http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/01/27/2009-01-27_drugdetecting_police_dog_dies_of_nose_ca.html Drug-detecting police dog dies of nose cancer from sniffing out cocain

Re: [scifinoir2] Comics industry battles grim economic reality

2009-01-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
One thing that's probably not helping is all the mega events, new runs, and crossovers in recent years. Think of it. In just the last two years, DC gave us Identity Crisis, Infinite Crisis, Omac, 52, Trinity (Superman/Batman/Wonder Woman), and Final Crisis. Marvel during this time came up with

[scifinoir2] Comics industry battles grim economic reality

2009-01-28 Thread ravenadal
www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon-comics-sales-0126- jan26,0,466942.story chicagotribune.com Comics industry battles grim economic reality By Tiffany Hsu Tribune Newspapers January 26, 2009 Marvel Entertainment Inc. this month released a special edition of Spider-Man, in which the sup