[scifinoir2] Teenage mutant ninja turtles?

2009-05-30 Thread Mr. Worf
Wasn't there a new movie coming out?

[scifinoir2] Topic: What is the worst idea for a sequel?

2009-05-30 Thread Mr. Worf
What would be the worst idea for a tv or movie sequel?

Re: [scifinoir2] Kick-Ass Scenes That Are In Trailers, But Aren't In The Movies

2009-05-30 Thread Mr. Worf
The thing about editing video and film is that things will get cut out because of the timing or the camera wasn't in the right place when they say a particular line. In the last 10-15 years, things have been edited for closed captioning, which not just means that captions at the bottom of the scree

Re: [scifinoir2] And Doom is His Name: Arvid Nelson on 'Thulsa Doom'

2009-05-30 Thread Keith Johnson
I meant "African" in terms of coming from that part of the world we now call Africa, and also, meaning of African descent in terms of ethnicity. that's why I changed to "negroid"... - Original Message - From: "Mr. Worf" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 6:5

Re: [scifinoir2] Kick-Ass Scenes That Are In Trailers, But Aren't In The Movies

2009-05-30 Thread Keith Johnson
The one that really caught my eye for some reason was the movie, "The Negotiator", with Sam Jackson and Kevin Spacey. Jackson plays a police negotiator (the guy who talks people out of hostage situations and the like), who's framed for a crime, and resorts to holding several cops hostage as part

Re: [scifinoir2] Movies set for remake

2009-05-30 Thread Keith Johnson
Did Frank Herbert write all of the books, or did his heirs or others do some of them? - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 8:14:18 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Movies set for remake

Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace

2009-05-30 Thread Keith Johnson
yeah, if they're not doing that, they're missing a great opportunity. I'd love to see an Apache take on a Shaolin monk or a Samurai. - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 7:48:25 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject

Re: [scifinoir2] Movies set for remake

2009-05-30 Thread Keith Johnson
Agreed. As long as the final scene is once again shot in my hometown of Fort Worth, I'm cool! - Original Message - From: "George Arterberry" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 3:53:49 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Movies set for r

Re: [scifinoir2] Movies set for remake

2009-05-30 Thread Mr. Worf
Time travel with Robocop or Ghostbusters? I too would like to see remakes of both. I think that the original Robocop was very dark and sarcastic. The following sequels did not grasp it. There were also the tv show. Anyone remember that? Ghostbusters would be cool to see with the new CGI stuff. I

Re: [scifinoir2] Intro: Nicole from Hellertown, Pa

2009-05-30 Thread wlrouge
Hi Nicole, welcome to the group. Oh how I love this group. I have to agree with you on the fact on what they have done with Rouge. I was highly upset. Hopefully, and I say hopefully they will correct it in the next movie. --Lavender From: Nicole Zoltack Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 2:40 AM To:

Re: [scifinoir2] Movies set for remake

2009-05-30 Thread wlrouge
I may be the only person that feels this way but I would love to see another Ghostbusters movie and would love to see another Robocop. But I am sure it will be darker and lets all hope that time travel is not involved. --Lavender From: Mr. Worf Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:10 PM To: scifino

Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace

2009-05-30 Thread Mr. Worf
One of Zulu's strengths was his battle tactics. I read somewhere that his skill on the battlefield was as good as any contemporary general of his time. If the Zulus were able to obtain more weapons (They had the guns but no one would sell them bullets.) they more than likely would have completely r

Re: [scifinoir2] And Doom is His Name: Arvid Nelson on 'Thulsa Doom'

2009-05-30 Thread Mr. Worf
Technically, the idea of countries is a new thing. They writer would probably have chosen "of Nubian decent" or something vaguely along those lines. On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:54 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > Don't remember, Keith. It's been years since I last read Conan or Kull, and > I can't find a

Re: [scifinoir2] Kick-Ass Scenes That Are In Trailers, But Aren't In The Movies

2009-05-30 Thread Mr. Worf
Yea I was going to say the same thing. With big budget movies the trailers are actually done before they completely finish the movie and the effects. The best example of this was the Wolverine movie where the trailer was done months before the release date but the effects weren't finished until aft

[RE][scifinoir2] OT: Barack and Brian Go To Five Guys Burger

2009-05-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Indeed... -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] OT: Barack and Brian Go To Five Guys Burger Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 21:29:03 - From : "ravenadal" To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I was googling "Obama Five Guys Burger" to send a link to a mutual frie

[scifinoir2] OT: Barack and Brian Go To Five Guys Burger

2009-05-30 Thread ravenadal
I was googling "Obama Five Guys Burger" to send a link to a mutual friend of mine who is a fellow aficionado of both this particular establishment http://eatingwhileblack.blogspot.com/2009/05/five-guys-burgers-and-fries-glendale.html and our current President - when I stumbled across this blog:

Re: [scifinoir2] Kick-Ass Scenes That Are In Trailers, But Aren't In The Movies

2009-05-30 Thread Daryle Lockhart
May as well add Transformers: Revenge Of the Fallen to this list NOW, because they are still editing. A lot of times these trailers are done before the final cut, because marketing needs something to go with. So cool stuff ends up on the floor. It makes a good case for getting these mov

[scifinoir2] This is NOT a real movie trailer...

2009-05-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Though I wish it were. Nathan Filion as GL... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hTiRnqnvDs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds

Re: [scifinoir2] Buffy Remake Without Joss? Whedonites Will Burn L.A. To The Ground First

2009-05-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Lavendar, ix-nay on the ideas-ay... -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Buffy Remake Without Joss? Whedonites Will Burn L.A. To The Ground First Date : Fri, 29 May 2009 21:58:56 -0400 From : To : Hmm, I don't know. I have to say though when I sa

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Luke Cage Noir

2009-05-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, I can't place the date because I made myself forget. That should tell you something. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Luke Cage Noir Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 03:04:59 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com W

Re: [scifinoir2] Movies set for remake

2009-05-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, after Dune, there were five sequels; Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse Dune. Read them all, and I bitterly regret doing so. If Webster's were to put out a dictionary defining analogies, this would be in there under "beating a dead horse

[RE][scifinoir2] Re: [CARTIERX] Ivan Van Sertima Transistions to Ancestor

2009-05-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Thank you for that, Amy, sad news though it is. A great loss for us all. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Re: [CARTIERX] Ivan Van Sertima Transistions to Ancestor Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 07:58:32 -0400 From : "Amy" To : ahar...@earthlink.net Thank

[RE][scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace

2009-05-30 Thread Martin Baxter
I nodded off on it, Justin. I'll be catching it tomorrow in repeats. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Fri, 29 May 2009 23:10:20 -0400 From : Justin Mohareb To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com So,

[scifinoir2] Re: [CARTIERX] Ivan Van Sertima Transistions to Ancestor

2009-05-30 Thread Amy
ahar...@earthlink.net Thanks for this sad info! Mr. Van Sertima's books and ideas were so vitally important! What a loss! Amy Subject: [CARTIERX] Ivan Van Sertima Transistions to Ancestor > The Guyana Cultural Association New York Inc. /Guyana Folk Festival > committee > yesterday announced

Re: [scifinoir2] And Doom is His Name: Arvid Nelson on 'Thulsa Doom'

2009-05-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Don't remember, Keith. It's been years since I last read Conan or Kull, and I can't find any reference material online to answer the question. I tried the Marvel website, but it's not answering my calls. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] And Doom is Hi

Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace

2009-05-30 Thread Martin Baxter
That would be cool, Keith, to set the whole thing in a bracket system and play down toward a finale. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 03:30:22 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson

Re: [scifinoir2] Movies set for remake

2009-05-30 Thread Mr. Worf
I think that many of the1970s scifi books and movies need to be looked at again. Some of them were very good except the special effects wasn't there for them. (2001 space oddessy pretty much wrote the book on reality) On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:53 AM, George Arterberry < brotherfromhow...@yahoo.co

Re: [scifinoir2] Movies set for remake

2009-05-30 Thread George Arterberry
If they follow the book series the "Logan's Run' reboot could work.It was more along the lines that the young did not want to redo the mistakes of adults   (war,poverty,etc) thus not growing old was the answer.After  a simple protest in DC caused the world to literally kill off all adults. --- O

[scifinoir2] topic: Kung fu femmes

2009-05-30 Thread Mr. Worf
What happens when you mix the Pussy Cat dolls with Kung Fu? You get the Kung Fu Femmes... Check out their youtube clips: http://www.kungfufemmes.com/videos.html Main site: http://www.kungfufemmes.com --