Re: [scifinoir2] We're Drawing Closer to a Will Smith/Zoe Saldana 'Harvey'

2009-08-08 Thread Keith Johnson
Agreed. - Original Message - From: "Mr. Worf" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 8:11:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] We're Drawing Closer to a Will Smith/Zoe Saldana 'Harvey' You are much more likely to see very graphic

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"

2009-08-08 Thread Keith Johnson
Well, this is a start. I agree that a scifi movie set in other parts of Africa would be awesome. Usually all we ever get is the Egyptian connection, such as in "Stargate"... - Original Message - From: "thebayindo" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:36:57

Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-08 Thread Mr. Worf
Yea it should have been called "Star Trek: Enterprise and the adventures of the place that they hang out at..." I enjoyed some of the back stories of the different races. That was a plus. I would love to see more. On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Wlrouge wrote: > I agree, but to me DS9 was a good

Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-08 Thread Wlrouge
I agree, but to me DS9 was a good show. However the only problem with Star Trek shows is that in the first season and perhaps the second one they seem to make reference to USS Enterprise way too much. Which to me seems to set the show up to failure. --Lavender Autobots, transform!!! On Aug

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-08 Thread Wlrouge
I think so too. I heard rumors that Whoppi was suppose to play in a couple of shows as well. I could never understand why this show could not have been shown on what was sci-fi. I mean a true science fiction show with some what a budget would not hurt. Autobots, transform!!! On Aug 7, 200

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Ironman and Wolverine animae?

2009-08-08 Thread Mr. Worf
I think the look of the animae Wolverine looks more like Gambit than Wolverine. On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:14 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > I'd prefer Iron Man, only because I'm a Shellhead fan more than I am of the > Canuck. > > > > > > -[ Received Mail Content ]-- > > Subject : [sci

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Topic: Doctor Who

2009-08-08 Thread Mr. Worf
I have been wondering about the history of Dr.Who. I remember hearing that he was half human before, but his physiology is slightly different. Do you think that they will ever tell his whole story or just continue to stretch it out for another 30 years? On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Martin Baxte

Re: [scifinoir2] The mo better dystopian prophet: Orwell or Huxley?

2009-08-08 Thread Mr. Worf
I think that they were both right. Orwell was right in the beginning (Nazis, Russians, China,North Korea, Argentina etc.) but after the 1950s in this country the game plan changed. Now we are more on the Huxley path. The real danger is what happens when we can no longer sustain the rampant consumer

Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-08 Thread Mr. Worf
I would agree to Babylon 5 but not DS9. They were dragging the war out. The only thing that I did enjoy was the development of Odo's character. On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:22 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > On that, I have to disagree, Mr Worf. For me, the last two seasons of > DSNine were some of the be

Re: [scifinoir2] We're Drawing Closer to a Will Smith/Zoe Saldana 'Harvey'

2009-08-08 Thread Mr. Worf
You are much more likely to see very graphic sex in a "thriller" or in a horror movie than love making in a movie with adults in a relationship. Why? I dunno. I think that it may have something to do with the people that are judging in the MPAA. There is a member of the clergy that is on their revi

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Black Dynamite!

2009-08-08 Thread Mr. Worf
I love this movie clip. I am anxiously awaiting to see it. Did anyone check out the extras on the webpage? On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Martin Baxter wrote: > You DAY-um right! > > > > > > -[ Received Mail Content ]-- > > Subject : [scifinoir2] Black Dynamite! > > Date : Sat,

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"

2009-08-08 Thread thebayindo
"District 9 is about the apartheid struggle in South Africa." Its funny some of the media says that the apartheid is insinuated...the director himself said the film is set during South African aparthied and that the aliens are stuck in the same neighborhood with the black folk. Hey, for me, I'

Re: [scifinoir2] Movie Review: The Rise of Cobra 100% SPOILER FREE

2009-08-08 Thread Jeff Carter
I would like to add my strong endorsement of this movie. As a fan of both the comic books and the cartoon I was not disappointed and thoroughly entertained. Jeff On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM, votomguy wrote: > > > Hey guys, > As you know, Rise of Cobra was released yesterday here in the US.

[scifinoir2] Movie Review: The Rise of Cobra 100% SPOILER FREE

2009-08-08 Thread votomguy
Hey guys, As you know, Rise of Cobra was released yesterday here in the US. I just got in from seeing it today. All I have to say is WOW. The movie was very well done. For the most part, it stayed true to the comic book series. It did have it's campy moments, but they were few and far betwee

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Black Dynamite!

2009-08-08 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm only talkin' 'bout Black Dynamite! ;-D -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Black Dynamite! Date : Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:13:34 - From : "ravenadal" To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Are you trying to say he's a bad mother("shut your mouth!"

[RE][scifinoir2] The mo better dystopian prophet: Orwell or Huxley?

2009-08-08 Thread Martin Baxter
That put a couple of new wrinkles in my brain... -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] The mo better dystopian prophet: Orwell or Huxley? Date : Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:12:17 - From : "ravenadal" To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Wow. After reading this,

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Black Dynamite!

2009-08-08 Thread ravenadal
Are you trying to say he's a bad mother("shut your mouth!")? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote: > > You DAY-um right! > > > > > -[ Received Mail Content ]-- > Subject : [scifinoir2] Black Dynamite! > Date : Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:01:15 - > From :

[scifinoir2] The mo better dystopian prophet: Orwell or Huxley?

2009-08-08 Thread ravenadal
Wow. After reading this, I changed my vote! ~rave! http://fatpita.net/?i=1952

[RE][scifinoir2] Black Dynamite!

2009-08-08 Thread Martin Baxter
You DAY-um right! -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Black Dynamite! Date : Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:01:15 - From : "ravenadal" To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com http://www.blackdynamitemovie.com/ BLACK DYNAMITE 2009, Scott Sanders, USA, 90 min. With M

[scifinoir2] Black Harvest International Film Festival

2009-08-08 Thread ravenadal
http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/ 15th Annual Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video The Gene Siskel Film Center welcomes you to the 15th anniversary edition of the Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video, from August 7 though September 3. Talent shines brightly th

[scifinoir2] Black Dynamite!

2009-08-08 Thread ravenadal
http://www.blackdynamitemovie.com/ BLACK DYNAMITE 2009, Scott Sanders, USA, 90 min. With Michael Jai White, Kym Whitley "Raucous…a vastly entertaining film."—Rob Nelson, Variety A runaway hit at the Sundance Film Festival, BLACK DYNAMITE mines the best and the worst of the blaxploitation era fo

Re: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe

2009-08-08 Thread Martin Baxter
I have seen the original versions of Gatchaman and Starblazers, thanks to some long-gone anime-stockpile website. It went kaput as I was halfway through my second viewing of Coyote Ragtime Show. Never could get into the Speed Racer block, because the server handling that one alone was always jam

[RE][scifinoir2] 1 Reason Not to Mess With Children...

2009-08-08 Thread Martin Baxter
(would run outside to scream in delight, but Hartsfield, 29 miles away, would complain about the noise pollution) -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] 1 Reason Not to Mess With Children... Date : Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:24:55 -0400 From : "Reece Jennings" To

[scifinoir2] 1 Reason Not to Mess With Children...

2009-08-08 Thread Reece Jennings
Well... A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.. Irritated, t

Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-08 Thread Keith Johnson
I second that! - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 8:22:39 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS On that, I have to disagree, Mr Worf. For me, the las

Re: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe

2009-08-08 Thread Keith Johnson
I've never seen the original Gatchaman, but along with the original versions of "Starblazers" and "Speed Racer", that's not unusual for an American viewer... - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 8:05:56 AM GMT -05:00

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"

2009-08-08 Thread Keith Johnson
I can see how some would think of "Alien Nation", "V", even "Independence Day" (the shape of the ship), but that means nothing. Some concepts in scifi are simply not new: the idea of aliens coming to Earth and then being ghettoized isn't. But it's the treatment, the new way the story's told, the

Re: [scifinoir2] We're Drawing Closer to a Will Smith/Zoe Saldana 'Harvey'

2009-08-08 Thread Keith Johnson
Amen, amen! All you hear is studios worried about demographics (hence, a forgettable run by Halle Berry as Storm, when everyone knows Angela Bassett would have nailed the role) instead of quality. And i have long been puzzled and irritated by the thing you mentioned, where sex and violence in ap

Re: [scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"

2009-08-08 Thread Daryle Lockhart
I LOVED this movie season!! Between Star Trek, Up, Moon, and a couple of other smaller films, this has been great! I didn't expect much from the big movies, they've been letting me down for years. On Aug 8, 2009, at 8:45 AM, "Tracey de Morsella" > wrote: I’m psyched about it too. This has

RE: [scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"

2009-08-08 Thread Tracey de Morsella
I’m psyched about it too. This has been one of the most disappointing summer movie seasons in years From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Harlib Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 3:23 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Lo

Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Doctor Who

2009-08-08 Thread Martin Baxter
I could see an American producer tossing in a hip-hop flavored DW ep. (runs from keyboard, howling) -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Doctor Who Date : Sat, 8 Aug 2009 08:21:12 -0400 From : Adrianne Brennan To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com

Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-08 Thread Martin Baxter
On that, I have to disagree, Mr Worf. For me, the last two seasons of DSNine were some of the best TV I've ever watched. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS Date : Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:32:13 -0700 From : "Mr. Worf" To :

Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Doctor Who

2009-08-08 Thread Adrianne Brennan
No, and thank the gods there isn't. The US would wreck anything good and decent about it. ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www

[RE][scifinoir2] Ironman and Wolverine animae?

2009-08-08 Thread Martin Baxter
I'd prefer Iron Man, only because I'm a Shellhead fan more than I am of the Canuck. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Ironman and Wolverine animae? Date : Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:21:18 -0700 From : "Mr. Worf" To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com It says that

Re: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe

2009-08-08 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, the guy who posted the link there is *very* new to anime (he'd just taken in "Akira" for the first time earlier this year), and only knew it as "G-Force". One of my godchildren, born and raised in England, went to Japan when his parents were posted there, and had his world rocked when he

[RE][scifinoir2] Topic: Doctor Who

2009-08-08 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, To the best of my knowledge, the only American influence on the series was that one Fox movie back when with Paul McGann. Interestingly, for quite some time after that, the Beeb refused to acknowledge the existence of that movie. On the official DW page on the Beeb's site, McGann wasn'

[RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"

2009-08-08 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, I'm hyped for it as well. I've been avoiding any websites that hawk it in anyway, primarily because of my aversion to critics. All but one person I've spoken to regarding it are keen to see it as well. (That one refers to it as an " 'Alien Nation' ripoff".) -[ Received Mail C

Re: [scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9"

2009-08-08 Thread Amy Harlib
ahar...@earthlink.net This is so totally on my must-see list! Cheers! Amy The "District 9" flick has me really intrigued. with its locale of South Africa (so different from usual Hollywood story locatons), it's gritty look, and the fact that it's a Peter Jackson joint, i have high hopes.

Re: [scifinoir2] We're Drawing Closer to a Will Smith/Zoe Saldana 'Harvey'

2009-08-08 Thread Mr. Worf
I think that is where the studio's influences come into play when they are viewing the rushes. Some of the films that I have watched that have that part of their development documented on video often have changes made to the film that delete key parts of the movie that may have taken into a deeper

Re: [scifinoir2] We're Drawing Closer to a Will Smith/Zoe Saldana 'Harvey'

2009-08-08 Thread Keith Johnson
It takes parents to start teaching their kids to appreciate quality. it takes friends to take friends to see something they'd not otherwise see. It takes couples doing something like taking one night a week, or one week a month, where they see something they'd not otherwise see, whether that's w