[scifinoir2] Re: Straight with The Chaser

2009-09-30 Thread Kelwyn
Thanks for the kind words. Yes, the inaugural Milwaukee Film Festival is very much a festival for the populace. An Audience Award will awarded at the end of the festival and audience members get a ballot as they enter each of the screenings. I have thoroughly enjoyed participating in this

[scifinoir2] RE: [milliways-L] PRIMEVAL IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-30 Thread Martin Baxter
At last, wisdom wins. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: tv-tav...@yahoogroups.com; milliway...@yahoogroups.com From: anthony_van_p...@hotmail.com Date: Tue,

RE: [scifinoir2] topic: what if?

2009-09-30 Thread Martin Baxter
For me, I want James Robinson's Starman, with Ryan Reynolds as Jack Knight/Starman. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From:

RE: [scifinoir2] Straight with The Chaser

2009-09-30 Thread Martin Baxter
rave, thanks again for the viewing recommend! If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009

Re: [scifinoir2] RE: [milliways-L] PRIMEVAL IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-30 Thread Augustus Augustus
yes Martin, wisdom wins, but 2011!  damn.  why so long?  i want 2 see how they get everyone from the past.  that should be fun. Fate. --- On Wed, 9/30/09, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] RE: [milliways-L]

[scifinoir2] Re: topic - What If? - Daredevil Remake

2009-09-30 Thread Michelle Lauren
George, I really can’t see Dane Cook in any action film. I wouldn’t be able to take him seriously. However, I respect Christopher Nolan’s work as a director, so he could probably do a good job remaking Daredevil. I guess I’m in the minority, though, because I actually liked the first one.

[scifinoir2] Re: topic - What If? Inspector Gadget Remake

2009-09-30 Thread Michelle Lauren
Mr. Worf, your proposed remake of Inspector Gadget sounds cool. I didn’t see the last movie version, but it would be very cool as a live action movie with the correct use of CGI (i.e. NOT like the Hulk’s action scenes). Who would you cast as Dr. Evil though? Michelle *STARSTRUCK HUNTER* ~

[scifinoir2] Re: topic: What If? - Elektra Remake

2009-09-30 Thread Michelle Lauren
I would love to see ELEKTRA redone with Christopher Nolan directing and David Goyer writing. For the titular role, I'd choose either Kristiana Loken or Uma Thurman. Both actresses play very convincing kick butt heroes. Christopher Nolan could give the movie a darker feel and better plot pacing

[scifinoir2] Re: topic: What If? - Red Sonja

2009-09-30 Thread Michelle Lauren
I guess it’s unfair to say I’d like to see a different version of RED SONJA since the upcoming one hasn’t even premiered. I’m just not convinced Rose McGowan can carry the role. However, the promotional posters for this film looked amazing. And Robert Rodriguez does have some great film cred to

Re: [scifinoir2] topic: what if?

2009-09-30 Thread Keith Johnson
Chris Nolan directing would be great. Haven't seen Dane Cook in anything yet, though I've heard mixed reviews on his acting. All I ask is, if they do your DD thing, that they do four key things to address with really dampened my enjoyment of the first flick: One - bring back DD's radar

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Straight with The Chaser

2009-09-30 Thread Keith Johnson
ha-ha, funny! here in Atlanta we have a lot of different film festivals, focusing on African-Americans, Asians, Jews, Latinoes, animation, etc. I try to attend a lot of them - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,

[scifinoir2] Re: [milliways-L] PRIMEVAL IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-30 Thread B Smith
I imagine they have give the cast time to fulfill any commitments they made in the interim, reassemble the effects team, writers, etc. This is great news. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@... wrote: yes Martin, wisdom wins, but 2011!  damn.  why so long?  i

[scifinoir2] Re: Straight with The Chaser

2009-09-30 Thread B Smith
Ditto. I'll definitely seek this one out. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... wrote: rave, thanks again for the viewing recommend! If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

Re: [scifinoir2] topic: what if?

2009-09-30 Thread Mr. Worf
I was thinking about doing something like this too a couple of weeks ago. There are endless possibilities to the material. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: For me, I want James Robinson's Starman, with Ryan Reynolds as Jack Knight/Starman. If

[scifinoir2] Re: topic: what if?

2009-09-30 Thread B Smith
I thought that Matt Damon would have been a better Matt Murdoch/DD than Affleck. Nolan would definitely be a better fit as director. It's too bad that Sammo Hung has a limited command of English. His role as the crime lord in SPL aka Killzone showed what a cinematic Kingpin could be. Warning

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: topic - What If? Inspector Gadget Remake

2009-09-30 Thread Mr. Worf
I think that I Lawrence Tierney would be the scariest. He passed in 2002 though. James Earl Jones would be my second choice. I would make him look like Dr.No. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:26 AM, Michelle Lauren miche...@michellelaurenbooks.com wrote: Mr. Worf, your proposed remake of Inspector

[scifinoir2] Hawking to step down from Cambridge position

2009-09-30 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090930/hawking_cambridge_090930/20090930?hub=TopStoriesV2 Hawking to step down from Cambridge position By: The Associated Press Date: Wednesday Sep. 30, 2009 LONDON - Physicist Stephen Hawking stepped down Wednesday as Lucasian Professor

Re: [scifinoir2] Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

2009-09-30 Thread Mr. Worf
One of the reoccurring themes in South Korean, and Japanese films is the side effects of having a homogeneous society can often drive people to things that they wouldn't normally do socially out of frustration with society. I loved the subtlety of the movie. She knew exactly what she was doing

[scifinoir2] Re: topic: what if? Catwoman

2009-09-30 Thread Kelwyn
I have stated this before but I want to remake Catwoman. Everybody is fired except Miss Halle Berry and that catsuit. The working title of my film is Catwomen and, in a nutshell, the movie features all of my favorite actresses, athletes, models and celebritants walking around in masks, high

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: topic: what if? Catwoman

2009-09-30 Thread Martin Baxter
The male pig-dog in me is awake and drooling... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009

RE: [scifinoir2] Hawking to step down from Cambridge position

2009-09-30 Thread Martin Baxter
The end of an era. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:54 AM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090930/hawking_cambridge_090930/20090930?hub=TopStoriesV2 Hawking to step down from Cambridge

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: topic - What If? Inspector Gadget Remake

2009-09-30 Thread Martin Baxter
YES to Tierney. I've read numerous anecdotes from actors who co-starred with him in movies or TV shows, and tte consensus was that he scared people left and right. Some tough guys just play the role and are at least civilized in real life. Tierney wasn't. If all the world's a stage and all

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: topic: what if?

2009-09-30 Thread Martin Baxter
I don't need the clips to agree with you, B. But thanks for the memories! If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From:

RE: [scifinoir2] topic: what if?

2009-09-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, by comics canon, DD gained enhanced senses after being whacked with the radioactive waste. I couldn't envision the character without those. And, the piece of DD lore Nolan needs to draw from is Miller's Born Again arc (DD #227-233). The first comics arc that left me breathless. If all

RE: [scifinoir2] RE: [milliways-L] PRIMEVAL IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Fate, 'twould be well worth the wait! If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009

[scifinoir2] Re: Hawking to step down from Cambridge position

2009-09-30 Thread Kelwyn
Hawking to step down from Cambridge position How?

Re: [scifinoir2] Is Cross-Genre SF Killing Science Fiction?

2009-09-30 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Science fiction will be around for as long as fiction exists. While cross-genres can confuse what science fiction is (I actually saw a post that wondered at the differences between paranormal and scifi, and could fiction be both? My reply was yes), it's not going to kill the genre. It just means

RE: [scifinoir2] Is Cross-Genre SF Killing Science Fiction?

2009-09-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Adrianne, we're really among the enlightened in that regard. A lot of other SF fans I posed this question to were confused. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Hawking to step down from Cambridge position

2009-09-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Ladies and gentles, there walks a brave man, to go there with such abandon. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From:

Re: [scifinoir2] topic: what if?

2009-09-30 Thread Mr. Worf
Here are some more movies that I would love to see done correctly. Hulk 1 and 2 Everything would be rewritten and changed. Think Dr. Banner as the Fugitive. Wolverine (different producer and director) bigger fights and more drama. To be honest I had problems with all of the Xmen movies. You must

[scifinoir2] sneak peaks: movies that are in the works

2009-09-30 Thread Mr. Worf
The Green Hornet: http://www.superherohype.com/news/greenhornetnews.php?id=8728 Venom: http://www.superherohype.com/news/spider-mannews.php?id=8723 The Green Latern: http://www.superherohype.com/news/greenlanternnews.php?id=8732 Ronin: http://www.superherohype.com/news/featuresnews.php?id=8682

Re: [scifinoir2] Is Cross-Genre SF Killing Science Fiction?

2009-09-30 Thread Mr. Worf
I think Paranormal is usually in the horror section, but there are things like unexplainable phenomena that does not deal with ghosts that could be in scifi. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: Science fiction will be around for as long as

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: topic - What If? Inspector Gadget Remake

2009-09-30 Thread Mr. Worf
Yea, the real hollywood rebels are pretty much all gone. I think it helped with his acting although we didn't get to see much of his later work. I'm also interested in seeing Christopher Watken and Harvey Kitel in something. Not together but something. Maybe Back to the Future for Watken? On

Re: [scifinoir2] Is Cross-Genre SF Killing Science Fiction?

2009-09-30 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Which weirds me out, frankly. I can see where vampires/ghosts/witches/demons/angels and other supernatural creatures would be in horror, but certainly not paranormal elements such as telepathy, ESP, and any other psychic ability. Paranormal's become a pretty broad, almost nebulous category these

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: topic: what if? Catwoman

2009-09-30 Thread Mr. Worf
Sounds like a good plan to me! :) I think that Halle needs coaching. She could of taken that movie to another level like they did with the new Batman movies, but they seemed to have been thinking of 13yr olds when they wrote it. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] Is Cross-Genre SF Killing Science Fiction?

2009-09-30 Thread Mr. Worf
I feel you on that. There probably needs to have a better labeling system. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: Which weirds me out, frankly. I can see where vampires/ghosts/witches/demons/angels and other supernatural creatures would be in

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: topic: what if? Catwoman

2009-09-30 Thread Mr. Worf
Depends on how you want to take it. You could have that many people in it doing cameos. Tv shows have really big casts like that. I don't think that an American movie has had a cast that big since the Pisedon movie. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] topic: what if?

2009-09-30 Thread Keith Johnson
I believe they kept the radioactive waste in the movie, too. They simply left out the radar sense, and only kept his standard five senses being enhanced. What bothered me more, though, is that, in the way that many comics often adapt to follow movies, the DD comics started down that road for a

[scifinoir2] sneak peaks: movies that are in the works

2009-09-30 Thread Mr. Worf
The Green Hornet: http://www.superherohype.com/news/greenhornetnews.php?id=8728 Venom: http://www.superherohype.com/news/spider-mannews.php?id=8723 The Green Latern: http://www.superherohype.com/news/greenlanternnews.php?id=8732 Ronin: http://www.superherohype.com/news/featuresnews.php?id=8682

Re: [scifinoir2] Is Cross-Genre SF Killing Science Fiction?

2009-09-30 Thread Keith Johnson
Agreed. There's a lot of confusion and it's not always arranged logically. For example, Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series deal with telepathy, with liberal dosages of spirituality thrown in, and are considered fantasy. Yet Julian May's Pliocene Exile and Galactic Milieu series deal with telepathy

[scifinoir2] Re: topic: what if? Catwoman

2009-09-30 Thread Kelwyn
You say that like it's a bad thing. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Just sounds like a porno to me! :) - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:46:02

[scifinoir2] Re: Is Cross-Genre SF Killing Science Fiction?

2009-09-30 Thread Kelwyn
I read the subject line as Is Cross-Dressing killing Science Fiction. Nevahmind. ~rave!

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: topic: what if? Catwoman

2009-09-30 Thread George Arterberry
Someone has been on mediatakeout.com for far too long. --- On Thu, 10/1/09, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: topic: what if? Catwoman To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 12:39 AM   You say that like

[scifinoir2] What If? - Supergirl

2009-09-30 Thread George Arterberry
Definately would have to do a total reboot. The title alone would get a big yawn being that only fanboys, purists and movieheads remember the Helen Slater/Faye Dunaway disaster from 85.   I would have the storyline be totally off planet or the far future ie the 30th century. directed by who

[scifinoir2] Final Crisis Aftermath

2009-09-30 Thread Kelwyn
I stumbled across this because I always break for black people but can somebody explain to me what this is? ~rave? http://uuraeya.notlong.com

[scifinoir2] Icon: A Hero's Welcome

2009-09-30 Thread Kelwyn
http://linaro.notlong.com Written by Dwayne McDuffie; Art by M.D. Bright and Mike Gustovich; Cover by Denys Cowan The flagship character from Milestone Comics is back in this new printing of the classic title collecting ICON #1-8. This is the title that introduced Augustus Freeman, a