[scifinoir2] NASA's Alien Anomalies caught on film - A compilation of stunning UFO footage from NASA's archives

2009-10-31 Thread Mr. Worf
What do you think? I just hope that they aren't here to eat us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlLN_Jcg1pc

[scifinoir2] UK Drug Czar Sacked over Comments

2009-10-31 Thread Keith Johnson
Ha-ha! I guess Mr. Nutt learned the hard lesson that they don't always want you to be honest in office! I'm reminded of C. Everett Koop, who outraged the right by at least speaking openly about AIDS, and suggesting that sex education be beefed up--in elementary school! And who, by comparing the

Re: [scifinoir2] UK Drug Czar Sacked over Comments

2009-10-31 Thread Mr. Worf
The way we and several other countries look at drugs completely wrong. The supposed hard line on drugs has only made drug kingpins richer over the years. Some are worth est. several billion! There are huge factories in Mexico making crystal meth, and huge pot and cocaine farms all built from Americ

RE: [scifinoir2] NASA's Alien Anomalies caught on film - A compilation of stunning UFO footage from NASA's archives

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, most alien visitations fall under two basic categories. 1) The "National Geographic" experience -- in which the Greys come to Earth with the intention of studying the flora and fauna, the "probing" being tagging of the fauna. 2) The "drunken frat-boys from outer space" experience -- i

RE: [scifinoir2] Syfy Buys Remake of Being Human

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
To paraphrase Lucienne Hill and Jean Anouihl, "Who will rid me of these bothersome Siffy execs?" "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.c

RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, it keeps my Mistie chops exercised. As for all-day "Ghost Hunters"? Puh-LEEZE! I was on TCM, taking in some of the good classic stuff there. such as "Diary of a Madman" with Vincent Price. Disappointed that they didn't recirculate Price's "Twice-Told Tales" or "Tales of Terror"

RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, Keith once suggested taking all of the money being pumped into these craptastical Siffy movies and using it to revive "The Outer Limits", focusing on better stories and shorter airtimes. Makes sense to me, now as then. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who

RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
I missed "Sharks In Venice"? "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: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:01:11 +

RE: [scifinoir2] Syfy Buys Remake of Being Human

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
(standing ovation) "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: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:51:26 + Subjec

RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, I say again that those movies, gawd-awful though they may be, allows me to flex my brain through the task of badgering them. Keeps a body young. "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.youtub

RE: [scifinoir2] Syfy Buys Remake of Being Human

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
"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: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:28:34 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2

RE: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, cheaper *is* better. For his wallet, that is. "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: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri

RE: [scifinoir2] Syfy Buys Remake of Being Human

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
Now, we need only forward that to Siffy a few billion times. Oh, that spam programs were still legal... "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@yahoog

RE: [scifinoir2] SyFy - New name, same problems

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, someone pointed out that Siffy's new-style name was actaully a Swedish word of a social disease. Maybe there's some brain-rot setting in... "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/wa

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Ninja Assassin

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
Michelle, it's either the 21st or the 25th. And *find* Ong-Bak for viewing. It's a ride you'll thank yourself for taking. Makes Jackie Chan's early flicks look staged. You'll flinch from every blow. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the dir

RE: [scifinoir2] Judge accepts jerk chicken meal over original sentence

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baxter
"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: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:13:27 -0700 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2]

[scifinoir2] Question: The importance of historical context?

2009-10-31 Thread Mr. Worf
IFC is running a Planet of the Apes marathon this weekend. What I didn't know was that there were several short documentaries about the screenwriters of the movie, and how the movie was made. Two of the writers of the screenplay were blacklisted during the McCarthy hearings. That and the civil rig

Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy Buys Remake of Being Human

2009-10-31 Thread Keith Johnson
ha-ha! - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: "SciFiNoir2" Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:44:31 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Syfy Buys Remake of Being Human To paraphrase Lucienne Hill and Jean Anouihl, "Who will rid me of these bothe

Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?

2009-10-31 Thread Keith Johnson
Yeah, but they did show "Dr. Phibes", a classic of a howler horror movie! I've been watching "Cat People" and "Curse of the Cat People", which I'd never seen before. Oh--and been jumping back to TVOne to laugh at "Blacula" and "Scream, Blacula Scream" Think I'll check out Spencer Tracy in "Dr.

Re: [scifinoir2] Take the SyFy Movie Test--how many have you seen?

2009-10-31 Thread Keith Johnson
Ha-ha-ha! Is it at least worth a so-bad-it's-funny look? There was one I saw a year ago, about killer fish in the Louisiana bayou. That was so campy I enjoyed laughing at it. Can't remember the name. - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: "SciFiNoir2" Sent: Saturday, Octobe

Re: [scifinoir2] Question: The importance of historical context?

2009-10-31 Thread Amy Harlib
ahar...@earthlink.net Absolutely! Amy (Big fan of the Planet of the Apes films) IFC is running a Planet of the Apes marathon this weekend. What I didn't know was that there were several short documentaries about the screenwriters of the movie, and how the movie was made. Two of the write

[scifinoir2] article: Mob Scene At Second Microsoft Store Opening

2009-10-31 Thread Mr. Worf
I'm sorry, I suspect that this was staged. Or people are gullible or desperate. http://www.crn.com/software/221400162;jsessionid=RSJSGNO1LLTPVQE1GHOSKH4ATMY32JVN By Kevin McLaughlin , ChannelWeb 7:40 PM EDT Fri. Oct. 30, 2009 More than a thousand people crammed into a southern California mall Thu

Re: [scifinoir2] article: Mob Scene At Second Microsoft Store Opening

2009-10-31 Thread Keith Johnson
Well, note what the article says was likely the major reason for the crowd and its excitement: " However, the teenagers' excitement stemmed from the fact that Microsoft was giving away free tickets to a concert later that day by Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber. " There is nothing about Mic

[scifinoir2] Re: Syfy Buys Remake of Being Human

2009-10-31 Thread marian_changling
Has no one mentioned the remake of "The Prisoner" also? Why, oh why? http://www.amctv.com/originals/the-prisoner/ --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote: > > yeah, I should have pointed that out, but that goes back to my question of > "Why"? What does it mean to take a smart cr

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Syfy Buys Remake of Being Human

2009-10-31 Thread Omari Confer
The Prisoner deserves its own listserve... c w m - marian_changling wrote: Has no one mentioned the remake of "The Prisoner" also? Why, oh why? http://www.amctv.com/originals/the-prisoner/ --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote: > > yeah, I

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Syfy Buys Remake of Being Human

2009-10-31 Thread Mr. Worf
I think the Prisoner was a good show too but I think that they could do some really cool stuff with newer technology. The problem is that Hollywood is chewing up every tv show, movie, kids's show, and kid's movie that they can get their hands on. (The Grinch, Cat in the hat, Flinstones etc.) Sooner