BSG is the top timeshifted program of 2009
Nielsen, those TV ratings people, just came out with their Top 10 lists of
2009, and surprise, surprise ... while sci-fi shows couldn't crack the Top
10 TV Programs, Battlestar Galactica is the number-one timeshifted
prime-time TV program of the year,
Fresh off his British Independent Film Award wins for Best Film and Best
Debut Director this week for his low-budget mini-masterpiece Moon, Duncan
Jones (formerly known as Zowie Bowie, son of rocker David Bowie) is gearing
up to tackle the SF thriller Source Code. According to a Tweet from
http://scifiwire.com/2009/12/avatars-spectacular-and-c.php
Avatar, James Cameron's much-hyped sci-fi epic, is many things: a
mind-blowing technical achievement, a lyrically beautiful paean to nature
(albeit alien), a rousing adventure story and an overly familiar,
cliche-ridden hero's journey,
Moon was a moody little gem. Hope the son of bowie keeps it up!
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Tracey de Morsella
tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com wrote:
Fresh off his British Independent Film Award wins for Best Film and Best
Debut Director this week for his low-budget
Avatar, James Cameron's 3-D sci-fi epic, is envisioned as the start of a
franchise, and Cameron confirmed Friday that he has mapped out sequels for
the movie, which is one of the film's he'd direct next-that, or his
long-envisioned film version of the anime Battle Angel Alita. Cameron,
meanwhile,
http://www.ktvu.com/news/21927813/detail.html
--
http://news.yahoo.com/video/tech-15749651/scientists-create-first-bionic-finger-17076678
Pretty cool stuff.
Reviews I've read were generally positive
I'm there
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of George Arterberry
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 4:41 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] Who else is looking forward to Avatar?
Reviews I've read were generally positive
ahar...@earthlink.net
Me too!
Amy
- Original Message -
From: Tracey de Morsella
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:10 AM
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Who else is looking forward to Avatar?
I'm there
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Just peas and potatoes for the McAlooTiki? WANT
Fast food and vegan don't normally go hand in hand
~ Where love and magic meet ~
http://www.adriannebrennan.com
Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon
Dare to take The Oath in this
Forget the pattern, shapeshifters and alternate universes. No show kills off
its characters in more gruesome, horrifying or fun ways than Fox's Fringe.
Those demented writers do gory death so wrong, it's absolutely perfect. And
if you don't like it ... well, then don't watch.
Adrianne, whoever said that Mickey D's was bad didn't travel.
And great to see your voice, BTB!
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:
I think the regional food takes a lot of creativity. They didn't mention the
cucumber soda that is sold as well.
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Adrianne Brennan
adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote:
Just peas and potatoes for the McAlooTiki? WANT
Fast food and vegan don't normally go hand in
http://www.gazette.com/articles/gifts-89603-every-fan.html
You can brighten the holidays for the comics fan in your life with gifts for
the bookshelf and the toy box. Here are some suggestions:
Marvel: The Expanding Universe Wall Chart is a unique coffee-table book
without a spine. Open it
If time will permit.
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: ahar...@earthlink.net
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:16:07 -0500
Subject:
Sound slike this kid did the same kind of hack that my niece did on her cell
when my sister put her on her account. My sister's bill, normally $68 a month,
ballooned to almost $700 in one month. (My niece loves to download and text.
LVS to download and text.)
If all the world's a
I'll just ignore the remake and get happy over Battle Angel Alita.
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; ggs...@yahoo.com;
No complaints from me. And I'm so glad that the kid changed his name...
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:
Tracey, it was on one of the Showtimes last week, and I had to run out the door
on a late errand, ended up missing more than half of it, so I'm just waiting
for the next showing. Supposed to be tomorrow morning.
If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell
If memory serves, Keith, that trial was because she'd dared to use technology
in a post-WWIII world where it had been outlawed. And I'm missing anthology
series as well.
If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant
Mr Worf, I've been a conspiracy theorist since I turned 15. I doubt everything
I first hear, when it comes to such things.
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:
atimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-corwin30-2009nov30,0,7760875.story
latimes.com
Opinion
The sixth extinction
Somewhere on Earth, every 20 minutes, one animal species dies out. At this
rate, we will lose 50% of all species by the end of the century. Time is
running out to turn the tide.
By Jeff
ahar...@earthlink.net
Thanks for this, passing it on.
Enroute to the sixth extinction
atimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-corwin30-2009nov30,0,7760875.story
latimes.com
Opinion
The sixth extinction
Somewhere on Earth, every 20 minutes, one animal species dies out. At this
rate, we will
And the horrifying part is that so few people in power seem willing to admit
that the crisis even exists. I was watching something on Animal Planet
yesterday, and they were discussing the ivory trade, and how an international
treaty meant to protect elephant slaughter by banning the sale of
Right now, Keith is showing this e-mail to his wife...
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: Sat, 12
If you watch youtube on your phone that could start to add up really fast.
The amount that they are talking about is about 2 movies worth of
downloading.
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Martin Baxter
truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote:
Sound slike this kid did the same kind of hack that my
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406228/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406228/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406228/posts Obama as a
child and, in a startling precognition, already wearing his yet to be
awarded Nobel Peace Prize!
~rave!
David Bowie's real name is David Jones. He changed his names after the
Monkees became famous. I think it helped his career a bit. They will
probably be trotting out his christmas duet with Bing Crosby soon.
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Martin Baxter
truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote:
No
I did not know this (and this is the kind of ephemera I traffic in).
~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
David Bowie's real name is David Jones. He changed his names after the
Monkees became famous. I think it helped his career a bit. They will
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/20/howo-make-a-300-high.html
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/20/howo-make-a-300-high.html
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/20/howo-make-a-300-high.html It's
funny. Just today I was telling my daughter how I had a tooth for the
new Kindle DX but how I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByyJYiqo_eQfeature=player_embedded#
okay, thanks for the explanation.
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From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com
To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 4:12:12 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Outer Limits Marathon on SyFy
Can we count the Christmas classic Its a wonderful life as a scifi movie?
It has the following:
1. A ghost or angel
2. attempted suicide and redemption
3. Near death experience
3. Alternate universe / time line
4. police chase
I could go on, but what do you think?
all those things fall under the mystical or supernatural, so I wouldn't call it
scifi in standard definition of the term. It depends on a belief in a Christian
god, which isn't universal, and as such, can't be proved. One could write a
story dealing with advanced beings with all the
In Zimbabwe the government has been in a serious war against poachers that
have been trying to hunt down every gorilla that they can find. I think the
real problem is that we have many people that have gotten caught between the
old way of doing things and the capitalistic system. You can have a
Considering that it was 1946 I don't think that they would have taken any
other route. Stuff like that didn't appear until Creepshow and the Twilight
zone. The early censors would have shut them down.
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Keith Johnson
keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
all those
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