[scifinoir2] Best Christmas movie ever - Black Santa's revenge! [1 Attachment]

2009-12-16 Thread Mr. Worf
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Re: [scifinoir2] Is Starfleet a military or scientific organization

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
They only separated the saucer section under dire circumstances. In ninety-nine percent of all battles, the ship was intact, and the wives and children of those officers were in mortal danger. When the Borg attacked Earth, Riker ordered Wesley to fly into the Cube at warp speed. He didn't

Re: [scifinoir2] Best Christmas movie ever - Black Santa's revenge!

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
Have you seen it? Any good? Not your typical Christmas fare, eh? I've developed a love for the movie Bad Santa, starring Billy Bob Thornton. It's profane, disrespectful, irreverent, damn near sacrilegious. Thornton's drunken, whoring, abusive Santa --cursing out little kids, stealing cars,

[scifinoir2] Dangerous Wands: Hermoine’s First Teaching Assignment

2009-12-16 Thread Kelwyn
http://blackgeekdom.com/blog/2009/12/15/dangerous-wands-hermoines-first-teaching-assignment/

[scifinoir2] Re: Daybreakers

2009-12-16 Thread B Smith
I'm there. I liked the directors' last movie, Undead, quite a bit. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... wrote: Caught the trailer for this about a year ago, in one of my groups. I'm more than warm for it. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely

[scifinoir2] Making Avatar

2009-12-16 Thread Kelwyn
How new technology helped create a universe from scratch. http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi091215avatar_wgfx,0,2198744.htmlpage

[scifinoir2] Princess and the Frog revives hand-drawn animation

2009-12-16 Thread Kelwyn
www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-tc-bonus-classic-disney-1208dec16,0,6227313.story chicagotribune.com Disney revives hand-drawn animation with Princess and the Frog Classic cartoon style used in 'Princess' By Roger Moore Tribune Newspapers December 16, 2009 It's been years since

[scifinoir2] Concast introduces a tv streaming service

2009-12-16 Thread Mr. Worf
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/business/media/16comcast.html?_r=1adxnnl=1partner=rssemc=rssadxnnlx=1260993941-AYncoCgxnPGDTZH3Pm5v8Q Comcast Introduces a Streaming TV Service - Sign in to Recommend - Twitter - Sign In to

RE: [scifinoir2] Concast introduces a tv streaming service

2009-12-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Funny I should see this right now, Mr Worf. I need to go to the bathroom... Seriously, if it's twice as good as their digital cable service, then users are still in for a long, bumpy ride. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? --

RE: [scifinoir2] Dan gerous Wands: Hermoi ne’s First Teaching Assignment

2009-12-16 Thread Martin Baxter
By Dumbledore's Beard! That rocked! 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, 16 Dec 2009 16:01:21

RE: [scifinoir2] Best Christmas movie ever - Black Santa's revenge!

2009-12-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Just tell me that the Godfather's Santa Claus, Go Straight To The Ghetto is on the soundtrack... 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:

Re: [scifinoir2] Concast introduces a tv streaming service

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
Was the Con in Concast' a type or Freudian Slip? Intriguing, but I'm looking into other services now. Didn't someone here sing the praises of ATT U-Verse - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Re: [scifinoir2] Concast introduces a tv streaming service

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
Agreed. Their lousy service, equipment, and badly trained CSR's have me leery of anything new they rollout. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 3:30:05 PM GMT -05:00

Re: [scifinoir2] Princess and the Frog revives hand-drawn animation

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
Despite my problems with the love interest angle, I celebrate them for this move. I am and will remain first and foremost a fan of classic hand drawn animation over the CG type. Each has it place--I *love* The Incredibles--but there's a magic to the colors and freedoms available to classic 

RE: [scifinoir2] Chile weightlifter has unexpected baby during training

2009-12-16 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm remembering, LMNAO, and wondering whether it's appropriate for me to do so... 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] Aussie scifi for kids

2009-12-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, I don't think they *want* that realization to be made. The recent debacles in mental acuity (the Birthers, the Palin Movement, et cetera) are evident to me that the Right sees the lack of education as a benefit toward keeping the masses pliable to their unique thoughts processes (or

RE: [scifinoir2] Concast introduces a tv streaming service

2009-12-16 Thread Martin Baxter
LMNAATWO!! 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: Wed, 16

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Reformed Alien in Raisin Bran Commercial

2009-12-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Neither do I. 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: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:47:08 -0800 Subject: Re:

Re: [scifinoir2] Is Starfleet a military or scientific organization

2009-12-16 Thread Mr. Worf
I would say going to battle is dire circumstances. I think that they wrote it out of the script because it changed the look of the ship too much. It also slowed down the pacing of the show. I think that they added families to the mix to add subplots to the show. It did produce a few episodes.

Re: [scifinoir2] Concast introduces a tv streaming service

2009-12-16 Thread Mr. Worf
No that was intentional. :) I have a couple of friends that have ATT Uverse and they love it. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Was the Con in Concast' a type or Freudian Slip? Intriguing, but I'm looking into other services now. Didn't

Re: [scifinoir2] Best Christmas movie ever - Black Santa's revenge!

2009-12-16 Thread Mr. Worf
I haven't seen it yet. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Have you seen it? Any good? Not your typical Christmas fare, eh? I've developed a love for the movie Bad Santa, starring Billy Bob Thornton. It's profane, disrespectful, irreverent, damn

Re: [scifinoir2] Is Starfleet a military or scientific organization

2009-12-16 Thread bruce harden
me I acquaint them with the Spanish explorers , You have a mix of everything missionaries, soldiers, camp followers etc, if you had to fight you fought if there was gold you sent the missionaries to peacefully convert and get it .If not then come the soldiers...On the sgu finale I especially

Re: [scifinoir2] Aussie scifi for kids

2009-12-16 Thread Mr. Worf
It reminds me of the 1930s where there was a bit of a movement toward unions and socialism. People were also thinking that common sense outweighed education. In some cases that ringed true but there has to be a balance between the two. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Martin Baxter

[scifinoir2] McDonald's Raises the Stakes, Again (free wireless)

2009-12-16 Thread Mr. Worf
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RE: [scifinoir2] McDonald's Raises the Stakes, Again (free wireless)

2009-12-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Strange, this. There's one particular Mickey D's in Atlanta, on Peachtree across from a Barnes and Noble (Keith, you know of where I speak), where they've offered free Wi-Fi since last Christmas. Whenever I rode in with mys siter to run errands via MARTA, she'd put me off there, where I'd eat

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's Raises the Stakes, Again (free wireless)

2009-12-16 Thread Mr. Worf
I think that it depended on the owner. It was free everywhere here then in 2006/07 they started charging folks here. That prompted some of the indie coffee shops and restaurants to offer it for free. They still haven't tackled the problem of bandwidth. We have it here on buses, ferries and trains

[scifinoir2] Re: More most annoying cliches in scifi

2009-12-16 Thread Mr. Worf
Here is another cliche: Person is a government or police employee calls home and says Honey, get the kids! Get out of the house. Go to your mother's now! The standard reply is Huh what? Why? (long pause) By the time they persuade their loved one it is usually too late. The variation to this one

Re: [scifinoir2] Dangerous Wands: Hermoine’s First Teaching Assignment

2009-12-16 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Holy crap, that was a bit awesome. XD ~ 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 erotic fantasy series:

Re: [scifinoir2] SyFy's Annihilation Earth More and Less than Expected

2009-12-16 Thread Rogue
I have to agree with you on the last part, I had tears as well when I watch Up as well. It was the most beautiful opening. --Lavender If all truths were knowable, then all truths are in fact known. From: Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 8:31 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com

Re: [scifinoir2] Is Starfleet a military or scientific organization

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
Yeah, but only a very, very few circumstances I can think of: the series opener, to get the ship away from the object sent by Q...the show when they were dealing with a computerized arms dealing hologram, when Geordi wanted to protect the saucer from a weapon...the attack on the Borg to

Re: [scifinoir2] Concast introduces a tv streaming service

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
I have to make a decision in the next few weeks. Gonna do that last fight with Comcast over that free cable box, but look into DirectTV, ATT Uverse, and (gasp!) even the option of staying with them. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To:

Re: [scifinoir2] Best Christmas movie ever - Black Santa's revenge!

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
How about Bad Santa? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:30:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Best Christmas movie ever - Black Santa's revenge!   I

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's Raises the Stakes, Again (free wireless)

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
You know, the one thing I like about all the coffee houses, bookstores, and restaurants offering free wifi is that it makes it possible for some people to go without paying for Internet access. You know I hate how the telecoms and politicians destroyed cities' plans to offer free wifi for its

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's Raises the Stakes, Again (free wireless)

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
I thought the same. I can think of several Mickey D's who've offered free wifi here in the ATL for at least two years. Indeed, I thought all of the restaurants were offering it already. Since I almost never eat there--maybe three times in teh last three years--I guess I was wrong. -

Re: [scifinoir2] SyFy's Annihilation Earth More and Less than Expected

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
Yeah, it was beautiful. The writer of that scene wanted to recapture the silent home movies many families used to make back in the 50's and 60s. I'd say he did a good job. I wrote a brief review of it back when it premiered. I seem to remember I ended with somethign like, Who knew the sight

Re: [scifinoir2] Ali Larter To Star in UFO Reboot Movie

2009-12-16 Thread Rogue
I can not say that I remember shows like that. However when the sci-fi network was about to air I was so excited. I remember the very first show that aired was Star Wars. I was thinking after that shows like Lost in Space, Godzilla and such would air. I think honestly the station has lost its

Re: [scifinoir2] SyFy's Annihilation Earth More and Less than Expected

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
Up was a great movie, but I did feel the second half skewed just a bit too young for my taste. Still fun and even exciting--gotta dig the old guys fighting--but not as heady as the first half. Still, i get the reasons why, their need to please adults and children. The Incredibles, for

Re: [scifinoir2] Ali Larter To Star in UFO Reboot Movie

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
Yep, and I've said many times, I'm not sure where all the classic scifi shows and movies have gone. some, such as Forbidden Planet and Planet of the Apes, end up on TCM and AMC. Many of the classics, like the Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing vampire flicks, are held for Halloween and other

Re: [scifinoir2] Ghostbusters 3

2009-12-16 Thread Rogue
I think they should and it has been a long time. Just I pray and hope that JJ does not get to remake the movie. I can only imagine the damage or the twisted version he would make. You know he never watched this movie either. --Lavender If all truths were knowable, then all truths are in fact

Re: [scifinoir2] Is Starfleet a military or scientific organization

2009-12-16 Thread Rogue
To add humor to this and the Borg. Perhaps they could go the the saucer section. They will ignore it just as they should... --Lavender If all truths were knowable, then all truths are in fact known. From: Keith Johnson Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:52 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com

Re: [scifinoir2] Is Starfleet a military or scientific organization

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Johnson
Yeah, that was the brilliantly unconventional plan Riker put into place. But even then, that depended on Picard's tactical analysis of the saucer section as not being a threat. Most aliens in that situation would have simply blasted everything in the area. It's not as if the Borg lacked for

[scifinoir2] Re: Dangerous Wands: Hermoine’s First Teaching Assignment

2009-12-16 Thread Kelwyn
My father is in Azkaban! My brother is in Azkaban! What makes you think EYE have a choice? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@... wrote: Holy crap, that was a bit awesome. XD ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the

[scifinoir2] The SUPER HOT Iron Man 2 Trailer

2009-12-16 Thread Mike Street
Here is the link to the trailer http://bit.ly/5tE05F This trailer is really awesome. This movie is gonna break the box office wide open in May. And we have a Black super hero in War Machine. Hopefully they will let Don have his own film. -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook

[scifinoir2] Scientists crack entire genetic code of cancer

2009-12-16 Thread Mr. Worf
*Scientists have unlocked the entire genetic code of skin and lung cancerhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8414124.stm. From the article: 'Not only will the cancer maps pave the way for blood tests to spot tumors far earlier, they will also yield new drug targets, say the Wellcome Trust team. The

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Dangerous Wands: Hermoine’s F irst Teaching Assignment

2009-12-16 Thread Adrianne Brennan
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Re: [scifinoir2] Ghostbusters 3

2009-12-16 Thread Adrianne Brennan
I think it's such a shame that they waited THIS long. The actors aren't getting any younger. Have people seen how Harold Ramis and Bill Murray look these days? Past twenty-somewhat years haven't been too kind to them. They should've done it back in the 90s, the sooner the better to make people

Re: [scifinoir2] The SUPER HOT Iron Man 2 Trailer

2009-12-16 Thread bruce harden
ijst looked in awe as i drooled for 5 mins On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: Here is the link to the trailer http://bit.ly/5tE05F This trailer is really awesome. This movie is gonna break the box office wide open in May. And we have a Black super