Nest week features more BSG people and all the action takes place on a plane.
I like the feel of it and the cast, but I’m not getting drawn ..yet. But I
will return. It has potentional
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Mr. Worf
Sent:
The latest late night wars have proven to be more riveting (and fun) than
any trade dispute between the Galactic Republic and Trade Federation. We
thought we'd help NBC out by offering eleven suitable replacements for
either Jay or Conan.
Space Ghost- Experience matters. And no science fiction
- http://io9.com/5450198/arriving-pre+spoiled-why-prequels-suck?skyline=true
http://io9.com/5450198/arriving-pre+spoiled-why-prequels-suck?skyline=true;
s=x s=x
FYI - Caprica was originally pitched as a story having nothing to do with
Battlestar by someone who occasionally . After BSG's
It is also noteworthy that George Washington included a provision in his will
to free his slaves upon the death of his wife. At the time of his death, there
were 317 slaves at Mount Vernon – 123 owned by Washington, 154 dower slaves,
and 40 rented from a neighbor. Washington had completed and
Just fell across it. It's the original, with Roy Thinnes. IMO, worth a bit of
time for the catch.
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
Yes, it was. Had to get out of my chair and look to be certain.
And it wasn't bad at all. I really like the potential thrill-addict slant of
Valley's Chance.
If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant
To quote Jay Sherman, the Critic: It Stinks!
First of all, I felt like I was re-watching the premiere episode of
SuperTrain, and nobody should have to do that twice. Secondly, it wastes the
talents of two very good actors in Chi McBride and Jackie Earle Haley. In this
regard, Human Target
Oh, I see, I am in the wrong thread (silly me, who would think of putting their
Human Target comments in the Is anyone watching Human Target thread?).
To quote Jay Sherman, the Critic: It Stinks!
First of all, I felt like I was re-watching the premiere episode of
SuperTrain, and nobody should
Ohhh Rave... we were (I was) able to find your commentary on the proper thread.
I'm glad you were able to find mine in the improper thread ;)
Aubrey Leatherwood
www.aubreyleatherwood.com
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Dime
Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart?
Imperfection
A
Well, this is odd. SyFy is running an all day marathon of the classic TV series
The Invaders. This was the original aliens walk among us plotting to take
over the world show, the forerunner for aspects of everything from The
X-Files (on which the lead had a part, I believe), to Third Wave. This
It was enjoyable and I loved the Danny Glover cameo at the end.
Haley as Guererro is a scene stealer. I loved the way he talked the two goons
out of giving him a beating. And you knew he meant exactly what he was saying.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey Leatherwood
I love, love, LOVED this show when it was on (but then I was a sucker for the
whole Quinn Martin ouevre: Twelve O'Clock High, The Fugitive). Watching it
now is kind of like watching old Wild, Wild West episodes (fake-looking sets,
bad wigs, extremely fake-looking fight scenes and strident,
Seriously, when he called them by their names I was like come on wit it! :)
Aubrey Leatherwood
www.aubreyleatherwood.com
FaceBook * MySpace
Dime
Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart?
Imperfection
A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
The
As I said, I LOVED the feral little monkey-boy! Would that the series was about
him. Alas, it is not.
~(no)rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@...
wrote:
Seriously, when he called them by their names I was like come on wit it! :)
Aubrey
You gotta love the portentous opening narration:
[opening narration]
Narrator (William Woodson): The Invaders: alien beings from a dying planet.
Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it *their* world. David
Vincent has seen them. For him, it began one lost night on a lonely
That was cool.
I was impressed by the folks that are doing the Half Life mini movies. Escape
From City 17 was great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1UPMEmCqZo
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
Wanda Sykes mentioned this on her show. They gave the
ahar...@earthlink.net
Subject: [scifinoir2] RE: George Washington became a abolitionist (in closet)
I second these emotions!
Peace,
Amy
Thanks for doing the research. Good stuff
Tracey de Morsella, Managing Producer
The Green Economy Post
It's interesting that UFOlogy was in its infancy at that point, but the
writers had obviously done their research, particularly with the Men In Black.
MarkEllisInk.com
Site of best-selling author Mark (James Axler) Ellis
--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote:
I used to love that show.
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 6:53 AM
To: SciFiNoir2
Subject: [scifinoir2] The Invaders marathon on Siffy today
Just fell across it. It's the original, with Roy
McG produces Chuck Rave. I thought it was a little weak, but has potential.
I'm going to give it a chance
-Original Message-
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Kelwyn
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 7:20 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
I loved all those old shows. Scifi has shown them from time to time. Perhaps
they do not do well with ratings. Because as Rave says, they do not hold up
well
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Keith Johnson
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010
McG also produces Supernatural which has quietly grown into one of the best
genre shows on tv. He also produced Fastlane which I enjoyed.
He comes off as a bit of a tool but his stuff is usually enjoyable. I'll even
admit to liking Terminator: Salvation. I just wish he had went with the
I did not know about Supernatural. I liked Salvation, too. It was not
great, but enjoyable on DVD. But the ending made me turn off to the whole
movie. I read about the alternate ending. I think I would have preferred
it to the real ending
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From:
For me, Tracey, they're holding up better than Siffy's usual fare.
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:
And the guy on the left looked as though he was wetting himself.
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, I still do. The isolation and loneliness that Vincent had to be living
with as he went, never fully knowing who he could trust. One ep this morn
starred Suzanne Pleshette as a woman whom Vincent fell for (though he never
betrayed the emotion, beyond his eyes), who was a quisling for
This is a good thing.
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: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:40:16 -0800
As I recall, a dozen or so years ago Sy-Fy nee' Sci-Fi filled most of its daily
programming with not just The Invaders but Lost In Space, Land of the Giants,
Voyage to the Bottom of The Sea, Time Tunnel, Star Trek, Buck Rogers,
Battlestar Galactica, Galactica 1980, Kolchak: The Night Stalker,
Martin is happy...
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: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:16:22 -0800
Subject:
Ah... The Good Old Days.
Again, are we forwarding these t the appropriate parties, in the faint hopes
that change might be effected?
If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant
Actually, watching the show again, i find it to be fairly sophisticated and
well done, as I said earlier. This was scifi done the way it was in the old
days: where many of the showrunners/writers/actors had decidedly non scifi
backgrounds, and simply brought the standards of action and drama
You see, those programs and the old SciFi went against everything the network
exec's college courses taught them, so...
Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet
From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie
From: Mark Ellis
This answers all questions explains why I forward jokes.
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery,
when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.
He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for
years. He wondered where the
It's akin to the great dramatic opening of The Fugitive:
Dr. Richard Kimbell an innocent victim of blind justice (cue a shot of the
Blind Justice statue). In route to the death house when an accident of fate
freed him. Freed him to search for his killer (picture of the One-Armed Man),
freed
I actually think they hold pretty well, all things considered.
- Original Message -
From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 1:19:55 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: The
Sorry Martin, we must have been typing an announcement of this at the same
time. Didn't see your earlier post.
- Original Message -
From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com
To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 3:08:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
The guy that shot the movie is from Uruguay. Very realistic special effects.
I'm curious about how he made some of the buildings look like they exploded.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Martin Baxter
truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote:
Martin is happy...
If all the world's a stage and all
The thing about revolutions is that although you may kill the original
leader, sooner or later there will be a new leader to take his place. The
first leader will be revered and possibly make the resistance even more
focused.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:55 AM, B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote:
That's why I thought the alternate ending could have worked because it throws
the mythology on it's head and addresses the points you bring up.
Fanboys probably would have exploded in rage at the thought.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
The thing about
If it were made in Japan or France then it would have been ok with me. Most
Americans aren't used to watching dark endings though.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:20 PM, B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote:
That's why I thought the alternate ending could have worked because it
throws the mythology on
On the same show as Susan Oliver is an actor playing a police detective. I
recognized him as having played Commodore Wesley on Star Trek. He was the one
who led the Starfleet task force that was testing the Richard Daystrom's M5
computer when it was running the Enterprise. Man I'm loving seeing
Very true. I'm not sure how they can rationalize it. Or why they are doing
it. You would think that if they are paying less that they can afford to
hire up and coming actors, but no they pocket it.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
yeah, those were
I'm tired of these muthaF'n snake movies on my muthaF'n syfy channel!!!
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:
Keith, I admit to geeking out at the ep with Michael Rennie.
Martin (did say Klaatu barada nikto several times)
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:
Keith,
as for which came first, the ep or the joke..i am going 2 go with the
ep..as 4 watching the zone as a kid...it scared the bejezus out of me
sometimes! and you are totally correct about the end of times ep's in the
series. one f my most memorable ep's was the one about the
yes, but if memory serves well, she did not release them.
--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Wright Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Wright Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: George Washington became a abolitionist (in closet)
To: tdemorse...@multiculturaladvantage.com,
Funny!
- Original Message -
From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com
To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 7:10:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: The Invaders on SyFY
Keith, I admit to geeking out at the
My heart is greatly warmed now...
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
CC: blackscifihorrorfantasyc...@yahoogroups.com
From:
Thank you!
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: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:21:17 +
Subject: Re:
You're talking about It's a Good Life, starring Billy Will Robinson Mumy
from Lost in Space, as the evil and omnipotent Anthony. That's a great one,
one of the top ten easily. It's always shown during a Zone marathon, so
shouldn't be hard to catch next time.
By the way, the most recent
Martha Stewart would say that it's a good thing.
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: Mon, 18
'Tis okay! Great minds...
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: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:33:38 +
More true wisdom from the Windy City.
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: astromancer2...@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010
I'm with you there, Keith.
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: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:47:46 +
This show is ripe for a parody. Did anyone trip on how the earth looks in
the beginning? Baja and Mexico looks about twice the size of the US. I have
watched two episodes so far. If you're an alien species with advanced
technology why would you need to get a guy drunk and make it look like he
was
On what channel? I have one on Comcast, WSBR (or something like that), that
shows older stuff. One morning I turned on the tube at 2 am, to see Daniel
Boone!
- Original Message -
From: Mark Ellis jaxl...@yahoo.com
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 9:02:20
They have a western channel that replays all of the old western tv shows and
movies. My father watches it continuously. Its called the Encore Western
Channel on comscum digital.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
On what channel? I have one on
Encore Western Channel, part of the Starz package. They also show Maverick,
Cimmaron Strip, The Virginian, Bret Maverick and The Gene Autry Show.
MarkEllisInk.com
Site of best-selling author Mark (James Axler) Ellis
--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote:
From:
Oh yeah, i have that one too. My late father was a huge Western fan. I still
get a little sad sometimes when watching a shoot-em-up. Back home in Fort
Worth in the 70s and 80s, one of the local TV stations showed a block of
Westerns all Saturday: Rawhide, Have Gun Will Travel, Bonanza, The
I just took a look at IMDB and there was a show that was an update of this
series made into a movie with Scott Bakula. Did anyone see it? It came out
in the mid-1990s.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
Oh yeah, i have that one too. My late father
Was it basically the same as the original or some slightly different twists
to it?
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Mark Ellis jaxl...@yahoo.com wrote:
I saw it.
Sucketh mightily. Roy Thinnes had a walk-on.
The whole thing was completely forgettable on a par with the recent
reimagining
All in all, a pleasant way to spend a Monday afternoon.
~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
And back on those guest stars, what a group! So far I've seen the following:
Suzanne Pleshette...Michael Rennie (The Day The Earth Stood Still, The
Have Gun Will Travel? Did someone say Have Gun Will Travel? I LOVE
Richard Boone's Paladin! Where is my DVR remote control?
~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mark Ellis jaxl...@... wrote:
Just about every evening, my TV watching ritual starts with Cheyenne, segues
into The
I liked Reaper a lot but I think Chuck was the stronger show. I think the
subject matter may have been a bit touchy for middle America despite the light
touch. Supernatural has the same problem.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote:
Am I the only one on this list who
I wouldn't compare Reaper to Chuck. They have two completely different
vibes. I think Reaper never totally found their balance. There were some
really funny episodes while others were much more serious and dark.
Chuck on the other hand tends to keep everything light but not as funny.
Just mildly
I only compare them because they both Chuck and Sam worked in big box stores.
~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
I wouldn't compare Reaper to Chuck. They have two completely different
vibes. I think Reaper never totally found their balance. There were
Man, this is wild. When seeing It's Complicated the other day (for the wife,
you know), i was treated to a trailer for a new film treatment of the Robin
Hood mythos. I sat up in my seat in anticipation--I love Robin Hood, King
Arthur, and all that stuff--and was a bit surprised to see the Robin
http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_shelf_life/2010/01/human-target-101-christopher-chance-in-the-comics.html
Human Target 101: Christopher Chance in the comics
By Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
Fox is promoting its new show Human Target (debuting Jan. 17) pretty
This sounds better than what I watched Sunday:
The Human Target debuted in the back of Action Comics #419, way back in 1972.
Written by Len Wein (Swamp Thing) and illustrated by Carmine Infantino and Dick
Giordano, Target starred Christopher Chance, a square-jawed hero and bon
vivant. Chance
One man's junk is another man's treasure. I love Kevin Costner's Robin Hood:
Prince of Thieves with Morgan Freeman as Azeem, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as
Maid Marian, Christian Slater as Will Scarlet and Alan Rickman as the Sheriff
of Nottingham. Frankly, I am not a fan of the Robin Hood
I prefer them to syfy regular reality TV. In fact, it seems to me that
they should be showing exactly that in the middle of the day and late night.
But they don't. We love to vilify them for their decisions, but most of
them are for short time profits. I think short -term ( quarterly) profits
I enjoyed the last marathon I saw a few years ago, but I enjoyed it more for
the nostalgia. I'm not sure if I would watch it all the time like same the
twilight zone. Same thing with time tunnel. I watch it every once in a
while , (they had it in Mexico, but I do not think I would go for it on
See, I have some genetic , incurable crap too. I think I would want that
out to. However, I believe it is likely a slippery slope
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:23 PM
To: SciFiNoir2
Subject:
Oh man! I should not be surprised
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Augustus Augustus
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 4:21 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: George Washington became a abolitionist (in
closet)
I remember that. As someone who worked from home, I watched all that stuff.
They also showed some cancelled scifi shows from the 80's and early 90's. I
also remember something called pilot playhouse, which was basically failed
scifi pilots. It was great
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
That sounds interesting. I wouldn't mind seeing that too.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Tracey de Morsella
tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com wrote:
I remember that. As someone who worked from home, I watched all that
stuff. They also showed some cancelled scifi shows from the 80’s
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