Re: [scifinoir2] Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Now

2010-03-18 Thread Augustus Augustus
Rave, great write-up on 'Wedding'  Number One and I saw it last weekend with a theatre full of people.  Black.  White.  Latino.  Everyone was laughing out loud!  the cafe scene with him,  his dad, his uncle (Charlie Murphy steals his scene's) and Diggs (he was GREAT in that scene also) was

Re: [scifinoir2] Clock winds down for '24'

2010-03-18 Thread Augustus Augustus
Martin, Nick of Time was pretty good, but in '24', it takes place in a one day time span. Even with the clock on the screen, it could not be done in 2 hours. It would be like watching one of those time lapse scene's in movies where you see the sun rise and set in about 7 seconds. What makes '24'

Re: [scifinoir2] Clock winds down for '24'

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Baxter
Fate, You don't think they could get in those subplots in a movie? On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.comwrote: Martin, Nick of Time was pretty good, but in '24', it takes place in a one day time span. Even with the clock on the screen, it could not be

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Human Target writers completely miss mark

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Baxter
No problem, Keith! I'm glad that someone is enjoying it thoroughly. And I knew that he was a West Pointer, but not what he took a degree in. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Still loving the show (sorry Martin!) Silly, goofy fun. The title is

Re: [scifinoir2] Stanley Kubrick's Boxes

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Baxter
No doubt, the man was, in many ways, ahead of those ahead of the curve when it came to filmmaking. Perhaps the greatest tribute to him is that, after he died while shooting A.I. and Spielberg took over, he knew instinctively that he had to veer away from the plans that Kubrick had for the movie,

Re: [scifinoir2] Samurai on History Channel Tonight

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Baxter
To some degree, all the previous Doctors have been loathe to depart, but many realized that they had to let go and move on. I understand that Eccleston's leaving was especially mixed, because he did so based on waking up one morning, while he still had the job, and realizing that he was *always*

Re: [scifinoir2] Samurai on History Channel Tonight

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Baxter
Pardon me. Sent too soon. I do expect a freakout on Eleven's part, at the thought that there's only one spare left in the boot, so to speak. During Tom Baker's run as the Fourth Doctor, there was a story, The Mysterious Planet under the Trial of a Time Lord mega-arc) which introduced a character

[scifinoir2] This is not a Test

2010-03-18 Thread Kelwyn
I caught This is not a Test starring Hill Harper and Robinne Lee on the Movie Channel last night. It is a tight, taut little psychological thriller about 9/11 conspiracy theorists that gives new meaning to the old adage that even paranoiacs have enemies. Hill Harper, who is given absolutely

[scifinoir2] Re: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Now

2010-03-18 Thread Kelwyn
Same reaction at the sneak peak I saw. I was surprised by the movie's tepid performance at the box office. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@... wrote: Rave, great write-up on 'Wedding'  Number One and I saw it last weekend with a theatre

Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test

2010-03-18 Thread Daryle Lockhart
Good call, rave. This, and Premium, where he co-stars with Zoe Saldana, are his best roles to date, in my opinion. I had to watch this movie twice to really get it, but the second time I totally got what Hill was doing. On Mar 18, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Kelwyn wrote: I caught This is not

[scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa and Elmore Leonard on TV Tonight

2010-03-18 Thread B Smith
Weird. My comment from yesterday never posted. Anyways, I liked but not loved the show. The former friends now rivals thing is a little played out but they did a pretty good job with it. I'll keep watching. One thing I did like was how competent the FBI team was during that firefight. They

[scifinoir2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Interesting.  I'm not well informed on the latest data on how boys and girls learn. I know there's the feeling that boys are more mechanical, mathematically gifted, hands on. Girls are supposed to be more conceptional, dreamy. But things like saying girls read what's put in front of them,

Re: [scifinoir2] Samurai on History Channel Tonight

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
I still wish Eccleston had stayed for at least three or four years. I like Tenant, but in many ways I like Eccleston better. And nowadays, being in scifi isn't as much of a stranglehold as it was back in the Star Trek or Buck Rogers days. Many scifi actors get gigs doing get dramatic or

Re: [scifinoir2] Samurai on History Channel Tonight

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Between the twelfth and final incarnations? What's the final incarnation? There can't be a number thirteen, right? - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:16:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern

Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Harper's a talented actor. I agree: the M.E. position on most of these shows is a (pun intended) dead end. Kandi Alexander left her version of CSI for the same reason: not enough to do. Tamala Jones--she of the loud voice and innumerable black comedies--plays an  M.E. on Castle, and I lament

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa and Elmore Leonard on TV Tonight

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
We are thinking exactly alike. Good, but not great, but enough likeable characters to keep me interested. I find myself fixated on how many people in the cast are actually Kentuckians--or at least Southerners. The Kentucky country accent is one of the more unique in the South, certainly one

[scifinoir2] Re: This is not a Test

2010-03-18 Thread Kelwyn
With the dearth of roles for working actresses, particularly actresses of the African-American persuasion, I am wowed by Khandi Alexander's willingness to quit a good-paying job out of GP not once (NewsRadio) but twice (CSI:Miami). It tickles me some to remember that the first time I became

Re: [scifinoir2] Samurai on History Channel Tonight

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, I would've thought that about British actors as well, but Robert Carlyle's interview just before SG:U began, in which he said that he was done with British fillmaking, sounded a note for me that struck odd, until I got a little more insight into just how H'Wood-like the UK has become in

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: This is not a Test

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Baxter
Amen on TUnie, rave. In her entire run on the show, she's had two decent performances, one when she was crusading against medical quackery and another when a sick child was abducted, and she had to get out in the field with Stabler to find her, including having to carry a gun (said that she'd be

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, I started to read the attached story, then stopped when I saw the group attached to it. The Center on Education Policy frequently appears on Faux/Fixed/Fox news. Take whatever they say with a salt mine. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:

[scifinoir2] This is not a Test

2010-03-18 Thread Kelwyn
I caught This is not a Test starring Hill Harper and Robinne Lee on the Movie Channel last night. It is a tight, taut little psychological thriller about 9/11 conspiracy theorists that gives new meaning to the old adage that even paranoiacs have enemies. Hill Harper, who is given absolutely

[scifinoir2] Ugly Americans

2010-03-18 Thread Mr. Worf
Ugly Americans is a new anime on Comedy Central about a social worker in NYC. The catch is that hell has opened up and now there are demons, monsters, and robots running around in addition to the humans. The main character Mark, works at the Department of Integration. His job is to help new

Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test

2010-03-18 Thread Mr. Worf
Was this on tv or dvd? On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I caught This is not a Test starring Hill Harper and Robinne Lee on the Movie Channel last night. It is a tight, taut little psychological thriller about 9/11 conspiracy theorists that gives new meaning

[scifinoir2] Wanna learn how to throw cards like Gambit?

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Baxter
Here's where you learn... http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/revision3/web/scamschool/0105/scamschool--0105--ninjacards--large.h264.mp4

Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Baxter
TV, on The Movie Channel, Mr Worf. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Was this on tv or dvd? On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I caught This is not a Test starring Hill Harper and Robinne Lee on the Movie Channel last

Re: [scifinoir2] Ugly Americans

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Baxter
Thanks for the heads-up, Mr Worf. I've Autotuned it for viewing. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Ugly Americans is a new anime on Comedy Central about a social worker in NYC. The catch is that hell has opened up and now there are demons, monsters,

Re: [scifinoir2] Stanley Kubrick's Boxes

2010-03-18 Thread Mr. Worf
I think what made him great was the attention to detail on the level that he worked at. One of the really cool things about 2001 was that he consulted actual NASA engineers and computer programmers to work on the film. Most of the minor details like the video communications, and the color HUD

Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test

2010-03-18 Thread Mr. Worf
Ok thanks! On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: TV, on The Movie Channel, Mr Worf. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Was this on tv or dvd? On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com

[scifinoir2] shares - Comics Land - 3/18_01

2010-03-18 Thread Mr. Worf
Comics Land - archives duplicates inevitable from newest to oldest ** Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash 2: Nightmare Warriors #2 (Of 6)http://comixland.blogspot.com/2009/07/freddy-vs-jason-vs-ash-2-nightmare_24.html

Re: [scifinoir2] Samurai on History Channel Tonight

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Well, I guess that would explain why so many British and Australian actors flock to the US--where they're in high demand. Still, i thought stage and the small screen was kinder to them than here in America. The times they are a-changin'... - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Absolutely... - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:49:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good. Keith, I started