[scifinoir2] The Losers

2010-05-02 Thread Kelwyn
I saw the Losers Saturday night. Jeffrey Dean Morgan gets Zoe Saldana and Idris Alba getsI don't wanna talk about it! ~(no)rave!

[scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Kelwyn
I am now two episodes behind (it IS NBA playoff season, after all - Go Bucks!) but I adored the raggedy Doctor subtext of the first episode. The last shot of all the Doctor dolls the once and future companion had fashioned over the years was a lovely nod to Who fans (one of the dolls bore a

Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
Feels like after Torchwood's mini-series this season of Dr.Who feels tepid at best. I'm not liking the doctor at all. He's a little too quick on the trigger to be violent which isn't something that a 900 year old would do. Maybe he needs to switch to decaf? :) On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:02 PM,

Re: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
I think that if 3d is to be the next great thing that it needs to be pushed into the next level to make you say Ooo! Ahhh! AWESOME!!! On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Actually, Cameron has said many times that Avatar was conceived of as a 3D

[scifinoir2] This week's DW

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
This week's episode is about the Doctor receiving a call from Winston Churchill during the London blitz. The doctor arrives and discovers Dialecs working for the British government as defense drones. This episode really does some things that may have some fans pulling their hair out. Not to

[scifinoir2] Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup - By Kevin Poulsenhttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/author/kevin_poulsen/ [image: Email Author] kpoul...@wired.com - April 30, 2010 | - 3:46 pm | - Categories: Hacks and

[scifinoir2] For those of you who have BBC America...

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
Last week, they began airing Star Trek: The Next Generation, and I happened to catch part of an ep yesterday, while waiting for Doctor Who to come on, The Ensigns of Command. It re-airs today at 2 p.m. EDT. Watch it, for the scene in which the brunette techie takes Data back to her house. There's

Re: [scifinoir2] Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
I GUESS that I'm supposed to be happy about the conviction, but the fact that it makes the Wasilla Wingnut happy takes a lot out of it for me. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:11 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup - By Kevin

Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, I admit that I didn't see all of it. (Long day yesterday, and I nodded off while watching.) But what I did see had me scratching my head, especially the Doctor's staunch assertion that Amy should remember the Daleks. Unless this is a set-up for future eps in the season's arc, I have to

Re: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, they didn't put any in because they saw how lousy Clash of the Titans was in 3D performance at the box. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: They are really loading up the schedule this year. Kind of interesting that they don't have a summer

Re: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
Truth there, Keith. Money says that the producers of these movies saw Avatar's box, and followed blindly. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: And the critical question is, how many of these films were conceived, written, and filmed for 3D from the

Re: [scifinoir2] The Losers

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
'Nuff said! -- attr to S The Man Lee. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I saw the Losers Saturday night. Jeffrey Dean Morgan gets Zoe Saldana and Idris Alba getsI don't wanna talk about it! ~(no)rave! -- If all the world's a stage and we are

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Picture of Thor

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
The Destroyer? YES!!! On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 7:33 PM, B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote: I was sold when I heard that the Destroyer was in the movie as the big bad. The pic is the icing on the cake. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com

Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
Deity... and my family wonders why I drive so infrequently. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. I think the universe was telling me that I should look for another job. That wasn't the first time that I almost bought the farm coming to and from

Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
The only thing that I can think of is that he is in a parallel dimension or something like that due to that weirdness that was going on in episode 1. Maybe he is in a parallel micro-universe? When they show the tardis flying it is always being struck by lightning which is a little strange. On

Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
Either the universe was telling me to change jobs or to ditch that car. It eventually blew the head gasket the week after it was paid off. I would love to get a job that is close to my house, but that is pretty much impossible around here. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Martin Baxter

Re: [scifinoir2] For those of you who have BBC America...

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
For those of us that may miss the episode, what was it? On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:34 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Last week, they began airing Star Trek: The Next Generation, and I happened to catch part of an ep yesterday, while waiting for Doctor Who to come on, The

[scifinoir2] Dexter season 4

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
I finally got around to watching season 4 of this great series. Wow!!! Great intrigue this season! -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW

2010-05-02 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Even more so than the Doctor's Daughter? Not even being drunk allowed me to find that ep watchable. ~ 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

Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Adrianne Brennan
I actually love Eleven but wow, everything else is terrible--and I really hate Moffat's pet character that he's inflicting us upon yet again. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Hilariously they kept claiming this would be a darker Who and a dark fairytale. I'm not feeling it. ~ 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

Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
There were at least 4 or 5 things wrong and would potentially cause paradoxes. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: Even more so than the Doctor's Daughter? Not even being drunk allowed me to find that ep watchable. ~ Where love and magic meet

Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW

2010-05-02 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Beyond Donna magically knowing about numbers and a girl cloned completely with eyeliner and a bouncy ponytail who can jump perfectly through lasers? Gods that ep was wretched. D: I haven't heard a single thing to compel me to watch the rest of this season past the first ep. I have never had a

[scifinoir2] Re: Dexter season 4

2010-05-02 Thread Kelwyn
Oh my f--ing god! Blew me away. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: I finally got around to watching season 4 of this great series. Wow!!! Great intrigue this season! -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at:

[scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Kelwyn
It occured to me that there is a Benjamin Button thing going on with the good Doctor. Since 2005 he has been played by Christopher Eccleston (born in 1964), David Tennant (born in 1971) and Matt Smith (born in 1982). At this rate the next Doctor will be younger than my son (born in 1988).

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Peter Davison was 29 when he took on the role, so I think it's just coincidence. :) ~ 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:

[scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Kelwyn
Sure, but Tom Baker, who preceded Davison was 40 when he became the Doctor and Colin Baker, who replaced him, was 41. Methinks this makes Davison a statistical anomaly. In fact, the eleven Doctors to date average 41 years in age. The oldest doctor was the first one, white-haired William

Re: [scifinoir2] Stewart, Tennant Star in Hamlet on PBS Tonight

2010-05-02 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Still working on that teleportation ability, alas! D: ~ 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] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
Adrianne, I'm still waiting to see how folks take the robot from The Waters of Mars when it makes its first appearance. Historically, since K-9, fans have loathed robotic companions. (You should hear the curses spoken of Kamelion!) On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Adrianne Brennan

Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
Would make sense. The first ep involved the Crack in the Wall, a rift between dimensions. If it does play out this way, those who are doubting will have to double over sideways in apology. One thing we take for granted is that we're seeing the Doctor and Amy in a perfectly linear fashion, from one

Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
And another thought, regarding the lightning. Waaay back in the Tom baker Era, he had the legendary E-Space Trilogy, when the TADRIS went through a Charged Vacuum Emboitment into E-Space, where the TIme Lords had stuffed the vampires after defeating them in a war. As the TARDIS flew

Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Nearly everyone I knew hated it. ~ 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: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath

Re: [scifinoir2] For those of you who have BBC America...

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
I'll hit you on a sidebar, Mr Worf. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: For those of us that may miss the episode, what was it? On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:34 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Last week, they began airing Star Trek: The

Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
Didn't like it either, Adrianne. Which is why, when I heard that it was being brought back in, I did a Classic WTF? On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: Nearly everyone I knew hated it. ~ Where love and magic meet ~

Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
It eventually blew the head gasket the week after it was paid off. Ain't THAT a word-that-rhymes-with-witch? On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Either the universe was telling me to change jobs or to ditch that car. It eventually blew the head gasket the

[scifinoir2] Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe

2010-05-02 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/02/food-fear-mystery-beehives-collapse Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe The world may be on the brink of biological disaster after news that a third of US bee colonies did not survive the winter Alison

Re: [scifinoir2] Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe

2010-05-02 Thread Martin Baxter
Sweet Deity... When WILL humankind get the memo?[?] On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:48 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/02/food-fear-mystery-beehives-collapse Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee

Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Keith Johnson
The 5 Doctors? - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2010 1:02:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I liked the Queen also but I'm

Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Keith Johnson
Maybe that's his new incarnation's main failing? In the show I mentioned with Queen Elizabeth X, it was his companion that solved the riddle, while he was ready to make do with some of that action you mentioned. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Keith Johnson
Yeah it's finding its legs, that's for sure. maybe this new Doctor is a bit schizophrenic? - Original Message - From: Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2010 8:49:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re:

Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
The doctor is going to shoot someone before the season is over at this rate. He attacked the daeleks with a large wrench last episode. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Maybe that's his new incarnation's main failing? In the show I mentioned with

Re: [scifinoir2] Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
Thank you for mentioning this article. I was thinking about this topic yesterday. I suspect that because the bees were mostly from the same source that they don't have any resistance to whatever it is that is ailing them. (it could also be cellphones) Whatever it is they need to figure out

[scifinoir2] Countdown to the summer movie season

2010-05-02 Thread brent wodehouse
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2011728574_summermovies02.html?prmid=head_main Countdown to the summer movie season Ten indies, nine action movies, eight sequels ... blast off to another summer filled with movie thrills. Titles to come this season: Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Sex and

Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
I didn't mention the worse of it. Like the 40 stitches that I had to get. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: It eventually blew the head gasket the week after it was paid off. Ain't THAT a word-that-rhymes-with-witch? On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:13

Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
I see that in the next episode the woman that is supposed to be his wife appears. I don't know if she is playing the astronaut or if she is a different character. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: And another thought, regarding the lightning.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Dexter season 4

2010-05-02 Thread Mr. Worf
Was that Brilliant writing or what? They have hit their collective creative groove on that series. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Oh my f--ing god! Blew me away. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: I finally

Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW

2010-05-02 Thread Justin Mohareb
{whistles.innocently} Justin On 2010-05-02, at 6:24 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I see that in the next episode the woman that is supposed to be his wife appears. I don't know if she is playing the astronaut or if she is a different character. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 9:25

Re: [scifinoir2] Stewart, Tennant Star in Hamlet on PBS Tonight

2010-05-02 Thread Keith Johnson
It's up on the Great Performances website now. You can watch the full performance here: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/watch-the-film/980/ On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: It'll be available online or

Re: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010

2010-05-02 Thread Keith Johnson
Not so sure I think so. I sat there oohing and aahhing with its usage in Avatar. in time I quit focusing on it, but its effect was still there. Directors and FX people always say that, if the audience spends all their time commenting on how cool the effects are, they've actually done a poor

[scifinoir2] Digging Hawkins' Into the Universe

2010-05-02 Thread Keith Johnson
I'm watching Stephen Hawking's two hour Into the Universe on Discovery Channel. That's to be followed by How the Universe Works, a one-hour show on black holes, one of my fav topics. I am really enjoying the show. The graphics are really cool, lending colorful visuals to the phenomena they

Re: [scifinoir2] Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup

2010-05-02 Thread Keith Johnson
Damn, trying to get rid of the evidence from his drive is the sole felony, Obstruction of justice? Damn, dude, that bites! Leave the evidence and help convict yourself, or get rid of it and...help convict yourself. I can't stand Palin, but this dude was out of line in what he did. And I'm also

Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!

2010-05-02 Thread Keith Johnson
Yeah, he's young and goofy-looking, but then gets cold or violent at the drop of a hat. Maybe in time the odd swings will simply become this Doctor's character trait? I did raise an eyebrow at the Dalek's coming back so quickly in the new Doctor's tenure. Shouldn't they have saved them for a

[scifinoir2] Re: The Losers

2010-05-02 Thread B Smith
Well...All I have to say is did you see a body? Roque was the proverbial bad penny. Too bad we won't get a sequel. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... wrote: 'Nuff said! -- attr to S The Man Lee. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: