[scifinoir2] Robo-Geisha

2010-05-16 Thread Mr. Worf
They are showing the movie RoboGeisha at the Seattle International film festival! Here is some info on the film fest and the trailer: *http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=38514&FID=166 *

[scifinoir2] Tumbleweed tiny homes

2010-05-16 Thread Mr. Worf
At first glance these diminutive homes look like they were made for wealthy children or for little people, but after looking further you will notice that these homes offer all the comforts of home. Can you imagine living in a fully furnished home that costs less than $50,000? What if that home was

Re: [scifinoir2] Fringe Is Becoming the Show Lost Wishes It Could be

2010-05-16 Thread Mr. Worf
I think that he has too many oars in the water and suffers from genius syndrome. He is such a genius that he gets tired of an idea if it takes too long to develop it. On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > Keith, he has this track record of launching something that's spectacu

Re: [scifinoir2] Fringe Is Becoming the Show Lost Wishes It Could be

2010-05-16 Thread Justin Mohareb
What's amusing is how narrow minded and disrespectful it is of the people who work on the show. A tv show is a lot more of a team effort than a film can be. Hell, the massively talented writers room on Lost alone is great, much less the great guidance given by Damon Lindelof (with the show since

Re: [scifinoir2] Fringe Is Becoming the Show Lost Wishes It Could be

2010-05-16 Thread Keith Johnson
i'd never considered this view of Abrams... - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 6:36:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fringe Is Becoming the Show Lost Wishes It Could be Keith, he has

[scifinoir2] Maker faire coming near you this summer!

2010-05-16 Thread Mr. Worf
This year the Maker faire is coming to Detroit and NYC this summer! If you are not familiar with the Maker faire. The Maker faire was created by the people of Make magazine. The magazine for the hackers, DIY people that make this country great! Think of the faire as the "Macworld" for the DIY set.

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Cable Company Makes a Move on Internet Video

2010-05-16 Thread Mr. Worf
I think this is the direction that comscum was talking about going in at CES a couple of years ago when they were started talking about a "programmable" set top box. I still would like to see everything ever made available to me online at high speed at a low cost. Can you talk to someone to make t

Re: [scifinoir2] Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off on Final Voyage

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Oh. And, Mr Worf, to quote one SC Steve Austin, "Aww, HAY-ULL naw!" On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > What I was getting at is that if there was any communication to be made > with "an alien presence" China would do it first. Would you want them to > represent the world? > >

[scifinoir2] Fwd: Roommate's Tip Led Cops to iPhone Finder

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter Date: Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:45 PM Subject: Roommate's Tip Led Cops to iPhone Finder To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com Personally, this feels like a frame job to me. IMO, Apple put it out there to be found, just to see what would come of it.

[scifinoir2] Fwd: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter Date: Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:24 PM Subject: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com Something new coming out, from Luc Besson, of "The Professional" fame. I like... http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/article

[scifinoir2] Fwd: Overwhelmed? Welcome to the Age of Curation

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter Date: Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:41 PM Subject: Overwhelmed? Welcome to the Age of Curation To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com Forrester Research analyst Sarah Rotman Epps coined a phrase Friday for something many have been talking about since App

[scifinoir2] Fwd: Cable Company Makes a Move on Internet Video

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter Date: Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:54 PM Subject: Cable Company Makes a Move on Internet Video To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com This sounds interesting... ===

[scifinoir2] Fwd: First Look: Matt Kindt's Time-Warped Revolver

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter Date: Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:57 PM Subject: First Look: Matt Kindt's Time-Warped Revolver To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com I'm all over this one...

Re: [scifinoir2] Fringe Is Becoming the Show Lost Wishes It Could be

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, he has this track record of launching something that's spectacular and soul-grabbing, that takes over your life entirely ("Felicity", "Alias" and "Lost"), and then walking away from it for the next shiny new project. I think I posted something this morning, about some new genre shows coming

[scifinoir2] Fwd: Bootsy Collins launches world's first online University of Funk

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter Date: Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:22 PM Subject: Bootsy Collins launches world's first online University of Funk To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com Click, and learn how to tear the roof off the mutha... [?][?] =

Re: [scifinoir2] Fringe Is Becoming the Show Lost Wishes It Could be

2010-05-16 Thread Keith Johnson
No wonder you refuse to watch the new Trek film! Why do you loathe Abrams? I actually like his work, but only on original properties. I haven't cared for his stamp on existing things like MI-3 or Star Trek, because his need to add more action over the drama is more obvious, and slightly tain

Re: [scifinoir2] Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off on Final Voyage

2010-05-16 Thread Mr. Worf
What I was getting at is that if there was any communication to be made with "an alien presence" China would do it first. Would you want them to represent the world? On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > And, as for the unexplainable black obelisks, the Little Grey Folks wou

Re: [scifinoir2] Tyler Perry to direct "Rendevous with Rama" and Dune reboot in 2012/13

2010-05-16 Thread Mr. Worf
That was funny... On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:16 AM, George Arterberry < brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Just kidding > > > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

[scifinoir2] Re: trailer - Inception

2010-05-16 Thread B Smith
Yup. DiCaprio has put together a solid, quality body of work. This one looks like a mindbender and I can't wait to see it. I loved the premise but the second trailer really hooked me. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, George Arterberry wrote: > > Quietly Leo has done an impressive body of wor

[scifinoir2] Re: Tyler Perry to direct "Rendevous with Rama" and Dune reboot in 2012/13

2010-05-16 Thread Kelwyn
You had me at Tyler Perry - uh, what? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, George Arterberry wrote: > > Just kidding >

[scifinoir2] What's Really Going On This Year on Doctor Who?

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm back... [?] http://io9.com/5539815/whats-really-going-on-this-year-on-doctor-who?skyline=true&s=i -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik <<347.gif>>

Re: [scifinoir2] Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off on Final Voyage

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
And, as for the unexplainable black obelisks, the Little Grey Folks would be by to claim those ten seconds after China tried. On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > Just remember, the Chinese have their eyes on it and once they get there > they plan on keeping it and any natural

Re: [scifinoir2] Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off on Final Voyage

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, I both get and expect hat. But, IMHO, there's just as much to be gained from the seas as there s from the stars. Heck, moreso right now. If China had a single working brain in its command infrastructure, they'd see that. Every day, millions there starve. Mind the oceans right, and those pe

Re: [scifinoir2] Tyler Perry to direct "Rendevous with Rama" and Dune reboot in 2012/13

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Sure'n that's so wrong, matey... [?][?][?][?] On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:16 AM, George Arterberry < brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Just kidding > > > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://ww

[scifinoir2] Tyler Perry to direct "Rendevous with Rama" and Dune reboot in 2012/13

2010-05-16 Thread George Arterberry
Just kidding

Re: [scifinoir2] trailer - Inception

2010-05-16 Thread George Arterberry
Quietly Leo has done an impressive body of work.  From: Martin Baxter To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSent: Sun, May 16, 2010 1:52:41 PMSubject: Re: [scifinoir2] trailer - Inception  And I should add that my two goddaughters will be seeing it. Neither one likes science fiction (don't think I did

Re: [scifinoir2] Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off on Final Voyage

2010-05-16 Thread Mr. Worf
Just remember, the Chinese have their eyes on it and once they get there they plan on keeping it and any natural resources that they find there as well. H3, gold, platinum, unexplainable black obelisks etc. will belong to them. I hate to sound like a teabagger but we are slowly losing our grip on b

Re: [scifinoir2] Art of Frank Frazetta 3

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Thanks, Mr Worf. I've had a note by my desk to surf for some of Frazteea's work On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Re: [scifinoir2] Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off on Final Voyage

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm not terribly upset by it, Mr Worf. I'm hoping that some funding gets shifted toward oceanography. (And you have no idea how close this post came to being obscene. A morning person, I am NOT.) On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off on Final VoyageT

Re: [scifinoir2] WTF--SyFy Fridays Changing to Wrestling?

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Almost everything, Keith, even some of the sillier westerns, such as "Pancho VIlla" with Telly Savalas and Clint Walker. Though tonight, they'll be airing "Almost Heroes" with Chris Farley and Matthew Perry. That shall go unseen by me. I just learned that they're going to reshuffle their usual line

Re: [scifinoir2] trailer - Inception

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
And I should add that my two goddaughters will be seeing it. Neither one likes science fiction (don't think I didn't try, though!), but it does have Leo... that's enough for them. [?] On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > Mr Worf, it's been on my list since the minute I heard th

Re: [scifinoir2] trailer - Inception

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, it's been on my list since the minute I heard the premise. On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > Leonardo DiCaprio has been busy. > > Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in an > original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and i

Re: [scifinoir2] Iron man 2 and Kick Ass

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, I can't comment, as I still haven't seen either movie. On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > I finally got around to watching both movies tonight. Iron man 2 was a > pretty good continuation of the film franchise. The story of Tony Stark and > the legacy of his fathers

[scifinoir2] Fringe Is Becoming the Show Lost Wishes It Could be

2010-05-16 Thread Martin Baxter
> > I STILL loathe JJ with a passion, but I thought you folks might enjoy this. > > -- Forwarded message -- From: Date: Sat, May 15, 2010 at 5:16 PM Subject: Check out this site I found on StumbleUpon! To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com [image: StumbleUpon | Discover Your Web.] Disc

[scifinoir2] Iron man 2 and Kick Ass

2010-05-16 Thread Mr. Worf
I finally got around to watching both movies tonight. Iron man 2 was a pretty good continuation of the film franchise. The story of Tony Stark and the legacy of his fathers company was a good addition to the back story. I also enjoyed Don Cheadle as Rhodey. One thing that I didn't like was the unde

Re: [scifinoir2] LaBeouf Says Third "Transformers" Movie Will Be Better

2010-05-16 Thread Mr. Worf
Some movie companies have a lot of drama in their history. Dreamworks is one of them. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: > > > Thanks for the info. Jeez! I tried to follow all of the DreamWorks history > online, and I have a headache: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamWorks

[scifinoir2] trailer - Inception

2010-05-16 Thread Mr. Worf
Leonardo DiCaprio has been busy. Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in an original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could

2010-05-16 Thread Mr. Worf
That's very true. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: > > > Yes, I keep up on the continuing inanities and insanity of my beloved home > state. I'm sickened at this as much as Arizona's attack on --let's be > honest--all things non-white. Moves like this would make more liberal