Hey guys,
As you know, Rise of Cobra was released yesterday here in the US. I just
got in from seeing it today. All I have to say is WOW. The movie was very well
done. For the most part, it stayed true to the comic book series. It did have
it's campy moments, but they were few and far
@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
Did you see GI Joe Resolute?
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM, votomguy votom...@... wrote:
I'll be seeing it on Saturday. As a hardcore fan of GIJoe, the best I'm
hoping for is for the movie to not suck. I refuse to call it GIJoe. I've
been
Well it wasn't a novel, but a short story written in 1989. David Drake's At Any
Price. It takes place in the Hammer's Slammers Universe on a predominiately
African World where Islamic fundamentalists have taken over and are killing
black Islamic followers who don't convert to becoming Arab
I'll be seeing it on Saturday. As a hardcore fan of GIJoe, the best I'm hoping
for is for the movie to not suck. I refuse to call it GIJoe. I've been calling
it Action Force featuring GIJoe for the past month or so. For the uninitiated
Action Force is what the GIJoe comics were called in the UK
Is it sad that I liked the show even after the Alien Hijacking? I thought it
was awesome. I did have a hard time accepting Ironside as a hero. I was an 80s
baby and grew up with him being the top henchman in every other action flick.
He didn't do a terrible job. **cough Starship Troopers
And what's with all the pedo vampires. I'm sorry but you're hundreds of years
old what do you see in an 18/19/20 yr old at that friggin age. Heck, I'm 31 and
I won't look at a woman younger than 24. DEATH TO THE PEDOVAMPS!!
I gave up on Black Panther when Priest stopped writing it
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@...
wrote:
Wanna hear Reginald Hudlin's excuse for Black Panther
the newly elected president of the Young
Republicans and it was sickening.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, votomguy votomguy@ wrote:
Colin Powell he is not.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, L Freeman msles59130@ wrote:
Sigh. Oh, Michael, what can we even say about you
While I agree with the spirit of what was said, I think that there's this
misconception that Blacks can't or won't speak English. It's called DIALECT.
The simple fact is that there are people from England who can't speak good
English. We tend to focus on too many of the wrong things when it
Colin Powell he is not.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, L Freeman msles59...@... wrote:
Sigh. Oh, Michael, what can we even say about you?
But remember all, even though it may SEEM like he is a monumental moron, this
is all a part of some strategy that we can't yet comprehend. It is all
I think my brother still has our Zelda. Mayun I sure hope he knows where it is.
LOL
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... wrote:
Lavendar, that's a down payment on a house. Must be nice to be filthy rich...
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Looks like the GOP couldn't get enough idiots after W and they're ready for
more. **shudders** The question is does she have what it takes to be the
decider. I just hope she's more epiliptic than that other guy.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, ravenadal ravena...@... wrote:
Stunner:
The day they ban DVRs and DVD-RWs is the day that TV watching dramatically
drops. People have more important things to do then to watch all of the crap
they like to pump out. If the only way I can watch a TV show is to pay $60 for
a boxset then guess what, unless it's a show I've already seen
...
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From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of votomguy
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:52 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
sci-fi press?
True. I love the hard science/ military
. But then, i wasn't super crazy about the BSG debut, so maybe Moore's
going somewhere with this and will surprise us..
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From: votomguy votom...@...
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:50:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject
highway and the
Black Engineers...
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From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of votomguy
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:39 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
sci-fi press
that when made aware of what's available the brothers will come. I hope I'm
right.
--- On Thu, 6/25/09, votomguy votom...@... wrote:
From: votomguy votom...@...
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
sci-fi press?
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date
I watched as much of it as I could stand. I think you're Big Brother in Space
take was pretty spot on, but at least you could get through an episode of Big
Brother. A futuristic reality show set in space. That should be one of those
things you think in your head and say OOH, that would be cool
Of The
Vindicator. He's currently submitting manuscripts to publishers. You should
Chronicles if you get a chance.
--- On Fri, 6/26/09, votomguy votom...@... wrote:
From: votomguy votom...@...
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
sci-fi press
She wasn't what got me into scifi, but she did inspire me to start writing
scifi. I remember my mom bringing home Adulthood Rites for me and being so
excited that there were actually black people that wrote scifi. Adulthood Rites
was the only book that she wrote. (what can I say I cut my scifi
Before the hiphop/street novel craze, my mom told me about an article (this was
in the 90s) that said that Publishers refuse to publish books because black men
don't read enough. To which I replied, If they never publish the books then
how will we ever find anything to read. My mom simply said
As a gamer and an anime fan, I often find myself in forums or chat groups where
I'm the only black guy in the group. I often keep quiet about being black at
first (so they can see that all black people aren't the way that they think).
They are often surprised that I'm not what they expected. Of
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra is going to be horrible. Thankfully G.I. Joe: Resolute
was pretty awesome. That's the real G.I. Joe movie in my mind. I still have the
issure where Larry Hama addressed the whole issue of a Live action G.I. Joe
movie. He said that it would probably never be done. After
post an image of myself, along
with objects chosen at random, as proof.
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From : votomguy votom
Don't tell me Abrigon World got you too. :) Adrian has some really good ideas.
:)
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, moondancerdrake moondancerdr...@...
wrote:
Beside the weekly or bimonthly tabletop games we run out our house
(currently d d, exhaulted, and some odd scifi thing Adrian made
for the
Galaxy is a card game where everyone tries to build a space empire before
the game ends.
Justin
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 5:57 PM, votomguy votom...@... wrote:
As a gamer, I hate to say that I don't visit this site as often as I would
like. (I often get sucked into gaming
World Ebon certainly sounds interesting. A friend and I started working on a
Stargate themed game called Plague World. Two Afrocentric Worlds the Jameriqai
his society escapes me at the moment (I have it written down but don't have
it in front of me at the moment, but they're something like a
: Name Your Favorite
Games) Pt 2
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 11:50 PM
Hi Mr. Votomguy. I have not played any of those games. But the games
that I
am playing is/are Star Trek Legacy
My social network guilty pleasure has been YoVille on myspace.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
I have been playing mafia wars on facebook, Sins of a solar empire,
Stronghold 2, and Starcraft. I may also start playing Sims 3. (I have been
hearing that
Sometimes realism can be fun. I never had so much fun in a flight sim as I did
in Aerowings 2: Airstrike, but talk about overkill.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
Some games kind of blur the line between a game and too realistic. I
remember buying a WW2
As a gamer, I hate to say that I don't visit this site as often as I would
like. (I often get sucked into gaming forums) Anywho I thought I'd try to
revive this thread and see what happens. My favorite Games are Heavy Gear,
Battletech, Vor: the Maelstrom, Void, CAV. I'm currently playing Heavy
While I don't question Cheadle's talent to pull it off, the simple
fact is that Howard LOOKED like Rhodes. I'm a longtime Iron Man fan
and an even bigger fan of War Machine (I'm probably one of the few
who liked the alien armor). Howard is a solid actor. He's definitely
light years above Ioan
I saw a couple episodes of Chuck... you're not missing much. The best
Scifi/ geek show on the networks this season is the big bang theroy.
It's smart and funny. TV the past few seasons has really been dumbed
down. It's like hey let's flood the market with really dumb shows.
(notice how I
Are there any miniature gamers in the house?? I know you're out
there?? What games do you play? what Armies do you have? Com'on and
share... pretty please.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip] When's the wedding? Don't know: they haven't gotten around to
planning it, and buddy's broke anyway.
[snip]
Hmm if he's that broke, then why would he waste that money on the
proposal and not the
to be honest i kinda liked the ewoks, but i couldn't stand the
gungans (not just jarjar but all of 'em) the puppet scenes in the
star wars movies just adds to its silliness.
lets see there's that whole scene on hut's ship in return of the jedi
where lucas unsuccessfully tried to create a
ditto i've pretty much given up on comics. especially since i found
out they killed off captain america. **shudder** i went into a comic
store a month ago and i was lost. i didn't everything i looked at
looked like crap compared to the old days. sure the art is still on
par, but the
for me the worst was the langoliers **shudder** it was S
disappointing. i don't really have a best. athough i did like V. i
remember seeing it when i was little wanting the toys in the show.
and while it wasn't a bad miniseries. storm of the century was a big
downer. all this build up and
HHHEEYYY i liked resident evil. well i liked the first one. as
for the sequel. well i can see where you're coming from. but the
first oen rocked. how can you not like a survival horror film where
all the characters know how to handle weapons. sure it's not in the
same league as say aliens
hey guys i was surfing the web and i saw a site where you can download
some free tv shows. they have V and babylon 5 as well as some others.
but those were the ones that stuck out to me. anywho here's the link.
http://video.aol.com/video-category/in2tv-sci-fi/1716 enjoy
long shot isn't the word say if you want i can dub it for you even if
it'll be on vhs. i only ask that you cover the cost of the tapes and
the shipping. of course this is for the first 2 volumes only. just a
suggestion.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a
actually i liked the anime, athough if the cgi show would have had
power armor like the anime it would probably have been the closest to
the book. you're right it is next to impossible to find. i've never
seen it on ebay, but it was floating around on yahoo auctions. i
check in periodically to
my fave b scifi movies would definitely have to be whole live action
giant robot series. robot jox, robot wars, and crash burn. all of
which i own on vhs. robot jox had the best graphics. even if you can
tell that they were using models there's something about acutally
building something to
almost forgot the worst. the worst for me was starship troopers 2:
heros of the federation. all i have to say is HUH!?! was there even a
plot or did they just start filming and say let's see what happens.
roughneck chronicles wasn't too bad.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey
L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That is the worse. I could sit through more than 20 minutes of it
Tracey
votomguy wrote:
almost forgot the worst. the worst for me was starship
i almost forgot the best part of the movie. did you notice that they
didnt' have enough complete uniforms from the first one for the
sequel?? and they didn't even hae the morita that was in the first one.
that caught me off guard especially with all the starship trooper
uniforms floatin in so
get lucky?
votomguy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: almost forgot the worst.
the worst for me was starship troopers 2:
heros of the federation. all i have to say is HUH!?! was there even
a
plot or did they just start filming and say let's see what happens
yeah i myself don't really go for the fantasy thing. for me it's
about the lack of an african presence in fantasy games. like all the
other ethinicities have their own input into fantasy but from africa
there's very little or nothing at all. for me that's a turn off.
actually if i did host an
I've been toying with the idea of starting a gaming league targeted
primarily (but not exclusive to) minorities. I would prefer to run
Heavy Gear, but it is somewhat expensive. While I can appreciate the
value of $40.00 boxed sets ($60.00 with for the starter sets), I
would be the first to
When President Bush ordered troops to Iraq, he probably never
imagined that he would be ultimately be responsible for what very
well could be the very first DD convention/game day ever held in a
war zone.
Ziggurat Con, being held June 9 from 1200 to 2100 hours at Camp
Adder/Tallil Airbase, is
yeah scifi friday's should be for space type shows. i feel your pain
on the sg-1 series tho. they spent alot of time getting the show from
just another b-scifi tvshow to something that was actually enjoyable
to watch. and then for whatever reason. richard dean anderson decides
to take less of
haven't
read
anything beyond that. I'll have to give them another shot.
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], votomguy votomguy@ wrote:
star fist kinda lost me a little with the whole metaplot they
have
going with the skinks. lazarus rising kinda sucked (at least
compared to their earlier stuff
star fist kinda lost me a little with the whole metaplot they have
going with the skinks. lazarus rising kinda sucked (at least
compared to their earlier stuff.) it looks like you missed the start
of the metaplot, which sucks. the series was better as one shot
campaigns with occasional
While it'll probably be hard for Imus to get work again, a very
important issue within our community has to be answered. Why is
it ok for us to call our women hos, but if someone outside our race
does it we're suddenly up in arms. The saddest thing to me about the
whole Imus thing is the la
Just saw on the news that msnbc will no longer be carrying Imus's show.
-- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Reece Jennings
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was going to just welcome tdlists...but then he got MY attention
by
developing units
based on Black military units. The 761st is one of my favorites!
Hey, can you check out these guys, td?
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a fellow black guy who's also watches and loves those anime
mecha shows
(ever heard of Mars Daybreak? A surprisenly good show about
underwater mecha).
ooh under water mecha. i gotta see that. it'll give me ideas for
gears
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, The Yokozuna Of Soul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Is anyone on the list a particular aficionado in Planet Of The Apes?
Isn't this sort of how the whole thing started? Didn't the dogs and
cats die off and then people took apes into their homes?
Daryle
hey guys,
i just joined posted a message in the old now dead scifinoir group
and i don't feel much like reposting the whole message again. anywho,
was wondering i'm the only miniatures wargamer in the house. i know
there aren't too many people of color who are into real gaming (no
playing
Thanks Tracy for the repost you're the best. Truth is I really
couldn't remember alot of what I wrote.
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