Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-12-09 Thread Martin
I'm there just because they toss out the occasional odd bit of news worth hearing. Milliways is from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series, the name of the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I joined for a while,

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-12-08 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I joined for a while, expecting more people like you. But I got bored and my mail box was filling up ,so I unsubscribed. What keeps you on the list? What does milliways mean? Martin wrote: > > Mostly TV viewing, the odd movie. Science fiction comes up only > occasionally. They're all pretty

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-12-07 Thread Martin
Mostly TV viewing, the odd movie. Science fiction comes up only occasionally. They're all pretty dry folks, because I'm actually an agitator there. (I know, shocks me too...) Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tell me about this Milliways group, Martin... Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-26 Thread Astromancer
Tell me about this Milliways group, Martin... Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Oddly enough, somethign like that. Don't remember the exact title. Saw the report in my Milliways group posting a few weeks back. One of the main people from the original is going over to it, which, if you

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-24 Thread Martin
Oddly enough, somethign like that. Don't remember the exact title. Saw the report in my Milliways group posting a few weeks back. One of the main people from the original is going over to it, which, if you watch (my sympathies to you, if you stand in tha tnumber), is why they've been recruiting

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-22 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Do they ever find ghosts? I've read that this show gets good ratings. I just can not understand why. Martin wrote: > > Maybe they're inuring us to the idea of what may be to come, if the > strike doesn't end soon. They've already greenlighted *another* GH > show, based in Europe, for next sea

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
geez, that sucks! What will it be: "Ghost Hunter Europe"? -- Original message -- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maybe they're inuring us to the idea of what may be to come, if the strike doesn't end soon. They've already greenlighted *another* GH show, based in Europe

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-22 Thread Martin
Maybe they're inuring us to the idea of what may be to come, if the strike doesn't end soon. They've already greenlighted *another* GH show, based in Europe, for next season, and they've also announced a similar show, revolving around UFO research. Or is it out already? Thinking on it, I did see

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
yeah, and i can't figure the point. it's not as if they ever come up with any proof of ghosts. frankly a good ghost movie would be better. And i'm sitting here really, really pissed that SciFi has chosen to show a freakin' "Ghost Hunters" marathon on Thanksgiving Day! Talk about boring! If it we

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-22 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I could not bring myself to watch it. Martin wrote: > > Not really, IMO. Looks like ama-toors trying to be pros. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i can't abide Ghost Hunters. How does it stay on the air? Is it any > good at all? > > -- Original mes

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-22 Thread Martin
Not really, IMO. Looks like ama-toors trying to be pros. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i can't abide Ghost Hunters. How does it stay on the air? Is it any good at all? -- Original message -- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Can't even bring myself to watch *that*,

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-21 Thread KeithBJohnson
i can't abide Ghost Hunters. How does it stay on the air? Is it any good at all? -- Original message -- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Can't even bring myself to watch *that*, Daryle. I'm watching "Ghost Hunters" because a dear friend of mine is watching it, and has as

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-21 Thread Martin
"Peacekeeper Wars". YES. I want the sequel, where the gang finds out the D'Argo is still alive. (Come on, folks- we all know the rule about no corpus delecti.) And yes, I know that I'm No-Sequel Martin. Skiffy *owes* us a sequel, after the way they killed off the series. "The Lost Room"- sorta.

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-21 Thread Martin
Can't even bring myself to watch *that*, Daryle. I'm watching "Ghost Hunters" because a dear friend of mine is watching it, and has asked me to do so as well. And we *all* know how I feel about reality TV... Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: After "Flash Gordon", I

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-20 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
They had some that I enjoyed. Not all masterpieces but enjoyable> Did you like any other the following: 5ive Days to Midnight, Farscape Peace Keeper Wars, Battlestar, Dune, Children of Dune, The Lost Room, Triangle I watched Taken, but found it torturous In my opinion, the Throwaway (barely

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-20 Thread Daryle
After "Flash Gordon", I put nothing past these guys. NOTHING. They haven't had a great miniseries since the first "Dune". The only thing I'm watching/recording on the channel at ALL now is Virus Buster Serge on Monday nights. If there's no Galactica I really do not watch the station. On 11/20/07

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-20 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I think a surprising number of Scifi 's Mini Series go against the grain of excelling at very, very bad. after all the good things I've read, I hope they do not screw it up like they did with that movie with the girl that plays Lana Lane and Danny Glovwr Daryle wrote: > > Put me down for the

Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-20 Thread Daryle
Put me down for the first night. I will watch. They have exactly 15 minutes to get me to put the remote down, though. I am allergic to all things OZ related. (grew up watching "The Wiz" every year about this time) but for "Glitch"? I'm in. SFC will find a way to take a great idea and make it horrib

[scifinoir2] Anyone up for Tinman

2007-11-20 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
When I first heard about Tinman, I was not that interested. The more I see and read, the more intrigued I am. It only vaguely seems to resemble the holiday classic. I've read it is similar to Steven King's Dark Tower Series. Anyone planning on watching? Below is a brief descriptio The min