Re: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-23 Thread KeithBJohnson
Glad to hear that. I'll be catching up on all the Infinite Crisis stuff in a couple of weeks. -- Original message -- From: buky90 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> the crisis is SOO much to me more of a universe changing event and most of all you can just do the main storylines and be

Re: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-23 Thread buky90
the crisis is SOO much to me more of a universe changing event and most of all you can just do the main storylines and be kept in the loop excellent On 3/21/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'll do it. It's on my list of "No true fan should go without reading > this" comics, al

RE: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-22 Thread Keith Johnson
com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Pratt Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 13:19 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office And they ask me why I don't read any of the X-titles. Remember when the X-books were just g

Re: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-22 Thread Martin Pratt
And they ask me why I don't read any of the X-titles. Remember when the X-books were just good old life-and-death, protect-those-who-are-trying-to-wipe-us-off-the-face-of-the-map-when-they're-not-hating-and-fearing-us? And I read Spidey a bit, enough to know thta he went through that whole deat

Re: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-22 Thread Cat Corley
Yes, I've read the trade paperback. ...well read and skimmed through after the movie. Just flipping through, I think the movie did a good job as far as getting the general gist of the comic book. From what I'm told, Moore is grumpy and hates everything anyone else has to do with his work. I know th

Re: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-21 Thread KeithBJohnson
I'll do it. It's on my list of "No true fan should go without reading this" comics, along with The Watchmen. I'm so behind on reading comics it ain't funny. I'm currently finishing up all the Marvel "House of M" books, which is dozens. (For those not in the know, the Scarlet Witch freaked, and

Re: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-21 Thread Bosco Bosco
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "Glad to hear y'all's enthusiastic reviews. A question, though. Did you or Cat read Moore's original work? I ask because as you may know, Moore *hates* the movie treatment of "V" so much he had his name completely removed from the film. He seems to feel his work was sim

Re: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-21 Thread KeithBJohnson
Glad to hear y'all's enthusiastic reviews. A question, though. Did you or Cat read Moore's original work? I ask because as you may know, Moore *hates* the movie treatment of "V" so much he had his name completely removed from the film. He seems to feel his work was simplified and Hollywoodized t

Re: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-21 Thread KeithBJohnson
Great to hear! Now i have "Inside Man" and "V for Vendetta" on my list of movies to see. Oh: and "The Constant Gardener", "Good Night and Good Luck", and "Capote", all on pay-per-view or DVD. -- Original message -- From: "Cat Corley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I loved it. It's

Re: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-20 Thread Bosco Bosco
--- Cat Corley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "I loved it. It's the best movie I've seen in awhile. I dare say that everyone on this list might like it." I saw it tonight with my girlfriend who was my not necessarily excited to see a comicbook translated to big screen date. She's not a fan of sci-fi i

Re: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-20 Thread Cat Corley
I loved it. It's the best movie I've seen in awhile. I dare say that everyone on this list might like it. Cat On 3/19/06, Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looking forward to seeing this. Anyone catch it? My wife was a little > under the weather, so I didn't get to go. I did see "16 Blo

Re: [scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-19 Thread Bosco Bosco
I missed it. My plans changed. Gonna catch this week for sure. B --- Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looking forward to seeing this. Anyone catch it? My wife was a > little > under the weather, so I didn't get to go. I did see "16 Blocks" > this > weekend, which had good actors but a

[scifinoir2] "V" stands for victory at box office

2006-03-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Looking forward to seeing this. Anyone catch it? My wife was a little under the weather, so I didn't get to go. I did see "16 Blocks" this weekend, which had good actors but a plot that was a little basic. Still, any chance to see Mos Def, Bruce Willis, and David Morse is fun. "V" stands for vic