Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 05:53 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at first, but ended up really having a good time with it. Anyone seen it? George A The 10th Kingdom was a great family movie, I even bought my daughter the DVD. Who could not like a movie that shows trolls enjoying the Bee Gees or mushrooms singing The Whiter Shade Of Pale? Is the DVD the whole ten hours as it was originally broadcast, or the repeat broadcast where they cut out a couple of hours, including some of the best stuff? -- The set has three disks and runs for about 7 hours. I'll be pissed if there was more. Not that it was great but I just had fun watching it. The guy playing the Wolfman really kept the show from dragging. George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI
Reggie Bautista wrote: George wrote: Riverworld: After reading comments on the list, I wasn't too hopeful. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The basics of To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat were there. While the movie was rather predictable, I enjoyed watching it. It screams sequel or series. I've never read any of the Riverworld novels, and I thought the movie was ok. It was a little predictable in spots, and some things just seemed a bit convenient, but overall I enjoyed it and found it very intriguing. It really made me want to read the novels (which I'll probably get to sometime in the next 2 or 3 years :-) . Reggie Bautista So Many Books, So Little Time Maru(George inserts: And How Maru!) (Hey, my first Maru) - To Your Scattered Bodies Go is well worth reading. The subsequent books are okay, but IMO, each is not quite as good as the previous. George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI
At 05:06 PM 6/12/03 +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 05:53 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at first, but ended up really having a good time with it. Anyone seen it? George A The 10th Kingdom was a great family movie, I even bought my daughter the DVD. Who could not like a movie that shows trolls enjoying the Bee Gees or mushrooms singing The Whiter Shade Of Pale? Is the DVD the whole ten hours as it was originally broadcast, or the repeat broadcast where they cut out a couple of hours, including some of the best stuff? -- The set has three disks and runs for about 7 hours. I'll be pissed if there was more. Not that it was great but I just had fun watching it. The guy playing the Wolfman really kept the show from dragging. When they re-ran it on TV, to cut it down from 10 hours to 8, they cut out, frex, a lot of the trolls rampaging through the apartment building at the beginning. 7 hours w/o commercials sounds like about 10 hours with commercials, though . . . -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foamÂ… God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI
- Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 5:18 PM Subject: Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI At 05:06 PM 6/12/03 +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 05:53 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at first, but ended up really having a good time with it. Anyone seen it? George A The 10th Kingdom was a great family movie, I even bought my daughter the DVD. Who could not like a movie that shows trolls enjoying the Bee Gees or mushrooms singing The Whiter Shade Of Pale? Is the DVD the whole ten hours as it was originally broadcast, or the repeat broadcast where they cut out a couple of hours, including some of the best stuff? -- The set has three disks and runs for about 7 hours. I'll be pissed if there was more. Not that it was great but I just had fun watching it. The guy playing the Wolfman really kept the show from dragging. When they re-ran it on TV, to cut it down from 10 hours to 8, they cut out, frex, a lot of the trolls rampaging through the apartment building at the beginning. 7 hours w/o commercials sounds like about 10 hours with commercials, though . . . We saw the Trolls having much fun in the apartment and getting trapped in an elevator. George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI
Ronn! wrote: When they re-ran it on TV, to cut it down from 10 hours to 8, they cut out, frex, a lot of the trolls rampaging through the apartment building at the beginning. 7 hours w/o commercials sounds like about 10 hours with commercials, though . . . Shows like Stargate (pre-SciFi Channel) and Jeremiah that air first-run on cable without commercials and then rerun in syndication with commercials typically clock in at 43 to 45 minutes. Allowing for minor edits, call it 42, and 42 divided by 60 is seven tenths... Yeah, sounds right. By the way, last I heard, Jeremiah will start it's second season (finally) in August or September. Reggie Bautista _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Red Mars to air on SCI FI
I just read the following on SCIFIWEEKLY: Producer Gale Ann Hurd (Hulk, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) has signed a deal with the SCI FI Channel to produce the six-hour miniseries, Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars. The announcement closely follows another high-profile deal made recently by the SCI FI Channel with filmmakers Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Stargate) and Bryan Singer (X-Men, X2) to develop The Triangle, an eight-hour miniseries centered around the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. Based on Robinson's best-selling novel of the same name, Red Mars chronicles the epic adventure of the first hundred colonists on Mars and their perilous mission to create a new world. Author Robinson, a member of NASA's Mars Committee, will consult on the project, which will be written by Gregory Widen (Highlander, Backdraft). Currently in development, the project is slated to air in late 2004. I've read and heard good and bad things about the SCI FI Channel. We don't get it in Korea, but friends record some events for me. The few things I've seen have been pretty good. I really enjoyed the REd/Green/Blue Mars trilogy and I truly hope they do a good job with it. The others I've seen: Dune: I think they did an excellent job with this. I've watched it 3 times. Children of Dune: Pretty good. They left out a bit, but the basics of Dune Messiah and Children of Dune were faithfully portrayed. Riverworld: After reading comments on the list, I wasn't too hopeful. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The basics of To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat were there. While the movie was rather predictable, I enjoyed watching it. It screams sequel or series. George A P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at first, but ended up really having a good time with it. Anyone seen it? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Red Mars to air on SCI FI
P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at first, but ended up really having a good time with it. Anyone seen it? George A The 10th Kingdom was a great family movie, I even bought my daughter the DVD. Who could not like a movie that shows trolls enjoying the Bee Gees or mushrooms singing The Whiter Shade Of Pale? Gary PS - The 10th Kingdom was actually a Hallmark movie, not Sci-Fi :-) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI
On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 10:11 am, G. D. Akin wrote: P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at first, but ended up really having a good time with it. Anyone seen it? I've seen most of it. It was nice to see Rutger Hauer and Dianne Wiest still working. Kimberly Williams is cute in a Brittany Murphy/Anna Faris kind of way (only older and less successful) ...it was quite fun :) -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible. - Bertrand Russell ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Red Mars to air on SCI FI
At 05:53 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at first, but ended up really having a good time with it. Anyone seen it? George A The 10th Kingdom was a great family movie, I even bought my daughter the DVD. Who could not like a movie that shows trolls enjoying the Bee Gees or mushrooms singing The Whiter Shade Of Pale? Is the DVD the whole ten hours as it was originally broadcast, or the repeat broadcast where they cut out a couple of hours, including some of the best stuff? -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foamÂ… God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Red Mars to air on SCI FI
Is the DVD the whole ten hours as it was originally broadcast, or the repeat broadcast where they cut out a couple of hours, including some of the best stuff? -- Ronn! :) It is the complete broadcast. There were two versions of the DVD, a two disk set and a three disk set. I think the two disk set had some of the movie cut, but our three disk set is all 10 hours. Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI
George wrote: Riverworld: After reading comments on the list, I wasn't too hopeful. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The basics of To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat were there. While the movie was rather predictable, I enjoyed watching it. It screams sequel or series. I've never read any of the Riverworld novels, and I thought the movie was ok. It was a little predictable in spots, and some things just seemed a bit convenient, but overall I enjoyed it and found it very intriguing. It really made me want to read the novels (which I'll probably get to sometime in the next 2 or 3 years :-) . Reggie Bautista So Many Books, So Little Time Maru _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
