RE: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly
Same here, but I did come out for Batman this summer From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bosco Bosco Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:31 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly I'm not crowd friendly and get less so as I get older. B --- On Wed, 10/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:22 PM Well, I'm almost always there for opening weekends for scifi flicks, so I will definitely be there! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Has a cover story about the JJ Abrams Star Trek Film. Lots of pics and interview material. I've gotta say that if they EW Hype is 50% accurate, it looks like the new movie will be kill kill. I don't hit much on an opening weekend but I am planning in advance to be there for this one. Bosco
Re: [scifinoir2] [Video] Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and
A good friend of mine who managed a book store at O'hare spoke to William Shatner when he stopped by. His only comment to his compliments? You don't have any of my books in your store... I have not liked that man since I first heard him speak outside of Star Trek... -See that guy who looks like a cross between Elvis and George Clinton? He is Johnny Ross.- From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Wed, 10/22/08, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] [Video] Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 2:21 PM http://www.dailymai l.co.uk/tvshowbi z/article- 1079595/Video- Star-Treks- William-Shatner- brands-star- George-Takei- sick-psychotic. html VIDEO: Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and psychotic' By Daily Mail Reporter 'Star Trek' icon William Shatner has branded former co-star George Takei 'sick' and 'psychotic' and claims he feels 'nothing but pity for him' in an astonishing attack. In an internet video clip, the ex-Captain Kirk actor says nobody cared when gay Takei finally came out in 2005. And he belittles Takei's role as Mr Sulu in the cult sci-fi series, claiming he barely knew him because he was only ever on set for a couple of days. Shatner hit back after Takei deliberately made a point of not inviting him to his gay wedding last month. Takei has admitted holding a long-standing grudge against Shatner for , in his opinion, having a huge ego and hogging the limelight on Star Trek. Shatner says in the video: 'The whole thing makes me feel badly, poor man. There is such a sickness there. 'It's so patently obvious that there is a psychosis there. I don't know what his original thing about me was. I have no idea. 'I didn't read his book that was printed many years ago, but apparently I didn't let somebody have a close-up. I literally don't know him. 'I didn't know him very well on the series. He would come in for a day or two, as evidenced by the part he played. Then on the movies, there occasionally. I didn't know the man. 'But he has continued to speak badly about me for all these years. Obviously, hiding his homosexuality - talk about festering and not living the truth of your life and feeling badly about yourself - and being fearful somebody would find out about this terrible, terrible secret, so he thought. 'Finally at the age of, I think, 70, he decides to come out of the closet and say, I'm gay. 'Like, who cares? Be gay. Don't be gay. That's up to you George.' Shatner says he is baffled at why Takei has continued to hold a grudge against him. He says: 'You would think there would be an epiphany at some point, where George might have said, Poor Bill Shatner. He's such a lonely, desperate, unhappy man that he did all these terrible things to me. 'Which I can't remember. I presume he can remember all these terrible thing I must have done when I said, Hello or something to him. 'You would think he had this epiphany and say - because he and I don't have many years left in this world - I wish him well. I'm so happy that I wish him well. 'But instead what he does is he makes this big deal about not inviting me to his wedding. 'If I was such a terrible force in his life - even some 40-odd years later, because I've not seen him - that I effect his marriage where he has to isolate it, what kind of sickness is going on in the man?' Shatner, whose video appears on his YouTube page theshatnerproject. com, adds: 'There must be something else inside of George that is festering and makes him so unhappy that he takes it out on me - in effect a total stranger. 'Why would he go out of his way to denegrate me? It's sad that the man can't find enough peace in his life to either say Be positive and say I forgive him, whatever those hurts were, or to shut up about it. 'It's sad. I feel nothing but pity for him.'
Re: [scifinoir2] My Worse Enemy - The Humming Bird Sex Position
Is that what you call it??? I've been doing that for years...and no, I don't kiss...er, hum and tell... -See that guy who looks like a cross between Elvis and George Clinton? He is Johnny Ross.- From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Tue, 10/21/08, Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] My Worse Enemy - The Humming Bird Sex Position To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Chris de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 2:41 PM Those of you who watched My Worse Enemy may have been curious about the Hummingbird sex act that the hero was concerned about Edward, his alter ego was doing to his wife. If you weren’t, I was (smirk) so this is what I found on Yahoo Answers: The Hummingbird is a sex game in which you hum when you give oral pleasure to your partner. The vibrations add a complete new dimension to the experience. http://www.sex- manuals.com/ sex-games- 13.html The Eros Hummingbird http://www.lifeguid elines.com/ eros-humming- bird.htm On Source said it was a dangerous SM game but gave no details
Re: [scifinoir2] [Video] Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and
So, nobody remembers Free Enterprise? Kirk is one thing, Shatner's another. You can't hold Shatner responsible for the characters he plays. He has played some great characters but that does not make him a nice person. On Oct 23, 2008, at 4:40 AM, Astromancer wrote: A good friend of mine who managed a book store at O'hare spoke to William Shatner when he stopped by. His only comment to his compliments? You don't have any of my books in your store... I have not liked that man since I first heard him speak outside of Star Trek... -See that guy who looks like a cross between Elvis and George Clinton? He is Johnny Ross.- From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Wed, 10/22/08, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] [Video] Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 2:21 PM http://www.dailymai l.co.uk/tvshowbi z/article- 1079595/Video- Star- Treks- William-Shatner- brands-star- George-Takei- sick-psychotic. html VIDEO: Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and psychotic' By Daily Mail Reporter 'Star Trek' icon William Shatner has branded former co-star George Takei 'sick' and 'psychotic' and claims he feels 'nothing but pity for him' in an astonishing attack. In an internet video clip, the ex-Captain Kirk actor says nobody cared when gay Takei finally came out in 2005. And he belittles Takei's role as Mr Sulu in the cult sci-fi series, claiming he barely knew him because he was only ever on set for a couple of days. Shatner hit back after Takei deliberately made a point of not inviting him to his gay wedding last month. Takei has admitted holding a long-standing grudge against Shatner for , in his opinion, having a huge ego and hogging the limelight on Star Trek. Shatner says in the video: 'The whole thing makes me feel badly, poor man. There is such a sickness there. 'It's so patently obvious that there is a psychosis there. I don't know what his original thing about me was. I have no idea. 'I didn't read his book that was printed many years ago, but apparently I didn't let somebody have a close-up. I literally don't know him. 'I didn't know him very well on the series. He would come in for a day or two, as evidenced by the part he played. Then on the movies, there occasionally. I didn't know the man. 'But he has continued to speak badly about me for all these years. Obviously, hiding his homosexuality - talk about festering and not living the truth of your life and feeling badly about yourself - and being fearful somebody would find out about this terrible, terrible secret, so he thought. 'Finally at the age of, I think, 70, he decides to come out of the closet and say, I'm gay. 'Like, who cares? Be gay. Don't be gay. That's up to you George.' Shatner says he is baffled at why Takei has continued to hold a grudge against him. He says: 'You would think there would be an epiphany at some point, where George might have said, Poor Bill Shatner. He's such a lonely, desperate, unhappy man that he did all these terrible things to me. 'Which I can't remember. I presume he can remember all these terrible thing I must have done when I said, Hello or something to him. 'You would think he had this epiphany and say - because he and I don't have many years left in this world - I wish him well. I'm so happy that I wish him well. 'But instead what he does is he makes this big deal about not inviting me to his wedding. 'If I was such a terrible force in his life - even some 40-odd years later, because I've not seen him - that I effect his marriage where he has to isolate it, what kind of sickness is going on in the man?' Shatner, whose video appears on his YouTube page theshatnerproject. com, adds: 'There must be something else inside of George that is festering and makes him so unhappy that he takes it out on me - in effect a total stranger. 'Why would he go out of his way to denegrate me? It's sad that the man can't find enough peace in his life to either say Be positive and say I forgive him, whatever those hurts were, or to shut up about it. 'It's sad. I feel nothing but pity for him.'
Re: [scifinoir2] [Video] Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and
So I noticed... -See that guy who looks like a cross between Elvis and George Clinton? He is Johnny Ross.- From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Thu, 10/23/08, Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Video] Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 5:47 AM So, nobody remembers Free Enterprise? Kirk is one thing, Shatner's another. You can't hold Shatner responsible for the characters he plays. He has played some great characters but that does not make him a nice person. On Oct 23, 2008, at 4:40 AM, Astromancer wrote: A good friend of mine who managed a book store at O'hare spoke to William Shatner when he stopped by. His only comment to his compliments? You don't have any of my books in your store... I have not liked that man since I first heard him speak outside of Star Trek... -See that guy who looks like a cross between Elvis and George Clinton? He is Johnny Ross.- From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Wed, 10/22/08, brent wodehouse brent_wodehouse@ thefence. us wrote: From: brent wodehouse brent_wodehouse@ thefence. us Subject: [scifinoir2] [Video] Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 2:21 PM http://www.dailymai l.co.uk/tvshowbi z/article- 1079595/Video- Star-Treks- William-Shatner- brands-star- George-Takei- sick-psychotic. html VIDEO: Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and psychotic' By Daily Mail Reporter 'Star Trek' icon William Shatner has branded former co-star George Takei 'sick' and 'psychotic' and claims he feels 'nothing but pity for him' in an astonishing attack. In an internet video clip, the ex-Captain Kirk actor says nobody cared when gay Takei finally came out in 2005. And he belittles Takei's role as Mr Sulu in the cult sci-fi series, claiming he barely knew him because he was only ever on set for a couple of days. Shatner hit back after Takei deliberately made a point of not inviting him to his gay wedding last month. Takei has admitted holding a long-standing grudge against Shatner for , in his opinion, having a huge ego and hogging the limelight on Star Trek. Shatner says in the video: 'The whole thing makes me feel badly, poor man. There is such a sickness there. 'It's so patently obvious that there is a psychosis there. I don't know what his original thing about me was. I have no idea. 'I didn't read his book that was printed many years ago, but apparently I didn't let somebody have a close-up. I literally don't know him. 'I didn't know him very well on the series. He would come in for a day or two, as evidenced by the part he played. Then on the movies, there occasionally. I didn't know the man. 'But he has continued to speak badly about me for all these years. Obviously, hiding his homosexuality - talk about festering and not living the truth of your life and feeling badly about yourself - and being fearful somebody would find out about this terrible, terrible secret, so he thought. 'Finally at the age of, I think, 70, he decides to come out of the closet and say, I'm gay. 'Like, who cares? Be gay. Don't be gay. That's up to you George.' Shatner says he is baffled at why Takei has continued to hold a grudge against him. He says: 'You would think there would be an epiphany at some point, where George might have said, Poor Bill Shatner. He's such a lonely, desperate, unhappy man that he did all these terrible things to me. 'Which I can't remember. I presume he can remember all these terrible thing I must have done when I said, Hello or something to him. 'You would think he had this epiphany and say - because he and I don't have many years left in this world - I wish him well. I'm so happy that I wish him well. 'But instead what he does is he makes this big deal about not inviting me to his wedding. 'If I was such a terrible force in his life - even some 40-odd years later, because I've not seen him - that I effect his marriage where he has to isolate it, what kind of sickness is going on in the man?' Shatner, whose video appears on his YouTube page theshatnerproject. com, adds: 'There must be something else inside of George that is festering and makes him so unhappy that he takes it out on me - in effect a total stranger. 'Why would he go out of his way to denegrate me? It's sad that the man can't find enough peace in his life to either say Be positive and say I forgive him, whatever those hurts were, or to shut up about it. 'It's sad. I feel nothing but pity for him.'
Re: [scifinoir2] [Video] Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and
I have to agree. But then again Hollyweird is full of great actors/acresses who are, well flaming asholes.And I concider Shatner in that catigory. -GTW In a message dated 10/23/08 6:48:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, nobody remembers Free Enterprise? Kirk is one thing, Shatner's another. You can't hold Shatner responsible for the characters he plays. He has played some great characters but that does not make him a nice person. ** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1211625659x1200715650/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072amp;hmpgID=82amp; bcd=emailfooter)
RE: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly
Maybe that is why I too shun crowds, I did the music thing and then became an event planner for a while. It seems like work now From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bosco Bosco Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:43 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly I worked in the music business for many years. Spent a lot of time in crowds seeing bands and going to music business events. I've calculated seeing some where in the neighborhood of 5000 plus bands/shows in my life. I've had my fill of being in rooms full of people. --- On Wed, 10/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:34 PM Really? Why is that? I haven't seen a change in my love of crowds. But then, i'm a high extrovert, according to three Meyers-Briggs tests, so no surprise there. The whole experience pumps me up, just being there with me and my couple of hundred closest friends! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com I'm not crowd friendly and get less so as I get older. B --- On Wed, 10/22/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:22 PM Well, I'm almost always there for opening weekends for scifi flicks, so I will definitely be there! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Has a cover story about the JJ Abrams Star Trek Film. Lots of pics and interview material. I've gotta say that if they EW Hype is 50% accurate, it looks like the new movie will be kill kill. I don't hit much on an opening weekend but I am planning in advance to be there for this one. Bosco
Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly
Wow, that's an interesting past. I guess I can see why you're burned out a bit. -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] I worked in the music business for many years. Spent a lot of time in crowds seeing bands and going to music business events. I've calculated seeing some where in the neighborhood of 5000 plus bands/shows in my life. I've had my fill of being in rooms full of people. --- On Wed, 10/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:34 PM Really? Why is that? I haven't seen a change in my love of crowds. But then, i'm a high extrovert, according to three Meyers-Briggs tests, so no surprise there. The whole experience pumps me up, just being there with me and my couple of hundred closest friends! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com I'm not crowd friendly and get less so as I get older. B --- On Wed, 10/22/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:22 PM Well, I'm almost always there for opening weekends for scifi flicks, so I will definitely be there! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Has a cover story about the JJ Abrams Star Trek Film. Lots of pics and interview material. I've gotta say that if they EW Hype is 50% accurate, it looks like the new movie will be kill kill. I don't hit much on an opening weekend but I am planning in advance to be there for this one. Bosco
RE: [scifinoir2] My Worse Enemy - The Humming Bird Sex Position
I know, I was a little let down. I called it the Kazoo From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Astromancer Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:37 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] My Worse Enemy - The Humming Bird Sex Position Is that what you call it??? I've been doing that for years...and no, I don't kiss...er, hum and tell... -See that guy who looks like a cross between Elvis and George Clinton? He is Johnny Ross.- From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Tue, 10/21/08, Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] My Worse Enemy - The Humming Bird Sex Position To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Chris de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 2:41 PM Those of you who watched My Worse Enemy may have been curious about the Hummingbird sex act that the hero was concerned about Edward, his alter ego was doing to his wife.If you weren?t, I was (smirk) so this is what I found on Yahoo Answers: The Hummingbird is a sex game in which you hum when you give oral pleasure to your partner. The vibrations add a complete new dimension to the experience. http://www.sex- http://www.sex-manuals.com/sex-games-13.html manuals.com/ sex-games- 13.html The Eros Hummingbird http://www.lifeguid http://www.lifeguidelines.com/eros-humming-bird.htm elines.com/ eros-humming- bird.htm On Source said it was a dangerous SM game but gave no details
RE: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly
I'm either getting more crowd friendly, or remaining the same in terms of crowd. Just my nature--but then, you can probably guess that from how much I participate in this group at all hours. I just love to be around and talk to people, and my longsuffering wife after a while gets a little--overwhelmed--with me. -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] Same here, but I did come out for Batman this summer From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bosco Bosco Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:31 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly I'm not crowd friendly and get less so as I get older. B --- On Wed, 10/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:22 PM Well, I'm almost always there for opening weekends for scifi flicks, so I will definitely be there! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Has a cover story about the JJ Abrams Star Trek Film. Lots of pics and interview material. I've gotta say that if they EW Hype is 50% accurate, it looks like the new movie will be kill kill. I don't hit much on an opening weekend but I am planning in advance to be there for this one. Bosco
Re: [scifinoir2] [Video] Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and
i've heard a lot of things about Shatner over the years that I've pretty much taking with a grain of salt, not seeing him as necessarily any more of an arrogant star than many other actors. But this--have to say this one takes the cake, unless he was joking?? -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] A good friend of mine who managed a book store at O'hare spoke to William Shatner when he stopped by. His only comment to his compliments? You don't have any of my books in your store... I have not liked that man since I first heard him speak outside of Star Trek... -See that guy who looks like a cross between Elvis and George Clinton? He is Johnny Ross.- From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Wed, 10/22/08, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] [Video] Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 2:21 PM http://www.dailymai l.co.uk/tvshowbi z/article- 1079595/Video- Star-Treks- William-Shatner- brands-star- George-Takei- sick-psychotic. html VIDEO: Star Trek's William Shatner brands former co-star George Takei 'sick and psychotic' By Daily Mail Reporter 'Star Trek' icon William Shatner has branded former co-star George Takei 'sick' and 'psychotic' and claims he feels 'nothing but pity for him' in an astonishing attack. In an internet video clip, the ex-Captain Kirk actor says nobody cared when gay Takei finally came out in 2005. And he belittles Takei's role as Mr Sulu in the cult sci-fi series, claiming he barely knew him because he was only ever on set for a couple of days. Shatner hit back after Takei deliberately made a point of not inviting him to his gay wedding last month. Takei has admitted holding a long-standing grudge against Shatner for , in his opinion, having a huge ego and hogging the limelight on Star Trek. Shatner says in the video: 'The whole thing makes me feel badly, poor man. There is such a sickness there. 'It's so patently obvious that there is a psychosis there. I don't know what his original thing about me was. I have no idea. 'I didn't read his book that was printed many years ago, but apparently I didn't let somebody have a close-up. I literally don't know him. 'I didn't know him very well on the series. He would come in for a day or two, as evidenced by the part he played. Then on the movies, there occasionally. I didn't know the man. 'But he has continued to speak badly about me for all these years. Obviously, hiding his homosexuality - talk about festering and not living the truth of your life and feeling badly about yourself - and being fearful somebody would find out about this terrible, terrible secret, so he thought. 'Finally at the age of, I think, 70, he decides to come out of the closet and say, I'm gay. 'Like, who cares? Be gay. Don't be gay. That's up to you George.' Shatner says he is baffled at why Takei has continued to hold a grudge against him. He says: 'You would think there would be an epiphany at some point, where George might have said, Poor Bill Shatner. He's such a lonely, desperate, unhappy man that he did all these terrible things to me. 'Which I can't remember. I presume he can remember all these terrible thing I must have done when I said, Hello or something to him. 'You would think he had this epiphany and say - because he and I don't have many years left in this world - I wish him well. I'm so happy that I wish him well. 'But instead what he does is he makes this big deal about not inviting me to his wedding. 'If I was such a terrible force in his life - even some 40-odd years later, because I've not seen him - that I effect his marriage where he has to isolate it, what kind of sickness is going on in the man?' Shatner, whose video appears on his YouTube page theshatnerproject. com, adds: 'There must be something else inside of George that is festering and makes him so unhappy that he takes it out on me - in effect a total stranger. 'Why would he go out of his way to denegrate me? It's sad that the man can't find enough peace in his life to either say Be positive and say I forgive him, whatever those hurts were, or to shut up about it. 'It's sad. I feel nothing but pity for him.'
Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly
My adult career path has been pretty cool. I worked in the music biz for about 15 years. Then I worked for a computer game company. Then I sold skateboards. I am currently unemployed after running a skateboard shop for 2 years. I don't know what's next but I am considering getting a degree. I've never had one. it could be interesting to give that a shot. B --- On Thu, 10/23/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 10:48 AM Wow, that's an interesting past. I guess I can see why you're burned out a bit. -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com I worked in the music business for many years. Spent a lot of time in crowds seeing bands and going to music business events. I've calculated seeing some where in the neighborhood of 5000 plus bands/shows in my life. I've had my fill of being in rooms full of people. --- On Wed, 10/22/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:34 PM Really? Why is that? I haven't seen a change in my love of crowds. But then, i'm a high extrovert, according to three Meyers-Briggs tests, so no surprise there. The whole experience pumps me up, just being there with me and my couple of hundred closest friends! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com I'm not crowd friendly and get less so as I get older. B --- On Wed, 10/22/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:22 PM Well, I'm almost always there for opening weekends for scifi flicks, so I will definitely be there! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Has a cover story about the JJ Abrams Star Trek Film. Lots of pics and interview material. I've gotta say that if they EW Hype is 50% accurate, it looks like the new movie will be kill kill. I don't hit much on an opening weekend but I am planning in advance to be there for this one. Bosco
Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly
You live in Austin, correct? A good friend of mine lives in Austin. He's a triathlete and big in that scene, used to work at a store called Run Tek (or something like that) that's frequented by a lot of athletes in Austin. What was the deal with the computer gaming company? What'd you do there? Good luck on the career path. I too am unemployed after a decade of being a network administrator at my company, which got me in the latest round of layoffs. I'm looking also at my next road, which will for practicality sake still probably be in IT, but which I'd like to be more fulfilling and less time consuming (I worked overtime all the time, but was on salary so didn't really get paid for it). biggest thing for me now is to pursue my real loves and to hopefully find a career that either fulfills them--or is less of a soul drain, so that I have the energy in my off hours to pursue those loves. -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] My adult career path has been pretty cool. I worked in the music biz for about 15 years. Then I worked for a computer game company. Then I sold skateboards. I am currently unemployed after running a skateboard shop for 2 years. I don't know what's next but I am considering getting a degree. I've never had one. it could be interesting to give that a shot. B --- On Thu, 10/23/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 10:48 AM Wow, that's an interesting past. I guess I can see why you're burned out a bit. -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com I worked in the music business for many years. Spent a lot of time in crowds seeing bands and going to music business events. I've calculated seeing some where in the neighborhood of 5000 plus bands/shows in my life. I've had my fill of being in rooms full of people. --- On Wed, 10/22/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:34 PM Really? Why is that? I haven't seen a change in my love of crowds. But then, i'm a high extrovert, according to three Meyers-Briggs tests, so no surprise there. The whole experience pumps me up, just being there with me and my couple of hundred closest friends! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com I'm not crowd friendly and get less so as I get older. B --- On Wed, 10/22/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:22 PM Well, I'm almost always there for opening weekends for scifi flicks, so I will definitely be there! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Has a cover story about the JJ Abrams Star Trek Film. Lots of pics and interview material. I've gotta say that if they EW Hype is 50% accurate, it looks like the new movie will be kill kill. I don't hit much on an opening weekend but I am planning in advance to be there for this one. Bosco
Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly
Good luck in the search. I worked at a German Company called Bluebyte Software. They were never big here in the states. The owner wanted to break in the US market but never really succeded. They had an Austin Office when he moved here. He sold the company to Ubisoft about two months after I left. They mostly made turnbased and real time strategy games. The most famous was the Settlers Series but even that wasn't popular here. Microsoft's Age Of Empires took a lot of cues from this one. I ran the english speaking tech support department. it was fun but wanted to move more in to networking and they weren't able to accomodate that. I got go to E3 and demo games for Journalists and buyers. I got a couple of credits in games like Settlers 4, Battle Isle Andosia War and Stephen King's F13. it was a cool experience. --- On Thu, 10/23/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 3:25 PM You live in Austin, correct? A good friend of mine lives in Austin. He's a triathlete and big in that scene, used to work at a store called Run Tek (or something like that) that's frequented by a lot of athletes in Austin. What was the deal with the computer gaming company? What'd you do there? Good luck on the career path. I too am unemployed after a decade of being a network administrator at my company, which got me in the latest round of layoffs. I'm looking also at my next road, which will for practicality sake still probably be in IT, but which I'd like to be more fulfilling and less time consuming (I worked overtime all the time, but was on salary so didn't really get paid for it). biggest thing for me now is to pursue my real loves and to hopefully find a career that either fulfills them--or is less of a soul drain, so that I have the energy in my off hours to pursue those loves. -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com My adult career path has been pretty cool. I worked in the music biz for about 15 years. Then I worked for a computer game company. Then I sold skateboards. I am currently unemployed after running a skateboard shop for 2 years. I don't know what's next but I am considering getting a degree. I've never had one. it could be interesting to give that a shot. B --- On Thu, 10/23/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 10:48 AM Wow, that's an interesting past. I guess I can see why you're burned out a bit. -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com I worked in the music business for many years. Spent a lot of time in crowds seeing bands and going to music business events. I've calculated seeing some where in the neighborhood of 5000 plus bands/shows in my life. I've had my fill of being in rooms full of people. --- On Wed, 10/22/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:34 PM Really? Why is that? I haven't seen a change in my love of crowds. But then, i'm a high extrovert, according to three Meyers-Briggs tests, so no surprise there. The whole experience pumps me up, just being there with me and my couple of hundred closest friends! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com I'm not crowd friendly and get less so as I get older. B --- On Wed, 10/22/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:22 PM Well, I'm almost always there for opening weekends for scifi flicks, so I will definitely be there! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Has a cover story about the JJ Abrams Star Trek Film. Lots of pics and interview material. I've gotta say that if they EW Hype is 50% accurate, it looks like the new movie will be kill kill. I don't hit much on an opening weekend but I am planning in advance to be there for this one. Bosco
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Obviously, I was already in for Star Trek opening night. I got the EW in the mail and immediately flipped through to see the uniforms. I am still not 100% sold on Zoe Saldana as Uhura, but I am ABSOLUTELY sold on Karl Urban as McCoy. On Oct 23, 2008, at 3:16 AM, Tracey de Morsella wrote: Same here, but I did come out for Batman this summer From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bosco Bosco Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:31 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly I'm not crowd friendly and get less so as I get older. B --- On Wed, 10/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:22 PM Well, I'm almost always there for opening weekends for scifi flicks, so I will definitely be there! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Has a cover story about the JJ Abrams Star Trek Film. Lots of pics and interview material. I've gotta say that if they EW Hype is 50% accurate, it looks like the new movie will be kill kill. I don't hit much on an opening weekend but I am planning in advance to be there for this one. Bosco
Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly
Thanks for the good luck wishes. It's cool that you worked at a game company like that. Did you look into becoming a game tester or anything? -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good luck in the search. I worked at a German Company called Bluebyte Software. They were never big here in the states. The owner wanted to break in the US market but never really succeded. They had an Austin Office when he moved here. He sold the company to Ubisoft about two months after I left. They mostly made turnbased and real time strategy games. The most famous was the Settlers Series but even that wasn't popular here. Microsoft's Age Of Empires took a lot of cues from this one. I ran the english speaking tech support department. it was fun but wanted to move more in to networking and they weren't able to accomodate that. I got go to E3 and demo games for Journalists and buyers. I got a couple of credits in games like Settlers 4, Battle Isle Andosia War and Stephen King's F13. it was a cool experience. --- On Thu, 10/23/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 3:25 PM You live in Austin, correct? A good friend of mine lives in Austin. He's a triathlete and big in that scene, used to work at a store called Run Tek (or something like that) that's frequented by a lot of athletes in Austin. What was the deal with the computer gaming company? What'd you do there? Good luck on the career path. I too am unemployed after a decade of being a network administrator at my company, which got me in the latest round of layoffs. I'm looking also at my next road, which will for practicality sake still probably be in IT, but which I'd like to be more fulfilling and less time consuming (I worked overtime all the time, but was on salary so didn't really get paid for it). biggest thing for me now is to pursue my real loves and to hopefully find a career that either fulfills them--or is less of a soul drain, so that I have the energy in my off hours to pursue those loves. -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com My adult career path has been pretty cool. I worked in the music biz for about 15 years. Then I worked for a computer game company. Then I sold skateboards. I am currently unemployed after running a skateboard shop for 2 years. I don't know what's next but I am considering getting a degree. I've never had one. it could be interesting to give that a shot. B --- On Thu, 10/23/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 10:48 AM Wow, that's an interesting past. I guess I can see why you're burned out a bit. -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com I worked in the music business for many years. Spent a lot of time in crowds seeing bands and going to music business events. I've calculated seeing some where in the neighborhood of 5000 plus bands/shows in my life. I've had my fill of being in rooms full of people. --- On Wed, 10/22/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:34 PM Really? Why is that? I haven't seen a change in my love of crowds. But then, i'm a high extrovert, according to three Meyers-Briggs tests, so no surprise there. The whole experience pumps me up, just being there with me and my couple of hundred closest friends! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com I'm not crowd friendly and get less so as I get older. B --- On Wed, 10/22/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:22 PM Well, I'm almost always there for opening weekends for scifi flicks, so I will definitely be there! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Has a cover story about the JJ Abrams Star Trek Film. Lots of pics and interview material. I've gotta say that if they EW Hype is 50% accurate, it looks like the new movie will be kill kill. I don't hit much on an opening weekend but I am planning in advance to be there for this one. Bosco
Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly
Why aren't you into Saldana as Uhura? (Too bad they couldn't have changed that name to the real Uhuru). What about the dude playing Sulu, does he look the part? -- Original message -- From: Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Obviously, I was already in for Star Trek opening night. I got the EW in the mail and immediately flipped through to see the uniforms. I am still not 100% sold on Zoe Saldana as Uhura, but I am ABSOLUTELY sold on Karl Urban as McCoy. On Oct 23, 2008, at 3:16 AM, Tracey de Morsella wrote: Same here, but I did come out for Batman this summer From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bosco Bosco Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:31 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly I'm not crowd friendly and get less so as I get older. B --- On Wed, 10/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:22 PM Well, I'm almost always there for opening weekends for scifi flicks, so I will definitely be there! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Has a cover story about the JJ Abrams Star Trek Film. Lots of pics and interview material. I've gotta say that if they EW Hype is 50% accurate, it looks like the new movie will be kill kill. I don't hit much on an opening weekend but I am planning in advance to be there for this one. Bosco
Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly
Until I worked for Bluebyte, I never really played computer games. I have played very little since I left. I'm not much of a gamer. I probably could but that's a saturated market here in Austin. B --- On Thu, 10/23/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 7:11 PM Thanks for the good luck wishes. It's cool that you worked at a game company like that. Did you look into becoming a game tester or anything? -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Good luck in the search. I worked at a German Company called Bluebyte Software. They were never big here in the states. The owner wanted to break in the US market but never really succeded. They had an Austin Office when he moved here. He sold the company to Ubisoft about two months after I left. They mostly made turnbased and real time strategy games. The most famous was the Settlers Series but even that wasn't popular here. Microsoft's Age Of Empires took a lot of cues from this one. I ran the english speaking tech support department. it was fun but wanted to move more in to networking and they weren't able to accomodate that. I got go to E3 and demo games for Journalists and buyers. I got a couple of credits in games like Settlers 4, Battle Isle Andosia War and Stephen King's F13. it was a cool experience. --- On Thu, 10/23/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 3:25 PM You live in Austin, correct? A good friend of mine lives in Austin. He's a triathlete and big in that scene, used to work at a store called Run Tek (or something like that) that's frequented by a lot of athletes in Austin. What was the deal with the computer gaming company? What'd you do there? Good luck on the career path. I too am unemployed after a decade of being a network administrator at my company, which got me in the latest round of layoffs. I'm looking also at my next road, which will for practicality sake still probably be in IT, but which I'd like to be more fulfilling and less time consuming (I worked overtime all the time, but was on salary so didn't really get paid for it). biggest thing for me now is to pursue my real loves and to hopefully find a career that either fulfills them--or is less of a soul drain, so that I have the energy in my off hours to pursue those loves. -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com My adult career path has been pretty cool. I worked in the music biz for about 15 years. Then I worked for a computer game company. Then I sold skateboards. I am currently unemployed after running a skateboard shop for 2 years. I don't know what's next but I am considering getting a degree. I've never had one. it could be interesting to give that a shot. B --- On Thu, 10/23/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 10:48 AM Wow, that's an interesting past. I guess I can see why you're burned out a bit. -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com I worked in the music business for many years. Spent a lot of time in crowds seeing bands and going to music business events. I've calculated seeing some where in the neighborhood of 5000 plus bands/shows in my life. I've had my fill of being in rooms full of people. --- On Wed, 10/22/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:34 PM Really? Why is that? I haven't seen a change in my love of crowds. But then, i'm a high extrovert, according to three Meyers-Briggs tests, so no surprise there. The whole experience pumps me up, just being there with me and my couple of hundred closest friends! -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com I'm not crowd friendly and get less so as I get older. B --- On Wed, 10/22/08, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The New Entertainment Weekly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 10:22 PM Well, I'm almost always there for opening weekends for scifi flicks, so I will definitely
[scifinoir2] Favorite Websites
I have a general question for the class. What are your favorite websites both on and off topic? Bosco
[scifinoir2] Stan Lee Hints at Long-running Spider-man Franchise
Lee Hints At Long-running Spider-man Franchise 23 October 2008 6:29 PM, PDT http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzk3MTE5MDU5NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMjY3NT Y3._V1._SY90_.jpg Comic book legend Stan Lee http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498278/ has hinted his hit Spider-man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145487/ franchise may follow in the footsteps of the James Bond movies - by carrying on for years to come. The former Marvel Comics president has been at the helm of the first three superhero films, which have all enjoyed hugely lucrative runs at the global box office - with the 2002 Spider-Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145487/ big-screen debut becoming the second most successful comic-book movie after The Dark Knight http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/ . And, with stars Toby Maguire and Kirsten Dunst http://www.imdb.com/name/nm379/ expected to return for a fourth Spider-Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145487/ outing in 2011, Lee is adamant the film can continue to entice fans - as long as they remain true to his original work. He says, I don't think there will ever be too many Spider-Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145487/ movies as long as the studios churn out ones that are unique, compelling and with good characterisation. We've already had three Spider-Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145487/ movies - and there are going to be more. Some might be a little better than the previous, some might be the same, some might not come up to standard. But I think every one of them will be an interesting movie and people will want to see them. http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0590236/ image001.jpg
[scifinoir2] Critic Ebert Criticized By Critics
Critic Ebert Criticized By Critics 23 October 2008 2:48 AM, PDT http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUyODg5NTUxMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMDkwMT A0._V1._SY90_.jpg After initially defending his decision to write a scathing review of the indie movie Tru Loved http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1056441/ after walking out after the first eight minutes, Roger Ebert http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001170/ has had a change of heart. In a message posted on his website, he concedes, In reviewing the first eight minutes, I was guilty of too much affection for my prose. Later, he vows: I will never, ever, again review a film I have not seen in its entirety. Never. Ever. (He has since seen the entire film and posted a detailed review of it.) Some of Ebert's fans and fellow critics are not willing to let him off the hook so fast, however. In the Los Angeles Times, media columnist Patrick Goldstein http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1141438/ writes today (Thursday): If there were ever an act that indelibly painted critics as elitist snobs, it would be America's best-known critic reviewing a movie after only bothering to watch for eight minutes. Orlando Sentinel critic Roger Moore sayes that writing a review of a movie based on its first eight minutes is not cricket. He then concludes, If we're going to start writing reviews of movies we haven't suffered all the way, or at least most of the way through, the way most people who shell out $10-12 do after they've spent the cash, we're all doomed. And Gary Susman, a sometime critic who writes the PopWatch blog for Entertainment Weekly's website, comments: No other movie critic in America could have pulled off such a stunt without getting fired. I fear that, even though he corrected his mistake, he's still set a bad example. At a time when film critics all over America are losing their jobs, it can't be good for readers, editors, or filmmakers to think that when he did passes for professional, acceptable behavior among film critics and the outlets that publish their work, even for a moment. http://www.imdb.com/news/ns003/#ni0589963 image001.jpg
[scifinoir2] Blockbuster May Thrive In Poor Economy
Blockbuster May Thrive In Poor Economy 23 October 2008 2:48 AM, PDT The precarious economy may be unnerving to many in the entertainment business, but it may very well boost rentals for video retailer Blockbuster. Indeed, the Dallas-based company on Wednesday reported a 5.1-percent increase in revenue during the third quarter, after reporting significant sales growth in the previous two quarters. And while the Dow plunged 514 points on Wednesday, Blockbuster's stock edged up. Michael Pachter an entertainment analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities, said, The last three weeks are as bad as you're going to see for consumer confidence, and if someone is on the cusp of joining Netflix and paying a monthly fee or not, they may opt to rent movies à la carte instead. Separately, the Los Angeles Times quoted Pachter as saying, It's very easy to substitute rental for movie tickets when times are tough. http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0589965/
[scifinoir2] Bond Films Too Expensive To Make?
Bond Films Too Expensive To Make? 22 October 2008 2:46 AM, PDT http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTIyODk0MDE0MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODY5Mz c1MQ@@._V1._SY90_.jpg 007 star Daniel Craig http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185819/ has expressed concern that MGM may not be able to raise the cash to produce another James Bond movie any time soon, given the current credit crunch. In an interview with the London Daily Mirror, Craig said. As far as the next film's concerned, there is nothing scheduled. ... Economically the world is in quite a lot of trouble so who knows if we can afford to do another Bond movie anytime soon. image001.jpg
[scifinoir2] Shatner, The Uninvited
Shatner, The Uninvited 22 October 2008 2:46 AM, PDT http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE3NjI2ODYwNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMzQ5ND k3._V1._SY90_.jpg William Shatner http://www.imdb.com/name/nm638/ , miffed about not being cast as Captain Kirk in the forthcoming Star Trek http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/ movie scheduled to be released next May, has responded to fellow cast member George Takei http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001786/ 's public criticism of him and his publicly announced decision not to invite Shatner to his marriage to his longtime partner last month. Takei has said in interviews that Shatner displayed a massive ego on the set of the original Star Trek http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/ series to the point of pressuring directors to show close-ups of him while other characters were speaking. In an interview posted on his website, Shatner says that he rarely saw Takei during Star Trek http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/ productions. I literally don't know him, he said. He'd come in for a day or two as evidenced by the part he played. ... But he has continued to speak badly about me for all these years. ... I presume he can remember all of these terrible things I must have done when I said hello or something to him. ... Why would he go out of his way to denigrate me? And it's sad that the man can't find enough peace in his life to be positive and say, 'I forgive him for whatever those hurts were' -- or to shut up about it. As I said, I feel nothing but pity for him. http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0589153/ image001.jpg
[scifinoir2] Dexter To Return For 4th And 5th Seasons
Dexter To Return For 4th And 5th Seasons 22 October 2008 12:05 PM, PDT http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTk1NDIzNjUwN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjYyMz I5MQ@@._V1._SY90_.jpg The third season of U.S. TV drama Dexter http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0773262/ has proved such a hit that network bosses have commissioned another two series just a month after it returned to the air. The 28 September season three premiere attracted 1.2 million viewers to the Showtime cable channel - a 20 per cent improvement on the first episode of the second season. Dexter http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0773262/ stars Michael C. Hall http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355910/ as a crime scene investigator who secretly murders serial killers. http://www.imdb.com/news/ns002/?date=2008-10-22 image001.jpg
[scifinoir2] Hulk Versus Avengers Movie
Hulk Versus Avengers? 22 October 2008 12:05 PM, PDT http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUyNzk3MjA1OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTE1Nj g2MQ@@._V1._SY90_.jpg Marvel president Kevin Feige http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270559/ is looking to pit The Incredible http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800080/ Hulk against the Avengers in an upcoming movie - with the green monster as the villain. The studio head admits there are no plans as yet for a sequel to this year's The Incredible Hulk http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800080/ , which starred Edward Norton http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001570/ , but he would love to tie in Dr. Bruce Banner's alter ego into the new Avengers project. He tells MTV, Here's the thing - it is all in the planning stages, but certainly if you look back to any number of Hulk http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286716/ comics, or Avengers comics, or The Ultimates comics or the Ultimate Avengers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491703/ DVD that we released, it certainly makes a hell of a sequence. To have all of the Avengers going up against a green goliath? I think that would be very cool to see that on the screen. http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0589192/ image001.jpg
[scifinoir2] Craig: 'Obama Would Make The Best Bond'
Craig: 'Obama Would Make The Best Bond' 22 October 2008 7:03 AM, PDT http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTk3MTkzMDc4OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTcxND E4MQ@@._V1._SY90_.jpg Daniel Craig http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185819/ has given U.S. presidential candidate Barack http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1682433/ Obama a big boost two weeks ahead of America's big election by insisting the Democrat would make a better James Bond than his opponent John McCain http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564587/ . The British action man admits he's fascinated by the lead up to the election on 4 November - and he likes both candidates. But, if he had to choose, he's adamant Obama would be a better Bond than ageing prisoner of war McCain. He tells U.S. magazine Parade, Obama would be the better Bond, because, if he's true to his word, he'd be willing to quite literally look the enemy in the eye and go toe-to-toe with them. But McCain wouldn't be left out of Craig's political Bond film - the actor insists the Republican would make a good M. He explains, McCain, because of his long service and experience, would probably be a better M. There is, come to think of it, a kind of Judi Dench http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001132/ quality to McCain. image001.jpg
