[scifinoir2] The Losers
I saw the Losers Saturday night. Jeffrey Dean Morgan gets Zoe Saldana and Idris Alba getsI don't wanna talk about it! ~(no)rave!
[scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
I am now two episodes behind (it IS NBA playoff season, after all - Go Bucks!) but I adored the raggedy Doctor subtext of the first episode. The last shot of all the Doctor dolls the once and future companion had fashioned over the years was a lovely nod to Who fans (one of the dolls bore a striking resemblance to Tom Baker, the Doctor of my sane and sober youth). ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mike Street streetfor...@... wrote: I liked the Queen also but I'm just not excited by any of these episodes. Season's 1-4 where really good and now it's just a bit dull. I'm going back to watch The 5 Doctors again and waiting for season 6. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@...wrote: What bothered you? - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetfor...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:54:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@... wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@...wrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. The program is an original, all-access look inside the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide premieres Saturday, April 17th at 8 pm/7c on BBC AMERICA, followed by the series premiere of the new Doctor Who at 9pm/8c. Episode 1 - The Eleventh Hour Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Adam Smith Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just twenty minutes to save the whole world - and only Amy Pond to help him. -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at
Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
Feels like after Torchwood's mini-series this season of Dr.Who feels tepid at best. I'm not liking the doctor at all. He's a little too quick on the trigger to be violent which isn't something that a 900 year old would do. Maybe he needs to switch to decaf? :) On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: I liked the Queen also but I'm just not excited by any of these episodes. Season's 1-4 where really good and now it's just a bit dull. I'm going back to watch The 5 Doctors again and waiting for season 6. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: What bothered you? - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:54:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.comwrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. The program is an original, all-access look inside the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide premieres Saturday, April 17th at 8 pm/7c on BBC AMERICA, followed by the series premiere of the new Doctor Who at 9pm/8c. Episode 1 - The Eleventh Hour Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Adam Smith Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just twenty minutes to save the whole world - and only Amy Pond to help him. -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010
I think that if 3d is to be the next great thing that it needs to be pushed into the next level to make you say Ooo! Ahhh! AWESOME!!! On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Actually, Cameron has said many times that Avatar was conceived of as a 3D movie. It was the lack of that tech--along with the motion capture tech and the ability to do realistic CGI--that delayed the movie by over a decade. He helped create new 3D technology with the WETA team, and spent a lot of time during production making sure the 3D glasses wouldn't hurt people's eyes. I think the irony is that, though he conceived of Avatar as a 3D film, to his mind that meant not making the 3D be too intrusive. He uses it to enhance the experience, and in a lot of ways I found it more powerful for just that reason. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2010 11:38:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010 I don't think that there has been any movies that have specifically been written for 3d format. Even Avatar just has a few shots that had extra twinkles in it in some parts and some wide shots. We probably won't see a true 3d movie until another year or two from now. If at all. I think the director of The Science of Sleep may be close to writing that way. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: And the critical question is, how many of these films were conceived, written, and filmed for 3D from the get-go? Even when they are, the overall effect may be iffy, but if they are converted in the middle of the process they're most certainly not going to be worth the extra dough... - Original Message - From: brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2010 2:59:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010 http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies+scheduled+come+2010/2971901/story.html 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010 By Brendan Kelly, The Gazette April 30, 2010 Shrek Forever After: May 21 Toy Story 3: June 18 The Last Airbender: July 2 Despicable Me: July 9 Cats Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore: July 30 Step Up 3D: Aug. 6 Friday the 13th Part 2: Aug. 13 Piranha 3D: Aug. 27 Resident Evil: Afterlife: Sept. 10 Legends of the Guardians: Owls of Ga’hoole: Sept. 24 Alpha and Omega: Oct. 1 Jackass 3D: Oct. 15 Saw VII: Oct. 22 Megamind: Nov. 5 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1): Nov. 19 Tangled: Nov. 24 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Dec. 10 Tron Legacy: Dec. 17 Yogi Bear: Dec. 17 Gulliver’s Travels: Dec. 22 © Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] This week's DW
This week's episode is about the Doctor receiving a call from Winston Churchill during the London blitz. The doctor arrives and discovers Dialecs working for the British government as defense drones. This episode really does some things that may have some fans pulling their hair out. Not to mention possible paradoxes in the time line. I won't mention more until other folks watch it but geez... -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup
Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup - By Kevin Poulsenhttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/author/kevin_poulsen/ [image: Email Author] kpoul...@wired.com - April 30, 2010 | - 3:46 pm | - Categories: Hacks and Crackshttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/category/hacks-and-cracks/, The Courts http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/category/the-courts/ - A Tennessee jury on Friday convicted David Kernell of obstruction of justice and misdemeanor computer intrusion in connection with his hacking of Sarah Palin’s e-mail account in 2008, according to local news reportshttp://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/apr/30/jury-convicts-david-kernell-two-counts-palin-e-mai/ . The jury acquitted the 22-year-old Kernell of wire fraud, and deadlocked on a fourth charge of identity theft following four days of deliberation. Kernell famously hacked into Palin’s Yahoo webmail account while Palin was the Republican vice presidential candidate. He used publicly available information about Palin to reset her password to “popcorn,” then posted screenshots of some of her e-mail, and the new password, to the /b/ message board on 4chan so others could enjoy it. Prosecutors will now have to decide whether to retry Kernell on the identity-theft charge, based on the theory that the former University of Tennessee student stole Palin’s identity by taking over her Yahoo account. Palin applauded the verdict Friday in a Facebook posthttp://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=384534143434that compared Kernell to Richard Nixon’s plumbers. “As Watergate taught us, we rightfully reject illegally breaking into candidates’ private communications for political intrigue in an attempt to derail an election,” wrote Palin, who testified against Kernell in court last week. In opting for the misdemeanor version of the computer-intrusion charge, the jury rejected prosecutors’ arguments that Kernell broke into Palin’s account in furtherance of another criminal act or civil wrongdoing beyond accessing Palin’s e-mail. That means Kernell might have walked away from the trial without a felony conviction, if he hadn’t deleted evidence from his hard drive. That, the jury found, constituted felony obstruction of justice. Kernell is free on bond. A sentencing date has not been set. *Updated 18:30 with Palin’s Facebook comments,* *Image: Facebook.com* *See Also:* - Palin Hacker Group’s All-Time Greatest Hitshttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/09/palin-hacker-gr/ - Palin E-Mail Hacker Says It Was Easyhttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/09/palin-e-mail-ha/ - Palin Calls E-Mail Hack ‘Most Disruptive’ Campaign Eventhttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/palin-hack-2/ - Group Posts E-Mail Hacked From Palin Accounthttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/09/group-posts-e-m/ Read More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/kernell-guilty/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29#ixzz0mknKYwC7 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] For those of you who have BBC America...
Last week, they began airing Star Trek: The Next Generation, and I happened to catch part of an ep yesterday, while waiting for Doctor Who to come on, The Ensigns of Command. It re-airs today at 2 p.m. EDT. Watch it, for the scene in which the brunette techie takes Data back to her house. There's something in the foyer that may make your eyes bug out. -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup
I GUESS that I'm supposed to be happy about the conviction, but the fact that it makes the Wasilla Wingnut happy takes a lot out of it for me. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:11 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup - By Kevin Poulsenhttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/author/kevin_poulsen/ [image: Email Author] kpoul...@wired.com - April 30, 2010 | - 3:46 pm | - Categories: Hacks and Crackshttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/category/hacks-and-cracks/, The Courts http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/category/the-courts/ - A Tennessee jury on Friday convicted David Kernell of obstruction of justice and misdemeanor computer intrusion in connection with his hacking of Sarah Palin’s e-mail account in 2008, according to local news reportshttp://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/apr/30/jury-convicts-david-kernell-two-counts-palin-e-mai/ . The jury acquitted the 22-year-old Kernell of wire fraud, and deadlocked on a fourth charge of identity theft following four days of deliberation. Kernell famously hacked into Palin’s Yahoo webmail account while Palin was the Republican vice presidential candidate. He used publicly available information about Palin to reset her password to “popcorn,” then posted screenshots of some of her e-mail, and the new password, to the /b/ message board on 4chan so others could enjoy it. Prosecutors will now have to decide whether to retry Kernell on the identity-theft charge, based on the theory that the former University of Tennessee student stole Palin’s identity by taking over her Yahoo account. Palin applauded the verdict Friday in a Facebook posthttp://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=384534143434that compared Kernell to Richard Nixon’s plumbers. “As Watergate taught us, we rightfully reject illegally breaking into candidates’ private communications for political intrigue in an attempt to derail an election,” wrote Palin, who testified against Kernell in court last week. In opting for the misdemeanor version of the computer-intrusion charge, the jury rejected prosecutors’ arguments that Kernell broke into Palin’s account in furtherance of another criminal act or civil wrongdoing beyond accessing Palin’s e-mail. That means Kernell might have walked away from the trial without a felony conviction, if he hadn’t deleted evidence from his hard drive. That, the jury found, constituted felony obstruction of justice. Kernell is free on bond. A sentencing date has not been set. *Updated 18:30 with Palin’s Facebook comments,* *Image: Facebook.com* *See Also:* - Palin Hacker Group’s All-Time Greatest Hitshttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/09/palin-hacker-gr/ - Palin E-Mail Hacker Says It Was Easyhttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/09/palin-e-mail-ha/ - Palin Calls E-Mail Hack ‘Most Disruptive’ Campaign Eventhttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/palin-hack-2/ - Group Posts E-Mail Hacked From Palin Accounthttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/09/group-posts-e-m/ Read More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/kernell-guilty/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29#ixzz0mknKYwC7 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW
Mr Worf, I admit that I didn't see all of it. (Long day yesterday, and I nodded off while watching.) But what I did see had me scratching my head, especially the Doctor's staunch assertion that Amy should remember the Daleks. Unless this is a set-up for future eps in the season's arc, I have to say it. Worst. Doctor. Who. Ep. EVER. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This week's episode is about the Doctor receiving a call from Winston Churchill during the London blitz. The doctor arrives and discovers Dialecs working for the British government as defense drones. This episode really does some things that may have some fans pulling their hair out. Not to mention possible paradoxes in the time line. I won't mention more until other folks watch it but geez... -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010
Mr Worf, they didn't put any in because they saw how lousy Clash of the Titans was in 3D performance at the box. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: They are really loading up the schedule this year. Kind of interesting that they don't have a summer blockbuster action movie in 3d. Unless you count the last airbender. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:59 AM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies+scheduled+come+2010/2971901/story.html 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010 By Brendan Kelly, The Gazette April 30, 2010 Shrek Forever After: May 21 Toy Story 3: June 18 The Last Airbender: July 2 Despicable Me: July 9 Cats Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore: July 30 Step Up 3D: Aug. 6 Friday the 13th Part 2: Aug. 13 Piranha 3D: Aug. 27 Resident Evil: Afterlife: Sept. 10 Legends of the Guardians: Owls of Ga’hoole: Sept. 24 Alpha and Omega: Oct. 1 Jackass 3D: Oct. 15 Saw VII: Oct. 22 Megamind: Nov. 5 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1): Nov. 19 Tangled: Nov. 24 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Dec. 10 Tron Legacy: Dec. 17 Yogi Bear: Dec. 17 Gulliver’s Travels: Dec. 22 © Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010
Truth there, Keith. Money says that the producers of these movies saw Avatar's box, and followed blindly. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: And the critical question is, how many of these films were conceived, written, and filmed for 3D from the get-go? Even when they are, the overall effect may be iffy, but if they are converted in the middle of the process they're most certainly not going to be worth the extra dough... - Original Message - From: brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2010 2:59:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010 http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies+scheduled+come+2010/2971901/story.html 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010 By Brendan Kelly, The Gazette April 30, 2010 Shrek Forever After: May 21 Toy Story 3: June 18 The Last Airbender: July 2 Despicable Me: July 9 Cats Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore: July 30 Step Up 3D: Aug. 6 Friday the 13th Part 2: Aug. 13 Piranha 3D: Aug. 27 Resident Evil: Afterlife: Sept. 10 Legends of the Guardians: Owls of Ga’hoole: Sept. 24 Alpha and Omega: Oct. 1 Jackass 3D: Oct. 15 Saw VII: Oct. 22 Megamind: Nov. 5 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1): Nov. 19 Tangled: Nov. 24 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Dec. 10 Tron Legacy: Dec. 17 Yogi Bear: Dec. 17 Gulliver’s Travels: Dec. 22 © Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] The Losers
'Nuff said! -- attr to S The Man Lee. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I saw the Losers Saturday night. Jeffrey Dean Morgan gets Zoe Saldana and Idris Alba getsI don't wanna talk about it! ~(no)rave! -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Picture of Thor
The Destroyer? YES!!! On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 7:33 PM, B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote: I was sold when I heard that the Destroyer was in the movie as the big bad. The pic is the icing on the cake. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... wrote: I'm no longer questioning this one. [?][?][?][?] On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/04/the_first_picture_from_thor_looks_verily_good.php -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies
Deity... and my family wonders why I drive so infrequently. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. I think the universe was telling me that I should look for another job. That wasn't the first time that I almost bought the farm coming to and from that job. In another incident a woman pushed my car at 70 from behind. How do you not see a car in front of you? On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: [?][?][?][?] I'll breathe in about ten minutes... allow me to say that it's great to have you with us. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Yea I know what you mean on that. I was going to work one morning and a woman on the phone in a suv got over into my lane. It was only a 2 lane highway! All I knew was I saw a 20 inch tire headed for my face. Luckily there was an emergency lane I blew my horn and slammed on the gas. (to my right was a 200ft cliff) When I pulled in front of her she was still yapping on the phone unaware that she almost killed us. Or me at the minimum. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: Mr Worf, I'm sorry to hear that, too. My moment of being done with SUVs was when a woman in Downtown Atlanta, driving one while chatting on her cellphone, jumped a corner and almost made me a LOT thinner than I am. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Man I'm sorry to hear that. I people every day who simply aren't qualified to drive the SUV's and vans they own. You can tell they don't really know how to corner in the vehicles, as the higher center of gravity makes real control difficult over a car or light truck, they have no good concept of stopping distances at high speeds, often seem to be unaware of who's around them (meaning side- and rearview mirrors aren't set well). Many can't even seem to be able to park them between the white lines in parking lots. Many, many people in SUV's are dangerous as far as I'm concerned, because they never really become skilled drivers who work at understanding their vehicles. I've lost count of how many moms with kids, dudes on cell phones, etc., I see on the road of Atlanta in SUV's who get in typical traffic situations and over- or undercompensate, vehicles veering all over the place--obvious proof they don't really know how to handle them. Personally I think that SUV owners, and maybe some bigger truck and van owners, should be required to take additional driving lessons. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:39:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies My sister's friend had a horrible road trip incident in one last year. She and a friend was driving while towing a trailer and rolled a SUV on their way down to ATL. So not only did she lose her vehicle most of her belongings as well and her friend. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Agreed. the idea of people with a HUD who already have trouble focusing on driving down a road scares me--especially those in SUV's, who have no concept of how to drive the vehicles. - Original Message - From: Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:33:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies It's not a good idea to have a bright augmentation of the road's edge. If you can't see that, it's a good signal that driving conditions aren't good enough. And if the tech gets it wrong, the driver has two conflicting visual signals to follow. That's not good. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: augmented reality windshield? For a car? Don't know what frightens me more: that people already distracted while chatting on cellphones or texting have a new distraction...or the fact that this pic seems to indicated this is tech built on a Microsoft OS! :( - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:20:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologieshttp://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217.html Augmented reality on your windshield - Next Image »http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-2.html [image: Augmented reality on your windshield]http://content.zdnet.com/2347-11422_22-418217-418218.html?seq=1 The human/machine interface department at GM has developed a working heads-up display that turns an ordinary windshield
Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW
The only thing that I can think of is that he is in a parallel dimension or something like that due to that weirdness that was going on in episode 1. Maybe he is in a parallel micro-universe? When they show the tardis flying it is always being struck by lightning which is a little strange. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, I admit that I didn't see all of it. (Long day yesterday, and I nodded off while watching.) But what I did see had me scratching my head, especially the Doctor's staunch assertion that Amy should remember the Daleks. Unless this is a set-up for future eps in the season's arc, I have to say it. Worst. Doctor. Who. Ep. EVER. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This week's episode is about the Doctor receiving a call from Winston Churchill during the London blitz. The doctor arrives and discovers Dialecs working for the British government as defense drones. This episode really does some things that may have some fans pulling their hair out. Not to mention possible paradoxes in the time line. I won't mention more until other folks watch it but geez... -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies
Either the universe was telling me to change jobs or to ditch that car. It eventually blew the head gasket the week after it was paid off. I would love to get a job that is close to my house, but that is pretty much impossible around here. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Deity... and my family wonders why I drive so infrequently. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. I think the universe was telling me that I should look for another job. That wasn't the first time that I almost bought the farm coming to and from that job. In another incident a woman pushed my car at 70 from behind. How do you not see a car in front of you? On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: [?][?][?][?] I'll breathe in about ten minutes... allow me to say that it's great to have you with us. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Yea I know what you mean on that. I was going to work one morning and a woman on the phone in a suv got over into my lane. It was only a 2 lane highway! All I knew was I saw a 20 inch tire headed for my face. Luckily there was an emergency lane I blew my horn and slammed on the gas. (to my right was a 200ft cliff) When I pulled in front of her she was still yapping on the phone unaware that she almost killed us. Or me at the minimum. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: Mr Worf, I'm sorry to hear that, too. My moment of being done with SUVs was when a woman in Downtown Atlanta, driving one while chatting on her cellphone, jumped a corner and almost made me a LOT thinner than I am. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Man I'm sorry to hear that. I people every day who simply aren't qualified to drive the SUV's and vans they own. You can tell they don't really know how to corner in the vehicles, as the higher center of gravity makes real control difficult over a car or light truck, they have no good concept of stopping distances at high speeds, often seem to be unaware of who's around them (meaning side- and rearview mirrors aren't set well). Many can't even seem to be able to park them between the white lines in parking lots. Many, many people in SUV's are dangerous as far as I'm concerned, because they never really become skilled drivers who work at understanding their vehicles. I've lost count of how many moms with kids, dudes on cell phones, etc., I see on the road of Atlanta in SUV's who get in typical traffic situations and over- or undercompensate, vehicles veering all over the place--obvious proof they don't really know how to handle them. Personally I think that SUV owners, and maybe some bigger truck and van owners, should be required to take additional driving lessons. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:39:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies My sister's friend had a horrible road trip incident in one last year. She and a friend was driving while towing a trailer and rolled a SUV on their way down to ATL. So not only did she lose her vehicle most of her belongings as well and her friend. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Agreed. the idea of people with a HUD who already have trouble focusing on driving down a road scares me--especially those in SUV's, who have no concept of how to drive the vehicles. - Original Message - From: Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:33:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies It's not a good idea to have a bright augmentation of the road's edge. If you can't see that, it's a good signal that driving conditions aren't good enough. And if the tech gets it wrong, the driver has two conflicting visual signals to follow. That's not good. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: augmented reality windshield? For a car? Don't know what frightens me more: that people already distracted while chatting on cellphones or texting have a new distraction...or the fact that this pic seems to indicated this is tech built on a Microsoft OS! :( - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:20:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologieshttp://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217.html Augmented
Re: [scifinoir2] For those of you who have BBC America...
For those of us that may miss the episode, what was it? On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:34 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Last week, they began airing Star Trek: The Next Generation, and I happened to catch part of an ep yesterday, while waiting for Doctor Who to come on, The Ensigns of Command. It re-airs today at 2 p.m. EDT. Watch it, for the scene in which the brunette techie takes Data back to her house. There's something in the foyer that may make your eyes bug out. -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Dexter season 4
I finally got around to watching season 4 of this great series. Wow!!! Great intrigue this season! -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW
Even more so than the Doctor's Daughter? Not even being drunk allowed me to find that ep watchable. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, I admit that I didn't see all of it. (Long day yesterday, and I nodded off while watching.) But what I did see had me scratching my head, especially the Doctor's staunch assertion that Amy should remember the Daleks. Unless this is a set-up for future eps in the season's arc, I have to say it. Worst. Doctor. Who. Ep. EVER. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This week's episode is about the Doctor receiving a call from Winston Churchill during the London blitz. The doctor arrives and discovers Dialecs working for the British government as defense drones. This episode really does some things that may have some fans pulling their hair out. Not to mention possible paradoxes in the time line. I won't mention more until other folks watch it but geez... -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
I actually love Eleven but wow, everything else is terrible--and I really hate Moffat's pet character that he's inflicting us upon yet again. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.comwrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. The program is an original, all-access look inside the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide premieres Saturday, April 17th at 8 pm/7c on BBC AMERICA, followed by the series premiere of the new Doctor Who at 9pm/8c. Episode 1 - The Eleventh Hour Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Adam Smith Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just twenty minutes to save the whole world - and only Amy Pond to help him. -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
Hilariously they kept claiming this would be a darker Who and a dark fairytale. I'm not feeling it. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: I just realized Queen Elizabeth X was played by Academy Award nominated Sophie Okonedo of Hotel Rawanda. I thought she brought a lot of presence to a fairly small role. She's quite stunning. I'm still amazed at how a country where blacks don't have the clout or opportunities in acting they do here still seems to give them good roles so often. As for the balancing act, you're right. They seem to have changed the tone slightly. Everything from Smith to the writing to even the camera work is in ways a bit more lighthearted than Tennant's --and especially Eccleston's--tenures were. The pacing is faster, giving the show a breezy feeling. There are a lot more overtly comedic tones to the dialogue. Definitely less dark now. Maybe the producers felt it was time for a change? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2010 11:58:21 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! Yea, I loved the queen too. I knew someone would love her. :) I think that they are trying to ride a fine line between mature writing / kid appeal / and old school fans. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: I just saw the episode The Beast Below, in which the Starship UK is taking refugees from Earth across space. I rather enjoyed it. It had some typical corny/scary Dr. Who creatures: robotic sentries that looked like wax statues. And I liked that way they showed again how the Doctor can turn on a dime from goofy and humorous to grimly serious, even scary--alien. When he realized the secret of the ship, and what his Companion did in an attempt to save him from a difficult choice, he became cold and determined to send her home. And when he yelled at the perpetrators of the horror, saying There is nothing any human can say to me today!, we're reminded that he's not a quixotic human, but a Timelord capable of grand and terrible things. And I loved the concept of the pistol-packing Sister who was Queen Elizabeth X. The actress playing her was quite fetching, almost like Gina Torres younger sister or something. I'd love to see more of her. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2010 3:28:47 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I'm enjoying the low-tech way they're going about creating the monsters, more like old-school DW. It's what you CAN'T see that scares you the most. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I was prepared to hate the new Doctor - but I didn't. I like the way they introduced him and his new companion. I like the way he didn't know how to properly use his stuff at first. I also like the idea (an oldie but a goodie) about bad things living in that blind spot that you can only see out of the corner of your eye. I got the opportunity to talk about the episode with a 57 year-old friend of mine (who is not an SF guy) when he told me he covered his wife's full length mirror with a blanket because he didn't like being freaked out every time he caught a glimpse of something in the mirror. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@... wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@... wrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone
Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW
There were at least 4 or 5 things wrong and would potentially cause paradoxes. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: Even more so than the Doctor's Daughter? Not even being drunk allowed me to find that ep watchable. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, I admit that I didn't see all of it. (Long day yesterday, and I nodded off while watching.) But what I did see had me scratching my head, especially the Doctor's staunch assertion that Amy should remember the Daleks. Unless this is a set-up for future eps in the season's arc, I have to say it. Worst. Doctor. Who. Ep. EVER. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This week's episode is about the Doctor receiving a call from Winston Churchill during the London blitz. The doctor arrives and discovers Dialecs working for the British government as defense drones. This episode really does some things that may have some fans pulling their hair out. Not to mention possible paradoxes in the time line. I won't mention more until other folks watch it but geez... -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW
Beyond Donna magically knowing about numbers and a girl cloned completely with eyeliner and a bouncy ponytail who can jump perfectly through lasers? Gods that ep was wretched. D: I haven't heard a single thing to compel me to watch the rest of this season past the first ep. I have never had a love for Moffat and warned people that he was SO not old school nor would he be the savior of Who. Times like this I really hate being right. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: There were at least 4 or 5 things wrong and would potentially cause paradoxes. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: Even more so than the Doctor's Daughter? Not even being drunk allowed me to find that ep watchable. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, I admit that I didn't see all of it. (Long day yesterday, and I nodded off while watching.) But what I did see had me scratching my head, especially the Doctor's staunch assertion that Amy should remember the Daleks. Unless this is a set-up for future eps in the season's arc, I have to say it. Worst. Doctor. Who. Ep. EVER. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: This week's episode is about the Doctor receiving a call from Winston Churchill during the London blitz. The doctor arrives and discovers Dialecs working for the British government as defense drones. This episode really does some things that may have some fans pulling their hair out. Not to mention possible paradoxes in the time line. I won't mention more until other folks watch it but geez... -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: Dexter season 4
Oh my f--ing god! Blew me away. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: I finally got around to watching season 4 of this great series. Wow!!! Great intrigue this season! -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
It occured to me that there is a Benjamin Button thing going on with the good Doctor. Since 2005 he has been played by Christopher Eccleston (born in 1964), David Tennant (born in 1971) and Matt Smith (born in 1982). At this rate the next Doctor will be younger than my son (born in 1988). ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Feels like after Torchwood's mini-series this season of Dr.Who feels tepid at best. I'm not liking the doctor at all. He's a little too quick on the trigger to be violent which isn't something that a 900 year old would do. Maybe he needs to switch to decaf? :) On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@... wrote: I liked the Queen also but I'm just not excited by any of these episodes. Season's 1-4 where really good and now it's just a bit dull. I'm going back to watch The 5 Doctors again and waiting for season 6. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@...wrote: What bothered you? - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetfor...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:54:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@... wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@...wrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. The program is an original, all-access look inside the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide premieres Saturday, April 17th at 8 pm/7c on BBC AMERICA, followed by the series premiere of the new Doctor Who at 9pm/8c. Episode 1 - The Eleventh Hour Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Adam Smith Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just twenty minutes to save the whole world - and only Amy Pond to help him. -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community
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Peter Davison was 29 when he took on the role, so I think it's just coincidence. :) ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: It occured to me that there is a Benjamin Button thing going on with the good Doctor. Since 2005 he has been played by Christopher Eccleston (born in 1964), David Tennant (born in 1971) and Matt Smith (born in 1982). At this rate the next Doctor will be younger than my son (born in 1988). ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Feels like after Torchwood's mini-series this season of Dr.Who feels tepid at best. I'm not liking the doctor at all. He's a little too quick on the trigger to be violent which isn't something that a 900 year old would do. Maybe he needs to switch to decaf? :) On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@... wrote: I liked the Queen also but I'm just not excited by any of these episodes. Season's 1-4 where really good and now it's just a bit dull. I'm going back to watch The 5 Doctors again and waiting for season 6. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ ...wrote: What bothered you? - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetfor...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:54:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@... wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetforce1@ ...wrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. The program is an original, all-access look inside the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide premieres Saturday, April 17th at 8 pm/7c on BBC AMERICA, followed by the series premiere of the new Doctor Who at 9pm/8c. Episode 1 - The Eleventh Hour Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Adam Smith Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic
[scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
Sure, but Tom Baker, who preceded Davison was 40 when he became the Doctor and Colin Baker, who replaced him, was 41. Methinks this makes Davison a statistical anomaly. In fact, the eleven Doctors to date average 41 years in age. The oldest doctor was the first one, white-haired William Hartnell (55). At 27, Smith is the youngest. He and Davison are the only two Doctors under 35. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@... wrote: Peter Davison was 29 when he took on the role, so I think it's just coincidence. :) ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: It occured to me that there is a Benjamin Button thing going on with the good Doctor. Since 2005 he has been played by Christopher Eccleston (born in 1964), David Tennant (born in 1971) and Matt Smith (born in 1982). At this rate the next Doctor will be younger than my son (born in 1988). ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ wrote: Feels like after Torchwood's mini-series this season of Dr.Who feels tepid at best. I'm not liking the doctor at all. He's a little too quick on the trigger to be violent which isn't something that a 900 year old would do. Maybe he needs to switch to decaf? :) On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Mike Street streetforce1@ wrote: I liked the Queen also but I'm just not excited by any of these episodes. Season's 1-4 where really good and now it's just a bit dull. I'm going back to watch The 5 Doctors again and waiting for season 6. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ ...wrote: What bothered you? - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetforce1@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:54:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.brennan@ wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetforce1@ ...wrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor
Re: [scifinoir2] Stewart, Tennant Star in Hamlet on PBS Tonight
Still working on that teleportation ability, alas! D: ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Justin Mohareb justinmoha...@gmail.comwrote: Can you time shift? It'll be on again on the west coast feed at 11. Justin On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: It'll be available online or elsewhere? I totally forgot to DVR it and as a huge fan of both Tennant and Stewart, I'm kicking myself. D: ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: PBS is airing a production of Hamlet right now. Clocking in at a hefty three-plus hours, it stars Patrick Stewart and David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor (who looks nothing like the Doctor given his clothing and hairstyle). The take is in a more modern settings. That being so, and this being a British production, there are quite a few black people in significant roles. If you don't have time or interest tonight, the entire show will be available online after today. By the by, although I'm no longer the Tavis Smiley devotee I used to be, i do still listen to his show when he has interesting guests. He recently did a half hour interview with Patrick Stewart that's worth a listen. Stewart talks about his love of Shakespeare, how acting's the only thing he ever wanted to do, how much he loved doing Star Trek, and how his most significant memory of the TNG days is all the laughter on the set. Also interesting, he speaks of the trauma of going bald at age 19, and how a Hungarian wrestler (!) literally held him down and shaved off his remaining hair, forcing him to confront his condition. Worth a listen, here: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/201004/20100423.html *** http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/preview-the-film/956/ Hamlet Preview the Film Shakespeare’s immortal “To be, or not to be” takes on a whole new meaning (and medium) as classical stage and screen actors David Tennant and (recently-knighted) Sir Patrick Stewart reprise their roles for a modern-dress, film-for-television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) 2008 stage production of Hamlet. The production will be presented on PBS by the Great Performances series on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at 8 p.m. EST (check local listings). Immediately following the broadcast, the film will be available online in its entirety here on the Great Performances Web site. Hamlet aired in the UK on Boxing Day at Christmastime 2009, and more than 900,000 viewers tuned in for the BBC broadcast. In an article in The Observer, Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown wrote: “Like many people, I had my love of Shakespeare reawakened by David Tennant’s TV portrayal of Hamlet over Christmas.” Best known for his performance in the title role of the popular British TV series Doctor Who since 2005, Tennant made his debut in October as the host of MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY on PBS. His many other credits include his recent portrayal of Barty Crouch Junior in the big-screen blockbuster Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Tennant has also received numerous awards from the theatre community for his lead roles in several Shakespearean productions and other classic plays. Veteran stage and screen actor Sir Patrick Stewart reprises his 2009 Laurence Olivier Award-winning role of Claudius in the screen version, which is directed by Gregory Doran, who also returns to reprise his stage direction of the production. Co-produced by Illuminations Television and the RSC for the BBC, in association with Thirteen for WNET.ORG and NHK, the adaptation recreates the tone and atmosphere of the stage production in a film-style interpretation shot in HD on location at St. Joseph’s College in Mill Hill, London. The production is produced for television by John Wyver and Sebastian Grant. Great Performances is funded by the Irene Diamond Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, Vivian Milstein, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, public television viewers, and PBS. Major support for the telecast is also provided by the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable
Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
Adrianne, I'm still waiting to see how folks take the robot from The Waters of Mars when it makes its first appearance. Historically, since K-9, fans have loathed robotic companions. (You should hear the curses spoken of Kamelion!) On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: I actually love Eleven but wow, everything else is terrible--and I really hate Moffat's pet character that he's inflicting us upon yet again. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.comwrote: I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.comwrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. The program is an original, all-access look inside the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide premieres Saturday, April 17th at 8 pm/7c on BBC AMERICA, followed by the series premiere of the new Doctor Who at 9pm/8c. Episode 1 - The Eleventh Hour Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Adam Smith Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just twenty minutes to save the whole world - and only Amy Pond to help him. -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW
Would make sense. The first ep involved the Crack in the Wall, a rift between dimensions. If it does play out this way, those who are doubting will have to double over sideways in apology. One thing we take for granted is that we're seeing the Doctor and Amy in a perfectly linear fashion, from one adventure to the next. The TARDIS is, after all, a time machine. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: The only thing that I can think of is that he is in a parallel dimension or something like that due to that weirdness that was going on in episode 1. Maybe he is in a parallel micro-universe? When they show the tardis flying it is always being struck by lightning which is a little strange. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, I admit that I didn't see all of it. (Long day yesterday, and I nodded off while watching.) But what I did see had me scratching my head, especially the Doctor's staunch assertion that Amy should remember the Daleks. Unless this is a set-up for future eps in the season's arc, I have to say it. Worst. Doctor. Who. Ep. EVER. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This week's episode is about the Doctor receiving a call from Winston Churchill during the London blitz. The doctor arrives and discovers Dialecs working for the British government as defense drones. This episode really does some things that may have some fans pulling their hair out. Not to mention possible paradoxes in the time line. I won't mention more until other folks watch it but geez... -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW
And another thought, regarding the lightning. Waaay back in the Tom baker Era, he had the legendary E-Space Trilogy, when the TADRIS went through a Charged Vacuum Emboitment into E-Space, where the TIme Lords had stuffed the vampires after defeating them in a war. As the TARDIS flew through it, if I remember properly, it was struck by lightning. If memory serves again, the vampires ARE due to put in an appearance this season... On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Would make sense. The first ep involved the Crack in the Wall, a rift between dimensions. If it does play out this way, those who are doubting will have to double over sideways in apology. One thing we take for granted is that we're seeing the Doctor and Amy in a perfectly linear fashion, from one adventure to the next. The TARDIS is, after all, a time machine. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: The only thing that I can think of is that he is in a parallel dimension or something like that due to that weirdness that was going on in episode 1. Maybe he is in a parallel micro-universe? When they show the tardis flying it is always being struck by lightning which is a little strange. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, I admit that I didn't see all of it. (Long day yesterday, and I nodded off while watching.) But what I did see had me scratching my head, especially the Doctor's staunch assertion that Amy should remember the Daleks. Unless this is a set-up for future eps in the season's arc, I have to say it. Worst. Doctor. Who. Ep. EVER. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: This week's episode is about the Doctor receiving a call from Winston Churchill during the London blitz. The doctor arrives and discovers Dialecs working for the British government as defense drones. This episode really does some things that may have some fans pulling their hair out. Not to mention possible paradoxes in the time line. I won't mention more until other folks watch it but geez... -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
Nearly everyone I knew hated it. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Adrianne, I'm still waiting to see how folks take the robot from The Waters of Mars when it makes its first appearance. Historically, since K-9, fans have loathed robotic companions. (You should hear the curses spoken of Kamelion!) On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: I actually love Eleven but wow, everything else is terrible--and I really hate Moffat's pet character that he's inflicting us upon yet again. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.comwrote: I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.comwrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. The program is an original, all-access look inside the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide premieres Saturday, April 17th at 8 pm/7c on BBC AMERICA, followed by the series premiere of the new Doctor Who at 9pm/8c. Episode 1 - The Eleventh Hour Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Adam Smith Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just twenty minutes to save the whole world - and only Amy Pond to help him. -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community
Re: [scifinoir2] For those of you who have BBC America...
I'll hit you on a sidebar, Mr Worf. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: For those of us that may miss the episode, what was it? On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:34 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Last week, they began airing Star Trek: The Next Generation, and I happened to catch part of an ep yesterday, while waiting for Doctor Who to come on, The Ensigns of Command. It re-airs today at 2 p.m. EDT. Watch it, for the scene in which the brunette techie takes Data back to her house. There's something in the foyer that may make your eyes bug out. -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
Didn't like it either, Adrianne. Which is why, when I heard that it was being brought back in, I did a Classic WTF? On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: Nearly everyone I knew hated it. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Adrianne, I'm still waiting to see how folks take the robot from The Waters of Mars when it makes its first appearance. Historically, since K-9, fans have loathed robotic companions. (You should hear the curses spoken of Kamelion!) On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: I actually love Eleven but wow, everything else is terrible--and I really hate Moffat's pet character that he's inflicting us upon yet again. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.comwrote: I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.comwrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. The program is an original, all-access look inside the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide premieres Saturday, April 17th at 8 pm/7c on BBC AMERICA, followed by the series premiere of the new Doctor Who at 9pm/8c. Episode 1 - The Eleventh Hour Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Adam Smith Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just twenty minutes to save the whole world - and only Amy Pond to help him. -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at
Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies
It eventually blew the head gasket the week after it was paid off. Ain't THAT a word-that-rhymes-with-witch? On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Either the universe was telling me to change jobs or to ditch that car. It eventually blew the head gasket the week after it was paid off. I would love to get a job that is close to my house, but that is pretty much impossible around here. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Deity... and my family wonders why I drive so infrequently. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. I think the universe was telling me that I should look for another job. That wasn't the first time that I almost bought the farm coming to and from that job. In another incident a woman pushed my car at 70 from behind. How do you not see a car in front of you? On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: [?][?][?][?] I'll breathe in about ten minutes... allow me to say that it's great to have you with us. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Yea I know what you mean on that. I was going to work one morning and a woman on the phone in a suv got over into my lane. It was only a 2 lane highway! All I knew was I saw a 20 inch tire headed for my face. Luckily there was an emergency lane I blew my horn and slammed on the gas. (to my right was a 200ft cliff) When I pulled in front of her she was still yapping on the phone unaware that she almost killed us. Or me at the minimum. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: Mr Worf, I'm sorry to hear that, too. My moment of being done with SUVs was when a woman in Downtown Atlanta, driving one while chatting on her cellphone, jumped a corner and almost made me a LOT thinner than I am. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Man I'm sorry to hear that. I people every day who simply aren't qualified to drive the SUV's and vans they own. You can tell they don't really know how to corner in the vehicles, as the higher center of gravity makes real control difficult over a car or light truck, they have no good concept of stopping distances at high speeds, often seem to be unaware of who's around them (meaning side- and rearview mirrors aren't set well). Many can't even seem to be able to park them between the white lines in parking lots. Many, many people in SUV's are dangerous as far as I'm concerned, because they never really become skilled drivers who work at understanding their vehicles. I've lost count of how many moms with kids, dudes on cell phones, etc., I see on the road of Atlanta in SUV's who get in typical traffic situations and over- or undercompensate, vehicles veering all over the place--obvious proof they don't really know how to handle them. Personally I think that SUV owners, and maybe some bigger truck and van owners, should be required to take additional driving lessons. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:39:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies My sister's friend had a horrible road trip incident in one last year. She and a friend was driving while towing a trailer and rolled a SUV on their way down to ATL. So not only did she lose her vehicle most of her belongings as well and her friend. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Agreed. the idea of people with a HUD who already have trouble focusing on driving down a road scares me--especially those in SUV's, who have no concept of how to drive the vehicles. - Original Message - From: Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:33:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies It's not a good idea to have a bright augmentation of the road's edge. If you can't see that, it's a good signal that driving conditions aren't good enough. And if the tech gets it wrong, the driver has two conflicting visual signals to follow. That's not good. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: augmented reality windshield? For a car? Don't know what frightens me more: that people already distracted while chatting on cellphones or texting have a new distraction...or the fact that this pic seems to indicated this is tech built on a Microsoft OS! :( - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:20:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
[scifinoir2] Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/02/food-fear-mystery-beehives-collapse Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe The world may be on the brink of biological disaster after news that a third of US bee colonies did not survive the winter Alison Benjamin The Observer, Sunday 2 May 2010 Disturbing evidence that honeybees are in terminal decline has emerged from the United States where, for the fourth year in a row, more than a third of colonies have failed to survive the winter. The decline of the country's estimated 2.4 million beehives began in 2006, when a phenomenon dubbed colony collapse disorder (CCD) led to the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of colonies. Since then more than three million colonies in the US and billions of honeybees worldwide have died and scientists are no nearer to knowing what is causing the catastrophic fall in numbers. The number of managed honeybee colonies in the US fell by 33.8% last winter, according to the annual survey by the Apiary Inspectors of America and the US government's Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The collapse in the global honeybee population is a major threat to crops. It is estimated that a third of everything we eat depends upon honeybee pollination, which means that bees contribute some £26bn to the global economy. Potential causes range from parasites, such as the bloodsucking varroa mite, to viral and bacterial infections, pesticides and poor nutrition stemming from intensive farming methods. The disappearance of so many colonies has also been dubbed Mary Celeste syndrome due to the absence of dead bees in many of the empty hives. US scientists have found 121 different pesticides in samples of bees, wax and pollen, lending credence to the notion that pesticides are a key problem. We believe that some subtle interactions between nutrition, pesticide exposure and other stressors are converging to kill colonies, said Jeffery Pettis, of the ARS's bee research laboratory. A global review of honeybee deaths by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reported last week that there was no one single cause, but pointed the finger at the irresponsible use of pesticides that may damage bee health and make them more susceptible to diseases. Bernard Vallat, the OIE's director-general, warned: Bees contribute to global food security, and their extinction would represent a terrible biological disaster. Dave Hackenberg of Hackenberg Apiaries, the Pennsylvania-based commercial beekeeper who first raised the alarm about CCD, said that last year had been the worst yet for bee losses, with 62% of his 2,600 hives dying between May 2009 and April 2010. It's getting worse, he said. The AIA survey doesn't give you the full picture because it is only measuring losses through the winter. In the summer the bees are exposed to lots of pesticides. Farmers mix them together and no one has any idea what the effects might be. Pettis agreed that losses in some commercial operations are running at 50% or greater. Continued losses of this magnitude are not economically sustainable for commercial beekeepers, he said, adding that a solution may be years away. Look at Aids, they have billions in research dollars and a causative agent and still no cure. Research takes time and beehives are complex organisms. In the UK it is still too early to judge how Britain's estimated 250,000 honeybee colonies have fared during the long winter. Tim Lovett, president of the British Beekeepers' Association, said: Anecdotally, it is hugely variable. There are reports of some beekeepers losing almost a third of their hives and others losing none. Results from a survey of the association's 15,000 members are expected this month. John Chapple, chairman of the London Beekeepers' Association, put losses among his 150 members at between a fifth and a quarter. Eight of his 36 hives across the capital did not survive. There are still a lot of mysterious disappearances, he said. We are no nearer to knowing what is causing them. Bee farmers in Scotland have reported losses on the American scale for the past three years. Andrew Scarlett, a Perthshire-based bee farmer and honey packer, lost 80% of his 1,200 hives this winter. But he attributed the massive decline to a virulent bacterial infection that quickly spread because of a lack of bee inspectors, coupled with sustained poor weather that prevented honeybees from building up sufficient pollen and nectar stores. The government's National Bee Unit has always denied the existence of CCD in Britain, despite honeybee losses of 20% during the winter of 2008-09 and close to a third the previous year. It attributes the demise to the varroa mite - which is found in almost every UK hive - and rainy summers that stop bees foraging for food. In a hard-hitting report last year, the National Audit Office suggested that amateur beekeepers who failed to spot diseases in bees were a threat to
Re: [scifinoir2] Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe
Sweet Deity... When WILL humankind get the memo?[?] On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:48 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/02/food-fear-mystery-beehives-collapse Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe The world may be on the brink of biological disaster after news that a third of US bee colonies did not survive the winter Alison Benjamin The Observer, Sunday 2 May 2010 Disturbing evidence that honeybees are in terminal decline has emerged from the United States where, for the fourth year in a row, more than a third of colonies have failed to survive the winter. The decline of the country's estimated 2.4 million beehives began in 2006, when a phenomenon dubbed colony collapse disorder (CCD) led to the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of colonies. Since then more than three million colonies in the US and billions of honeybees worldwide have died and scientists are no nearer to knowing what is causing the catastrophic fall in numbers. The number of managed honeybee colonies in the US fell by 33.8% last winter, according to the annual survey by the Apiary Inspectors of America and the US government's Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The collapse in the global honeybee population is a major threat to crops. It is estimated that a third of everything we eat depends upon honeybee pollination, which means that bees contribute some £26bn to the global economy. Potential causes range from parasites, such as the bloodsucking varroa mite, to viral and bacterial infections, pesticides and poor nutrition stemming from intensive farming methods. The disappearance of so many colonies has also been dubbed Mary Celeste syndrome due to the absence of dead bees in many of the empty hives. US scientists have found 121 different pesticides in samples of bees, wax and pollen, lending credence to the notion that pesticides are a key problem. We believe that some subtle interactions between nutrition, pesticide exposure and other stressors are converging to kill colonies, said Jeffery Pettis, of the ARS's bee research laboratory. A global review of honeybee deaths by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reported last week that there was no one single cause, but pointed the finger at the irresponsible use of pesticides that may damage bee health and make them more susceptible to diseases. Bernard Vallat, the OIE's director-general, warned: Bees contribute to global food security, and their extinction would represent a terrible biological disaster. Dave Hackenberg of Hackenberg Apiaries, the Pennsylvania-based commercial beekeeper who first raised the alarm about CCD, said that last year had been the worst yet for bee losses, with 62% of his 2,600 hives dying between May 2009 and April 2010. It's getting worse, he said. The AIA survey doesn't give you the full picture because it is only measuring losses through the winter. In the summer the bees are exposed to lots of pesticides. Farmers mix them together and no one has any idea what the effects might be. Pettis agreed that losses in some commercial operations are running at 50% or greater. Continued losses of this magnitude are not economically sustainable for commercial beekeepers, he said, adding that a solution may be years away. Look at Aids, they have billions in research dollars and a causative agent and still no cure. Research takes time and beehives are complex organisms. In the UK it is still too early to judge how Britain's estimated 250,000 honeybee colonies have fared during the long winter. Tim Lovett, president of the British Beekeepers' Association, said: Anecdotally, it is hugely variable. There are reports of some beekeepers losing almost a third of their hives and others losing none. Results from a survey of the association's 15,000 members are expected this month. John Chapple, chairman of the London Beekeepers' Association, put losses among his 150 members at between a fifth and a quarter. Eight of his 36 hives across the capital did not survive. There are still a lot of mysterious disappearances, he said. We are no nearer to knowing what is causing them. Bee farmers in Scotland have reported losses on the American scale for the past three years. Andrew Scarlett, a Perthshire-based bee farmer and honey packer, lost 80% of his 1,200 hives this winter. But he attributed the massive decline to a virulent bacterial infection that quickly spread because of a lack of bee inspectors, coupled with sustained poor weather that prevented honeybees from building up sufficient pollen and nectar stores. The government's National Bee Unit has always denied the existence of CCD in Britain, despite honeybee losses of 20% during the winter of 2008-09 and close to a third the previous year. It attributes the demise to the varroa mite - which is found in almost every UK
Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
The 5 Doctors? - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2010 1:02:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I liked the Queen also but I'm just not excited by any of these episodes. Season's 1-4 where really good and now it's just a bit dull. I'm going back to watch The 5 Doctors again and waiting for season 6. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: What bothered you? - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:54:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. The program is an original, all-access look inside the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide premieres Saturday, April 17th at 8 pm/7c on BBC AMERICA, followed by the series premiere of the new Doctor Who at 9pm/8c. Episode 1 - The Eleventh Hour Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Adam Smith Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just twenty minutes to save the whole world - and only Amy Pond to help him. -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com
Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
Maybe that's his new incarnation's main failing? In the show I mentioned with Queen Elizabeth X, it was his companion that solved the riddle, while he was ready to make do with some of that action you mentioned. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2010 2:29:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! Feels like after Torchwood's mini-series this season of Dr.Who feels tepid at best. I'm not liking the doctor at all. He's a little too quick on the trigger to be violent which isn't something that a 900 year old would do. Maybe he needs to switch to decaf? :) On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: I liked the Queen also but I'm just not excited by any of these episodes. Season's 1-4 where really good and now it's just a bit dull. I'm going back to watch The 5 Doctors again and waiting for season 6. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: What bothered you? - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:54:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. The program is an original, all-access look inside the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide premieres Saturday, April 17th at 8 pm/7c on BBC AMERICA, followed by the series premiere of the new Doctor Who at 9pm/8c. Episode 1 - The Eleventh Hour Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Adam Smith Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just twenty minutes to save the whole world - and only Amy Pond to help him. -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
Yeah it's finding its legs, that's for sure. maybe this new Doctor is a bit schizophrenic? - Original Message - From: Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2010 8:49:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! Hilariously they kept claiming this would be a darker Who and a dark fairytale. I'm not feeling it. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I just realized Queen Elizabeth X was played by Academy Award nominated Sophie Okonedo of Hotel Rawanda. I thought she brought a lot of presence to a fairly small role. She's quite stunning. I'm still amazed at how a country where blacks don't have the clout or opportunities in acting they do here still seems to give them good roles so often. As for the balancing act, you're right. They seem to have changed the tone slightly. Everything from Smith to the writing to even the camera work is in ways a bit more lighthearted than Tennant's --and especially Eccleston's--tenures were. The pacing is faster, giving the show a breezy feeling. There are a lot more overtly comedic tones to the dialogue. Definitely less dark now. Maybe the producers felt it was time for a change? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2010 11:58:21 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! Yea, I loved the queen too. I knew someone would love her. :) I think that they are trying to ride a fine line between mature writing / kid appeal / and old school fans. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I just saw the episode The Beast Below, in which the Starship UK is taking refugees from Earth across space. I rather enjoyed it. It had some typical corny/scary Dr. Who creatures: robotic sentries that looked like wax statues. And I liked that way they showed again how the Doctor can turn on a dime from goofy and humorous to grimly serious, even scary--alien. When he realized the secret of the ship, and what his Companion did in an attempt to save him from a difficult choice, he became cold and determined to send her home. And when he yelled at the perpetrators of the horror, saying There is nothing any human can say to me today!, we're reminded that he's not a quixotic human, but a Timelord capable of grand and terrible things. And I loved the concept of the pistol-packing Sister who was Queen Elizabeth X. The actress playing her was quite fetching, almost like Gina Torres younger sister or something. I'd love to see more of her. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2010 3:28:47 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I'm enjoying the low-tech way they're going about creating the monsters, more like old-school DW. It's what you CAN'T see that scares you the most. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I was prepared to hate the new Doctor - but I didn't. I like the way they introduced him and his new companion. I like the way he didn't know how to properly use his stuff at first. I also like the idea (an oldie but a goodie) about bad things living in that blind spot that you can only see out of the corner of your eye. I got the opportunity to talk about the episode with a 57 year-old friend of mine (who is not an SF guy) when he told me he covered his wife's full length mirror with a blanket because he didn't like being freaked out every time he caught a glimpse of something in the mirror. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@... wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat,
Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
The doctor is going to shoot someone before the season is over at this rate. He attacked the daeleks with a large wrench last episode. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Maybe that's his new incarnation's main failing? In the show I mentioned with Queen Elizabeth X, it was his companion that solved the riddle, while he was ready to make do with some of that action you mentioned. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2010 2:29:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! Feels like after Torchwood's mini-series this season of Dr.Who feels tepid at best. I'm not liking the doctor at all. He's a little too quick on the trigger to be violent which isn't something that a 900 year old would do. Maybe he needs to switch to decaf? :) On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.comwrote: I liked the Queen also but I'm just not excited by any of these episodes. Season's 1-4 where really good and now it's just a bit dull. I'm going back to watch The 5 Doctors again and waiting for season 6. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: What bothered you? - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:54:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.comwrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. The program is an original, all-access look inside the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide premieres Saturday, April 17th at 8 pm/7c on BBC AMERICA, followed by the series premiere of the new Doctor Who at 9pm/8c. Episode 1 - The Eleventh Hour Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Adam Smith Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just twenty minutes to save the whole world - and only Amy Pond to help him. -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Get Social and
Re: [scifinoir2] Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe
Thank you for mentioning this article. I was thinking about this topic yesterday. I suspect that because the bees were mostly from the same source that they don't have any resistance to whatever it is that is ailing them. (it could also be cellphones) Whatever it is they need to figure out something quick. Also there is something similar happening to bats as well. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:48 AM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/02/food-fear-mystery-beehives-collapse Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe The world may be on the brink of biological disaster after news that a third of US bee colonies did not survive the winter Alison Benjamin The Observer, Sunday 2 May 2010 Disturbing evidence that honeybees are in terminal decline has emerged from the United States where, for the fourth year in a row, more than a third of colonies have failed to survive the winter. The decline of the country's estimated 2.4 million beehives began in 2006, when a phenomenon dubbed colony collapse disorder (CCD) led to the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of colonies. Since then more than three million colonies in the US and billions of honeybees worldwide have died and scientists are no nearer to knowing what is causing the catastrophic fall in numbers. The number of managed honeybee colonies in the US fell by 33.8% last winter, according to the annual survey by the Apiary Inspectors of America and the US government's Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The collapse in the global honeybee population is a major threat to crops. It is estimated that a third of everything we eat depends upon honeybee pollination, which means that bees contribute some £26bn to the global economy. Potential causes range from parasites, such as the bloodsucking varroa mite, to viral and bacterial infections, pesticides and poor nutrition stemming from intensive farming methods. The disappearance of so many colonies has also been dubbed Mary Celeste syndrome due to the absence of dead bees in many of the empty hives. US scientists have found 121 different pesticides in samples of bees, wax and pollen, lending credence to the notion that pesticides are a key problem. We believe that some subtle interactions between nutrition, pesticide exposure and other stressors are converging to kill colonies, said Jeffery Pettis, of the ARS's bee research laboratory. A global review of honeybee deaths by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reported last week that there was no one single cause, but pointed the finger at the irresponsible use of pesticides that may damage bee health and make them more susceptible to diseases. Bernard Vallat, the OIE's director-general, warned: Bees contribute to global food security, and their extinction would represent a terrible biological disaster. Dave Hackenberg of Hackenberg Apiaries, the Pennsylvania-based commercial beekeeper who first raised the alarm about CCD, said that last year had been the worst yet for bee losses, with 62% of his 2,600 hives dying between May 2009 and April 2010. It's getting worse, he said. The AIA survey doesn't give you the full picture because it is only measuring losses through the winter. In the summer the bees are exposed to lots of pesticides. Farmers mix them together and no one has any idea what the effects might be. Pettis agreed that losses in some commercial operations are running at 50% or greater. Continued losses of this magnitude are not economically sustainable for commercial beekeepers, he said, adding that a solution may be years away. Look at Aids, they have billions in research dollars and a causative agent and still no cure. Research takes time and beehives are complex organisms. In the UK it is still too early to judge how Britain's estimated 250,000 honeybee colonies have fared during the long winter. Tim Lovett, president of the British Beekeepers' Association, said: Anecdotally, it is hugely variable. There are reports of some beekeepers losing almost a third of their hives and others losing none. Results from a survey of the association's 15,000 members are expected this month. John Chapple, chairman of the London Beekeepers' Association, put losses among his 150 members at between a fifth and a quarter. Eight of his 36 hives across the capital did not survive. There are still a lot of mysterious disappearances, he said. We are no nearer to knowing what is causing them. Bee farmers in Scotland have reported losses on the American scale for the past three years. Andrew Scarlett, a Perthshire-based bee farmer and honey packer, lost 80% of his 1,200 hives this winter. But he attributed the massive decline to a virulent bacterial infection that quickly spread because of a lack of bee inspectors, coupled with sustained poor weather that prevented honeybees from
[scifinoir2] Countdown to the summer movie season
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2011728574_summermovies02.html?prmid=head_main Countdown to the summer movie season Ten indies, nine action movies, eight sequels ... blast off to another summer filled with movie thrills. Titles to come this season: Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Sex and the City 2, Get Him to the Greek, The Secret of Kells and more. By Moira Macdonald Seattle Times movie critic Summer already? Really? As the popcorn season kicks off with Iron Man 2 this Friday, here's a look at some of the titles we'll soon be seeing at the multiplexes and arthouses. And remember, the summer movie season has its own fizzy-lemonade personality; if you're looking for hard-hitting drama, for the most part you'll need to hang on until fall. Here we go, divided into 10 easy categories (and note that release dates are tentative and as changeable as 3D pricing): 10 intriguing indies Let's start with a few that aren't household words, shall we? The Argentine thriller The Secret in Their Eyes, which won the Oscar this year for best foreign-language film, turns up May 7; the Italian drama I Am Love, which may well be a contender next year, arrives in July. (Tilda Swinton, who stars in the latter, learned to speak Russian and Russian-accent Italian for her role. So what are you doing on your summer vacation?) Other international offerings include Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky (July 2) - you can guess who it's about - from France, and Ondine (June 18), about an Irish fisherman (Colin Farrell) and a woman who just may be a mermaid, from director Neil Jordan. On U.S. shores, The Kids are All Right (July 7), starring Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as a lesbian couple, got raves at Sundance, as did Get Low (Aug. 13), with Robert Duvall as a 1930s Tennessee hermit who stages his own funeral, at SXSW. Writer/director Nicole Holofcener (Lovely Amazing, Friends with Money) returns with her latest Catherine Keener-starring comedy, Please Give (June 18). Jeff Daniels plays a writer (as he did last year in The Answer Man) with an imaginary superhero (Ryan Reynolds) in Paper Man (May 7). James Ivory makes his first film without longtime filmmaking partner Ismail Merchant (who died in 2005, after such classics as Howards End and The Remains of the Day): The City of Your Final Destination (June 18), starring Anthony Hopkins and Laura Linney. And local filmmaker Linas Phillips will see his Seattle-to-East-Coast road movie Bass Ackwards on the big screen June 11. 9 action-filled adventures Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett and no tights: That's Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, buckling its swashes in theaters everywhere May 14. Angelina Jolie plays a CIA agent accused of being a Russian spy in Salt (July 23), directed by Philip Noyce (The Quiet American). Tom Cruise (to whom, as it happens, Jolie's role was originally offered - back when it was written as a man) and Cameron Diaz play a fugitive couple on the run in the action/comedy Knight and Day, opening June 25. The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan returns, sans the Batcape, with Inception (July 16), a cerebral adventure about dream invasion starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Marion Cotillard. Josh Brolin plays a troubled drifter and bounty hunter in the adventure thriller Jonah Hex (June 18), based on DC Comics characters; John Malkovich and Megan Fox co-star. An avatar - but not the James Cameron kind - tries to save the world in M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender, based on the Nickelodeon series and opening July 2. (Late-breaking news: Last Airbender will be shown in 3D.) A video-game series inspired Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (May 28), an action/fantasy starring Jake Gyllenhaal and, reportedly, some serious sand effects. Sylvester Stallone directs himself, Jason Statham, Jet Li and Mickey Rourke in the no-doubt extremely manly adventure The Expendables (Aug. 13) in which a team travels to South America to overthrow a dictator. (You just know Rocky could do this if he wanted to.) And a gang of bank robbers try to pull off the ever-popular One Last Heist as a veteran detective (Matt Dillon) attempts to thwart them in Takers (Aug. 20). 8 sequels, remakes and otherwise familiar endeavors No movie this summer is likely to inspire as much squealing as Eclipse (June 30), the continuing Twilight saga of girl (Kristen Stewart), vampire (Robert Pattinson) and werewolf (Taylor Lautner). Me, I'm a little more excited for Robert Downey Jr.'s suavely sardonic superhero in Iron Man 2 (May 7) or - on an entirely different note - Emma Thompson's hilariously proper British nanny in Nanny McPhee Returns (Aug. 20). In the important subcategory of Animated Franchises We All Thought Were Over By Now, Shrek Forever After turns up May 21 and Toy Story 3 on June 18, complete with, respectively, greenish ogres and chatty cowboy dolls. Sex the City 2, another franchise seemingly unwilling to die (aren't Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte getting tired of hearing Carrie
Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies
I didn't mention the worse of it. Like the 40 stitches that I had to get. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: It eventually blew the head gasket the week after it was paid off. Ain't THAT a word-that-rhymes-with-witch? On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Either the universe was telling me to change jobs or to ditch that car. It eventually blew the head gasket the week after it was paid off. I would love to get a job that is close to my house, but that is pretty much impossible around here. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Deity... and my family wonders why I drive so infrequently. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks. I think the universe was telling me that I should look for another job. That wasn't the first time that I almost bought the farm coming to and from that job. In another incident a woman pushed my car at 70 from behind. How do you not see a car in front of you? On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: [?][?][?][?] I'll breathe in about ten minutes... allow me to say that it's great to have you with us. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Yea I know what you mean on that. I was going to work one morning and a woman on the phone in a suv got over into my lane. It was only a 2 lane highway! All I knew was I saw a 20 inch tire headed for my face. Luckily there was an emergency lane I blew my horn and slammed on the gas. (to my right was a 200ft cliff) When I pulled in front of her she was still yapping on the phone unaware that she almost killed us. Or me at the minimum. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: Mr Worf, I'm sorry to hear that, too. My moment of being done with SUVs was when a woman in Downtown Atlanta, driving one while chatting on her cellphone, jumped a corner and almost made me a LOT thinner than I am. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Man I'm sorry to hear that. I people every day who simply aren't qualified to drive the SUV's and vans they own. You can tell they don't really know how to corner in the vehicles, as the higher center of gravity makes real control difficult over a car or light truck, they have no good concept of stopping distances at high speeds, often seem to be unaware of who's around them (meaning side- and rearview mirrors aren't set well). Many can't even seem to be able to park them between the white lines in parking lots. Many, many people in SUV's are dangerous as far as I'm concerned, because they never really become skilled drivers who work at understanding their vehicles. I've lost count of how many moms with kids, dudes on cell phones, etc., I see on the road of Atlanta in SUV's who get in typical traffic situations and over- or undercompensate, vehicles veering all over the place--obvious proof they don't really know how to handle them. Personally I think that SUV owners, and maybe some bigger truck and van owners, should be required to take additional driving lessons. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:39:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies My sister's friend had a horrible road trip incident in one last year. She and a friend was driving while towing a trailer and rolled a SUV on their way down to ATL. So not only did she lose her vehicle most of her belongings as well and her friend. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Agreed. the idea of people with a HUD who already have trouble focusing on driving down a road scares me--especially those in SUV's, who have no concept of how to drive the vehicles. - Original Message - From: Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:33:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies It's not a good idea to have a bright augmentation of the road's edge. If you can't see that, it's a good signal that driving conditions aren't good enough. And if the tech gets it wrong, the driver has two conflicting visual signals to follow. That's not good. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: augmented reality windshield? For a car? Don't know what frightens me more: that people already distracted while chatting on cellphones or texting have a new distraction...or the fact that this pic seems to indicated this is tech built on a Microsoft OS! :( -
Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW
I see that in the next episode the woman that is supposed to be his wife appears. I don't know if she is playing the astronaut or if she is a different character. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: And another thought, regarding the lightning. Waaay back in the Tom baker Era, he had the legendary E-Space Trilogy, when the TADRIS went through a Charged Vacuum Emboitment into E-Space, where the TIme Lords had stuffed the vampires after defeating them in a war. As the TARDIS flew through it, if I remember properly, it was struck by lightning. If memory serves again, the vampires ARE due to put in an appearance this season... On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Would make sense. The first ep involved the Crack in the Wall, a rift between dimensions. If it does play out this way, those who are doubting will have to double over sideways in apology. One thing we take for granted is that we're seeing the Doctor and Amy in a perfectly linear fashion, from one adventure to the next. The TARDIS is, after all, a time machine. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: The only thing that I can think of is that he is in a parallel dimension or something like that due to that weirdness that was going on in episode 1. Maybe he is in a parallel micro-universe? When they show the tardis flying it is always being struck by lightning which is a little strange. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, I admit that I didn't see all of it. (Long day yesterday, and I nodded off while watching.) But what I did see had me scratching my head, especially the Doctor's staunch assertion that Amy should remember the Daleks. Unless this is a set-up for future eps in the season's arc, I have to say it. Worst. Doctor. Who. Ep. EVER. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: This week's episode is about the Doctor receiving a call from Winston Churchill during the London blitz. The doctor arrives and discovers Dialecs working for the British government as defense drones. This episode really does some things that may have some fans pulling their hair out. Not to mention possible paradoxes in the time line. I won't mention more until other folks watch it but geez... -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Dexter season 4
Was that Brilliant writing or what? They have hit their collective creative groove on that series. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Oh my f--ing god! Blew me away. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: I finally got around to watching season 4 of this great series. Wow!!! Great intrigue this season! -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] This week's DW
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Justin
On 2010-05-02, at 6:24 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:
I see that in the next episode the woman that is supposed to be his
wife appears. I don't know if she is playing the astronaut or if she
is a different character.
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Martin Baxter
martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote:
And another thought, regarding the lightning.
Waaay back in the Tom baker Era, he had the legendary E-
Space Trilogy, when the TADRIS went through a Charged Vacuum
Emboitment into E-Space, where the TIme Lords had stuffed the
vampires after defeating them in a war. As the TARDIS flew through
it, if I remember properly, it was struck by lightning.
If memory serves again, the vampires ARE due to put in an appearance
this season...
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com
wrote:
Would make sense. The first ep involved the Crack in the Wall, a
rift between dimensions. If it does play out this way, those who are
doubting will have to double over sideways in apology. One thing we
take for granted is that we're seeing the Doctor and Amy in a
perfectly linear fashion, from one adventure to the next. The TARDIS
is, after all, a time machine.
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com
wrote:
The only thing that I can think of is that he is in a parallel
dimension or something like that due to that weirdness that was
going on in episode 1.
Maybe he is in a parallel micro-universe?
When they show the tardis flying it is always being struck by
lightning which is a little strange.
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Martin Baxter
martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote:
Mr Worf, I admit that I didn't see all of it. (Long day yesterday,
and I nodded off while watching.) But what I did see had me
scratching my head, especially the Doctor's staunch assertion that
Amy should remember the Daleks. Unless this is a set-up for future
eps in the season's arc, I have to say it.
Worst.
Doctor.
Who.
Ep.
EVER.
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com
wrote:
This week's episode is about the Doctor receiving a call from
Winston Churchill during the London blitz. The doctor arrives and
discovers Dialecs working for the British government as defense
drones.
This episode really does some things that may have some fans pulling
their hair out. Not to mention possible paradoxes in the time line.
I won't mention more until other folks watch it but geez...
--
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
--
If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the
bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
--
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
--
If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the
bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
--
If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the
bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
--
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Stewart, Tennant Star in Hamlet on PBS Tonight
It's up on the Great Performances website now. You can watch the full performance here: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/watch-the-film/980/ On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: It'll be available online or elsewhere? I totally forgot to DVR it and as a huge fan of both Tennant and Stewart, I'm kicking myself. D: ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: PBS is airing a production of Hamlet right now. Clocking in at a hefty three-plus hours, it stars Patrick Stewart and David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor (who looks nothing like the Doctor given his clothing and hairstyle). The take is in a more modern settings. That being so, and this being a British production, there are quite a few black people in significant roles. If you don't have time or interest tonight, the entire show will be available online after today. By the by, although I'm no longer the Tavis Smiley devotee I used to be, i do still listen to his show when he has interesting guests. He recently did a half hour interview with Patrick Stewart that's worth a listen. Stewart talks about his love of Shakespeare, how acting's the only thing he ever wanted to do, how much he loved doing Star Trek, and how his most significant memory of the TNG days is all the laughter on the set. Also interesting, he speaks of the trauma of going bald at age 19, and how a Hungarian wrestler (!) literally held him down and shaved off his remaining hair, forcing him to confront his condition. Worth a listen, here: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/201004/20100423.html *** http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/preview-the-film/956/ Hamlet Preview the Film Shakespeare’s immortal “To be, or not to be” takes on a whole new meaning (and medium) as classical stage and screen actors David Tennant and (recently-knighted) Sir Patrick Stewart reprise their roles for a modern-dress, film-for-television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) 2008 stage production of Hamlet. The production will be presented on PBS by the Great Performances series on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at 8 p.m. EST (check local listings). Immediately following the broadcast, the film will be available online in its entirety here on the Great Performances Web site. Hamlet aired in the UK on Boxing Day at Christmastime 2009, and more than 900,000 viewers tuned in for the BBC broadcast. In an article in The Observer, Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown wrote: “Like many people, I had my love of Shakespeare reawakened by David Tennant’s TV portrayal of Hamlet over Christmas.” Best known for his performance in the title role of the popular British TV series Doctor Who since 2005, Tennant made his debut in October as the host of MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY on PBS. His many other credits include his recent portrayal of Barty Crouch Junior in the big-screen blockbuster Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Tennant has also received numerous awards from the theatre community for his lead roles in several Shakespearean productions and other classic plays. Veteran stage and screen actor Sir Patrick Stewart reprises his 2009 Laurence Olivier Award-winning role of Claudius in the screen version, which is directed by Gregory Doran, who also returns to reprise his stage direction of the production. Co-produced by Illuminations Television and the RSC for the BBC, in association with Thirteen for WNET.ORG and NHK, the adaptation recreates the tone and atmosphere of the stage production in a film-style interpretation shot in HD on location at St. Joseph’s College in Mill Hill, London. The production is produced for television by John Wyver and Sebastian Grant. Great Performances is funded by the Irene Diamond Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, Vivian Milstein, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, public television viewers, and PBS. Major support for the telecast is also provided by the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust. For Great Performances, Bill O’Donnell is series producer; David Horn is executive producer. -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo ! Groups Links
Re: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010
Not so sure I think so. I sat there oohing and aahhing with its usage in Avatar. in time I quit focusing on it, but its effect was still there. Directors and FX people always say that, if the audience spends all their time commenting on how cool the effects are, they've actually done a poor job. The goal is to wow the audience, but make the effect a part of the experience as a whole, not something the audience keeps focusing on exclusively. If you keep saying awesome 3D!, then the film isn't successful in pulling you into that world; rather, it's been successful in keeping you from being fully immersed as you comment on it. It'd be akin to audiences in the '50s getting used to Technicolor. once they accepted it, it became a part of the fabric of movies. If they spent all their time talking about how cool it was, it's a distraction. I think Cameron's got it right, and if we go too much on the wow factor, it will take 3D down the wrong path. We'll get the equivalent of Michael Bay films, where the FX and sound and action are over-the-top and bludgeon us, rather than enfold us. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2010 2:43:52 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010 I think that if 3d is to be the next great thing that it needs to be pushed into the next level to make you say Ooo! Ahhh! AWESOME!!! On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Actually, Cameron has said many times that Avatar was conceived of as a 3D movie. It was the lack of that tech--along with the motion capture tech and the ability to do realistic CGI--that delayed the movie by over a decade. He helped create new 3D technology with the WETA team, and spent a lot of time during production making sure the 3D glasses wouldn't hurt people's eyes. I think the irony is that, though he conceived of Avatar as a 3D film, to his mind that meant not making the 3D be too intrusive. He uses it to enhance the experience, and in a lot of ways I found it more powerful for just that reason. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2010 11:38:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010 I don't think that there has been any movies that have specifically been written for 3d format. Even Avatar just has a few shots that had extra twinkles in it in some parts and some wide shots. We probably won't see a true 3d movie until another year or two from now. If at all. I think the director of The Science of Sleep may be close to writing that way. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: And the critical question is, how many of these films were conceived, written, and filmed for 3D from the get-go? Even when they are, the overall effect may be iffy, but if they are converted in the middle of the process they're most certainly not going to be worth the extra dough... - Original Message - From: brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2010 2:59:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010 http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies+scheduled+come+2010/2971901/story.html 3-D movies scheduled to come out in 2010 By Brendan Kelly, The Gazette April 30, 2010 Shrek Forever After: May 21 Toy Story 3: June 18 The Last Airbender: July 2 Despicable Me: July 9 Cats Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore: July 30 Step Up 3D: Aug. 6 Friday the 13th Part 2: Aug. 13 Piranha 3D: Aug. 27 Resident Evil: Afterlife: Sept. 10 Legends of the Guardians: Owls of Ga’hoole: Sept. 24 Alpha and Omega: Oct. 1 Jackass 3D: Oct. 15 Saw VII: Oct. 22 Megamind: Nov. 5 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1): Nov. 19 Tangled: Nov. 24 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Dec. 10 Tron Legacy: Dec. 17 Yogi Bear: Dec. 17 Gulliver’s Travels: Dec. 22 © Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Digging Hawkins' Into the Universe
I'm watching Stephen Hawking's two hour Into the Universe on Discovery Channel. That's to be followed by How the Universe Works, a one-hour show on black holes, one of my fav topics. I am really enjoying the show. The graphics are really cool, lending colorful visuals to the phenomena they discuss: the formation of black holes...how Sol condensed from a dust cloud and started fusing...how the stuff of life from which we're made originated in stellar fusion, released by the explosions of supernovae. Very entertaining. My only minor complaint is, like a lot of shows of this type, it's a bit light on the science for me. For example, they talked about how black holes formed, but didn't go into detail about why some black holes are larger than others (how does a point singularity equate with descriptions of size?), or explain the statement that smaller black holes actually aren't pure black, but give off energy. Of course they're covering a lot of time, and the show is crafted to be easily digestible by a diverse TV audience, so I won't quibble too much. I really like the show, but you know, decades later, I still haven't seen a science series that moved and informed me quite as much as Carl Sagan's Cosmos. A close second is James Burkes' great series Connections, a British science series in which the narrator shows, as the name implies, how discoveries and inventions across history and in various places are related to each other in amazing ways. He may, for example, start talking about the invention of the steam engine, and in the middle, tell you how a key part of its invention is related to...tea in India, then jump from that to the art of spinning yarn, and so on, ultimately showing how all these seemingly unrelated things in fact worked together. Fascinating stuff, which you can watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcSxL8GUn-g
Re: [scifinoir2] Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup
Damn, trying to get rid of the evidence from his drive is the sole felony, Obstruction of justice? Damn, dude, that bites! Leave the evidence and help convict yourself, or get rid of it and...help convict yourself. I can't stand Palin, but this dude was out of line in what he did. And I'm also pissed at him for simply doing more to give this comical/dangerous woman yet more exposure, more sympathizers, and more of a bully pulpit from which to shout her rhetoric. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2010 3:11:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup • By Kevin Poulsen Email Author • April 30, 2010 | • 3:46 pm | • Categories: Hacks and Cracks , The Courts • A Tennessee jury on Friday convicted David Kernell of obstruction of justice and misdemeanor computer intrusion in connection with his hacking of Sarah Palin’s e-mail account in 2008, according to local news reports . The jury acquitted the 22-year-old Kernell of wire fraud, and deadlocked on a fourth charge of identity theft following four days of deliberation. Kernell famously hacked into Palin’s Yahoo webmail account while Palin was the Republican vice presidential candidate. He used publicly available information about Palin to reset her password to “popcorn,” then posted screenshots of some of her e-mail, and the new password, to the /b/ message board on 4chan so others could enjoy it. Prosecutors will now have to decide whether to retry Kernell on the identity-theft charge, based on the theory that the former University of Tennessee student stole Palin’s identity by taking over her Yahoo account. Palin applauded the verdict Friday in a Facebook post that compared Kernell to Richard Nixon’s plumbers. “As Watergate taught us, we rightfully reject illegally breaking into candidates’ private communications for political intrigue in an attempt to derail an election,” wrote Palin, who testified against Kernell in court last week. In opting for the misdemeanor version of the computer-intrusion charge, the jury rejected prosecutors’ arguments that Kernell broke into Palin’s account in furtherance of another criminal act or civil wrongdoing beyond accessing Palin’s e-mail. That means Kernell might have walked away from the trial without a felony conviction, if he hadn’t deleted evidence from his hard drive. That, the jury found, constituted felony obstruction of justice. Kernell is free on bond. A sentencing date has not been set. Updated 18:30 with Palin’s Facebook comments, Image: Facebook.com See Also: • Palin Hacker Group’s All-Time Greatest Hits • Palin E-Mail Hacker Says It Was Easy • Palin Calls E-Mail Hack ‘Most Disruptive’ Campaign Event • Group Posts E-Mail Hacked From Palin Account Read More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/kernell-guilty/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29#ixzz0mknKYwC7 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
Yeah, he's young and goofy-looking, but then gets cold or violent at the drop of a hat. Maybe in time the odd swings will simply become this Doctor's character trait? I did raise an eyebrow at the Dalek's coming back so quickly in the new Doctor's tenure. Shouldn't they have saved them for a while? It's kinda like how Star Trek Voyager started using the Borg so much they lost their mystery and menace. Next week though: the Weeping Angels are back!!! - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2010 5:43:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! The doctor is going to shoot someone before the season is over at this rate. He attacked the daeleks with a large wrench last episode. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Maybe that's his new incarnation's main failing? In the show I mentioned with Queen Elizabeth X, it was his companion that solved the riddle, while he was ready to make do with some of that action you mentioned. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2010 2:29:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! Feels like after Torchwood's mini-series this season of Dr.Who feels tepid at best. I'm not liking the doctor at all. He's a little too quick on the trigger to be violent which isn't something that a 900 year old would do. Maybe he needs to switch to decaf? :) On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: I liked the Queen also but I'm just not excited by any of these episodes. Season's 1-4 where really good and now it's just a bit dull. I'm going back to watch The 5 Doctors again and waiting for season 6. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: What bothered you? - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:54:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I've decided to sit this season out. Until the writing gets better or they get new Dr. I'm out of the Tartus. The first two episodes where totally horrible. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: That was my take on the writing as well. I love the new Doctor but he's got the wrong team writing for him. On the whole, I'm pretty disappointed and I'm a big Who fan. :( ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: I saw the first episode a few weeks ago and it wasn't really that good. I don't really like the new Dr. at all. He's a bit boring. I liked Eccleston and Tenant right off from their appearances but Matt has grown on my yet. I also think the quality of the quality of the writing has gone down. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Holy crap, i almost overlooked this! For some reason I thought the new Doctor wasn't premiering until June, but it's airing tomorrow night?! I listened to a Slice of SciFi podcast recently about it. The crew there had already seen the first ep, The Eleventh Hour. Doubters all, they really like the new Doctor. The fear was that he was too young and would be too boyish and goofy. However, they were surprised to discover that this new Doctor is more professorial, more fastidious than Tenant or Eccleston's portrayals. They saw he looks young, but actually acts old, and reminds them of a throwback to a couple of the earlier incarnations. I think at least one of them was an older guy who was a combination of crotchety, deadly serious? (Martin would know). Should be interesting... * http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/index.jsp Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Original Air Date: April 17, 2010 SYNOPSIS Just in time for the U.S. premiere of Doctor Who, journey into the Doctor Who universe with BBC AMERICA's original program, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. The program is an original, all-access look inside the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide premieres Saturday,
[scifinoir2] Re: The Losers
Well...All I have to say is did you see a body? Roque was the proverbial bad penny. Too bad we won't get a sequel. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... wrote: 'Nuff said! -- attr to S The Man Lee. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: I saw the Losers Saturday night. Jeffrey Dean Morgan gets Zoe Saldana and Idris Alba getsI don't wanna talk about it! ~(no)rave! -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
