Re: [scifinoir2] Heard about the Film Kings of the Evening?
showed the preview to Number One, she is defiantly on board 2 see it. We all need 2 make it an event next Saturday night. just one Black man's opinion. Fate. --- On Mon, 6/7/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Heard about the Film Kings of the Evening? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, June 7, 2010, 12:05 PM Keith -- no, I haven't. But I'll put it on my list. Thanks for the heads-up! On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: Tired of the so-so, FX-heavy, plot-light summer blockbusters (which includes Iron Man 2, sadly), I sought solace this past weekend in the indie movie scene. I went to a small theatre here in Atlanta called Tara, which has four screens, and shows a lot of fare that doesn't get wide release. I took my wife to see Mother and Child. It's an emotional telling of a woman (Anette Benning) whose life has been all but ruined by a decision to give her child up for adoption, and the cold and empty life that now adult child (Naomi Watts). Good movie, deliberately paced, not for the Transformers crowd. While at the movie, I was intrigued by a trailer for a film called Kings of the Evening, which was evidently completed last year. It's a Depression -era drama starring Tyson Beckford, Lynn Whitfield, Glynn Turman, Steven Williams (star of 21 Jump Street and Linc's), and Lou Myers. The film has earned accolades at festivals around the country. It's only got limited release: the Tara in Atlanta this weekend, Chicago, Cincinnati, LA in the upcoming weeks. Still, looks like it might be worth seeking. Check the site below for a trailer and actor info: http://www.kingsoft heevening. com/ After two years in jail, Homer Hobbs (Beckford), returns home during the depths of the Great Depression. Homer finds a kinship with four strangers as they find hope, dignity and a chance at a new life: Benny (Dorsey), the eager hustler, Gracie (Whitfield), the gracious owner of a boarding house, local oddity Clarence (Turman) and Lucy (Washington) , a young beautiful woman with a mysterious past. Each finds comfort with the other and life turns for the better when on Sunday nights the men of the neighborhood piece together their finest attire to compete in an unusual contest. The winner might go home with the big five dollar prize, but also something priceless... the chance to feel like a king, if just for an evening. -- 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] DC Comics Superheroes and Villains: Fandex Deluxe - side bar (u know i am good 4 these)
speaking of comics, anyone other than me invested in this 'Comic Collectors Live' software? i purchased it last year and my one year subscription expired yesterday..so u know i re-upped last night too. it is really great software. it sends me email alerts when a new book in ANY title that i am collecting goes on sale. i downloaded it on my laptop and immediately took it 2 B'ham to my parents house and unpacked the 2 footlockers that i have there with my older books in them. took the time 2 load all of them in the software and was able 2 see which titles were missing and it even lets u put out a wish list so that you can trade or purchase missing titles. if you have a comic collection like me, and u do not have this software, u might want 2 think about it. Fate. --- On Mon, 6/7/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] DC Comics Superheroes and Villains: Fandex Deluxe To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, June 7, 2010, 6:57 AM rave, I want to see this at my comics store before I invest. One of those too-cool-to- be-true/real things. On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: http://www.amazon. com/DC-Comics- Super-Heroes- Villains/ dp/0761158561 Celebrate 75 years of DC Comics with an obsessive Fandex Deluxe: a supersized deck of 75 iconic heroes and villains whose power over the popular imagination has never been stronger (think The Dark Knight, last summer's $1 billion blockbuster) . The gang's all here: Batman, Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, the Green Lantern, Captain Marvel, Justice League of America, the Flash. So are their nemeses—the Joker, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, Lex Luthor, Cheetah, Brainiac, Poison Ivy, Deathstroke. Meticulously researched, with layers of information covering origins, biography, back-stories, affiliations, motivations, weaknesses, and fascinating trivia, the deck adds up to an insider's history of the DC Universe. And what better way to present it than in the format with super powers—Fandex and its die-cut cards perfectly capture the characters in one dynamic pose after another, with the art taken straight from the pages of the original comics. From the essential—learn about the Crisis on Infinite Earths—to the improbable—discover how Lex Luthor became President of the United States—to the offbeat—did you know that Clark Kent and Lois Lane lived in a building owned by Wayne (i.e., Batman) Enterprises: it's a handheld feast for new¬comers and passionate comics fans alike. -- 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 Road
Angela, now u have me wondering do i want 2 see it! i hate feeling like what u have described. Fate. --- On Mon, 6/7/10, Angela Robinson asrobin...@mindspring.com wrote: From: Angela Robinson asrobin...@mindspring.com Subject: [scifinoir2] The Road To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, June 7, 2010, 9:21 PM I'm sure The Road was discussed when it came out, but I just got around to seeing it on PPV this weekend. Maybe the most dark and depressing movie I've ever seen (or in the top 5 anyway). Yet the last few minutes offered a little redeeming hope in a way that was totally unexpected to me. I thought it was well done and worth checking out if you don't mind feeling awful for a little while. Some how, more than Survivors, Book of Eli, The Day After or even Threads, The Road left me sunk in the sofa saying, God, would it ever really come to that? Angela
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: [milliways-L] New series of Torchwood!
here is my problem, what made Torchwood to me was the interaction of the staff and the charisma or Capt. Jack. in the new version, will they get a character as fun as Capt. Jack? i also enjoyed Eve Myles character. Alert! Alert! Alert! o.k. Just checked out EW online and saw that Capt. Jack (John Barrowman) and Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) will be joined by new characters. The only draw back? I will have 2 subscribe 2 Starz, but that might not be bad. Let me see, True Blood this weekend, and then Starz next year. It might work. Fate. --- On Mon, 6/7/10, Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.com wrote: From: Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: [milliways-L] New series of Torchwood! To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, June 7, 2010, 7:22 PM Yes, that's exactly what this deal means. It's a really smart deal, actually. It will probably generate quite a few subscriptions for Starz, and BBC gets the licensing money anyway, so it's all good. Daryle On Jun 7, 2010, at 5:15 PM, Martin Baxter wrote: Starz... PLEASE let that mean that Starz will get first US airing rights. 360.gif360.gif360.gif360.gif On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Thomas N. Beck tomf...@mac. com wrote: Woo-hoo! BBC Press Release: BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Worldwide and US premium entertainment network Starz Entertainment have today announced a three-way co-production partnership that will develop a new series of the hit BBC sci-fi drama Torchwood. BBC Worldwide will also distribute the series to broadcasters globally. The 10-episode instalment will be written by a team led by Torchwood creator Russell T Davies and produced by BBC Worldwide productions. Davies and BBC Worldwide Productions' SVP Scripted, Julie Gardner, return as executive producers with BBC Worldwide Productions EVP Jane Tranter. The series has been commissioned by Controller BBC One, Jay Hunt, Controller BBC Drama, Ben Stephenson and Starz President and CEO, Chris Albrecht. While previous series were based on location in Cardiff, Wales, this new instalment will see storylines widen to include locations in the US and around the world. John Barrowman and Eve Myles will return in their roles as Captain Jack and Gwen respectively, along with new faces. Announcing the commission, Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning, said: We have a long history of working with many US networks, but it is incredibly exciting to be working with Starz for the first time, as well as to be reunited with the best of British in Russell, Jane and Julie. Torchwood will burst back onto the screen with a shocking and moving story with global stakes and locations that will make it feel bigger and bolder than ever. Jane Tranter, EVP, BBC Worldwide Productions, added: Torchwood has attracted remarkable attention and loyalty in both the UK and US, and in this new partnership with Starz, the next chapter will not only reward our current fans, but also introduce new viewers to the most impressive instalment yet. We're committed to programming exceptional television that is entertaining, imaginative and provides a premium TV experience, and by any measure the new concept for Torchwood fits that mandate. Starz, LLC, President and CEO Chris Albrecht, said: I've been part of successful partnerships with Jane Tranter and the BBC previously, and I'm very much looking forward to working with them again. Torchwood is a drama that puts extraterrestrial threats into a very real world, and asks how humanity deals with the danger – while fighting mankind's darkest instincts. The series was originally commissioned and produced in 2006 by BBC Cymru Wales, with the latest high octane series capturing UK audiences of more than 6million. BBC Worldwide has distributed previous Torchwood series around the world to territories such as Korea, Japan, Italy, Spain, Israel, Russia and across Latin America. About BBC Worldwide BBC Worldwide Limited is the main commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The company exists to maximise the value of the BBC's assets for the benefit of the licence fee payer and invest in public service programming in return for rights. The company has six core businesses: Channels, Content Production, Sales Distribution, Magazines, Home Entertainment and Global Brands. In 2008/09, BBC Worldwide generated profits of £102.6 million (before exceptionals) on sales of over £1 billion. About Starz Entertainment Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie and original programming entertainment service provider operating in the United States. The company offers 16 premium channels including the flagship Starz® and Encore® brands with approximately 17.1 million and 31.1 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs in
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now - side note
Keith, no, it was Fox (Fix) Productions that said it was axing it because of the economy. the same production staff that decided 2 axe '24' also. Fate. --- On Thu, 6/3/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now - side note To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 4:36 PM So Saving Grace wasn't ended based on Holly Hunter's decision? I don't watch reality TV either. The shows I do watch which deal with real life are what I like to call documentary . I love Pawn Stars. The gang is funny as heck, especially the crotchety Old Man, and some of the things people are pawning are amazing. This is way more than one of those shops that just trades in jewelry and electronics. They've dealt with hot air balloons, speedboats, lottery tickets signed by George Washington, 19th century diving helmets, and even a truly decked out big rig! I also love The Deadliest Warrior with its exploration of ancient fighting especially. I'll also glimpse in on Ice Road Truckers or those dudes who are loggers in mountainous or swamp environs too. - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Thursday, June 3, 2010 3:58:57 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now - side note @Rave... ..you all need 2 get out more @Keith.. .dude, i really like 'justified' and i hate fix productions balked on 'saving grace' - i really like anna darko. she was kool and freaky as all outside. that is why i am a little excited about seeing 'undercovers' in the fall. the only reality shows i want 2 see are: college football, college basketball, nfl, nba, and mlb. that is reality to me. Fate. --- On Thu, 6/3/10, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now - side note To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 12:53 PM Winkler and great actress Marcia Gay Hayden join the Royal Pains cast. It's an entertaining show, especially when watched as part of a block of other good shows on the network. In odd ways, some cable stations like USA and TNT have almost returned to the old school days when you could count on at least a three-hour block of good TV programming on a given night. Used to be you could watch TV from 8 - 11 EST on most nights, and get a variety of good drama and comedy, no reruns. Reality TV was music/comedy variety shows. Now, even the major networks are lousy with crappy reality shows, reruns abound, still too many CSI/Law and Order clones. But check the cable lineups. USA: The Closer, Dark Blue, Hawthorne, Leverage, Memphis Beat (new series with Jason Lee), Men of a Certain Age, Rizzoli Isles (new series with Sasha Alexander from NCIS) TNT: Burn Notice, White Collar, Psych, Covert Affairs (new series), Royal Pains, The Closer, Code Blue, In Plain Sight Franklin Bash Through in series like Justified and Damages on FX, and you have a lot of shows on cable that cover drama, humour, action, and shows that are combinations of all of the above. I enjoy the drama of In Plain Sight, and the stars' ascerbic personality, the crazy quirkiness of Justified, the light action of Leverage and Burn Notice, the humor and sometimes uncomfortably close bite of Men of a Certain Age.Even their reruns (Charmed, Supernatural, NCIS, ) are more entertaining than a lot of network fare. Many nights I find myself sitting down and watching blocks of shows on the cable channels and enjoying myself way more than I do on the major networks. - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Thursday, June 3, 2010 12:04:42 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now - side note just finished listening to 790thezone (that's the local sports talk station here in The ATL) and Henry Winkler (the Fonz) was on and he mentioned that he has a role in Royal Pains tonight. .so I think I am going 2 DVR that one too (never watch it, but i grew up on Arthur Fonzirelli) so I will watch it - after the basketball game of course. Fate. --- On Thu, 6/3/10, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 10:54 AM My DVR is prepped and ready for the season premiere! ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ ... wrote: USA is running an all day
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now - side note
just finished listening to 790thezone (that's the local sports talk station here in The ATL) and Henry Winkler (the Fonz) was on and he mentioned that he has a role in Royal Pains tonight..so I think I am going 2 DVR that one too (never watch it, but i grew up on Arthur Fonzirelli) so I will watch it - after the basketball game of course. Fate. --- On Thu, 6/3/10, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 10:54 AM My DVR is prepped and ready for the season premiere! ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: USA is running an all day Burn Notice marathon, leading up to the new season premiere at 9 pm EST. I believe that's followed by the season premiere of another good show, Royal Pains. I didn't know Burn Notice was the most watched cable show, but that's what USA claims. I'm looking forward to seeing the gang again. But one question: what's up with all the yogurt? ** http://www.usanetwork.com/schedules/sched.php http://www.usanetwork.com/series/burnnotice/index.html BURN NOTICE SEASON PREMIERE TONIGHT AT 9/8C! Michael helps Fiona and Sam protect a lawyer against the city's most dangerous biker gang. Meanwhile, he must team up with an unlikely ally to stop a looming terrorist threat... but quickly finds that no mission is without its price.
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now - side note
@Rave.you all need 2 get out more @Keith...dude, i really like 'justified' and i hate fix productions balked on 'saving grace' - i really like anna darko. she was kool and freaky as all outside. that is why i am a little excited about seeing 'undercovers' in the fall. the only reality shows i want 2 see are: college football, college basketball, nfl, nba, and mlb. that is reality to me. Fate. --- On Thu, 6/3/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now - side note To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 12:53 PM Winkler and great actress Marcia Gay Hayden join the Royal Pains cast. It's an entertaining show, especially when watched as part of a block of other good shows on the network. In odd ways, some cable stations like USA and TNT have almost returned to the old school days when you could count on at least a three-hour block of good TV programming on a given night. Used to be you could watch TV from 8 - 11 EST on most nights, and get a variety of good drama and comedy, no reruns. Reality TV was music/comedy variety shows. Now, even the major networks are lousy with crappy reality shows, reruns abound, still too many CSI/Law and Order clones. But check the cable lineups. USA: The Closer, Dark Blue, Hawthorne, Leverage, Memphis Beat (new series with Jason Lee), Men of a Certain Age, Rizzoli Isles (new series with Sasha Alexander from NCIS) TNT: Burn Notice, White Collar, Psych, Covert Affairs (new series), Royal Pains, The Closer, Code Blue, In Plain Sight Franklin Bash Through in series like Justified and Damages on FX, and you have a lot of shows on cable that cover drama, humour, action, and shows that are combinations of all of the above. I enjoy the drama of In Plain Sight, and the stars' ascerbic personality, the crazy quirkiness of Justified, the light action of Leverage and Burn Notice, the humor and sometimes uncomfortably close bite of Men of a Certain Age.Even their reruns (Charmed, Supernatural, NCIS, ) are more entertaining than a lot of network fare. Many nights I find myself sitting down and watching blocks of shows on the cable channels and enjoying myself way more than I do on the major networks. - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Thursday, June 3, 2010 12:04:42 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now - side note just finished listening to 790thezone (that's the local sports talk station here in The ATL) and Henry Winkler (the Fonz) was on and he mentioned that he has a role in Royal Pains tonight. .so I think I am going 2 DVR that one too (never watch it, but i grew up on Arthur Fonzirelli) so I will watch it - after the basketball game of course. Fate. --- On Thu, 6/3/10, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 10:54 AM My DVR is prepped and ready for the season premiere! ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ ... wrote: USA is running an all day Burn Notice marathon, leading up to the new season premiere at 9 pm EST. I believe that's followed by the season premiere of another good show, Royal Pains. I didn't know Burn Notice was the most watched cable show, but that's what USA claims. I'm looking forward to seeing the gang again. But one question: what's up with all the yogurt? * * http://www.usanetwo rk.com/schedules /sched.php http://www.usanetwo rk.com/series/ burnnotice/ index.html BURN NOTICE SEASON PREMIERE TONIGHT AT 9/8C! Michael helps Fiona and Sam protect a lawyer against the city's most dangerous biker gang. Meanwhile, he must team up with an unlikely ally to stop a looming terrorist threat... but quickly finds that no mission is without its price.
[scifinoir2] Primeval Marathon today on Syfy.
Fate.
Re: [scifinoir2] EW's The 100 Greatest Characters of the last 20 Years!
Martin, I am with you on this one. Austin Powers? Wilkus van de Merwe? Buffy? Homer Simpson? Spongebob? Woody? I would have appreciated, Jean-Luc Picard, Dr. Who, Benjamin Sisko, David Palmer? Just my opinion mind you. Fate. --- On Sun, 5/30/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] EW's The 100 Greatest Characters of the last 20 Years! To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, May 30, 2010, 12:24 PM No love for a guy in a blue police box, rave? On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: Entertainment Weekly has published a list of The 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years. 1. Homer Simpson 2. Harry Potter 3. Buffy 7. Edward Scissorhands 10. Spongebob Squarepants 12. Mulder and Scully 13. Jack Sparrow 15. Shrek 17. Lara Croft 19. Morpheus 23. Austin Powers 25. Woody (Toy Story) 29. Vincent Vega Jules Winnnfield 32. Beavis and Butthead 33. Sarah Connor 38. Elmo 42. Sydney Bristow 44. Jack Bauer 45. Stewie Griffin 53. Edward Cullen 59. Master Chief (Halo) 63. John Locke 71. Det. Alonzo Harris (Training Day) 72. Kara Starbauck Trace 87. Tony Stark 89. Wilkus van de Merwe (District 9) 91. Hancock 99. The Bride (Kill Bill) -- 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] Fwd: Cool Star Trek Apartment
and just 2 get a little vulgar "how the hell can he sleep or get some if he does not have a bed?Fate.--- On Wed, 5/26/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote:From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comSubject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Cool Star Trek ApartmentTo: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comDate: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 11:11 AM Exactly, Mr Worf. Would *have* to be a fangirl. Any non-fan would find the first excuse to run.On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: I like it but unless he dates trekkies what woman would step foot in that apartment? :) On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:33 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@ gmail.com wrote: -- Forwarded message --From: Martin Baxter martin.baxter. 0...@gmail. com Date: Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:56 PMSubject: Cool Star Trek ApartmentTo: martinbaxter7@ gmail.comKeith... the swingin' bachelor pad of your dreams? http://www.collthin gs.co.uk/ 2010/04/cool- star-trek- apartment. html-- "Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live." (About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Granthttp://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 Granthttp://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Another Day, Another Rejection
Rave I would be honored to read it! Fate. --- On Tue, 5/25/10, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Another Day, Another Rejection To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 5:38 PM Another day, another rejection. Competed for a Speculative Fiction Older Writer's grant (I'm OLD! I WRITE!) Didn't win. I was commended for The smooth, flowing prose, rich, complex and intricate world-building, and interesting opening. Who would want to read that? Happy Birthday to me! ~rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] Black Nerd Comedy presents: The End of Heroes
Great! --- On Sun, 5/23/10, Justin Mohareb justinmoha...@gmail.com wrote: From: Justin Mohareb justinmoha...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Black Nerd Comedy presents: The End of Heroes To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 2:41 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KhelfCpgPU Yata. -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com
[scifinoir2] Woman says 3D porno made her pregnant
Thought u all might find this as funny as I did. Fate. An American woman claims she became pregnant after watching a 3D porno. US military man Erick Johnson came home from a stint in Iraq to find that his wife was pregnant. Clearly he assumed she had an affair, but his wife Jennifer claims the “other man” was actually someone a little less physical. It seems he actually buys her story, however. “I see it as suspicious. The films in 3D are very real. With today’s technology, anything is possible,” he said. What's even more interesting is that both Jennifer and Erick are white, but the child is black. Jeniffer claims the kid looks like the black porn star she had been ogling. She also claims this was one of the first times she's watched porn and only went with friends for the 3D effect. TechEye did a survey of one person and found 100 percent would say the same thing in a similar situation. “Even though my husband believed in me, my marriage could be at risk,” Jennifer said. “But he knows I’m faithful.” It just shows you what joining the military does to your head. Jennifer explained that “a month after watching the movie, I started feeling dizzy and the results were positive.” That must have been one good porno. 3D movies have gained renewed popularity since Avatar, but there have been some concerns raised over how bad they may be for your eyes. Now you'll have to worry about conceiving in the cinema. You may have jumped when an object in film was thrown at the camera, but now you'll have to be careful of other, far more uncouth things flying at you. TechEye recommends contraception for your next trip to the cinema. You never know. http://www.techeye.net/internet/woman-says-3d-porno-made-her-pregnant
Re: [scifinoir2] PSA
also the Thanagarian War 3 parter was good. the scene in the department store where they all take off their mask, but Flash is like hey, what about the whole secret identity thing and Batman points at Superman and says Clark Kent, Wally West, and Bruce Wayne. Flash just says now you're just showing off. Classic! --- On Fri, 4/23/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] PSA To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, April 23, 2010, 12:00 AM Right, the premiere ep of Justice League, which i believe was called Secret Origins. I really loved the early eps because there were so many two- and three-part ones. I especially enjoyed the introduction of Aquaman, in his angry, wild-looking phase...the one where some of them went to an alternate reality that was like some kind of perfect '50s world, with a terrible secret..and the one where Superman was presumed killed by Toyman. Great stuff. - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 3:11:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] PSA Keith, totally agree. i even sent them an email asking them are they going 2 start from the very first ep...the martian one where they first start with the original 7? Fate. --- On Thu, 4/22/10, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] PSA To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 2:55 PM Been watching, but they started showing it sporadically two or three weeks ago. For some reason they are stuck in the last season. They've shown the Deadman ep twice in the last month. I'm hoping they make it permanent and rewind all the way back to the beginning, when it was just Justice League. I'd love to take that journey again, especially back when JL had a lot of two-hour eps. - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com To: Sci Fi scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Black SciFi blackscifihorrorfan tasyclub@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 1:44:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] PSA Just wanted 2 let everyone know if you had not checked it out already. ..BOOMERANG started back showing Justice League: Unlimited this past Monday. Missed them, so 4 me, it is must see TV! Fate.
Re: [scifinoir2] Group Databases
see that you are finally getting a facebook page. make sure 2 send me a friend invite: Sammie Bibb Fate. --- On Wed, 4/21/10, angelababycat asrobin...@mindspring.com wrote: From: angelababycat asrobin...@mindspring.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Group Databases To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 4:09 PM I just created a table in the Databases section for good book recommendations. Please feel free to contribute. Is anyone interested in a table for movies? TV shows? Angela
[scifinoir2] PSA
Just wanted 2 let everyone knowif you had not checked it out already...BOOMERANG started back showing Justice League: Unlimited this past Monday. Missed them, so 4 me, it is must see TV! Fate.
Re: [scifinoir2] PSA
Keith, totally agree. i even sent them an email asking them are they going 2 start from the very first ep...the martian one where they first start with the original 7? Fate. --- On Thu, 4/22/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] PSA To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 2:55 PM Been watching, but they started showing it sporadically two or three weeks ago. For some reason they are stuck in the last season. They've shown the Deadman ep twice in the last month. I'm hoping they make it permanent and rewind all the way back to the beginning, when it was just Justice League. I'd love to take that journey again, especially back when JL had a lot of two-hour eps. - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com To: Sci Fi scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Black SciFi blackscifihorrorfan tasyclub@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 1:44:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] PSA Just wanted 2 let everyone know if you had not checked it out already. ..BOOMERANG started back showing Justice League: Unlimited this past Monday. Missed them, so 4 me, it is must see TV! Fate.
Re: [scifinoir2] Japanese trailer for Iron Man 2
so why not show this one on this side of the world? Fate. --- On Sat, 4/17/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Japanese trailer for Iron Man 2 To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 5:49 PM Here's the Japanese trailer, with a few bits and bobs you haven't seen before. http://www.sfcrowsn est.com/articles /news/2010/ Japanese- trailer-for- Iron-Man- II-film-14770. php
Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America!
Tenant just had that IT! the kind of persona that you can believe that he would be just that brilliant. whenever he was putting the pieces 2gether, and got 2 his ah-ha moment, he did it with such ease (like pierce bronson's 007) that u did not feel that he was arrogant or anything. Fate. --- On Sat, 4/17/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 6:00 PM I think most people have felt the new Doctor will have to win them over. What was it about Tenant's Doctor you liked better? I think I tend to lean a bit toward Eccleston. He was darker, edgier, a bit more dangerous, than Tenant. I believe he's the incarnation that came directly from the Time War? He had a wounded, bitter edge about him that I found interesting. But I really liked Tenant too. - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 5:32:02 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! I liked Tenants Doctor better. I have been looking at the previews of the new doctor that is coming up 2nite, and I can tell that he is going 2 have 2 grown on me. Just something about his features that look odd. He could also use a haircut. I will also miss Martha Jones... I think she was the best companion of them all. At least she was SMART. Had a quick mind. Sexy as all outside too! Fate. --- On Sat, 4/17/10, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 4:47 PM Interesting. The bulk of the fan and critical response I've heard so far (admittedly I haven't been doing a lot of research) has said just the opposite: that he's good, kind of retro, and the writing's good. I'm intrigued at seeing it tonight, then. Did you like Eccleston or Tenant's Doctor better? - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetforce1@ gmail.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 3:46:45 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] New Dr. Who Premieres Saturday on BBC America! 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@ 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.bbcameri ca.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
[scifinoir2] Fw: Re: Fw: This is an illusion, The BEST I have ever seen
thought you all would enjoy this one. break it down for me Rave, cannot figure
this one out. that goes for both Martin and Mr. Worf too!
Fate.
--- On Tue, 4/13/10, Todd coach_todd...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Todd coach_todd...@yahoo.com
Subject: Fw: Re: Fw: This is an illusion, The BEST I have ever seen
To: jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 8:53 AM
Todd Alkire
--- On Mon, 4/12/10, Todd coach_todd...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Todd coach_todd...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Fw: This is an illusion, The BEST I have ever seen
To: A Jims Email jjn...@shentel.net, A Chad ctalk...@live.com,
stonecr...@verizon.net
Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 10:08 AM
That was awesome!
Todd Alkire
--- On Sat, 4/10/10, stonecr...@verizon.net stonecr...@verizon.net wrote:
From: stonecr...@verizon.net stonecr...@verizon.net
Subject: Fw: This is an illusion, The BEST I have ever seen
To: A Jims Email jjn...@shentel.net, A Chad ctalk...@live.com, A Todd
coach_todd...@yahoo.com
Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 7:36 AM
Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
From: Rick knew...@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:10:32 -0700 (PDT)
To: kne...@yahoo.com
Subject: This is an illusion, The BEST I have ever seen
I TOTALY AGREE ! !
Subject: FW: This is an illusion, The BEST I have ever seen
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This is an illusion! The BEST I have ever seen!
Don't need to understand the language, obviously Chinese, to see how amazing
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Re: [scifinoir2] Lando's Love Lessons
this was freaking GREAT! thanks!--- On Tue, 4/6/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote:From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comSubject: Re: [scifinoir2] Lando's Love LessonsTo: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comDate: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 6:23 PM On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: Someone turn on the Barry White, awww yeah... Lando's Love LessonsHere are 8 simple rules for getting galactic tail courtesyof Lando Calrissian.Visit: http://egotvonline. com/2010/ 04/01/landos- love-lessons- eight-simple- rules-for- getting-galactic -tail/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] The Losers
Rave, i noticed that when Number One and I went and watched titalns last weekend. her scenes dominated the trailer. Fate. --- On Fri, 4/2/10, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] The Losers To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, April 2, 2010, 11:56 AM Has anybody seen the new trailer for The Losers that would delude you into thinking it is a Zoe Saldana vehicle?
[scifinoir2] (unknown)
[scifinoir2] Question
has anyone seen the trailer for the new Predator movie Predators with Lawrence Fishburn? It opens July 29. The trailor looks freaking AWESOME! Fate.
Re: [scifinoir2] Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Now
Rave, great write-up on 'Wedding' Number One and I saw it last weekend with a theatre full of people. Black. White. Latino. Everyone was laughing out loud! the cafe scene with him, his dad, his uncle (Charlie Murphy steals his scene's) and Diggs (he was GREAT in that scene also) was priceless. Every guy in there was in tears with that phone ringing. Fate. --- On Mon, 3/15/10, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Now To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 5:07 PM Our Family Wedding is the latest entry in the Guess Who's Coming to Dinner oeuvre of awkward interracial mixing and matching. The one constant of these movies is that the black person is the catch, in many ways more attractive, gifted and talented than the object of their affection (0kay, Guess Who's Ashton Kutcher may be prettier than Zoe Saldana, but his character is also unemployed) and all could, obviously, do better. The on-going conceit is that the black half of these matches has to be this fabulous just to be palatable to the ostensibly better family they are marrying into. There may be a black man in the White House but it remains the same as it was in 1967; the same as it was in 2005; and the same as it will be in this post-racial society - allegedly. http://blackplush. blogspot. com/2010/ 03/guess- whos-coming- to-dinner- now.html
Re: [scifinoir2] Clock winds down for '24'
Martin, Nick of Time was pretty good, but in '24', it takes place in a one day time span. Even with the clock on the screen, it could not be done in 2 hours. It would be like watching one of those time lapse scene's in movies where you see the sun rise and set in about 7 seconds. What makes '24' works for me is that all of the sub-plots that are going on while the main story is unfolding. I think that would be impossible to condense in a 2 hour format. Just my opinion.--- On Sun, 3/14/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote:From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comSubject: Re: [scifinoir2] Clock winds down for '24'To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comDate:
Sunday, March 14, 2010, 7:27 AM
Whoops... pardon me, Fate.
The idea of a countdown was sorta done in "Nick of Time". If memory serves, the counter wasn't on-screen continuously, just at critical points in the movie. Constant countdown, as you said, would make for more suspense.
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote:
That was Augustus :)I think that they could do it with splash screens of the clock. Or even a constant clock counting down in the corner of the screen. Its never been done before.
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@ gmail.com wrote:
There's no way that you could, Mr Worf. In TV format, the real-time element is one of its biggest pluses. On the big screen, everything's real time.
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com wrote:
you know, this is one of my fav's on network tv.. . i just do not know how they can move it from tv to big screen. i mean, the ticking clock is great. u cannot capture that much story telling in a 2 hour movie.
--- On Sat, 3/13/10, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote:From: Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] Clock winds down for '24'To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.comDate: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 2:04 AM
Clock winds down for '24'
Fox appears close to ending series run
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"24" takes much of the year to produce, with its feature-like shooting
schedule. But with the show expected to end its run, the ability to
focus on a movie could now finally be in sight."24" was created
by Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow, while exec producer Howard Gordon
ru
Re: [scifinoir2] Clock winds down for '24'
you know, this is one of my fav's on network tv...i just do not know how they can move it from tv to big screen. i mean, the ticking clock is great. u cannot capture that much story telling in a 2 hour movie. --- On Sat, 3/13/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Clock winds down for '24' To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 2:04 AM Clock winds down for '24' Fox appears close to ending series run By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER '24' More Articles: Bravo brings 'Atlanta' cast back E1 joins KISS for kids TV BBC has a laugh with Taylor MTV hires Randy Sosin as senior VP 'Good Guys' preem to get 'Idol' boost Fox tops ABC's big week Most Viewed: Clock winds down for '24'(8546 views) How to Train Your Dragon(1390 views) Reynolds, Bateman to star in 'Change-Up'(1075 views) Fox holds 'Wall Street' sequel(832 views) Remember Me(801 views) MPAA: Box office up, volume of pics down(799 views) 24's time is almost up. 20th Century Fox TV and Fox appear ready to end the long-running hit after this season, the show's eighth.Studio and network execs declined comment -- but it's believed that the final decision will be made in the next day or two. Move is not a huge surprise, but still reps the end of an era for Fox.24 helped usher in Fox's ratings surge in the 2000s, as the franchise -- along with American Idol and House, among other series -- led the network to the No. 1 spot in the adults 18-49 demo.But the cost of producing 24 has continued to increase, while ratings have dipped. A one-time critical darling, 24 has also received its share of knocks from critics this season.The studio is said to be considering shopping 24 to other nets -- but given the thriller's age and pricetag, it's believed interest from other outlets will be limited.Yet even as the bell tolls for 24 in primetime, the franchise is far from dead. Sutherland and the 24 team have been keen on adapting the show as a feature film, and have made major strides in recent months toward making that long-term goal a reality.Twentieth Century Fox's film side recently hired scribe Billy Ray (State of Play, Flightplan) to pen the script for the feature version (Daily Variety, Feb. 8.)Ray's pitch, which takes Jack Bauer to Europe, was a hit with Fox execs and producers of the high-concept television series.Script is said to have come through 24 star Sutherland, who's also an exec producer on the series.Such a move into the features world was considered impossible while production continued on the TV series -- given that 24 takes much of the year to produce, with its feature-like shooting schedule. But with the show expected to end its run, the ability to focus on a movie could now finally be in sight.24 was created by Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow, while exec producer Howard Gordon runs the show through his Real Time Prods. banner.Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment produces the show along with 20th Century Fox TV.Sutherland has starred throughout all eight seasons as Jack Bauer, a federal agent and member of the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit (and who has saved the world several times over). 24 made noise for its real time format, in which all 24 episodes take place as consecutive hours in the same day.Although it was developed before the attacks of 9/11, the show, which bowed Nov. 6, 2001, in many ways began to mirror the changed world, given real-life fears over terrorism and debates over torture methods. Skein's depiction of an African American president was seen as a ground-breaking precursor to the 2008 election of Barack Obama.The show has won the Emmy and the Golden Globe awards for drama, while Sutherland has scored both an Emmy and a Globe for actor. 24 has also received Emmy Awards for writing and directing; last year, Cherry Jones won an Emmy for supporting actress in a drama.This season's edition of 24, which takes place in New York, stars Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jones, Anil Kapoor, Annie Wersching, Katee Sackhoff, Mykelti Williamson, Freddie Prinze Jr., Chris Diamantopoulos and John Boyd.Other
Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Freaknik the musical
yeah, and plus there were a couple of lines that really had Number One and me laughing. --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Freaknik the musical To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 1:02 AM Did you like it? I think it was a step backward. I doubt that many people watched it. It was like watching a bad 80s hip hop movie. Matter of fact there was a house party reference in it. They hit all of the bullet points that was mentioned in the documentary on hip hop that was done a couple of years ago. Misogyny, homophobia, gun violence, drug use, jail time. Even Jesus went to jail because he was a gangsta. The only thing good about it was that it was done with black people and had black characters in it. Here's the trailer: http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=zXo_1ba34aENR=1 Here is some info on it on youtube: http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=cyTzCofp68g The show airs Sunday, March 7th at 11:30pm on the Cartoon Network -- 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/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Phuck Obama dot com (was: Re: Your President on weed...)
now Rave, why u go and ruin my day? i thought we were friends. i sent one 2 make u laugh. u sent one 2 make me match the rain outside my window here in atlanta. Fate saying no Rave --- On Tue, 3/9/10, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Phuck Obama dot com (was: Re: Your President on weed...) To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 5:26 PM I see you and raise you this: http://www.phuckoba ma.com/ --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ ... wrote: forget that one. check out THIS one! http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=l8N5gKkKkwU feature=related Fate. --- On Fri, 3/5/10, Kelwyn ravena...@. .. wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@. .. Subject: [scifinoir2] Your President on weed... To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Friday, March 5, 2010, 10:08 PM  http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=EBcpDWpX_ 4Mfeature= related
Re: [scifinoir2] Your President on weed...
forget that one. check out THIS one! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8N5gKkKkwUfeature=related Fate. --- On Fri, 3/5/10, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Your President on weed... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, March 5, 2010, 10:08 PM http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=EBcpDWpX_ 4Mfeature= related
RE: [scifinoir2] Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Omari, I totally agree! --- On Tue, 3/2/10, Omari Confer clockwork...@gmail.com wrote: From: Omari Confer clockwork...@gmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 5:08 PM Best dc animated flick hands down Sent on the go from my Peek - - --- Martin Baxtertruthseeker013@ hotmail.com wrote: I'm going hunting for it tomorrow. _ _ _ _ _ _ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt. com/GBL/go/ 201469229/ direct/01/
[scifinoir2] Pole dancing could be recognized as a sport and headed to the Olympics Who knew? lol
Talk about MUST SEE TV! Fate. Pole dancing could be recognized as a sport and headed to the Olympics BY Rosemary Black DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Tuesday, February 23rd 2010, 2:39 PM USPoleDance. comPole dancers at the top of their game may one day have a shot at winning an Olympic medal. Related News Articles U.S. skates, skis rings around the competition Golden pair has home crowd dancing on ice: Canadian ice dancers win, U.S. in second What a turn for ski king Bode Miller - finally realizes promise Curling's gotta go, readers say in poll Apolo Anton Ohno bronze finish in Evan Lysacek's blades of glory The strip club mainstay pole dancing - known as much for its sensual moves as its rigorous athletic side - may be headed for the Olympics. A group of pole-dance advocates is hoping for a test event in 2012 and a more formal pitch four years after that, in Rio de Janeiro, according to The Associated Press. KT Coates, a prominent pole dancer in England and director of Vertical Dance, is leading the Olympic push. After a great deal of feedback from the pole-dance community, many of us have decided that it’s about time pole fitness is recognized as a competitive sport, and what better way for recognition than to be part of the 2012 Olympics held in London, she said in a petition she’s preparing for organizers of the London Olympics. Coates added that the prospective sport has the wow factor. While her petition now has about 4,000 signatures, she is hoping to add 1,000 more. Advocates of pole dancing say other even more unlikely sports have gotten the approval of the International Olympic Committee. Tug of war was an early Olympic medal contest, and curling is now huge at the Winter Games. Yet, well-established sports like cricket and squash haven’t managed to get a spot for themselves at the Olympics, and baseball and softball recently got the ax. The International Olympic Community would need to recognize pole dancing as a sport, which could prove to be an uphill battle. But pole-dance enthusiasts are hopeful about their chances to go for the gold. It’s just a matter of time before pole dancing gets Olympic recognition, says Ania Przeplasko of Hong Kong, founder of the International Pole Dancing Fitness Association. There will be a day when the Olympics see pole dancing as a sport, she told The Associated Press. The Olympic community needs to acknowledge the number of people doing pole fitness now. We’re shooting for 2012. Some dancers aren’t so sure about pole dancing at the Olympics because they worry that the sensual aspect of the discipline would be destroyed, and that old-school pole dancers might be pushed aside by gymnasts, circus performers and Chinese acrobats who could easily pick up the moves. I don’t need to see pole dancing in the Olympics, U.S. Pole Dance Federation co-founder Wendy Traskos said. I don’t think this is necessarily the path that we need to take, as a sport. But Traskos notes that the notion of pole dancers competing for Olympic medals isn’t as farfetched as it was five years ago. Now, when you talk about it you don’t hear 'like a stripper' anymore, Traskos said. You hear things like, 'Oh, my friend takes classes for fitnees' or 'Yes, I've seen it on 'Oprah.' Related Topics Read more: http://www.nydailyn ews.com/lifestyl e/2010/02/ 23/2010-02- 23_pole_dancing_ could_be_ recognized_ as_a_sport_ and_headed_ to_the_olympics_ .html#ixzz0geHvH Yeb
[scifinoir2] Fw: Brilliant
--- AM CBS NewsmanTips for Handling TelemarketersThree Little Words That Work !!(1)The three little words are:'Hold On, Please...'Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt.Then when you eventually hear the phone company's 'beep-beep-beep' tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.These three little wordswill helpeliminate telephone soliciting.(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end?This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a 'real' sales person to call back and get someone at home.What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your# button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possibleThis confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer !!!(3) Junk Mail Help:When you get 'ads' enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these 'ads' with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away.When you get those 'pre-approved' letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope.Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular 41 cents postage 'IF' and when they receive them back..It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was around 50 cents before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes.One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas.Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their blank application back!If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them.You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 41 cents.The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it...Twice!Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase postage costs again You get the idea !If enough people follow these tips, it will work I have been doing this for years, and I get very little junk mail anymore.THIS JUST MIGHT BE ONE E-MAIL THAT YOU WILL WANT TO FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS attachment: image001.jpg
[scifinoir2] New DVD
Anyone heard any early talk about this new DC movie: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths? comes out of the 23rd. Fate.
Re: [scifinoir2] Rosario Dawson is Persephone in The Lightning Thief
yes she is! --- On Sun, 2/21/10, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Rosario Dawson is Persephone in The Lightning Thief To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 12:44 AM http://blackgeekdom .com/blog/ 2010/02/16/ rosario-dawson- on-her-role- in-percy- jackson-the- olympians- the-lightning- thief/ It has been really fun playing a goddess, I have to say. She's wild. It is full-on flirtatiousness. This depiction of Hell is sumptuous, decadent and dark, all candlelight and high ceilings full of Gothic detail. In Greek mythology, Persephone is abducted by Hades and tricked into becoming his wife and Queen of the Underworld . She is also the goddess of springtime and Rosario first thought of wearing robes and flowers. But the actress wanted to go for a modern look with chipped nail polish and lace rather than a T-shirt and mini skirt. Instead, she wears a bustle and corset. She said: It's a little darker and grungier, a gothic image that I think is quite fascinating. It is fun to reinterpret the myths surrounding her and try to imagine her and place her in this world. She's very bitter and angry. She is violent and aggressive and it's fascinating because she also has innocence and sweetness and childlike qualities when she's not being completely bitter. She is also very lustful.
[scifinoir2] For Tracy [1 Attachment]
Welcome to the Fam Tracy, Fate.
[scifinoir2] Saying Goodbye to Mother
We were dressed and ready to go out for the New Years Eve Party. We turned on a night light, turned the answering machine on, covered our pet parakeet and put the cat in the backyard. We phoned the local cab company and requested a taxi. The taxi arrived and we opened the front door to leave the house. As we walked out the door, the cat we had put out in the yard, scoots back into the house. We didn't want the cat shut in the house because she always tries to eat the bird. My wife goes on out to the taxi, while I went back inside to get the cat. The cat runs upstairs, with me in hot pursuit. Waiting in the cab, my wife doesn't want the driver to know that the house will be empty for the night. So, she explains to the taxi driver that I will be out soon, 'He's just going upstairs to say Goodbye to my mother.' A few minutes later, I get into the cab. 'Sorry I took so long,' I said, as we drove away. 'That stupid bitch was hiding under the bed. I had to poke her ass with a coat hanger to get her to come out! She tried to take off, so I grabbed her by the neck. Then, I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching me. But it worked! I hauled her fat ass downstairs and threw her out into the back yard!' The cab driver hit a parked car.
[scifinoir2] For the Choir
- http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=ZnB02zrhcXk Enjoy!!! = === 'When you reach the end of your rope ... You will find the hem of His garment' Let your praises to the Lord be the soundtrack of your life.
[scifinoir2] From Paris With Love
Just left the matinee and I was wondering has anyone else seen this movie? Travolta is to be, great in this. After seeing Book of Eli with Number One, and Percy Jackson with my son...have to say, just a movie with a paper thin plot and Travolta getting 2 act silly and shot and blow up things. To me, a MUST SEE! Fate.
RE: [scifinoir2] From Paris With Love
and my friend, you would enjoy your coke and popcorn and soak it all up! --- On Tue, 2/16/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] From Paris With Love To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 3:22 PM ...have to say, just a movie with a paper thin plot and Travolta getting 2 act silly and shot and blow up things. I can find no wrong things in this statement. ;-) If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com CC: blackscifihorrorfan tasyclub@ yahoogroups. com From: jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:05:26 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] From Paris With Love Just left the matinee and I was wondering has anyone else seen this movie? Travolta is to be, great in this. After seeing Book of Eli with Number One, and Percy Jackson with my son...have to say, just a movie with a paper thin plot and Travolta getting 2 act silly and shot and blow up things. To me, a MUST SEE! Fate. Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.
RE: [scifinoir2] From Paris With l...@tracey and Mike
Trace, go and see it. you would enjoy it. Mike, did u think dude had it in him at the end with his girl in the embassy? and from the chess match, u know they are going 2 do another one. Fate. --- On Tue, 2/16/10, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] From Paris With Love To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 3:56 PM I love almost anything with Travolta in it From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Augustus Augustus Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:05 PM To: Sci Fi Cc: Black SciFi Subject: [scifinoir2] From Paris With Love Just left the matinee and I was wondering has anyone else seen this movie? Travolta is to be, great in this. After seeing Book of Eli with Number One, and Percy Jackson with my son...have to say, just a movie with a paper thin plot and Travolta getting 2 act silly and shot and blow up things. To me, a MUST SEE! Fate. E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14370 http://www.pctools. com/spyware- doctor-antivirus / E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14370 http://www.pctools. com/spyware- doctor-antivirus /
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: From Paris With Love
no. i paid for my coke and my sweetarts, but in my pockets were my .89 5layer burrito from taco bell along with my carmel apple empanada. those are essential eats for an action flick! Fate. --- On Tue, 2/16/10, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: From Paris With Love To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 3:58 PM Hollywood can, and often does, forgive paper thin plots - it is, after all, show business and not show art - but Hollywood cannot forgive $17 box office. And, then, you are not even paying for concessions? No money! No money! No money! ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, jazzynupe_007@ ... wrote: But Rave, it really is a kool way 2 spend an hour an a half. Plot is paper thin, but the acting is very good. On giving stars, I would give it 2. Like I said earlier, not every movie should be oscar nominated. Sometimes, I just want my coke, my snacks that I smuggled in, and just some mindless entertainment. Fate. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Kelwyn ravena...@. .. Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:38:37 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: From Paris With Love A box office disaster (having taken in just $17 million in 11 days). Under normal Hollywood circumstances this would be the kiss of death. But, since Luc Besson (Transporter ) is the producer, parts 2, 3 and 4 are not out of the question. ~rave? --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Mike Street streetforce1@ wrote: I LOVED the move. Saw it on Sunday and Travolta as an action hero was s the perfect casting! I hope they do a part 2 and 3. On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ wrote: Just left the matinee and I was wondering has anyone else seen this movie? Travolta is to be, great in this. After seeing Book of Eli with Number One, and Percy Jackson with my son...have to say, just a movie with a paper thin plot and Travolta getting 2 act silly and shot and blow up things. To me, a MUST SEE! Fate. -- 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] FACTS AND A LITTLE HUMOR
Martin, I bet you can! --- On Tue, 2/16/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] FACTS AND A LITTLE HUMOR To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 3:26 PM Fate, I can provide a list of my exes who would agree with the tongue trivia. Martin (only telling the truth, folks. ;-) ) Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.
RE: [scifinoir2] Stretch Armstrong movie in the works
me over here in northlake mall keeping my mouth shut! --- On Tue, 2/16/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Stretch Armstrong movie in the works To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 5:00 PM Here, the words of my maternal grandmother (Deity rest her well) come to mind. If you can't say something good, say nothing at all. Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.
[scifinoir2] Keith Obermann on Tea Partiers
From last night. Classic! -- http://www.msnbc. msn.com/id/ 3036677/vp/ 35413662# 35413662 = === 'When you reach the end of your rope ... You will find the hem of His garment' Let your praises to the Lord be the soundtrack of your life.
Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone else reading Marvel's Seige?
I am reading it. Right now I have Siege #1 Variant Edition Cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto, and I also have Siege: The Cabal #1 Marvel one-shot cover by David Finch. Pretty good so far. I have a pull list at my local comic shop. So they keep me up 2 date. Fate. --- On Sat, 2/13/10, George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com wrote: From: George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone else reading Marvel's Seige? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 9:51 AM #1 2 ARE OUT. From: Justin Mohareb justinmohareb@ gmail.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sat, February 13, 2010 9:41:40 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Anyone else reading Marvel's Seige? Has it started? I think, after seeing Sentry give Ares a Demi-corpo-ectomy, I will wait until Bendis is dead to read another Marvel book. Justin On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 9:27 AM, George Arterberry brotherfromhoward@ yahoo.com wrote: http://marvel. com/videos/ 1017.The_ Siege_Trailer _ _ __ From: Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Fri, February 12, 2010 8:47:39 PM Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] The No performance tax movement? Not that I listen to radio anymore, but puh-LEEZE! It's not enough that stations have to pay licencing fees up the wa- and out the -zoo? I understands thet thuh Guv'mint's a-needin' its rev-nooh an' all, but there's an easier way to get it. Tax Big Pharma and the Insurance Cartels... leave radio be. Digital music's already taking a massive bite out of it as is. _ _ __ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. -- 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
[scifinoir2] New Jeans [1 Attachment]
Laugh for the day! Fate. If you take more interest in someone else's business than in your own, it's time to look in a mirror.
[scifinoir2] Letter From Grandma
LETTER FROM GRANDMA Grandma is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car. She writes: Dear Grand-daughter, The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a 'Honk if you love Jesus' bumper sticker. I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a Thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting. So, I bought the sticker and put it on my Bumper. Boy, am I glad I did; what an uplifting experience that followed. I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in Thought about the Lord and how good he is, and I didn't notice that the Light had changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't Honked, I'd never have noticed. I found that lots of people love Jesus! While I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, And then he leaned out of his window and screamed, 'For the love of God!' 'Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!' What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus! Everyone started honking! I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those Loving people. I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love! There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him Yelling something about a sunny beach. I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger Stuck up in the air. I asked my young teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant.. He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something. Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii , so I leaned out the window And gave him the good luck sign right back. My grandson burst out laughing. Why even he was enjoying this religious experience! A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that They got out of their cars and started walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is When I noticed the light had changed. So, grinning, I waved at all my brothers and sisters, and drove on Through the intersection. I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection Before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave Them after all the love we had shared. So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away. Praise the Lord For such wonderful folks!! Will write again soon, Love, Grandma
Re: [scifinoir2] Planet Hulk Animated Movie out on DVD Tuesday
i want a copy. pando it to me. --- On Tue, 2/2/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Planet Hulk Animated Movie out on DVD Tuesday To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 9:03 AM How's that? Did you get an early release copy of the DVD, or did you mean the trailer? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 1:27:40 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Planet Hulk Animated Movie out on DVD Tuesday I'm about to watch it right now. On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: Interesting, I wonder how good this will be? Anyone read Planet Hulk storyline? Check out the cool trailer: they got it right , with the exception that Hulk's opponents in the arena are robots instead of living beings. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=cf13JRZKspM Here's a review from Wired, which says it's not bad, but not as good or nuanced as the actual books: http://www.wired. com/underwire/ 2010/02/review- planet-hulk/ I read the Planet Hulk compilation last year. The story is a familiar scifi story: Hulk trapped in a strange land, forced to become a gladiator, escapes to oppose the evil emperor, becomes a hero/savior to the people. But the way it was handled was really good. Hulk's powers are reduced due to a space warp that brings him to the planet, which allows his capture and enslavement. There are some cool characters, such as Caiera, an alien from a race where some members can draw strength form the planet itself. The power is rare, which is why Caiera's ability to use it makes her the Oldstrong. and there's Korg, a member of the race of beings that the Easter Island statues are based on. This was all precipitated by Reed Richards, Tony Stark, Black Bolt, and Dr. Strange having tricked Bruce Banner into a spaceship they were using to banish him for all time. The ship missed the peaceful planet Reed had intended due to Hulk's rampage, and landed on this hellish planet instead. Good story, I really enjoyed it. That was followed by World War Hulk, where Hulk returns to Earth to get revenge on Reed and company. that was good too, but not as good as Planet Hulk. I really am intrigued to see if the cartoon can get it right, especially given the worrying lowering of the adult themes for a younger audience. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Elderly Couple
An elderly couple, Margaret and Bert, moved to Texas. Bert always wanted a pair of authentic cowboy boots, so, seeing some on sale, he bought them and wore them home. Walking proudly, he sauntered into the kitchen and said to his wife, 'Notice anything different about me?' Margaret looked him over. 'Nope.' Frustrated, Bert stormed off into the bathroom, undressed and walked back into the kitchen completely naked except for the boots. Again he asked Margaret, a little louder this time, 'Notice anything different NOW?' Margaret looked up and exclaimed, 'Bert, what's different? It's hanging down today, it was hanging down yesterday, it'll be hanging down again tomorrow!' Furious, Bert yelled, AND DO YOU KNOW WHY IT'S HANGING DOWN, MARGARET? Nope, she replied. IT'S HANGING DOWN, BECAUSE IT'S LOOKING AT MY NEW BOOTS! Without changing her expression, Margaret replied, Shoulda bought a hat, Bert.
[scifinoir2] Gotta Pee
GOTTA PEE Two women friends had gone for a girls' night out. Both were very faithful and loving wives, however they had gotten Over-enthusiastic on the Bacardi Breezers. Incredibly drunk and walking home they needed to pee, so they stopped in the cemetery. One of them had nothing to wipe with so she thought She would take off Her panties and use them. Her friend however was wearing a rather expensive Pair of panties and Did not want to ruin them. She was lucky enough to squat down next to a grave That had a wreath With a ribbon on it, so she Proceeded to wipe with that. After the girls did their business, they proceeded to Go home. The next day, the husband of one of the women was concerned That his Normally sweet and innocent wife was still in bed hung over, so he Phoned the other husband and said: These girl nights have got to stop! I'm starting to suspect the worst. My wife came home with no panties!! That's nothing, said the other husband, Mine came back with a card Stuck to her ass that said. 'From all of us at the Fire Station. We'll never forget you.'
RE: [scifinoir2] Marvel Comics' Complex Storylines coming to a Head Soon
Keith, I am with you on most of it my friend. Although, I am one of those fans who will not, WILL NOT, but cross titles just 2 follow a story line. I am not going 2 do it. Besides, they always pull it back to the main book anyway. Civil War was simply brilliant! And I am waiting on the battle between HAMMER and Asgard. I have the first 2 issues of Siege, but I am going 2 hold off on reading them until I finish my DC JSA vs. Kobra mini-series. I am reading book 4 out of 6 right now. Let me ask u this, have u gotten into the New X-Force? The fact that they have a mutant team that Wolverine leads that actually gets down and dirty and kill! AS long as they do not mess with this title, I will continue 2 be loyal 2 it. Also finishing up Green Lanther's Blackest Night. Kool mag also. Fate. --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Marvel Comics' Complex Storylines coming to a Head Soon To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 4:02 PM Man, have I missed a few million things... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:50:10 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Marvel Comics' Complex Storylines coming to a Head Soon Anyone else still follow Marvel Comics? For the last 2-3 years, I've been following best as I can several major events shaking up the MU. There was the Avengers Disassembled, where the Avengers were decimated due to the Scarlet Witch's breakdown. That was followed by House of M, where the Witch reshaped reality into one dominated by mutants, then restored reality, only to remove the mutant abilities of ninety-nine percent of the world's mutants. Then there was the Civil War, where Iron Man and Captain America fought over a government order for heroes to register as agents. That culminated in Cap's death and the ascenion of Iron Man to lead SHIELD. And that was followed by Invasion, where it was revealed the Skrulls had for years replaced key heroes, leaders and villains on Earth. They got within a hair's breadth of conquering Earth, but lost. The fallout from that saw Iron Man disgraced, and the new hero of the day as Norman Osborn, who know leads SHIELD's replacement HAMMER, as well as the Avengers. Now we have the Dark books, as Osborn and his criminal cohorts control things, but a growing resistance of heroes are gathering to fight them. Meanwhile, Thor and the Asgardians have defeated Ragnarok and are back from Limbo, but are now preparing to do battle with Dr. Doom, who along with Loki has conspired to exploit the Asgardians. As if that weren't enough, there's Siege, where Osborn has decided the Asgardians must go, and is preparing to hit Asgard with everything he's got. Oh--and let's not forget Doomwar, where Dr. Doom has been manipulating the near-death of T'Challa, and is now preparing to invade Wakanda, but is soon going to have his hands full fighting T'Challa, his sister (the new Black Panther), the FF, and Namor. Whew! The Marvel Universe is going to all sorts or turmoil, and I haven't even addressed Annihilation, War of Kings (involving the Inhumans and Cyclops' crazy brother), the great Winter Soldier storyline (the return of Bucky), the X-Men's travails, the Spidey books, or the fact that Daredevil now rules the Hand. I know the concept of the megastory, the maxiseries, and the crossover storyline has been done to death by Marvel and DC in the last few years. Many fans groan and complain at the requirement to buy several different books to follow the latest invasion or battle, and more than one fan feels the major event is just a gimmick to make people do just that: buy many titles. Often, it's felt, the events themselves are simply not that compelling. Exceptions include Crisis on Infinite Earths, Heroes Reborn/Return. But I have to say i've been caught up in Marvel's incredibly dense, far reaching, and complex storylines. I dug the Civil War, though some aspects of it were puzzling (Spidey reveals his identity to the world? Reed Richards creates a cyborg clone of Thor?) I'm liking Osborn in control, and the battle we know is coming to take care of that. I like the Black Panthers taking it to Doom. Thor has never been more interesting, and I can't wait to see what happens with Siege. Guess I'm just a sucker for the high drama. I understand that Marvel's plotted this for years, and that when the smoke from all these battles ends by April, the major books are going to go lighter, more retro. The Avengers will be less grim, and I hear more of the Marvel heroes will return to more
[scifinoir2] Question
has anyone seen this movie Gas-s-s-s-s that is on retroplex right now? it's about kids taking over the world after a mysterious gas kills everyone over 25. it is simply stupid, but funny. roger corman of course. they just had a scene in the junk yard where they were shooting at each other calling out old movie star names with all the sound effects of guns shooting, but they were not shooting. the guys were falling like they had been shot, but it was hilarious! Fate.
[scifinoir2] PENGUINS
Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica? Where do they go? Wonder no more! -- It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as maintaining a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout its life. If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle have been known to dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into and buried. The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing: 'Freeze a jolly good fellow'. Then they kick him in the ice hole. You really didn't believe that I knew anything at all about penguins, did you? Lighten Up Have a GREAT Day.
[scifinoir2] He Never Heard The Shot
LOVE Dress A woman stopped by unannounced at her son's house. She knocked on the door then immediately walked in. She was shocked to see her daughter-in-law lying on the couch, totally naked. Soft music was playing, and the aroma of perfume filled the room. 'What are you doing?' she asked. 'I'm waiting for Bill to come home from work,' the daughter-in-law answered. 'But you're naked!' the mother-in-law exclaimed. 'This is my love dress,' the daughter-in-law explained. 'Love dress? But you're naked!' 'Bill loves me to wear this dress,' she explained. 'It excites him to no end. Every time he sees me in this dress, he instantly becomes romantic and ravages me for hours on end. He can't get enough of me.' The mother-in-law left. When she got home, she undressed, showered, put on her best perfume, dimmed the lights, put on a romantic CD, lay on the couch waiting for her husband to arrive. Finally, her husband came home. He walked in and saw her lying there so provocatively. 'What are you doing?' he asked. 'This is my love dress,' she whispered, sensually. 'Needs ironing,' he said. 'What's for dinner? HE NEVER HEARD THE SHOT
[scifinoir2] Forwarded Jokes
This answers all questions explains why I forward jokes. A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them. After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold.. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and ashe got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?' 'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered. 'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked. 'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up'. The man gestured, and the gate began to open. 'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveler asked. 'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.' The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog. After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book. 'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?' 'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.' 'How about my friend here?' the traveler gestured to the dog. 'There should be a bowl by the pump.' They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree. 'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked. 'This is Heaven,' he answered. 'Well, that's confusing,' the traveler said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.' 'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.' 'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?' 'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.' S... Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word. Maybe this will explain. When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You forward jokes. When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you forward jokes. When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how, you forward jokes. Also to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get? A forwarded joke. So, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile. You are all welcome @ my water bowl anytime!!! A Cheerful Heart Is Good Medicine. Prov. 17:22 Fate.
Re: [scifinoir2] Forwarded Jokes
Keith, as for which came first, the ep or the joke..i am going 2 go with the ep..as 4 watching the zone as a kid...it scared the bejezus out of me sometimes! and you are totally correct about the end of times ep's in the series. one f my most memorable ep's was the one about the kid sending people 2 the 'corn field' when he got upset with them. i have tried around the holidays 2 catch that ep again so that i can record it, but i seem 2 never 2 able 2 catch it. Fate. --- On Mon, 1/18/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Forwarded Jokes To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 5:48 PM And on another note, as a kid, shows like this often had me confused or frightened. When I first saw the Twilight Zone ep described below, i thought it reasonable that the Devil would make a last minute grab at a soul in route to Heaven. So my young mind was frightened at the thought that some day *I'd* face some tough test--what if I failed and ended up in a lake of fire and brimstone? What if I didn't have a faithful hound dog to help me defeat the Devil's ploy? As an adult, I think differently, of course, and ain't worried about Satan getting one last shot on souls who've died in Grace. But man did that stuff scare me as a kid! Let's not even start on Revelation and some of the horrors it described for the end times! - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 5:42:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Forwarded Jokes This is a take on a classic ep of The Twilight Zone. In it, an old hillbilly guy goes hunting for 'coon with his hound dog, even though his wife begs him not too. She'd seen signs and portents that something awful would happen. The man and his dog pursue a raccoon into a river, then things go blank. Later he tries to go home, but quickly realizes he's died, and can't be seen or heard by his wife or anyone else. Sorrowfully, he and his hound dog walk along a dirt road toward their reward. The man stops at one place with a slick-looking guard before a gate, but his dog is upset and barks at the guy. The gatekeeper says no pets allowed in Heaven, and the old man sadly says I don't want no part of a place that won't accept my dog. They then keep walking, and end up at a simple gate with a hillbilly chewing on a piece of straw, who says Howdy! We've been waiting for you! He says that dogs are sho' 'nuff welcome in Heaven, and then tells the relieved old man that the fancy place down the street was Hell. They gatekeeper was always lying in order to do a last minute grab on saved souls, he explained, but the Devil couldn't fool a dog! I wonder if this joke precedes or comes after that Twilight Zone, which is at least forty years old? - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com To: Sci Fi scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Cc: Black SciFi blackscifihorrorfan tasyclub@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 5:30:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Forwarded Jokes This answers all questions explains why I forward jokes. A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them. After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold.. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and ashe got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?' 'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered. 'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked. 'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up'. The man gestured, and the gate began to open. 'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveler asked. 'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.' The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog. After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book. 'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?' 'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: George Washington became a abolitionist (in closet)
yes, but if memory serves well, she did not release them. --- On Mon, 1/18/10, Wright Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Wright Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: George Washington became a abolitionist (in closet) To: tdemorse...@multiculturaladvantage.com, scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Lockhart, Daryle dar...@darylelockhart.com, afrikanm...@hotmail.com, Albert Fields cbilmarket...@yahoo.com, bettil...@msn.com, CINQUE cinque3...@verizon.net, dorothyh...@sbcglobal.net, duva...@hotmail.com, fis...@bellsouth.net, GTW gwashin...@aol.com, Jeffrey Ballou jeffreypbal...@gmail.com, Kai Pettaway killa...@gmail.com, kalpub...@aol.com, keithbjohn...@comcast.net, Kera imke...@gmail.com, Leroy Hughes seriousnup...@yahoo.com, Logic logic1...@aol.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@icqmail.com, Marvalous mmb1...@gmail.com, Michael Gordon gord...@indiana.edu, michael.v.w.gor...@gmail.com, rs...@yahoo.com, Seku Brathwaite everything...@nyc.rr.com, Valery Jean valeryjea...@yahoo.com, Wendell Theophilus Smith wendellsmit...@gmail.com, Whitney J Evans sonofafieldne...@sbcglobal.net, williamsf...@speakeasy.net, Zanfordino Anthony beta...@yahoo.com Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 8:02 AM It is also noteworthy that George Washington included a provision in his will to free his slaves upon the death of his wife. At the time of his death, there were 317 slaves at Mount Vernon – 123 owned by Washington, 154 dower slaves, and 40 rented from a neighbor. Washington had completed and updated slave inventory list in 1799. (from Wikipedia): Washington's secret 1799 will In 1799, Washington revised his 1786 slave inventory list. This was done to make sure that his own slaves would be emancipated.[1] It is speculated that Washington wrote his will in secret in July 1799 because his family would severely disapprove of emancipating, caring for, and educating freemen, women, and children. In the will the old and the infirm freed slaves would be taken care of until death by their heirs. The freed children would be bound by the Court until they reached 25 years of age, and they would be taught to read and write and be brought up to some useful occupation. William Lee was given immediate freedom or the choice to stay at Mt. Vernon with $30 annual pay.[34] Part of Washington's will read as follows: Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the slaves which I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom...And whereas among those who will receive freedom according to this devise, there may be some who from old age or bodily infirmities, and others who on account of their infancy, that will be unable to support themselves; it is my will and desire that all who come under the first and second description shall be comfortably clothed and fed by my heirs while they live[34] On the education of the newly freed African Americans: The Negroes thus bound, are (by their Masters or Mistresses), to be taught to read and write; to be brought up to some useful occupation, agreeably to the Laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, providing for the support of orphan other poor Children.[34] To ensure that the executors of the will would not try to find some way to evade his wishes to free the slaves, Washington wrote:[35] and I do hereby expressly forbid the Sale, or transportation out of the said Commonwealth, of any Slave I may die possessed of, under any pretence whatsoever. And I do moreover most pointedly, and most solemnly enjoin it upon my Executors hereafter named, or the Survivors of them, to see that this clause respecting Slaves, and every part thereof be religiously fulfilled at the Epoch at which it is directed to take place; without evasion, neglect or delay http://twitter. com/ravenadal http://theworldebon .blogspot. com From: Tracey de Morsella tdemorsella@ multiculturaladv antage.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com; Lockhart, Daryle dar...@darylelockha rt.com; afrikanmind@ hotmail.com; Albert Fields cbilmarketing@ yahoo.com; bettil...@msn. com; CINQUE cinque3...@verizon. net; dorothyhamm@ sbcglobal. net; duva...@hotmail. com; fis...@bellsouth. net; GTW gwashin...@aol. com; Jeffrey Ballou jeffreypballou@ gmail.com; Kai Pettaway killa...@gmail. com; kalpub...@aol. com; keithbjohnson@ comcast.net; Kera imke...@gmail. com; Leroy Hughes seriousnupe87@ yahoo.com; Logic logic1...@aol. com; Martin Baxter Truthseeker013@ icqmail.com; Marvalous mmb1...@gmail.. com; Michael Gordon gord...@indiana. edu; michael.v.w. gor...@gmail. com; ravenadal ravena...@yahoo. com; rs...@yahoo. com; Seku Brathwaite everythingist@ nyc.rr.com; Valery Jean valeryjean77@ yahoo.com; Wendell Theophilus Smith wendellsmithis@ gmail.com; Whitney J Evans sonofafieldnegro@ sbcglobal. net; williamsfred@ speakeasy. net; Zanfordino Anthony beta...@yahoo. com Sent: Sun, January 17, 2010 8:25:51 PM Subject: FW:George Washington became a abolitionist (in
[scifinoir2] Old Age
An elderly gentleman... Had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100% . The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, 'Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.' The gentleman replied, 'Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times! ' Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: 'Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?' Slim says, 'I feel just like a newborn baby.' 'Really!? Like a newborn baby!?' 'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.' An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it very highly.' The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?' The first man thought and thought and finally said, 'What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You know... The one that's red and has thorns.' 'Do you mean a rose?' 'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?' Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn't need my help to leave the hospital. After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator. On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him. 'I don't know,' he said 'She's still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown .' Couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember. Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. 'Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?' he asks. 'Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?' 'Sure.' 'Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?' she asks. 'No , I can remember it.' 'Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down, so's not to forget it?' He says, 'I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries. ' 'I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?' she asks. Irritated, he says, 'I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!' Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment. 'Where's my toast ?' A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy: 'So I hear you're getting married?' 'Yep!' 'Do I know her?' 'Nope!' 'This woman, is she good looking?' 'Not really.' 'Is she a good cook?' 'Naw, she can't cook too well.' 'Does she have lots of money?' 'Nope! Poor as a church mouse.' 'Well, then, is she good in bed?' 'I don't know.' 'Why in the world do you want to marry her then?' 'Because she can still drive!' Three old guys are out walking. First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?' Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!' Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer.' A man was telling his neighbour, 'I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art. It's perfect.' 'Really,' answered the neighbor . 'What kind is it?' 'Twelve thirty.' Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical. A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm. A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, 'You're really doing great, aren't you?' Morris replied, 'Just doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.'' The doctor said, 'I didn't say that. I said, 'You've got a heart murmur; be careful.' One more! A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool... After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split. The waitress asked kindly, 'Crushed nuts?' 'No,' he replied, 'Arthritis.'
Re: [scifinoir2] Did anyone watch BSG: The Plan, and Caprica?
Mr. Worf, I watched BSG: The Plan, and I was impressed. More so of how the Cylon modelsexcept for model number 1, all decided that the extermination of the human was morally wrong. thought that that was extremely interesting. Have not seen Caprica yet, but I am waiting on the premiere next week. Dr. Fate --- On Tue, 1/12/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Did anyone watch BSG: The Plan, and Caprica? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 1:26 AM Just wondering. Both were on tv recently. BSG: The Plan is a replay of the initial Cylon attack that wiped out humanity(?) from the Cylon point of view. It is interesting to do a rewind to see the story behind the scenes. Caprica rewinds the story even farther back to about 58 years before the war with the Cylons began. It also covers the origin of the Cylons. The big difference is that the storyline is more along the lines of an Earth based drama. They are replaying the pilot episode on 1/22. Here is more info on the show: http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Caprica_% 28TV_series% 29 Its also on comscum on demand. Has anyone else watched these two shows? -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Interesting Article
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RE: [scifinoir2] Chuck is back
Martin, i watched the 1st 2 eps, and it was just not 4 me. looked rather STOOOPID. --- On Thu, 1/7/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Chuck is back To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 3:17 PM Why not, Fate? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:32:44 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Chuck is back never watched it. never will! --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail..com Subject: [scifinoir2] Chuck is back To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 1:45 AM Chuck is back, and it will be the lead in to Heroes starting next Monday at 8pm Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.
Re: [scifinoir2] Chuck is back
never watched it. never will! --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Chuck is back To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 1:45 AM Chuck is back, and it will be the lead in to Heroes starting next Monday at 8pm
Re: [scifinoir2] Bakula, Braugher on TNT's Men of a Certain Age
Keith I am enjoying it too! I miss Frank Pembleton on TV, it's good 2 see him again. Although the brother has picked up some serious weight, ihe is still a very great actor. Bakula's character is a riot! --- On Mon, 1/4/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: [scifinoir2] Bakula, Braugher on TNT's Men of a Certain Age To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 10:11 PM Anyone watch the new TNT series Men of a Certain Age? It deals with the lives of three men dealing with being decidedly middle aged, and then some. Scott Bakula is a womanizing playboy who seems to have a different bed partner every night and seems to love his weed. Ray Romano's the guy separated from his wife, partially due ot his gambling addiction, who can't seem to get over here. And Andre Braugher's the family man who works at a job he hates--car salesman at his overbearing father's dealership-- in order to take care of his family. I've enjoyed the show so far. It's got lots of moments of humour, along with some more serious ones. It's not too heavy handed on the i'm fast getting old angle. I like all the actors, though it's really really weird to see Braugher be under anyone's thumb. I just can't see Frank Pembleton taking guff even from his old man... * * * http://www.tnt. tv/series/ menofacertainage /about/?contentI d=52922 ABOUT MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE John Lennon once wrote, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” For three men entering the second act of their lives, those words are starting to hit home in TNT’s newest original series, MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE. This wry drama stars Emmy® winner Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond), Golden Globe® winner Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Enterprise) and Emmy winner Andre Braugher (Homicide: Life on the Street, TNT’s Salem’s Lot). It marks a return to series television for Romano, who created MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE with Everybody Loves Raymond Emmy winner Mike Royce. The two serve as executive producers, along with Rory Rosegarten and Cary Hoffman. MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE explores the unique bonds of male friendship among three men experiencing the changes and challenges of mid-life. They have been best friends since college but now, in their 40s, are navigating through the second act of their lives. Joe (Romano) is a friendly, slightly neurotic, recently separated father of two who had dreams of being a professional golfer. Now he owns and runs a party store. Terry (Bakula) is a laid-back, handsome actor who seems to breeze through life (and women). Lately, he’s spending more time working as a temp than as an actor. And Owen (Braugher) is an overstressed husband and father of three who endures constant criticism from his father, for whom he works as a car salesman. These friends face very different challenges. Joe, who currently lives in a hotel, tries to connect with his kids and is dipping his toe in the dating pool, while also struggling with the gambling problem that may have ended his marriage. The unmarried Terry scoffs at domestic issues but sometimes wonders if his own single life is all it’s cracked up to be. Owen does everything he can to climb the sales board at his father’s car dealership and keep his cool over the seemingly endless renovation project in the home he can barely afford. Through it all, these men are there for each other when it counts.
[scifinoir2] Happy Birthday Kappa Alpha Psi
Here's to 99 years of Achievement and 99 years more! On this day in 1905 on the campus of Indiana University, 10 strong Black Men started the oh so Noble Klan of Kappa Alpha Psi. To all my Brothers of the Crimson and Creme, Happy Birthday. J.A.P.A.N. Delta Tau Chapter Spring 1992 3 Elements of the Universe
Re: [scifinoir2] Underworld 4 movie confirmed and maybe a series
i don't know George, i think a number 4 might be interesting. especially if they are going 2 pick up after the number 2...it might be fun 2 see how they handle meshing the truth with the fiction (i.e. how they try 2 end the fighting between the vampires and they lycans, and if there are any offspring from him and her). --- On Sat, 1/2/10, George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com wrote: From: George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Underworld 4 movie confirmed and maybe a series To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 11:30 AM Going to the well one too many times methinks. From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com; ggs...@yahoo. com Sent: Sat, January 2, 2010 4:53:53 AM Subject: [scifinoir2] Underworld 4 movie confirmed and maybe a series http://scifiblogger s.com/underworld -4-movie- confirmed/ 2009/12/25/ Underworld 4 movie coming in January 2011. Tom Rosenberg from Lakeshore confirms the rumors about Underworld 4. Rise Of The Lycans has scored the best critical reaction of any of the movies in the Underworld series. Underworld 4 movie will be the next sequel in the group focusing on continuing the story of Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and Speedman’s story. Underworld 4 story “It’s a theatrical release definitely,” Rosenberg tells the site. “I feel great about that. I think it’s the strongest story that we’ve put together of the three. I think it’s really terrific. I think it leads to a 4th. When we did the 1st ‘Underworld,’ we imagined three – the 1st one, a sequel and then a prequel. The 3rd is a prequel, so the 4th would carry on where Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman left off after 2, so I think this is going to be terrific really this one.” As for the prequel’s storyline: “This is how they meet and Michael Sheen becomes the leader of the werewolves. This is told from the werewolf’s. Underworld TV series Len Wiseman revealed “There’s a lot of talk about a television series, Im looking into that, if I could be very involved and can be a certain way, I’d be very interested. …It’s kind of open, if people can join us and go back in time – and then leap forward, I’d like to go jump all across the time line.” Expect that to cover several eras then. Tracey de Morsella, Managing Producer The Green Economy Post http://greeneconomy post.com tra...@greeneconomy post.com Phone: 425-502-7716
RE: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons
--- On Mon, 12/28/09, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, December 28, 2009, 6:08 PM Fate: That was someone else’s review that I posted. While I am not a big fan of Van Helsing. I was very disappointed in it, but I can see the eye candy aspect. SO, I still love you J. I too look forward to Demons.. On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com wrote: then Keith, you Martin and Tracey are going to hate me! i actually like Van Helsing. Keith like your brother, i think that sometimes, there is something in every movie 2 like. i also like The Fifth element. actually have both of the DVD's. but that's just me. even District 9 had somethings that i liked, but i will not buy the DVD because of a lot of the covert and overt racism in the movie. but Tracey, i am waiting on the premier of Demons. Fate. p.s. can someone please tell me why 'ghost hunters' is still on syfy? it is HORRIBLE! --- On Sun, 12/27/09, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 10:10 PM Ha-ha, you are right on! My bro' loved the lady vamps, the vamp babies, and even that idiotic Dracula. When he walked up the wall while musing, I groanded--my brother laughed. As for the Fifth Element, it has a type of cult status, but I'm not among the faithful. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 3:38:28 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons Keith... maybe your brother somehow managed to see a completely different and possibly decent Van Helsing? It's the only thing I can figure. The movie, for me as well, is a pain to watch. As for The Fifth Element, I admit that I liked it the first time I saw it. The second time, I wondered what drug interaction had hit me at the time. I think about a wolf gnawing its own appendage off to escape a trap, and think that's preferable to further viewing. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:32:43 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons I had to chuckle when reading about Van Helsing. I despise the movie. I was critiquing it the whole time phyllis and I watched it in the theatre: the anachronistic rock soundtrack, the bad dialogue, Kate Beckinsdales (who I think is hot as hell) with that horrible on-again-off- again accent, the bad CGI, the stupid characters, the horrible camera work. It's the movie that to me showcases the rather empty talent the director is, as he'd put out barely passable fare with the Mummy movies Funny thing is, my older brother--a big scifi fan himself--loves Van Helsing. He is always trying to convince me that I'm too hard on it, and make me change my opinion. He thinks I'm a bit of a hard ass in the way I review and critique movies, saying I miss the fact that every movie has things in it to like. We have different tastes. He tends to like things that are a bit more fluff, fun, and visually striking. While I like those things, i tend to focus more on good acting and realistic plots. For example, he doesn't like the darker themes in the comic and animation worlds, while I love them. At any rate, he's on me all the time about Van Helsing, even getting irritated when I repeat for the eleventy millionth time that I hate it. And don't get me started on his feelings about my indifference towards The Fifth Element! - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 4:41:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons Though I still haven't forgiven the great Dr. Abraham Van Helsing for allowing that awful movie with Hugh Jackman to be made about him -- or for not showing up and killing the entire cast of the Twilight -- I'm excited to catch his descendants on the new British import
RE: [scifinoir2] 2009
thought u would enjoy it my friend. --- On Mon, 12/28/09, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] 2009 To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, December 28, 2009, 3:30 PM LMNAO!!! !!! That was classic! If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: blackscifihorrorfan tasyclub@ yahoogroups. com CC: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:11:29 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] 2009 http://sendables. jibjab.com/ originals/ never_a_year_ like_09 Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now.
Re: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons
then Keith, you Martin and Tracey are going to hate me! i actually like Van Helsing. Keith like your brother, i think that sometimes, there is something in every movie 2 like. i also like The Fifth element. actually have both of the DVD's. but that's just me. even District 9 had somethings that i liked, but i will not buy the DVD because of a lot of the covert and overt racism in the movie. but Tracey, i am waiting on the premier of Demons. Fate. p.s. can someone please tell me why 'ghost hunters' is still on syfy? it is HORRIBLE! --- On Sun, 12/27/09, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 10:10 PM Ha-ha, you are right on! My bro' loved the lady vamps, the vamp babies, and even that idiotic Dracula. When he walked up the wall while musing, I groanded--my brother laughed. As for the Fifth Element, it has a type of cult status, but I'm not among the faithful. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 3:38:28 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons Keith... maybe your brother somehow managed to see a completely different and possibly decent Van Helsing? It's the only thing I can figure. The movie, for me as well, is a pain to watch. As for The Fifth Element, I admit that I liked it the first time I saw it. The second time, I wondered what drug interaction had hit me at the time. I think about a wolf gnawing its own appendage off to escape a trap, and think that's preferable to further viewing. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:32:43 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons I had to chuckle when reading about Van Helsing. I despise the movie. I was critiquing it the whole time phyllis and I watched it in the theatre: the anachronistic rock soundtrack, the bad dialogue, Kate Beckinsdales (who I think is hot as hell) with that horrible on-again-off- again accent, the bad CGI, the stupid characters, the horrible camera work. It's the movie that to me showcases the rather empty talent the director is, as he'd put out barely passable fare with the Mummy movies Funny thing is, my older brother--a big scifi fan himself--loves Van Helsing. He is always trying to convince me that I'm too hard on it, and make me change my opinion. He thinks I'm a bit of a hard ass in the way I review and critique movies, saying I miss the fact that every movie has things in it to like. We have different tastes. He tends to like things that are a bit more fluff, fun, and visually striking. While I like those things, i tend to focus more on good acting and realistic plots. For example, he doesn't like the darker themes in the comic and animation worlds, while I love them. At any rate, he's on me all the time about Van Helsing, even getting irritated when I repeat for the eleventy millionth time that I hate it. And don't get me started on his feelings about my indifference towards The Fifth Element! - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 4:41:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons Though I still haven't forgiven the great Dr. Abraham Van Helsing for allowing that awful movie with Hugh Jackman to be made about him -- or for not showing up and killing the entire cast of the Twilight -- I'm excited to catch his descendants on the new British import, Demons. A new horror series from the writers of past British hits Hex and Merlin, Demons features Philip Glenister (Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes) as cold, stern American Rupert Galvin. The yank must recruit the last descendant of Van Helsing to join forces with him commit to life battling monsters -- before those monsters kill him. Demons unveils a world just out of humans' sight -- full of vampires and other inhumans. (Insert joke about politicians here.) Luke Rutherford (Christian Cooke) is the everykid teenager forced to come to terms with the harsh reality that he's the direct descendant of the vampire-hunting Van Helsing. To train Luke, Galvin calls on the beautiful, haunted Mina Harker (Zoe Tapper), a blind concert pianist and authority on the beasts preying on humanity. The creepy Father Simeon (Richard Wilson) is Luke's other teacher on the lore behind his
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: District 9 on DvD
Rave, I feel about District 9, the same way Martin feels about Star Trek (and Transformers). I saw it the first time, and that was enough 4 me. As for your earlier statement about his familiarity with the suit while killing Blacks as opposed to the killing of Whites, it's always that way in Hollywood movies. It's always showing us (Blacks) getting the brunt of the violence. If anyone deserved to be executed on film and in an extremely prejudice way, it should have been the Merc, who was absolutely heartless. But that's just my feeling. Fate. --- On Wed, 12/23/09, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: District 9 on DvD To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 6:50 PM Life is a female dog. I went to lunch, today, with two of my closest associates. One of them unexpectedly gifted me with a DVD copy of District 9 (because he knew I liked science fiction). I guess I will have to watch it again. ~(no)rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, B Smith daikaiju66@ ... wrote: Wikus plays the same part as Jake Sully in a lot of ways. They both have different agendas at the beginning of the film but circumstances on the ground as it were forced their changes. Wikus' reasons for change were much more selfish in the end and his ending was a hell of a lot more bittersweet. BTW Wikus' father-in-law would have been closer to the Giovanni Ribisi character. The only powersuit related quibble I had was the Nigerian leader got a lot more nasty on screen demise vs. the merc's bon voyage. I really wanted to see him get his in full view. Don't get me wrong, it's not a perfect movie but I thought it was an incredible sci-fi movie made on a comparative shoestring budget compared to most features. The funny thing is that I've read more American(and Nigerian) objections about the movie but apparently South African audiences ate it up. --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ wrote: That's a good point. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Kelwyn ravenadal@ wrote: I think District 9 is flawed in execution. Having the obsequious and inept public servant Wikus as the POV character would be like having Giovanni Ribisi's Selfridge as the POV character in Avatar and having his punk ass waylay Sam Worthington' s Jake Sully and take his place. Imagine how that would have skewed things. District 9 is skewed in this fundamental way. Riddle me this: why did Wikus have exceptional control of the alien iron man suit when he killed the Nigerians - when he had never put it on before - but no similar control when it came to killing white South Africans (when he should have been MORE accurate)? ~(no)rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, B Smith daikaiju66@ wrote: I guess I had a very different viewing experience. I think people are putting too much stock in this as a retelling of Apartheid era South Africa as allegory. I think it's more an allegory about post- Apartheid era South Africa, Southern Africa and it's problems. There is a lot going on there with immigration from poorer countries and tensions about modern day carpetbagging from other Africans like the Nigerians. As bad as the Nigerians come off it's a sad but commonly held perception by many South Africans. Not saying it was right its a reality. Unfortunately they got to be the bogeyman and had some things like the bush medicine killings assigned to them. And as bad as they were the white South Africans were even worse. I do wish that black South Africans had bigger roles. --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Kelwyn ravenadal@ wrote: It is more endlessly frustrating than bad. Ostensibly, you are in South Africa but indigenous South Africans are given precious little to do. The slurs against Nigerians are either unfortunate or unforgivable depending on your point of view. The exploitation of the Prawns also rings false in that the the auteur (and I use that term VERY loosely) has sought to extrapolate the plight of an subjugated indigenous people (a majority) to that of a stranded alien race (a minority)when what really would have happened would have been what happened to British soldiers unfortunate enough to become shipwrecked in feudal Japan. In other words, too much of the narrative in District 9 is just not probable or plausible. (And, don't get me started on the theatrical ending). ~(no)rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Tracey de Morsella tdlists@ wrote: That Bad? -Original Message- From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogro
[scifinoir2] Fw: Test.....
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Re: [scifinoir2] (Brazilian movie) Besouro - Theatrical trailer
i'm with Mr. Worf! this is a must see! Fate. --- On Sun, 12/20/09, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] (Brazilian movie) Besouro - Theatrical trailer To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 10:58 PM BRAVO!!! I want to see this! On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Said Kakese Dibinga s...@bayindogroup. com wrote: I'm speechless, my mouth hit the floor... I'm there when it comes to Los Angeles! http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=ghmo7_5A8U8 Said Yenga Kakese Dibinga Director General The Bayindo Group SA POB 1782 Los Angeles, CA 90078-1782 em: s...@bayindogroup. com skype: saiddibinga -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Good Plan for Deaf Sex
- Deaf Sex Two deaf people get married and during the first week of marriage they find that they are unable to communicate in the bedroom with the lights out since they can't see each other signing, or read lips. After several nights of fumbling around and many misunderstandings, the wife figures out a solution. She writes a note to her husband: 'Honey, Why don't we agree on some simple signals? For instance, at night, if you want to have sex with me, reach over and squeeze my left breast one time. I f you don't want to have sex, reach over and squeeze my right breast two times... The husband thinks this is a great idea. He writes back to his wife That if she wants to have sex with him, reach over and pull on his pecker one time. If she doesn't want to have sex, pull on his pecker two hundred and fifty times.
Re: [scifinoir2] Tv: Howl's moving castle
great movie! i picked it up for my daughter about 2 years ago. she is 8 now, and i promise she watches it at least once a week. she loves it. i watch it sometimes with her. Fate. --- On Thu, 12/17/09, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Tv: Howl's moving castle To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 4:57 PM IFC is airing this movie on 12/29 in regular and in HD. --
[scifinoir2] Poetic Justice
A short guy is sitting at a bar just staring at his drink for half an hour when this big, trouble-making biker steps next to him, grabs his drink, gulps it down in one swig and then turns to the guy with a menacing stare as if to say, What'cha gonna do about it? The poor little guy starts crying. Come on man, I was just giving you a hard time, the biker says. I didn't think you'd CRY. I can't stand to see a man crying. This is the worst day of my life, says the little guy between sobs. I can't do anything right. I overslept and was late to an important meeting, so my boss fired me. When I went to the parking lot, I found my car was stolen and I don't have any insurance. I left my wallet in the cab I took home. He continues, crying even harder. Then I found my wife in bed with the gardener and my dog bit me. So, I came to this bar trying to work up the courage to put and end to my life, and then you show up and drank my poison.
[scifinoir2] Run Tiger, Run
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Re: [scifinoir2] Teen Racks Up $21K Cell Phone Bill
Daryle, i totally agree, that's why i always sell data plans to people with kids. $30 a month for unlimited data is way worth it! Fate. --- On Sun, 12/13/09, Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.com wrote: From: Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Teen Racks Up $21K Cell Phone Bill To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, December 13, 2009, 8:22 AM This is why data plans should be a part of mobile bills on certain phones. Folks should know the costs upfront. On Dec 12, 2009, at 4:56 PM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: If you watch youtube on your phone that could start to add up really fast. The amount that they are talking about is about 2 movies worth of downloading. On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: Sound slike this kid did the same kind of hack that my niece did on her cell when my sister put her on her account. My sister's bill, normally $68 a month, ballooned to almost $700 in one month. (My niece loves to download and text. LVS to download and text.) If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:13:43 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Teen Racks Up $21K Cell Phone Bill http://www.ktvu. com/news/ 21927813/ detail.html -- Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] 3 Good Reasons
GOD ENJOYS A GOOD LAUGH! There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was Black: 1. He called everyone brother. 2. He liked Gospel. 3. He didn't get a fair trial. But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Jewish: 1. He went into His Father's business. 2. He lived at home until he was 33. 3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his Mother was sure He was God. But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Italian: 1. He talked with His hands. 2. He had wine with His meals. 3. He used olive oil. But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was a Californian: 1. He never cut His hair. 2. He walked around barefoot all the time. 3. He started a new religion. But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was an American Indian: 1. He was at peace with nature. 2. He ate a lot of fish. 3. He talked about the Great Spirit. But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Irish: 1. He never got married. 2. He was always telling stories. 3. He loved green pastures. But the most compelling evidence of all - 3 proofs that Jesus was a woman: 1. He fed a crowd at a moment's notice when there was virtually no food. 2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn't get it. 3. And even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was still work to do. Can I get an AMEN!!
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Robert Downey Jr. in Talks to be Lestat
Rave, i agree with Townsend's Lestat. he was kind of kool.but i think the movie should never had been named Queen of the Damned. it should have been 'Lestat the Vampire' just as the book was titled. to only show Akasha in the last 30 minutes of the movie was a total disappointment. --- On Mon, 12/7/09, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Robert Downey Jr. in Talks to be Lestat To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 10:12 AM I liked Interview with the Vampire despite pipsqueak Cruise as Lestat (Ann Rice envisioned a young Rutger Hauer). I rather enjoyed Stuart Townsend's rock star take in Queen of the Damned (a damned good movie to watch with the sound off). Anyhoo, I am rather geeked by the prospect of the worldly Downey playing the otherworldly Lestat. ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@... wrote: We've been scrambling all week to confirm the following report, especially since it came from a very reliable source and is insanely logical considering the popularity of vampires these days. I guess something good has come from the success of Twilight as Bloody Disgusting has learned exclusively that Universal Pictures is looking to restart Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles http://www.bloody- disgusting. com/film/ 4280 , which tells the tale of the vampire Lestat Du Lioncort (through his narration), a nobleman-turned- vampire in the late 18th century. No word yet on how they plan on unrolling this franchise, but we did find out who they are talking with to replace Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend. Read on for the skinny. We have confirmed this afternoon that ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is in close talks to play the vampire Lestat in Universal Pictures' The Vampire Chronicles, a newly rebooted franchise based on Anne Rice's popular novels. Lestat appears as a major character in both motion picture adaptations of The Vampire Chronicles novels. In Neil Jordan's 1994 film adaptation of Interview with the Vampire, he is portrayed by Tom Cruise. In the 2002 film adaptation of Queen of the Damned, he is played by Stuart Townsend. The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman made into a vampire in the 18th century. http://www.bloody- disgusting. com/news/ 17082
[scifinoir2] 16 Reasons Why Alcohol Should Be Served At Work...
1. It's an incentive to show up. 2. It leads to more honest communications. 3. It reduces complaints about low pay 4. Employees tell management what they think, not what they want to hear. 5. It encourages car pooling. 6. Increase job satisfaction because if you have a bad job, you don't care. 7. It eliminates vacations because people would rather come to work. 8. It makes fellow employees look better. 9. It makes the cafeteria food taste better. 10. Bosses are more likely to hand out raises when they are wasted. 11. Salary negotiations are a lot more profitable. 12. Employees work later since there's no longer a need to relax at the bar. 13. It makes everyone more open with their ideas. 14. Eliminates the need for employees to get drunk on their lunch break. 15. Employees no longer need coffee to sober up. 16. Sitting Bare ass on the copy machine will no longer be seen as gross.
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Walt Disney -- prince or toad?
Mr. Worf, totally agree with you on this one. Fate. --- On Mon, 12/7/09, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Walt Disney -- prince or toad? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 5:30 PM Its kind of like saying that DW Griffith was just misunderstood and the stereotypes about african americans and mexicans in his movies were just a representation of attitudes in his time. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: Neal Gabler is an apologist and probably a paid one. --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ ... wrote: I had a problem with the article. The writer made the McCarthy trials sound like a social club. When it practically destroyed Hollywood and started us in a trite direction. Racism was the norm back then. The cartoons that were made by Disney and Warner were ridiculously racist. Not mentioning them at all in the article was a manipulative move by the writer. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ ...wrote: Thank you for that up-close, rave. Many things in that, I never knew. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik - - To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: ravena...@.. . Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 20:34:07 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Walt Disney -- prince or toad? latimes.com/ entertainment/ news/la-ca- disneyrace22- 2009nov22, 0,978597. story latimes.com ESSAY Walt Disney -- prince or toad? The studio pioneer's detractors insist that he was racist and mean. A deeper look shows that the truth about the man is far more complicated. By Neal Gabler November 22, 2009 Even before it opens later this week, Disney's new animated feature, The Princess and the Frog, is already considered something of a cultural and animation landmark. After centering cartoons on a Middle Easterner (Aladdin), a Native American ( Pocahontas), an Asian (Mulan), and a Hawaiian (Lilo Stitch), Disney animation has entered the post-racial era. The new film features a black protagonist alongside the green one. It has been a long time coming, but it is an event that, if you believe Disney detractors, would have old Walt spinning in his grave (or his cryogenic chamber). That's because there is a long-standing belief among those detractors that Walt Disney was anything but the amiable, avuncular, kind-hearted figure he appeared to be on his television program and in his promotions. The real Disney, so this version goes, was a rabid reactionary who was intemperate, crabbed and mean -- racially and ethnically insensitive at best, a racist and anti-Semite at worst. Under his supervision, the Disney studio was inhospitable to minorities, few of whomwere said to have workedthere and they were virtually verboten on the screen, except to be ridiculed. Disney's was a white, Protestant, middle-class studio and fantasy. Minorities need not apply. How much of this portrait was the product of a smear campaign by Walt's enemies and how much a product of Walt's own unenlightened attitudes is difficult to determine. What one can say is that the truth about Walt Disney seems much more complicated and nuanced than either his enemies or supporters would have you believe. Labor fight Disney came by those enemies honestly when his animators staged a strike in 1941 complaining of paternalism and low wages and Walt responded by hustling the supposed union ringleaders off the lot and firing other union members to quash their organizing. Even after the four-month-long strike was settled -- under duress by the federal government -- the wounds did not heal. Disney would feel betrayed for the rest of his life by what he saw as ungrateful employees. The aggrieved employees got their own measure of revenge by portraying Walt thereafter in the least flattering light. Most of what we hear about Disney as a racist or anti-Semite was circulated by animators who had struck in 1941. I know, because several of them made the same charges to me when I was working on my biography of Disney. Unquestionably, especially after the strike, Disney was a political conservative by way of anti-communism. He was certain that the strike was instigated by communist agents in the Screen Cartoonists Guild who were determined to sully the Disney brand -- this after Disney had been extolled by the left for years for his collaborative enterprise and exemplary working conditions. Though Walt was something of a political naïf -- he had no interest in
Re: [scifinoir2] USA Today not Big on SyFy's Alice
i am with Keith on this one. think i might as well watch it. since they did not like Tin Man which i found really entertaining. Fate. --- On Sun, 12/6/09, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] USA Today not Big on SyFy's Alice To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 4:05 AM Some critics are just off base. If its not a French indie film or made by some unknown director from Des Moines they don't want any part of it. On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: Interesting, USA Today thinks the Alice reimagining is both too dark, and unimaginative. I was going to start having some doubts about it--don't know why, as I'm not a big follower of USA Today's critics--but then they dissed Tin Man. The critic says it was too dark and not very good either. That makes me wonder know if Alice might be pretty good after all... * * * * * * *** Syfy's 'Alice': Through a looking glass, only very darkly By Robert Bianco, USA TODAY All told, it might be best to keep Syfy away from looking glasses and tornadoes. Last time Syfy decided a children's classic needed to be, in the network's words, re-imagined, we got Tin Man, a bleak tweaking of The Wizard of Ozthat buried a simple, gentle story under an ugly universe-saving quest. Now we get Alice, which throws Lewis Carroll's Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass adventures into the same revisionist blender and spews out something close to the same unappetizing gruel. Close, but not quite. What gives Alice a slight edge over its Ozian cousin is a less-heavy hand, a few brighter performances and a source better suited to a darkling outlook. Nor does it hurt that Alice, while still overextended, has two fewer hours than Tin Man. None might have been best, but less is more. Written and directed by Nick Willing (who also directed Tin Man), Alice turns Carroll's curious girl into Alice Hamilton (Caterina Scorsone), a 20-ish martial-arts expert with commitment issues and a father fixation. When her boyfriend (Philip Winchester) is kidnapped, Alice follows his assailants to Wonderland, landing in the not-completely- trustworthy hands of Hatter (Andrew-Lee Potts, Alice's best asset). This is the same Wonderland the first Alice found, but time – and, apparently, an ambitious building program – have imbued it with the arid post-apocalyptic air of which Syfy is so inordinately fond. And it's ruled by an even more evil queen (a disappointing, inexplicably English-accented Kathy Bates), who plies her compliant subjects with emotions she drains from kidnapped humans. For an hour or so, simple pleasures suffice, such as matching old characters to new and faces to names (Tim Curry, Colm Meaney, Harry Dean Stanton and Matt Frewer among them). And some of the literary translations are clever, led by Wonderland's adoption of flamingo-shaped flying scooters. But Alice soon bogs down in Willing's superimposed plot, with its shifting motives and dreary lectures. And while there are times Alice fends (or punches) for herself, too often Scorsone succumbs to a drab weepiness. Willing has recast Carroll's story as a heroine's journey to enlightenment, but it's tough to see what precisely Alice learns – unless the moral is Dump the loser, and if he's really worth anything, he'll chase after you. So you're left with a woman whose main quest is unsuccessful, and a movie that's glum, long and devoid of any sense of wonder. That's two classic strikes, Syfy. For literature's sake, let that be enough. -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Star Wars question
probably not. --- On Sun, 11/29/09, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Star Wars question To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 8:58 PM We discussed the black Han Solo idea, but what about Lando's character? Would he have been black too? -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Loyality in Marriage
Loyalty in Marriage A woman's husband had been slipping in and out of a coma for several months, yet she had stayed by his bedside every single day. One day, he motioned for her to come nearer. As she sat by him, he whispered, eyes full of tears, You know what? You have been with me all through the bad times. When I got fired, you were there to support me. When my business failed, you were there. When I got shot, you were by my side. When we lost the house, you stayed right here.. When my health started failing, you were still by my side...You know what? What dear? she gently asked, smiling as her heart began to fill with warmth. I think you're bad luck, get away from me!!! Happy Thanksgiving.
Re: [scifinoir2] topic: movie reboots
maybe it's just me, but certain movies should not be remade. in the list, i saw 'the crow'...as homage 2 Mr. Lee's son, it was a great movie, and they should leave that one alone. but those are just my thoughts. --- On Thu, 11/26/09, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] topic: movie reboots To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 26, 2009, 7:31 PM The Island was an unofficial remake of another movie called the Clonus Horror (1979) that was a low budget film. I rented it about a year or two ago. They are very similar. So similar that the director of the film sued and won. Dreamworks settled out of court. A good remake idea that is similar to this plot would be the movie Coma. It is a movie about a hospital that turns their patients into a body part harvesting venture. On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockha rt.com wrote: Logan's Run has already been remade. It's called The Island. I'm actually all for a remake of Forbidden Planet. It could be a really good movie with current technology. On Nov 26, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: Hollywood is busy digging through the movie pile and blowing dust off of movies. On the burner: The Crow Forbidden Planet The Shadow Evil dead Deathwish Logan's Run The Warriors Akira Fantastic voyage Highlander Basically every good movie between 1956 and 1990 -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] 2012
totally agree with the Black people being the bright spots! but i actually like cusack. --- On Tue, 11/24/09, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] 2012 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:29 PM I'm trying to watch this movie, and once again I find myself getting frustrated with stupid characters. There's only one redeeming quality in this film. The black people. -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
RE: [scifinoir2] JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS ON TWO EARTHS, Feb 23rd
i have 2 ask the obvious question. why a white GL? ever since Justice League debut on tv, GL was Jon Stewart (except the one time when they had the crononaut ep). --- On Tue, 11/24/09, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS ON TWO EARTHS, Feb 23rd To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 5:48 PM Pardon me while I drool... If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: ravena...@yahoo. com Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:11:02 + Subject: [scifinoir2] JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS ON TWO EARTHS, Feb 23rd http://www.worldsfi nestonline. com/news. php/news. php?action= fullnews id=609 To save our world and all those like it, Superman, Batman and their caped colleagues must go toe-to-toe with their evil mirror images in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, the seventh entry in the successful ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movies coming February 23, 2010 from Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation. The full-length animated film will be distributed by Warner Home Video as a Special Edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray™ Hi-Def for $24.98 (SRP) and $29.99 (SRP), respectively, as well as single disc DVD for $19.98 (SRP). The film will also be available On Demand and Download. Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn more.
[scifinoir2] Genie In A Bottle
Great story A Husband takes his wife to play her first game of golf.Unfortunately, the wife promptly whacked her first shot right through the window of the biggest house adjacent to the course. The husband cringed, I warned you to be careful! Now we'll have to go up there, find the owner, apologize and see how much your lousy drive is going to cost us. So the couple walked up to the house and knocked on the door. A warm voice said, Come on in. When they opened the door they saw the damage that was done: glass was all over the place, and a broken antique bottle was lying on its side near the broken window. A man reclining on the couch asked, Are you the people that broke my window? Uh...yeah, sir. We're really sorry about that, the husband replied. Oh, no apology is necessary. Actually I want to thank you... You see, I'm a genie , and I've been trapped in that bottle for a thousand years. Now that you've released me, I'm allowed to grant three wishes. I'll give you each one wish, but if you don't mind, I'll keep the last one for myself. Wow, that's great! the husband said. He pondered a moment and blurted out, I'd like a million dollars a year for the rest of my life. No problem, said the genie. You've got it, it's the least I can do. And I'll guarantee you a long, healthy life! And now you, young lady, what do you want? the genie asked. I'd like to own a gorgeous home complete with servants in every country in the world, she said. Consider it done, the genie said. And your homes will always be safe from fire, burglary and natural disasters! And now, the couple asked in unison, what's your wish, genie? Well, since I've been trapped in that bottle and haven't been with a woman in more than a thousand years, my wish is to have sex with your wife. The husband looked at his wife and said, Gee, honey, you know we both now have a fortune and all those houses. What do you think? She mulled it over for a few moments and said, You know, you're right. Considering our good fortune, I guess I wouldn't mind, but what about you, honey? You know I love you sweetheart, said the husband. I'd do the same for you! So the genie and the woman went upstairs where they spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying each other in every way. After about three hours of non-stop sex, the genie rolled over and looked directly into her eyes and asked, How old are you and your husband? Why, we're both 35, she responded breathlessly. NO SHIT.. He said, Thirty-five years old and you both still believe in genies?
Re: [scifinoir2] topic: Cloudy with a chance of meatballs anyone?
nope, and do not want 2. even my 8 year old has not asked 2 see that one. --- On Wed, 11/25/09, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] topic: Cloudy with a chance of meatballs anyone? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 9:33 AM This movie is next on my list. I am wondering if anyone else saw it yet?
Re: [scifinoir2] 2012
could not agree with u more. it would have been spectacular. --- On Wed, 11/25/09, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] 2012 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 9:31 AM I think that it would have been a brilliant film in 3d. So many things exploding and whatnot. On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 6:08 AM, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com wrote: totally agree with the Black people being the bright spots! but i actually like cusack. --- On Tue, 11/24/09, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] 2012 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:29 PM I'm trying to watch this movie, and once again I find myself getting frustrated with stupid characters. There's only one redeeming quality in this film. The black people. -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
RE: [scifinoir2] Genie In A Bottle - Ready. Aim. Fire!
Martin my friend, you are more than welcome. as a matter of fact, here is another one for you: Ready… Aim... A bishop, a priest, and a deacon, were about to be executed for preaching the Gospel in a foreign land. They bring out the bishop first and the guard shots, Ready… aim… and suddenly the bishop yells, EARTHQUAKE! When everyone looks around, the bishop runs off. Next they bring out the priest. They guard shouts, Ready… aim… and suddenly the priest yells, TORNADO! When everyone ducks, the priest runs off. By then, of course, the deacon had it figured out. They bring him out and when the guard shouts, Ready… aim…, suddenly the deacon yells, FIRE! --- On Wed, 11/25/09, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Genie In A Bottle To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 3:56 PM Thanks, Fate. I needed that one. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: blackscifihorrorfan tasyclub@ yahoogroups. com CC: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:27:47 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Genie In A Bottle Great story A Husband takes his wife to play her first game of golf.Unfortunat ely, the wife promptly whacked her first shot right through the window of the biggest house adjacent to the course. The husband cringed, I warned you to be careful! Now we'll have to go up there, find the owner, apologize and see how much your lousy drive is going to cost us. So the couple walked up to the house and knocked on the door. A warm voice said, Come on in. When they opened the door they saw the damage that was done: glass was all over the place, and a broken antique bottle was lying on its side near the broken window. A man reclining on the couch asked, Are you the people that broke my window? Uh...yeah, sir. We're really sorry about that, the husband replied. Oh, no apology is necessary. Actually I want to thank you... You see, I'm a genie , and I've been trapped in that bottle for a thousand years. Now that you've released me, I'm allowed to grant three wishes. I'll give you each one wish, but if you don't mind, I'll keep the last one for myself. Wow, that's great! the husband said. He pondered a moment and blurted out, I'd like a million dollars a year for the rest of my life. No problem, said the genie. You've got it, it's the least I can do. And I'll guarantee you a long, healthy life! And now you, young lady, what do you want? the genie asked. I'd like to own a gorgeous home complete with servants in every country in the world, she said. Consider it done, the genie said. And your homes will always be safe from fire, burglary and natural disasters! And now, the couple asked in unison, what's your wish, genie? Well, since I've been trapped in that bottle and haven't been with a woman in more than a thousand years, my wish is to have sex with your wife. The husband looked at his wife and said, Gee, honey, you know we both now have a fortune and all those houses. What do you think? She mulled it over for a few moments and said, You know, you're right. Considering our good fortune, I guess I wouldn't mind, but what about you, honey? You know I love you sweetheart, said the husband. I'd do the same for you! So the genie and the woman went upstairs where they spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying each other in every way. After about three hours of non-stop sex, the genie rolled over and looked directly into her eyes and asked, How old are you and your husband? Why, we're both 35, she responded breathlessly. NO SHIT.. He said, Thirty-five years old and you both still believe in genies? Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn more.
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Cleveland show
Number One gets mad at me all the time when i comment on Brian and Lois, or Brian and any woman. i don't know why? sex with Brian has to be by definition..wait 4 it. Doggy Style! --- On Mon, 11/23/09, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: The Cleveland show To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 2:29 PM You are right about Brian and his on-going lust for Lois. Now THAT is wrong on so many levels! - which is the demented genius of Seth MacFarlane. ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ ... wrote: i kind of like the wisdom of the bear...but that stays inline with peter having brian in the house. i am still hopeful that the show picks up the same kind of audience the family guy has though. --- On Mon, 11/23/09, Kelwyn ravena...@. .. wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@. .. Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: The Cleavland show To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 12:34 PM  I have only seen one episode of The Cleveland Show and I found it both quietly subversive and benignly derivative. For instance, Cleveland's stepson Ralio has Stewie potential but the preternaturally wise prepubescent is a black sitcom staple (Different Strokes's Arnold, Webster's Emmanuel Lewis, Family Matters' Urkel, My Wife and Kids' Franklin) and the family lives in Stoolbend, Virginia which is more juvenile than actually funny. Random thoughts: It is hard to ignore the Amos and Andy aspect of Cleveland being voiced by a white guy but hey, these are cartoons (as Marlee Matlin says I don't watch cartoons. I can't read their lips) so it is not exactly blackface. The actresses who voice Donna Tubbs (Sanaa Lathan) and her daughter Roberta (first Nia Long, then Reagan Preston-Gomez) are WAY hotter than the actresses who voice the female principals on McFarlane's other shows. Roberta's boyfriend is named Federline. Make what you will of the scene where young Railo, wearing a Carter's powder blue bodysuit and sucking a pacifier walks in on Cleveland, who is in a compromising position with a white plastic blow-up doll (You're dreaming! the quick-thinking Cleveland barks). I don't know what to make of the anthropomorphic bears (one voiced by Arianna Huffington). Why the black cartoon characters got to consort with animals? (Calm down, rave!) My jury is still out. ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ ... wrote: Since no one has written about this show yet. This show isn't awiss funny as the Family guy but it is the first adult animated show with a mostly black cast. It has a feeling of being a bit forced, but some of the jokes are edgy. Has anyone watched this show yet? What are your thoughts on it? -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] The Cleavland show
Mr. Worf, i like it. although the guy who voices cleveland is white, the show is fun 2 me. especially last night's ep about thanksgiving and his dad doing a man whom he thought was a woman. it had a nice message bout family and spending time together. although fox is not my best network, they did order 3 more seasons of the cleveland show already...although i say they still screwed joss, but that's a different story. Fate. --- On Mon, 11/23/09, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] The Cleavland show To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 5:15 AM Since no one has written about this show yet. This show isn't as funny as the Family guy but it is the first adult animated show with a mostly black cast. It has a feeling of being a bit forced, but some of the jokes are edgy. Has anyone watched this show yet? What are your thoughts on it? -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] The Cleavland show
agree, but remember, mom and dad are not a couple anymore. they showed up 2gether, but that was just 4 the holiday. but i am really enjoying how the boys are becoming friends with each other. last weeks ep with cleveland jr was hilarious when he was talking one way and when the guy pushed him he totally flipped the script by saying that i may be passive and all, but if you lay hands on my again i will beat your assthat was classic! --- On Mon, 11/23/09, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The Cleavland show To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 6:34 AM I thought last night's show was funny and edgy, but I was a little bothered that the mom didn't object to the father's womanizing. It also reinforces stereotypes about black men. I am happy that I can watch black folks on tv. The Proud family was a pretty good show and had very funny moments in it. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com wrote: Mr. Worf, i like it. although the guy who voices cleveland is white, the show is fun 2 me. especially last night's ep about thanksgiving and his dad doing a man whom he thought was a woman. it had a nice message bout family and spending time together. although fox is not my best network, they did order 3 more seasons of the cleveland show already...although i say they still screwed joss, but that's a different story. Fate. --- On Mon, 11/23/09, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] The Cleavland show To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 5:15 AM Since no one has written about this show yet. This show isn't as funny as the Family guy but it is the first adult animated show with a mostly black cast. It has a feeling of being a bit forced, but some of the jokes are edgy. Has anyone watched this show yet? What are your thoughts on it? -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Thanksgiving Dinner
10 RULES FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER AT MY HOUSE 1. Don't get in line asking questions about the food. Who made the potato salad? Is it egg in there? Are the greens fresh? Is the meat in the greens turkey or pork? Who made the macaroni and cheese? What kind of pie is that? Who made it? Ask one more question and I will punch you in your mouth, knocking out all your fronts so you won't be able to eat anything. 2. If you can't walk or are missing any limbs, sit your ass down until someone makes your plate for you. Dinner time is not the time for you to be independent. Nibble on them damn pecans and walnuts to hold you over until someone makes you a plate. 3. If you have kids under the age of twelve, I will escort their little asses to the basement and bring their food down to them. They are not gonna tear my damn house up this year. Tell them that they are not allowed upstairs until it's time for Uncle Butchie to start telling family stories about their mommas and papas. If they come upstairs for any reason except for that they are bleeding to death, I will break a foot off in their asses! 4. There is going to be one prayer for Thanksgiving dinner! JUST ONE! We do not care that you are thankful that your 13 year old daughter gave birth to a healthy baby or your nephew just got out of jail. Save that talk for somebody who gives a damn. The time limit for the prayer is one minute. If you are still talking after that one minute is up, you will feel something hard come across your lips and they will be swollen for approximately 20 minutes. 5. Finish everything on your plate before you go up for seconds! If you don't, you will be cursed out and asked to stay your greedy ass home next year! 6. BRING YOUR OWN TUPPERWARE!! Don't let me catch you fixing yourself a plate in my good Tupperware knowing damn well that I will never see it again! Furthermore, if you didn't bring anything over, don't let me catch you making a plate period or it will be a misunderstanding. 7. What you came with is what you should leave with!! Do not leave my house with anything that doesn't belong to you. EVERYBODY WILL BE SUBJECTED TO A BODY SEARCH COMING AND GOING OUT OF MY DOMAIN!!! 8. Do not leave your kids so you can go hopping from house to house. This is not a DAYCARE CENTER ! There will be a kid-parent roll call every ten minutes. Any parent that is not present at the time of roll call, your child will be put outside until you come and get him or her. After 24 hours, I will call DHS on your ignorant ass!! 9. BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM BEFORE YOU COME INTO TOWN!! There will be no sleeping over at my house! You are to come and eat dinner and take your ass home or to your hotel room. EVERYBODY GETS KICK THE HELL OUT AT 11:00 pm. You will get a 15 minute warning bell ring. 10. Last but not least! ONE PLATE PER PERSON!! This is not a soup kitchen. I am not trying to feed your family until Christmas dinner! You will be supervised when you fix your plate. Anything over the appropriate amount will be charged to you before you leave. There will be a cash register at the door. Thanks to Cousin Alfred and his greedy ass family, we now have a credit card machine! So VISA and MASTERCARD are now being accepted. NO FOOD STAMPS OR ACCESS CARDS YET!
Re: [scifinoir2] Thanksgiving Dinner
well Keith, since i have 2 put up with it with going 2 my brother-in-law's house in marietta this year (Number One and I hosted last year), i will take some pic's 4 u. as 4 the cakes and pies, u watch your sugar and if YOUR Number One is not around, i slip u are one. --- On Mon, 11/23/09, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Thanksgiving Dinner To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 1:23 PM Funny stuff! My wife and I don't have relatives here in Atlanta, so rather than cook this year or going to some friends', we were thinking of going out. (The fact that I have to watch my blood sugar now didn't help, as pies and cakes were my favorite part!). My wife has long been a fan of eating out to avoid all the time spent on cooking and all the leftovers. I was entertaining it, but you know, i actually started thinking how I'd *miss* some of the stuff you mentioned below! I like the chaos of family meals; the loud kids, the arguments, that relative who leaves with more food on paper plates than he brought. Nothing like the cacaphony, confusion, and yes, even disagreements around a family dinner. I just couldn't see sitting sedately in a restaurant while waiters politely bring my food, and I don't even get to complain about who ate the last slice of the sour cream pound cake! My college roommate is flying in from San Fran to be with his mom, who lives here, so we'll be going there instead. Still no kids, but we ought to ahve some decent arguments, since he's a 49ers fan and I support America's Team, and he loves the new Star Trek movie, and I think it's an enjoyable but regretable move. - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com To: Black SciFi blackscifihorrorfan tasyclub@ yahoogroups. com Cc: Sci Fi scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:15:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Thanksgiving Dinner 10 RULES FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER AT MY HOUSE 1. Don't get in line asking questions about the food. Who made the potato salad? Is it egg in there? Are the greens fresh? Is the meat in the greens turkey or pork? Who made the macaroni and cheese? What kind of pie is that? Who made it? Ask one more question and I will punch you in your mouth, knocking out all your fronts so you won't be able to eat anything. 2. If you can't walk or are missing any limbs, sit your ass down until someone makes your plate for you. Dinner time is not the time for you to be independent. Nibble on them damn pecans and walnuts to hold you over until someone makes you a plate. 3. If you have kids under the age of twelve, I will escort their little asses to the basement and bring their food down to them. They are not gonna tear my damn house up this year. Tell them that they are not allowed upstairs until it's time for Uncle Butchie to start telling family stories about their mommas and papas. If they come upstairs for any reason except for that they are bleeding to death, I will break a foot off in their asses! 4. There is going to be one prayer for Thanksgiving dinner! JUST ONE! We do not care that you are thankful that your 13 year old daughter gave birth to a healthy baby or your nephew just got out of jail. Save that talk for somebody who gives a damn. The time limit for the prayer is one minute. If you are still talking after that one minute is up, you will feel something hard come across your lips and they will be swollen for approximately 20 minutes. 5. Finish everything on your plate before you go up for seconds! If you don't, you will be cursed out and asked to stay your greedy ass home next year! 6. BRING YOUR OWN TUPPERWARE!! Don't let me catch you fixing yourself a plate in my good Tupperware knowing damn well that I will never see it again! Furthermore, if you didn't bring anything over, don't let me catch you making a plate period or it will be a misunderstanding. 7. What you came with is what you should leave with!! Do not leave my house with anything that doesn't belong to you. EVERYBODY WILL BE SUBJECTED TO A BODY SEARCH COMING AND GOING OUT OF MY DOMAIN!!! 8. Do not leave your kids so you can go hopping from house to house. This is not a DAYCARE CENTER ! There will be a kid-parent roll call every ten minutes. Any parent that is not present at the time of roll call, your child will be put outside until you come and get him or her. After 24 hours, I will call DHS on your ignorant ass!! 9. BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM BEFORE YOU COME INTO TOWN!! There will be no sleeping over at my house! You are to come and eat dinner and take your ass home or to your hotel room. EVERYBODY GETS KICK THE HELL OUT AT 11:00 pm. You will get a 15 minute warning bell ring. 10. Last but not least! ONE PLATE PER PERSON!! This is not a soup kitchen. I
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Cleveland show
i kind of like the wisdom of the bear...but that stays inline with peter having brian in the house. i am still hopeful that the show picks up the same kind of audience the family guy has though. --- On Mon, 11/23/09, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: The Cleavland show To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 12:34 PM I have only seen one episode of The Cleveland Show and I found it both quietly subversive and benignly derivative. For instance, Cleveland's stepson Ralio has Stewie potential but the preternaturally wise prepubescent is a black sitcom staple (Different Strokes's Arnold, Webster's Emmanuel Lewis, Family Matters' Urkel, My Wife and Kids' Franklin) and the family lives in Stoolbend, Virginia which is more juvenile than actually funny. Random thoughts: It is hard to ignore the Amos and Andy aspect of Cleveland being voiced by a white guy but hey, these are cartoons (as Marlee Matlin says I don't watch cartoons. I can't read their lips) so it is not exactly blackface. The actresses who voice Donna Tubbs (Sanaa Lathan) and her daughter Roberta (first Nia Long, then Reagan Preston-Gomez) are WAY hotter than the actresses who voice the female principals on McFarlane's other shows. Roberta's boyfriend is named Federline. Make what you will of the scene where young Railo, wearing a Carter's powder blue bodysuit and sucking a pacifier walks in on Cleveland, who is in a compromising position with a white plastic blow-up doll (You're dreaming! the quick-thinking Cleveland barks). I don't know what to make of the anthropomorphic bears (one voiced by Arianna Huffington). Why the black cartoon characters got to consort with animals? (Calm down, rave!) My jury is still out. ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ ... wrote: Since no one has written about this show yet. This show isn't awiss funny as the Family guy but it is the first adult animated show with a mostly black cast. It has a feeling of being a bit forced, but some of the jokes are edgy. Has anyone watched this show yet? What are your thoughts on it? -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Will there be a New Moon aimed at Black tween girls?
and Mike, i was really into Blade the Series, but they canceled that. i really enjoyed that show. --- On Fri, 11/20/09, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Will there be a New Moon aimed at Black tween girls? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:46 AM There are a handful of Black vampire stories but I don't see Hollywood trying to fast track them for greenlight productions. Laurent obviously dies in New Moon cause they have showed that like 10 times in the trailer. I'm not sure if there are any other Black vampires in Twilight. Blade was the only successful Blk vampire series. The Princess and the Frog is already making Disney a TON of money and hasn't been released. It's #1 in toy sales and will probably be the #1 toy for the holiday season. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:35 AM, George Arterberry brotherfromhoward@ yahoo.com wrote: Seems fantasy films totally lack characters of color in any significant roles. I think The Princess and the Frog may have alot of young Black girls in attendance. -- 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] Dollhouse' axed
i totally agree with you Bosco! --- On Thu, 11/12/09, Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Dollhouse' axed To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 3:21 PM and we succumb to the inevitable. I hope he never works with them again. Bosco --- On Wed, 11/11/09, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com Subject: [scifinoir2] Dollhouse' axed To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 8:09 PM This just in: 'Dollhouse' axed This has been a busy week for cancellations. The latest addition to the TV graveyard: Dollhouse. According to multiple insiders, Fox has informed Joss Whedon that it will not be ordering additional installments of his low-rated drama beyond the current 13-episode order. On the bright side, the network still plans to burn off the remaining unaired episodes beginning in December. Hey, it’s something. Dollhouse has been averaging a mere 3 million viewers this season. Last season — when fan support, together with significant budget cuts, helped it to get an odds-defying second-year pickup — the show averaged 4.7 million. Bottom line: Dollhouse is lucky it ever saw a second season. Remember that when you’re posting your eulogies below. UPDATE: Whedon just posted the following statement on Whedonesque. com: “I don’t have a lot to say. I’m extremely proud of the people I’ve worked with: my star, my staff, my cast, my crew. I feel the show is getting better pretty much every week, and I think you’ll agree in the coming months. I’m grateful that we got to put it on, and then come back and put it on again. I’m off to pursue Internet ventures/binge drinking. Possibly that relaxation thing I’ve read so much about. By the time the last episode airs, you’ll know what my next project is. But for now, there’s a lot of work still to be done, and disappointment to bear. Thank you all for your support, your patience, your excellent adverts. See you again.” Tracey de Morsella, Managing Producer The Green Economy Post http://greeneconomy post.com tra...@greeneconomy post.com
Re: [scifinoir2] SGU Thoughts
i was thinking about the same thing with the ex-wife. she is basically getting her freak on with another man, while u are still across the universe. i mean, when u get back, then it's like well babe, i love u, but u were screwing my boss and i do not like his assso u and i are over, but i appreciate you letting my boss hit all 3 of those holes of yours while i am out hoping 2 get back safely! Fate. --- On Sun, 11/8/09, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] SGU Thoughts To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 3:39 AM A buffet universe? Priceless?! - Original Message - From: wlro...@aol. com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Saturday, November 7, 2009 11:50:28 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] SGU Thoughts As far as Richard Dean, perhaps he has being dialing up a buffet universe. --Lavender From: Keith Johnson Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 11:41 PM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] SGU Thoughts Still watching the show, and still enjoying it for the most part. Interesting how dark they're really going. For example, I thought the people back on Earth were pretty damn callous at how they wanted the Destiny crew to try using a star to power the gate. They had this attitude of it's worth the risk, but the passengers and crew weren't so sanguine! There seems to be a lot of sinister things going on behind the scenes, which I guess will be revealed in time. Even Jack O'Neill is given a bit of an edge. When Young first told Jack they were having problems on Destiny, his attitude was Fix it. Of course he's always there for Young when he needs help, but the attitude was a bit offputting to me. Tough love so Young doesn't freak out in the face of impossible odds, perhaps? I also admit that even I now would like to see something in the plots besides the crisis-aboard- ship each week. Are they through with the element-themed shows--Fire , Water, Air, etc? I'm still trying to figure out how the Destiny is supposedly locked into its singular journey across space, its twelve-hour layover limit, yet Rush can at least tell it things like We need to stop to find water. How is it he can communicate that and get a response, but can't say something like Stop the countdown, we have people still not on board!, or, Don't jump yet, our shuttle hasn't returned! ? And, while Destiny is old and locked on a course, its systems failing, I'm not getting why its base programming doesn't force it to stop and re-evaluate things once humans were on board? Shouldn't its prime directive require it to stop and await instructions, instead of kidnapping them on its crazy ride to nowhere? Did the Ancients not build in failsafes and automatic overrides, 'cause I can't get why the ship is still moving on singlemindedly, creating gates along the way and for the most part ignoring the humans? Finally, those consciousness- exchanging co mmunication devices are an awfully convenient plot device, huh? Billions of light years across the galaxy, and they do perfect communications. And are there any protocols established for using the damn things, for respecting the host's body? I mean, Eli and Chloe go out partying in their hosts' bodies, and Chloe even gets hers drunk. What would the hosts think waking up the next morning with a major hangover? And Colonel Young having sex with his estranged wife while in the body of Colonel Telford---huh? Now, while I get that Young would want to get with his ex--she's gorgeous!--isn' t it a bit weird to do it in the body of a guy he clearly dislikes? And I don't know about you, but isn't a bit odd to think of your wife *liking* another man's body making love to her? I'm pretty damn sure that, once back on the ship, I'd be thinking about that, and I'd start having real doubts about exactly *who* the wife was reacting to, you know? And, as evidenced by Telford knocking on her door at the end of the show, I'd be *real* concerned she might start liking his *body* regardless of whose mind is in it! And one last thing--what the hell has Richard Dean Anderson been eating in the last couple of years??
