Re: [scifinoir2] Fans still go going for Power Rangers
My younger sister was big on the first two or three incarnations of the Power Rangers. I used to laugh when the costumed stunt stand-ins would shake their head to let you know which character was speaking. On Sun Sep 5th, 2010 3:17 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote: Okay... here's me being a Male Pig Dog. The sole reason I even know of Power Rangers is because of Cerina Vincent, who played the leggy jungle babe in the Power Rangers in Outer Space series. The first time I saw her swing across the screen... might still have the tapes somewhere. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I have never understood the appeal of the Power Rangers but here we go again. ~rave! http://www.cinemablend.com/new/It-s-Morphin-Time-Again-Power-Rangers-Rights-Returned-To-Creator-18559.html That's right folks. The original creators of the once loved Mighty Morphin Power Rangers have reacquired the rights to the teenage super hero crew. Haim Saban's newly created Saban Brands stepped up to the plate and snagged the rights back from Disney, who has owned the franchise since they acquired Fox Family back in 2001, according to Variety. -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Woman Transforms into Motorcycle
Not when it began as a scantily clad female on all fours glaring at you with that seductive come hither look... Ha! On Tue Aug 31st, 2010 10:37 AM EDT Kelwyn wrote: Sometimes a motorcycle is just a motorcycle. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... wrote: Thought never crossed my mind, Gerald! Martin (turning up Teddy Pendergrass again) On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:24 AM, Gerald Haynes efhay...@... wrote: Nothing sexually suggestive about that at all. :-} Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun -- *From:* Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Tue, August 31, 2010 6:17:17 AM *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] Woman Transforms into Motorcycle Freud would get rich on that one indeed... On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: All kinds of Freudian... http://funzu.com/index.php/crazy-video/woman-transforms-into-motorcycle-27082010.html -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] WTF??? Hitler DNA Tests Show He Likely Had Jewish, African Roots, Daily Mail Says
Being the cynical person I am, I wouldn't. Be surprised if he was aware of his mixed heritage. Two words: self hate. Gerald On Wed Aug 25th, 2010 7:22 AM EDT Mr. Worf wrote: You have to love god's irony sometimes. :) On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: THANK YOU! This will be the gift that keeps giving for some time, because I know this virulently racist bastich who'll be seeing this as soon as I confirm that he still has the last e-mail addy I have on him. On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:59 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Hitler DNA Tests Show He Likely Had Jewish, African Roots, Daily Mail Says By Steven Fromm - Aug 24, 2010 7:39 AM PT - - Email?body=Hitler%20DNA%20Tests%20Show%20He%20Likely%20Had%20Jewish%2C%20African%20Roots%2C%20Daily%20Mail%20Says%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2F2010-08-24%2Fhitler-dna-tests-show-he-likely-had-jewish-african-roots-daily-mail-says.htmlsubject=Bloomberg%20news%3A%20Hitler%20DNA%20Tests%20Show%20He%20Likely%20Had%20Jewish%2C%20African%20Roots%2C%20Daily%20Mail%20Says - Share http://www.bloomberg.com/share - Printhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2010-08-24/hitler-dna-tests-show-he-likely-had-jewish-african-roots-daily-mail-says.html [image: Hitler Likely Had Jewish, African Roots, Daily Mail Says] DNA shows Adolf Hitler likely to have had Jewish or African roots, reports Daily Mail. Photographer: Keystone/Getty Images Adolf Hitler may have been descended from both Jews and Africans, DNA tests are indicating, the Daily Mail reported. Journalist Jean-Paul Mulders and historian Marc Vermeeren used DNA to trace 39 of the Nazi leader’s relatives earlier this year, the Daily Mail said. The relatives included an Austrian farmer, indentified only as a cousin named Norbert H, the Daily Mail reported. A chromosome called Haplogroup E1b1b, or Y-DNA, in the relatives’ saliva samples is rare in Germany, as well as Western Europe, the newspaper said. It is most commonly found in the Berbers of Morocco, in Algeria, Libya and Tunisia as well as among Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews, Vermeeren said. Mulders told Belgian magazine Knack that [o]ne can from this postulate that Hitler was related to people whom he despised, the Daily Mail reported. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV
The video entertainment industry would make a grip if they did this. If I could just pay to stream the latest releases, I would watch 5x more movies. Now it's a hassle with getting the kids ready and packing snacks to bring into the theater. I would GLADLY pay for the ability to watch whatever tv show i could whenever I wanted. But then again It'd probably never leave the house. Maybe it's for the best. Gerald On Sat Aug 14th, 2010 6:38 AM EDT Martin Baxter wrote: Sad thing, Gerald, is that everything you said CAN BE DONE. And the studios would easily make their money. If it's piracy they worry over, they have to deal with the certainty that piracy is a fact of life. No matter how hard they try to stamp out torrents, more spring up every day. And don't ask about the piracy industries in Russia and China. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Gerald Haynes efhay...@yahoo.com wrote: Complete on-demand. Every episode of every show from every network available on demand. Hulu is close, but studio deals make them remove content to boost dvd sales. Netflix is close, but missing a lot of tv studios. Then the ability to stream ALL new dvd on the day they are released. Perfection would be the ability to stream movies when they are released in theaters and sporting events like the Super Bowl as they happen. THEN and only then would I think about dropping Uverse. Gerald On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 4:38 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote: What do you think could push it over, Gerald, in your opinion? On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Gerald Haynes efhay...@yahoo.comefhaynes%40yahoo.com wrote: Nah, this isn't the cable killing deal yet - but between this the Hulu deal, we're close. Verrry close. Gerald On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 3:05 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote: If this hurts Comscum in any way, then I endorse it wholeheartedly. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.comravenadal%40yahoo.com ravenadal%40yahoo.com wrote: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/netflix-and-epix-working-on-major-digital-partnership-to-shake-up-pay-tv-landscape.html In a deal that could transform the landscape for digital movie distribution, start-up pay-TV channel Epix is in serious negotiations to give Netflix exclusive online rights to films from its three equity partners -- Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The five-year arrangement would allow Netflix subscribers to watch movies such as Iron Man 2, Dinner for Schmucks and this week's release The Expendables via the company's Internet streaming service, according to several people familiar with the situation. The agreement would make Netflix, best known for its DVD-by-mail business, a potentially formidable competitor to Time Warner's dominant pay channel Home Box Office, which has movies from Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures. As more people watch Internet content on their televisions, Netflix has been investing huge amounts of money to acquire content for its streaming video service. It already has a deal with Liberty Media's pay channel Starz, which brings it movies from Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures. Netflix also recently acquired exclusive pay-TV window rights for films produced by Relativity Media. -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- 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] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV
The video entertainment industry would make a grip if they did this. If I could just pay to stream the latest releases, I would watch 5x more movies. Now it's a hassle with getting the kids ready and packing snacks to bring into the theater. I would GLADLY pay for the ability to watch whatever tv show i could whenever I wanted. But then again It'd probably never leave the house. Maybe it's for the best. Gerald On Sat Aug 14th, 2010 6:38 AM EDT Martin Baxter wrote: Sad thing, Gerald, is that everything you said CAN BE DONE. And the studios would easily make their money. If it's piracy they worry over, they have to deal with the certainty that piracy is a fact of life. No matter how hard they try to stamp out torrents, more spring up every day. And don't ask about the piracy industries in Russia and China. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Gerald Haynes efhay...@yahoo.com wrote: Complete on-demand. Every episode of every show from every network available on demand. Hulu is close, but studio deals make them remove content to boost dvd sales. Netflix is close, but missing a lot of tv studios. Then the ability to stream ALL new dvd on the day they are released. Perfection would be the ability to stream movies when they are released in theaters and sporting events like the Super Bowl as they happen. THEN and only then would I think about dropping Uverse. Gerald On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 4:38 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote: What do you think could push it over, Gerald, in your opinion? On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Gerald Haynes efhay...@yahoo.comefhaynes%40yahoo.com wrote: Nah, this isn't the cable killing deal yet - but between this the Hulu deal, we're close. Verrry close. Gerald On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 3:05 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote: If this hurts Comscum in any way, then I endorse it wholeheartedly. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.comravenadal%40yahoo.com ravenadal%40yahoo.com wrote: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/netflix-and-epix-working-on-major-digital-partnership-to-shake-up-pay-tv-landscape.html In a deal that could transform the landscape for digital movie distribution, start-up pay-TV channel Epix is in serious negotiations to give Netflix exclusive online rights to films from its three equity partners -- Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The five-year arrangement would allow Netflix subscribers to watch movies such as Iron Man 2, Dinner for Schmucks and this week's release The Expendables via the company's Internet streaming service, according to several people familiar with the situation. The agreement would make Netflix, best known for its DVD-by-mail business, a potentially formidable competitor to Time Warner's dominant pay channel Home Box Office, which has movies from Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures. As more people watch Internet content on their televisions, Netflix has been investing huge amounts of money to acquire content for its streaming video service. It already has a deal with Liberty Media's pay channel Starz, which brings it movies from Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures. Netflix also recently acquired exclusive pay-TV window rights for films produced by Relativity Media. -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- 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] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV
Nah, this isn't the cable killing deal yet - but between this the Hulu deal, we're close. Verrry close. Gerald On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 3:05 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote: If this hurts Comscum in any way, then I endorse it wholeheartedly. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/netflix-and-epix-working-on-major-digital-partnership-to-shake-up-pay-tv-landscape.html In a deal that could transform the landscape for digital movie distribution, start-up pay-TV channel Epix is in serious negotiations to give Netflix exclusive online rights to films from its three equity partners -- Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The five-year arrangement would allow Netflix subscribers to watch movies such as Iron Man 2, Dinner for Schmucks and this week's release The Expendables via the company's Internet streaming service, according to several people familiar with the situation. The agreement would make Netflix, best known for its DVD-by-mail business, a potentially formidable competitor to Time Warner's dominant pay channel Home Box Office, which has movies from Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures. As more people watch Internet content on their televisions, Netflix has been investing huge amounts of money to acquire content for its streaming video service. It already has a deal with Liberty Media's pay channel Starz, which brings it movies from Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures. Netflix also recently acquired exclusive pay-TV window rights for films produced by Relativity Media. -- 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] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV
Complete on-demand. Every episode of every show from every network available on demand. Hulu is close, but studio deals make them remove content to boost dvd sales. Netflix is close, but missing a lot of tv studios. Then the ability to stream ALL new dvd on the day they are released. Perfection would be the ability to stream movies when they are released in theaters and sporting events like the Super Bowl as they happen. THEN and only then would I think about dropping Uverse. Gerald On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 4:38 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote: What do you think could push it over, Gerald, in your opinion? On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Gerald Haynes efhay...@yahoo.com wrote: Nah, this isn't the cable killing deal yet - but between this the Hulu deal, we're close. Verrry close. Gerald On Fri Aug 13th, 2010 3:05 PM EDT Martin Baxter wrote: If this hurts Comscum in any way, then I endorse it wholeheartedly. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.comravenadal%40yahoo.com wrote: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/netflix-and-epix-working-on-major-digital-partnership-to-shake-up-pay-tv-landscape.html In a deal that could transform the landscape for digital movie distribution, start-up pay-TV channel Epix is in serious negotiations to give Netflix exclusive online rights to films from its three equity partners -- Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The five-year arrangement would allow Netflix subscribers to watch movies such as Iron Man 2, Dinner for Schmucks and this week's release The Expendables via the company's Internet streaming service, according to several people familiar with the situation. The agreement would make Netflix, best known for its DVD-by-mail business, a potentially formidable competitor to Time Warner's dominant pay channel Home Box Office, which has movies from Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures. As more people watch Internet content on their televisions, Netflix has been investing huge amounts of money to acquire content for its streaming video service. It already has a deal with Liberty Media's pay channel Starz, which brings it movies from Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures. Netflix also recently acquired exclusive pay-TV window rights for films produced by Relativity Media. -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Maia Campbell Before The Drugs
First of all, I had no idea she had fallen to this level, and secondly I was saddened by the exploitation of these people taking the footage. It is obvious that she is not mentally healthy, yet they stand around prodding and mocking her. We, as humans, can be horrible to each other... Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, August 12, 2010 4:20:47 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Maia Campbell Before The Drugs She's the daughter of the late Bebe Moore Campbell. I thinnk her mothers death along with undiagnosed bipolar contion were reason for her rapid downward spiral. From: Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com To: bombcherryjuice BombcherryJuice@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Thu, August 12, 2010 1:05:48 AM Subject: [scifinoir2] Maia Campbell Before The Drugs This is sad... Maia Campbell Before The Drugs [PHOTOS] Previous Click for More Post by Shamika Sanders in Gossip News on Aug 10, 2010 at 4:28 pm View Photos This photo recently surfaced of Maia Campbell when she was booked for (whatever) crime it was this time. Maia Campbell was once the star of the T.V show “In The House,” and teenage movie ‘Trippin.” It’s rumored that Maia was recently arrested for prostitution after her run in with drugs. Maia Campbell had the potential to be a major black actress in Hollywood, check out her pics before the drugs. She was truly beautiful… Maia Campbell In Rehab After “Cracked Out” Video Surfaces On Web Reason #2071 Not To Do Crack: It Turns Sitcom Stars To Crazy Prostitutes -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] [FYI] Don't be fooled: the Google-Verizon plan would kill Net Neutrality
As explained to me, this deal, if enacted, would essentially fracture the availability of internet content. At home you'd have unabridged internet. On you wireless device you'd have the internet your carrier has decided to provide to you based on the deals they've made. The wireless internet would follow the cable tv model. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, August 12, 2010 3:10:38 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [FYI] Don't be fooled: the Google-Verizon plan would kill Net Neutrality I think the article is hogwash. Did everyone forget the free highspeed service that they were offering? Check this out: http://thephoenix. com/BLOGS/ phlog/archive/ 2010/08/06/ the-net-neutrali ty-spat-explaine d.aspx On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Amy Harlib ahar...@earthlink. net wrote: ahar...@earthlink. net www.freepress. org is a good place to go to fight this too. - - - - -- From: brent wodehouse brent_wodehouse@ thefence. us Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:57 PM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] [FYI] Don't be fooled: the Google-Verizon plan would kill Net Neutrality http://thephoenix. com/Boston/ news/106645- dont-be-fooled- the-google- verizon-plan- would-kil/ [ http://thephoenix. com/Boston/ news/106645- dont-be-fooled- the-google- verizon-plan- would-kil/ ]Don't be fooled: the Google-Verizon plan would kill Net Neutrality Evil By [ http://thephoenix. com/Boston/ Authors/EDITORIA L/ ]EDITORIAL | August 11, 201 Want evidence that Google is just another avaricious, monopoly-minded corporate behemoth? Consider this: Google has retreated from its long-held support for net neutrality and teamed with Verizon to suggest that new laws allow Internet providers to favor some Web services over others. Google and Verizon also want Congress to exempt mobile devices from net neutrality and to limit the Federal Communications Commission's regulation of the Internet. Google and Verizon have proposed this in a very simple and undeniably clever way, which - unless thoughtfully considered - appears to be eminently reasonable. Under this plan, the Internet as it now exists and is currently understood would remain net neutral. All content would be treated as equal. The Internet as it develops in the future, however, would be different. Tiered service would be allowed. In other words, the giant corporate providers who effectively govern access and regulate traffic would be able to give preferential treatment to certain content or content providers. This is, in and of itself, a nasty piece of snake-oil salesmanship, especially given the speed and unpredictability with which the digital world evolves. But when mobile access is stirred into the brew, it becomes positively toxic. All trends favor more and more mobile access. Morgan Stanley predicts that within five years, the mobile Web will outstrip the desktop Internet. Given the extent to which the Internet governs economic development and the extent to which it is the medium for free speech, it is clear that the Google-Verizon plan is bad news. So much for Google's motto, Don't be evil. To understand this pledge, it must be considered in context. The pithy slogan appears as the first three words in Google's corporate code of conduct governing relations with investors. Yet no corporation can survive, let alone thrive, without turning a profit. So it stands to reason that Googlers (yes, that's how the company refers to its employees) may have a less restricted view of how to interpret the motto than, say, the world's non-Googlers. If net neutrality were a simple code of conduct, then the FCC last year defined it as follows: providers cannot favor their own content; they need to explain when and why variable Internet speeds are imposed on consumers; and they can not limit access to lawful content. As neat and clean as these principles seem, their implementation could prove to be difficult to impossible, thanks to the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, which in April ratified rules adopted by the Bush administration that were intended to derail Internet regulation. The court's decision undoubtedly contributed to the break-up last week of the closed-door discussions the FCC was holding with big Internet corporate players. Whether those talks should have been conducted in secret is now a moot point. But the parallels with former first lady Hillary Clinton's private health-care deliberations and Vice-President Dick Cheney's closed energy sessions are certainly troubling. Power, of course, abhors a vacuum. So while Google's joint proposal with Verizon was a vicious slap in the face to advocates of net neutrality
Re: [scifinoir2] Now This is Worth the Hype!
Although these are not leagues by any stretch of the imagination, there are international tournaments in which the U.S. does in a major way. Baseball has the World Baseball Classic we do participate in FIBA world championships in basketball. As a side note, doing a quick search on this I found that a truly international basketball league has formed and it features some former NBA players. Has anyone heard of the International Basketball League http://www.iblhoopsonline.com/ ? Gerald Haynes From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 7:58:40 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Now This is Worth the Hype! I have been wanting to see a world baseball league for a LONG time. Football is played in a few countries but none of them are competitors on the US level. Basketball could be played on a world level as well. There are so many countries that have teams that it would take more than a year for them to play. Not to mention huge costs. (that could be offset by the advertising though.) We kind of get to see a world competition during the olympics but its not enough. Congrats to Spain! On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: It's always struck me how provincial and insular we Americans are. We call winners of the NBA, NFL, and MLB championships world champions, although the only contestants are American, some of the sports aren't even followed worldwide, and there's no guarantee our best could beat teams from other countries consistently in say, baseball. What hubris! We argue about LeBron James and the significance of a move in a league that's contained in just our states. But this--this is truly big news! Although too bad no African country could hoist the trophy, though from what I'm hearing, it may be a few years before that might happen... * http://www.cnn. com/2010/ SPORT/football/ 07/11/world. cup.final. spain.thenetherl ands/index. html (CNN) -- Spain won the World Cup for the first time as an extra-time goal from Andres Iniesta gave them a last-gasp 1-0 victory over the Netherlands in the final at Soccer City on Sunday night. A game littered with no less than 13 yellow cards and one red was settled by a moment of magic by the Barcelona midfielder after being played in by substitute Cesc Fabregas. His 116th-minute strike was the goal all Spaniards were waiting for and spared both sides the agony of deciding the new world champions by penalties. The goal came after the Dutch had been reduced to 10 men, after John Heitinga was shown the red card in the second half of extra time by referee Howard Webb for a foul on Iniesta. It's incredible, Iniesta told gathered media in a post-match press conference. What a joy especially when you see how we won it. There aren't the words to describe what I am feeling. After my goal, I thought about my family and all the people who I love. But the victory is the fruit of a lot of work, an emotional Iniesta told reporters. Spain coach Vincente del Bosque was happy with his side's victory: Today is a reward for beautiful football. Everyone in the dressing room is ecstatic, he said. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Now This is Worth the Hype!
The International Basketball League seems to have no national broadcasts available. They seem to be carried locally only. There are even articles about it becoming a replacement for the NBA's Development League, so I'm not so hyped on it now. During the tournament, the World Baseball Classic is shown on ESPN2. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like there are many national broadcasts for FIBA although I swear I remember seeing it on TV somewhere. Maybe ESPN? http://www.fibatv.com/ seems to be a place to see live streaming tournament games. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 9:19:23 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Now This is Worth the Hype! What channel do the games come on? On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Gerald Haynes efhay...@yahoo. com wrote: Although these are not leagues by any stretch of the imagination, there are international tournaments in which the U.S. does in a major way. Baseball has the World Baseball Classic we do participate in FIBA world championships in basketball. As a side note, doing a quick search on this I found that a truly international basketball league has formed and it features some former NBA players. Has anyone heard of the International Basketball League http://www.iblhoopsonline.com/ ? Gerald Haynes From: Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 7:58:40 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Now This is Worth the Hype! I have been wanting to see a world baseball league for a LONG time. Football is played in a few countries but none of them are competitors on the US level. Basketball could be played on a world level as well. There are so many countries that have teams that it would take more than a year for them to play. Not to mention huge costs. (that could be offset by the advertising though.) We kind of get to see a world competition during the olympics but its not enough. Congrats to Spain! On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: It's always struck me how provincial and insular we Americans are. We call winners of the NBA, NFL, and MLB championships world champions, although the only contestants are American, some of the sports aren't even followed worldwide, and there's no guarantee our best could beat teams from other countries consistently in say, baseball. What hubris! We argue about LeBron James and the significance of a move in a league that's contained in just our states. But this--this is truly big news! Although too bad no African country could hoist the trophy, though from what I'm hearing, it may be a few years before that might happen... * http://www.cnn. com/2010/ SPORT/football/ 07/11/world. cup.final. spain.thenetherl ands/index. html (CNN) -- Spain won the World Cup for the first time as an extra-time goal from Andres Iniesta gave them a last-gasp 1-0 victory over the Netherlands in the final at Soccer City on Sunday night. A game littered with no less than 13 yellow cards and one red was settled by a moment of magic by the Barcelona midfielder after being played in by substitute Cesc Fabregas. His 116th-minute strike was the goal all Spaniards were waiting for and spared both sides the agony of deciding the new world champions by penalties. The goal came after the Dutch had been reduced to 10 men, after John Heitinga was shown the red card in the second half of extra time by referee Howard Webb for a foul on Iniesta. It's incredible, Iniesta told gathered media in a post-match press conference. What a joy especially when you see how we won it. There aren't the words to describe what I am feeling. After my goal, I thought about my family and all the people who I love. But the victory is the fruit of a lot of work, an emotional Iniesta told reporters. Spain coach Vincente del Bosque was happy with his side's victory: Today is a reward for beautiful football. Everyone in the dressing room is ecstatic, he said. -- 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] Should there be another Punisher movie
My answer is no. Not every comic title translates to a movie. And hasn't this IP been rebooted twice already? Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, July 8, 2010 4:32:45 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Should there be another Punisher movie I saw that movie too. Without some depth added to the character I do not think that there is any reason to make another movie out of the series. If they were to do a rewrite I guess that they could change the focus of the movie towards terrorism or something and make the characters a less cartoony. On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 7:07 AM, George Arterberry brotherfromhoward@ yahoo.com wrote: Reading some Punisher Max trades and watched Punisher -WarZone on Blu-Ray which was total camp. Should the franchise get another reboot ala Dark Knight, ot is the series done? -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Comic books or novels that should never be made into movies
The Hulk (I'm sorry...) Fantastic 4 (again, sorry, but it HAS to stop) Superman (hasn't worked since the original w/ Christopher Reeve) Daredevil Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, July 8, 2010 10:32:58 PM Subject: [scifinoir2] Topic: Comic books or novels that should never be made into movies Here's your chance to say, NO! Put the mouse down and back away from the computer! to the Hollywood writers that are considering making a screenplay for a book or comic. Or a remake to a movie or comic book based movie. What title would you put on the list? Here are some examples that should have never been made: Cat in the hat The Punisher Max Payne (Max Payne was a cooler video game version of the Punisher without the cool tshirt) Anything written by Anne Rice (If you can't do it right don't write it.) What would you add to this?
Re: [scifinoir2] Last Airbender Widely Panned
Yep, I agree. I watched every episode of the series and loved it. I really wanted to see a live action version, but quickly changed my mind once I saw that M. Night was involved. A friend of mine wanted me to see it with him Friday night and I turned him down. My exact quote was M.Night has gotten enough of my money. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 1:54:09 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Last Airbender Widely Panned Why are you guys shcoked? His movies have gotten steadily worse with each passing year. How he keeps getting green lighted still baffles me. Like Jonah Hex from first glance you know its garbage. From: Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 8:33:09 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Last Airbender Widely Panned You addressed my initial fear: that it could be a good film despite the racially insulting casting, but I'd miss it because of my objections to that. Good to hear I'm missing nothing. Speaking of Dragonball Z, I avoided seeing that film in part because it too cast a white man in the lead of the Asian Goku--and because it didn't look that good Of course, when one speaks of Japanese anime, there is the long-discussed issue that the Japanese themselves often seem to draw characters that look less Japanese than their own general populace. I tell you, hatred and self-hatred in this world are just vile.. - Original Message - From: Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockha rt.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Saturday, July 3, 2010 8:27:48 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Last Airbender Widely Panned So I've been trying to write a review for this film for 3 days now. It's THAT BAD. But one thing I wanna say straight away: It's not the race of the actors that ruins this film. It's a horribly written, horribly directed picture. And it didn't need to be. I can see this working with the cast he chose, honestly, but the actors are horribly directed. The MAIN problem seems to be the dialogue. I'm AMAZED that the same person who did Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs did this film. It's like M.Night is really two people. If you get the good one, you get a great film with great attention to detail and solid dialogue...even some humor. But if you get the OTHER guy...sheesh. The Last Airbender's poster should say from the director of The Happening and The Lady In The Water. Not the good films. Let me be clear. This film makes the live-action Dragonball look like a classic. It makes Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li look like THAT should have been in 3-D. The Last Airbender should be the best action movie of the decade, and instead it's an over-the-top mess. On Jul 3, 2010, at 7:39 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: From a couple of the trailers I've managed to sit through, it looks close to the source material, but the dialogue felt rushed, as thought they knew they were packing a three-year storyline into 90 minutes. And, if he or his bosses thought that, then that hidden nnn racismm mmm that J Anthony Brown speaks of so often may not be as hidden as he thinks. Just stupid. Typical H'Wood. On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: Maybe he or his bosses thought that it would have more appeal if it were a white cast? I dunno. I wonder how close it was to the storyline or even the anime? Sometimes it is kind of hard to take a story like that and boil it down to 90 minutes. On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 4:12 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@ gmail.com wrote: I'm really doubting that he looked. Seeing the source material the first time through would drive me to cast other than Caucasian actors. Common sense. On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: In one of his interviews about the movie he talked about mixed racial casting that he did. He seem proud of the fact that he did that, but I doubt he actually looked at the big picture. Nor did he look at race relations and Hollywood's history of portrayal race on screen. On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 3:52 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@ gmail.com wrote: Keith, I wish I could even guess what M Night had on his mind. On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 2:10 AM, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: Well, this saves me from a difficult choice. Really irritated at how Asian and Inuit characters were being played by white actors (with the odd exception of the Japanese Prince Zuko being played by an Indian?!) I was seriously debating whether to support The Last Airbender. I wanted to blow off my anger
Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises
I've also been told that I can't pre-order and keep my new every 2. The Droid X WILL be mine. Hopefully Wal-Mart or Amazon will have the discount during the first week and I can hopefully get it somewhere other than Verizon. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Sammie A jazzynupe...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 5:11:02 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises have 2 agree with Martin, they (Verizon) will, but it is such a GREAT phone. it is the same size as the htc EVO that spring has. i am test driving one now (since i work with verizon) and it is AWESOME! BTW, Martin, you need to side bar me about the broadband card u have. got a few new one's that are a little faster! Fate. --- On Sat, 7/3/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@ gmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@ gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 11:23 AM Gerald, allow me to confirm that. As a Verizon broadband customer, I read that in the mailer that came with last month's bill. On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Gerald Haynes efhay...@yahoo. com wrote: I've read that Verizon will charge an extra fee and a data cap to use it as a hotspot. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail. com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Thu, July 1, 2010 3:34:39 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises Just the ability for it to be a hotspot makes it worth a lot. I didn't know it could do that. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: http://news. yahoo.com/ s/ytech_gadg/ ytech_gadg_ tc2996 While the world continues to line up for the latest iPhone — reception problems and all — Verizon's just-announced jumbo-screen Motorola Droid X has racked up a bevy of admiring reviews. David Pogue at the New York Times calls the Droid X (slated to arrive July 15 for $199, with a two-year Verizon Wireless contract and after a mail-in rebate) a big, beautiful contender with an almost-Imax screen (4.3 inches diagonally, to be exact, or almost a inch bigger than the iPhone's 3.5-inch display). The phone performs like a speed rocket, Pogue gushes, and benefits from Google's open and customizable (and soon Flash-supporting) Android OS, although he also complains about a few nagging quirks (the security warnings before you download Android apps, the wonky screen rotation, the Wi-Fi-less Skype). The Droid X battery gets you through a full day easily, Pogue continues, and there's also Verizon's expensive but not-call-dropping network, as well as the handset's ability to act as a mobile hotspot for other Wi-Fi devices. That said, the Droid X isn't for everyone, Pogue warns, saying that the absolutely huge shell makes you feel as if you're talking into a frozen waffle when you're making a call, and that although Android is a great OS for technically proficient high-end users, it's more complicated and less polished than Apple's iOS. -- 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] Last Airbender Widely Panned
3D in Shrek4 was pretty good. I actually blinked a couple of time when things flew at the screen. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 5:40:30 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Last Airbender Widely Panned Best 3D I've seen next to Avatar was in How to Train Your Dragon. I also saw that movie in 2D, and I have to admit it was great there. The 3D was a bit blurry in fast-moving scenes, but otherwise it was fantastic. But, seeing as I loved the film in both forms, I can say again that the 3D worked in this case as I believe 3D should: to enhance a film and make the experience better, but *not* be the main focus, intrusive, or essential to the enjoyment of the movie in its absence. - Original Message - From: Mike Street streetforce1@ gmail.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:22:47 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Last Airbender Widely Panned The movie wasn't that bad. It makes me never want to see another 3D movie with no 3D in it ever again however. I think Hollywood is really searching for the next big franchise to take the place of Harry Potter and they can't find it.
Re: [scifinoir2] Microsoft puts Kin out of its misery
Verizon is as much to blame for the failure of these phones as M$. Buyers were forced to get the full $30/month data plan for a glorified Sidekick. Why in the world would you pay that for a limited phone when you can pay the same and get an Incredible or my next phone, the Droid X. Also, I see that M$ is pulling the plug on on the Sidekick as well. They REALLY need to step up Winblows Phone 'cause Android and Apple are quickly squeezing them out. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, July 1, 2010 3:48:17 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Microsoft puts Kin out of its misery M$ thinks that if they throw enough money at something that they can dominate a market. Totally silly but you know that they will keep trying. I read somewhere that they only sold 500 phones! Wow... That's more than a failure. That is a FAIL. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: This is another in a long line of arrogant failures by Microsoft. I just recently purchased a Droid phone for $48 that has thousands of free apps and Google GPS mapping function. Plus, the Kin is just clunky and ugly. ~(no)rave! http://www.google. com/hostednews/ ap/article/ ALeqM5haOYAKGvpW HM7l7Bg0zx6EdO9V cwD9GLRTIO0 SEATTLE — For Microsoft, there will be no next of Kin. The company halted the rollout of Kin One and Kin Two phones after less than two months. Kin phones were aimed at people who wanted a constant stream of updates from social networks and who wanted to share Web snippets, photos and video with friends. But the timing of Kin's arrival was off. Microsoft Corp. had just announced a new Windows Phone system. And during the years Kin was said to be in development, smart phones grew more sophisticated. Kin doesn't have extra apps for download or a GPS mapping function. Microsoft says it won't sell the phones in Europe as planned. It will focus instead on Windows Phone 7. Verizon Wireless will continue to sell the current Kin phones. Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. - - -- Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Tyler Perry feels betrayed by TNT
OK, (1) if Perry is really doing that kind of stuff and fired the guy, he should have seen coming in some form or other and (2) I didn't think that episode was very funny. In fact, Boondocks has been leaning more towards vulgarity profanity than humor and social commentary. The last show was abismal and made me cancel future episodes. The only saving grace this season has been the Red Ball kickball episode. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, July 1, 2010 3:47:33 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Tyler Perry feels betrayed by TNT This explains a great many things, rave. Thanks for the enlightenment. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: http://www.rollingout.com/insideentertainment/the-pulse/9945-madea-vs-boondocks-tyler-perry-not-suing-aaron-mcgruder-feels-betrayed-by-turner-network.html Contrary to erroneous reports on some popular blog sites and the Atlanta Journal-Constitutio n, Tyler Perry is not suing Aaron McGruder over the highly publicized Boondocks episode that lampooned Perry's famous Madea character, blasted Perry's leadership style and seriously questioned his sexuality. But Perry, whose popular pistol-packing, profane Madea character has helped rake in tens of millions at the box office over the past decade, is definitely ablaze with anger for the derisive and embarrassing depictions of him on the popular cartoon series. Perry, according to this writer's inside source, knows the identity of the person who crafted the script that McGruder aired last Sunday titled, Pause. The person, whose name was not available at press time, is a former staff member at Tyler Perry Studios who was fired some time ago and re-emerged on the other side of Turner, working with McGruder. -- 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] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises
I've read that Verizon will charge an extra fee and a data cap to use it as a hotspot. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, July 1, 2010 3:34:39 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises Just the ability for it to be a hotspot makes it worth a lot. I didn't know it could do that. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: http://news. yahoo.com/ s/ytech_gadg/ ytech_gadg_ tc2996 While the world continues to line up for the latest iPhone — reception problems and all — Verizon's just-announced jumbo-screen Motorola Droid X has racked up a bevy of admiring reviews. David Pogue at the New York Times calls the Droid X (slated to arrive July 15 for $199, with a two-year Verizon Wireless contract and after a mail-in rebate) a big, beautiful contender with an almost-Imax screen (4.3 inches diagonally, to be exact, or almost a inch bigger than the iPhone's 3.5-inch display). The phone performs like a speed rocket, Pogue gushes, and benefits from Google's open and customizable (and soon Flash-supporting) Android OS, although he also complains about a few nagging quirks (the security warnings before you download Android apps, the wonky screen rotation, the Wi-Fi-less Skype). The Droid X battery gets you through a full day easily, Pogue continues, and there's also Verizon's expensive but not-call-dropping network, as well as the handset's ability to act as a mobile hotspot for other Wi-Fi devices. That said, the Droid X isn't for everyone, Pogue warns, saying that the absolutely huge shell makes you feel as if you're talking into a frozen waffle when you're making a call, and that although Android is a great OS for technically proficient high-end users, it's more complicated and less polished than Apple's iOS.
Re: [scifinoir2] James McAvoy to play Professor X
So Fox is not going to give film rights X-Men back to Marvel? Dang. X-Men 3 Fantastic 4 killed it for me. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, May 30, 2010 9:10:24 PM Subject: [scifinoir2] James McAvoy to play Professor X http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/james-mcavoy-to-play-professor-x-in-x-men-first-class.php Casting has begun on Matthew Vaughn's next film, X-Men: First Class. I know this because Fox announced today that James McAvoy has signed on to play a young Charles Xavier, a character made famous in previous X-Men films by a wheelchair-bound Patrick Stewart. Read more at Film School Rejects: James McAvoy to Play Professor X in `X-Men: First Class' - Film School Rejects http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/james-mcavoy-to-play-professor-x-in-x-men-first-class.php#ixzz0pStreEMO
Re: [scifinoir2] The Atari Flashback 2!
Wish I could get my hands on a Colecovision. I've still got me original Sega Genesis and play it occasionally. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, March 12, 2010 5:51:36 PM Subject: [scifinoir2] The Atari Flashback 2! Another product from the company that refuses to die. :) http://www.atari. com/games/ atari_flashback2 _plus/7800 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Have you de-blackened your resume?
I was told by an Urban League advisor to use my nickname when I was looking for my first Engineering job. She went more down the line of pronunciation. Interviewers are uneasy about interviewing someone with a name that doesn't have a clear pronunciation. I thought about adding a phonetic subscript to the resume but ended up just using my nickname which I still do to this day. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, January 10, 2010 10:31:29 AM Subject: [scifinoir2] Have you de-blackened your resume? http://www.npr. org/templates/ story/story. php?storyId= 122416323 A 2004 study showed that resumes with recognizably African-American names were twice as likely to be ignored as other resumes. Black job seekers with advanced degrees have reported removing any indication of race from their resume just to get a shot at job. Host Liane Hansen talks to diversity columnist Michelle T. Johnson of the Kansas City Star about the difficulties.
Re: [scifinoir2] new 3d laser tv demo
I think the whole 3D monitor thing is a little overrated. However, using laser light is brilliant! If the initial production costs are low enough, I may hold on to my old tube t.v.'s a little longer and wait for these with or without 3D. Wait a minute, looks like Mitsubishi already has a laser tv available...and for wy too much money.http://bit.ly/54lNdm Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, January 3, 2010 3:43:09 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] new 3d laser tv demo Hehehe... I would love to see a movie like Star Trek in 3d on it. Avatar too. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ hotmail.com wrote: A number of the men in the room, thinking of watching the NFL playoffs on that, reportedly needed drool cups... 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: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 09:01:39 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] new 3d laser tv demo The future! (echo, echo, echo) Here is some video: http://abclocal. go.com/kgo/ video?id= 7013481 More details on HDI's 100-inch laser 3D TV: more energy-efficient, lower cost, walks on water Posted by Sean Portnoy @ 7:12 pm Categories: Home Theater Tags: 3D, Plasma, Laser, HDI, HDI Prototype..., Sean Portnoy TalkBack * * * * * * * * * California startup HDI is already creating buzz with the 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV it’s been demoing. If the claims made by the company rep I corresponded with today turn out to be true, we could be looking at a Holy Grail of sorts for the next generation of television. According to the spokesperson, the set draws 80-percent less power than a 100-inch plasma, which equates to 200 watts instead of 1.5 kilowatts. More green claims about HDI technology: It reduces manufacturing pollution by 95 percent and offers a 60-percent cut in chemical and radioactive materials compared to current HDTV manufacturing. HDI also says that its technology could be used by a third-party manufacturer to create the laser set that would have a street price 60-percent lower than an equivalently sized plasma. Of course, that plasma would set you back 50 grand, more or less, so you wouldn’t be an 100-inch HDI-powered TV at Wal-mart, but the manufacturer could create a smaller set (say, 65 or 70 inches) with a market that wouldn’t exclusively be multimillionaires. As for such a manufacturers, HDI would not comment on if it was in discussion with any to actually produce this set commercially. The HDI prototype’s most eye-popping spec is its 1080Hz refresh rate, which means that over 1,000 frames per second are being sent to each eye (for the brain to pull together as the 3D effect). The rep claims that it solves the issues with shutter-based 3D glasses, such as the nausea and headache that some people suffer from after watching 3D video using slower refresh rates. I guess it would be a (literal) case of seeing is believing. HDI has been invited to be part of Intel CTO Justin Rattner’s keynote address on the future of television at the upcoming Intel Developers Conference later this week. The company also quotes Steve Wozniak’s reaction to a demo of the laser 3D TV: “Without a doubt, this is the best demonstration of 3D technology I have ever seen.” The question that remains for the rest of us is when will the viewing public get a demonstration of the technology in the form of a set it can purchase. Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Amazon sells more eBooks than actual books
Amazon remotely deleted George Orwell's 1984 earlier this year (July) from Kindles over a licensing issue. They were called to to the mat and Bezos apologized profusely. There is now litigation over the remote deletion claiming damages and breach of contract. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351087,00.asp BTW, Apple can do the same thing with iPhone/iPod Touch apps. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, December 28, 2009 7:01:50 PM Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Amazon sells more eBooks than actual books I wouldn't want to be in the room on the day when some of those readers realize that Amazon can pull the books they download through Kindles whenever it strikes them... 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: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:23:45 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Amazon sells more eBooks than actual books Amazon has announced that it sold lots of Kindle eReaders this Christmas. And what's more interesting is that Amazon sold more eBooks on Christmas day than actual books. Are we moving towards a world where regular paper books are going to become a thing of the past? http://nexus404. com/Blog/ 2009/12/27/ amazon-sells- record-number- of-kindle- ereaders- amazon-sells- more-kindle- ebooks-than- actual-books- this-christmas/ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Sexy Blue Women
This got me curious. Quick Google search revealed this photo of Sue Richards. Va-va-voom! http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/fantastic-four/70-1.jpg Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, December 22, 2009 11:21:37 AM Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Sexy Blue Women This is funny. This thread should be titled Not only is Zoe Saldana's Neytiri NOT the sexiest woman we have ever seen, she is not even the sexiest BLUE woman we've ever seen! First of all, if you are creating the sexiest woman, you don't start with a Zoe Saldana template (see Rebecca Romijn). For my money, the sexiest blue woman was the pregnant Sue Storm as essayed by the Jack Kirby in Fantastic Four #70. http://www.comics. org/issue/ 21593/cover/ 4/?style= default http://www.comicart fans.com/ gallerypiece. asp?piece= 570019gsub= 82417 In 1968, Mr. Kirby couldn't realistically portray Sue Storm's pregnancy (they never showed a baby bump) he blew up Sue's breasts and gave her a stupid hip to waist ratio. Zing! went the strings of my 12 year-old heart! Alas, the powers that be had Kirby tone down Sue's bodaciousness in the next issue and for the rest of his reign. ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@... wrote: Sexy Blue Women http://io9.com/5431487/sexy-blue-women James Cameron has talked a great deal about how he designed Neytiri, Avatar's main female character, to be incredibly sexy. But is she really the sexiest blue woman you've ever seen? We take a look at the competition. http://cache. gawker.com/ assets/images/ io9/2009/ 12/zoe-saldana- as-neytiri. jpg Neytiri (Avatar): She's tough as carbon-reinforced nails, a crack hunter, and could crush you with her bare hands. Plus, she's been specifically engineered by James Cameron to make you want to sleep with her. http://cache. gawker.com/ assets/images/ 8/2009/12/ mystique. jpg http://cache. gawker.com/ assets/images/ 8/2009/12/ 500x_mystique. jpgMystique (X-Men): She's a shapeshifting spy and powerful leader against the world's anti-mutant forces, though her ethics are questionable. And let's not forget her statuesque appearance, one that demanded Rebecca Romijn play her in the movies. http://cache. gawker.com/ assets/images/ io9/2009/ 12/nocturne_ taliawagner_ _head .jpgNocturne (Marvel): Mystique's granddaughter by an alternate reality Nightcrawler and Scarlet Witch, Nocturne has inherited her father's strange physiology (right down to the tail). On top of that, she shares Nightcrawler' s acrobatic abilities and is a master contortionist. http://cache. gawker.com/ assets/images/ io9/2009/ 12/smurfs_ tv_show_surprise d_s murfette_01. jpgSmurfette (The Smurfs): She's cute, and despite being created as an evil creature by Gargamel, manages to overcome her nature and become a happy Smurfing Smurf. Plus, the entire Smurf village is in love with her - although that may have more to do with her status as the sole female Smurf than her inherent appeal. http://cache. gawker.com/ assets/images/ 8/2009/12/ talas-official- wallpaper- st ar-trek-enterprise- 7090911-800- 600_01.jpg http://cache. gawker.com/ assets/images/ 8/2009/12/ 500x_talas- official- wallpape r-star-trek- enterprise- 7090911-800- 600_01.jpgTalas (Enterprise) : If you prefer a woman who's handy with a phaser, Talas might be your blue gal. The Andorian lieutenant isn't above using her feminine wiles to get the job done, but failing that, she's more than ready to fight. http://cache. gawker.com/ assets/images/ 8/2009/12/ saberwiki_ swcreators_ aayla_ secura_aayla. jpg http://cache. gawker.com/ assets/images/ 8/2009/12/ 500x_saberwiki_ swcreators_ aa yla_secura_aayla. jpgAayla Secura (Star Wars): Twi'lek's are considered especially beautiful by the various peoples of the galaxy far, far away - something that has left them both tragically vulnerable to slavery and powerful in the art of seduction. Aayla Secura pairs her appearance with great strength in the Force, rising to Jedi Master and fighting in the Clone Wars. http://cache. gawker.com/ assets/images/ io9/2009/ 12/zhaan01. jpgZhaan (Farscape): Yes, she belongs to a species of sentient plants, but Zhaan is as hot-blooded as any being on the far side of the universe. She's a priestess and a revolutionary, as skilled with meditation as she is with making bombs. Just don't get on her bad side; Zhaan murdered the man she saw as a traitor to her people, even though he was her own lover. http://cache. gawker.com/ assets/images/ io9/2009/ 12/080808masseff ect.jpgLiara T'Soni (Mass Effect): Technically, the Asari are neither male nor female, though to humans they generally appear female and they can mate with any gender of any species
Re: [scifinoir2] You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner
Wow, there's a lot of Comcast hate on this list. I'm glad I don't have them as an option here in SC! A lot of people forget that AOL actually bought Time Warner. Back then, they was making money hand over fist mainly due to the lack of ISP's in rural or non-metropolitan areas. Back then, AOL was the world's largest ISP, in fact, I still used them until about 6 years ago. AOL hung on for a while longer because a lot of people didn't know about or couldn't afford broadband. Once the telco's and cable companies started offering broadband at decent prices, AOL died on the vine. As usual, AOL execs are at fault because they didn't see the obvious coming and waited too late to change the business model. Frankly, I'm surprised shareholders allowed the companies to stay merged for so long. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, December 7, 2009 4:04:56 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner I remember back when this happened. At the time it seemed like a good idea, but I realized that most of the business people didn't have a clue how internet companies worked or how they could grow an already active ISP. Its like assuming that a French chef would know how to run a donut shop. Similar fields but without the proper training the business would fall through. As time passed they started looking like the two entities were totally incompatible. Time Warner eventually killed AOL. Maybe the same thing will happen to comscum. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: Thus ends one of the biggest debacles of the internet bubble. http://www.business week.com/ ap/financialnews /D9CEHUC01. htm You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner By RACHEL METZ AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company. Unlike the 1990s, though, when AOL got rich selling dial-up Internet access, it starts the 2010s as an underdog, trying to beef up its Web sites and grab more advertising revenue. Despite a few bright spots in its portfolio of sites, such as tech blog Engadget, AOL has a long way to go until Web advertising can replace the revenue it still gets from selling dial-up Internet access. One especially popular property, entertainment site TMZ, is a joint venture with a Time Warner unit that will keep TMZ and its revenue after AOL splits off. Now investors are getting a chance to place bets on AOL. On Wednesday, Time Warner shareholders as of Nov. 27 will get one share of AOL for every 11 of their Time Warner shares. The next morning, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is set to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, and AOL will begin trading under the ticker symbol of the same name -- the one it had when it was known as America Online and used $147 billion worth of its inflated stock to buy Time Warner in 2001. - - -- Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: [Black SciFi Horror Fantasy Club] Tyrese Gibson's comic
Okay, has anyone read an issue of Mayhem? Is it worth it? I want to support the effort, but not if it's corny or tired. Gerald Haynes http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Turtel Onli o...@sbcglobal.net To: blackscifihorrorfantasyc...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:58:26 AM Subject: Re: [Black SciFi Horror Fantasy Club] Tyrese Gibson's comic Yup! I met the inker /colorist at Chicago Comic Con this weekend. Onli --- On Sun, 8/9/09, Gerald Haynes efhay...@yahoo. com wrote: From: Gerald Haynes efhay...@yahoo. com Subject: [Black SciFi Horror Fantasy Club] Tyrese Gibson's comic To: Black SciFi Horror Fantasy Club blackscifihorrorfan tasyclub@ yahoogroups. com, SciFi Noir scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 5:42 PM Anyone familiar with Tyrese Gibson's new comic, Mayhem, on Image? http://buymayhem. com/ Gerald Haynes http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun
[scifinoir2] Tyrese Gibson's comic
Anyone familiar with Tyrese Gibson's new comic, Mayhem, on Image? http://buymayhem.com/ Gerald Haynes http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun
Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: trailer: RoboGeisha
Okay, I got past the transforming geisha fine until buildings started gooshing blood at the 2:00 minute mark. If you cut a building in Japan, does it bleed? Gerald Haynes Time, Money, and Quality, you may have only two. Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over. Continual improvement is always better than delayed perfection. From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2009 11:41:36 PM Subject: [scifinoir2] Fwd: trailer: RoboGeisha This is coming out in the fall. It is the weirdest movie yet. Not safe for work. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=Wo-gGes6qig Here is the official website: http://www.robogeisha.com/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] 140 characters? 'Nuff said
I use Twitter in a different way as well. I used to jot down my funny takes on life in the vein of The Onion, The Daily Show SNL Weekend Update. I was planning on doing a podcast or something but I think Twitter is a great way to use my creative muscles to be concisely funny. Two examples below. The genesis of the first was a post on this list. The second seems to still be relevant. 2009/05/11-Exit polling during Star Trek opening weekend shows Nichelle Nichols still considered the finest Uhura. New actor lacking hips. 2007/05/30-Recording of Barack the Magic Negro propels Touched Limbaugh to level of Super Racist. I now hate on a David Duke level. http://twitter.com/spoofjackson Gerald Haynes Time, Money, and Quality, you may have only two. Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over. Continual improvement is always better than delayed perfection. From: ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 1:57:45 PM Subject: [scifinoir2] 140 characters? 'Nuff said I am fond of Twitter, although I don't use it to post the mundane happenings of my day. I enjoy doing social commentary and melting down my thoughts to 140 characters or less. Such as: Supporters of Rush Limbaugh are mad at Wanda Sykes. Ain't that just like the pot calling the kettle fat? ~rave! http://twitter. com/ravenadal http://blackplush. blogspot. com www.mcall.com/ business/ local/all- texting0512, 0,1858050. story themorningcall. com 140 characters? 'Nuff said By Mark Milian Tribune Newspapers May 12, 2009 To understand how the wizards of Twitter settled on 140 as the magic number of characters in a single tweet, you have to go back two decades to Bonn, Germany. One day in 1985, Friedhelm Hillebrand sat at the typewriter in his home there, tapping out random sentences and questions on a sheet of paper. As he went along, the communications researcher counted the number of letters, numbers, punctuation marks and spaces on the page. The blurbs nearly always clocked in under 160 characters. This is perfectly sufficient, he recalled thinking. Perfectly sufficient. Hillebrand and a dozen others had been developing plans to standardize a technology that would allow cellphones to transmit and display text messages. Because of the tight bandwidth constraints of the wireless networks at the time -- they were used mostly for car phones -- each message would have to be as short as possible. Before his typewriter experiment, Hillebrand argued with a friend about whether 160 characters provided enough space to communicate most thoughts. My friend said this was impossible for the mass market, Hillebrand said. I was more optimistic. His optimism was warranted. Americans last year started sending more texts than they made cellphone calls, according to a report from research firm Nielsen Mobile. It's been a boon for telecoms. Giants Verizon Wireless and ATT Inc. each charge 20 to 25 cents a message, or $20 a month for unlimited texts. Just 10 years ago, however, there were none. Verizon Wireless adopted the technology in the early part of this decade as a way to deliver daily news and weather forecasts to cellphone users. Later, mobile-to-mobile communication took footing in America, but even then, users could communicate only with people on the same carrier. It really hindered the growth, Verizon spokesman John Johnson said. But adoption skyrocketed when telecoms pushed CTIA -- the Wireless Assn., an industry trade group, to set American standards for interoperability and short codes (the five-digit numbers used in text-in voting systems like those on American Idol), Johnson said.. Twitter, the fastest-growing online social network, which is being adopted practically en masse by politicians, celebrities and news outlets, has its very DNA in text messaging. To avoid the need for splitting text messages into multiple parts, the creators of Twitter capped the length of a tweet at 140 characters. They reserved the extra 20 for the user's unique address. In 1985, of course, the thirty-something guys who invented Twitter were probably still playing with Matchbox cars. Hillebrand's unscientific investigations at his typewriter gave him new confidence in the ability of 160 characters to be useful while not tying up too much space on the carriers' networks. And he was in position to push the format; he was serving as chairman of the non-voice services committee within the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), a group that sets standards for the majority of the global mobile market. All cellular carriers and mobile phones must support the short message service (SMS), the group decreed in 1986. The group included Matti Makkonen, who is sometimes credited as the inventor of text messaging because of an oft-translated Finnish newspaper article in 2002. Makkonen now refuses to accept
Re: [scifinoir2] Watchmen's First Day... Disappoints
OK, I saw Watchmen Friday and, quite frankly, I didn't like it. I haven't read the comic but I was hoping that the film would stand on its own. I am aware that the comic is an icon within the genre and I do plan on reading it once the hype dies down and I can find it for a reasonable price. As I was walking out of the theater, I thought to myself that the audience for this thing will drop dramatically next weekend. I understood the symbolism and the over-arching statement of the story, but it just didn't work as a movie. Maybe if I'd read the comic before watching it I would have a different opinion, but that shouldn't be the case. Gerald Haynes Time, Money, and Quality, you may have only two. Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over. Continual improvement is always better than delayed perfection. From: Grayson Reyes-Cole grayson.reyesc...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 2:55:21 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Watchmen's First Day... Disappoints Hear Hear, Keith! Grayson Reyes-Cole http://www.graysonr eyescole. com Facebook Bright Star When evil is done for the greater good, a price must always be paid... In Print April 6, 2009 Ghost Writer Reviews: Grayson-Reyes Cole is an incredibly imaginative and original writer, and fans of dark fantasy, modern fantasy, and science fiction will enjoy “Bright Star” . Read the full review at http://ghostwriterr eviews.com/ index.php? main_page= product_infoproducts_id= 608 From: Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 1:39:22 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Watchmen's First Day... Disappoints The problem nowadays is that everything is too micro-analyzed and watched. Whether it's Obama's performance, TV series, or movies, they are monitored on a minute-by-minute, second-by-second basis. A sixty-plus million dollar haul is great for a nearly three-hour, R-rated movie based on a comic that most people outside the fanbase never heard of. And even among comic fans, the majority have never read Watchmen. So, while the hype might have been way up there, i personally try to avoid it. I think it's doing well, it will do fairly well the next few weeks, even if box office drops greatly. It'll do well in countries like Britian where they appreciate a little more intelligent fare, and then it'll have great legs on DVD. But people calling this a failure? Well, that's the problem with Hollywood nowadays. Nothing gets a chance to prove itself in the long haul. - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Cinque3000 cinque3...@verizon. net Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 2:21:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Watchmen's First Day... Disappoints Watchmen's First Day... Disappoints By Graeme McMillan, 9:00 AM on Sat Mar 7 2009, 15,320 views Well, this wasn't what we expected. According to initial estimations, Watchmen made less money in its first day than Zack Snyder's 300, despite playing in more theaters. Has the backlash happened early? According to Exhibitor Relations, Watchmen made $25.1 million yesterday, including the $4.6 million from the Thursday night screenings, from 3,611 theaters; 300's first day gross was $28.1 million from 3,103 theaters.. The box office tracking site now projects an opening weekend gross for Snyder's latest movie of around $60 million, which is below 300's $70.8 million... as well as, worryingly for Warners, Ice Age 2, the movie to hold the March opening weekend record prior to the swords and Spartans flick. Deadline Hollywood's Nikki Finke agrees, saying that [i]t's now certain that $70M, even if Thursday's 1,600 midnight shows are included in the total, is impossible, and quoting an unnamed marketing guru warning that things could get worse: They will get a lot of initial interest because it's an event movie in March — and then the bottom falls out. Whether Warner Bros can broaden the campaign to sustain interest in Watchmen is what movie analysts will be watching after this Sunday. While there's no doubting that Watchmen's opening weekend will be huge - at $60 million, it'll still be the third largest March opening ever - it's far below what now look, in hindsight, like unrealistic expectations; even yesterday, after all, we were being told that advance tickets were outselling 300 and that that a $70 million weekend was the target (although /Film pretty much hit the target with their estimate of $63 million in the first weekend). Now, because of such excitement - and because 300 was being set up as the movie to compare this to, Watchmen's big weekend looks somewhat less impressive. But who knows? Maybe word of mouth will boost the movie's Saturday and Sunday. Watchmen Scores $25.1 Mil Friday [Exhibitor
Re: [scifinoir2] Twilight Zone Marathon on SciFi
I've always considered The Silence as one of my favorites. I know it's been spoofed a million times, but for some reason To Serve Man always gets me. The Dummy creeps me out every time I see it... well, because it's a talking dummy. Gerald Haynes Time, Money, and Quality, you may have only two. Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over. Continual improvement is always better than delayed perfection. From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net keithbjohn...@comcast.net To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 2, 2009 12:55:01 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Twilight Zone Marathon on SciFi Which ep was that one? Is it the one when the people flee their planet in a spaceship because they fear nuclear annihilation is nigh? You're so right about the depth of the show. Even now, I will catch an ep I've never seen before--or at least, not in its entirety. I'm still amazed at the power of such shows. -- Original message - - From: Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockha rt.com 2 weeks ago, they showed On Thursday We Leave For Home, and I sat there like it was the first time it was ever aired. I hadn't seen it in years, and it was my favorite episode in high school. Serling was SO ahead of his time with these episodes, and top 10 lists that have Kick The Can and Time Enough At Last aren't digging deep enough into the series. This was really good writing, and in some cases, some really good acting! On Jan 2, 2009, at 12:10 AM, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: I forgot to mention, SciFi's been running a Twilight Zone marathon since yesterday. It's running until around 6 am EST tomorrow morning. You know, it's kinda sad: all the new and original dreck they throw at us, and still, a nearly fifty-year-old series has some of the best writing and acting on TV right now. I've seen most of the Zone eps many times over: Anthony, the evil little kid who sends bad people to the cornfield... William Shatner freaking out at the gremlin jumping on the wing of his plane during a storm...the diabolical little Talking Tina doll who determines to kill abusive stepdad Telly Savalas...Robert Redford's TV debut as the handsome spirit of Death stalking a fearful old woman... --and on and on. Some of the shows are a bit dated now, if only because their endings are no longer a surprise to someone steeped in decades of scifi lore (such as the man and woman astronauts stranded on an unknown planet who at the end reveal their names to be Adam and Eve). But despite that, the Zone is still an engaging, intelligent, and relevant show. One can't help watch the ep where everyone is forced to get a new body as a teen, even though all the bodies look alike, without thinking of the group think the soon departing administration foisted on this country. Or how can you look at Burgess Meredith's bookish character, sentenced to death for being obsolete in a State where reading old books and the Bible is banned, and not feel the sting of fundamentalists who try to force one moral stricture on all people? All of it wrapped in some of the best writing TV's ever seen, with Rod Serling and others' sharp dialogue firing off like the writings of a great play, language wielded like a fine to ol, with even the names of the characters a treat. And who can forget Serling himself, delivering that inimitable clipped-speak that introduces each show. Twilight Zone may be older than me, its shows all black and white and lacking in fancy CGI and FX, its plots sometimes predictable. But it still has messages that resonate at any time, warnings we all need to heed, humour we can all share, and a professionalism of writing and acting that i wish more creators nowadays would mimic. -Inline Message Follows- 2 weeks ago, they showed On Thursday We Leave For Home, and I sat there like it was the first time it was ever aired. I hadn't seen it in years, and it was my favorite episode in high school. Serling was SO ahead of his time with these episodes, and top 10 lists that have Kick The Can and Time Enough At Last aren't digging deep enough into the series. This was really good writing, and in some cases, some really good acting! On Jan 2, 2009, at 12:10 AM, KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote: I forgot to mention, SciFi's been running a Twilight Zone marathon since yesterday. It's running until around 6 am EST tomorrow morning. You know, it's kinda sad: all the new and original dreck they throw at us, and still, a nearly fifty-year-old series has some of the best writing and acting on TV right now. I've seen most of the Zone eps many times over: Anthony, the evil little kid who sends bad people to the cornfield... William Shatner freaking out at the gremlin jumping on the wing of his plane during
Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Exit Polls Show Obama won Virginia
I am truly overwhelmed. We got a Black President. Much thanks to W for being so horrible that America is willing to give a brother a chance. Gerald Haynes Time, Money, and Quality, you may have only two. Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over. Continual improvement is always better than delayed perfection. From: Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Albert Fields [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; CINQUE [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Cleo [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Kai Pettaway [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Michael Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Seku Brathwaite [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Valery Jean [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wendell Theophilus Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Whitney J Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Chris de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Glenn Sigler [EMAIL PROTECTED]; grassroots4obama [EMAIL PROTECTED]; GTW [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lockhart, Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lord Sauron [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Martin Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ObamaBrigade [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Phyllis Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 11:28:44 AM Subject: [scifinoir2] RE: Exit Polls Show Obama won Virginia Have they counted Northern VA yet? My people are from VA. I really want VA to go Blue -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] com] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:59 PM To: Tracey de Morsella Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com; afrikanmind@ hotmail.com; Albert Fields; [EMAIL PROTECTED] com; CINQUE; Cleo; dorothyhamm@ sbcglobal. net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] net; Kai Pettaway; [EMAIL PROTECTED] com; keithbjohnson@ comcast.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] com; Michael Gordon; michael.v.w. [EMAIL PROTECTED] com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] com; Seku Brathwaite; Valery Jean; Wendell Theophilus Smith; Whitney J Evans; williamsfred@ speakeasy. net; Chris de Morsella; Glenn Sigler; grassroots4obama; GTW; Lockhart, Daryle; Lord Sauron; Martin Baxter; ObamaBrigade; Phyllis Johnson; ravenadal Subject: Re: Exit Polls Show Obama won Virginia Yall...Obama is down 1000 votes with 78% reporting. I am about to lose my mind.we have two Dem senators now.If this state turns blue, tomorrow will be a wonderfully white wednesday!!! On 11/5/08, Tracey de Morsella tdemorsella@ multiculturaladv antage.com wrote: The Exit Polls show Obama Won VA He Won Women by 56% and men by 53% http://www.cnn. com/ELECTION/ 2008/results/ individual/ #mapPVAc -- the wiser the soul, the greater the simplicity- anonymous
[scifinoir2] San Diego Comic-Con covered on G4
Didn't know if this has been mentioned, but G4 is broadcasting from the San Diego Comic-Con today, tomorrow and Sunday. Gerald Haynes Quotes to live by: Time, Money, and Quality, you may have only two. Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over. Continual improvement is always better than delayed perfection. My comics, music thoughts: http://www.undergroundartistry.com
[scifinoir2] Just watched I am Legend online
Hurry before it gets pulled down. Dark scenes are pretty bad, but overall it is watchable. http://quicksilverscreen.com/watch?video=36396 Gerald Haynes Quotes to live by: Time, Money, and Quality, you may have only two. Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over. Continual improvement is always better than delayed perfection. My comics, music thoughts: http://www.undergroundartistry.com Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
Re: [scifinoir2] Let's all become friends on Netflix
You remembered. Thanks for asking. Unfortunately, no. it kinda fell through..
We were able to drum up some voice actors, but only one story. I wanted acting,
but maybe I should have recruited readers like Escape Pod. I've since started
and stopped a music podcast. Plans are in the works to use one of my domains to
put out as much content as I can (audio, art, text, etc.). I've skills that I
need to start exploiting...for cash.
Gerald Haynes
Quotes to live by:
Time, Money, and Quality, you may have only two..
Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over.
Continual improvement is always better than delayed perfection.
My comics, music thoughts:
http://www.undergroundartistry.com
- Original Message
From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 8:08:06 AM
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Let's all become friends on Netflix
Hey Gerald, are you still working on that audio project???
Martin truthseeker_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] com wrote: Gerald, I'll hang
onto this for the day when I can afford to do Netflix.
Gerald Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] com wrote: You can be come my Netflix friend
by clicking on the following link:
http://www.netflix. com/BeMyFriend/ P6c8WDP88EkYDVUM gGLW
Gerald Haynes
Quotes to live by:
Time, Money, and Quality, you may have only two.
Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over.
Continual improvement is always better than delayed perfection.
My comics, music thoughts:
http://www.undergro undartistry. com
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 12:46:37 AM
Subject: [scifinoir2] Let's all become friends on Netflix
Earlier today, Bosco put us onto Netflix friends.
You can be come my Netflix friend by clicking on the following link:
http://www.netflix. com/BeMyFriend/ PBZceQv3iPVDEm3v 4oWm
Netflix Friends allows you to share movie ideas and notes with your
friends. First you invite friends to connect with you and when they
accept, they are part of your Friends list. With Netflix friends, you
can see what each of your friends think about specific movies, suggest
movies them and add comments next to films that will help your friends
choose movies or avoid those you didn't enjoy.
So lets see if those of us who get films from Netflix, can all come
together via Netflix to make recommendations to eachother, share
reviews, and who knows what.
You can be come my Netflix friend by clicking on the following link:
http://www.netflix. com/BeMyFriend/ PBZceQv3iPVDEm3v 4oWm
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Re: [scifinoir2] Let's all become friends on Netflix
You can be come my Netflix friend by clicking on the following link:
http://www.netflix.com/BeMyFriend/P6c8WDP88EkYDVUMgGLW
Gerald Haynes
Quotes to live by:
Time, Money, and Quality, you may have only two.
Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over.
Continual improvement is always better than delayed perfection.
My comics, music thoughts:
http://www.undergroundartistry.com
- Original Message
From: tdemorsella [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 12:46:37 AM
Subject: [scifinoir2] Let's all become friends on Netflix
Earlier today, Bosco put us onto Netflix friends.
You can be come my Netflix friend by clicking on the following link:
http://www.netflix. com/BeMyFriend/ PBZceQv3iPVDEm3v 4oWm
Netflix Friends allows you to share movie ideas and notes with your
friends. First you invite friends to connect with you and when they
accept, they are part of your Friends list. With Netflix friends, you
can see what each of your friends think about specific movies, suggest
movies them and add comments next to films that will help your friends
choose movies or avoid those you didn't enjoy.
So lets see if those of us who get films from Netflix, can all come
together via Netflix to make recommendations to eachother, share
reviews, and who knows what.
You can be come my Netflix friend by clicking on the following link:
http://www.netflix. com/BeMyFriend/ PBZceQv3iPVDEm3v 4oWm
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Re: [scifinoir2] How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry
I have a 30gb iPod that I have used for 2 years now. I like it, but it's
shortcomings have become apparent (no long-term memory bookmarking, no support
for other DRMed audio formats, passable audio quality, etc.). I began looking
for a replacement and can suggest 2 Creative players that I am on the verge of
purchasing.
For an extremely cheap player: Creative Zen Stone. Video review here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/mp3-players/creative-zen-stone-1gb/4505-6490_7-32434997.html?tag=txt.8
A feature packed replacement is the Creative Zen V Plus. Video review here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/mp3-players/creative-zen-v-plus/4505-6490_7-31960038.html?tag=box4505
Gerald Haynes
Quotes to live by:
Time, Money, and Quality, you may have only two.
Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over.
Continuous improvement is always better than delayed perfection.
My comics, music thoughts:
http://www.undergroundartistry.com
- Original Message
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 12:46:04 AM
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry
will do. any thoughts, anyone? What's a good, cheap MP3 player
that's easy to load, easy to use, and versatile?
-- Original message --
From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com
if you do any research, please share. I am looking for something for
my car.
Bosco
--- KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote:
you're right on all counts, and I've voiced the same concerns,
especially the clunky iTunes interface (no drag-and-drop) and the
MP4 issue. But still, the overall package and functionality is
still attractive for me to use it.
Now, i have thought long about getting a cheaper MP3 player that I
can use to quickly and easily store songs without the iTunes
hassle. But my main reason for that is that i want something
cheaper to use during a jog or heavy workout, so that if i drop it
or something i don't freak out
-- Original message --
From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] com
--- KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net wrote:
what don't you like about iPods?
Since you asked:
First and foremost, if I layout money for an MP3 Player, I want to
be
able to drag and drop what I want on to and off of the player. I do
not want to have to use proprietary software to use the device. I
definitely do not want the software to attempt to convert my
library
to another file format automatically. Additionally, any software
that
comes with the device should be super intuitive and easy to use.
(If
as an avid and well seasoned mp3 collector, I need a For Dummies
book
to use your MP3 software, it's a failure.)
Additionally, the device should be smart enough to automatically
sort
my files in the file folders as they are arranged on my computer
drive. I went to a lot of trouble to organize them. The device
should
be able to accomodate and understand a simple filing system
automatically and display it back to me on screen. Also, the player
should sync easily and readily with any purchasing site that I want
to use rather than simply the manufacturer' s site. Finally, battery
replacement should be simple and affordable.
I've got a fifty dollar one gig player that can do all these
things.
It lacks some of the more robust features of the I-pod but it has
better basic functionality. The I-Pod has a lot of bells and
whistles
but it's basic functioning is utter and completely worthless. I
might
even be willing to overlook these issues with the I-Pod if the
price
were more reasonable and I did not suspect that the shortcomings
were
designed on purpose to keep my in financial servitude to the
device's
manufacturer.
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Re: [scifinoir2] Bill Maher Kicks Butt
So, who can a person with liberal leanings rally behind? Politicians
(Democratic party mostly) mire in double speak to appeal to the masses. There
aren't a lot of options. Talk radio (with the exception of Air America) is
right wing. In spite of how much the right wing claims it to be, television
news has been and is beginning to lean even more to the right with Glenn Beck,
Fox News, etc. The right wing machine drummed Dan Rather out in disgrace
because the documents he used weren't the originals NOT because they weren't
true. It's to the point where left leaning folks have to look HARD for unbiased
journalism, so it seems appropriate that they flock to anyone in the news and
entertainment media that share their own opinions. Maybe that's the problem of
which you speak.
I've often said that America NEEDS a third party. A party of the middle class.
Maybe if we ever take the money out of politics through public financing, it
would be possible.
Gerald Haynes
Quotes to live by:
Time, Money, and Quality, you may have only two.
Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over.
Continuous improvement is always better than delayed perfection.
My comics, music thoughts:
http://www.undergroundartistry.com
- Original Message
From: Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: SciFi Noir scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:13:07 PM
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Bill Maher Kicks Butt
Honestly, it did ruin the show.
While it's true that Real Time and The Daily Show aren't public forums
for the audience's agenda, when you run a show that is live with no
commercials and you lean on the audience for laughs, you set the illusion
that the show is run by the audience. This doesn't happen on the Daily
Show. I've attended some tapings of that show, and you're not sneaking in
with huge signs. How this happened at CBS Studios is beyond me. It's a
potentially dangerous situation, and in my opinion, Bill handled this
horribly.
It is a symptom of a larger problem.
Bill Maher is a comedian. Jon Stewart is a comedian. Stephen Colbert and
Whoopi Goldberg are comedians. Rallying behind comedians who have large
audiences because they are saying things that sound like common sense is
no more logical than the folks who swear by something because it was on
Fox. Corporate people-herding is how we got into this problem (and by
problem, I mean the stripping of personal freedoms). Forming a new clique
and not questioning the would-be leadership of the new clique is silly.
Bill Maher is not a leader. He is a guy with a show.
On 10/21/07 4:54 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] aladvantage. com wrote:
I watched, what is not on the clip, is that it went on for 10 or more
minutes. After they kicked out one, another would start up. Things
would appear to settle down and than another heckler would appear to
start up independently. I think there ended up being like seven of
them.It was funny at first, but after a few minutes it kind of got
surreal - at least for me and sad with Maher talking about kicking butt
and shutting them up almost the whole time. It almost ruined the show,
Finally, he told the home viewing audience that they were 9-11
conspiracy people. He believes that Bush and company were neither
complicit nor conspirators in 911 and that anyone who believes that it
was not just the Arab Muslims hating us for our freedom are just
lunatics and nuts. You could never hear what they were saying so other
than looking like idiots, I can't figure out what the were hoping to
accomplish.
I believe that the administration that said they needed a pearl harbor
like event to push through their agenda were at least opportunistic.
However, those hecklers simply reinforced the perception that anyone who
has questions about 911 is a nut. I hope they do not continue. Even
though Maher refuses to have any discussion on the subject on his show,
what the hecklers did is no solution. I hope they realize this and seek
out another solution to getting their message heard.
Reece Jennings wrote:
A-HO!
Peep what Bill Maher does w/ hecklers in the audience during a live taping
on Friday night. It's HILARIOUS.
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=B-f_YYEw- QI
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=B-f_YYEw- QI
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Re: [scifinoir2] Favorite Toons
My favorite cartoons in no particular order:
Groovie Goolies (just plain fun)
The Simpsons (seasons 3 to about season 10)
Star Trek animated series 1973 (limited animation classic)
Futurama (grew on me after it was cancelled)
Batman animated series (Adam West/Rankin-Bass version)
Batman Beyond (I liked the concept of an old and grumpy Bruce Wayne)
C.O.P.S.
SWAT Kats
Thudarr the Barbarian (Ariel was my second crush)
Transformers original series original movie (There will never be a greater
leader than Optimus Prime)
Herculoids
The Tick
Star Wars: Clone Wars
and...uh hummuhhh.Spongebob (I've got 3 kids, what can I say?!)
Gerald
http://www.undergroundartistry.com
- Original Message
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 6:12:09 PM
Subject: [scifinoir2] Favorite Toons
All this talk about Avatar. got me to thinking, what our some of our
favorite cartoons that are not from Japan.
Mine are Batman, Superman, Exosquad, Pinky and the Brain, Justice
League, Spawn, Avatar, Spiderman, Batman Beyond and X-Men. How about
you guys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
think I'll try TVLinks first. Haven't seen Skyland. What's the skinny?
-- Original message --
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com
three more days left on the marathon. I think they just finished season
one, so you can still see season two. You will have to TIVO or tape it,
as it comes on in the day. Only five season two episodes are available
via on-demand
By the way, have you seen a Nicktoons show called Skyland, I found it
looking for Avatar. I read they are making a movie, but I never even
heard of it
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote:
i wasn't aware of the marathon, drat it! But I've been out in the
yard, running to the store (Phyllis wants to paint now Lord help me!)
and at the gym, so probably wouldn't have had time. I plan to buy at
least season two this weekend and watch it in a long marathon. Either
that, or see if the eps are all on TV Links for free!
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From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Keith:
Avatar Book Three premiers on Friday. Nicktoons have been showing
season one and two all week to lead up to it. Been a little
under the
weather this week so I have been watching a few. The promos for
the new
season look great. Are you excited? Have you been watching the
marathon?
Tracey
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[scifinoir2] OT: web site featuring sketches and podcast
All, Please check out my website listed below. I post sketches Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Friday plus a podcast every Wednesday. Feedback would be GREATLY appreciated. Gerald http://www.undergroundartistry.com Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7
Re: [scifinoir2] NBC, iTunes Part Ways On Series Downloads
This is actually a more sinister plot being hatched by Universal. They are
cutting out iTunes as much as possible if not altogether. Universal has begun
to offer portions of their new music DRM free, but not on iTunes. This move is
in line with their feud with Apple over iTunes' pricing structure. I've also
heard that they are working on other partnerships to offer their content
digitally. So, it's not that Universal isn't going to offer their content on
the web, or even offer it a higher price. It just won't be offered on iTunes.
Gerald
http://www.undergroundartistry.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Fred Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]; scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2007 12:46:15 AM
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] NBC, iTunes Part Ways On Series Downloads
this is how companies f*% up the benefits of the Net. Two bucks is
fine, but they want to at least *double* the cost. And they wonder why people
use file sharing...
-- Original message --
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
aladvantage. com
http://www.syfyport al.com/news42411 0.html
Don't expect to get your fix of Battlestar Galactica, Heroes or even
Bionic Woman through iTunes this coming season.
NBC Universal, the parent company of networks including NBC and the
SciFi Channel, has decided to pull the plug on its offerings with
Apple's iTunes service, eliminating what was the computer company's
largest supplier of videos.
The issues aren't with quality or the number of downloads. Instead, it
seems the two sides couldn't agree to financial terms. And now there's
rumblings that NBCU might be taking a route similar to Viacom in looking
to start a competing service.
According to the New York Times, this parting of the ways seems to be
the latest battle in an overall war between media outlets and Apple over
pricing. NBCU will now joined the Universal Music Group -- which is part
of Universal's old company Vivendi -- as not maintaining full-time
contracts with Apple. NBCU's programs would be available until November
when the company's two-year deal is set to expire.
NBCU says its most popular shows sold through iTunes are Battlestar
Galactica, The Office and Heroes, but company officials say they
have not been reassured that Apple is tackling piracy issues which are
plaguing the shows on the Internet. However, that doesn't mean that the
two sides may not return to the negotiating table and hammer out an
agreement before the current contract expires in December.
Some of the complaints coming from nearly every entertainment company
that uses iTunes (except ABC and Disney, since Apple CEO Steve Jobs sits
on the board) are that selling shows for $2 is too cheap. NBCU is
looking to try and maximize profits by bundling some of its programming
together, like having the Steve Carell film The 40-Year-Old Virgin
with Carell's hit series The Office.
Apple, however, has resisted such moves, saying that keeping prices
consistent and simplified is one of the reasons iTunes has become one of
the leaders in music and television content providers.
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Re: [scifinoir2] NBC, iTunes Part Ways On Series Downloads
More to the point, entertainment companies NEVER liked Jobs' price structure in
iTunes. They always thought the prices were too low but they agreed to go along
because 1) distributing through iTunes was a quick and easy way to offer an
alternative to file sharing and they were desperate and 2) iTunes came with a
quantifiable audience: iPod owners. Now that Jobs has shown them that people
are willing to pay for downloads, greed and arrogance have come to the
forefront for the executives of media companies like Viacom and Universal. They
have totally ignored Jobs' theory of attractive price point and now believe
people will pay whatever they ask for digital content. Proving yet again that
old media still doesn't completely get the way new media works.
Gerald
http://www.undergroundartistry.com
- Original Message
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Fred Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]; scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2007 12:46:15 AM
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] NBC, iTunes Part Ways On Series Downloads
this is how companies f*% up the benefits of the Net. Two bucks is
fine, but they want to at least *double* the cost. And they wonder why people
use file sharing...
-- Original message --
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
aladvantage. com
http://www.syfyport al.com/news42411 0.html
Don't expect to get your fix of Battlestar Galactica, Heroes or even
Bionic Woman through iTunes this coming season.
NBC Universal, the parent company of networks including NBC and the
SciFi Channel, has decided to pull the plug on its offerings with
Apple's iTunes service, eliminating what was the computer company's
largest supplier of videos.
The issues aren't with quality or the number of downloads. Instead, it
seems the two sides couldn't agree to financial terms. And now there's
rumblings that NBCU might be taking a route similar to Viacom in looking
to start a competing service.
According to the New York Times, this parting of the ways seems to be
the latest battle in an overall war between media outlets and Apple over
pricing. NBCU will now joined the Universal Music Group -- which is part
of Universal's old company Vivendi -- as not maintaining full-time
contracts with Apple. NBCU's programs would be available until November
when the company's two-year deal is set to expire.
NBCU says its most popular shows sold through iTunes are Battlestar
Galactica, The Office and Heroes, but company officials say they
have not been reassured that Apple is tackling piracy issues which are
plaguing the shows on the Internet. However, that doesn't mean that the
two sides may not return to the negotiating table and hammer out an
agreement before the current contract expires in December.
Some of the complaints coming from nearly every entertainment company
that uses iTunes (except ABC and Disney, since Apple CEO Steve Jobs sits
on the board) are that selling shows for $2 is too cheap. NBCU is
looking to try and maximize profits by bundling some of its programming
together, like having the Steve Carell film The 40-Year-Old Virgin
with Carell's hit series The Office.
Apple, however, has resisted such moves, saying that keeping prices
consistent and simplified is one of the reasons iTunes has become one of
the leaders in music and television content providers.
Yahoo! Groups Links
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[scifinoir2] OT: The Power of Nightmares BBC series
I hope this hasn't been mentioned before, but this series of video investigates the history of the two extremist sides of the current War on Terror. Although my personal politics leads me to agree with and believe what is presented in this series, I know power of editing can slant facts in any direction. The footage of a young Rummy and the neo-cons are interesting even when the program is taken with a grain of salt. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=881321004838285177q=power+of+nightmares http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4602171665328041876q=power+of+nightmares http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2081592330319789254q=power+of+nightmares Gerald Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] NBC Orders Heroes Spin-off
Man, I have GOT to watch this show. I've got all episodes recorded, but I haven't watched any of them completely. I start and then something comes up. everyone I've heard talk about it says that it's good. Gerald - Original Message From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com; Paul de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:31:33 PM Subject: [scifinoir2] NBC Orders Heroes Spin-off NBC Orders Second Heroes Series http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0id=41492 NBC announced that it has ordered six segments of a new series called Heroes: Origins, which will air in the main show's Monday-night timeslot when it goes on hiatus, Variety reported. The new series will center on new characters that haven't yet been introduced on the original show, and will feature an interactive element. Viewers will have a chance to vote for their favorite character, who will later cross over to the regular Heroes. According to Variety, the move is intended to avoid repeats, which have been earning record low ratings this year on all five networks. Yahoo! Groups Links Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fav B Movie - Worse B Movie
Tsk, tsk, tsk... Poor George Takei...
--- Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A movie like that would work if the women actually
had martial arts talent...but I realize that would
be asking for way too much...
Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, I went there.
High Priest of Hi-Fi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
In a world where Ninja Cheerleaders can get made
but no Octavia
Butler stories can make it to production, we're ALL
in the wrong line
of work. Adding the words a group of nubile
cheerleaders to the
pitch can get pretty much any movie made,
apparently.
(by the way I'm not kidding. Ninja Cheerleaders is
a real movie.
http://www.ninjacheerleaders.com/ )
On Apr 25, 2007, at 1:05 PM, DJ VIBE wrote:
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A modern one that I'm really liking is Decoys,
starring Nicole
Eggert. it's about a group of nubile cheerleaders
on a small college
campus who are actually aliens that feed on
humans.
You mean to tell me someone actually pitched this
to a room full of
suits without laughing out loud?
I'm *SO* in the wrong line of work.
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Re: [scifinoir2] Afro Samurai Premieres Tonight at 11 on Spike TV
No, it was the entire episode with 2 commercials for that horrible looking, cross dressing, fat suit wearing Eddie Murphy movie. --- Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Missed the show again...gotta open my mail earlier...I imagine that clip was just excerpts from the premiere. At least I have an idea of what the show is like... Gerald Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's the URL: http://www.spiketv.com/mods/afro/player/index.jhtml I just watched the premier episode. Nice animation. Gerald --- Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go to the Spike web site, pal. It's supposed to be airing there. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dammit! Missed it again! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pilot ep reruns Saturday morning at 1:30 am on Spike -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Damn! Damn! Damn! Missed it! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This ought to be interesting. An anime-inspired original cartoon about a Black Samurai, starring the voices of Samuel Jackson, Ron Perlman, and Kelly Hu (Lady Deathstrike in the second X-Men movie), with music by The Rza? A brief summary from IMDB: Afro Samurai is the story of a Black samurai in a futuristic yet feudal Japan who is on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father. Afro is a warrior who travels a solitary path encountering a myriad of enemies, friends, and challenges beyond imagination. Two very nice looking sites to check ought, one from Spike, the other an official Afro Samurai site. the drawing is impressive. Kinda reminds of the Men In Black animation with adult anime slant. http://www.spiketv.com/#shows/afrosamurai/index.jhtml http://www.afrosamurai.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Such music flow on the Fringe...and no one can resist singing to Scarlet. - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Such music flow on the Fringe...and no one can resist singing to Scarlet. - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If any one of our restaurants were better than the rest, then customers would flocck to that location, creating a mass imbalance that could create a black hole, which would swallow the Earth. That's why we make every McDonald's from Pomona to Poughkeepsie the same good place to eat, thereby saving the Universe.-from McDonald's commercial ,28 January 1990 Is anybody hungry? - W Zeddemore, The Real Ghostbusters, 'The Cabinet of Calamari' __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Such music flow on the Fringe...and no one can resist singing to Scarlet. - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [scifinoir2] Afro Samurai Premieres Tonight at 11 on Spike TV
Here's the URL: http://www.spiketv.com/mods/afro/player/index.jhtml I just watched the premier episode. Nice animation. Gerald --- Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go to the Spike web site, pal. It's supposed to be airing there. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dammit! Missed it again! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pilot ep reruns Saturday morning at 1:30 am on Spike -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Damn! Damn! Damn! Missed it! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This ought to be interesting. An anime-inspired original cartoon about a Black Samurai, starring the voices of Samuel Jackson, Ron Perlman, and Kelly Hu (Lady Deathstrike in the second X-Men movie), with music by The Rza? A brief summary from IMDB: Afro Samurai is the story of a Black samurai in a futuristic yet feudal Japan who is on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father. Afro is a warrior who travels a solitary path encountering a myriad of enemies, friends, and challenges beyond imagination. Two very nice looking sites to check ought, one from Spike, the other an official Afro Samurai site. the drawing is impressive. Kinda reminds of the Men In Black animation with adult anime slant. http://www.spiketv.com/#shows/afrosamurai/index.jhtml http://www.afrosamurai.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Such music flow on the Fringe...and no one can resist singing to Scarlet. - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Such music flow on the Fringe...and no one can resist singing to Scarlet. - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If any one of our restaurants were better than the rest, then customers would flocck to that location, creating a mass imbalance that could create a black hole, which would swallow the Earth. That's why we make every McDonald's from Pomona to Poughkeepsie the same good place to eat, thereby saving the Universe.-from McDonald's commercial ,28 January 1990 Is anybody hungry? - W Zeddemore, The Real Ghostbusters, 'The Cabinet of Calamari' __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [scifinoir2] Futurama Pulls a Family Guy
I hope they were able to re-sign the entire writing staff. When Futurama first premiered, I wasn't impressed, but what hooked me over time was the writing. Chracters where fleshed out beyond stereotypes and the interaction was great. --- brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060623/en_tv_eo/19344 Futurama Pulls a Family Guy By Gina Serpe Comedy Central is going back to the Futurama. Three years after the show last aired on prime time, the cable net has signed a deal to resurrect the former Fox animated series for a minimum 13-episode run. Gerald http://www.undergroundartistry.com The blog with the comic http://www.thelastchannel.comThe comic on the blog [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Futurama Pulls a Family Guy
The deepest episode was when Bender played God to some inhabitants on his body while floating through space. The great part was when he eventually came across God himself. Fantastic stuff! --- Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Agreed. It was an underappreciated gem. The ep where they journeyed to the planet where the energy being had the old Star Trek cast held prisoner was great! Gerald http://www.undergroundartistry.com The blog with the comic http://www.thelastchannel.comThe comic on the blog [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] KyleXY
KyleXY, http://abcfamily.go.com/kylexy/ Any thoughts on this ABC Family series debuting tomorrow night? At a glance, it looks a lot like Fox's John Doe. The premier episode is now available for free download on iTunes. Gerald http://www.undergroundartistry.com The blog with the comic http://www.thelastchannel.comThe comic on the blog [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
