Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fav B Movie - Worse B Movie
Wasn't Decoys a (gasp) Sci-FI Original? If so, I think I remember being a little impressed by the opening cinematography, then being horribly put off by the opening bit of dialogue. Do any of the Robocops count as B movies now? I think it's clear that Robocop 2 deserves to be on all of our lists. On Apr 24, 2007, at 11:50 AM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) wrote: I really liked Screamers. Didn't see SSDoomtrooper Tracey B. Smith wrote: SS Doomtrooper and Screamers are two of my faves. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.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. It's camp and funny and very entertaining. You may remember i posted on it last year while watching it at 4 am! And wonder of wonders, it's airing on Sci Fi *right now*! -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] all this talk of really bad movies, bad me decide to post the following... What is your favorite B-Movie and what do you think is the worse b-movie you have seen. My favorite is Night of the Comet. Tracey Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [scifinoir2] Fav B Movie - Worse B Movie
My Gods. Night Of The Comet is my #2 of ALL. TIME. Every time it's on I HAVE to watch it. It's got everything you don't need! Zombies, a cheerleader, video games, wack cover songs of 80's music...Chakotay as a truck driver...all it needs is Kung Fu and it's a masterpiece of a horrible B movie. But, my number ONE choice? Are you KIDDING? Millennium. 1989. Cheryl Ladd, Kris Kristofferson, Daniel J. Travanti. We've talked about this already. It simply is THE worst science fiction B movie of all time. YES. Including Star Trek 5. Behold, the plot: An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley. On Apr 22, 2007, at 12:39 AM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) wrote: all this talk of really bad movies, bad me decide to post the following... What is your favorite B-Movie and what do you think is the worse b- movie you have seen. My favorite is Night of the Comet. Tracey Yahoo! Groups Links
[scifinoir2] Rick Berman to write book about Star Trek
[source: http://trekmovie.com/2007/04/20/berman-to-write-book-on-trek- experience/] Berman To Write Book On Trek Experience April 20, 2007 by Anthony Pascale In the latest issue of Star Trek Magazine, Trek’s longtime producer Rick Berman has a sort of ‘exit interview.’ The interview was conducted last December, shortly before he packed up to vacate his offices on the Paramount lot after 22 years with the studio. When asked if he is considering writing about about his experiences not only did he say he would, but he has already started… I have started writing a book because I realized that in 1986, when Gene Roddenberry asked me to get involved in work with him on this thing, the number of stories that I have accumulated is amazing. Berman says that the book (which does not yet have a publisher) will be ‘warts and all,’ but says the focus will be on all the ‘wonderful and bizarre and funny things’ that happened during his 18 years with the franchise. Trek’s former honcho is also reaching out to former colleagues to help him recall certain events. Berman has witnessed more Trek history than just about anyone, and so a candid chronicle of that time could be a good read. In addition to the book Berman says he he has some some other projects going, but provided little in detail: There are two projects that are possibly in the works here at Paramount and two that are not connected to the television business, but time will tell. 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] Fav B Movie - Worse B Movie
I submit that Prince Of Space should be counted as one of the greatest MST3K movies of all time. I have yet to hear bootblacker ever uttered anywhere else as a name of a profession. Prince Of Space makes Flash Gordon look like Carl Sagan wrote it. Greatest (therefore worst) bad movie actor? Anyone? On Apr 23, 2007, at 8:33 PM, Martin wrote: The Manitou Incubus (the last scene in that one freaked me out of the park- *never again* will I watch a movie while on medication) Battle Beyond The Stars (John-Boy? Is that really *you*?) The Green Slime (Luv that theme song!) Diabolik (watch the MST3K version) As for whether they're my faves or my worst? Depends on what day you catch me. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are some other B-movies I like 20 Million Miles to Earth Anything Edgar Rice Burroughs Rocky Horror Picture Show Them There are a few Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Doug McClure movies that I should include, but Their names escape me. Tracey Martin wrote: Millennium. Qualifies as Excederin Headache Number 0... Oyabun of Beats wrote: My Gods. Night Of The Comet is my #2 of ALL. TIME. Every time it's on I HAVE to watch it. It's got everything you don't need! Zombies, a cheerleader, video games, wack cover songs of 80's music...Chakotay as a truck driver...all it needs is Kung Fu and it's a masterpiece of a horrible B movie. But, my number ONE choice? Are you KIDDING? Millennium. 1989. Cheryl Ladd, Kris Kristofferson, Daniel J. Travanti. We've talked about this already. It simply is THE worst science fiction B movie of all time. YES. Including Star Trek 5. Behold, the plot: An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley. On Apr 22, 2007, at 12:39 AM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) wrote: all this talk of really bad movies, bad me decide to post the following... What is your favorite B-Movie and what do you think is the worse b- movie you have seen. My favorite is Night of the Comet. Tracey Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Ahhh...imagining that irresistible new car smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Ahhh...imagining that irresistible new car smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] Matthew Fox To be Racer X
Oh my Gods does that really say Christina Ricci?!! Is this supposed to be like Fellini does Speed Racer? What kind of surreal casting IS this? On Apr 20, 2007, at 12:54 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) wrote: Amen... I was not feeling Vince Vaughn at a all Tracey Martin wrote: Better him than Vince Vaughan. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: Fox Races To Speed Matthew Fox (ABC's Lost) is in final negotiations to play Racer X in Larry and Andy Wachowski's upcoming live-action Speed Racer movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie, based on the 1960s animated TV series, comes from Warner Brothers and producer Joel Silver. Australian actor Kick Gurry, meanwhile, is in negotiations to play Sparky, Speed Racer's hippie mechanic. Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman have already been cast in the film, which will shoot in the summer in Berlin. Speed centers on a young race-car driver, Speed (Hirsch), and his quest for glory in his gadget-laden Mach 5. Fox will play Speed's mysterious racing rival, an enigmatic soldier of fortune. Fox will fit Speed Racer in around the series' summer hiatus. http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0id=41156 http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0id=41156 Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Ahhh...imagining that irresistible new car smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: Music Execs Discuss Rap Lyrics]
The music industry has been meeting privately about important issues since the 80s. Yet somehow Napster still came and knocked us on our behinds. The current music industry would do better to meet privately to discuss how to have a business now that Eliot Spitzer has exposed payola to the public. Because the solution to both problems is the same: sign better quality stuff. Major labels do not have that luxury. Good art can't be manufactured by large corporations. To have a meeting where everybody in attendance is wither former or current Def Jam employees or has some contractual obligation to Universal Music Group is pointless. How can you have all these people there and the only artist is T.I.? Nobody has Chuck D's number anymore? Nobody can get Latifah on the phone? This is an issue that must be addressed by the artistic community. The consuming public has already spoken. When you put Whisper Song on in a club, it is WOMEN who get up and dance. That programming comes from somewhere, and it AIN'T Ying Yang Twins. This has become a political smokescreen. The issue is racism. The arena is contemporary media. It's not the fault of a contractually obligated individual to produce a product that does not sell. On Apr 19, 2007, at 12:04 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) wrote: Original Message Subject: Music Execs Discuss Rap Lyrics Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:34:57 -0500 From: Marsha Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] *http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20070419/D8OJDDT00.html Music Execs Discuss Rap Lyrics * Apr 18, 10:40 PM (ET) By MARCUS FRANKLIN NEW YORK (AP) - In the wake of Don Imus' firing for his on-air slur about the Rutgers women's basketball team, a high-powered group of music-industry executives met privately Wednesday to discuss sexist and misogynistic rap lyrics. During the furor that led to Imus' fall last week from his talk-radio perch, many of his critics carped as well about offensive language in rap music. The meeting, called by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons' Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, was held at the New York home of Lyor Cohen, chairman and chief executive of U.S. music at Warner Music Group. The summit, which lasted several hours, did not result in any specific initiative. Organizers billed the gathering as a forum to discuss issues challenging the industry in the wake of controversy surrounding hip- hop and the First Amendment. Afterward, they planned to hold a news conference at a Manhattan hotel http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20070419/D8OJDDT00.html# to discuss initiatives agreed upon at the meeting. But by early afternoon, the news conference was postponed, because the meeting was still going on. After the meeting ended, it was unclear whether there would be another one. Simmons' publicist released a short statement that described the topic as a complex issue that involves gender, race, culture and artistic expression. Everyone assembled today takes this issue very seriously. Although no recommendations emerged, the gathering was significant for its who's-who list of powerful music executives. According to a roster released by Simmons on Wednesday, attendees included: Kevin Liles, executive vice president, Warner Music; L.A. Reid, chairman of Island Def Jam Music Group; Sylvia Rhone, president of Motown Records and executive vice president of Universal Music Group; Mitch Bainwol, chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America; and Damon Dash, Jay-Z's former Roc-A-Fella Records partner. Top-selling rapper T.I. also attended, organizers said. Simmons declined to comment through a spokeswoman. But he appeared this week with others at a two-day town hall meeting on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss the issue. While Simmons, Liles and the rapper Common agreed there is a problem, Simmons cautioned against trying to limit rappers' free-speech rights. He said that poets always come under fire for their unsanitized descriptions of the world. We're talking about a lot of these artists who come from the most extreme cases of poverty and ignorance ... And when they write a song, and they write it from their heart, and they're not educated, and they don't believe there's opportunity, they have a right, they have a right to say what's on their mind, he said. Whether it's our sexism, our racism, our homophobia or our violence, the hip-hop community sometimes can be a good mirror of our dirt and sometimes the dirt that we try to cover up, Simmons said. Pointing at the conditions that create these words from the rappers ... should be our No. 1 concern. Common said criticism of rappers and their music should come with love. When I talk to the cats, regardless of rap, when I talk to cats on the street, they don't wanna be in that situation, the rapper said. We don't wanna
[scifinoir2] Spider-Man: The Musical
from today's Hollywood Reporter: Marvel spins Spider-Man into Broadway musical By Borys Kit April 20, 2007 Get ready for Spider-Man: The Broadway Musical. That may not be the official title, but Marvel Studios is putting the pieces together for a musical on the Great White Way starring the popular superhero, which will be directed by Tony winner Julie Taymor, with U2's Bono and the Edge creating new music and lyrics for the project. Auditions are taking place, and a reading is scheduled for the summer. No dates for a Broadway opening have been set. Producing are Hello Entertainment/David Garfinkle, Martin McCallum, Marvel Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment. In addition to co-producing the show, Hello Entertainment is arranging all financing for the project. While the Spider-Man musical marks the first time a Marvel character has been the subject of a Broadway show, it's not the first time a superhero has hit the stage. Superman was in the spotlight of It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman, which opened at the Alvin Theatre in 1966. Despite fairly positive reviews, it closed a few months later. Before becoming Marvel chairman, David Maisel spearheaded the 1999 best musical Tony winner Fosse. Taymor won two Tonys for direction and costume design for the Broadway production of The Lion King.
Re: [scifinoir2] Woman Offers Self for Video Game Gold
Agreed. The video game industry has been good to me since 2002, so I've been with you for a WHILE now. This Japanese case was dope because it's like suing someone for jacking your graffiti style or because you called yourself DJ such- and-such when you know there's a DJ such and such in Miami. As I recall, the reason there was ever a Notorious B.I.G. brand is because some wack emcee named Biggie Smalls tried to sue just as Ready to Die dropped. I'm reminded of how fans of adult actress Asia Carrera came out and sent her money when her husband died last year because she'd blown her fortune on online gambling. This woman WILL get what she's looking for. And more. As soon as an advertiser figures out how to sponsor her in virtual money, she's good! On Apr 17, 2007, at 3:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To step away for a moment from the heaviness of homicidal maniacs, suicide bombers in Iraq, and administration missteps... For those of you who don't pay attention to the video game world, it's a multi-billion dollar market that by most accounts is surpassing Hollywood in sales dollars. Video games are up there with pornography and DVD/on-demand rentals in terms of money spent by Americans each year. MMORPG's (Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Games) have followings in the millions worldwide. In recent years the phenomenon of creating/buying in-game characters hit. Level up enough to make your wizard go from hobbit to Gandalf and you have a hot commodity. Pimp your ride out with sufficient flash and horsepower, and you have a monster that not only looks good, but can smoke the competition on the streets. Three years ago a Japanese dude brought an intellectual properties lawsuit against another gamer who somehow managed to steal a virtual character the guy had created. The plaintiff placed a dollar value on the game charcacter he created, and sued for damages. Now video game makers allow you to upgrade characters by using points won from other games, by accumulating in-game money to be exchanged for the upgrades or characters, or even by engaging in transactions through eBay! Many of the most fanatic players clock 40+ hours per week easy just playing their games, and their worlds of dragons, warriors and wizards is a meaningful to them as ours is to us. So no surprise that this happens. If people can sue for the theft of a virtual character, why wouldn't some woman hit on using the world's oldest bargaining chip to gain some quick and easy gaming money? You might want to stay abreast of the gaming and movie industries, as the changes there will impact our society in ways you may not have anticipated. And please: no corny jokes about her needing an epic mount! *** Woman Offers [Favors] for 'Warcraft' Gold By: Ruben Diaz For: Game Invasion Reports are circling around the Internet at a rapid pace about a woman who had posted a personal ad on Craigslist.org offering sexual favors in exchange for 'World of Warcraft' gold. Needing 5000 gold to purchase an 'Epic Flying Mount,' one of the fastest mounts in the game, she offered anyone, male or female, playing on her server the opportunity to perform a variety of sexual acts in exchange for the in-game currency. Chief among her deviant interests was finding a partner into role-playing, going so far as to inform potential suitors that she has a costume ready for the occasion. ClubSi.com managed to snag screenshots of the postings, including a posting the next day about her success, before they were removed from Craigslist. Obviously she didn't read the upcoming 'World of Warcraft' development notes where her character class will be able to acquire an epic mount (epic flying form) through a quest in lieu of purchasing one. Look at this as an example of immediate vs. differed gratification, kids. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
