Re: [scifinoir2] foreplay
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Re: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe
I knew! But I'm old! Lol! The movie was on AMC last year. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:20:32 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe I was shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover G.I. Joe existed over twenty years before Hasbro remade him as a literal boy-toy. Shoot, the movie The Story of G.I. Joe, starring Robert Mitchum and Burgess Meredith, came out in 1945, a full eighteen years before Hasbro created the 11 1/2 inch realistic action figures Rocky and Ace. Who knew? ~rave! http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-gijoe-html,0,445585.htmlpage
Re: [scifinoir2] forget Tweetdeck -- Use HootSuite instead!
Thanks, Lavender! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: wlro...@aol.com Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 23:40:14 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] forget Tweetdeck -- Use HootSuite instead! I use Bdule. It allows you to have real updates with Facebook as well as Twitter. Also does not take up a lot of RAM. --Lavender From: Reece Jennings Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 4:44 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] forget Tweetdeck -- Use HootSuite instead! I told a friend of mine about Tweetdeck, and he told me about HootSuite. I already dumped and uninstalled Tweetdeck. HootSuite is web-based. Nothing installed on your computer. Plus, a lot more features! Try HootSuite 2.0. So many cool features it will certainly make your Tweeter experience more enjoyable. http://www.hootsuite.com People may lie, but the evidence rarely does.
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like
You've got a good point, Rave. And my dad turned me on to SF when I was very young, too. I guess I just fell into the 'let them eat cake' trap, extrapolating from my experiences. I hate it when I do that! I stand educated, sir. :o) Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:30:14 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like Maurice, apparently, in your forties, you were still an open-faced sandwich: open to new ideas and experiences. I would suggest that makes you an exception that proves the rule. Most people are fairly hardwired in their tastes and beliefs by then. IMNSHO. I ask, were you a SF reader of any kind prior to discovering Octavia Butler two decades ago? My entry drug was a fantasy novel called Black and Blue Magic by Zipha Keatley Synder (Twelve-year-old Harry Houdini Marco is awkward and clumsy, bearing little resemblance to his magician namesake, until he acquires the gift of flight. - does it get any better than that?)read when I was ten years old. Wow! Pow! Zoom! That book took me to the moon. Next thing you know I am reading Arthur C. Clarke, Samuel L. Delany and, yes, Octavia Butler. As an adult few things, and mostly movies seen on the big screen(the first Matrix, Slumdog Millionaire), come near to affecting me that way. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, mcjennings...@... wrote: I'm 62! I 'discovered'. Octavia Butler I my late 40s. There ARE no limits except the ones we put on ourselves. Go on. Discover and enjoy! And for me, it's still about books. The pictures that the words create in my imagination are perfect for me. They don't need translation ore interpretation. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: ravenadal ravena...@... Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:47:35 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like Is it possible to become a sci-fi reader in one's thirties? I have always considered SF a young person's game - if you don't get the bug early you seldom get it. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have suggested a great book to someone post thirty to only be met with a I don't read science fiction. ~(no)rave! (by-the-by: regarding Asimov, his style has always left me cold. I am a Sir Arthur C. Clarke guy, myself). --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, marian_changling md_moore42@ wrote: I am going to guess that she is in her thirties. I groaned when I heard that she was reading the book. Mainly because SF of that era was strong on ideas and less so with characterization. I remember loving the book but I don't know if I could read it now. Now I might sit back and gripe that there were no real female characters. I'm concerned that she might think that is what SF is like. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ wrote: Marian, the Hyperion series is about the closest I can think of in comparison, in terms of scope and depth of event and characterization. Having read both, I wouldn't dis-recommend Hyperion. I would, however, suggest Foundation first. Can I be rude and inquire as to your friend's age? A few SF book recommends I've made recently have faltered because I've advised books written during my generation to people of a later one, and many of the cultural constructs are incomprehensible to them. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Foundation-like Date : Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:27:06 - From : marian_changling md_moore42@ To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I have a friend who started Asimov's Foundation series because of the theme. Now she is faltering. I wouldn't be surprised if it is because of 1940's style of writing. Anyone know a modern book with a similar theme? Has no one taken up the mantle of psychohistory from Asimov? Wikipedia mentions a number of graphic novels and Hyperion. I never read that one; anyone know anything about it? Anyone have another suggestion? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] EXCLUSIVE: Disney's The Princess and the Frog Directors Address Racial Concerns
Hollywood can't do us. They don't KNOW us. If you mean those who grew up Black who are in Hollywood, then I agree with you. But otherwise, WE have to do us. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:40:55 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] EXCLUSIVE: Disney's The Princess and the Frog Directors Address Racial Concerns I agree. I think that there should be more movies with the main characters a married black couple. Hollywood has it looking like the only black couples out there is the Huxtables. On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: See, I hear that, but I disagree with this little by little method. You mention Tyler perry, well he's become a multi-millionaire by doing black movies. Granted, the vast majority of his audience is black people, but that's alright by me. I guess I'm just tired of my people's stories and perceptions and presentations all being filtered and reworked to please another group's desires and likes. I grew up in a home with two black parents, my wife is a black woman, I know lots of black couples who are in love and doing it well. You're really telling me I should just be grateful and patient because someone sees fit to only tell half the story, that I shouldn't find it offensive that in a country where most black people marry black people, the story is shifted just so whites will show up? Sorry, that bothers me. and it really bothers me because the cliche is still the same: black woman gets handed off to men of other races, as has been done for centuries. Do you think white Americans would have been okay had all the early Disney cartoons put Snow White, Cinderella, etc., with non-white men? Nope. At the end of the day, though, it's back to FUBU: For Us, By Us. I guess until more black people pool money and resources and continue to make our own projects, we can't expect truly diverse presentation of our life on the big--or small--screen. - Original Message - From: Omari Confer clockwork...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 1:51:26 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] EXCLUSIVE: Disney's The Princess and the Frog Directors Address Racial Concerns Keith, Love the comments on the subject. As I was reading your post I was itching to respond. By the end I just have to clap and give you a pat on the back saying.its ok man. Here is another perspective. It is altruistic to think that an all black romantic cast will play to all audiences. Black movies consist of the following: 'Comin up' stories/Hood to Good Black Love mixed with comedy (This excludes Spike Lee movies of course) So creating a movie with two black leads clearly fits within this paradigm, thus seemingly excluding white audiences. Be honest.most white audiences see an all black or partly black cast and they think either hood movie or a tyler perry flick. The transition to truly racially fluid entertainment has to be gradual. The key demographic, just by numbers alone has been all white and is transitioning to a blended look. Not only should we be happy that there is a black princess but we should rejoice. This means that the math and the money was right enough to make it happen...translation- Executives with big bucks accept that black characters have universal appeal and can be human..not just black. This is progressRome was not built overnight. c w m On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: They can explain all they want, but the truth of this is the Hitch effect: H'wood refusing to back a big romance with a man and woman of clearly African-American roots. Will Smith himself said the folks behind Hitch didn't want a black female lead, as they feared it wouldn't draw whites. A white female lead--not a goal in my book to be sought--was of course right out. So it is here. It makes no sense that for the first African-American female lead, the male is not also African-American--or at least African. Why couldn't he be a rich brother from New Orleans? Why can't his family be wealthy? Why can't he be an African prince of purely African heritage? All this talk of diversity is interesting, as it only comes up when blacks are involved. i don't recall Snow White, Cinderalla, Belle, Mu Lan, or any of the other Disney heroines being paired with a guy of an obviously different racial background. Oh: let me correct myself. Disney did pair one lady with a guy from another race. It was the story of Pochahantas and her love for a European. It troubles me, not because I'm against diversity, multi-culturalism, or marriages between people of different ethnicities. It troubles me simply because once again, when other cultures--especially whites--are allowed to love their
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like
I'm 62! I 'discovered'. Octavia Butler I my late 40s. There ARE no limits except the ones we put on ourselves. Go on. Discover and enjoy! And for me, it's still about books. The pictures that the words create in my imagination are perfect for me. They don't need translation ore interpretation. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:47:35 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like Is it possible to become a sci-fi reader in one's thirties? I have always considered SF a young person's game - if you don't get the bug early you seldom get it. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have suggested a great book to someone post thirty to only be met with a I don't read science fiction. ~(no)rave! (by-the-by: regarding Asimov, his style has always left me cold. I am a Sir Arthur C. Clarke guy, myself). --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, marian_changling md_moor...@... wrote: I am going to guess that she is in her thirties. I groaned when I heard that she was reading the book. Mainly because SF of that era was strong on ideas and less so with characterization. I remember loving the book but I don't know if I could read it now. Now I might sit back and gripe that there were no real female characters. I'm concerned that she might think that is what SF is like. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ wrote: Marian, the Hyperion series is about the closest I can think of in comparison, in terms of scope and depth of event and characterization. Having read both, I wouldn't dis-recommend Hyperion. I would, however, suggest Foundation first. Can I be rude and inquire as to your friend's age? A few SF book recommends I've made recently have faltered because I've advised books written during my generation to people of a later one, and many of the cultural constructs are incomprehensible to them. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Foundation-like Date : Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:27:06 - From : marian_changling md_moore42@ To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I have a friend who started Asimov's Foundation series because of the theme. Now she is faltering. I wouldn't be surprised if it is because of 1940's style of writing. Anyone know a modern book with a similar theme? Has no one taken up the mantle of psychohistory from Asimov? Wikipedia mentions a number of graphic novels and Hyperion. I never read that one; anyone know anything about it? Anyone have another suggestion? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Legend director, Will Smith, reuniting for fantasy?
Hawthorne? I like HER in it. I like the show generally. Her daughter is a bit over the top, and she's a bit of a Super-Nurse. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:20:24 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Legend director, Will Smith, reuniting for fantasy? Has anyone watched the show that Jada star's in? What is your opinion of it? On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:00 AM, ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: The Smiths believe in keeping it in the family. Jada Pinkett-Smith's younger brother, Caleeb, has a role in Lakeview Terrace which was produced by husband Will Smith's Overbrook Productions. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle Lockhart dar...@... wrote: Her brother Jaden was really good in Pursuit of Happyness, but unbearable in The Day The Earth Stood Still, so I'm down for WIllow in this, so long as Will plays her father. If Will's gonna direct it, that's fine too, but it looks like the competitive nature of this family results in some good results on screen. On Jul 10, 2009, at 2:38 AM, Tracey de Morsella wrote: Last time director Francis Lawrence teamed up with star Will Smith, it went pretty well: I Am Legend was a big hit and got generally good-to-middling reviews. Well, now comes news that Lawrence and Smith may reunite for a fantastical drama titled The City That Sailed at 20th Century Fox, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Here's how the trade paper reported it: The director is developing the project, which is being produced by Smith's Overbrook banner, with an eye to direct. Written by Andrew Niccol, the story follows a New York City street magician whose daughter, because of family circumstances, lives in England. In exploring a lighthouse one day, the girl discovers a room with magic candles and wishes to be reunited with her father, causing the island of Manhattan to break away and drift across the Pond. Can we again expect to see Smith's spunky real-life daughter, Willow —who played his on-screen kid in Legend—in City? That would make the family reunion complete, wouldn't it? http://scifiwire.com/2009/07/legend-director-will-smit.php Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The man who invented the Hollywood schlock machine.
That's sick! When??? :o) Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:34:10 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] The man who invented the Hollywood schlock machine. Who's up for an exhumation and a kangaroo trial? -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] The man who invented the Hollywood schlock machine. Date : Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:36:52 - From : ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com http://www.slate.com/id/2221392/ The King of All Formulas The incredible true story of the man who invented the Hollywood schlock machine. By Paul Collins Posted Monday, July 6, 2009, at 7:02 AM ET The Proposal is formulaic. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is formulaic. Imagine That is formulaic. Even Up is progressively more formulaic. But who came up with the formula? If you want the human embodiment of Hollywood predictability, you can't do better than Wycliffe A. Hill. A profoundly obscure writer of silent five-reelers, Hill is also the unheralded inventor of something more enduring: the attempt to engineer movies that will bring the most satisfaction to the largest number of peoplethe mob, in other words. It was a notion borne of failure. After a hard-knocks apprenticeship in a Manhattan literary agency, Hill went to Hollywood in 1915, where his first movie pitch was summarily shot down by Cecil B. DeMille. The problem? No plot. A dramatic plot, DeMille's brother patiently explained to Hill, is where someone wants something, something stands in the way of his getting it, he tries to get it and either does or does not. DeMille's prodding was perfectly timed; Hill wandered into a bookshop and found the new translation of French critic Georges Polti's Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations. If you've ever endured a teacher bloviating on how there are only really X number of plots in literature, blame Polti. A theatre critic, he gamely ran with the claim that Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi had once succeeded in isolating 36 tragic situations that formed the building blocks of drama. (Naturally, Gozzi then lost his list.) Polti had a recent and lesser-known work that had not yet been translated, The Art of Inventing Characters, which handily presented 36 archetypes. While Polti's books were largely descriptive, Hill hit upon a notion: What if they were combined and made prescriptive? What if together they made a formula? Hill's Ten Million Photoplay Plots: The Master Key to All Dramatic Plots, a byzantine matrix of characters and conflicts designed to create endless plot combinations, was so novel when it debuted in 1919 that the slim guide sold for an eye-popping $5. Quietly lifting from Polti, Hill created mix-and-match lists of characters, settings, and dramatic situations. (An old man wrongfully accused of a mine explosion + seeks refuge from a band of outlaws + with a woman whose house he enters for a hiding place. + ) It was the perfect instrument for the silent movies being churned out on Hollywood lots. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Serenity
I'm on a bus job. It's waiting for later. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:13:42 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Serenity Reece, did u like it? really good uncut isn't it? Fate? --- On Sat, 6/20/09, Reece Jennings mcjennings...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Reece Jennings mcjennings...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Serenity To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 1:27 PM That's ok. I don't buy. It's 2.99 to rent. That's fine for me! :o) From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:20 AM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Serenity Reece, wish I'd been here sooner! It's $12 at Target, as of two weeks ago.. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : RE: [scifinoir2] Serenity Date : Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:57:25 -0400 From : Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ yahoo.com To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com I just rented it from Amazon. Downloading now on TIVO. _ From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Augustus Augustus Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:17 PM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Serenity forget the SciFi channel of it. grab the DVD and watch it uncut. i tried 2 watch it on SciFi, but they butchered it with cuts here and there. Fate. --- On Fri, 6/19/09, mcjennings124@ yahoo.com wrote: From: mcjennings124@ yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Serenity To: SciFi2 Date: Friday, June 19, 2009, 7:15 PM I just watched this movie on the SciFi channel. I liked it! Anybody else see it? Sent via BlackBerry by ATT http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds
[scifinoir2] Serenity
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list
Good. And Jada was wonderful. Like a lot of new shows, it's going to have to develop, but she's certainly worth the look. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:23:46 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list Reece, I understand that he did respect her, very much so. Mind you, this is all, at best, tenth-hand intel. And I plan on catching Hawthorne, if I'm conscious at that time. Today's been bumpy in spots, and the bed's talking to me already. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list Date : Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:39:05 + From : mcjennings...@yahoo.com To : SciFi2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sigh...well, at least I hope he respected her behind closed doors. I'm watching the last half hour of Lonesome Dove. I'm finding lots of good TV since I cut out all 3-digit channels. Anybody planning to watch Jada Pinkett's new series Hawthorne? Sent via BlackBerry by ATamp;T -Original Message- From: Martin Baxter Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:27:40 To: Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list None whatsoever. Roddenberry recognized it by putting her right behind KEROOK on the Bridge, so that she (or at least *parts*) of her made it in shot. And, if the tales I've heard are true, Roddenberry did *more* than just recognize her beauty... he *appreciated* it in a way *all* men wish they could've. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list Date : Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:06:29 + From : mcjennings...@yahoo.com To : SciFi2 No chauvinism in recognizing beauty. I was flipping channels (a chore without a remote), and I saw her at that console. I was just back from 18 months in the Philippines, and I was appreciating Black Women. And here is Uhura. Lawd! Sent via BlackBerry by ATamp;T -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:51:39 To: Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list And consistently the most beautiful babe on the show...pardon the chauvinism, but she was gorgeous! --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Adrianne Brennan wrote: From: Adrianne Brennan Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:26 PM I dunno, I've always thought Uhura kicked ass. :D ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adrianne brennan.com Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ botdm.html Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ bamc.html Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ books.html# the_oath On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:22 PM, ravenadal wrote: Beware of the Disposable Negro Effect which is akin to the butterfly effect. You may think a negro is disposable but then you remove them and all heck breaks loose. I mean haven't you seen Douglass Turner Ward's Day of Absence where all the negroes disappear one day and all the white folks don't have a clue as to what to do? I mean take something as innocuous as Lt. Uhura on Star Trek. You would think she was a disposable negro, afterall, anybody can answer the phone, but it totally ignores the fact that her showing up on the bridge everyday in those boots and that mini-skirt made the mens, James T. and the rest of dem, happy - heck - eager to come to work. Remove Uhura and it gone get snarly, snarky and plum ugly up in there quick and in a hurry. ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, George Arterberry wrote: Please list the greatest disposible Negroes in sci-fi.What is a disposible Negro you ask? Well if he or she is removed from the storyline it wont change one iota. I'll nominate Anastasia Dee Dualla and her totally uncalled for suicide in Battlestar Galactica. I mean we needed at least some sisters in modern-day Tanzinia to help repopulate the human race. There are so many others to list,where do i start? - - -- Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list
Not SF, Lauren. She's a Registered Nurse, but I liked her in the last episode of...crap, brain fart...what's the trilogy? She was a captain and pilot. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Michelle Lauren miche...@michellelaurenbooks.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:15:58 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list Is this show supposed to be science fiction? I saw Jada on the cover of my local TV guide, but I didn't watch the show. I think Jada is a good actress; she seems to be very choosy about what roles she takes, which I respect in any actor/actress. However, because she doesn't appear in films as often as some, I'm not quite sure about her acting ability. I've seen her in two comedies and in the TV show A Different World. However, despite the differences in the characters, her acting remained very similar and somewhat reserved. I'll try to tune in to see what the show is about. Michelle Lauren **Purchase my multicultural scifi romance Starstruck: Hunter thru 6/30 for a chance to WIN a $20 BarnesNoble.com Gift Certificate. Details here:http://michellelaurenbooks.com/?p=1770 ** http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michellelaurenbooks/join --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, mcjennings...@... wrote: I'm reserving judgement, especially since Jada is the exec producer. That's the only reason I'm going to look! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@... Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:21:54 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list I have it on Tivo ,but do we need another medical show? City of Angels should have been the standard bearer of a black drama in prime time and it was set up to fail. Maybe True Blood will have a spin off with the sister in the lead? --- On Tue, 6/16/09, mcjennings...@... mcjennings...@... wrote: From: mcjennings...@... mcjennings...@... Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list To: SciFi2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 11:39 AM Sigh...well, at least I hope he respected her behind closed doors. I'm watching the last half hour of Lonesome Dove. I'm finding lots of good TV since I cut out all 3-digit channels. Anybody planning to watch Jada Pinkett's new series Hawthorne? Sent via BlackBerry by ATT From: Martin Baxter Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:27:40 -0400 (EDT) To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list None whatsoever. Roddenberry recognized it by putting her right behind KER OOK on the Bridge, so that she (or at least *parts*) of her made it in shot. And, if the tales I've heard are true, Roddenberry did *more* than just recognize her beauty... he *appreciated* it in a way *all* men wish they could've. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list Date : Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:06:29 + From : mcjennings124@ yahoo.com To : SciFi2 scifino...@yahoogro ups.com No chauvinism in recognizing beauty. I was flipping channels (a chore without a remote), and I saw her at that console. I was just back from 18 months in the Philippines, and I was appreciating Black Women. And here is Uhura. Lawd! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:51:39 To: Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list And consistently the most beautiful babe on the show...pardon the chauvinism, but she was gorgeous! --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Adrianne Brennan wrote: From: Adrianne Brennan Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:26 PM I dunno, I've always thought Uhura kicked ass. :D ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adrianne brennan.com Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ botdm.html Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ bamc.html Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ books.html# the_oath On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:22 PM, ravenadal wrote: Beware of the Disposable Negro Effect which is akin to the butterfly effect. You may think a negro is disposable but then you remove them and all heck breaks loose. I mean haven't you seen Douglass Turner Ward's Day of Absence where all the negroes disappear one day and all the white folks don't have a clue as to what to do? I mean take something as innocuous as Lt. Uhura on Star Trek. You would think she was a disposable negro, afterall, anybody can answer the phone, but it totally ignores
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list
Nice analysis, Keith. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:48:22 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list I watched Hawthorne. It has potential. I like Smith's character loved what she did to her daughter! If they can carve out more uniqueness to the role and be sure to create a character that's Pinkett, and avoid the show being just another medical drama, then it can be really good. I like most of the characters, though the dude from Alias is a bit too obvious seeming in his role: the handsome young doctor who's sensitive and all that. Too Grey's Anatomy or George Clooney for me. Hoping a Brother gets a role other than the walk on doctor, or the dude who had the grave illness. Nice seeing so many women get the spotlight, but that's one thing cable shows give us (The Closer, Saving Grave, In Plain Sight, Army Wives) that's not always as prevalent on the so-called broadcast channels. Enjoyable show overall. - Original Message - From: mcjennings...@yahoo.com To: SciFi2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:39:05 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list Sigh...well, at least I hope he respected her behind closed doors. I'm watching the last half hour of Lonesome Dove. I'm finding lots of good TV since I cut out all 3-digit channels. Anybody planning to watch Jada Pinkett's new series Hawthorne? Sent via BlackBerry by ATT From : Martin Baxter Date : Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:27:40 -0400 (EDT) To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list None whatsoever. Roddenberry recognized it by putting her right behind KEROOK on the Bridge, so that she (or at least *parts*) of her made it in shot. And, if the tales I've heard are true, Roddenberry did *more* than just recognize her beauty... he *appreciated* it in a way *all* men wish they could've. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list Date : Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:06:29 + From : mcjennings...@yahoo.com To : SciFi2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com No chauvinism in recognizing beauty. I was flipping channels (a chore without a remote), and I saw her at that console. I was just back from 18 months in the Philippines, and I was appreciating Black Women. And here is Uhura. Lawd! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:51:39 To: Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list And consistently the most beautiful babe on the show...pardon the chauvinism, but she was gorgeous! --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Adrianne Brennan wrote: From: Adrianne Brennan Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:26 PM I dunno, I've always thought Uhura kicked ass. :D ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adrianne brennan.com Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ botdm.html Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ bamc.html Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ books.html# the_oath On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:22 PM, ravenadal wrote: Beware of the Disposable Negro Effect which is akin to the butterfly effect. You may think a negro is disposable but then you remove them and all heck breaks loose. I mean haven't you seen Douglass Turner Ward's Day of Absence where all the negroes disappear one day and all the white folks don't have a clue as to what to do? I mean take something as innocuous as Lt. Uhura on Star Trek. You would think she was a disposable negro, afterall, anybody can answer the phone, but it totally ignores the fact that her showing up on the bridge everyday in those boots and that mini-skirt made the mens, James T. and the rest of dem, happy - heck - eager to come to work. Remove Uhura and it gone get snarly, snarky and plum ugly up in there quick and in a hurry. ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, George Arterberry wrote: Please list the greatest disposible Negroes in sci-fi.What is a disposible Negro you ask? Well if he or she is removed from the storyline it wont change one iota. I'll nominate Anastasia Dee Dualla and her totally uncalled for suicide in Battlestar Galactica. I mean we needed at least some sisters in modern-day Tanzinia to help repopulate the human race. There are so many others to list,where do i start? - - -- Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add?
[scifinoir2] Jada in the Matrix.
NCIS jogged my memory. She was a Captain and pilot in The Matrix. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT
Re: [scifinoir2] comcast cable signal drops?
Ok. :o) Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:32:28 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] comcast cable signal drops? DEATH TO COMCRAP!!! --- On Mon, 6/15/09, Reece Jennings mcjennings...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Reece Jennings mcjennings...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] comcast cable signal drops? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 8:31 AM HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Well, it's a fair trade. I get to carry my gun, protect me and my neighbors, and get a good signal! From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 7:49 AM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] comcast cable signal drops? Reece, now I *know* that Deity loves you! -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : RE: [scifinoir2] comcast cable signal drops? Date : Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:04:54 -0400 From : Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ yahoo.com To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com I live in the city of Hartford, and most of Connecticut is pretty well covered. I don't know what signal loss is... _ From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Mr. Worf Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 10:52 PM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] comcast cable signal drops? In my area signal loss happens multiple times a day now. Basically it is complete signal loss on all channels anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes. It happened during the playoffs a couple of years ago and I missed the last 30 seconds of the game!!! Do you have this problem where you live? http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV
Yup! I forgot to turn on the sarcasm! LOL! Cathodes and anodes and tubes on the testers. TV went off at the crack of evening. I remember Winky Dinkn Box 5, New York 19, NY. Buffalo Bob, Clarabelle, 3 channels, Ed Sullivan (a really great sh!) But some days I can't remember my name! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:15:42 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV You know better than that, Reece...remember the glass tubes built into the chassis...and pre-remote TVs? --- On Sat, 6/13/09, Reece Jennings mcjennings...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Reece Jennings mcjennings...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 7:08 PM Yes! A, the good old days! From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 5:28 PM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV I remember transisters the size of pencil erasers, but big as a coin??? Wow! Of course I remember when integrated circuits went from less than a dozen to dozens, hundreds, thousands, than millions of transistors on a single board. I had an electronics kit from Radio Shack that gave me many hours of fun.. I had those bulky walkie-talkies when I was a kid, and I sure remember watching with interest when the TV repairman (remember when we had those???) pulled out the guts of the TV. Man those tubes were fascinating to me. Remember taking a tube out of the TV and going to the grocery store and plugging it into a tester to see if it was good? How about the days of giving the TV a few moments to warm up before the picture appeared? - Original Message - From: Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ yahoo.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 12:26:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! They're still around, disguised as HDTVs with their converters. Heck ALL of mine are Big-a$$ CRTs! I don't plan to change them, either! When I was in Air Force electronics school in 1967, we learned about how CRTs worked, then we learned about transistors. THAT was some transition. Transistors looked like 3-legged spiders, and they averaged a size of about a quarter to a fifty-cent piece. I remember NO TV ( I was 5), the transition to color. People are slow to change even in the face of deadlines! LOL! From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 3:15 PM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV I'm gonna miss those big-a$$ cathode-ray tubes, personally.. . ;-) -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV Date : Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:48:33 -0400 From : brent wodehouse brent_wodehouse@ thefence. us To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com http://digg. com/d1teCg http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The Robot Rebellion is only a matter of time
Man, I The Forbin Project...sigh. I recorded that movie with my brand new VCR with the wired remote. A power failure wiped out the last 15 minutes of the movie. I hunted for 3 years until I found it again. I REALLY appreciate Amazon and movie downloads, whatever the source now. YouTube, Ipods...who had any idea? Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:48:22 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The Robot Rebellion is only a matter of time I'd Absolutely love to see an update on Colossus: The Forbin Project...Actually, the entire trilogy as three miniseries... --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] The Robot Rebellion is only a matter of time To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 3:17 PM I've seen this one coming for years. A story about robotics that always sticks in my mind is one about a Guv'mint-sponsored project to create robots able to escape and evade. The resulting 'bots were so good that they kept escaping, no matter how well the prison was designed. Still, I'm not worried. Let's see the little buggers beat an EMP device. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] The Robot Rebellion is only a matter of time Date : Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:00:57 - From : ravenadal ravena...@yahoo. com To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com www.chicagotribune. com/entertainmen t/chi-0611- robotjun11, 0,1485574. story chicagotribune. com THE ROBOT REBELLION IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. FOR NOW ... Don't trust the trumpet player By Christopher Borrelli Tribune reporter June 11, 2009 Gina Holechko figures humans have 50 years left -- 100, if we're lucky. After that, the robots become self-aware and harvest our skins to build hammocks. Think Transformers with the animosity of the Terminators. Holechko is president of the Chicago Speculative Science Fiction Writers Group. She speculates, and so a few days before I headed to the Robots and Vision Motion Control Show in Rosemont, I called her, and she told me: It's unfortunate Hollywood thinks about robots going rogue and murdering people without considering how a takeover might actually happen -- little by little, until we become comfortable. You talk to an automated voice to pay your phone bill? It's that kind of pervasiveness. What scares me is the shell they put on them now. We used to see the insides of our computers. Now you don't know what's going on. Go to the show, and look for the ghost in the machine. The ghost in the machine is your concern. The soul, in a sense. The RVMCS is the robotics industry's big gathering. It ends today and is not open to the public. But I went, and I asked about the truth behind the coming robot uprising, and (this is chilling), quite often, people smiled, then began to consider the question -- a guy from Sony (however facetiously) told me that when the inevitable robot war happens, he hopes every killer robot is using a Sony camera for its optical system. An engineer from Flint confided: The day of self-awareness in robots? I think about that every day. A salesman from South Korea with an $800 robot man explained his robots are not far enough along to think for themselves, but -- Maybe 40 years from now? He put the foot-tall man down. It stepped forward, balanced on one foot, waved, balanced on the other foot. I asked him if it ever falls. He pushed at the robot's chest. It toppled back. Then, after a second, as if it were fuming, it kicked its legs out, planted its feet and rose. Are we sowing seeds of our destruction, I asked. Half and half, he said. Robot holocaust? Oh, it's coming. A Hal 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey with the people skills of a Robocop -- only everywhere, self-aware and self-replicating? It may be our most durable science-fiction scenario: Technology rises up to destroy us -- played out every summer in movie theaters -- but at the moment, a remarkable number of engineers and robotics companies and theorists have been giving serious consideration to the thought of self-aware robots with an intelligence and agility that uncomfortably surpasses our own. Actually, Holechko aside, it's the pop-culture folks I spoke with who gave a robot holocaust the least consideration. Before the show, I talked to Rusty Nails (his real name), who hosts the annual sci-fi festival at the Music Box Theatre. He cited the robot stories of Philip K. Dick (such as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? which was adapted into Blade Runner) as inspiration but said, We'll destroy ourselves before robots get a shot. I spoke with Scott Farrar of Industrial Light Magic, the effects supervisor on the new Transformers film and the forward-seeing A.I. and Minority Report. He's not seeing it.
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list
No chauvinism in recognizing beauty. I was flipping channels (a chore without a remote), and I saw her at that console. I was just back from 18 months in the Philippines, and I was appreciating Black Women. And here is Uhura. Lawd! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:51:39 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list And consistently the most beautiful babe on the show...pardon the chauvinism, but she was gorgeous! --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: From: Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:26 PM I dunno, I've always thought Uhura kicked ass. :D ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adrianne brennan.com Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ botdm.html Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ bamc.html Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ books.html# the_oath On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:22 PM, ravenadal ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: Beware of the Disposable Negro Effect which is akin to the butterfly effect. You may think a negro is disposable but then you remove them and all heck breaks loose. I mean haven't you seen Douglass Turner Ward's Day of Absence where all the negroes disappear one day and all the white folks don't have a clue as to what to do? I mean take something as innocuous as Lt. Uhura on Star Trek. You would think she was a disposable negro, afterall, anybody can answer the phone, but it totally ignores the fact that her showing up on the bridge everyday in those boots and that mini-skirt made the mens, James T. and the rest of dem, happy - heck - eager to come to work. Remove Uhura and it gone get snarly, snarky and plum ugly up in there quick and in a hurry. ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, George Arterberry brotherfromhoward@ wrote: Please list the greatest disposible Negroes in sci-fi.What is a disposible Negro you ask? Well if he or she is removed from the storyline it wont change one iota. I'll nominate Anastasia Dee Dualla and her totally uncalled for suicide in Battlestar Galactica. I mean we needed at least some sisters in modern-day Tanzinia to help repopulate the human race. There are so many others to list,where do i start? - - -- Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The Deadliest Warrior Marathon on SpikeTV
Yeah, but was he the master of psy-war, or what? I almost felt sorry for the Boers and Englanders when they looked up and around and saw the MASSIVE numbers of true warriors they were facing. But it was hard to stop laughing. I kept thinking about George Headstrong Custer! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:06:28 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The Deadliest Warrior Marathon on SpikeTV It didn't hurt that they had standardized training and weaponry either...guns were a hard to come by commodity in 19th century South Africa...No one was going to sell firearms...not even obsolete firearms to a warlord like Shaka Zulu... --- On Wed, 6/10/09, B. Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote: From: B. Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The Deadliest Warrior Marathon on SpikeTV To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 1:35 PM I did some research way back when on Zulu warfare way back when and I was impressed on how great their tactics were. If they could have mastered the gun the history of southern Africa might have played out a bit differently. --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ ... wrote: Sir, I am in awe of you at this moment... -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The Deadliest Warrior Marathon on SpikeTV Date : Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:51:25 -0700 (PDT) From : C.W. Badie astromancer2002@ ... To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com .Or the fact that The Zulu nation gave Victoria's best a good run for their money in South Africa...I met King Goodwill Zulu in high school when he visited the states...never met a met who killed a lion until then... --- On Wed, 6/10/09, Martin Baxter wrote: From: Martin Baxter Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The Deadliest Warrior Marathon on SpikeTV To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 7:36 AM Have to agree with you there, pal. Tactics often do supplant superior numbers and technology. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The Deadliest Warrior Marathon on SpikeTV Date : Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:11:36 -0700 (PDT) From : C.W. Badie To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com JUst looked at an excerpt of William Wallace Vs. Shaka Zulu...from a quick observation, Wallace would probably come out on top one on one, But Shaka's tactics en masse would probably give Wallace's army a very bad time...too many factors are against a decisive win for Shaka: Strictly footsoldiers against archers, lancers and horsemen...both use that 'berzerker' style of overrunning and overwhelming their enemies, but while Wallace had the better technology, Zulu had more cunning tactics... --- On Mon, 6/8/09, Martin Baxter wrote: From: Martin Baxter Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The Deadliest Warrior Marathon on SpikeTV To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 1:50 PM I know, Keith, but, everytime I hear them say that, I think, They really haven't had much real-world experience in violence-related issues because I've seen things that'll make your hair UNcurl. The frying-pan/chairs incident was back in my early days here in Atlanta, when I was out with some friends at a bar in Buckhead. A fight broke out between one of my friends and some guy, because of disparaging remarks directed at a young lady. I got hit because I was trying to get that young lady out of harm's way. I've also seen a man take two shots from a .38 in the chest, almost point-blank, and still keep going, requiring four cops to subdue and arrest him. And he lived, still lives. (Don't know what the circumstances of that were -- I was only nine years old, and happened across the end of it when I s! tepped off the schoolbus.) And those memoirs are all sitting in my head, waiting for the time to be written down. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The Deadliest Warrior Marathon on SpikeTV Date : Sun, 7 Jun 2009 22:36:29 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com yeah, I'm aware of that. But during the testing, they made a big deal out of how both of those devices could crush a person's skull. The doctor is always saying That's a killing blow. You'll be dead before you hit the ground. I get glancing blows not bringing the full force, of course, but in both cases these were pretty much full on. Given what happened to the practice dummy, one expects to see blood, brains, and bone fragments flying. Either way, do tell more about your younger days. Sounds quite interesting! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2009
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV
I DO treasure them, Martin! I get a chuckle just competing for them. They have a special place in my house. :o) Next to my police awards... Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:21:34 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV Reece, where *do* you put all of these First Laugh of the Morn Awards I give you? :-D -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV Date : Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:58:47 + From : mcjennings...@yahoo.com To : SciFi2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Yup! I forgot to turn on the sarcasm! LOL! Cathodes and anodes and tubes on the testers. TV went off at the crack of evening. I remember Winky Dinkn Box 5, New York 19, NY. Buffalo Bob, Clarabelle, 3 channels, Ed Sullivan (a really great sh!) But some days I can't remember my name! Sent via BlackBerry by ATamp;T -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:15:42 To: Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV You know better than that, Reece...remember the glass tubes built into the chassis...and pre-remote TVs? --- On Sat, 6/13/09, Reece Jennings wrote: From: Reece Jennings Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 7:08 PM Yes! A, the good old days! From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 5:28 PM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV I remember transisters the size of pencil erasers, but big as a coin??? Wow! Of course I remember when integrated circuits went from less than a dozen to dozens, hundreds, thousands, than millions of transistors on a single board. I had an electronics kit from Radio Shack that gave me many hours of fun.. I had those bulky walkie-talkies when I was a kid, and I sure remember watching with interest when the TV repairman (remember when we had those???) pulled out the guts of the TV. Man those tubes were fascinating to me. Remember taking a tube out of the TV and going to the grocery store and plugging it into a tester to see if it was good? How about the days of giving the TV a few moments to warm up before the picture appeared? - Original Message - From: Reece Jennings To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 12:26:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! They're still around, disguised as HDTVs with their converters. Heck ALL of mine are Big-a$$ CRTs! I don't plan to change them, either! When I was in Air Force electronics school in 1967, we learned about how CRTs worked, then we learned about transistors. THAT was some transition. Transistors looked like 3-legged spiders, and they averaged a size of about a quarter to a fifty-cent piece. I remember NO TV ( I was 5), the transition to color. People are slow to change even in the face of deadlines! LOL! From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 3:15 PM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV I'm gonna miss those big-a$$ cathode-ray tubes, personally.. . ;-) -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV Date : Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:48:33 -0400 From : brent wodehouse To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com http://digg. com/d1teCg http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list
Sigh...well, at least I hope he respected her behind closed doors. I'm watching the last half hour of Lonesome Dove. I'm finding lots of good TV since I cut out all 3-digit channels. Anybody planning to watch Jada Pinkett's new series Hawthorne? Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:27:40 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list None whatsoever. Roddenberry recognized it by putting her right behind KEROOK on the Bridge, so that she (or at least *parts*) of her made it in shot. And, if the tales I've heard are true, Roddenberry did *more* than just recognize her beauty... he *appreciated* it in a way *all* men wish they could've. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list Date : Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:06:29 + From : mcjennings...@yahoo.com To : SciFi2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com No chauvinism in recognizing beauty. I was flipping channels (a chore without a remote), and I saw her at that console. I was just back from 18 months in the Philippines, and I was appreciating Black Women. And here is Uhura. Lawd! Sent via BlackBerry by ATamp;T -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:51:39 To: Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list And consistently the most beautiful babe on the show...pardon the chauvinism, but she was gorgeous! --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Adrianne Brennan wrote: From: Adrianne Brennan Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:26 PM I dunno, I've always thought Uhura kicked ass. :D ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adrianne brennan.com Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ botdm.html Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ bamc.html Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ books.html# the_oath On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:22 PM, ravenadal wrote: Beware of the Disposable Negro Effect which is akin to the butterfly effect. You may think a negro is disposable but then you remove them and all heck breaks loose. I mean haven't you seen Douglass Turner Ward's Day of Absence where all the negroes disappear one day and all the white folks don't have a clue as to what to do? I mean take something as innocuous as Lt. Uhura on Star Trek. You would think she was a disposable negro, afterall, anybody can answer the phone, but it totally ignores the fact that her showing up on the bridge everyday in those boots and that mini-skirt made the mens, James T. and the rest of dem, happy - heck - eager to come to work. Remove Uhura and it gone get snarly, snarky and plum ugly up in there quick and in a hurry. ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, George Arterberry wrote: Please list the greatest disposible Negroes in sci-fi.What is a disposible Negro you ask? Well if he or she is removed from the storyline it wont change one iota. I'll nominate Anastasia Dee Dualla and her totally uncalled for suicide in Battlestar Galactica. I mean we needed at least some sisters in modern-day Tanzinia to help repopulate the human race. There are so many others to list,where do i start? - - -- Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list
I'm reserving judgement, especially since Jada is the exec producer. That's the only reason I'm going to look! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:21:54 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list I have it on Tivo ,but do we need another medical show? City of Angels should have been the standard bearer of a black drama in prime time and it was set up to fail. Maybe True Blood will have a spin off with the sister in the lead? --- On Tue, 6/16/09, mcjennings...@yahoo.com mcjennings...@yahoo.com wrote: From: mcjennings...@yahoo.com mcjennings...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list To: SciFi2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 11:39 AM Sigh...well, at least I hope he respected her behind closed doors. I'm watching the last half hour of Lonesome Dove. I'm finding lots of good TV since I cut out all 3-digit channels. Anybody planning to watch Jada Pinkett's new series Hawthorne? Sent via BlackBerry by ATT From: Martin Baxter Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:27:40 -0400 (EDT) To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list None whatsoever. Roddenberry recognized it by putting her right behind KER OOK on the Bridge, so that she (or at least *parts*) of her made it in shot. And, if the tales I've heard are true, Roddenberry did *more* than just recognize her beauty... he *appreciated* it in a way *all* men wish they could've. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list Date : Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:06:29 + From : mcjennings124@ yahoo.com To : SciFi2 scifino...@yahoogro ups.com No chauvinism in recognizing beauty. I was flipping channels (a chore without a remote), and I saw her at that console. I was just back from 18 months in the Philippines, and I was appreciating Black Women. And here is Uhura. Lawd! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: C.W. Badie Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:51:39 To: Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list And consistently the most beautiful babe on the show...pardon the chauvinism, but she was gorgeous! --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Adrianne Brennan wrote: From: Adrianne Brennan Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:26 PM I dunno, I've always thought Uhura kicked ass. :D ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adrianne brennan.com Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ botdm.html Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ bamc.html Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adrianne brennan.com/ books.html# the_oath On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:22 PM, ravenadal wrote: Beware of the Disposable Negro Effect which is akin to the butterfly effect. You may think a negro is disposable but then you remove them and all heck breaks loose. I mean haven't you seen Douglass Turner Ward's Day of Absence where all the negroes disappear one day and all the white folks don't have a clue as to what to do? I mean take something as innocuous as Lt. Uhura on Star Trek. You would think she was a disposable negro, afterall, anybody can answer the phone, but it totally ignores the fact that her showing up on the bridge everyday in those boots and that mini-skirt made the mens, James T. and the rest of dem, happy - heck - eager to come to work. Remove Uhura and it gone get snarly, snarky and plum ugly up in there quick and in a hurry. ~rave! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, George Arterberry wrote: Please list the greatest disposible Negroes in sci-fi.What is a disposible Negro you ask? Well if he or she is removed from the storyline it wont change one iota. I'll nominate Anastasia Dee Dualla and her totally uncalled for suicide in Battlestar Galactica. I mean we needed at least some sisters in modern-day Tanzinia to help repopulate the human race. There are so many others to list,where do i start? - - -- Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 / http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Fw: WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THIS???? - A Black Woman Admiral Rescuced The Maersk Alabama Captain!!!!!!!
Thanks for this, Gunny. Makes me proud, and I'm sure it makes dad proud, too. I thought about the Eastwood thing, too, and you're right. He had a stand to take, and he blew it. I watched 'Driving Miss Daisy' a couple of days ago. There was a scene where Mr. Freeman drove the lady to hear MLK speak. She wanted to ask him to take her, but she didn't. MLK speech? It was directed at the silent people...those who knew the right thing, but did nothing...very to the point... Maybe Clint could use the lesson... Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 04:54:20 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Fw: WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THIS - A Black Woman Admiral Rescuced The Maersk Alabama Captain!!! Reece, when a friend of mine (Master Sergeant J. Malone, 2d Recon. USMC) saw an advance screening with a few other special operators 2 see the show, he told us the same thing. matter of fact, they walked out 1 hour into it. they were caught outside and asked y they were leaving (they were in Uniform...special guest and all) they told them that non of the Marines depicted were of color. no color. director eastwood said that that was a concern of his, but the studio execs overruled him. personally, i think that if your name is Clint Eastwood, then u have a stronger voice than some up and coming director. but that's just me. Dr. Fate a.k.a. Gunnery Sergeant Sammie Bibb, 2d Recon. Batt. USMC --- On Mon, 6/1/09, Reece Jennings mcjennings...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Reece Jennings mcjennings...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Fw: WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THIS - A Black Woman Admiral Rescuced The Maersk Alabama Captain!!! To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 10:56 PM Have you seen 'Flags of our Fathers'? Same thing, with all Marines shown as white. From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 12:28 AM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Fw: WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THIS - A Black Woman Admiral Rescuced The Maersk Alabama Captain! !! I'm not a veteran, yet I agree with you. When I heard that about the Brother, I decided not to see that movie... - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 6:14:28 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Fw: WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THIS - A Black Woman Admiral Rescuced The Maersk Alabama Captain! !! Trace, that is the exact reason that i have yet to watch and never will watch world trade center. the nick cage movie about the firefighters. there was a Marine (and u know how i feel about my beloved United States Marine Corps - Ohh Rah!) who was pivotal in helping the fire fighters and getting the people organized in the rescue effort. he was a Black Marine and in the movie they used a white guy. they producers later said right b4 it was released - when they started getting flak about it, that they did not know his skin color and that they only assumed that he was white. that pissed me off even more. 2 me they were saying that they just assume that all heroic figures are White! damn. Fate. --- On Sun, 5/31/09, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Fw: WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THIS - A Black Woman Admiral Rescuced The Maersk Alabama Captain! !! To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 5:58 PM This was posted when it happened. Unfortunately, it was three in the morning when I posted it and did not put a subject on it. I have a feeling her role will not be featured in the movie, and if it is, it will be downplayed and not Black. I hope I am wrong From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Augustus Augustus Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 2:47 PM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Fw: WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THIS - A Black Woman Admiral Rescuced The Maersk Alabama Captain! !! Martin, you are right. we did this when it first broke. thin Amy slept on this one. Fate. --- On Sun, 5/31/09, Martin Baxter truthseeker013@ lycos.com wrote: From: Martin
Re: [scifinoir2] Eye catching
I have to wait until you're asleep. Then I'm going to kill you! Can't do it while you're awake. You're a Marine!!! LOL! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 08:14:42 To: Sci Fiscifinoir2@yahoogroups.com; Sammie Bibbsbi...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Eye catching A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her. Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket toward the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back. 'Oh my, I am so sorry,' the woman says as she pops her eye back in place. 'Let me buy your dinner to make it up to you,' she says. They enjoy a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they go to the theatre followed by drinks. They talk, they laugh, she shares her deepest dreams and he shares his. She listens. After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place for a nightcap and stay for breakfast. They had a wonderful, wonderful time. The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed. Everything had been SO incredible! You know,' he said, 'you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?' 'No,' she replies. . . Wait for it. . . It's coming. . . The suspense is killing you, isn't it? She says: 'You just happened to catch my eye.' (Oh shut up, and just forward it!)
[scifinoir2] BSG
Well, I bought BSG's 3 hour pilot, and seasons 1 and 2. I have given up food, work, and sex. I just found the Pegasus...burp... Sent via BlackBerry by ATT
Re: [scifinoir2] BSG
Kane and Adama!!! Holy Crap!!! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: mcjennings...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:19:58 To: SciFi2scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] BSG Well, I bought BSG's 3 hour pilot, and seasons 1 and 2. I have given up food, work, and sex. I just found the Pegasus...burp... Sent via BlackBerry by ATT
Re: [scifinoir2] BSG
I'll say! And I think I've started saying 'Frack!' :o) PS: Still 5 season 2 episodes to go. Considering that others might want to watch, I'm not doing spoilers. Now THESE folks might do Octavia Butler's characters justice! I'm truly impressed with the depth of the characters AND the short and long-term plots. It WOULD have been nice to see at least one Black man in a lead role. Or at least not in the stereotypical roles...prison guard, Black Market leader. And the few strong Black men were tamed by religion. Heck, even Adama, with all of his love and compassion, was not a believer in the Gods. But I am rambling. Back to the episodes! Huzzah! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:22:48 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BSG Yes, my friend! Wasn't *that* a p*ssing contest for the decade? -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] BSG Date : Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:15:10 + From : mcjennings...@yahoo.com To : SciFi2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Kane and Adama!!! Holy Crap!!! Sent via BlackBerry by ATamp;T -Original Message- From: mcjennings...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:19:58 To: SciFi2 Subject: [scifinoir2] BSG Well, I bought BSG's 3 hour pilot, and seasons 1 and 2. I have given up food, work, and sex. I just found the Pegasus...burp... Sent via BlackBerry by ATamp;T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] BSG
LOLLOL! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:25:33 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] BSG LMNAO!!! As long as The Beast respects you in the morning... -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] BSG Date : Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:19:58 + From : mcjennings...@yahoo.com To : SciFi2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Well, I bought BSG's 3 hour pilot, and seasons 1 and 2. I have given up food, work, and sex. I just found the Pegasus...burp... Sent via BlackBerry by ATamp;T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Jill Scott Stars in New HBO Series
Anika Noni Rose went to high school in Bloomfield, CT where I was a cop and lived for 19 years. She is an awesome lady. Thanks for this info. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:33:35 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Jill Scott Stars in New HBO Series Wow, this almost makes me wish I still had HBO. I've never heard of this before. I love both Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose, and the fact that Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack were attached is intriguing. A bit of trivia: I noticed a black actor from the trailer that looked familiar. Sure enough, it was David Oyelowo, who played MI-5 agent Danny Hunter in the British series Spooks (renamed MI-5 for American television). Those of you with HBO, let me know how it is. I believe it aired last night *** http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-ladies28-2009mar28,0,2564010.story Keeping HBO's 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' true to its author and to Africa By Greg Braxton March 28, 2009 The last time HBO built a series around primarily female characters, the show was Sex and the City and it revolved around four white women exploring the mysteries of love in the wilds of New York City. Now the premium cable network is launching another female-centric show, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency , and it's about two black women investigating the mysteries within the wilds of Africa. In tone, feel and locale, the new series, starring singer Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose , couldn't be more different from its female-themed predecessor or from any other of HBO's previous hit shows, like Deadwood, Six Feet Under or The Sopranos. The leisurely-paced crime drama centers on a caring, plump businesswoman who has little time for men and operates in a world where whites are all but invisible. The show will be distinct -- a drama with an all-black cast -- and also will be unique in American television as the only series ever set in Africa in which none of the protagonists is white. Though obviously enthusiastic about their new project, HBO's executives acknowledge the risk in departing from their recognized brand of provocative themes, and explicit sex and violence. The new series stars the Grammy-winning Scott, a relative newcomer to acting, whose character speaks English with a distinctly Botswanan dialect. Also, the drama, despite its crime-solving conceit, contains little violence, no sex and no profanity. In fact, it is the first original HBO series that is family-friendly enough to air at 8 p.m. This is definitely a little different from what we usually do, said Michael Lombardo, president of HBO's programming group. But it speaks to what we're always looking for: distinct points of view that are smart and well executed, and presents something that people will not see on ad-supported television. Based on a bestselling series of books by Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency turns on Scott, who is the caring and relentlessly hopeful Precious Ramotswe. Thanks to skills fostered by her father, she decides to open the only female-owned detective agency in Botswana. (Rose plays her quirky, no-nonsense secretary, Grace Makutsi.) This is the first time a series or a feature film has been built around an oversized black female who is experienced in life, and is not a wife or mother, Lombardo said. She's not in a relationship with a man -- she's fully independent. Scott was found after an extensive search for the role and studied two months to nail the proper African accent. I wasn't intimidated by the acting, said Scott, whose most noteworthy role previous to the series was as a fat woman who is dumped by her husband in Why Did I Get Married? Ever since I was young, I would dress up, try to make myself cry. I've always been acting. The series boasts an impressive, though bittersweet, pedigree: the two-hour pilot was the last project directed by Oscar-winner director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient), who died in 2008 from complications after surgery for tonsil cancer. The project also lost executive producer Sydney Pollack, the Oscar-winning director of Out of Africa, who died after him last year. Anthony wanted Precious to be really genuine, and he would talk to me all the time about how she had to be really hopeful, said Scott, whose character is haunted by an abusive relationship that resulted in the death of her infant. I just hope it succeeds exactly the way Anthony wanted it to. He loved me, and I loved him right back. The show's executive producers are Bob and Harvey Weinstein. The Weinstein Co. and the BBC are producing partners for the drama, which is already airing in Britain. Adapting the books was a labor of love for Minghella, who was determined to show a softer, more even-handed portrait
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Thank you, Aubrey. YIKES! Power just came back! How did you do that??? Lol!! Gotta go start my clothes dryer again. Thanks for the company! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 22:05:04 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] (unknown) Aww Maurice, I'm editing right now, but I'm here to keep you company on your blackberry! :) Thanks for being my new facebook buddy! Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 Lyrical Press. Inc To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: mcjennings...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 02:57:52 + Subject: [scifinoir2] (unknown) We lost power, so I'm laying here in semi-darkness, gladdened every time my Blackberry's little red light signals an email has arrived! How pathetic is that? I'm reminded of the Twilight Zone episode wher Burgess Meredith was the lone survivor of an attack. He piled up books, sorted them, and prepared for a reading orgy. Then he broke his only pair of glasses! Well, I couldn't find my glasses, so I couldn't see these little keys. Just a moment of panic! Lol! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT _ Windows Live™ Contacts: Organize your contact list. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/marcusatmicrosoft.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!503D1D86EBB2B53C!2285.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_UGC_Contacts_032009
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We lost power, so I'm laying here in semi-darkness, gladdened every time my Blackberry's little red light signals an email has arrived! How pathetic is that? I'm reminded of the Twilight Zone episode wher Burgess Meredith was the lone survivor of an attack. He piled up books, sorted them, and prepared for a reading orgy. Then he broke his only pair of glasses! Well, I couldn't find my glasses, so I couldn't see these little keys. Just a moment of panic! Lol! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT
Re: [scifinoir2] Good Morning SciFi
Hahahahahahahahaaha! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:59:45 To: Sci Fiscifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Good Morning SciFi I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes (he is 92). We decided to grab a bite at the food court. I noticed he was watching a teenager sitting next to him. The teenager had spiked hair in all different colors: green, red, orange, and blue. My dad kept staring at him. The teenager would look and find him staring every time. When the teenager had had enough, he sarcastically asked, What's the matter old man, never done anything wild in your life? Knowing my Dad, I quickly swallowed my food so that I would not choke on his response, knowing he would have a good one, and in classic style he did not bat an eye in his response. Got drunk once, and had sex with a peacock. I was just wondering if you were my son. Fate.
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Re: OT: Does an Introspective Bush Mean Anything Now?
He surely didn't know about Ike's advice because, alas, it was in a book! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:19:59 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Re: OT: Does an Introspective Bush Mean Anything Now? rave, regarding the unnecessary war comment, soon after Mister Bush launched us into the Debacle In The Desert, someone remarked that he would've done well to read Dwight D Eisenhower's treatise on war. Basically, it read (in my words), If you decide to get into a war, make sure that you can win it, and that you have a plan on hand for doing so. Mister Bush had neither. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Does an Introspective Bush Mean Anything Now? Date : Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:56:23 - From : ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I am watching an episode of CBS' Sunday Morning that I taped, well, on sunday morning. There is a segment accessing George W. Bush's presidency. According to a George Mason University poll of 109 historians 98% rate Bush 43 as a failure with 61% of them rating him among the worst in history. It is noted that John Adams, the second president, said that there is one unforgivable sin for which a president will never be forgiven and that is to put the country in an unnecessary war. It appears that the Iraq War is an unnecessary war and will prove more unnecessary as time goes on. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, keithbjohn...@... wrote: Been thinking a lot about President Bush, what he's done for (to) the world, what he intended to do, what his legacy will be, what he feels about everything. I find myself in some combination of anger, contempt, sympathy, bemusement, and pity for this man who now seems to be feeling the weight of what's gone wrong, but is still convinced that he did what was right and necessary. It's like chewing on a piece of food that you can't quite identify, working it over and over in the mouth, trying to decide whether to spit it out, or chew some more to decide on whether it's good or not. Here's my take on Bush: he's not a bad man, not even necessarily a stupid one, as many (me included) have often characterized him. Rather, I think he might fall more into the category of well-meaning bungler, or confident-but-clueless. The kind of guy who comes into a room and greats everyone by name, whether it's the help or the master of the house, who can make everyone laugh at a joke and put them at ease, but who then says something just kinda--well...hell, stupid. Maybe telling an off-color joke or ribbing someone a bit too much. A man who injects stories about how much he can bench press into a conversation about foreign policy. The kind of guy that makes you later say Nice enough guy, but a bit clueless... The more I hear his retrospectives and introspective musings, that's what I think. Stuff like Well, I guess the 'Mission Accomplished' banner was a mistake, or Yeah we made mistakes with Katrina--but what about all the people we *did* help? makes me feel that way. Stuff said with a sense of regret and second-guessing, but still bolstered by a game belief in his *rightness* make me think that. The more I read about him and listen to him and see him--gray and older, bowed but not beaten, impossibly upbeat even amidst the sense of melancholy that must be attacking him--the more I realize he really truly did what he thought was right and best for America. I contrast that to people like Cheney and Rumsfeld, who in my opinion really are egotistical, elitist, power-mad megalomaniacs. No, not a bad or ill-intentioned guy was George Bush the second, but still hurtful. A child with a gun can still kill someone, I say. Ever seen a kid accidentally cause a friend or pet to get injured? That look the child has in his eyes, wide-eyed and tearful, fearful of what he's done, not quite believing how that innocent rock throw at Fido or stab at a friend's eye with a stick could turn out so badly? The way that child wails, afraid both of what he's done, and of being punished, gamely trying to defend himself while tearfully admitting his guilt, pleading and defending, I didn't know that would happen. I didn't mean it. It's not my fault!? That's Bush, a child playing with something way beyond his ability to control or understand, now standing back going I didn't know *that* would happen! I didn't mean it! It's not my fault! But the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, they say. And in the end, perhaps that will Bush's epithet: a well-meaning fool who led this country down the wrong path, who harmed us without meaning too, and then stood by when it was done, thinking I didn't know that would happen! Somehow, George, it doesn't make me feel any better. Go to Dallas and build your library. Rest on your front porch and put up your boots while you sip
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Re: OT: Does an Introspective Bush Mean Anything Now?
Are you military? God bless you. I'm still insane from 'Nam. Gonna die that way. It's cool, though! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:24:18 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Re: OT: Does an Introspective Bush Mean Anything Now? Martin, speaking as someone who was sent over there 4 times, i totally agree with u and Rave. Fate. --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Re: OT: Does an Introspective Bush Mean Anything Now? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 12:19 PM rave, regarding the unnecessary war comment, soon after Mister Bush launched us into the Debacle In The Desert, someone remarked that he would've done well to read Dwight D Eisenhower's treatise on war. Basically, it read (in my words), If you decide to get into a war, make sure that you can win it, and that you have a plan on hand for doing so. Mister Bush had neither. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Does an Introspective Bush Mean Anything Now? Date : Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:56:23 - From : ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I am watching an episode of CBS' Sunday Morning that I taped, well, on sunday morning. There is a segment accessing George W. Bush's presidency. According to a George Mason University poll of 109 historians 98% rate Bush 43 as a failure with 61% of them rating him among the worst in history. It is noted that John Adams, the second president, said that there is one unforgivable sin for which a president will never be forgiven and that is to put the country in an unnecessary war. It appears that the Iraq War is an unnecessary war and will prove more unnecessary as time goes on. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, keithbjohn...@... wrote: Been thinking a lot about President Bush, what he's done for (to) the world, what he intended to do, what his legacy will be, what he feels about everything. I find myself in some combination of anger, contempt, sympathy, bemusement, and pity for this man who now seems to be feeling the weight of what's gone wrong, but is still convinced that he did what was right and necessary. It's like chewing on a piece of food that you can't quite identify, working it over and over in the mouth, trying to decide whether to spit it out, or chew some more to decide on whether it's good or not. Here's my take on Bush: he's not a bad man, not even necessarily a stupid one, as many (me included) have often characterized him. Rather, I think he might fall more into the category of well-meaning bungler, or confident-but-clueless. The kind of guy who comes into a room and greats everyone by name, whether it's the help or the master of the house, who can make everyone laugh at a joke and put them at ease, but who then says something just kinda--well...hell, stupid. Maybe telling an off-color joke or ribbing someone a bit too much. A man who injects stories about how much he can bench press into a conversation about foreign policy. The kind of guy that makes you later say Nice enough guy, but a bit clueless... The more I hear his retrospectives and introspective musings, that's what I think. Stuff like Well, I guess the 'Mission Accomplished' banner was a mistake, or Yeah we made mistakes with Katrina--but what about all the people we *did* help? makes me feel that way. Stuff said with a sense of regret and second-guessing, but still bolstered by a game belief in his *rightness* make me think that. The more I read about him and listen to him and see him--gray and older, bowed but not beaten, impossibly upbeat even amidst the sense of melancholy that must be attacking him--the more I realize he really truly did what he thought was right and best for America. I contrast that to people like Cheney and Rumsfeld, who in my opinion really are egotistical, elitist, power-mad megalomaniacs. No, not a bad or ill-intentioned guy was George Bush the second, but still hurtful. A child with a gun can still kill someone, I say. Ever seen a kid accidentally cause a friend or pet to get injured? That look the child has in his eyes, wide-eyed and tearful, fearful of what he's done, not quite believing how that innocent rock throw at Fido or stab at a friend's eye with a stick could turn out so badly? The way that child wails, afraid both of what he's done, and of being punished, gamely trying to defend himself while tearfully admitting his guilt, pleading and defending, I didn't know that would happen. I didn't mean it. It's not my fault!? That's Bush, a child playing with something way beyond his ability to control or understand, now standing back going I didn't know *that* would happen! I didn't mean it! It's not my fault! But the road to Hell is paved with good
Re: [scifinoir2] Good Morning SciFi
Yeah, I knew, but I could see your dad, and it was hilarious! Much funnier coming from where you sent it! I would have never said anything if you hadn't. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:35:05 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Good Morning SciFi Keith my friend, it was only a joke. just wanted everyone 2 laugh. especially after all of the bush people trying 2 re-write history! decided that everyone needed 2 laugh like ME. Fate. --- On Tue, 1/13/09, keithbjohn...@comcast.net keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Good Morning SciFi To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 12:32 PM Are you shi**ing us? that is freaking hilarious! Your dad sounds like a trip! But frankly, I can imagine many folks from the previous generation snapping at that kid. Even if he was uncomfortable with your dad's stare, he shouldn't have mouthed off like that. I was raised to respect the elders, even if they ticked me off or something. Even if he wanted to know if something was up, he could have said Excuse me, is something wrong? Kids. (I'm only in my '40s but already feel that I'm a step away from grabbing a cane and shaking it at these whippersnappers in frustration! ) -- Original message - - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes (he is 92). We decided to grab a bite at the food court. I noticed he was watching a teenager sitting next to him. The teenager had spiked hair in all different colors: green, red, orange, and blue. My dad kept staring at him. The teenager would look and find him staring every time. When the teenager had had enough, he sarcastically asked, What's the matter old man, never done anything wild in your life? Knowing my Dad, I quickly swallowed my food so that I would not choke on his response, knowing he would have a good one, and in classic style he did not bat an eye in his response. Got drunk once, and had sex with a peacock. I was just wondering if you were my son. Fate.
Re: [scifinoir2] Obama Vs. McCain In 10 Sci-Fi Movies
Early voting must be nice! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:29:30 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Obama Vs. McCain In 10 Sci-Fi Movies Voted early last Friday here in the ATL... -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anybody else at the polls yet? Sent via BlackBerry by ATT From: Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:50:37 -0800 To: [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]; 'Kera'[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] CC: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com; 'Glenn Sigler'[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'paul demorsella'[EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Chris de Morsella'[EMAIL PROTECTED]; Aradia \(Rae\) Corenti[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] Obama Vs. McCain In 10 Sci-Fi Movies Obama Vs. McCain In 10 Sci-Fi Movies http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0id=61799 My fellow Americans, science fiction has anticipated our current national dilemma: forever wars, economic collapse, mutant zombies running in the streets. Since we're already facing a bunch of science fictional scenarios made real, which candidate would best handle the real tests facing the nation: Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain? Change You Can Believe in is great, so long as abominations from the hollow earth aren't trying to change your very DNA, and putting Country First might not be enough when the whole damned species is threatened by lizard-faced extra-dimensional organ harvesters. Take the following scenarios from SF movies: 1. The Movie: Escape From New York. The President: Donald Pleasence. The Crisis: With all of Manhattan turned into a maximum-security federal prison, a Patty Hearst-like teenybopper Tania take-off terrorist seizes Air Force One and crashes it into Midtown, where the Prez is taken hostage by a gang of convicts led by the voice of Chef himself, Isaac Hayes! Candidate best suited for the crisis: Obama As a former community organizer, he's got a track record in difficult urban settings in which times are tough; even though Hayes' predecessor as the boss of New York, Rudy Giuliani, might diss it, this is valuable experience! And hey ... if you listen to certain talk-radio ranters, Obama really knows how to talk to domestic terrorists in really palsy-walsy terms! It might make it easier for Obama to get the New York State vote, but with 8 million votes in Manhattan negated (felons can't vote in New York State), those 31 electoral votes might get trimmed down some. 2. The Movie: Superman II. The President: E.G. Marshall. The Crisis: Phantom Zone escapees Ursa, Non and General Zod use their incredible superpowers to subdue the Planet Houston (OK ... Earth), raiding the White House and forcing a comically toupee'd president (whose rug makes Joe Biden's hair plugs look as natural as Fabio's mane) to kneel before Zod and swear fealty to the Kryptonian criminal. Candidate best suited for the crisis: McCain His Secure Borders policy would apply to Kryptonians, too (even though if he extended it to include Smallville, Kan., he might alienate Sen. Brownback and lose six electoral votes in the process). 'Sides, ... who wouldn't want to see a catfight between Ursa and Palin (under whose jurisdiction Superman's Fortress of Solitude would fall, assuming it's not on federal land)? 3. The Movie: Independence Day. The President: Bill Pullman. The Crisis: A bunch of really nasty and hostile aliens take a page from Clarke's Childhood's End and make it real as they park giant spacecraft over the world's cities and proceed to blow them up. A ragtag bunch of refugees must rise up and fight the invaders. Candidate best suited for the crisis: McCain At the climax, President Pullman clambers into a fighter jet and joins an assault on the aliens. Well, we know who's got the edge there, don't we, even though he might be a little rusty after 40 or so years? The crisis forces the Prez to nuke Houston, so that's 34 electoral votes from Texas vaporized into shiny, shiny fallout. 4. The Movie: Fail Safe. The President: Henry Fonda. The Crisis: Six Vindicator bombers are screeching their way into Russia. Having gone past their fail safe points, they can't be recalled, so the Prez must get on the Moscow hotline (along with translator Larry Hagman) to help the Soviets bring down the squadron before Moscow is nuked to glowing rubble while
Re: [scifinoir2] Obama Vs. McCain In 10 Sci-Fi Movies
Anybody else at the polls yet? Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:50:37 To: [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]; 'Kera'[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] Cc: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com; 'Glenn Sigler'[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'paul demorsella'[EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Chris de Morsella'[EMAIL PROTECTED]; Aradia \(Rae\) Corenti[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] Obama Vs. McCain In 10 Sci-Fi Movies Obama Vs. McCain In 10 Sci-Fi Movies http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0id=61799 My fellow Americans, science fiction has anticipated our current national dilemma: forever wars, economic collapse, mutant zombies running in the streets. Since we're already facing a bunch of science fictional scenarios made real, which candidate would best handle the real tests facing the nation: Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain? Change You Can Believe in is great, so long as abominations from the hollow earth aren't trying to change your very DNA, and putting Country First might not be enough when the whole damned species is threatened by lizard-faced extra-dimensional organ harvesters. Take the following scenarios from SF movies: 1. The Movie: Escape From New York. pleasence The President: Donald Pleasence. The Crisis: With all of Manhattan turned into a maximum-security federal prison, a Patty Hearst-like teenybopper Tania take-off terrorist seizes Air Force One and crashes it into Midtown, where the Prez is taken hostage by a gang of convicts led by the voice of Chef himself, Isaac Hayes! Candidate best suited for the crisis: Obama http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/news_thumbnails/Obama_tn.jpg As a former community organizer, he's got a track record in difficult urban settings in which times are tough; even though Hayes' predecessor as the boss of New York, Rudy Giuliani, might diss it, this is valuable experience! And hey ... if you listen to certain talk-radio ranters, Obama really knows how to talk to domestic terrorists in really palsy-walsy terms! It might make it easier for Obama to get the New York State vote, but with 8 million votes in Manhattan negated (felons can't vote in New York State), those 31 electoral votes might get trimmed down some. _ 2. The Movie: Superman II. The President: E.G. Marshall. The Crisis: Phantom Zone escapees Ursa, Non and General Zod use their incredible superpowers to subdue the Planet Houston (OK ... Earth), raiding the White House and forcing a comically toupee'd president (whose rug makes Joe Biden's hair plugs look as natural as Fabio's mane) to kneel before Zod and swear fealty to the Kryptonian criminal. Candidate best suited for the crisis: McCain happening His Secure Borders policy would apply to Kryptonians, too (even though if he extended it to include Smallville, Kan., he might alienate Sen. Brownback and lose six electoral votes in the process). 'Sides, ... who wouldn't want to see a catfight between Ursa and Palin (under whose jurisdiction Superman's Fortress of Solitude would fall, assuming it's not on federal land)? _ 3. The Movie: Independence Day. The President: Bill Pullman. The Crisis: A bunch of really nasty and hostile aliens take a page from Clarke's Childhood's End and make it real as they park giant spacecraft over the world's cities and proceed to blow them up. A ragtag bunch of refugees must rise up and fight the invaders. Candidate best suited for the crisis: McCain happening At the climax, President Pullman clambers into a fighter jet and joins an assault on the aliens. Well, we know who's got the edge there, don't we, even though he might be a little rusty after 40 or so years? The crisis forces the Prez to nuke Houston, so that's 34 electoral votes from Texas vaporized into shiny, shiny fallout. _ 4. The Movie: Fail Safe. fonda The President: Henry Fonda. The Crisis: Six Vindicator bombers are screeching their way into Russia. Having gone past their fail safe points, they can't be recalled, so the Prez must get on the Moscow hotline (along with translator Larry Hagman) to help the Soviets bring down the squadron before Moscow is nuked to glowing rubble while a hawkish academic named Professor Groeteschele (Walter Matthau) offers tips on how to use this SNAFU to end the Russkies once and for all. Candidate best suited for the crisis: Obama happening As the character Professor Groeteschele
