Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI

2003-06-12 Thread G. D. Akin
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 05:53 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at first, but ended up really having a good time with it. Anyone seen it? George A The 10th Kingdom was a

Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI

2003-06-12 Thread G. D. Akin
Reggie Bautista wrote: George wrote: Riverworld: After reading comments on the list, I wasn't too hopeful. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The basics of To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat were there. While the movie was rather predictable, I enjoyed watching it.

Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI

2003-06-12 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:06 PM 6/12/03 +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 05:53 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at first, but ended up really having a good time with it. Anyone

Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI

2003-06-12 Thread G. D. Akin
- Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 5:18 PM Subject: Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI At 05:06 PM 6/12/03 +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 05:53 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Gary

Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI

2003-06-12 Thread Reggie Bautista
Ronn! wrote: When they re-ran it on TV, to cut it down from 10 hours to 8, they cut out, frex, a lot of the trolls rampaging through the apartment building at the beginning. 7 hours w/o commercials sounds like about 10 hours with commercials, though . . . Shows like Stargate (pre-SciFi

Red Mars to air on SCI FI

2003-06-11 Thread G. D. Akin
I just read the following on SCIFIWEEKLY: Producer Gale Ann Hurd (Hulk, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) has signed a deal with the SCI FI Channel to produce the six-hour miniseries, Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars. The announcement closely follows another high-profile deal made recently by

RE: Red Mars to air on SCI FI

2003-06-11 Thread Gary Nunn
P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at first, but ended up really having a good time with it. Anyone seen it? George A The 10th Kingdom was a great family movie, I even bought my daughter the DVD. Who could not

Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI

2003-06-11 Thread William T Goodall
On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 10:11 am, G. D. Akin wrote: P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at first, but ended up really having a good time with it. Anyone seen it? I've seen most of it. It was nice to see Rutger

RE: Red Mars to air on SCI FI

2003-06-11 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:53 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at first, but ended up really having a good time with it. Anyone seen it? George A The 10th Kingdom was a great family movie, I even

RE: Red Mars to air on SCI FI

2003-06-11 Thread Gary Nunn
Is the DVD the whole ten hours as it was originally broadcast, or the repeat broadcast where they cut out a couple of hours, including some of the best stuff? -- Ronn! :) It is the complete broadcast. There were two versions of the DVD, a two disk set and a three disk set. I think the

Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI

2003-06-11 Thread Reggie Bautista
George wrote: Riverworld: After reading comments on the list, I wasn't too hopeful. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The basics of To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat were there. While the movie was rather predictable, I enjoyed watching it. It screams sequel or series.