[scifinoir2] Re: OT: She Hate Me

2005-06-24 Thread Kelly Wright
What annoys me most about the negative reviews "She Hate Me" received is the notion Spike made the movie he made because he didn't know any better, as if he were novice Matty Rich mucking up "The Inkwell." Spike has made eighteen movies including one that may be one of the one hundred best movies

[scifinoir2] MIT physicists create new form of matter

2005-06-24 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/matter.html MIT physicists create new form of matter June 22, 2005 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT scientists have brought a supercool end to a heated race among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of matter, a gas of atoms that shows high-tempe

[scifinoir2] Pentagon Creating Database of High School Students

2005-06-24 Thread Oreoblues
Jun. 23) - As U.S. military action in Iraq and Afghanistan continues, the Pentagon -- which has fallen short of its recruitment goals -- is using new means to find potential recruits. Working with the private marketing firm BeNow, Inc. of Wakefield, Mass., the Pentagon has created a huge da

[scifinoir2] Re: What are Good Fantasy Books for Black Youth to Read

2005-06-24 Thread Carole McDonnell
A vote for Octavia Butler's Kindred. It's about slavery. "knowing about slavery as history" and actually being involved in it. It's also close to home...in our time, about our issues. And it has a nice paradox. The heroine ends up back in time and must save the life of her racist white ancestor

[scifinoir2] Re: I cried...

2005-06-24 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Amanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is Hollywood is making these films. And not just that, > they are making films to target a mass audience. Not always a good > way to make a film good. I think the problem with the Hitchhikers Guide movie wa