Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Astromancer
I do recall them playing Night of the Lepus. Too late... maidmarian_thepoet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me know when SciFi makes it up to killer rabbits. We've had alligators, snakes, and every water critter known to man. I guess that they've made it to land now. --- In

[scifinoir2] 4400 Series Finale- - anyone See it? Possiblespoilers

2007-09-17 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I read that there is a good chance that tonite's episode was the very last. Did anyone see it? What did you think? Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
I have a friend in Alabama who's had some nasty run-ins with our fine furry friends. I'm sure I could get him to work up a spec script. Martin (slapping himself silly for even mentioning that) maidmarian_thepoet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me know when SciFi

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
Tracey, I think that Marian was referring to Peter Wingfield (a Welshman, BTB!), who looks a lot like Brody. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was a big fan back in the day. but I don't remember Adrian Brody being in the cast. What part did he play?

Re: [scifinoir2] You Want Killer Rabbits??

2007-09-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
Don't know if you're old enough to remember this turkey, but Night of the Lepus is so bad it's funny! They literally made a movie about killer rabbits, but they filmed *Real* rabbits to do it! So then they use a lot of FX to make the rabbits appear giant, and slo-mo to make them appear

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
Yeah, that's what I thought. Basically the Source tests people and McLeod passed. I got the idea that it would create a new race of humans too. Maybe when it's repeated, I'll try to watch it again (if aired in the middle of January and snow's falling outside). As for dumping someone who's

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
At least the old movies were funny camp. The ones about killer frogs (Frogs), bugs (Bugs), spiders (Kingdom of the Spiders), etc., were all so corny. It was great to see guys and girls with big hair running in their too-tight Britannia jeans from crazed giant ants! Or to see Love Boat

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Daryle
I like Highlander. Not like I like Star Trek, but...I've watched pretty much all of the Adrian Paul series and even one season of The Raven. To me, a Highlander movie has Christopher Lambert in it. This weekend, one of the Showtime networks showed the Highlander movie with Mario van Peebles. I

Re: [scifinoir2] Iron Man Trailer

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
Hated Top Gun. The trailer was *fun*. It had me sold on the idea that the entire movie might be fun. Now, it's basically a creation meant to *sell* the movie. I feel cheated. Maybe not you, but that's the wonder of diversity speaking. Justin Mohareb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: See what 50 years will do...

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
No, Reece, the *last* thing you want is to plug into someone else's network. Could be virus-ridden or loaded with stuff that would get you decades in a dark hole. Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know. I thought you buy a wireless router and troll

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Daryle
I¹m going to pitch Sci-Fi Channel a horror movie told from the perspective of the gophers in ³Caddyshack². This is the only ground they haven¹t covered. It would be the first sequel that changes genre from the original movie. Who¹s with me? On 9/17/07 8:31 AM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I get the camp. I used to watch those. Cherry 2000 this weekend is a good example. But this stuff is killing scifi. Next week, they are butchering Species. Even Species three was more palatable than what they are likely to do to there version. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At least the old

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
Talking bout all those bad movies got me tripping down memory lane. Tracey, you asked why we watch some of the bad junk. Well, in a word: fun! The old camp movies are so bad, so mind-numbingly devoid of acting, plot, and anything approaching production value, they're classics of camp that make

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I never noticed the resemblance, but now that you mention it, they do look a little alike. I agree with her. Once they started developing the mythology behind the Watchers and developed Methos story-- moving beyond the immortal bad guy of the week, the story truly developed. I remember

[scifinoir2] FW: TaxMama?s Tax Quips ? Common Law in South Carolina

2007-09-17 Thread Reece Jennings
-Original Message- From: Eva Rosenberg, EA - Your TaxMama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 9:09 AM To: Maurice C Jennings Subject: TaxMama?s Tax Quips ? Common Law in South Carolina Dear Maurice, Happy Constitution Day! How much do you know about your own

RE: [scifinoir2] 4400 Series Finale- - anyone See it? Possiblespoilers

2007-09-17 Thread Reece Jennings
I like the show. I like the twists, and the basic premise that sometimes gets twisted in surprising directions. I guess I'm old-school enough to appreciate just feeling the show. I finally figured out something. When I watch something, I almost never analyze it if it strikes something in me.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Amen!!! Daryle wrote: If ever there was a franchise that needed to be put down -- for good -- it's Highlander. On 9/16/07 11:56 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: Since they keep doing this type of crap

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
And saddest of all is that the main creators, writers, and producers behind the great series do the movies. I think it's a classic case of people written smaller stories for the small screen not knowing how to adapt for the big screen. Star Trek showed some of that weakness in later movies as I

Re: [scifinoir2] 4400 Series Finale- - anyone See it? Possiblespoilers

2007-09-17 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I thought they faltered a little this season after 3 really intense prior seasons, but they sure made up for the finale. I hope they do a fifth season. Reece Jennings wrote: I like the show. I like the twists, and the basic premise that sometimes gets twisted in surprising directions. I

RE: [scifinoir2] 4400 Series Finale- - anyone See it? Possiblespoilers

2007-09-17 Thread Reece Jennings
I'm with you. I had stopped watching for a while. But I caught up, and they DEFINITELY made up for it! Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation =

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
Myself, Tracey, I give them the MST3K treatment when I can remember to tune them in. Makes it surprisingly bearable. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Talking bout all those bad movies got me tripping down memory lane. Tracey, you asked why we watch some of the bad junk.

Re: [scifinoir2] You Want Killer Rabbits??

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
Those wascawwy wabbits! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't know if you're old enough to remember this turkey, but Night of the Lepus is so bad it's funny! They literally made a movie about killer rabbits, but they filmed *Real* rabbits to do it! So then they use a lot

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
There should have been only one... (the series, I mean) Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amen!!! Daryle wrote: If ever there was a franchise that needed to be put down -- for good -- it's Highlander. On 9/16/07 11:56 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly

Re: [scifinoir2] ...and Killer Rats

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
The Killer Shrews *was* done on MST3K, third season if memory serves. Haven't seen Food of the Gods in forever. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Talking about all these bad films and killer rabbits got me thinking bout two classics of bad scifi cinema dealing with giant

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: See what 50 years will do...

2007-09-17 Thread Reece Jennings
LOLLOL!!! That was tongue-in-cheek! I should have said so! I can imagine the look that was on your facewhen you read it! LOLLOL Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
Normally, but I have ethical concerns regarding golf. But, if there's blood on the 18th green... Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I¹m going to pitch Sci-Fi Channel a horror movie told from the perspective of the gophers in ³Caddyshack². This is the only ground

Re: [scifinoir2] You Want Killer Rabbits??

2007-09-17 Thread Astromancer
Oh yes...scary, horrible...and strangely cuddly... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't know if you're old enough to remember this turkey, but Night of the Lepus is so bad it's funny! They literally made a movie about killer rabbits, but they filmed *Real* rabbits to do it! So then they use

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
That is true about the first season. it is probably what kept me coming back Tracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And saddest of all is that the main creators, writers, and producers behind the great series do the movies. I think it's a classic case of people written smaller stories for the

Re: [scifinoir2] ...and Killer Rats

2007-09-17 Thread Astromancer
And a good thing too! Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Killer Shrews *was* done on MST3K, third season if memory serves. Haven't seen Food of the Gods in forever. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Talking about all these bad films and killer rabbits got me thinking bout two classics of bad

Re: [scifinoir2] You Want Killer Rabbits??

2007-09-17 Thread Daryle
In the mid 70s, De Kelley, Walter Koenig, and Jimmy Doohan appeared on ³Tomorrow² to talk about Star Trek ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tZt493xHho ). Among the many things discussed (and the special guest in the interview), it was made clear that the actors were NOT getting any money for the

[scifinoir2] ...and Killer Rats

2007-09-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
Talking about all these bad films and killer rabbits got me thinking bout two classics of bad scifi cinema dealing with giant killer rats. I submit for your approval The Killer Shrews and The Food of the Gods. These movies are so bad you have to laugh. Tracey, just reading these reviews I found

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: See what 50 years will do...

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
Couldn't shut the computer down fast enough... Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOLLOL!!! That was tongue-in-cheek! I should have said so! I can imagine the look that was on your facewhen you read it! LOLLOL Maurice Jennings Have you or someone

[scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread maidmarian_thepoet
True. The painful thing is that I found my mistake 10 minutes later and couldn't delete the message. (Well, I did, but obviously yahoo ignored me.) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tracey, I think that Marian was referring to Peter Wingfield (a Welshman,

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
Don't fret, Marian. maidmarian_thepoet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True. The painful thing is that I found my mistake 10 minutes later and couldn't delete the message. (Well, I did, but obviously yahoo ignored me.) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin

Re: [scifinoir2] You Want Killer Rabbits??

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
Kinda like *these*? http://www.craigshawgardner.com/novels/revengebunnies.gif Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh yes...scary, horrible...and strangely cuddly... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't know if you're old enough to remember this turkey,

[scifinoir2] Dole lettuce recalled in U.S., Canada

2007-09-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
Dole lettuce recalled in U.S., Canada By LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 19 minutes ago A division of Dole Food Co. issued an international recall of bagged salad Monday after a sample taken from a store in Canada tested positive for E. coli, the company said. There have been no

Re: [scifinoir2] Dole lettuce recalled in U.S., Canada

2007-09-17 Thread Martin
Oh, crap. I polished off a head of Dole yesterday, and I tossed the packaging. Was any of this sold at Kroger, Keith? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dole lettuce recalled in U.S., Canada By LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 19 minutes ago A division of

Re: [scifinoir2] ...and Killer Rats

2007-09-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
why doesn't SciFi air MST3K? i'd love to watch the old reruns, even -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Killer Shrews *was* done on MST3K, third season if memory serves. Haven't seen Food of the Gods in forever. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Talking

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: New Highlander Movie Debuting on SciFi Channel This Saturday

2007-09-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
Yeah, the tone, the music, even the look of the first season--all were very reminiscent of the first movie. Then, like I said, second season *sucked*. Then it got better again. The last couple of seasons is when they brought in that demon to bedevil Duncan, the crystals that would supposedly

Re: [scifinoir2] You Want Killer Rabbits??

2007-09-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
funny! -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh yes...scary, horrible...and strangely cuddly... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't know if you're old enough to remember this turkey, but Night of the Lepus is so bad it's funny! They literally made a

Re: [scifinoir2] Dole lettuce recalled in U.S., Canada

2007-09-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
i don't see it tied to a particular store so Kroger might have had the bad batch as well as Publix or anyone else. -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh, crap. I polished off a head of Dole yesterday, and I tossed the packaging. Was any of this sold

Re: [scifinoir2] You Want Killer Rabbits??

2007-09-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
makes sense. that was back in the days before the residual deals were worked out to the actors' advantage. -- Original message -- From: Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the mid 70s, De Kelley, Walter Koenig, and Jimmy Doohan appeared on ³Tomorrow² to talk about Star Trek (