Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Astromancer
So I gather you didn't see 'A Scanner Darkly'... Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nah. I¹m gonna pass on Beowulf. I feel like, either do a live action movie with big name stars, or do an animated feature. It worked at first because they were using big name actors to get people in to see

Re: [scifinoir2] Bionic Woman' Nears Cancellation

2007-11-16 Thread Astromancer
oh...it's cancelled...what a shock...oh my... Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bionic Woman' Nears Cancellation http://www.syfyportal.com/news424437.html By MICHAEL HINMAN Source: Zap2it Nov-15-2007 What had better ratings this week? The critically panned

[scifinoir2] The Real Beowulf

2007-11-16 Thread ravenadal
http://blogs.jsonline.com/dudek/archive/2007/11/16/the-real- beowulf.aspx The Real 'Beowulf' By Duane Dudek Friday, Nov 16 2007, 08:15 AM Although Beowulf has been around for 1,500 years, more or less - it is the oldest surviving poem in the English language - the version that most people

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Daryle
Nah. I¹m gonna pass on Beowulf. I feel like, either do a live action movie with big name stars, or do an animated feature. It worked at first because they were using big name actors to get people in to see animated features. But now people already know what to expect so they come. If I wanna

[scifinoir2] Bionic Woman' Nears Cancellation

2007-11-16 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Bionic Woman' Nears Cancellation http://www.syfyportal.com/news424437.html By MICHAEL HINMAN Source: Zap2it Nov-15-2007 What had better ratings this week? The critically panned Journeyman on NBC's Monday night? Or the highly-touted Bionic Woman on Wednesday? If you chose Bionic Woman, you're

[scifinoir2] Re: Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread ravenadal
My 15 year-old daughter is taking an honors level course called British Authors this semester and her British Authors class, which read Beowulf this semester, are taking a field trip to see the movie at one of the suburban movie palaces showing the movie in 3-D. Eye, one the other hand, will

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Daryle
Now that wasn’t right. You know I have to see every PKD story done on screen. I may not have LIKED A Scanner Darkly, but I saw it. On 11/16/07 11:07 AM, Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I gather you didn't see 'A Scanner Darkly'... Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[scifinoir2] Start the Fire montage

2007-11-16 Thread Reece Jennings
If you like it, play again and you will see and hear things you missed first time. http://home.uchicago.edu/~yli5/Flash/Fire.html http://home.uchicago.edu/~yli5/Flash/Fire.html If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking. - General George S. Patton, Jr. [Non-text portions

[scifinoir2] 'Beowulf' wins in 3-D

2007-11-16 Thread ravenadal
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=686602 'Beowulf' wins in 3-D Posted: Nov. 15, 2007 Duane Dudek The epic poem Beowulf was preserved by the emerging technology of its day - the printed word. Before that, it was passed from one generation to the next orally. All of which makes

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Astromancer
Yet... Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that wasn¡¯t right. You know I have to see every PKD story done on screen. I may not have LIKED A Scanner Darkly, but I saw it. On 11/16/07 11:07 AM, Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I gather you didn't see 'A Scanner

Re: [scifinoir2] Bionic Woman' Nears Cancellation

2007-11-16 Thread Martin
I am shocked. Shocked and amazed. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: oh...it's cancelled...what a shock...oh my... Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bionic Woman' Nears Cancellation http://www.syfyportal.com/news424437.html By MICHAEL

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Martin
A friend of mine from Canada has said good things about the movie. I still haven't gotten around to it. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yet... Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that wasn¡¯t right. You know I have to see every PKD story done on screen. I may not have LIKED A

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Martin
Keith, I'm with you on the leery-of-effects angle. I really can't see why anyone would bother to make such effects in the name of realism. And, being a semi-recent convert to anime, I really don't feel moved by the concept of motion-capture. I think I'm going to hold onto the price of the

Re: [scifinoir2] Bionic Woman' Nears Cancellation

2007-11-16 Thread Astromancer
(yawn*) I can understand... Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am shocked. Shocked and amazed. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: oh...it's cancelled...what a shock...oh my... Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bionic Woman' Nears Cancellation

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Justin Mohareb
There's a name for the phenomenon of hyperrealism being unrealistic: The Uncanny Valley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley My wife wants to see it because of one of hte guys who was in Robin of Sherwood, and I wanna see it because of Nekkid Angelina and the trailer for Cloverfield.

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
Cree Summer gets a lot of voice work in animated stuff on TV. not sure if she's voiced any animated films at the movies or any CGI stuff. Was she the voice of the young Sister on the cartoon about the young spies? What was that:, Codename: KIDS or something like that? -- Original

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
ha-ha, funny! Jolie has been--enhanced--so i'm not all that eager about seeing her au naturale -- Original message -- From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] My 15 year-old daughter is taking an honors level course called British Authors this semester and her British Authors

[scifinoir2] Gonna See Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
A friend sent the review below. i might see, not sure. The faces like creepy thing is my main problem, and lame dialogue added to that: don't know. It's again why i prefer either straight 2D animation, CGI animation that's not trying to be completely real (like The Incredibles, which i love),

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
i never saw it, or that other film made with the same effects. can' remember the same, but it's the one staring Ethan Hawke. how were they? -- Original message -- From: Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now that wasn¡¯t right. You know I have to see every PKD story done on

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
Lots of talk about Cloverfield. Ever searched for a trailer online? -- Original message -- From: Justin Mohareb [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's a name for the phenomenon of hyperrealism being unrealistic: The Uncanny Valley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley My

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
yeah, i think i or someone else posted about the Uncanny Valley a few months ago. it's dead on in a lot of ways. I can remember movies like Dark Crystal, Final Fantasy, and others where the characters have so many human characteristics and are almost human, but kind of creep me out.But then,

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Heard they used a body double at some point [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ha-ha, funny! Jolie has been--enhanced--so i'm not all that eager about seeing her au naturale -- Original message -- From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:ravenadal%40yahoo.com My 15 year-old

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I know everybody hated final fantasy, but I liked it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yeah, i think i or someone else posted about the Uncanny Valley a few months ago. it's dead on in a lot of ways. I can remember movies like Dark Crystal, Final Fantasy, and others where the characters have so

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
indeed? why is that? -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Heard they used a body double at some point [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ha-ha, funny! Jolie has been--enhanced--so i'm not all that eager about

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
i didn't hate it. i enjoyed much of it, just not a fan of the almost-human CGI characters. -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know everybody hated final fantasy, but I liked it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[scifinoir2] Great Episode of Avatar

2007-11-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
It's me, the number one Avatar booster. I saw a really good ep last week. The title was The Puppet Master. It deals with Water Bender Kitara meeting Hama, an elderly member of her tribe who was captured by the Fire Nation years ago. Thanks to years of abuse by the Fire Nation, Hama lady has

Re: [scifinoir2] Bionic Woman' Nears Cancellation

2007-11-16 Thread Astromancer
Z...Really?...Z... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: not surprised. like we discussed recently, it fails on pretty much all levels... -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bionic Woman' Nears Cancellation

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Astromancer
Oh yeah...and that tail makes her so much sexier...(the drip, drip, of sarcasm off words) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ha-ha, funny! Jolie has been--enhanced--so i'm not all that eager about seeing her au naturale -- Original message -- From: ravenadal [EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Astromancer
Actually it stars Keannu Reeves... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i never saw it, or that other film made with the same effects. can' remember the same, but it's the one staring Ethan Hawke. how were they? -- Original message -- From: Daryle Now that wasn¡¯t right. You

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Astromancer
Uh...A body double on an animantion??? (scratching head...) Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heard they used a body double at some point [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ha-ha, funny! Jolie has been--enhanced--so i'm not all that eager about seeing her au

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Astromancer
So did I, Tracey... Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know everybody hated final fantasy, but I liked it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yeah, i think i or someone else posted about the Uncanny Valley a few months ago. it's dead on in a lot of ways. I can

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Astromancer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: indeed? why is that? -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Heard they used a body double at some point [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ha-ha, funny! Jolie has

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Have you seen any of the sequels? Astromancer wrote: So did I, Tracey... Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: I know everybody hated final fantasy, but I liked it. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I was mistaken about the body double for Beowulf, but not other movies. I found rumors but no news stories I did find that they used a body double in the movie Wanted because of all the weight lost (she's under 100 lbs now and very bony. They also digitally fixed her to look thicker is some

Re: [scifinoir2] Gonna see Beowulf?

2007-11-16 Thread Astromancer
Sequel to Final Fantasy??? I didn't know they made any more...Were they straight-to-video? Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you seen any of the sequels? Astromancer wrote: So did I, Tracey... Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)