Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie?

2009-01-30 Thread Milton Davis
Megan Fox, definitely. She has that young crazy blood vial wearing tongue kissing her brother angelina vibe. Might as well be consistent. --- On Thu, 1/29/09, B. Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote: From: B. Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Tomb Raider Franchise to Get

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Underworld The TV Show Is A Possibility

2009-01-30 Thread Milton Davis
I'm tired of vampires and were...excuse me, lycans. I hope somebody comes up with another trend for Hollywood to chase soon. --- On Wed, 1/28/09, Wayne badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Wayne badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Underworld The TV Show Is A

Re: [scifinoir2] Ving Rhames: Not Just A Piece Of Meat

2009-01-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
Rhames was great in Holiday's Heart, a film where he played a cross-dressing man who befriends Alfre Woodard, an irresponsible man. Seeing hulking Rhames play a transvestite is jarring at first, but he does a great job. He was also pretty good in the short-lived TV series Kojak from a few years

[scifinoir2] Formula For Crafting Timeless Science Fiction Sagas

2009-01-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella
An http://io9.com/5142188/an-excellent-formula-for-crafting-timeless-science-f iction-sagas Excellent Formula For Crafting Timeless Science Fiction Sagas By Charlie Jane http://io9.com/people/charliejane/posts/ Anders, 11:57

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Underworld The TV Show Is A Possibility

2009-01-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
The current trends seem to be comic-based movies, and supernatural/fantasy directed toward children/teens. It's not necessarily all bad. After all, it's given us The Dark Knight and Iron Man, Harry Potter and Narnia. The comic thing is obvious--there are only so many well-known choices, after

[RE][scifinoir2] Formula For Crafting Timeless Science Fiction Sagas

2009-01-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Okay... why isn't *he* writing SF, with a wit like his? -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Formula For Crafting Timeless Science Fiction Sagas Date : Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:54:30 -0800 From : Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com To :

[RE][scifinoir2] PBS Documentary on Oppenheimer

2009-01-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, George Santanaya said, 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Mankind has proven itself to have a painfully short memory... :-( -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] PBS Documentary on Oppenheimer Date : Fri, 30 Jan 2009

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] PBS Documentary on Oppenheimer

2009-01-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
To quote Teal'c, Indeed... -- Original message -- From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com Keith, George Santanaya said, 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Mankind has proven itself to have a painfully short memory... :-(

[scifinoir2] Mars Rover Doing Well After Memory Glitch/Mars rover may be feeling its age - fin

2009-01-30 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/science/space/30rover.html?_r=1ref=science Mars Rover Doing Well After Memory Glitch By KENNETH CHANG Published: January 29, 2009 NASA’s Mars Spirit rover may be rolling again as soon as this weekend, although engineers remain perplexed as to what caused it

[scifinoir2] 1000 novels everyone must read: Science Fiction Fantasy (part one)

2009-01-30 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/22/1000-novels-science-fiction-fantasy-part-one

[scifinoir2] X-Files/Supernatural director-producer dies

2009-01-30 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/30/2478039.htm?section=entertainment X-Files director-producer dies Posted Fri Jan 30, 2009 Kim Manners, a prolific director and producer on The X-Files, died on January 25 of complications from lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los

[RE][scifinoir2] X-Files/Supernatural director-producer dies

2009-01-30 Thread Martin Baxter
My condolences to his family. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] X-Files/Supernatural director-producer dies Date : Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:17:55 -0500 From : brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com

[RE][scifinoir2] Mars Rover Doing Well After Memory Glitch/Mars rover may be feeling its age - fin

2009-01-30 Thread Martin Baxter
The twisted part of me wants to congratulate the Martians for a successful sabotage job. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Mars Rover Doing Well After Memory Glitch/Mars rover may be feeling its age - fin Date : Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:34:58 -0500 From :

[scifinoir2] Re: Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie?

2009-01-30 Thread ravenadal
You say that like its a bad thing. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, keithbjohn...@... wrote: Okay, so her pedigree would be that she's potentially as unstable as Jolie? That lunatic light in the eyes, that's frightening and attractive at the same time? Hmmm... Well, next you'll be

[scifinoir2] Re: Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie?

2009-01-30 Thread ravenadal
nuff said. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Milton Davis mv_media_...@... wrote: Megan Fox, definitely. She has that young crazy blood vial wearing tongue kissing her brother angelina vibe. Might as well be consistent. --- On Thu, 1/29/09, B. Smith daikaij...@... wrote: From: B.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie?

2009-01-30 Thread Mike Street
Megan Fox is just the under $1m version of Angelina Jolie. If she does this it will just be a cheaply produced version. On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:46 PM, ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I can see human barbie-doll Megan Fox as Lara Croft. There is something very fetishistic about the

[scifinoir2] Re: Ving Rhames: Not Just A Piece Of Meat

2009-01-30 Thread ravenadal
Ving Rhames is a linchpin of my favorite movie: Pulp Fiction (and this choice tells you all you need to know about me and my love for Ving)- Jules: [Jules shoots the man on the couch] I'm sorry, did I break your concentration? I didn't mean to do that. Please, continue, you were saying

[scifinoir2] How Gmail destroyed Outlook.

2009-01-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella
What do you guys think? I think Google has serious privacy issues The Best E-Mail Program Ever How Gmail destroyed Outlook. By Farhad Manjoo Posted Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, at 5:52 PM ET _ As of this week, Gmail has reached perfection: You no longer have to be online to read

[RE][scifinoir2] How Gmail destroyed Outlook.

2009-01-30 Thread Martin Baxter
This article presumes that Outlook worked ab initio. It is, IMO, the biggest piece of cybercrap to be created since Uncle Billy-Boy concocted Windows. I tried to configure it once, ended up losing a week's worth of e-mails, including an invitation to dinner by a VERY lovely lady. Right now,

[RE][scifinoir2] Re: Ving Rhames: Not Just A Piece Of Meat

2009-01-30 Thread Martin Baxter
rave, I just laughed so hard that it almost cost me the only lung I've got left... -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Re: Ving Rhames: Not Just A Piece Of Meat Date : Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:37:01 - From : ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com To :

[scifinoir2] The Rich Got MUCH Richer!

2009-01-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella
The Rich Got MUCH Richer! by bubbanomics http://bubbanomics.dailykos.com Fri Jan 30, 2009 at 11:01:39 AM PST Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103sid=ar5uxG_wV87Arefer=us is reporting today that the wealthiest 400 Americans had their incomes double during the Bush

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Tomb Raider Franchise to Get Reboot--Without Jolie?

2009-01-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
Ha! -- Original message -- From: ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com You say that like its a bad thing. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, keithbjohn...@... wrote: Okay, so her pedigree would be that she's potentially as unstable as Jolie? That

[scifinoir2] OT: Steele becomes first African-American RNC chairman

2009-01-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
As Sherlock Holmes would say, The game's afoot! In the last few months, whenever anyone has said to me The Republican party is dead!, I've said Don't write them off. They know how to fight dirty. They know how to do whatever they have to in order to win. (McCain's choosing a complete

[scifinoir2] Comics: the Problem is the Medium

2009-01-30 Thread ravenadal
http://blackgeekdom.com/blog/ The problem is the medium not the characters. I have come to a conclusion that people love the capes they just dont like comics. It hard to separate the two because of the close association between the two. When people see Superman they think of comic books

[scifinoir2] Review War Machine # 1

2009-01-30 Thread ravenadal
http://blackgeekdom.com/blog/page/2/ Review War Machine # 1 War Machine #1 Legacy characters have it hard, they are always in the shadow of the original. Wally West has been the Flash for over 20 years and he still has people clamoring for Barry Allen to return ( which is happening).I

Re: [scifinoir2] Review War Machine # 1

2009-01-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
They actually revealed several months ago that Rhodes needs the armour to survive. Throughout the Secret Invasion series, there were references to him needing to recharge, and he nearly died after a Skrull attack on the Initiative base where he was working. He was also captured by the Skrulls