[scifinoir2] Does Fox Hate Your Favorite Superhero Movies?

2009-02-01 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Does http://io9.com/5143278/does-fox-hate-your-favorite-superhero-movies Fox Hate Your Favorite Superhero Movies? By Graeme McMillan http://io9.com/people/GraemeMcMillan/posts/ , 7:00 http://io9.com/5143278/does-fox-hate-your-favorite-superhero-movies AM on Sat Jan 31 2009, 5,590 views First

[scifinoir2] What Happens When Wars Are Fought By Robots?

2009-02-01 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Military 2.0: Should You Fear the Killer Robots? Interview: P. W. Singer discusses the military's sci-fi future, what happens when life imitates Star Wars, and his new book, Wired for War. By Eric Stoner January 29, 2009

[scifinoir2] Freema Agyeman Finds Way Back To 'Doctor Who'

2009-02-01 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Freema Agyeman Finds Way Back To 'Doctor Who' By MICHAEL HINMAN Jan-27-2009 Talk continues to swirl over whether Michelle Ryan will be the new full-time companion when Doctor Who returns to normal seasons in 2010, but for now, an old companion is slated to return. Freema Agyeman, who played

[RE][scifinoir2] Freema Agyeman Finds Way Back To 'Doctor Who'

2009-02-01 Thread Martin Baxter
Once more, she shall Freema heart from bondage... 3 3 -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Freema Agyeman Finds Way Back To 'Doctor Who' Date : Sun, 1 Feb 2009 01:25:18 -0800 From : Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com To :

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Antibacterial Soaps: Unnecessary Risks, No Benefits

2009-02-01 Thread Martin Baxter
Well, I'm out of Brut... ;-) Seriously, I used to use Dial, but I stopped when they made it antibacterial, and started shuffling between various soap brands, ending up with a number of nasty rashes. As a last resort, I went to Irish Spring, and have had no trouble whatsoever since, close to a

[RE][scifinoir2] No, Megan Fox Isn't Lara Croft

2009-02-01 Thread Martin Baxter
I didn't think that the screams of ten million fanboys could be that loud... -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] No, Megan Fox Isn't Lara Croft Date : Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:50:56 -0800 From : Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com To :

[RE][scifinoir2] What Happens When Wars Are Fought By Robots?

2009-02-01 Thread Martin Baxter
To answer the question posed, yes. I'm immediately reminded of a story I read online several years ago, about a Guv'mint robotics research facility working on artificial intelligence. They designed a robot that was supposed to be able to escape from any situation. Before they could test it,

[RE][scifinoir2] Is It Time for a Black Comic Book Superhero?

2009-02-01 Thread Martin Baxter
This guy clearly did his research. :P He omitted Black Lightning, for one. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Is It Time for a Black Comic Book Superhero? Date : Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:20:08 -0800 From : Tracey de Morsella

[scifinoir2] Re: My Superpower Is More Useless Than Yours

2009-02-01 Thread ravenadal
I recently saw Jumper for the first time and it reinforced my previously held notion that the only super power I would covet is teleportation. I watched Jumper with my 16 year-old daughter. I thought it would have been better if they had spent more time on David Rice's sad sack life before he

[scifinoir2] Re: No, Megan Fox Isn't Lara Croft

2009-02-01 Thread ravenadal
Okay, I'm sold. Rhona Mitra it is. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@... wrote: http://www.cinematical.com/2009/01/27/no-megan-fox-isnt-lara-croft/

[scifinoir2] Re: Is It Time for a Black Comic Book Superhero?

2009-02-01 Thread ravenadal
This article illustrates everything that works against black superheroes. First of all, the very idea of comic book heroes - homoerotic characters who run around with their underwear outside their clothes - work against everything but an ironic (see Jerry Craft's Obamanation character below) or

[scifinoir2] Around the World Roundup: ‘Seven Pounds’ Stays on Top

2009-02-01 Thread ravenadal
Will Smith has drug the torpid Seven Pounds across the global hundred million dollar mark ($130,157,603). Money! Moni! Mone! Big Willie does it again! ~rave! http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2541p=.htm Around the World Roundup: `Seven Pounds' Stays on Top by Conor Bresnan January 29, 2009

Re: [scifinoir2] Freema Agyeman Finds Way Back To 'Doctor Who'

2009-02-01 Thread Daryle Lockhart
Unfortunately the only source on this is The Sun, which was the source that told us Eddie Murphy was playing The Riddler in the next Batman movie. I will need something a little more official before I get excited. REALLY looking forward to this season of Doctor Who, though. There

[scifinoir2] OMFG! GI Joe Rise of Cobra Trailer

2009-02-01 Thread Mike Street
http://greasyguide.com/2009/02/01/super-bowl-2009-commercial-gi-joe-rise-of-cobra/ The Baroness looks MAJOR!!! I can't wait to see this! -- My Social Media Resume: http://www.visualcv.com/mikestreet Visit my Blog: http://www.Greasyguide.com Follow Me on Twitter:

[scifinoir2] Leverage and the paradigm of the black technology geek

2009-02-01 Thread ravenadal
I just saw my first episode of Timothy Hutton's new TNT series Leverage. Leverage is what you would get if you artificially inseminated Mission:Impossible! with Oceans Eleven. I like it and have scheduled my DVR to record future episodes but I feel compelled to mention that the lone black

Re: [scifinoir2] Leverage and the paradigm of the black technology geek

2009-02-01 Thread Mike Street
wow that was deep On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:21 PM, ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I just saw my first episode of Timothy Hutton's new TNT series Leverage. Leverage is what you would get if you artificially inseminated Mission:Impossible! with Oceans Eleven. I like it and have scheduled

RE: [scifinoir2] OMFG! GI Joe Rise of Cobra Trailer

2009-02-01 Thread Aubrey Leatherwood
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Re: [scifinoir2] OMFG! GI Joe Rise of Cobra Trailer

2009-02-01 Thread Mike Street
Is that Xzibit? If it is he has lost a serious amount of weight. On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com wrote: Oh yeah... I'm all over that. ALL OVER IT... And did I see XZibit? Did I? I confess to having the tiniest desire to be around him

Re: [scifinoir2] OMFG! GI Joe Rise of Cobra Trailer

2009-02-01 Thread Justin Mohareb
It doesn't look nearly as bad as it could be. Justin On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: http://greasyguide.com/2009/02/01/super-bowl-2009-commercial-gi-joe-rise-of-cobra/ The Baroness looks MAJOR!!! I can't wait to see this! -- -- Read the Bitter

Re: [scifinoir2] Leverage and the paradigm of the black technology geek

2009-02-01 Thread Justin Mohareb
Which episode was it? Because you're really mis-reading Hardison based on it. Justin On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:21 PM, ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I just saw my first episode of Timothy Hutton's new TNT series Leverage. Leverage is what you would get if you artificially inseminated

Re: [scifinoir2] OMFG! GI Joe Rise of Cobra Trailer

2009-02-01 Thread Mike Street
Traileraddict.com also has Transformers 2 and the Land of the Lost trailers up On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Justin Mohareb justinmoha...@gmail.com wrote: It doesn't look nearly as bad as it could be. Justin On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] OMFG! GI Joe Rise of Cobra Trailer

2009-02-01 Thread Justin Mohareb
And the new Star Trek trailer, as well. We've hit the motherlode, people! Justin On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: Traileraddict.com also has Transformers 2 and the Land of the Lost trailers up On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Justin Mohareb

RE: [scifinoir2] OMFG! GI Joe Rise of Cobra Trailer

2009-02-01 Thread Aubrey Leatherwood
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[scifinoir2] Re: Leverage and the paradigm of the black technology geek

2009-02-01 Thread ravenadal
Snow Job. So, tell me, what is his back story? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Justin Mohareb justinmoha...@... wrote: Which episode was it? Because you're really mis-reading Hardison based on it. Justin On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:21 PM, ravenadal ravena...@... wrote: I just

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] How Gmail destroyed Outlook.

2009-02-01 Thread Tracey de Morsella
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RE: [scifinoir2] Leverage and the paradigm of the black technology geek

2009-02-01 Thread Tracey de Morsella
I've seen all the episodes aired so far. You might not like where it is going, but he gets back story and goes on missions. Last week he saved a few hundred people and went undercover as a corporate hot shot. Unfortunately, it was an episode in which he also screwed up a job a little because he

Re: [scifinoir2] OMFG! GI Joe Rise of Cobra Trailer

2009-02-01 Thread Mike Street
nope I skipped on that movie On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com wrote: He lost weight a long time ago... Did you see him in X-Files? Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace The People You Know, The Sex They Have

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2009-02-01 Thread Aubrey Leatherwood
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RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Leverage and the paradigm of the black technology geek

2009-02-01 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Alec Hardison was a foster kid, the story of his coming to be a foster kid has yet to be determined. Fortunately, we do know Alec had a loving yet hard-nosed foster mom. From the Leverage Wiki They did not start giving the characters back stories until the third episode and there are five aired.

[scifinoir2] Bleak Future For TV

2009-02-01 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Bleak Future For TV 30 January 2009 1:40 AM, PST A bleak future for broadcast television stations is being projected at the National Association of Television Program Executives conference in Las Vegas. Warner Bros. TV syndication chief Ken http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921431/ Werner said

[scifinoir2] Genre Shows Going, Going ... Gone?

2009-02-01 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Genre Shows Going, Going ... Gone? By MICHAEL HINMAN Jan-31-2009 javascript:void(0) ShareThis Michael Ausiello over at Entertainment Weekly has shared some bad news for fans of Kyle XY. The ABC Family show is calling it quits after its current run of episodes, but there could be other genre

[scifinoir2] How to draw Obama

2009-02-01 Thread Tracey de Morsella
By Rich Watson .Now that we have our first African-American president, I hope people will relax about caricaturing African-Americans. For some, the whole notion of 'caricature' has had an evil connotation when it comes to blacks. It raises the specter of 'Little Black Sambo' and pickaninnies. Or,

[scifinoir2] Re: Leverage and the paradigm of the black technology geek

2009-02-01 Thread ravenadal
I saw The Snow Job which is episode eight. I went the TNT Leverage website http://www.tnt.tv/series/leverage/and apparently The Stork Job,The Wedding Job, and the Mile High Job, episodes five, six and seven are available for online viewing. I suggest, however, that choices were made and

[RE][scifinoir2] Bleak Future For TV

2009-02-01 Thread Martin Baxter
Honestly, I wouldn't miss them. I only watch about five channels regularly, all cable-based. The rest, broadcast TV in particular, I visit only for specific reasons. If they went waway, I could live without them, if the networks were to shift the programming I usually take in on them to online

RE: [scifinoir2] OMFG! GI Joe Rise of Cobra Trailer

2009-02-01 Thread Martin Baxter
I did, Aubrey. The only reason I recognized him was my 14-year-old niece, who was watching along with me. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : RE: [scifinoir2] OMFG! GI Joe Rise of Cobra Trailer Date : Sun, 1 Feb 2009 13:08:46 -0500 From : Aubrey Leatherwood

[scifinoir2] OT Super Bowl

2009-02-01 Thread Meta
BBC One is airing the entire game. I'm so happy!!! Meta

[scifinoir2] Re: Leverage and the paradigm of the black technology geek

2009-02-01 Thread B. Smith
I agree with Justin. Alec is in many ways the most important member of the team and he's been had quite a bit of exposure in several episodes. The Bank Shot Job and The Stork Job are two episodes to watch if you want to see him in action. His intro in the pilot episode is epic nerdy goodness. I

[scifinoir2] File - SciFiNoir People Profile Form

2009-02-01 Thread scifinoir2
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Re: [scifinoir2] OMFG! GI Joe Rise of Cobra Trailer

2009-02-01 Thread Mike Street
That's not Xzibit in the trailer it's Marlyn Wayens. He looks totally different. Here are all the movie posters http://www.superherohype.com/news/gijoenews.php?id=8016 On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com wrote: I did, Aubrey. The only reason I recognized him

[scifinoir2] Re: Leverage and the paradigm of the black technology geek

2009-02-01 Thread ravenadal
So there is no Rochester action going on here? In many ways, Eddie Rochester Anderson was the most important member of the Jack Benny radio and television franchise - but he was still a servant. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, B. Smith daikaij...@... wrote: I agree with

[scifinoir2] Re: Leverage and the paradigm of the black technology geek

2009-02-01 Thread B. Smith
I get your point but it isn't the case in this instance. Alec has had as screen time and exposure as every other member of the main cast. His backstory is being filled in and the growing attraction between he and Parker has been handled really well. Watch the early episodes and you'll see how