[RE][scifinoir2] See-Through Fish Caught In Photos

2009-02-26 Thread Martin Baxter
It almost seems Photoshopped. Amazing, regardless. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] See-Through Fish Caught In Photos Date : Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:45:06 -0800 From : Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com To : ' Lockhart, Daryle '

[RE][scifinoir2] WTF - Another Street Fighter Movie?

2009-02-26 Thread Martin Baxter
Oh, forgot to add. I'd sooner catch Birth of a Nation at twice the ticket price... -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [RE][scifinoir2] WTF - Another Street Fighter Movie? Date : Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:37:22 -0500 (EST) From : Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com To

[RE][scifinoir2] WTF - Another Street Fighter Movie?

2009-02-26 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, This one came out of the a$$ - er, *mind* of some twenty-something H'Wood exec. I knew this was in the pipe a couple of months ago. The minute I saw that Kristen Kreuk of Krypton's Creek fame was starring, I first thought about Michelle Yeoh in the lead instead, then thought that H'Wood

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] WTF - Another Street Fighter Movie?

2009-02-26 Thread B. Smith
But she's biracial. That makes it ok. ;) This may be the most craptacular videogame movie to that doesn't have Uwe Boll's name attached. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... wrote: Oh, forgot to add. I'd sooner catch Birth of a Nation at twice the ticket

[scifinoir2] Re: Interesting Stuff about Leverage Actors

2009-02-26 Thread B. Smith
I noticed those as well. Burn Notice is good for giving genre actors and famous faces roles as villains. Tricia Helfer aka Six from Battlestar Galactica is Michael's nemesis Carla. Kirk Sticky Fingaz Jones(Blade), Oded Fehr(The Mummy)and Max Martini(Mack from The Unit) all guest starred as

[scifinoir2] Philip José Farmer dies

2009-02-26 Thread Amy Harlib
ahar...@earthlink.net Philip José Farmer dies A real shame. Author Philip José Farmer Dies (http://sfscope.com/2009/02/author-philip-jos-farmer-dies.html) By Ian Randal Strock February 25, 2009 Philip José Farmer's web site reports the death of the author peacefully in his sleep in the

[scifinoir2] Biologist Lands 770 Pound Stingray in Thailand

2009-02-26 Thread Keith Johnson
Wow, this is creepy. And the barbed, poisonous tail is *ten* feet long?  Wow. What's scarier though, is that this isn't the largest stingray ever caught, just the largest caught in this manner. I've read accounts of captures of the beasties easily exceeding 1,000 pounds! And perhaps even

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] WTF - Another Street Fighter Movie?

2009-02-26 Thread Keith Johnson
Krypton's Creek? That's great! I love Michelle Yeoh. Her presence draws me even if i'm not crazy about the movie she's in, so great pick. Ziyi Zhang isn't a martial artist, but at least is a trained dancer and has abundant martial arts movie training, so I could see that as well. Kreuk? Don't

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] WTF - Another Street Fighter Movie?

2009-02-26 Thread Keith Johnson
Yow! And as Marvel comics like to say, 'nuff said! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:40:14 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] WTF - Another Street Fighter Movie?

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Philip José Farmer dies

2009-02-26 Thread brent wodehouse
'Traitor to the Living' was my introduction to his works. Brent B. Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com writes: He was one of the first sci-fi authors I got into. I loved Riverworld, The World of Tiers, Venus on the Half Shell, Dark Is The Sun and his Tarzan pastiches like A Feast Unknown and Lord

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Philip José Farmer dies

2009-02-26 Thread Martin Baxter
For me, it was The Lovers. My favorite all-time work of his was The Other Log of Phileas Fogg. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Philip José_ Farmer dies Date : Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:09 -0500 From : brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Interesting Stuff about Leverage Actors

2009-02-26 Thread Martin Baxter
That it was, Keith. Jack of Hearts, I mean. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Interesting Stuff about Leverage Actors Date : Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:35:14 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com

[RE][scifinoir2] Re: Philip José Farmer dies

2009-02-26 Thread Martin Baxter
A great - no, *incalculable* loss for science fiction, especially in light of the lack of quality in the genre these days. As soon as I'm done here, I'll be raiding my library's website, for all the Farmer stuff they have. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject :

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] WTF - Another Street Fighter Movie?

2009-02-26 Thread Martin Baxter
No, they're not, but quality actors can't always save craptastical movies. McDonough himself was in Timeline, based on the Crichton novel, and Sir Ben Kingsley made his presence known in Bloodrayne. Pardons for any potential grand mal seizures that may ensue... -[ Received Mail

[RE][scifinoir2] Biologist Lands 770 Pound Stingray in Thailand

2009-02-26 Thread Martin Baxter
BOY, am I glad I can't swim... -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Biologist Lands 770 Pound Stingray in Thailand Date : Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:54:26 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Wow, this is

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] WTF - Another Street Fighter Movie?

2009-02-26 Thread Martin Baxter
B... it was a perfectly fine day. *Why* did you have to drag *his* name out of the garbage bin? ;-) -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] WTF - Another Street Fighter Movie? Date : Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:17:53 - From : B. Smith

[scifinoir2] New novel from Daathrekh Publishing

2009-02-26 Thread Space
htp (peace) Set in what used to be the Americas; now a dystopic and balkanized litter of Nation-States. A surreal glimpse into the spiritual growth of a warrior-soldier from an emerging Black nation. It is a startling vision of ethnic conflict, voudon technologies, and soul bending

[scifinoir2] Cartoon Networks Renews Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2009-02-26 Thread ravenadal
Cartoon Networks Renews Star Wars: The Clone Wars Turner owned network orders second season of CG series from Lucasfilm By Alex Weprin -- Broadcasting Cable, 2/9/2009 9:54:16 AM MT Cartoon Network is giving animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars a second season pickup, the network said

[scifinoir2] The Science of Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2009-02-26 Thread ravenadal
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=science-of-star-wars-clone-wars The Science of Star Wars: The Clone Wars--QA with Author Jeanne Cavelos How close has science brought us to clone armies squaring off against blaster-wielding droids? By Adam Hadhazy The new animated film Star Wars: The

[scifinoir2] Samuel Jackson Signs 9 Picture Deal with Marvel Films

2009-02-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella
I'm breathing a sigh of relief. Not so much specifically about Jackson, but about the tred of them low balling and getting rid of talent - Tracey Jackson's Fury in flurry of Marvel films Nine-pic deal includes 'Iron Man 2,' 'Thor,' more By Borys Kit Feb 25, 2009, 05:30 PM ET Updated: Feb 25,

[scifinoir2] Glyph Award Nominees Have Been Announced

2009-02-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Honoring the best in African-American comics (both as contributors and thematically), the nominees for this year’s Glyph Awards have been announced: http://ecbacc.com/wordpress/?p=488 Story of the Year Bayou, Jeremy Love, writer and artist Incognegro; Mat Johnson, writer, Warren Pleece, artist

[scifinoir2] Eddie Murphy To Play Richard Pryor

2009-02-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Eddie Murphy may play Richard Pryor, that's the word from EW http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/02/bill-condon-sho.html . Normally the idea of Eddie Murphy doing anything even remotely important or potentially good fills me with terror, but this particular movie is being helmed by writer/director

[scifinoir2] Return of the Purple Saber: Mace Windu joins the fight on The Clone Wars

2009-02-26 Thread ravenadal
In a recent episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, we watched as Yoda dismantled several droid battalions on his own. Now Mace Windu joins the fight and it can't get much better... The first of an epic, three part story arc, Storm Over Ryloth begins an in-depth look at the emotional tolls of

[scifinoir2] IS NINE TIMES THE CHARM FOR ALL FUTURE MARVEL CASTING?

2009-02-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella
By Devin Faraci http://chud.com/articles/authors/5/Devin-Faraci Not long after the story about Samuel L. Jackson signing for a staggering nine films with Marvel Entertainment broke, I got an email from someone well placed in the entertainment industry saying that we should be expecting more. It

[scifinoir2] A 'Total Recall' Remake?

2009-02-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella
by Eugene Novikov http://www.cinematical.com/bloggers/eugene-novikov/ Feb 26th 2009 // 9:03AM I don't want to believe; that's part of it. But really: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/total-recall/3120/main Total Recall? Weird and scary and totally singular Total Recall? The one with the people

[scifinoir2] New contract to keep Star Trek The Experience alive in Vegas

2009-02-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella
http://scifiwire.com/2009/02/confirmed-new-contract-to-keep-star-trek-the-e xperience-alive-in-vegas.php New contract to keep Star Trek The Experience alive in Vegas SCI FI Wire confirmed today that a contract has been signed with CBS/Paramount to reopen the Star Trek The Experience exhibit in