RE: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-23 Thread Martin Baxter
It's the rep that matters. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:24:37

RE: [scifinoir2] What Does District 9 Have To Say About Apartheid?

2009-08-23 Thread Martin Baxter
People like us don't lose out grip. We're watching the rest of the world lose *its* grip. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From:

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Defying Gravity on ABC now

2009-08-23 Thread Martin Baxter
And I'll deserve every inch of it. But I'll getting a cut of the pie for the show. (And you'd have that truck!) If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To:

Re: [scifinoir2] Visualizing Up To Ten Dimensions

2009-08-23 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Really cool, but the stuff on time bewildered me. Time shouldn't exist in just one dimension. And while some people would jump on that and claim time is linear, if it were linear by its very definition it should take up two dimensions not just one. And it's not linear. I think most of what

Re: [scifinoir2] Visualizing Up To Ten Dimensions

2009-08-23 Thread Omari Confer
They dont speak of time in its abstractthey refer to time as observed time. Who i was when i began this email...and who I am right now.. c w m On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: Really cool, but the stuff on time bewildered me. Time

Re: [scifinoir2] Visualizing Up To Ten Dimensions

2009-08-23 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Observed time isn't a dimension, though. And if it's in a line, it should be two dimensions as a line's two dimensional. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html Take a bite out of Blood

RE: [scifinoir2] Visualizing Up To Ten Dimensions

2009-08-23 Thread Martin Baxter
Adrianne, I don't want to spook you too much, but there's a school of thought that time is at least four-dimensional as well, measured by aspects such as length, breadth, width and duration. They may seem similar to conventional measurements, but they aren't. I've got the paper on it stuck

RE: [scifinoir2] Visualizing Up To Ten Dimensions

2009-08-23 Thread Martin Baxter
Headache? Lady, you just made my day! If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: adrianne.bren...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009

Re: [scifinoir2] Visualizing Up To Ten Dimensions

2009-08-23 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Yay! :D I love this shit. It really intrigues me. :) ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html Dare

RE: [scifinoir2] Visualizing Up To Ten Dimensions

2009-08-23 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm looking for it right now. Silly me, I didn't retitle any of the papers as I got them from PhysOrg, so I have to click each one to find the title, and I've got about six hundred of them. As soon as I find it, you'll have it. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Defying Gravity on ABC now

2009-08-23 Thread brent wodehouse
Well, whatever may transpire, I hope it comes as a great success for you. :-) Brent C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com writes: I'm doing okay...hoped to raise enough cash to get a piece of a truck or van for my carpentry trade, but failed, so going back to school for weldingyou never

Re: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe

2009-08-23 Thread C.W. Badie
BUt I don't have Comcrap (spit!) any more... From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:38:08 PM Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe   It was just on, on Memorial Day on

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF's 26 Greatest Tearjerkers

2009-08-23 Thread wlrouge
Yes, it was one of the episodes that I almost stop watching. I loved her. But it was nice how it was done where it was not she dies and oh well unlike TNG. --Lavender From: Augustus Augustus Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:32 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re:

RE: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe

2009-08-23 Thread Martin Baxter
And, as I learned roughly fourteen times previously, not all cable providers carry all the good channels... I was supposed to get DirectTV last week, but my mother let my Idiot Sister make the call and, as expected, she botched it royally. Had to cancel the appointment, and reset another.

[scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-23 Thread tasheka4
New to this group, but I thought I'd chime in with my favorite cancelled scifi shows. I really liked Otherworld from the 80s and was sad to see it cancelled. Does anyone remember that one? Also hated to lose Alien Nation, Farscape, Babylon 5, and most recently Torchwood. --- In

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-23 Thread Mr. Worf
Torchwood isn't completely gone yet. According to the director they are waiting to hear a final word from the BBC. The problem is that they will need a new cast. On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 3:51 AM, tasheka4 tashe...@netzero.com wrote: New to this group, but I thought I'd chime in with my favorite

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-23 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, I read a series of interviews with the cast suggesting that, if Torchwood were to go on, it would be with the cast as they survived Children of Earth. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

[scifinoir2] Viewing alert for tonight

2009-08-23 Thread Martin Baxter
Siffy will be airing the Dead Like Me movie at nine tonight. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik _

Re: [scifinoir2] Viewing alert for tonight

2009-08-23 Thread Augustus Augustus
Martin, i never watched the tv show, but i am watching it now.  it is 27 minutes into it, and i am a little confused.  if george is dead, why does she need a job?  and furthermore, at the beginning, the pulled the soul out of  a man who was about 2 commit suicide.   now jasmine guy (whom i

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF's 26 Greatest Tearjerkers

2009-08-23 Thread Augustus Augustus
Lav, i agree.  now Ezra was kool, but Jadzia was S-E-X-Y! --- On Sun, 8/23/09, wlro...@aol.com wlro...@aol.com wrote: From: wlro...@aol.com wlro...@aol.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF's 26 Greatest Tearjerkers To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009, 5:57 PM  

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-23 Thread Adrianne Brennan
Torchwood isn't being cancelled. In fact it's been brought back for a fourth season. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-23 Thread Augustus Augustus
Adrianne, i love u!  thanks 4 the info.  Fate. --- On Sun, 8/23/09, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: From: Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009,

[scifinoir2] Eureka Thoughts

2009-08-23 Thread Keith Johnson
Everyone watching the new season of Eureka? I must saying I'm enjoying it, even more than last season. I think that's because Carter is noticeably more instrumental in solving cases than last year. Every ep so far, as the big brains discuss string theory, M-branes, and quantum mechanics,

[scifinoir2] Basterds Take Box Office,District 9 Holds Strong

2009-08-23 Thread Keith Johnson
No surprise about Tarantino's flick. I'm not really motivated to see it though. Anyone seen or heard of the Korean vampire flick Thirst? I've heard some good things about it. I saw District 9 yesterday and loved it. Had two issues: the shaky camera in the first 20 minutes or so, which darn

Re: [scifinoir2] Visualizing Up To Ten Dimensions

2009-08-23 Thread Keith Johnson
If time were linear (a line), it'd be one dimension. A true line is one dimensional, a plane (like a sheet of paper), would be two dimensional, of course the cube is three, and then the concept of spacetime is associated with four by some Speaking of time, there's a new book out I've heard

Re: [scifinoir2] Basterds Take Box Office,District 9 Holds Strong

2009-08-23 Thread Justin Mohareb
One thing, though. They're not supposed to be Nigerian, specifically. It appears that, in SA, the term Nigerian is synonymous with gangster. Justin On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Keith Johnsonkeithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: No surprise about Tarantino's flick. I'm not really motivated

Re: [scifinoir2] Eureka Thoughts

2009-08-23 Thread Keith Johnson
A couple more thoughts: * I'm actually glad Nathan Stark is gone, at least in terms of the contrived rivalry he and Carter had. I was tired of that angle too. I guess I just like Carter's character, and feel the character needs more development to stand on his own, outside of angles like the

Re: [scifinoir2] Basterds Take Box Office,District 9 Holds Strong

2009-08-23 Thread Keith Johnson
Where'd you hear that? I thought I heard them speak a language that wasn't English or Afrikans? Either way that doesn't matter: the were black people, and portrayed pretty badly as drug dealers, weapons dealers, thugs living in squalor, even had the prostitutes committing the worst act of all,

Re: [scifinoir2] Eureka Thoughts

2009-08-23 Thread Mr. Worf
I think that they hinted that Fargo is gay a couple of episodes ago. I think that the sheriff and allison having a romance would have made interesting tv when they first started the show, but as time passed on it wasn't going anywhere and lost steam. I think that they killed off Stark's

RE: [scifinoir2] Eureka Thoughts

2009-08-23 Thread Tracey de Morsella
I was getting sick of the silly Fargo side plot distractions, but last week they did not have one, it seemed more like season one (which was my favorite), so I am starting to like it again. Getting rid of the sister who found everything wrong with him was a good move too. I realize they need

RE: [scifinoir2] Eureka Thoughts

2009-08-23 Thread Tracey de Morsella
OK Keith, don’t get me started on they need Hewitt producing again to prevent them from destroying the show rant. I do not like Jo’s boyfriend either. Even though it was weird, I kinda liked Jo better with Max headroom (Matt Frewer).Jo and the boyfriend have no chemistry and their

RE: [scifinoir2] Eureka Thoughts

2009-08-23 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Fargo has a girlfriend. He had a major crush on Jo, and this woman who had a crush on him, took Jo’s form. When he discovered he was connecting with the Doppelganger, they hooked up and went off into the sunset. He still could be gay or bi, but it does not look like they are pursuing that

RE: [scifinoir2] Basterds Take Box Office,District 9 Holds Strong

2009-08-23 Thread Tracey de Morsella
I can’t get up any enthusiasm to see bastards either. Don’t know why. I’m not even sure I will pursue it on cable. It seems like it is some sort of Dirty Dozen tribute and I loved that, but I’m not feeling it. Gotta get a baby sitter so we can go see District 9 From:

Re: [scifinoir2] Visualizing Up To Ten Dimensions

2009-08-23 Thread C.W. Badie
I see a storyline forming...as soo as my head stops spinning From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:36:30 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Visualizing Up To Ten Dimensions   If time were

Re: [scifinoir2] What Does District 9 Have To Say About Apartheid?

2009-08-23 Thread C.W. Badie
If only... From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 6:32:44 AM Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] What Does District 9 Have To Say About Apartheid?   People like us don't lose out grip.

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Defying Gravity on ABC now

2009-08-23 Thread C.W. Badie
Now that's a very good thing... From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 6:34:12 AM Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Defying Gravity on ABC now   And I'll deserve every inch of it. But

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-23 Thread C.W. Badie
Gotcha... From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 6:31:20 AM Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS   It's the rep that matters. If all the world's a stage

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS

2009-08-23 Thread C.W. Badie
You should be sttled into the idea that if it is good, it's got to go... From: tasheka4 tashe...@netzero.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 5:51:09 AM Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS   New to this group,

Re: [scifinoir2] Defying gravity

2009-08-23 Thread C.W. Badie
Good...you DO see what I mean... From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 11:36:32 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Defying gravity   Hehehe ok. He is too geeky and you are on a spaceship with