Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread L Freeman
Pelosi needs to work to have him censured. I emailed him tonight.. I wonder if I will get a response??\ --- On Thu, 9/10/09, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar

Re: [scifinoir2] LeVar Burton on the End of Reading Rainbow

2009-09-11 Thread Mr. Worf
Wow. That show was on a VERY long time! I was a kid when it started. On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: A sad and mostly unnoticed end to a very important program. Several people called into the broadcast to thank Burton for his two-plus decades

Re: [scifinoir2] Worst Movie Accents

2009-09-11 Thread Mr. Worf
I think a couple of these are unfair. Like Angelina Jolie's accent in Alexander. There is nothing to compare it to so how could it be wrong? I heard a Tarantino interview around the time the movie came out and he said that he didn't want the actors speaking with German accents as part of his idea

Re: [scifinoir2] Pigeon beats broadband in data transfer race

2009-09-11 Thread Mr. Worf
They have some issues there. They seem to be more bogged down in bureaucracy than we are. Check out this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/feb/20/averageukbroadbandspeedis I blame the ISPs, cable companies, and conservative IT admins. The standard operating procedure for IT

Re: [scifinoir2] Worst Movie Accents

2009-09-11 Thread George Arterberry
My British friends laugh at Denzel For Queen Country accent. --- On Fri, 9/11/09, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: [scifinoir2] Worst Movie Accents To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 12:30 AM  

RE: [scifinoir2] Worst Movie Accents

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Had a few good titters at that as well. When I first saw it, I didn't even believe that it was Denzek, had to look it up on imdB to convince myself. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Send me the e-maila ddy, please. I still can't get through. 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: msles59...@yahoo.com Date:

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
The day after Joe Wilson admits that he lied. 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: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Fri, 11 Sep

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Did you catch Olbermann's Special Comment last night? He suggested the kind of panels we really need... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16270176/ If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
I've bent their ears. But I ahve a special something I want to give Wilson. Or should I say *Colonel* Wislon, of the SC National Guard? Wonder if he can be brought up for disciplinary action based on his uncivility toward his commanding officer? If all the world's a stage and all the people

RE: [scifinoir2] Worst Movie Accents

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
They left off Renee Zellweger for that atrocity of an accent she pulled in the two Bridget Jones movies. Hearing that for the first (and only) time, I thought that every other British actress under the age of 30 must've been occupied elsewhere, for her to have ended up with the role. Of the

RE: Hey Keith - Augustus Has Something to Tell you!!!RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, I think you'll enjoy it. 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: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:24:28

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
(standing ovation) I've talked about the nutjobs who carried guns at the Obama healthcare event awhile back. One of the still-stunning things about that was the sheer number of people who watched that and, knowing that there have been numerous death threats against the President, that it was

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Is SyFy Trying to Chase Away Viewers?

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
That, I did not know. Makes sense, now that I know it, though. To me, he always seemed a little too smart to be just an action guy. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

RE: [scifinoir2] Warehouse 13 - Starting to love it

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Don't feel badly. They didn't really toot horns or such about it. 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: [scifinoir2] Roger Ebert's Pick of Bad Movies

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Only because it was on the TV in a room I couldn't get away from, save for bathroom breaks. Painful doesn't begin to describe the experience. When they assemble movie trailers, they tend to toss in the best action/comedy scenes. Based on the trailers for it I saw before its release, I really

RE: [scifinoir2] Steven Seagal: Lawman

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, accept your First Laugh of the Morn Award! If this had been the Seagal of twenty-odd years ago, then it might be interesting. Based on his latest string of C-movies, some punk may try to take him on to up their street cred. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely

Re: [scifinoir2] Roger Ebert's Pick of Bad Movies

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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Don't expect a response, he's too overwhelmed, and now, I guarandamntee you he's working all those fanatics who applaud what he did. Like Palin, Beck, Hannity, Cheney and others, he's now really really working that base of people who hate and fear all things not conservative or white. -

Re: [scifinoir2] LeVar Burton on the End of Reading Rainbow

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Yes indeed. Burton has had an interesting career. Interesting fellow... - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:13:39 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] LeVar Burton on the

Re: [scifinoir2] Worst Movie Accents

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Well, if Jolie was supposed to be playing an Egyptian or Greek or Macedonian, surely we have some ideas of how the languages sound? If nothing else, we have modern analogues from which to work. I've never seen the movie, but I know that for most of movie history, accents for ancient cultures

Re: [scifinoir2] Pigeon beats broadband in data transfer race

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Yeah, this is the illogical extreme of bad infrastructure, skillsets, will, and maybe even money. We're better here in America, but our broadband infrastructure sucks compared to other highly technical countires. I listened to the CEO of Sprint on Charlie Rose last night explain why making

Re: [scifinoir2] Worst Movie Accents

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Don Cheadle says that he still gets it from Brits about his role in the Ocean's movies. He says they tell him all the time that his accent was awful. - Original Message - From: George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 11,

[scifinoir2] Re: Steven Seagal: Lawman

2009-09-11 Thread daikaiju66
I know people at home are just waiting to be pulled over by Seagal. I wwould probably end up in the Jefferson Parish jail for laughing uncontrollably. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... wrote: Mr Worf, accept your First Laugh of the Morn Award! If this had

Re: [scifinoir2] Worst Movie Accents

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
I'd heard that Zellweger did a decent job. Though to be honest, I might have been listening to Entertainment Tonight or something! Yeah, Costner in that movie was just awful. I was appalled by how his accent would drift in and out--often in the same sentence! It didn't help me like a movie

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
That frightens me no end. When Cindy Sheehan used to park outside Bush's Crawford ranch and stage protests, the Right was all over her. They said she was nuts, said she was stirring up trouble, often spoke of the dangerous climate she was creating. Yet the silence on people wearing guns near

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread Daryle Lockhart
Yeah I was online during the speech. I've learned to do this because a republican always does something wacky. And sure enough, You Lie! -- so within 20 minutes, the Congressman's name, picture, and number was on twitter. Once I saw he repped the second district, I looked up his

[scifinoir2] Re: Supernatural has evolved beyond angels and demons

2009-09-11 Thread daikaiju66
I think the showrunner wants one more season but how do you top Lucifer as the bid bad? Last night was a great start to the new season. Lucifer is going to be a very interesting character and the scenes of hm tormenting and tempting his eventual vessel were well done. The angels got a bit a

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
awesome! - Original Message - From: Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 10:10:47 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech Yeah

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Supernatural has evolved beyond angels and demons

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Yep, I missed the last half of last season. What did Sam do to betray Dean? Something about his demonic abilities raging out of control, a need for blood or something, and choosing a demon lady over Dean? and last night they hinted that Sam had lost most of his demon powers? What's the scoop?

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread daikaiju66
Yes but you know no one wearing an opposition t-shirt let alone a gun was allowed within a mile of Bush when he was president. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: That frightens me no end. When Cindy Sheehan used to park outside Bush's Crawford ranch and

[scifinoir2] Re: Supernatural has evolved beyond angels and demons

2009-09-11 Thread daikaiju66
Dean and Bobby tried to stop Sam but his addiction to demon blood and powers were too strong. Turns out that Sam was being manipulated by Ruby to break the final seal. He thought he was preparing to stop Lillith by killing her but in reality she was the final seal and killing her released

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Augustus Augustus
Martin, how about i get them there BEFORE! would that get u 2 watch it? Fate. --- On Thu, 9/10/09, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question) To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com

[scifinoir2] Re: Movie review: Lady Vengeance

2009-09-11 Thread ravenadal
The discussion that ensued from this review made me break down and join Netflix. I have already ordered and viewed Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Old Boy is on its way. I am on the late show but I was fascinated with the visual and narrative aspects of Mr. Vengeance. I particularly enjoyed

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Steven Seagal: Lawman

2009-09-11 Thread Aubrey Leatherwood
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[scifinoir2] Afro-Caribbean director McQueen gets Hunger

2009-09-11 Thread ravenadal
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/58518667.html McQueen doesn't care if reality offends By Duane Dudek of the Journal Sentinel Posted: Sept. 10, 2009 I did not ask Steve McQueen about his name. It seemed unwise. He is a smart man who talks fast, and his stammer is the sound of

Re: [scifinoir2] LeVar Burton on the End of Reading Rainbow

2009-09-11 Thread Bosco Bosco
I don't have time to read the transcript just now, was it cancelled or did Mr. Burton retire? That show was bad ass. Almost no whistles and bells, just books and stories and kids. I haven't seen it in a while but I'm sad to see it go. As a side note, I always found it creepy that he didn't wear

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, there might be, but what's a distance limit to a nutjob with military sniper training? (I state that because, aty one of the town hall meetings, some WWII vet stood up and said openly that, in order to stop health care reform, he would pick up a gun and go to D.C. And then he asked for

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Supernatural has evolved beyond angels and demons

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Wow! Thanks. Did Dean kill Lillith? What was the deal about Dean saying Sam chose a demon over his own brother? As for the blood, was Sam drinking demon blood or something? - Original Message - From: daikaiju66 daikaij...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Exactly! I wish the FOI boys could be doing bodyguard work for Obama! - Original Message - From: daikaiju66 daikaij...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 10:43:25 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe

RE: [scifinoir2] Worst Movie Accents

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
I paid to see both, and left disappointed at Costner's version. My mother gave me the video of it for Christmas. She'll never know how quickly I donated it to charity. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
In perfect honesty... no. That movie has soured me to the entire Trek franchise. I couldn't even treat myself to the DSNine collection. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

Re: [scifinoir2] LeVar Burton on the End of Reading Rainbow

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
It was canceled, due to a combination of budget cuts and a feeling the show wasn't remedial or direct enough in teach basic reading skills. As for the eye piece, I'm ecstatic he didn't have it. I always hated the VISOR on TNG. I didn't get why in a time when Data exists and they have nanobots

[scifinoir2] RE: Burton Discusses End of Reading Rainbow

2009-09-11 Thread Tracey de Morsella
I thought it was a good complement to all the reading shows and vocabulary shows. They were not looking at the big picture. Shows like Martha Speaks and Word Girl, have a very narrow focus of teaching the definition of one or two words per show. By themselves, it does not seem like much, but

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
my God... - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 12:07:16 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

[scifinoir2] Re: Burton Discusses End of Reading Rainbow

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
I completely agree with you, Tracey. It's like the movie industry. so many hacks like Michael Bay get down the mechanics of making a film, but lack the understanding of crafting films that actually say anything. And I've had many conversations with people who hate film critics, who, they say,

[scifinoir2] Actor Wallace Shawn Writes for Huffington

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Wow, I gotta get in on this. This is the actor perhaps best remembered as the conniving kidnapper in The Princess Bride. One of the funniest death scenes in filmdom! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wallace-shawn/life-as-an-artist_b_279558.html

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Augustus Augustus
Dude, i hate 2 say this,but sounds like u got some other *ish going on if it is that bad.  in the end, it's just a movie.  true the lore was changed some, but that does not mean that the character of the show has changed.  it is only one movie.  a movie 2 re-establish it's presence.  now, we

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
I will say this Martin. I still extremely dislike what was done to Trek in that movie. It's an enjoyable romp, but it's not the Trek I loved. I think in time, the differences between what made classic Trek and this, will become apparent to more people. That's not to say it's *bad*. Had I

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Tracey de Morsella
I think of them as two different Universes. Kirk just happens to be a guy name Kirk. He is not THE Kirk. Bringing them together would take the fun out of it for me. It like Battlestar. I do not think of the two as being part of the same universe From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Tracey de Morsella
I agree. Just making lemonade with lemons regarding Trek. I do not think someone who has no love of Trek could bring a real trek back. We got star wars trek. It’s OK. Sigh! Better than nothing BSG did not have the rich beginnings of Trek, nor the decades long history, so they could

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, you hit that point about Star Wars fans exactly. When I was railing against tthat movie, I asked at least ten friends who are SW fans how they would've felt, had their franchise been disassembled similarly. In the words of one, there would've been a Million Stormtrooper March on San

RE: [scifinoir2] LeVar Burton on the End of Reading Rainbow

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, the tale I've heard regarding LaForge and the VISOR was that, in Roddenberry's vision of the future, things would be so copacetic that even a blind man could fly a starship. And the sentiment was widely admired, until someone said something to the effect of, You know, he's nothing more

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Fate, I refer you to my previous in this. 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: jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Congressman Joe Wilson Calls Obama Liar During Speech

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
I know. I was about to eat lunch when I saw that. Lost my appetite. And, while I'm in this thread, a brief snippet which may explain what the heck's wrong with South Cakalakey...

RE: [scifinoir2] Actor Wallace Shawn Writes for Huffington

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, Shawn's nothing short of a Renaissance man. He's also written several off-Broadway plays, acting in and directing many of them. Much of what's in that post, I read in an issue of the New Yorker a few weeks ago. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody

Re: [scifinoir2] LeVar Burton on the End of Reading Rainbow

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Oh, I was okay with him being the navigator, I just disliked the VISOR and the fact that he was the one to be blind. I liked him more as the Engineer in some ways. Remember the first season when he was Navigator and they had those chairs that reclined? - Original Message - From:

Re: [scifinoir2] Actor Wallace Shawn Writes for Huffington

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
cool - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:02:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Actor Wallace Shawn Writes for Huffington Keith, Shawn's

Re: [scifinoir2] LeVar Burton on the End of Reading Rainbow

2009-09-11 Thread Mr. Worf
You bring up a good point. They have the ability to heal broken limbs instantly and they couldn't fix homie's eyes? What is up with that? They replaced Worf's spin with a new one. Remember that? On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: It was canceled,

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Mr. Worf
If I remember correctly, in the pilot of star trek, Spock was a lot more like the Spock from the latest movie. A lot less reserved. I think fans should think of the new movie like an alternate time line. On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: They're

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Movie review: Lady Vengeance

2009-09-11 Thread Mr. Worf
Some of the Korean movies that I have seen have all been extremely edgy. More than any of the American movies that I have seen. I think that many of the directors are expressing their frustration with Korean society by rebelling via film. One movie took the time in the commentary to talk about it

RE: [scifinoir2] Actor Wallace Shawn Writes for Huffington

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
I tried to pull the New Yorker links regarding the plays he'd done, but they're refusing my password. Probably haven't cashed the check for my subscription yet. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

[scifinoir2] Bite Club: Vampire Diaries vs True Blood vs Twilight

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm still all for a moratorium on neckbiter-themed works, folks, but this was just handed to me, and I felt compelled to share, for those of you who like True Blood. http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/bite-club-vampire-diaries-vs-true-blood-vs-twilight--573 If all the world's a stage and all the people

[scifinoir2] Survey: Miller, Wilson In Dead Heat

2009-09-11 Thread Tracey de Morsella
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/11/survey-miller-wilson-in-d_n_283835. html Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) finds himself electorally vulnerable in the wake of his You lie! outburst during President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress, according to the latest numbers from Public Policy

Re: [scifinoir2] Pigeon beats broadband in data transfer race

2009-09-11 Thread Mr. Worf
I was just talking to a teacher about his cellphone use in Europe. He bought a $50 cellphone from one of the companies there when he got off the plane, popped in his chip from his American phone and it worked all over Europe and Greece. The phone systems that we currently have is a joke!!! The

Re: [scifinoir2] Pigeon beats broadband in data transfer race

2009-09-11 Thread efhaynes
Had to be a GSM phone for that to have worked. Only ATT and T-Mobile are GSM over here. Europe does have good service but it's not uniform. All of our carriers are nationwide. There are lots of regional carriers so your always roaming. My phone switched carriers about 10 times on the Autobahn

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
You're right, it was Star Wars Trek. I was most miffed by the white, plexiglass interiour of the ship, the new Warp that looks pretty much like Star Wars hyperdrive, and the change to the phasers. Trek phasers always had those really long beams of energy, but here they had short bursts like

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Equilibrium (was: Question)

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
The new movie *is* an alternate timeline. I'm just saying I don't want the rest of the future of Trek to be there. It's like the Mirror universe. It's a fun place to visit, with lots of fascinating stories. But would we want to have all future movies and series take place there? As for Spock

Re: [scifinoir2] Pigeon beats broadband in data transfer race

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
If it broke, don't fix it. That's the problem in America. In much of Europe, WWII saw to the destruction of their infrastructure, from roads to trains to power grids to landlines for phones. So, they were forced to rebuild, modernize, and do it efficiently. Japan has always been on the cutting

[scifinoir2] Vampire Diaries' stars arrested in Ga.

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Vampire Diaries' stars arrested in Ga. By Megan Matteucci The Atlanta Journal-Constitution • Five stars from CW's The Vampire Diaries were arrested in middle Georgia for dangling from the side of a bridge and flashing drivers on I-75. Enlarge photo Among the actresses

[scifinoir2] Check out This Site for Interviews with Many Screenwriters

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
I listen to a podcast from Creative Screenwriting Magazine. Truly one for those who want to get the inside scope, the CS podcast typically features hourlong interviews with the writers behind movie screenplays. Often directors and actors are interviewed as well, but the focus here is the

[scifinoir2] World's oldest person dies in Los Angeles at 115

2009-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
World's oldest person dies in Los Angeles at 115 FILE - In this April 6, 2009 file photo Gertrude Baines celebrates her 115thAP – FILE - In this April 6, 2009 file photo Gertrude Baines celebrates her 115th birthday, at the Western … By JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press Writer John Rogers,