[scifinoir2] Techweek on CNBC

2010-01-06 Thread Mr. Worf
CNBC is running a bunch of documentaries on technology and histories on the companies. Very interesting stuff if you haven't watched one before. For example, Welcome to Macintosh about the history of Apple computer. It isn't exactly the typical "kiss kiss" type documentary. It is a little more hard

RE: [scifinoir2] Chuck is back

2010-01-06 Thread Aubrey Leatherwood
I LOVE Chuck :) Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BE

Re: [scifinoir2] Chuck is back

2010-01-06 Thread Augustus Augustus
never watched it.  never will! --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Mr. Worf wrote: From: Mr. Worf Subject: [scifinoir2] Chuck is back To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 1:45 AM   Chuck is back, and it will be the lead in to Heroes starting n

[scifinoir2] Re: Taken's Pierre Morel to direct Dune

2010-01-06 Thread B Smith
It might be the smart move. Dune is a tough nut to crack. I liked Taken but that really doesn't scream Dune to me. I'd love to see someone like Del Toro or Peter Jackson adapt it. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > And I wonder how that's going to play out on Berg's

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: List of the Syfy channels "original" movies

2010-01-06 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm gonna hold on to that thought, Mr Worf... "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: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: List of the Syfy channels "original" movies

2010-01-06 Thread Martin Baxter
That might be a harbinger of the shape of things to come, Keith, people shuffling service often to try to stay ahead of being ripped off. "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=fQU

RE: [scifinoir2] Taken's Pierre Morel to direct Dune

2010-01-06 Thread Martin Baxter
And I wonder how that's going to play out on Berg's resume. "Put down 'Dune' remake in order to take on 'Battleship'..." "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] Re: Taken's Pierre Morel to direct Dune

2010-01-06 Thread Martin Baxter
Keep speaking, rave... we'll stop you when you're wrong. I don't get all of the efforts at remaking it, either. "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: scifinoir

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Tavis Smiley Announces end of his State of the Black Union

2010-01-06 Thread Martin Baxter
That's precisely what turned me away from him. I could barely watch the State of the Black Union afterward. "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@ya

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Tavis Smiley Announces end of his State of the Black Union

2010-01-06 Thread B Smith
The issue aboutr him taking corporate donations from some of the banks that were involved in predatory lending practices didn't help either. I understood his points but he was too flawed a messenger to deliver them. I think his venom towards Obama well after it was apparent that Hillary had los

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: David Tennant Doctor Who Marathon starting at Midnight

2010-01-06 Thread Martin Baxter
Lucky you... "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: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:02:02 + Subject: Re:

RE: [scifinoir2] Sony, Imax, and Discovery launching a 3d TV network

2010-01-06 Thread Martin Baxter
This helps me OH-so-much... my brain hasn't been able to process 3D since it was in its 20s. "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 F

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Tavis Smiley Announces end of his State of the Black Union

2010-01-06 Thread Martin Baxter
Brother rave, you read my mind. "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: ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 18:06:35 +

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Tavis Smiley Announces end of his State of the Black Union

2010-01-06 Thread Kelwyn
My knee jerk reaction is that this is so Tavis Smiley. His thunder has been stolen so he is taking his ball and going home. His State of the Black Union is the one thing in his portfolio that he should nurture and perpetuate. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrot

[scifinoir2] OT: Tavis Smiley Announces end of his State of the Black Union

2010-01-06 Thread Keith Johnson
I know a lot of folks have beef with Smiley. His opposition to Obama bothered me as well. But he has in my opinion championed a lot of causes important to blacks. Smiley, I believe, really loves black folks, and I never felt his feelings about Obama were jealousy-inspired as many said; rather,

[scifinoir2] Re: Taken's Pierre Morel to direct Dune

2010-01-06 Thread Kelwyn
It is interesting to me that filmmakers keep trying to remake "Dune" into a movie, especially since there has never actually been a successful make of the Frank Herbert novel. I remain a big fan of the David Lynch's hallucinogenic version and can argue that it is most faithful to the original t

[scifinoir2] Re: Sam Mendes To Direct Bond 23

2010-01-06 Thread Kelwyn
I was excited about Monster's Ball's Marc Forster directing a Bond film but I was more shaken than stirred by the result ("Quantum of Solace"). Mendes is a gifted and nuanced director ("American Beauty") and he has capably handled action ("The Road to Perdition") but I will reserve judgement un

[scifinoir2] Taken's Pierre Morel to direct Dune

2010-01-06 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Pierre Morel to direct Dune French helmer Taken with Frank Herbert sci-fi epic BY Total Film Jan 5th 2010 13:13PM http://www.totalfilm.com/news/pierre-morel-to-direct-dune After being deserted by Peter Berg, who left for the uncharted waters of Battleship, we wondered if anybody would bra

[scifinoir2] Sam Mendes To Direct Bond 23

2010-01-06 Thread Tracey de Morsella
File under 'whoa - did Not see that one coming'. The Hollywood Reporter is saying that Sam Mendes is the surprise choice to helm the as yet-untitled Bond 23.Mendes is currently in negotiations with Eon big cheeses, Micha