I’m not defending her, really. She’s nuts! But it seems like he spent
almost a decade in a serious committed relationship with her in which he
presented himself to her and well as many others as legally divorced. Then
when he went to file divorce, which I think is in California
TV's Human Target Is A Poor Stand-In For The Real Thing
http://io9.com/5455051/tvs-human-target-is-a-poor-stand+in-for-the-real-thin
g
Last week, DC Comics released a collection of Peter Milligan's Human Target
comics to promote the new Fox television series it's the basis for. This may
have
Journeyman Creator Returns To SFTV With Powers -
http://io9.com/5455350/journeyman-creator-returns-to-sftv-with-powers
Everyone still missing NBC's Journeyman (and that includes some of us here)
have new reason to be cheerful; creator Kevin Falls is apparently hard at
work on a new science
Yup...that's funny!
Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet
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--- On Sun, 1/24/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Get This Motherf*cking Samuel
...and after a brief view, I am convinced that she looks best dressed...
Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet
From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie
--- On Sun, 1/24/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com
I was not impressed...does that make me gay?
Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet
From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie
--- On Sun, 1/24/10, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com
wrote:
From: Tracey de Morsella
(*click*) Sorry, you have reached a number that is no longer in service...
Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet
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--- On Wed, 1/20/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Martin Baxter
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/01/24/nbc-delays-rex-is-not-your-lawyer/
NBC has delayed a verdict on Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, the much-buzzed-about
drama pilot starring Doctor Who's David Tennant. Peacock execs were eyeing
Rex to possibly fill one of its post-Jay Leno Show holes at 10 pm this
I'll miss you, buddy...
Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet
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--- On Sun, 1/24/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] 40 Gbps -
I seem to remember a few Damages fans here..
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-the-fien-print/posts/tv-review-fx-s-da
mages-season-three-premiere
Damages returns to FX on Monday (Jan. 25) and fans of the show will be
pleased to know that within the first 44 minutes, the linear chronology
One of the questions that popped into my head was, who would want to date
her after that?
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Tracey de Morsella
tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com wrote:
I’m not defending her, really. She’s nuts! But it seems like he
spent almost a decade in a serious
I will second that!
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-Original Message-
From: C.W. Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:54:50
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] 40 Gbps - Fastest Internet Connection to a Single Home
I'll miss you,
Grayson,
I would implore you to see Forrest Gump, American Beauty, and Slumdog
Millionaire post haste because they are all truly remarkable examples of great
populist theater. I would go so far as calling Gump and Millionaire as
transcendent cinematic entertainment. I can watch either one
Content aside, Gone with the Wind like Birth of a Nation is savvy, populist
entertainment. If you are racially sensitive, avoid both at all costs as the
narratives will suck you in. Nation is truly remarkable on just a technical
basis. It is still a gorgeous looking film. D.W. Griffith was
It was on Inside Edition last week.
Gerald
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-Original Message-
From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:36:34
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Scorned Lover of Obama Adviser Uses Billboards
Andre Braugher as Professor X? Gabrielle Union as Buffy and Percy Daggs III
(Wallace from _Veronica Mars_) as Xander? Rosario Dawson as Faith? Hell, yes!
~rave!
http://fantasticfangirls.org/?p=1716
http://bossymarmalade.dreamwidth.org/492768.html
Shot by a genius that was personally responsible for the rebirth of the kkk
and the racial stereotypes about black men, and mexicans that are still with
us today.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:03 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:
Content aside, Gone with the Wind like Birth of a Nation is
Mr. Worf,
No truer words were ever written on this board before! I salute you sir.
Dr. Fate.
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-Original Message-
From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:20:26
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re:
Apples and oranges. Still, a remarkable cinematic achievement. I was blown
away when I saw it. Griffith practically invented modern cinematic language.
Indicting Griffith for the rise of KKK is like indicting Samuel Colt for drive
by shootings. Guilty as charged but, still, largely
I'm holding out for him joining up with RTD over here and doing something
supremely awesome.
Hey, a girl can dream, right?
~ Where love and magic meet ~
http://www.adriannebrennan.com
Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon
Dare to take
So the depiction of blacks as childish, chicken and watermelon eating savages
with an insatiable lust for white women didn't do as much harm as Stephin
Fetchit? Screenings of Birth of Nation directly lead to riots, racial attacks
and murders and was used as a recruitment tool by the KKK. Sorry
Rave,
I have to side with B on this one.
Fate.
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-Original Message-
From: B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:24:16
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Avatar Keeps Rolling on Worldwide
So the depiction of
Keith, I have a word to describe it as well.
Pathetic. Get over it, lady. The train has left the station.
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:
Amen! Now that I know what she looks like, I'll be crossing the street if ever
I see her coming toward me.
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:
(standing ovation)
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: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:09:58 -0800
I agree with the article, but offer up one point in the show's defense.
It's only got one ep in the books. For all we know, that could be precisely
what they intend.
If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant
Mr Worf, one conclusion I've come to in the past year is that some will do
ANYTHING to be noticed, even if only for a moment.
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
If it's primarily wire fu, then I won't like it. Even when I was young,
watching the Saturday afternoon kung-fu movie block, I found myself frowning at
the wire sequences, without really knowing why. My first Jackie Chan flick was
like manna from the gods. Just saw Operation Condor for the
Grayson, of the movies you list, I haven't seen The Reader entirely, and
never laid eyes on Mamma Mia for two reasons.
1) Martin *loathes* musicals, except for South Pacific, Streets of Fire and
Purple Rain (yes, it IS) and
2) Martin loves ABBA far too much to hear it desecrated so.
If all
Pardon me -- add on West Side Story.
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: grayson.reyesc...@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010
(standing ovation)
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: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:09:14 +
Keith, Fallon did what was, IMO, his first funny bit the other night. He was
doing a mock tribute to Conan by sneaking into what used to be his studio back
when Conan had Late Night, Boyz 2 Men in tow, and singing It's So Hard (To
Say Goodbye), then pouring out a 40 (of Coke) on the floor as
Nothing but truth there, brother. I remember leaving the room in disgust at
that TNG clip show.
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
Hey, I'm single. Gotta get a thrill wherever I can...
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: Sun,
I'll tell you why the dissemination of Stepin Fetchit is more insidious than
Birth of a Nation. It is more insidious because it is benign. Birth of a
Nation (1915) is one vile movie which, even at its height, was seen by
relatively small proportion of the nation's populace (due to lack of
According to Wikipedia, there is evidence that the word derives, at least in
part, from the Latin facere. There's even an attempt to tie in ancient Greek.
I'd post the link, but I'm afraid that Tracey might send someone after me...
If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players,
And you would probably be correct sir!
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From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:02:17
To: SciFiNoir2scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good?
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: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:03:34 +
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2]
My point exactly B.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:24 AM, B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote:
So the depiction of blacks as childish, chicken and watermelon eating
savages with an insatiable lust for white women didn't do as much harm as
Stephin Fetchit? Screenings of Birth of Nation directly
Birth of a nation was seen by all of the important people of the time. That
includes Teddy Roosevelt who changed his political platform because of that
movie.
Stepin Fetchit may not have existed if Birth of a nation hadn't affected so
many people. It was also at the time studied by film makers
I'm not a fan of his. I enjoyed some of his big stunts, and the stuff he did
in the 70s, but that's about it.
The Geisha movie is just a bit cartoony. It isn't a complete movie really.
Like I said no plot.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Martin Baxter
truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote:
If
Are you suggesting Birth of a Nation is still being studied by aspiring
filmmakers as a means of disseminating racism (instead of as a primer for
constructing a compelling cinematic narrative - without sound)?
~rave?
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
Birth
Teddy Roosevelt was President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He was
dead in 1919. Birth of a Nation was released in 1915. How, what and who did
Roosevelt's alleged change of mind influence?
~rave?
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
Birth of a
It creates and reinforces negative thoughts. By the time most of the people
that are racist or on the border of being racist see the film it pushes them
over the edge into racism.
You are missing the social effects that this movie had on society at this
time. It wasn't a movie that everyone saw
I meant Wilson.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:
Teddy Roosevelt was President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He
was dead in 1919. Birth of a Nation was released in 1915. How, what and
who did Roosevelt's alleged change of mind influence?
~rave?
So was Triumph of the Will but it's still a repellent piece of trash.
BOAN is groundbreaking but that the message and imagery will always overpower
the craft for me.
Stephen Fetchit doesn't get a pass from me either. I just think Birth is the
worse offender.
--- In
A little more in the Education of Martin. I'll have to look more kindly upon
Oklahoma from now on.
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:
Don't fret, guys! With that 40-gig setup, I'll be posting here fifteen times a
second.
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:
Why not? She slays me daily as is.
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: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:15:57
Hell with that kind of connection you would need a twin quad processor and
an array of sd memory cards to keep up. Which can be done if folks have the
money.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Martin Baxter
truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote:
Don't fret, guys! With that 40-gig setup, I'll be
I think I just said those same words to somebody today lol!!!
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www.aubreyleatherwood.com
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Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart?
Imperfection
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The People You Know,
I am watching Revolutionary Road and I can't comprehend of a movie like that
being made with black people. I should be able to comprehend that; shouldn't I?
rave?
And as a love letter to the Nazis. You never hear about the movie without
hearing that aspect being mentioned. The technical influence on the craft is
undeniable but the works themselves are rightfully reviled.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote:
Actually, Triumph
All hail Spartacus! :)
I just watched the first episode and I have to say that the director that shot
this must have had 300 on infinite replay when they were making this. The fight
scenes although realistic looking in action turn to cartoons when everything is
slowed down to allow the
All hail Spartacus! :)
I just watched the first episode and I have to say that the director that shot
this must have had 300 on infinite replay when they were making this. The fight
scenes although realistic looking in action turn to cartoons when everything is
slowed down to allow the
Worf,
My thoughts exactly. Really enjoed Rome. Hated that they only did 2 seasons,
but it was good tv.
Fate.
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-Original Message-
From: Mr Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:44:07
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject:
I've seen them both. I feel it's important to see what people are making, even
when reprehensible (know the enemy and all). It just bothers me that Gone with
the Wind is the top grossing movie in history, as its portrayal of blacks as
happy/funny little childlike servants irks me, as does its
And President Woodrow Wilson, after seeing a private screening of Birth of a
Nation at the White House, called it the most important movie ever made. No
surprise: he presided over a lot of decisions that strengthened segregation in
a wide swath of American life.
- Original Message -
That movie changed the course of our race.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
And President Woodrow Wilson, after seeing a private screening of Birth of
a Nation at the White House, called it the most important movie ever
made. No surprise: he
I disagree; or, I don't think it' s productive to argue Birth of a Nation
versus Stepin Fetchit. Birth was shown all over the county; whites stood a
block long lines to see it. It grossed a phenomenal amount of money and was a
hit for months on end. Like I just said in another post, even
Amen! I just posted a similar response. People don't need us to spread their
hatred and bigotry. How many people are aware, for example, that the minstrel
show was for over a generation the single most *popular* form of entertainment
in country? And that was white folk in blackface, acting like
Amen! And that money spent on billboards could buy how much food and medicine
for Haiti? Matter of fact, maybe she should volunteer for something like that
and be reminded exactly what the word unfair means...
- Original Message -
From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com
To:
I saw that it was great! Ironic that most of the talk show hosts--including the
principals involved--have gotten their funniest bits in years out of this.
- Original Message -
From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com
To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday,
Rather than Berry, I humbly suggest looking up any movie with Selma Hayek in
it--the dancing scene in that vampire movie alone is worth the price of ten
shots of Berry's nekkid chest--this despite Hayek keeping her clothes on! Or
anything that features Sanaa Lathan, she of the incredibly cute
In the final analysis, both are poisonous to our portrayal in film, and both
are dangerous. I agree it's more viscerally disgusting to see a black man
participate in his own belittlement, but Birth was still way more subversive
than I think you're saying.
- Original Message -
From:
Glad it's not just me...
- Original Message -
From: Mr Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:44:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good?
All hail Spartacus! :)
I
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