It's the old hip-hop isn't original because the sound sources are
sampled argument. Paint and photography ain't original either.
Avatar was well done. At least Cameron sampled from an original
crate. Hollywood's other ideas are so dry -- they remade The A-Team.
On Feb 12, 2010, at
Marsha Thomason's lesbian agent on White Collar will be getting a much
heavier workload in season 2.
Sources confirm to me exclusively that the former Las Vegas and Lost star
has been upgraded to a full-fledged series regular on the USA Network smash.
Thomason's character, junior FBI agent Diana
I want you on my team!!! :-)
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we have a pretty good cross section of
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Journey to the Center of the Earth, anyone?
Love it! WOW!
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That's Superman's fortress of solitude. :)
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I can also shoot a gun, and fish too. :)
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I want you on my team!!! :-)
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TV loves lipstick lesbians.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Tracey de Morsella
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Marsha Thomason’s lesbian agent on *White Collar* will be getting a much
heavier workload in season 2.
Sources confirm to me exclusively that the former *Las Vegas*
I was surprised that they took her off after the pilot after making such a big
deal about her sexual interests. Perhaps she had scheduling conflicts
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To:
At this point I think that the series has too many issues. They have turned
Sylar into a repented hero with a dark past. Claire has outed herself to
the world and now they run the risk of falling into that strange void of no
where to go from here.
They left a few holes in the plot that they never
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The pilots are always weird. What usually happens is that they don't really
have the budget down after the pilot. I have seen some weird cast changes
happen too. For example, the show Trueblood changed a couple of regular
characters after the series got picked up. (Tara was played by a light
Well you took Buckingham Palace first thing and you love books, so you know you
are on team Scifi!
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Of Mr. Worf
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CANCEL – They destroyed the magic long ago. I do believe that the change in
tone started in the middle of the first season, but I did like the whole first
season. Thereafter with all the new characters introduced who were never
developed by disappeared and all the story twists, I hung around
I read about a lot the casting changes in the news. For instance, three of the
main characters were replaced in Moonlight and one of the twice I believe.
While I’ve heard good things about the actress that replaced Thomason, she kind
of fades into the woodwork. I thought Thomason did a
I expected more from Harrison's film because, apparently, he is still a box
office draw. I attend a lot of sneak previews (I am going to see Shutter
Island, tonight. These are typically oversold. The biggest crowd I have seen
this year was for the Ford picture. My date and I arrived an hour
No soul food? With Oakland right there? Dude that's sad!- Original Message -From: "Mr. Worf" hellomahog...@gmail.comTo: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 1:55:46 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada EasternSubject: Re: [scifinoir2] Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers
I disagree with Paris being a summer movie. If it was a summer movie, it
would have played in the summer. It was dumped in February for a reason - a
good reason as it turns out. Case in point, The Book of Eli with its
religious theme, should have been a Christmas movie. But it would have
My name is rave! and I approve this message.
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All three movies are fit into an overused formula that is at least 20 years
old. Cop avenges the death of his partner, wife, daughter. Doctor working on
a cure but can't get the
I hope Palin gets into a pissing contest with Seth MacFarlane. He has a really
big bladder.
~rave!
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I have to say I get her being offended/pissed at this one. It is directed
straight at her, with the former governor
I saw Extraordinary Measures (big sneak preview crowd) but Mel looks old and
small and the brutal story just pummels you. Add to that a disturbing strain of
misogyny - two young women (including the one playing Mel's daughter) are taken
out with extreme prejudice.
Further, Measures feels dated
Or American sneaks behind enemy lines in ( insert country here) to retrieve (
enter naive relative or love interest here) and killed several dozen to several
thousands depending on the technology slow dimwited solider who forgot how to
use weapons or run when a grenade is thrown.
I'm also
Well, it's based on a BBC series that's about as old as China
Syndrome. Which made it sort of hard for me to watch. There are so
many great old BBC shows to remake, why that one?
Just seemed like a bad idea that will probably explain itself in
somebody's book one day. Unless Universal
Jennifer Anniston's appeal was totally lost on me until I saw Marley, a movie
in which I found her quite fetching. Maybe it was the dog.
~rave!
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Why is Jennifer Anniston still given scripts? This chick is so
I disagree. We're talking Lionsgate here - they hit a homerun with
Tyler Perry ( who is his own marketing engine) but they keep
stumbling around with stuff like Crank and Spy Next Door. I
don't think they've found their stride in action movies yet.
But WOW are you ever right about
I try very hard to avoid the whole seasonal movie thing that's taken hold since
the '70s. I'm a strong believer that good films should be released when they
are released. I reject that blockbusters don't just belong in the summer or
Thanksgiving/Christmas, that serious fare shouldn't just be
The reaction to the trailer for the Harrison Ford movie spoke volumes. It
played to dead silence. Edge of Darkness was marketed like Taken 2 but from
what I've heard it wasn't a pleasant viewing experience.
The old formula picture doesn't seem to work at the box office unless they
throw some
Some of the plants would continue to operate for a while but if the grids go
down it's a moot point. Also the bulk of their plants or coal and natural gas
powered.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
I can understand power plants like a nuclear plant, but
In keeping with what we were discussing recently about perceptions of
self-image. Everyone says this lady is gorgeous, but man was she too bony! I
get that athletes need to watch their weight, but in this case she proves how
the skewed mainstream perceptions of female body types is dangerous.
I keep having this chicken or the egg dialog on this. Are studios having to
market a certain way to get audiences, or do audiences respond to certain
movies because studios are increasingly marketing a certain way?
The movie Brothers is a good example. That's the flick with Jake Gyllenhaal
and
That statement reminds me of John Woo movies. At one time, his name was box
office gold. After a string of hits using the same formula, and many people
creating carbon copies, his name became synonymous with B-movies.
What's he doing these days, has he had a comeback with a new formula? I
Tracey, according to IMDb, he's got a *dozen* movies in development (details
available only if you have the Pro version).
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm247/
If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant
As I finally have my car back, seeing it has become a greater possibility.
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As there's a Family Guy thread running, seems nly appropriate to quote Peter
Griffin here by saying that it was freakin' sweet. I applauded until my hands
hurt.
If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant
But the problem there would be keeping the power moving. Substations outward
would need maintenance.
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
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Three good reasons not to see this one...
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LMNAO! I accidentally split mine open (stepped on it while getting
out of bed one morning), and my mother had a cow before she made me clean up
the goop. Lucky that it was on a tile floor and missed the throw rug under my
bed. If he got any on the carpet, he didn't sit down for a
I'm with you entirely, Keith. And this stands as another example of what the
anti-PC atmosphere will always generate. Writers like that won't get the pain
that the barb inflicts until they get barbed in like fashion.
If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
This and many other anecdotes will be in my autobiography, available the day
after I'm laid to rest. (There are bound to be some angry people in the
aftermath of publication. )
If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director? -- Charles L
As long as it's cast properly, I see nothing but an upside here.
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There's a couple of modified soul food places and that is it. It has been
a problem here for a long time. The first to go were the bbq places,
followed quickly by the soul food restaurants. Most of the restaurants were
ran by people that lacked time management and restaurant management skills
so
Looked as though it was just plain hair spray, from the size and shape of the
can.
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I entirely understand that there are cultural differences planet-wide, and that
such dishes may actually be in acceptance in a few places.
That said, if I'd been in the room when he trotted that out, that little smirk
on his face would've been down around his knees. And then I'd call about
Indeed. When did he set up the southern office? :-)
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I know he works but I never see his stuff in the Block buster track anymore.
In fact, I think a lot of his stuff is direct to DVD. Kind of like Wesley
Snipes up until recently
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Sent: Wednesday,
I don't remember if he got into trouble or not over it. He was one of those
kids that was overly rough with his toys. I wanted to keep my toys to give
to my son. Of course my toys and comics (all golden age!) didn't make it to
my teens for various reasons. I think I told that sad story before.
On
Kool beans!
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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:19:59
To: SciFiNoir2scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] From Paris With Love
As I finally have my car back, seeing it has
Hmmm I wonder what would have happened if they ate cat and didn't find out
until later? People in France (and here) eat horse meat. I think that people
look down at Asian people as being slightly less human because they eat what
we would call pets.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Martin Baxter
Although he was great at it (Face Off), John Woo was not a fan of the
formulaic movies he was making. After MI-2, he thought he had the cachet to
make the kind of movie he wanted. He made Windtalkers (2002) a
well-intentioned movie starring Nicholas Cage that took in $77 million
worldwide
http://herouh.notlong.com
Disney-Pixar won't get caught with its action figure pants down again,
announcing the creation of 250 toys and games tied to Toy Story 3. The
company's chief creative officer John Lasseter announced the line Sunday at the
opening of Toy Fair in New York.
Some movies are too hard to sum up in a 30 second trailer. They just don't
have the catch phrases to use that way.
I think that this is a good time for new blood in hollywood, but I also
think that the industry as a whole has become so bogged down in antiquated
thinking that they will never
In a candid Esquire magazine interview, film critic and Hollywood icon Roger
Ebert says there's no need to pity him, eight years after a thyroid cancer
diagnosis, followed by surgeries that robbed him of speech and warped his face
into a permanent smile.
Maybe after 2012 it will move to where the north pole is now? Of course that
would mean that Superboy is on his way here now.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Martin Baxter
truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote:
Indeed. When did he set up the southern office? :-)
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This would be cool for a spy. :)
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They have 16 nuclear plants in the UK. Unless they shut them down the
reality is that anyone that is left would find out what multiple meltdowns
would look like.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:03 AM, B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote:
Some of the plants would continue to operate for a while but if
That's why seeds was on my list after books
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Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?
We'd have to make sure
Food is a funny thing. My significant other told me today that she was having
hogshead cheese for lunch. Do any of you know what hogshead cheese is?
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_cheese). Further, she told me how her mother
used to scramble cow's brains in her eggs. And don't get me
They do, actually. And it's why people like me go vegan. I don't see why I
would eat a cow anymore than I would eat a cat or a dog. :(
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Honestly? This. And I thank you for it.
I see people getting all riled up over things such as animal sacrifice in
certain religions, for instance, where an animal is killed quickly and
humanely and then eaten. Yet these same people will chow down at Micky D's
where a cow was tortured to produce
Wow...
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:
In a candid Esquire magazine interview, film critic and Hollywood icon
Roger Ebert says there's no need to pity him, eight years after a thyroid
cancer diagnosis, followed by surgeries that robbed him of speech and
If Windtalkers was Woo's Heaven's Gate was Paycheck his Year of the Dragon, The
Sicilian or Desparate Hours? LOL
Woo went back to Hog Kong and just had a big comeback. His epic film Red Cliff
did great worldwide box office. I think he and most HK directors didn't mesh
well with the American
Both shocking and extremely sad. :(
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That's good to know about Woo. I never saw it , but I heard good things
about Windtalkers. I think I saw a Moseley work in a scifi anthology
recently
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Thanks for the heads up
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Of Mr. Worf
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 2:55 PM
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Wow...
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:46 PM,
I saw it last night, made me sad, but I love how we keep hearing him loud
and clear
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I'm amazed. i've never lived anywhere with a sizable black population in the area where you can't find some type of soul food.- Original Message -From: "Mr. Worf" hellomahog...@gmail.comTo: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 4:00:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
Sorry, i love the Easy Rawlins novels. Great characters, great mysteries. I can
see how it might have gotten him pigeonholed, though...
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I can understand that, though I haven't gone vegan myself, I respect it.- Original Message -From: "Adrianne Brennan" adrianne.bren...@gmail.comTo: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 6:25:51 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada EasternSubject: Re: [scifinoir2] Celebrity chef
I agree with you! I was just having a discussion with some friends on how some
Americans think of Haitians as some kind of backwards, primitive people. (That
foolishness with Pat Robertson saying the country sold its sold to the Devil,
then talking about their voodoo ways and stuff). One of the
He's been battling this for years. He's had several bouts and several
surgeries. This most recent one is the most severe, and resulted in his having
to leave his long running TV show.
Times like this remind us what a great thing the Internet can be: Ebert's not
missed a beat in writing reviews
His most recent film is Red Cliff, which I posted on just a few weeks back.
It comes in a four hour version, which was released in Asia, and a shortened
two-plus hour versions, which was released in the States. I'm looking for the
longer version now.
http://www.redclifffilm.com/
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I agree. I have read that about that from a couple of different foreign
directors. The company marketing people often have more input in a film than
the writers, actors, and directors do.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:58 PM, B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote:
If Windtalkers was Woo's Heaven's Gate
Why don't they just put Mrs Potato Head on a corner in a leather mini and f-me
shoes?
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
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I've been saying for years that we were headed toward being a third-world
country. Seeing those, I'm starting to wonder if we haven't been there for some
time
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They did it to themselves. This is what happens when you don't want to pay
school taxes to help improve education. But don't get me started
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Martin Baxter
truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote:
I've been saying for years that we were headed toward being a
That one's a mortal lock for my RV story.
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I have eaten hoghead cheese back when I was a kid. A couple of times it was
good, but it didn't taste right when I got older and I haven't touched it
since. I have also heard about the eggs and tripe before too. She must be
from Texas or Louisiana?
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Kelwyn
No problem. I'm just wondering how it looks when that stuff is inside the
van.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Martin Baxter
truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote:
And thank you for the send, Mr Worf!
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I used to receive the merchandising magazine for all of the new properties
that were going on to the market every quarter. They will do just about
anything for most of the properties if your company has the money.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Martin Baxter
truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote:
Anyone following this story? They are saying that Dubai reassembled what
happened using video footage from 8 different sources ala NCIS.
Here is some info on the story:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june10/hamas2_02-17.html
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I am more a fan of his Socrates Fortlow novels. I think Always Outnumbered,
Always Outgunned and Walkin' the Dog, are evocative novels, beautifully
rendered. IMHO the Easy Rawlins novels are poorly written detective novels.
Like Spenser in the Spenser novels, Rawlins kind of flails around,
That's really sad. One good thing about living here in the South is that there are lots of soul food places. And, since Southern cooking is in many cases the same (fried chicken, greens, candied yams, etc) one can get good food of that type from some white-owned restaurants as well. Although to be
Anyone catch the Leverage two-part season finale tonight? Pretty good, took a
couple of surprising turns, had a good cliffhanger ending (as all shows like
this and Burn Notice do). Good fun show, not too dramatic, just breezy fun. I
think I compared a lot of the cable shows like this and Burn
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Subject: Minerals and life
Hi:
The March 2010 Scientific American includes the article:
Evolution of Minerals; March 2010; by Robert M. Hazen; 8 Page(s)
The article indicates that in the early stages of Earth's history there
were only about 250
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