Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Southland on TNT

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
I agree, King is great. Deserves an Emmy nomination. But I can't give the rest of the cast a pass for that. I'm not even arguing that the portrayal's unrealistic. Maybe it represents a real-life precinct where most of the cops are white and Latino, and the criminals mostly black and Latino. I

[scifinoir2] Moon eclipses Twilight

2010-03-24 Thread Kelwyn
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10185124 LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Twilight fans didn't show up en masse for recent new movies starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, but they snapped up plenty of copies of The Twilight Saga: New Moon DVD when it went on sale

[scifinoir2] Ali vs. Superman

2010-03-24 Thread Kelwyn
http://www.supermantv.net/articles/ali.htm Superman vs. Muhammad Ali (full name All-New Collectors' Edition: Superman vs. Muhammad Ali) is an oversize comic book published by DC Comics in 1978. The 72-page book, retailing for $2.50, features Superman teaming up with the heavyweight boxing

[scifinoir2] The Five Most Insane Celebrity Comic Book cameos

2010-03-24 Thread Kelwyn
Every so often, famous folks appear in comic books to lend some real-world veracity to the spandex-clad antics. Sometimes the cameo works and everyone has clean, kitschy fun. Other times the cameo fucks up the plot beyond all comprehension. These are some of those other times.

[scifinoir2] Superman vs. Spider-Man plus Ali vs. Superman

2010-03-24 Thread Kelwyn
http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/499/

Re: [scifinoir2] Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Last Night!

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I missed Roshoman, but I did catch the last 90 minutes plus of Seven Samurai. Excellent film. I recorded the rest. Too bad they don't repeat them. One of the things that I loved about Kurosawa is the beauty of his cinematography. Every scene is like a portrait. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:55 PM,

Re: [scifinoir2] Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I saw a documentary on this a couple of years ago hosted by Authur C. Clarke. He warned about the audience about how the dangers of global warming would settle the dispute. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal

[scifinoir2] Trapped in the Closet

2010-03-24 Thread Kelwyn
http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/912 The R. Kelly cameos in this are priceless! ~rave!

Re: [scifinoir2] Google switches to Hong Kong

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I think that there are two ways to look at this. 1. Google is trying to impose American values on China. We have been guilty of doing something similar over the many years that this country has been around. Freedom of speech is something that does not exist fully in China and never has never

[scifinoir2] Sexual Healing

2010-03-24 Thread Kelwyn
The latest in scientific testing reveals that some of the boys at South Park Elementary have a sex addiction problem. http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/267106

Re: [scifinoir2] Survivors

2010-03-24 Thread Martin Baxter
No, because I've stopped watching. It's still tagged to Saturdays in my part of the world, and I Autotune it for viewing, but invariably opt out a few minutes in for something else. Just isn't grabbing me anymore. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Did

Re: [scifinoir2] Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea

2010-03-24 Thread Martin Baxter
Mother Nature send both parties an n-mail (nature-mail). It's *mine*, suckers! On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea By NIRMALA GEORGE, Associated Press Writer Nirmala George, Associated Press

Re: [scifinoir2] Survivors

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
There seems to be logic missing from the characters on the show. For example, you leave the house to relocate and the boy goes home. Why do you need everyone to go to the house and leave the truck unguarded? The show is on Tuesdays now. Season 2 episode 1 played last night. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010

Re: [scifinoir2] Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea

2010-03-24 Thread Martin Baxter
sent. Pardon me. Long day at the screen. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mother Nature send both parties an n-mail (nature-mail). It's *mine*, suckers! On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Disputed

Re: [scifinoir2] Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
It was a very beautiful place. Why they couldn't share it I dunno. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: sent. Pardon me. Long day at the screen. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mother Nature send both

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Last Night!

2010-03-24 Thread Martin Baxter
Great minds, rave! [?][?] On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Ha-ha, I hear you! - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:39:55 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada

Re: [scifinoir2] Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea

2010-03-24 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, through years of living, I've learnt one thing. Hew-mons don't share well. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: It was a very beautiful place. Why they couldn't share it I dunno. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Martin Baxter

Re: [scifinoir2] Survivors

2010-03-24 Thread Martin Baxter
Another reason why I've quit on it. When common sense leaves, so does Martin. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: There seems to be logic missing from the characters on the show. For example, you leave the house to relocate and the boy goes home. Why do

Re: [scifinoir2] Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
yeah! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 3:48:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea Mother Nature send both

Re: [scifinoir2] The Five Most Insane Celebrity Comic Book cameos

2010-03-24 Thread Martin Baxter
NOTHING for Archie vs The Punisher [?][?] And I never heard of that John Walsh/Outsiders team up. BTB- was there *supposed* to be an ad for a manga-sales website with a very loli-looking girl attached there? [?][?] On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com

Re: [scifinoir2] Way the Hell OT: Stars and Fans Show Support for Bullock

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
Oh, and five: this isn't the Digital Age, it's the Ironic Age. I'm using my own digital bullhorn to shout into your faces my opinion that other people shouldn't opine their opinions about Bullock and James, telling you I don't care about what they care about while asking you to care about my

[scifinoir2] Toshiba, Bill Gates-backed Terrapower plan to develo p ‘traveling wave’ nuclear reactors

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
Toshiba, Bill Gates-backed Terrapower plan to develop ‘traveling wave’ nuclear reactors By Andrew Nusca http://www.smartplanet.com/search/?q=Andrew+Nusca | Mar 24, 2010 | *2*

Re: [scifinoir2] Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
There's a lesson there. I hope they hear it. Probably not though. They seem to always been on the verge of war on a regular basis. I think it must be the British influence on their culture. I saw something recently on tv a few skirmishes happening in east India and in northern india where they are

[scifinoir2] Tight school budgets

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
Frigen politicians have to cut school budgets and everything else so they can give another war [image: wtf photos videos] -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] The Five Most Insane Celebrity Comic Book cameos

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I actually remember reading Ali vs Superman when I was a kid. That's how you know a book has jumped the shark. :) Almost as bad as the Harlem Globetrotters on Giligan's Island. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Every so often, famous folks appear in comic books

Re: [scifinoir2] The Five Most Insane Celebrity Comic Book cameos

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
Here's a question. When Superman's dad sent him to earth, did he know that his son would have superpowers? On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: It's stuff like that that made me celebrate The Crisis on Infinite Earths, the aftermath of which saw John

Re: [scifinoir2] The Five Most Insane Celebrity Comic Book cameos

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
Hmm that is interesting. Sounds like a good read. I remember seeing the leaping to the top of buildings in the first issue but not much of the details. I always wondered why they never gave superman psychic or other powers. Here is another question. Why didn't superman have more technology?

Re: [scifinoir2] The Five Most Insane Celebrity Comic Book cameos

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
Correction. The Superman from the '30s is Superman 2 from the Earth 2 universe. His people were simply superiour to us by nature. He didn't have psychic powers, but he was said to be a genius. The Superman of the comics from the 60s or so on (the one in the movies) and the one that's the one

Re: [scifinoir2] The Five Most Insane Celebrity Comic Book cameos

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
Sorry if this is long and confusing, but as the character is 80-plus years old, he's got a *lot* of different stories. I can recall at least five different major incarnations of Superman in the comics: One: from creation in the 30s to the 50s. Later retconned as Superman 2. The one who

Re: [scifinoir2] Ali vs. Superman

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
I wonder if and when the day will ever come when we are truly a paperless socieity, with all comics and books on digital readers like Kendle? If that day ever comes, will people even value first-run digital comics and the like? A hundred years from now, will someone be paying a million bucks

Re: [scifinoir2] Ali vs. Superman

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I think that books will go on to exist in some form or another. People were probably thinking the same thing when books replaced scrolls. The problem that I have been worried about is that we are not really passing on antiques to the next generation. Only electronic gadgets. There really hasn't

Re: [scifinoir2] Ali vs. Superman

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Johnson
I worry about that too. By the way, I was listening to an NPR show on that recently. the guest mentioned that, when the ability to mass produce books was developed, some people decried the ease with which words could be written down, because books would destroy our ability to remember things!

[scifinoir2] Re: The Five Most Insane Celebrity Comic Book cameos

2010-03-24 Thread Kelwyn
I grew up a Marvel snob. I thought the DC comic heroes were incredibly lame. I mean, come on, Superman's disguise is a pair of glasses? Aquaman's power is he talks to fishes? But I am always fascinated by how incredibly dense comic book origin stories become. I mean, jeez louise, you almost

Re: [scifinoir2] Ali vs. Superman

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I think the problem with memorization is that it opens up the door for memory lapses and distortions. Books make things more stable. In a digital world in our current state, things are a lot more fluid. Pictures, audio, video, can all be modified, changed, distorted. Dead actors can appear in new

[scifinoir2] In America

2010-03-24 Thread Kelwyn
I just finished watching Jim Sheridan's In America. I remembered when this little film got 3 Oscar nominations back in 2004 (Best Actress for Samantha Morton, Best Supporting Actor for Djimon Hounsou and Best Screenplay for Sheridan). At the time I was like WTF? because I had never heard of

[scifinoir2] what if: immortality

2010-03-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I was watching the tv show American Greed. The show was about a guy named Shalom Weiss who ripped off over $450 million from an insurance company here in the US. At his trial he was charged with 845 years for his crimes. The question that popped into my head after watching the show was what if