Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could

2010-05-15 Thread Martin Baxter
still believe that's his goal. *** http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100515/ap_on_el_ge/us_palin Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin warned NRA members Friday that President Barack Obama wants

Re: [scifinoir2] Remembering Kinji Shibuya: 'bad guy' in the wrestling ring, gentle soul outside it

2010-05-15 Thread Martin Baxter
Clearly, the world's lost a great soul, but I'm still smiling, because I sense he's in the Best of All Places. Requiescat in pace, sir. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Remembering Kinji Shibuya: 'bad guy' in the wrestling ring, gentle soul outside it

Re: [scifinoir2] WTF--SyFy Fridays Changing to Wrestling?

2010-05-15 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, it's that scattershot approach to programming that makes me pick and choose what I view. I'm not on any one channel consistently -- no, I do stay on Encore Westerns a lot more than others. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Yeah, it's just

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Confessed Spy Convicted of Exporting U.S. Crypto Gear to China

2010-05-15 Thread Martin Baxter
I remember that ep, Keith. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: About ten or fifteen years ago, 20/20 aired a show on how Russian and Chinese spies were trying to infiltrate toy companies to steal the tech. This was back when toys first start being

Re: [scifinoir2] Just in: Heroes canceled!

2010-05-15 Thread Martin Baxter
Now there's no trusting any insider reports. The last batch I had, through another of my groups, had Chuck circling the drain and Heroes and LO certain pick-ups. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I just saw on G4 the show Heroes was officially canceled

Re: [scifinoir2] Just in: Heroes canceled!

2010-05-15 Thread Mr. Worf
That was according to G4 and Tv.com. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 3:21 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Now there's no trusting any insider reports. The last batch I had, through another of my groups, had Chuck circling the drain and Heroes and LO certain pick-ups. On Fri, May

Re: [scifinoir2] LaBeouf Says Third Transformers Movie Will Be Better

2010-05-15 Thread Daryle Lockhart
Yes, sorry about that. Dreamworks is actually the studio behind this franchise. Spielberg is Exec producer. Though, I've reviewed my notes, and it looks like Spielberg may have lost Transformers in the divorce from Paramount. Not totally sure. I DO know the new Dreamworks is going to

[scifinoir2] RIP, Frank Frazetta, master of fantasy illustration

2010-05-15 Thread George Arterberry
Among modern fantasy illustrators, could anyone render flesh quite like Frank Frazetta? Amid all his artwork's massive swords and towering cliffscapes and thundering skies of menace, Frazetta could flat-out make the viewers' eye feel the meat of the thing. Coiled pythons. Poised big cats.

[scifinoir2] Any Black Panther updates? ( movie or BET cartoon)

2010-05-15 Thread George Arterberry
??

Re: [scifinoir2] Any Black Panther updates? ( movie or BET cartoon)

2010-05-15 Thread Martin Baxter
Goerge, to quote the cinematic masterpiece History of the World, Part One,, Not a one. Nay, nay, nay. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:41 AM, George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com wrote: ?? -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote

Re: [scifinoir2] Any Black Panther updates? ( movie or BET cartoon)

2010-05-15 Thread Martin Baxter
And you're George, not Goerge. Pardons. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Goerge, to quote the cinematic masterpiece History of the World, Part One,, Not a one. Nay, nay, nay. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:41 AM, George Arterberry

Re: [scifinoir2] RIP, Frank Frazetta, master of fantasy illustration

2010-05-15 Thread Martin Baxter
One of those dolls he painted may have been his lady... extra reason to appreciate the man. Gifted AND lucky. Requiescat in pace, sir. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:38 AM, George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com wrote: Among modern fantasy illustrators, could anyone render flesh quite

Re: [scifinoir2] LaBeouf Says Third Transformers Movie Will Be Better

2010-05-15 Thread Martin Baxter
It is time to give Olivia Munn of G4 more to do. As eye candy goes...it's time for more diversity for real. Daryle, you'll hear no arguments from me on either of these points. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.comwrote: Yes, sorry about that.

[scifinoir2] Re: WTF--SyFy Fridays Changing to Wrestling?

2010-05-15 Thread Kelwyn
Of course it is about profits. At the advent of the cable age we were promised a thousand channels appealing to a thousand different constituencies. A different slice for everybody. What we got is extreme narrow casting, a thousand channels all showing LO reruns. A major fly in this

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could

2010-05-15 Thread Kelwyn
on Facebook and said, I still believe that's his goal. *** http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100515/ap_on_el_ge/us_palin Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could CHARLOTTE, N.C. †Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin warned NRA members Friday

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could

2010-05-15 Thread Keith Johnson
the Death Panels lie, and when presented with evidence it *wasn't* true, went on Facebook and said, I still believe that's his goal. *** http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100515/ap_on_el_ge/us_palin Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could CHARLOTTE

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could

2010-05-15 Thread Keith Johnson
goal. *** http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100515/ap_on_el_ge/us_palin Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin warned NRA members Friday that President Barack Obama wants to gut the Second

[scifinoir2] Leapin' Lizards! Little Orphan Annie strip cancelled

2010-05-15 Thread Kelwyn
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-05-13/business/ct-biz-0513-phil-annie-20100513_1_jay-maeder-strip-orphan-annie Through more than 85 years of hardships and challenges — spanning the Great Depression, a world war, foreign cabals, corruption at home, several kidnappings and, well, being an

Re: [scifinoir2] Leapin' Lizards! Little Orphan Annie strip cancelled

2010-05-15 Thread Martin Baxter
U... It was still running? On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-05-13/business/ct-biz-0513-phil-annie-20100513_1_jay-maeder-strip-orphan-annie Through more than 85 years of hardships and challenges — spanning the

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could

2010-05-15 Thread Martin Baxter
. *** http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100515/ap_on_el_ge/us_palin Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could CHARLOTTE, N.C. †Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin warned NRA members Friday that President Barack Obama wants to gut the Second Amendment and told a separate gathering that mama

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could

2010-05-15 Thread Mr. Worf
is such lying permitted? But then, this is the same lady who started the Death Panels lie, and when presented with evidence it *wasn't* true, went on Facebook and said, I still believe that's his goal. *** http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100515/ap_on_el_ge

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could

2010-05-15 Thread Mr. Worf
that's his goal. *** http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100515/ap_on_el_ge/us_palin Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin warned NRA members Friday that President Barack Obama wants to gut

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: WTF--SyFy Fridays Changing to Wrestling?

2010-05-15 Thread Mr. Worf
Chocolate News was hilarious! I don't think that it could have appeared on any other network but comedy central but they have a bad rep for keeping good shows too. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Of course it is about profits. At the advent of the cable age

Re: [scifinoir2] LaBeouf Says Third Transformers Movie Will Be Better

2010-05-15 Thread Mr. Worf
I like Olivia Munn. She is a funny in a edgy geeky kind of way. I have yet to see her act outside of silly skits on her show. I hate to say it but you need more than a young woman in shorts to drive a movie nowadays. Audiences are a little more sophisticated than they once were and Hollywood

[scifinoir2] Art of Frank Frazetta [5 Attachments]

2010-05-15 Thread Mr. Worf

[scifinoir2] Art of Frank Frazetta 2 [5 Attachments]

2010-05-15 Thread Mr. Worf

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could

2010-05-15 Thread Bosco Bosco
his goal. * * * * *** http://news. yahoo.com/ s/ap/20100515/ ap_on_el_ ge/us_palin Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin warned NRA members Friday that President Barack Obama wants to gut

Re: [scifinoir2] Just in: Heroes canceled!

2010-05-15 Thread Bosco Bosco
It was a corpse after the second season. It just took the network a while to realize all the blood had been squeezed out of it. --- On Fri, 5/14/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Just in: Heroes canceled! To:

Re: [scifinoir2] Just in: Heroes canceled!

2010-05-15 Thread Mr. Worf
I think the writers strike did it in. In a lot of ways nothing has been good since. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com wrote: It was a corpse after the second season. It just took the network a while to realize all the blood had been squeezed out of it. --- On

[scifinoir2] Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off on Final Voyage

2010-05-15 Thread Mr. Worf
Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off on Final VoyageThe 32nd and final flight for Atlantis is taking six astronauts -- and a lot of gear -- to the space station.

Re: [scifinoir2] Just in: Heroes canceled!

2010-05-15 Thread Mike Street
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/05/14/heroes-canceled-by-nbc/ http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/05/14/heroes-canceled-by-nbc/ It seemed inevitable but the news is nonetheless shocking: NBC’s drama * Heroes *won’t be back for a fifth season. The beleaguered drama only averaged 6.5 million

Re: [scifinoir2] Just in: Heroes canceled!

2010-05-15 Thread Mr. Worf
Anyone want to make a bet on NBC not doing well next year? :) Wasn't 4 million considered good ratings a few years ago? On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/05/14/heroes-canceled-by-nbc/

Re: [scifinoir2] WTF--SyFy Fridays Changing to Wrestling?

2010-05-15 Thread Keith Johnson
What do you watch on the Encore Westerns channel? - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 6:19:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] WTF--SyFy Fridays Changing to Wrestling?

Re: [scifinoir2] LaBeouf Says Third Transformers Movie Will Be Better

2010-05-15 Thread Keith Johnson
Thanks for the info. Jeez! I tried to follow all of the DreamWorks history online, and I have a headache: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamWorks It appears that Dreamworks Animation is not producing movies in conjunction with Disney or Paramount, but remains independent? At least, i think

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: WTF--SyFy Fridays Changing to Wrestling?

2010-05-15 Thread Keith Johnson
Yeah it's maddening. I didn't get the rise-and-fall of Chocolate News, which was a damn site better than a lot of those standup performances that Comedy Central often broadcasts late night. As for Donahue, it wasn't just the advertisers' lack of support. The bosses at MSNBC ran scared from Day

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could

2010-05-15 Thread Keith Johnson
/ap/20100515/ap_on_el_ge/us_palin Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin warned NRA members Friday that President Barack Obama wants to gut the Second Amendment and told a separate gathering that mama grizzlies will help Republicans win

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could

2010-05-15 Thread Keith Johnson
is such lying permitted? But then, this is the same lady who started the Death Panels lie, and when presented with evidence it *wasn't* true, went on Facebook and said, I still believe that's his goal. * * * * *** http://news. yahoo.com/ s/ap/20100515