[scifinoir2] Re: Last Airbender Widely Panned

2010-07-05 Thread B Smith
I hope they fire the studio folks that decided to give M. Night $200 million and a beloved franchise to ruin. Maybe they discovered the Uwe Boll business model. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Sammie A jazzynupe...@... wrote: I agree with u Keith, I can only hope that they continue with

[scifinoir2] Space Battleship Yamato aka Starblazers

2010-07-05 Thread Mr. Worf
My innerchild is dancing right now. It is taking a lot of concentration to type this out, but the movie is due this December! Here is some info on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato Here's the advanced trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoHXxWg7pw4 -- Celebrating

Re: [scifinoir2] Japanese Eating Champion Crashes NYC Contest

2010-07-05 Thread Martin Baxter
Me too, Keith. I'm at the point where I tune out food porn like this. Sadly, it's gaining ground. The Travel Channel has two shows more or less devoted to it, Man vs Food and Food Wars (that may not be the exact title -- it's early). On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Keith Johnson

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Last Airbender Widely Panned

2010-07-05 Thread Martin Baxter
There's a horrible thought to contemplate early in the AM, B. Unfortunately, the horrible thoughts usually contain the most truth. On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:24 AM, B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote: I hope they fire the studio folks that decided to give M. Night $200 million and a beloved

Re: [scifinoir2] Video: Pentagon’s Shape-Shifting Bot Folds Into Boat, Plane

2010-07-05 Thread Martin Baxter
I could see a billion military apps for something like that. Bet someone's still cooking with the project in secret. On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Video: Pentagon’s Shape-Shifting Bot Folds Into Boat, Plane - By Noah

Re: [scifinoir2] Frequency Rotation: Jermaine Jackson, “Escape From The Planet

2010-07-05 Thread brent wodehouse
I REMEMBER. (Eerie synthesiser noises) More please. :-) robo-funk Brent Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com writes: Have I been living under a rock, to have missed this? === Frequency Rotation: Jermaine Jackson,

Re: [scifinoir2] Space Battleship Yamato aka Starblazers

2010-07-05 Thread Keith Johnson
What a trip. I am a *huge* fan of the Americanized version that I saw back in junior high, and have several eps on tape. I loved the Comet Empire arc as well, especially the finale when the Starforce attacked the base. Interesting. While the two Starblazers cartoons shown on TV here had

Re: [scifinoir2] Japanese Eating Champion Crashes NYC Contest

2010-07-05 Thread Keith Johnson
Yeah, I've seen one of those, where this heavyset guy travels around trying to consume outrageously large portions of food, such as burgers the size of dinner plates and whatnot. I don't get the appeal at all. There was a Looney Tunes--or maybe it was Merry Melodies--cartoon from way back in

[scifinoir2] Nanoparticle vaccine cures type 1 diabetes in mice

2010-07-05 Thread Mr. Worf
Nanoparticle vaccine cures type 1 diabetes in mice By Darren Quick http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/ *00:10 April 9, 2010* 5 Comments http://www.gizmag.com/type-1-diabetes-vaccine/14762/#comments [image: A new nanotechnology-based vaccine offers the hope of curing type 1 diabetes in

Re: [scifinoir2] Japanese Eating Champion Crashes NYC Contest

2010-07-05 Thread Mr. Worf
There's a woman doing a show like that now too. Why I dunno. Do we need multiple people eating gigantic portions of food? On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Yeah, I've seen one of those, where this heavyset guy travels around trying to consume

Re: [scifinoir2] Japanese Eating Champion Crashes NYC Contest

2010-07-05 Thread Daryle Lockhart
AP is having a little fun with this story. Major League Eating is a scam. Kobi is right not to sign, but he definitely shouldn't have rushed the stage. He's in much better shape than the cops on the scene, so when it looked liek he wasn't gonna go politely, the cops probably

Re: [scifinoir2] Japanese Eating Champion Crashes NYC Contest

2010-07-05 Thread Keith Johnson
Yeah, this has all the markings of a comedic movie, doesn't it? Actually, I'd rather seen a good documentary on the topic that lets the humour speak for itself. As for Kobi being in shape, yeah. If I remember correctly, he has serious washboard abs and is in great shape overall, unlike most of

Re: [scifinoir2] Space Battleship Yamato aka Starblazers

2010-07-05 Thread Keith Johnson
Yep, I never have understood it. Could never determine if they do that in order to appeal to worldwide (read: white ) audiences, or based on some internal self-hatred. As for the Starblazers thing, thanks to you I blew an hour on You Tube watching eps of the Comet Empire and Iscandar series.

[scifinoir2] Re: Will New Spider-Man Take Movies in Dark Direction?

2010-07-05 Thread B Smith
I see another studio doesn't get the point. Where's the fun, wisecracks, etc.? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... wrote: Personally, you can mark me in the Who gives a frell? column... http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/07/spider-mans-greatest-hits/ --

[scifinoir2] Re: Fun Show THe Good Guys On Fox Tonight

2010-07-05 Thread Keith Johnson
Still loving this show. I mean, how can you note love a series with lines like, He's a cop...only porn stars and cops have moustaches like that...or, you're amazing with that computer--you're like a 'computer machine whisperer...or my fav, uttered by a crook betrayed by an informant, I

Re: [scifinoir2] Space Battleship Yamato aka Starblazers

2010-07-05 Thread Mr. Worf
You brought up an excellent point. One of the most intense cartoon moments that I remember was watching Speed Racer and watching the brother of the woman that owned the Melange car die. (A robot driven car that had a metal face and 19th century clothes) Topped by one of the main characters (Roy

[scifinoir2] Anyone Seen the Film Man from Earth?

2010-07-05 Thread Keith Johnson
Anyone ever seen this indie film? It's based on  a story by the late Jerome Bixby. Bixby wrote a handful of episodes for the original Trek series, the screenplay for the movie Fantastic Voyage, and the famous Twilight Zone episodes It's a Good Life and its years-later sequel, It's Still a

[scifinoir2] Re: Space Battleship Yamato aka Starblazers

2010-07-05 Thread B Smith
There's a big budget cgi Captain Harlock coming out. It looks great. http://bit.ly/cjDwdP --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: You brought up an excellent point. One of the most intense cartoon moments that I remember was watching Speed Racer and watching the

Re: [scifinoir2] Space Battleship Yamato aka Starblazers

2010-07-05 Thread Keith Johnson
I remember that Speed Racer ep--I've seen 'em all a million times. There's the Great Race, where they race across mountains at night in the driving rain. Remember taht one? Speed had to take the Car Acrobatic Team, whose cars had wings on them that allowed them to jump across chasms and

Re: [scifinoir2] Space Battleship Yamato aka Starblazers

2010-07-05 Thread Keith Johnson
Speaking of wild cars--and did Speed Racer have anything else?--do you remember the ep where there was an engine so powerful and fast that it was too dangerous to drive? Pops was part of the team that built it, and it was so powerful that every test driver died in fiery crashes. So the