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From : "B. Smith"
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To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
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I can't wait to hear the fan backlash at this development.
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I can't wait to hear the fan backlash at this development.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote:
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> Brother rave, you keep throwing these yummy cookies out in front of me...
>
> And, odd thing -- I was wondering just last week who the Sorceror Supreme
> was, knowing that St
DC editorial strikes again. I'm glad Dwayne has come out of this madness ok and
has picked up new animated series work.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "ravenadal" wrote:
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> http://comiccritics.com/2009/06/16/the-sad-strange-tale-of-dwayne-mcduffie/
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It's a fun show and I'll miss it. I will be interested to see how the American
version will be different besides having more firepower.
BTW one part about the show always irked me. Their military response team would
go after dinos and other beasties with the same guns they'd use on a human
oppo
Shepherd Book might have been an Operative as well. H.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote:
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> I felt the same about Kendra. I was first disturbed at the almost slave
> attitude she had toward Giles, the respect bordering on servitude. And her
> death really pissed me of
Actually Kendra had two appearances, the two parter where she was introduced
and the episode where she dies. The first was when she was "activated" due to
Buffy's short term death at the hands of the Master. She left with her Watcher
to undergo further training when that was resolved. When she r
I was thinking about this too. It's been over a year since the footage was
shown but no series. Animation is expensive(even the limited kind shown in the
preview footage) and Viacom may have pulled the plug.
Hudlin isn't writing the Black Panther anymore so that might have been a final
nail in
I did some research way back when on Zulu warfare way back when and I was
impressed on how great their tactics were. If they could have mastered the gun
the history of southern Africa might have played out a bit differently.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote:
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> Sir, I a
It was another missed oppurtunity by CBS. The show had found its legs and was
building momentum when they pulled the plug.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Augustus Augustus wrote:
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> Just finished watching the series finale of Moonlight (thanks 2 my dvr), and
> i have 2 say that it was bett
Is it wrong that I came up with a fanfic sequel to "The Space Traders" that had
a nasty surprise for the remaining people of Earth a decade or two in the
future? Say hello to your new Nubian overlords suckers!!!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle Lockhart wrote:
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> There were only 3 epi
I was a bit surprised how IRA vs. Taliban turned out. I thought the RPG would
be too big of an advantage in a firefight.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote:
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> Still trying to figure out how the pirate survived a headblow by the
> morningstar. But then, I can't see how the
Ah the good old days when BET had some watchable programming.
That was a different show called Midnight Love. Video Soul was their primetime
show with Donny Simpson and Sherry Carter. Lead Story was their roundtable news
show and it was very good. Teen Summit was actually pretty good as well.
S
This artical forgot another major black scifi tv character: Dr. Franklin from
B5. He didn't fall into the usual tropes that the aricle railed about.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Augustus Augustus wrote:
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> Martin,
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> it was Captain Tryla Scott, commander of the USS Renegade. episode 2
R.I.P.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Amy Harlib" wrote:
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> SFcrowsnest Monthly Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine
> ahar...@...
> Forwarding.
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>"I'm enough of a pessimist that I'm going to continue writing fantasy."
> David Eddings - author, friend.
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>
I read the first cycle but never picked the vampire world novels that featured
Harry's sons.
Another great one is Baltimore Or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by
Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. It's excellent.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Augustus Augustus wrote:
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> sound
Well I needed my weekly Supernatural fix and I liked Reaper as well. Plus I
watched Everybody Hates Chris and The Game. I also liked their shortlived show
Easy Money. Now that everything but Supernatural is gone they are sliding off
my radar.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter"
I really want to see it but none of our theaters is showing it and I don't have
the IFC pay channel.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Grayson Reyes-Cole
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> We just watched this movie. Have to admit I loved it. Has anyone else seen
> it? The entire movie takes place in a remote Ontari
I just hope it doesn't turn out like the last "re-imagining" of Luke Cage from
Brian Azzarello. That was an abomination.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, George Arterberry
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> I may un-retire from comic colllecting and pick this up.Just hope its not a
> Marvel version of 'Incogn
I enjoyed thye heck out of Terminator: Salvation. It has flaws but I think a
lot of grief from fanboys and reviewers alike is that the movie isn't what they
thought it would be.
I also think people just don't want grim and gritty right now.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle Lockhart w
That's great. I haven't read it it in a while but I'll correct that right now.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "ravenadal" wrote:
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> http://www.zudacomics.com/bayou
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> BAYOU DOMINATES 2009 GLYPH COMICS AWARDS, SETS NEW STANDARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
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> History was made at the 2009 Glyph
A pox upon all their houses. They cancelled The Unit.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote:
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> I know a few CSI: fans who would *riot* at that.
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I like Reaper but the premise is wearing a bit thin. I did like the additional
characters they brought in this year like Morgan and Nina. If they get another
season they need to shake the show up a bit more.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "ravenadal" wrote:
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> I love the premise and bemoan
I like that the new movie is an alternate history Trek. I love continuity but
in my older, mellower years I have become less hung up about it. I like that
the new continuity gives them leeway to do some different things and take some
chances the other films and series couldn't do.
The destruct
I like Dollhouse but T:TSCC was the better show. Oh well.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Augustus Augustus wrote:
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> Martin,
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> i totally agree. i have yet 2 watch dollhouse, and i think i will never
> (going 2 be like u and Star Trek :-), but i will miss TSCC - i thought that
> it was
I'm definitely looking forward to it. I'm interested in seeing how they plan to
tell this story.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, George Arterberry
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> Board,
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> Who else is feeling this trailer?
>
I think the H-bomb reset will work but not in the way Daniel thought.
I totally sniffed out what was in the box but seeing it was still a shock.
Still going back and piecing it together was great fun. Awesome twist.
I have a feeling that Jacob will be back in an altered form.
--- In scifinoir
I have to say this show has grown on me and I loved the season ending
revelations. The title of the episode was "There Is More Than One of
Everything" and boy did it deliver on that promise. I figured out one of the
big reveals but it was still shocking and the final image of episode just
floor
I know the article was tongue in cheek but a some of his facts were off. The
Kelvin and Enterprise both used their phaser banks as point defense weapons but
they were overwhelmed by what the Narada was firing at them.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Augustus Augustus wrote:
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> but Martin,
In the prequel comic series Countdown it was explained that the ship was
upgraded using Borg tech. The Romulans found a Borg cube with no living drones
and managed to reverse engineer some of their tech including some of the
weaponry and the adaptive ability of the Borg ships.
That would go a
from
> > people who've seen this, that Urban's McCoy was truly a thing of beauty.
> > One guy I know even called it "channeling DeForrest Kelley".
> >
> > Spoil one thing for me, though. Does Urban-as-McCoy say The Line?
> >
> >
Well I'm late to the party but I have to say that I really, really, really
enjoyed the new movie. It was definitely a good time at the movies and it
delivered in a big way. The people in the theater actually applauded at the end
the movie.
I think all of the main actors did really well in thei
Incredible. Sadly some of the comments on that page went pretty much as
expected.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote:
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> I'll comment once breath re-enters my body...
>
> Okay... there are those moments when the weight of history simply lands on
> your soul. This first h
I miss them as well but as The Sara Connor Chricles proved there is plenty of
meat in the Terminator mythos and there are plenty of stories to tell. I'm
really excited about this movie.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote:
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> I was feeling the same way until I saw the traile
Fox and Whedon don't mix. Add Dollhouse to the same list as Firefly. Stupid Fox.
Last Friday's episode was off the scale. There was so much going on and so many
twists and big reveals it just floored me.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote:
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> Could be spoilerific for som
Keith,
You'll definitely enjoy where this ride is going. There a couple of huge twists
coming up that will knock you flat.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Augustus Augustus wrote:
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> i totally concur with the sentiment. it is a pretty good show, and the
> actors look like co-workers of min
Welcome to the group. Glad to see another fan of Supernatural and The Sara
Connor Chronicles.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote:
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> Angela, welcome to the room! Hope you have mounds of fun.
>
> Standard Warning: Some of the posters in this forum are not well people.
> O
Agreed.
A minor nit: Baldwin walked away from Patriot Games. Clear and Present Danger
was the third film in the series.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote:
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> rave, I'm attributing the success of "Fast & Furious" to the fact that it
> was the best offering in a mighty th
animate Dr.
Manhattan's little friend. ;)
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Augustus Augustus wrote:
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> B, since u said it was not great, then i will go see it at the theatre where
> my friend works so that i can see it for free.
>
> Fate.
>
> --- On Tue, 4/21/09,
Pitiful but expected.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" wrote:
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> From: kalpub...@... [mailto:kalpub...@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:55 AM
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>
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> Please encourage others to vote send an email blast to all on your list.
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As long as you stop before Narcissus In Chains you'll be fine. Everything after
that became Mary Sueish sexual fantasy masquerading as a novel. It's a shame
because Anita was a great character and her supporting cast had a nice mix of
humand and monsters and managed to keep her straddling both w
HDNet(available on DirecTV and some other providers) is having a sneak preview
of The Mutant Chronicles before it's released to theaters.
http://www.mutantchroniclesthemovie.com/
"Mutant Chronicles is an independent sci-fi action film directed by Simon
Hunter and starring Thomas Jane and Ron P
Well color me stupid. I saw Stomp The Yard but my brain was thinking of another
movie. Good for young Mr. Short. He's a bit young to be Pooch but he is good
pick for the role.
I feel doubly stupid now because I just watched Quarantine over the weekend and
he was in it as one of the police offi
That's weird Pooch was black in the comic. That sucks because Pooch was a great
character and had plenty of nuances that made him stand out. According to IMDB
Idris Elba is Roque who was white. Sounds like they are switching characters
around.
Zoe Zaldana is not a bad pick for Aisha(who was Agh
That is a really bad box office weekend. We were going to see Monsters vs.
Aliens or Gomorrah but we ended up cleaning up the netflix dvds we had on hand.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote:
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> Wow, that movie looked horrible, yet it did decent box office. I guess there
> w
I keep missing this show.
Has anyone seen Battles B.C. on the History Channel? It looks at famous battles
and campaigns and tells how they occured with some very good re-enactments done
in a visual style very reminiscent of 300. It's awesome. So far they've done
the second Punic War with Hanni
d that, and I keep meaning to tune in, but something
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Definitely. It was a great episode and they took the ending somewhere I totally
didn't expect but it made perfect sense.
I loved Weaver vs. Skynet's Terminator. Ouch!!!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Grayson Reyes-Cole
wrote:
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> That's sad! I agree that it was indeed awesome!
> Â
> Gray
Well Dollhouse is done and Kings is nearly there.
Is anyone else watching Terminator: The Sara Connor Chronicles? That show
quietly has become one of the best shows on tv. The last two week's events have
been a nasty mind*%#! and the season(maybe series) finale is shaping up to be
mindblowing.
The religious aspects didn't bother me but the whole Hera as Eve bugged me.
African primitives receiving heavenly DNA really rubbed me the wrong way.
And the sheer stupidity of giving up their tech because Lee Adama said so was
mind boggling. The Quorum would have bitched about what color toilet
I'm deeply sorry to hear about your brother. You and yours are in our prayers.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Reece Jennings" wrote:
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> Thank you, Brent.
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> _
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> From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of brent wodehouse
> Sent: Monday, A
Where's the stuff from Starlin like The Death of Captain Marvel or his Adam
Warlock work, Gruenwald's Squadron Supreme, some of the classic Avengers
comics, so much Lee and Kirby is missing I can't even wrap my head around it
and more stuff is missing than I can name. There are way too many X-Bo
^5
The almost detached way that Eastern Promises plays out can be pretty hard to
get into the first time. But there is a lot of story left for the characters
and I want to see how it plays out.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote:
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> I dropped a review here back when I saw
I loved the extended ending. I shudder to think what audiences would have
thought if they had gone with the book's ending and included the scouring of
the Shire.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote:
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> Keith, I agree with you once again on "The Hobbit" being a stretch-as-i
I thought every bit of that $150 million was up there on the screen. They did a
hell of a job recreating the look and feel of the book.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote:
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> I believe I read a while back that due to all the costs involved, a movie
> needs to return around
Indeed. My fanboy outrage meter was set to 11 and I was ready to rant until I
read the story. LOL!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Adrianne Brennan
wrote:
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> ROFLMFAO
> Win.
>
> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com
> Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark
I'm sorry I missed H-Man. I haven't seen it in years and its not on video.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote:
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> Well, I'm wondering. There's a huge catalog of films that are from one or two
> major studios, which Ted Turner purchased. Remember he bought the catalog
> year
LOL
I was a late convert to Galactica so I'm not looking for a replacement. I'm
still waitig for a B5 replacement. ;)
Of the stuff mentioned Day One interests me the most. I'm always a sucker for
the post-apocolyptic.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Bosco Bosco wrote:
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> I haven't seen or
It was very good. Anika Noni Rose's character nearly stole the show. I can't
wait to see some more of her backstory and find out why she's so bitter.
Jill was great. She played the role with the right mix of sweet and serious and
the hints about her relationship with her ex gave her character a
It will do slightly better than the last Streetfighter abomination but
definitely won't have any legs.
Keith,
Japanese self image is very different than how we view them. The large eyes is
a technique that the old school animation pioneers learned from Disney and it
is pretty ingrained in the a
groups.com, Keith Johnson wrote:
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> I agree. Add "Thief" to the pile of good shows gone too soon. Speaking of
> Nawlins based shows, what did you think of K'ville, Anthony Anderson's cop
> drama from last season?
>
> - Original Message -
> From
These three shows were some of my favorites. i can't wait to see the unaired
episodes.
Universal HD is doing the same thing. They showed the entire run of Kidnapped,
another great but cancelled series.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote:
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> (getting on the phone to see w
which is too bad, because it was really
> good. I admit I wasn't sure where they could go after so quickly having
> Braugher's gang be suspects in a major crime. I didn't want it to be a
> Fugitive type series. But either way, it just disappeared. Too bad.
>
> -
I use it to catch missed episodes and to catch some favorites like HBO's Dream
On and Thief starring Andre Braugher.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote:
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> Keith, there was a web site that had those last three in their entirety. The
> place was shut down the day after I f
There were several WOW!!! moments.
*whistling*
I really, really loved the reveal of the sleeper. I thought Joss Whedon was
pulling one of his usual kill the loveable character moments but that turned
around in a big way. Ouch!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Adrianne Brennan
w
gt; disparate communities. They won't be hunting with bows and arrows or
> sleeping in lean-tos, at least for a while.
>
> Justin
>
>
> On 23-Mar-09, at 9:57 AM, "B. Smith" wrote:
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> > My biggest problem was the whole cheeky nature of the big finish
it on my Comcast package.
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "B. Smith"
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 9:39:15 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Watchmen: On Time Magazine Top 100 Novels List
>
My biggest problem was the whole cheeky nature of the big finish. Spoilers
below.
Nothing to see here
Ladi da
O.K. I'm very much of a go back to the land and get as green as possible person
but Lee Adama's solution drove me bonkers. To give up all your tech and
advantages, disarm
I like Irving but he seemed to have a lost a bit of luster for me after The
Cider House Rules. I liked Owen Meany and Son of the Circus but the mixture of
humor and pathos just didn't hook me like his previous books. As a matter of
fact i have a copy of A Widow For One Year staring me in the fac
Please don't give them any ideas.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Justin Mohareb wrote:
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> Oh no. Does this mean they will not make the sequel?
>
> Justin
>
> On 23-Mar-09, at 7:34 AM, "Martin Baxter"
> wrote:
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> > Whoa. If memory serves, a movie has to make roughly three times its
>
I think they wanted a Stringer Bell as your boss vibe and it worked somewhat. I
loved that he thought Jim was an a$$hole and treated him as such. The women
fighting over his scarf at the end was priceless.
If you want full on Idris Elba in all his British glory check out RockNRolla.
He and Gera
By the time the movie begins he shed even the loincloth. You see in the Vietnam
era flashbcaks and when they formed the Watchmen. It's a visual clue on how
alienated and detached from humanity he had become. He wore a suit to the
funeral and the interview but the rest of the time he was au natur
Congrats and I totally feel you on the life plan front.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote:
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> Congrats, and great bio! "Twenty-fourthy year of a five year plan?" Great!
>
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> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
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British comic fans are a different breed than their American counterparts. What
sells here might not catch on there and vice versa. 2000 AD, home of Judge
Dredd, Tank Girl, Rouge Trooper and others, is known here but isn't that big a
deal but in Britain it's huge. A lot of British writers that a
Already bookmarked.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Amy" wrote:
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> Excellent! I subscribed and spread the word.
> Peace,
> Amy
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> Hey guys:
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> I disengaged lately from som
*blech*
I wonder how little sci-fi will be left on the network after the rebranding
takes effect.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle Lockhart wrote:
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> [ http://theblackboxoffice.com/?p=3110 ]
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> LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After 16 years, Sci Fi Channel is
> changing its nam
ughout history as the John
> Wilkes Booth, not the liberator. This causes him to abandon those plans. It's
> after this, I believe, that he assembles a counter-team to fight the
> Squadron.
>
> Good call, good stuff.
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r", where heroes are distrusted by the public,
> and forced to register with the government, on pain of imprisonment?
>
>
> - Original Message -
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> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:19:45 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
&g
It was a fun throwback action movie. Not great but refreshing after all the
gimmicky stuff that seems to be attached to an action movie these days.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote:
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> "Taken" is really not that great a film. It's from the same family as
> "Commando" or e
Breitbart had no business up there. The same tired old homilies seemed even
more stupid coming out of his mouth. And what the hell was his stupid carping
about code language? So if you get chin checked for using Republican
doublespeak about race and politics you try to turn it around with some v
Glad to see Taken is still pulling in the bucks. It was a very pleasant
surprise.
Box Office Mojo put's Watchmen's weekend take at just over $18 million. A bit
better than projected but not great. The dropoff in Watchmen's box office
doesn't surprise me. It looks like is will cross the $100 mi
Amen. What Heroes did the other day is referred to in the wrestling biz as a
cheap pop. You play to preconceived notions or the old tried and true for a
reaction. Unfortunately for the Heroes folk they seem to forget that a lot of
the geeks are the ones still supporting the show.
That comic sto
>From what I've heard the plot involves a lot of time travel and an alternate
>Trek brought on by that tampering. The big question is at the end will
>everything be reset to "normal" or will this represent a point of departure.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote:
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> Okay, I
I liked Wrath more too. The only real clunkers from the original cast were the
first film and The Final Frontier.
I've been hearing that this is a Trek movie for people that don't like Star
Trek and some fans of the series will be a bit miffed.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter"
I heartily agree. The book's ending couldn't work without the already long
runtime being stretched even more and making the plot even more complex. I
thought the modified ending worked well.
I've read about people complaining about the fate of the Lee Iacocca-like head
of the big oil/car compan
Martin,
I understand your passion about the book and distaste for the movie but I think
it's displaced. This is one the most faithful adaptations I've ever seen.
The climax, one onscreen plot detail omission(cut for length) and one detail of
Rorschach's descent into the dark side were the only
re forever makes the mantle of true leadership
> an awkward fit for him. He has the stuff, but to me he's more like the guy
> best suited to be a general on the field, executing battle plans. But the
> many demands of the overall commander don't quit fit what he's able t
Exactly. The fact that it opened on more screens probably helped to boost its
box office close to 300 levels. I think it will do well enough in it's
theatrical run but I beat dvd sales for the director's cut boost it comfortably
into profitability.
In a way I'm glad it didn't too well because
Actually they did foreshadow Xavier's fate in the X-men: The Last Stand in the
after the credits sequence. He's still alive in a different form in the movie
universe.
Jean and Scott's demises could be explained away as well but with the plethora
of X-Men to choose from do they really need to be
Well I have seen it and read it multiple times and had the opposite reaction: I
really, really liked it. Was it perfect? Nope but it was better than I had ever
dreamed a Watchmen film could be.
A few things sold the movie for me:
Dan Drieberg/Nite Owl is more likeable and is the engine that dri
Well there are two young Iron Men in the mythos: the teenaged Tony Stark that
replaced the Kang corrupted older version after The Crossing storyline. He was
rebooted to the "normal" version during Heroes Reborn. The Young Avengers had
Iron Lad but he turned out to be not a young Tony Stark but a
The novel is all the things you've mentioned and for that reason you might be
disappointed with the movie especially since it's so fresh in your mind. From
what I hear the movie is a good adaptation but a lot of the little things that
make the book so great gets somewhat lost in translation.
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I'm watching too. I'm trying to figure which side is going to swerve Michael
first.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson wrote:
>
> Anyone else catching this? What a fun show! Just full of gratuitous car
> chases, copious explosions (courtesy of pyromaniac Fiona), fights, and lots
Yes he has. He did the same thing for V For Vendetta with David Lloyd.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "ravenadal" wrote:
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> There was a great full color Watchman poster included as the "centerfold" of
> last Sunday's USA Today Weekend magazine - drawn by original artist Dave
> Gibbons.
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I can only imagine the reactions of critics. Some of them are complaining that
Watchmen is overly complex for a "superhero" movie. I can't imagine what they'd
thing of something like The Invisibles.
I've only read the first book of The Invisibles. I'll have to make the effort
to pick up the oth
There's enough meat in the book to do a prequel about the Minutemen but the
ending of the book pretty much slams the door shut on a sequel. But this is
Hollywood.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" wrote:
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> nyder Rules Out Watchmen Sequel
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>
> 3 March 2009 11:10 PM,
It's the next Alex P. Keaton. Gotta train 'em young.
I listened to one Republican think tank talking head on Tom Hartman's show and
it actually scared me. Hartman gave him the rope and he hung himself and the
rest of his party. He was saying every stupid Repub talking point that you
could spout
I think this a very bad idea. Who exactly is the audiece for this now?
The original had a nice fanbase but in my opinion it wasn't Trek-like
in the sense that a revial was feasible. Plus a lot of the original
cast aren't enough to generate much spark and rebooting it with new
actors would just
He was one of the first sci-fi authors I got into. I loved
Riverworld, The World of Tiers, Venus on the Half Shell, Dark Is The
Sun and his Tarzan pastiches like A Feast Unknown and Lord Tyger. His
pulp hero biographies were awesome as well.
His mystery Nothing Burns In Hell is worth tracking
I noticed those as well. Burn Notice is good for giving genre actors
and famous faces roles as villains.
Tricia Helfer aka Six from Battlestar Galactica is Michael's nemesis
Carla. Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones(Blade), Oded Fehr(The Mummy)and Max
Martini(Mack from The Unit) all guest starred as v
But she's biracial. That makes it ok. ;)
This may be the most craptacular videogame movie to that doesn't have
Uwe Boll's name attached.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter"
wrote:
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> Oh, forgot to add.
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> I'd sooner catch "Birth of a Nation" at twice the ticket price...
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