[scifinoir2] Re: Did I read that correctly?

2009-02-17 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, DJ VIBE neh...@... wrote: In another post I noticed this blurb from a press release: Marvel Entertainment Inc. this month released a special edition of Spider-Man, in which the superhero notices two identical Barack Obamas at the presidential

[scifinoir2] Re: BSG

2009-02-17 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@... wrote: is it me or was BSG from last night over the top!..in a good way that is.  alot of intrigue and a lot of killing.  i knew zarek was a snake, but the way he manipulated geata was classic! 

[scifinoir2] Re: Letterman's Top Ten Reasons to Watch Battlestar Galactica's New Season

2009-02-17 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Bosco Bosco ironpi...@... wrote: That was absolutely beautiful. Interestingly, I am watching BSG for the first time. I just finished the mini series and am watching the second disc of season 1. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it yet I was the same

[scifinoir2] Did I read that correctly?

2009-02-05 Thread DJ VIBE
In another post I noticed this blurb from a press release: Marvel Entertainment Inc. this month released a special edition of Spider-Man, in which the superhero notices two identical Barack Obamas at the presidential inauguration, *uses basketball to weed out the phony*** and is

[scifinoir2] Re: Did I read that correctly?

2009-02-05 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, ravenadal ravena...@... wrote: Stereotypical intent could be implied but there is also a tactical strategy. Obama is a lefty who is comfortable going to his right. These are not common characteristics. If he is tossed a basketball, he will catch it and

[scifinoir2] Re: 'Heroes' Weak on TV, Super Online

2008-10-09 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella tdlists@ wrote: 'Heroes' Weak on TV, Super Online SNIP! executive producer Jesse http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0018504/ Alexander told the website that he believes the illegal downloads actually helps the show, particularly overseas,

[scifinoir2] Re: FW: Diahann Carroll: My Affair W/Sidney Poitier

2008-09-17 Thread DJ VIBE
Was I the only one doing his voice when reading You bitch whore tramp?

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2008-07-29 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have read the section below several times and I still don't understand its strained logic: However...when it was discovered that he was actually a black man, he was asked to cease operating as a hero and retire by

[scifinoir2] Re: The Return of The Blue Marvel

2008-07-29 Thread DJ VIBE
I mentioned the idea of a Black superman being scary to some Whites. When you think about it, its not just a White thing. When you really think aboutit, the concept of a superman who doesn't have to observe any moral code other than his/her own scares the beejeezus out of *most* people

[scifinoir2] Re: The Return of The Blue Marvel

2008-07-29 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, DJ VIBE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's not to get? The basic concept is simple. Whites live in constant fear that if Blacks (and other groups) were to gain power, they would mistreat Whites in the same way that they were mistreated by Whites (having

[scifinoir2] Re: Billboards With Cameras To Get Info On Passers-By

2008-06-03 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and while we're on this, who the heck wants a billboard to *assume* it knows what I want? What? I drive by, get scanned, and next thing there' a giant Colt 45 ad being displayed? I would think you'd get Olde English 800 :P Reminds

[scifinoir2] Re: BSG

2008-06-03 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just have trouble seeing a hardcore soldier like the Admiral going that far off the deep end for Roslin. Again I say- I'm glad it's ending. It was right in line with his character - remember in Season 1 when he put the

[scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

2008-04-22 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comments like these reinforce the perception that some black folks just aren't ready for serious cinema. We're perfectly ready for serious cinema THAT DOESN'T INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE or fit neatly into racist stereotypes

[scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

2008-04-22 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't recall saying movies like Monsters' Ball are typical. But they are in fact, less atypical than they are in a young, immature country like America. ~rave! The only thing atypical about that movie is that it did

[scifinoir2] Re: 'Battlestar Galactica' Plan Subject To Change (possible spoilers)

2008-04-07 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Justin Mohareb He strongly suggests they (Adama, Baltar, Roslin) are all not Cylons. My vote is for Baltar being the final Cylon. . . the Cylon God Hay- Suess He's the only major character not featured in the Last Supper pictorial

[scifinoir2] Re: Jumper - SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!

2008-02-19 Thread DJ VIBE
On Feb 15, 2008 6:31 PM, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a scene in the new Jumper movie (no, I have not seen it) SPOILER ALERT!! where the hero is watching the aftermath of the Hurricane Karina on

[scifinoir2] Re: Showtime Preps Dexter: Season 3

2008-02-19 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Season 2 Spoiler Ahead: I love Dexter, truly I do, but, like all the great video loves of my life, the series broke my heart when... ...it killed the only black regular on the show - Erik

[scifinoir2] Re: Fallen Heroes: ( Heroes Season 2) Grade C+

2007-10-24 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I’m curious, why did everybody hate the Hiro-back-in-time segment of this season so much? Considering how much we had to sit through for Micah’s mom’s back-story in season 1, this has been pretty mild. I dont HATE

[scifinoir2] Re: DNA Pioneer Claims Africans Less Intelligent than Whites

2007-10-18 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html? in_article_id=488232in_page_id=1770 On the eve of his arrival in Britain today to publicise a new book, Watson, who at

sexism derailing Females in Comic Films Re: [scifinoir2] JLA Plot Confirmed

2007-10-13 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe cable is gaining because that are targeting other and broader groups. I think its more that cable can afford to *not* get milions of people in the seats for any particular program

[scifinoir2] Re: NBC to Bring Back Knight Rider

2007-09-30 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: don't even *whisper* about a revived TJ Hooker! Is that anything like saying Candyman 5 times?

[scifinoir2] Re: Keanu Reeves lands on 'Earth'

2007-08-29 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Brent Wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mean part of us wants to say that Reeves will play Gort. Now WHY was that the first thought I had? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

[scifinoir2] Re: Transformers movie

2007-07-03 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: here is 60, and I'm 60 and a week today! By Cracky! OK OK, we'll get off your lawn! sheesh!

[scifinoir2] Re: [OT] When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

2007-06-21 Thread DJ VIBE
The authour of this poem is Mary Rita Schilke Korzan. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Brent Wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (For all you Dads online here, Happy Father's Day! :-) When You Thought I Wasn't Looking When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first

[scifinoir2] Re: Fav B Movie - Worse B Movie

2007-04-25 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A modern one that I'm really liking is Decoys, starring Nicole Eggert. it's about a group of nubile cheerleaders on a small college campus who are actually aliens that feed on humans. You mean to tell me someone actually pitched

[scifinoir2] Re: Goyer Sells Green Arrow Pitch

2007-04-11 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should I be frightened? Isn't goyer the one who tried to make Blade as second tier character in both #3 of the movie and the series blade? Goyer in and of himself is not a bad thing,

[scifinoir2] Re: Is Battlestar Galactica Doomed?

2006-12-08 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keith, where'd you buy yours? Been looking at Best Buy stores all over, with no luck. Dunno if Best Buy has em, but I got my copy offa Amazon.com

[scifinoir2] Top 10 WORST Black movies

2006-10-26 Thread DJ VIBE
My nominees for the top four: 1. Soul Plane 2. Vampiyaz 3. Gang Of Roses (Would have made a great comedy, though) 4. Civil Brand Any others? Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual

[scifinoir2] ARRGH, I'm the Juggernaut! (X3 thoughts w/SPOILERS!)

2006-05-30 Thread DJ VIBE
SPOILERS! AVAST YE MATEYS!!! THERE BE SPOILERS AHEAD! My X3 thoughts. . . . There were some moments of brilliance in this one: Mags in the park alone at the end - the way they did the establishing shot and then the slow circle around him to accentuate his loneliness.

[scifinoir2] Re: some of my art

2006-03-16 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, JediMaster*Skywalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i will add more as i get them. it's my mission in life to increase the images of black people in sci fi and fantasy art. :)and perhaps one day in writing too. :D GREAT! I've always wanted to be able to draw

[scifinoir2] Re: BG season finale

2006-03-13 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm so mad at the one year later I can't even speak on this episode. What a weak ending to a great season. On Mar 13, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Martin Pratt wrote: No comments from anyone yet. So, what'd you all

[scifinoir2] Re: Underworld; Evolution. Question about Marcus. (Ultraviolet)

2006-03-09 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson All that being said, should I watch either or both of the Ultraviolet flicks? Both? You sure you're not confusing Aeon Flux with Ultraviolet? Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

[scifinoir2] WHO is coming to SCIFI! :)

2006-02-27 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson Is this Dr. Who a new show, or a rerun of something that come from the last year? Dr. Who is a British series about an extremely long-lived race of beings from a planet called Gallifrey. They are known as Time Lords because their people

[scifinoir2] Re: Will Blacks Ever Get Good Roles on Galactica?

2006-01-30 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keith, from the minute I saw Duke's char, I knew we'd be hearing from you. You're entirely right, of course, top to bottom, and it's ashame[sic] that no one in power is listening. I've been watching every week, and

[scifinoir2] Re: Is King Kong racist?

2005-12-23 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, JediMaster*Skywalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hmmminteresting. whenever i see something like king kong, i don't necessarily think of racism..i always think,i wonder what the fascination is that white people , especially the women, have with big

[scifinoir2] Re: X-Men's Singer Interested In Helming A Trek Film

2005-12-16 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I enjoyed X2, though it's not nearly as good as, say, Batman Begins. The first X-men movie was only fair. I'm curious about why you say Singer hacked the X-Men to pieces. You mean all the changes, like a tall Wolvie,

[scifinoir2] OT: Best Supporting Asian (Morita Eulogy)

2005-12-01 Thread DJ VIBE
From the New York Times: Goodbye to Pat Morita, Best Supporting Asian By LAWRENCE DOWNES Published: November 29, 2005 Pat Morita, the Japanese-American actor, died on Thanksgiving Day in Las Vegas. He was 73. News reports over the weekend were not specific about the cause of death or funeral

[scifinoir2] Re: Holographic DVD to Hold 1.6 Terabytes

2005-12-01 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And *don't* get me started on controlled fusion, trully powerful and portable batteries, ion-power, or warp drive! I'd like to hear more about the batteries - I've heard a little bit about water-powered fuel cells

[scifinoir2] Re: SciFiNoir Needs Your Favorite Quotes

2005-11-22 Thread DJ VIBE
Half of every axial rotation spent in Darkness! No, nothing could exist in conditions like that. Beenay 25, (Issac Asimov's Nightfall) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page

[scifinoir2] SG-1 Adds Black As Regular!

2005-11-21 Thread DJ VIBE
WOOHOO! Oh wait. . . CLAUDIA BLACK *sigh* was excited for a moment there. .. Claudia Black (Farscape) joins the regular cast of SCI FI Channel's original series Stargate SG-1 in its upcoming 10th season, and the principal cast members of both SG-1 and its spinoff series, Stargate

[scifinoir2] Re: What does Sci-Fi have against Black people?

2005-10-13 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ignorance? Moore is a white man, and maybe bringing women of color on to be love interests for white men is diversity to him. Maybe he hasn't noticed that on several occassions he's used BBM (Big Black Men) as prisoners, and that

[scifinoir2] Re: What does Sci-Fi have against Black people?

2005-10-13 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Capoeria is the fighting style Wesley Snipes uses a great deal in the Blade movies. Not purely, of course, but it's an influence. I'm aware of his movies (when he draws the line in blood with his sword in the first Blade is one

[scifinoir2] Re: What does Sci-Fi have against Black people?

2005-10-11 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Kelly Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A notable exception was Eddie Gordo from Tekken 3. SNIP! See the excellent article on Eddie Gordo from Planet Capoeira. http://www.capoeira.com/planetcapoeira/articles/gordo.htm I'm a little ashamed to admit it,

[scifinoir2] Re: What does Sci-Fi have against Black people?

2005-08-05 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i posted about this during Season one of Galactica and did a count of Blacks. I counted about three or four, incuding the comm officer and some nameless pilots (I assume) used in the background. I then found a lot of Blacks existed

[scifinoir2] What does Sci-Fi have against Black people?

2005-08-03 Thread DJ VIBE
Someone posted that question in another forum about Battlestar Galactica (TNS)and I've been thinking about it for a while. I'm pretty sure its been hashed out here before, but I don't know how to search for a particular subject in Yahoo Groups. Has there EVER been a civilization of Black folks

[scifinoir2] Re: I cried...

2005-06-24 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Amanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is Hollywood is making these films. And not just that, they are making films to target a mass audience. Not always a good way to make a film good. I think the problem with the Hitchhikers Guide movie was that