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Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Hollywood Whitewash? Persia, Airbender casting
angers fans
They did it for the ladies. The girl was for the fellas.
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote
USA is running an all day Burn Notice marathon, leading up to the new season
premiere at 9 pm EST. I believe that's followed by the season premiere of
another good show, Royal Pains.
I didn't know Burn Notice was the most watched cable show, but that's what
USA claims. I'm looking forward to
: [scifinoir2] Re: Burn Notice Marathon on USA Now
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 10:54 AM
My DVR is prepped and ready for the season premiere!
~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
USA is running an all day Burn
darko. she was kool and freaky as all
outside. that is why i am a little excited about seeing 'undercovers' in the
fall. the only reality shows i want 2 see are: college football, college
basketball, nfl, nba, and mlb. that is reality to me.
Fate.
--- On Thu, 6/3/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn
I think I mentioned recently that, while I can watch monster movies all day
long, I've never been a fan of serial killer flicks. Dracula on my front porch?
Not too concerned. Creature from the Black Lagoon coming out of the drain? No
worries?
But a psycho killer who likes to kill woman or
This will never become an issue unless and until people of color start
playing/rewriting roles based on historical characters that were white.
Westerns are replete with characters that were black in real life, who were
played by the likes of Clint Eastwood and others. Or maybe if movies made in
regimen. Its a character quirk of his since the
first couple of episodes. People always open his fridge and that is the only
thing that they can find. No beer, no bottled water, just yogurt.
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
USA is running
in how they cast movies now
versus 30 years ago.
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
This will never become an issue unless and until people of color start
playing/rewriting roles based on historical characters that were white.
Westerns
in Chile
There are a lot of real monsters out there. They still haven't caught the one
(or multiple people) that were killing women in Vera Cruz. I think the count is
over 100 women.
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
I think I
Is Bishop--an Aborigine I believe--officially "Black"?
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I
, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
I hear you on remakes. I'm okay with remakes if they have something new to
contribute or say: say, bringing in people of color or women and updating
some of the themes a bit...maybe bringing better effects for a scifi saga
(when FX are part
.
Of course, she never tried it again.
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
I must admit, several of these were myths I still believed, especially the
whole concept of warming up the car on a cold morning
Agreed, stealing a whole joke like that is an issue. If it were a simple
one-liner, like your I love it when a plan comes together, that's one thing.
But a bit that has some meat to it? Naw, you have to cite the source.
How the heck could you not have known that quote comes from The A-Team? :)
learned the no need to warm up car dictum from
Click and Clack the Car Talk guys. Once it starts, the car will warm up the
same whether it is sitting still or moving. Of course, a warm vs. a cold car
makes a BIG difference to the driver!
~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson
!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
I must admit, several of these were myths I still believed, especially the
whole concept of warming up the car on a cold morning.
**
http://green.yahoo.com
always way too much sacrifice for the
group, or getting sacrificed for the group.
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
There's a few. One of the earliest was Anaconda, in which Ice Cube survived
while most of the whites died. Indeed, one
justinmoha...@... wrote:
Dammit! My DVR ended during the fight! Spoil me, who won?
Justin
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Keith Johnson
keithbjohn...@...wrote:
Can you tell I love this show? Tonight's new ep (on now) sets a Roman
Centurion against an Indian Rajput. I've been
That can't be the reason, because Tony Stark is on the list. I don't believe
the list is based only on characters created in the last 20 years is it?
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Cruise's Jerry McGuire. I would take Voldemort over
Harry Potter. They get John Locke right but why is Hancock on this list?
~rave?
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
That can't be the reason, because Tony Stark is on the list. I don't believe
the list
Post-racial my arse...
Having grown up in Fort Worth, with its large Mexican population, I'm all too
well familar with the issues, conflicts, and prejudices existing between
non-African Latinos and people of African heritage. One of the biggest problems
was that many second or later
there
that have never seen the originals. It used to bug me but I imagine folks my
father's age probably scoffed when their childhood movies like The Thing were
remade during my teenage years.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
Agreed, stealing a whole joke
i saw that movie. Isn't he still in jail? Was he convicted of killing that
couple that ended up being buried in their front yard?
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To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 11:39:12 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
talks like that. The actor was spot on. The whole
situation around Clark Rockefeller ought to be taught in criminal investigation
classes around the world. He is stranger than fiction.
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
i saw that movie. Isn't
but they will also discriminate against darker skinned Mexicans.
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
Post-racial my arse...
Having grown up in Fort Worth, with its large Mexican population, I'm all too
well familar with the issues, conflicts
There's a few. One of the earliest was Anaconda, in which Ice Cube survived
while most of the whites died. Indeed, one of the reasons it succeeded with
blacks was that fact. Many of us were still smarting from the first Jurassic
Park, where the first death in the flick was an old black man
When Obama meant with Republicans a few weeks back, he cleaned their clocks
during that televised meeting. A Republican congressman even told a reporter
present This was a mistake.
Fox News said they were going to cover the meeting, but they suddenly and
inexplicably stopped coverage after
I must admit, several of these were myths I still believed, especially the
whole concept of warming up the car on a cold morning.
**
http://green.yahoo.com/blog/daily_green_driving/62/six-gas-mileage-myths.html
Six gas mileage myths
Do
I want my flying cars!
Every time I read stuff like this, I can't help but flash back to when I was a
kid in the '70s, watching shows like Lost in Space (suspended animation,
handheld laser weapons, AI robots, and FTL travel by the '90s), Land of the
Giants (hypersonic sub-orbital passenger
I own the Star Trek Technical manual sets for TNG and DS9, a couple of compendiums about the OS written by showrunners, and a great series of books called "The Nitpicker's Guide", where a nerdy dude spends all his time pointing out the plot flaws and scientific mistakes in the Trek shows. So yeah,
This dude has done a lot of research. Doesn't drill down to specifics on the size of decks or rooms, but still interesting. I'll see if any of the Technical Manual stuff is online.http://mario.lapam.mo.it/enterpri/default.htm- Original Message -From: "Keith Johnson"
ship, the landing bays, cargo holds etc.
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote:
I own the Star Trek Technical manual sets for TNG and DS9, a couple of compendiums about the OS written by showrunners, and a great series of books called "The Nitpicker's G
, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
I want my flying cars!
Every time I read stuff like this, I can't help but flash back to when I was a
kid in the '70s, watching shows like Lost in Space (suspended animation,
handheld laser weapons, AI robots, and FTL travel
at 1:18 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
I'm amazed at how blithely people want to dismiss things like this as politcal
correctness, or well-intentioned mistakes. I'm not saying burn the school
down or anything, but come on: saying the kid overracted to seeing four
.
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
It might be where you went to school, or simply that back in the day whites
were more conscious and careful of potentially offending blacks in some areas.
Now maybe we've gotten a bit lax, as the whole
they
forced him to change that episode to its final form.
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
I'd rank the Trek series' endings as follows, best to worst:
* TNG - irritating as hell with another time travel story, but at least Picard
finally let
their
heads around. Still is for some guys. I wonder if the network got a large
amount of letters and phone calls about the woman being in power or were they
just being cowards?
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
Yeah, remember
, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@...
wrote:
The talk of Lost and the less-than-spectacular ending (no Spoilers!)
made me think of The Sopranos, whose ending angered many fans. And that
made me think of BSG, whose ending angered many fans. BSG made me think
Can you tell I love this show? Tonight's new ep (on now) sets a Roman Centurion
against an Indian Rajput. I've been looking for something like this. India has
contributed a great deal to armed and unarmed combat, and had some unique
weaponry. The matchup ought to be interesting, though in the
Megas was insane and funny. I liked that the Megas literally had an
anti-everything button. Alien fleet shows up looking for trouble? Press the
button and it goes away.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
I remember The Big O, but don't think I watched
I'm amazed at how blithely people want to dismiss things like this as politcal
correctness, or well-intentioned mistakes. I'm not saying burn the school
down or anything, but come on: saying the kid overracted to seeing four people
walking through the lunchroom dressed in full Klan robes?
to 3000) killed. They would have had to kill close to 70 men each per
day. Even if they could have done that there would have been so many bodies and
animals showing up (not to mention the smell!) that it would have been
impossible to move around!
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Keith Johnson
What was it that made you disgusted only halfway through the movie?
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Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Return of the Jedi
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On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
What was it that made you disgusted only halfway through the movie?
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Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 6
I'm two-and-a-half years behind, so eagerly await your final verdict. Why did I
get behind? Because Lost became one of the prototypical shows that started
the whole half season concept: start late in the new season...air three,
maybe four eps...rerun them...show a handful of additional new
The talk of Lost and the less-than-spectacular ending (no Spoilers!) made me
think of The Sopranos, whose ending angered many fans. And that made me think
of BSG, whose ending angered many fans. BSG made me think of Enterprise,
whose ending angered many--get the drift?
So I was thinking of
.
On May 24, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:
The talk of Lost and the less-than-spectacular ending (no Spoilers!) made me
think of The Sopranos, whose ending angered many fans. And that made me think
of BSG, whose ending angered many fans. BSG made me think of Enterprise,
whose ending
Aagh! Mark spoiler on the message for those of us who are only a couple of
years behind! :)
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:
Didn't watch. I don't hate this show, but I dislike it a lot. Why? Because
there was wholesale carnage on the
the episodes.
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
The talk of Lost and the less-than-spectacular ending (no Spoilers!) made me
think of The Sopranos, whose ending angered many fans. And that made me think
of BSG, whose ending angered many
in history --
INCLUDING Enterprise.
On May 24, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:
The talk of Lost and the less-than-spectacular ending (no Spoilers!) made me
think of The Sopranos, whose ending angered many fans. And that made me think
of BSG, whose ending angered many fans. BSG
One of our fav shows is on Spike now, as a multi-hour marathon. They're just
wrapping up one of the best: Spartan vs. Ninja. (Spoiler!) The Spartan won,
primarily because the shield he used is such a devastating defensive/offensive
weapon. The Ninja just couldn't find a weapon to breach it.
but that leaves schools in poor areas losing everything.
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
It is almost criminal to start cutting PE classes in our public schools. Not
having kids, i was shocked to find out how many children nowadays don't play
.
Usually the ones making statements like that have their kids in private school
anyway. Public schools are for those other people. Hmm I wonder how many of
them are sympathetic to the tea party?
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
I know times
of Texas, hilarious. I mean, how many folks
are, during the course of arguing their points, quoting Framers' intent,
while probably not knowing that Jefferson WAS a Framer?
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
Agreed. And remember
: McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire
I felt the same way when the government forced R J Reynolds to retire Joe
Camel. I was wrong.
~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
My feeling is that we go too far in blaming advertising
in a cup? (great bargain when they were available.
It was basically a garden large salad with a chicken breast for under $3.
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
My feeling is that we go too far in blaming advertising and marketing for our
a
downtime day.
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
I hear you! Michelle Obama recently cited playing outside in a speech she was
giving about combating childhood obesity. She spoke of how when she was a kid,
parents would literally force
elections
proportionate to their work forces.
~(no)rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
Cigarettes is slightly different in terms of overall dangers, and it's a lo
harder to justify ads that seem to focus on the very young in that case. I'm
that they have.
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
I'm talking about just going outside and playing in the street or the yard, not
doing sports. But I hear your point. Sometimes we get too focused on doing
things according to schedules
, as I understand them, is to both bolster
the artist as she/he makes her/his strike and to disrupt his/her opponent.)
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
The Asian warriors yelled before using their swords or other muscle-based
weapons
My feeling is that we go too far in blaming advertising and marketing for our
children's bad habits. Yes, absolutely, McDonald's caters to kids with food
that's not healthy if eaten too much. So do the companies behind Twinkies,
Snickers, Kool-Aid, Chuck E. Cheese, and countless others. And it
their viewpoints. In the Aztec Jaguar
vs Zonde Warrior ep, the Aztec guy was talking much smack.
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
Wow, The Deadliest Warrior is really ranging far afield for the contests
they're staging this season. Tonight
ep, the Aztec guy was talking much smack.
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Keith Johnson
keithbjohn...@...wrote:
Wow, The Deadliest Warrior is really ranging far afield for the contests
they're staging this season. Tonight it's the Nazi SS vs. the Vietcong.
This ought
, or great shouts), but I don't recall them being heard.
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
Smack talking is a huge part of this thing, especially when the opponents come
from completely different regions, times, and backgrounds; e.g
Years ago, some of those survey takers in the mall came up to me and my wife,
asking if we'd respond to some questions after seeing a short film. I said
okay, and then watched a short film whose subject was berating Americans for
not buying American-made products. When the smug interviewer
Well, yesterday I posted the second post on LeBeouf criticizing Spielberg for a
crappy Indiana Jones movie, which followed his criticisms of Transformers 2
as a soulless movie (my words). Now Fox's public critique of that film has
apparently gotten her the boot. I'd like to say that her absence
Cool list, but surely it's not ranked in order of most desirable, as I can't
see a hoverboard winning out over transporters or instant learning.
For ten points, name the Star Trek ep that's the source of the Universal
Translator in the picture below. For twenty, name the TNG ep with the
Wow, The Deadliest Warrior is really ranging far afield for the contests
they're staging this season. Tonight it's the Nazi SS vs. the Vietcong. This
ought to be interesting because the guys that represent each side always
express pride in the combatants they're representing. Wonder how the
Ha-ha! The Blob scared you? Why is that? Although, I guess I can understand
that.
What used to creep me out was that bubble hunter thing from The Prisoner,
that would chase down and cover people, leaving the outline of the screaming
person inside. I'd start having trouble breathing as soon as
Wow, a couple of weeks ago I dropped a post that LeBeouf was critical of the
second Transformers movie. Now he's at it again with the latest Indiana Jones
flick. I haven't seen either picture so far...
***
Shia Slams Spielberg, Bay for Movie
, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
Ha-ha! The Blob scared you? Why is that? Although, I guess I can understand
that.
What used to creep me out was that bubble hunter thing from The Prisoner,
that would chase down and cover people, leaving the outline
No wonder you refuse to watch the new Trek film!
Why do you loathe Abrams? I actually like his work, but only on original
properties. I haven't cared for his stamp on existing things like MI-3 or Star
Trek, because his need to add more action over the drama is more obvious, and
slightly
are strong factors in my
book as well.
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
No wonder you refuse to watch the new Trek film!
Why do you loathe Abrams? I actually like his work, but only on original
properties. I haven't cared for his
in hard times such as the job program, welfare etc.
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
Ha-ha! It's like the tired refrain, We're standing up for the Constitution. I
keep trying to figure out what Obama's done to thwart the Constitution. Even
Constitutional right to speak freely, even if all of her words
are lies. She could probably say that *literally*, and her followers would
still call it media manipulation of her words.
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
See, this is why so many
?
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.net
wrote
time for more diversity for real.
On May 14, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:
I just can't raise the excitement to watch the second one. Like I said, the
over-the-top camera work--and you *know* how much I rail against hyperactive
cameras in movies--turned me off. I watched a good
that appealed
to that demographic?
Nah.
~(no)rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
Yeah, it's just sad. But I guess it's all about profit. I mean, if you look
at some of the other cable networks, you really can't tell what they stand
.
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
And don't forget Arizona. Not only are the bastards turning civilian police
into immigration enforces--and then *forcing* them to become so by codifying
law allowing people to sue them for not doing it--now
. Teabaggers are merely the most vocal of a
deeply stupid majority that are hell bent to destroy everything any intelligent
person holds sacred through willful destructive ignorance.
I am officially sanctioning intellectual facism.
Bosco
--- On Sat, 5/15/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn
?
Took me twenty seconds to shake off the shock before I could reply...
To paraphrase one of the Founding Fathers, Now is the time for all good people
to chip in and create a competitive network against this crap.
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
HOPE.
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
Interesting. I still haven't seen the second one. The bloated action trailers,
the long snippets I've seen on TVs at electronic stores, those stereotyped
ghetto robots--all kept me away from
of the end of syfy. They must be thinking about canceling
any of the remaining shows that run on fridays in order to do this.
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
Well, how much more does SyFy plan to get away from the scifi motif? They claim
.
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
Interesting. I still haven't seen the second one. The bloated action trailers,
the long snippets I've seen on TVs at electronic stores, those stereotyped
ghetto robots--all kept me away from the sequel. Didn't
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 built with sophisticated computer tech, like the
talking Teddy Ruxpin doll, fancy R/C cars and planes, etc.
] Re: WTF--SyFy Fridays Changing to Wrestling?
The beginning of the end was when they changed the name to SyFy. They did this
so they wouldn't be restricted by Sci-Fi programming.
~(no)rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
Well, how much more
make it too violent or have complex emotional situations. (although
Japanese anime hasn't had a problem with that, but they also do not have crazy
lawsuits either.)
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
The first one is good only
and
turns it into garbage.
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
Yeah, the age old problem in America: intelligent writing has no place in
blockbusters that kids might see. I don't see why it couldn't have more
complex emotional writing
See, this is why so many of us distrust the Tea Party, and idiots like Palin.
You disagree with someone, fine. But where does she get off saying Obama wants
to ban guns and ammunition? That's such a general and sweeping statement.
It's incendiary, inaccurate, hyperbole, and, as my mom used to
!
Newscaster - What rights are they taking away?
Old woman - blank stare...
Newscaster - Can you answer the question? What exactly are they taking away??
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
See, this is why so many of us distrust the Tea
Keith, I've been trying *not* to watch, because I'm on something of a roll (stopping now only for a special e-mail delivery) and I don't want to be distracted. Otherwise, I'd be chin-deep in it, and lost in Gugino's eyes...
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn.
: Threshold Marathon on SyFy Today
I'm still ticked that Threshhold and Surface never got proper endings.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
i hear ya!
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: [scifinoir2] Re: Threshold Marathon on SyFy Today
Darn it all - missed it! I can second everything you said so I won't repeat it.
~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
Another good marathon on SyFy, and again it's a canceled show. Threshold
Well, how much more does SyFy plan to get away from the scifi motif? They claim
it's a zero-sum gain, since one wrestling show is going away, to be replaced by
another, and since they claim Tuesday nights will generate better viewership.
But this is utter bullcrap. A two hour wrestling block on
Interesting. I still haven't seen the second one. The bloated action trailers,
the long snippets I've seen on TVs at electronic stores, those stereotyped
ghetto robots--all kept me away from the sequel. Didn't help I wasn't too
impressed with the first flick past the FX. The way the
One of my faves as well and the right team won. The Azande weapons were
awesome.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
Thanks for the reminder Keith! I wanted to catch this particular episode.
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn
It's sad to hear that some folks are getting used to lesser quality in sounds,
though i guess I shouldn't be suprised in this fast-food, reality-show,
crappy-moving loving time.
As for the sound quality, I've never settled for lower quality in my music. To
me, the idea of portable music is
-stream that Jeremiah will be
given that. Hope so.
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
I hear you. Whenever I'm home during the day--which is too often, alas--I like
to catch these two shows, along with Tru Calling (gone too soon), Jeremiah
Tonight's The Deadliest Warrior is one of the best I've seen yet. For one
thing, I like the fact that it dealt with two warriors little discussed (in the
US, anyway): the Aztec Jaguar, and the Central African Zande. Both sides used
interesting weapons. I particularly like the Zande long range
files that result in lousy audio quality.
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net
wrote:
Agreed, but I think it's in how we raise our kids. They can listen to the
latest pop stuff all they want, but if they're given a solid introduction to
better music
And what a sad-but-sometimes-true statement: the villain carries the movie.
Too often they get a body to fill the costume, a bland actor to fill the role
of the good guy, while the bad guy has all the fun. To his credit, Robert
Downey, Jr. reverses that belief, as his Tony Stark/Iron Man is the
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