I am in lesibans with this movie... alongside Inception, one of the best sci
fi flicks on the big screen I've seen this year.
Sin/BG
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http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/17/entertainment/la-et-scott-pilgrim-20100817
For Amy
To quote Nelson from The Simpsons- Haaah Haaah!
To quote Zombie Hitler- Nein! Nein! Nein!
Sin / Black Galactus
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Hitler DNA Tests Show He Likely Had Jewish, African Roots, Daily Mail Says
By Steven Fromm - Aug 24, 2010 7:39
As we learned when we assembled a gallery of cerebral sci-fi classics in honor
of Inception, plenty of other films fire on all neurons. In fact, the topic
seems to have gotten Wired.com readers pretty fired up indeed.
Do you guys purposely commit sins on these lists, like leaving off Blade
WAR PEACE: THE GODS LOVE NUBIA
By Robert Jones, Jr.
Thu, December 31st, 2009 at 8:58AM (PST)
Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you? Nu'Bia, the
black Wonder WomanThe pain of nubia is only of the moment; the desolate, the
suffering, the plundered, the oppressed. The
Haitian Ambassador responds to Pat Robertson's claim that Haitian slaves made a
pact with the devil 200 years ago to gain their independence- from The Rachel
Maddow show.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34851879#34851879
After decades of girls' fantasy novels featuring empowered, adventurous
heroines, it's perplexing that the Twilight saga, featuring insipid Bella
Swann, has so thoroughly captivated a generation of teenagers.
by Alyssa Rosenberg
A Condemnation of Sparkly Vampires
Monsters of disaster are special kinds of divine warning. They are harbingers
of things we do not want to face, of catastrophes, and we fear they will bring
such events upon us by coming to us.
- Jane Anna Gordon and Lewis R. Gordon
actually remember reading about this as a kid in a Ripley's Believe or Not or
some such book. They had an illustration of the army, and then pondered on
their bizarre disappearance. in all this time i was going for some kind of
trans-dimensional random wormhole---and imagined they'd one day
One question- (this was a pet peeve of mine from the original)... why don't the
Visitors ever speak their own language even when they're among themselves? I'd
take just a few verses of Parseltongue. Anything. Go a long way in creating
authenticity. I thought they'd correct that seeming faux pas
(but it sure has some wierd anti-Obama analogies...)
Guess Who's Coming To Eat Us for Dinner
The classic '80s series V gets a post-9/11 update.
By Troy Patterson
Updated Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/03/AR2009110304333.html?hpid=topnews
My fan-based take on the new series? Eh.
I sat and watched the original V this past weekend. Cheesey, wackest special
effects, *HORRIBLE* acting, plots and scenes to make you laugh...can't believe
as a kid I thought it was about the best series ever. I think in the post
X-Files, DS9, LOST,
, we'd be all over this stuff in a hot
minute!
 :)
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From: sincere1906 sincere1...@...
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 9:13:18 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [scifinoir2] V- New Series - Ranting Review
So this movie looks ridiculous...and i don't even want to know what warped
science they'll be giving as to the reason for the apocalypse, but the disaster
scenes sure give some hilarity. Here's saying good-bye to California:
Film Clip:
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810045661/video/15978850
and other vaccines right now. I can't imagine all would
rush out to take whatever the Visitors are dishing out. Alien medicines?
Naw, bro', you go first!
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From: sincere1906 sincere1...@...
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 4
I don't know if historical context is needed before viewing some good
speculative fiction, but its often very necessary (especially for things that
require you to think) to go back and dig up some historical, social,
philosophical context later on. Otherwise you may miss the entire point (i.e.,
Rod Serling Conference- Ithaca, NY
http://www.ithaca.edu/rhp/serling/
Celebrating 50 Years of The Twilight Zone is an interdisciplinary academic
conference dedicated to the works of Rod Serling. The conference is set for
Friday, October 2, and Saturday, October 3, 2009, at the Roy H. Park
Science ponders 'zombie attack'
By Pallab Ghosh
Science correspondent, BBC News
If zombies actually existed, an attack by them would lead to the collapse of
civilisation unless dealt with quickly and aggressively.
That is the conclusion of a mathematical exercise carried out by researchers
What Does District 9 Have To Say About Apartheid?
Posted Tuesday, August 18| By Jonah Weiner
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/browbeat/archive/2009/08/18/what-does-district-9-have-to-say-about-apartheid.aspx
I caught a matinee of District 9 today with a friend who is a devoted sci-fi
buff,
Mike,
And as you can guess, there is already uproar over the mere mention of racism
or at the least racial insensitivity and stereotyping. The game usually works
like this: black people (or other people who have faced oppression) point out
they find something degrading in a film, tv show, etc.
Jive-talking twin Transformers raise race issues
Jive-talking twin Transformers raise race issues
By SANDY COHEN
LOS ANGELES Harmless comic characters or racist robots? The buzz over the
summer blockbuster Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen only grew Wednesday as
some said two jive-talking
Why the original Star Trek still matters
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/13/star_trek_original/index.html
In perhaps the most famous Star Trek episode of them all, Capt. James T. Kirk
(William Shatner) and Cmdr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) stand in their
Okay it's 4am, I saw the new Trek movie about 8 hours ago and am just getting
in after a night of debauchery. So I might be writing this on a Red Stripe
buzz, but here goes...
S P O I L E R S ! ! !
I liked the movie. As a movie, it was good. The plot was decent. There was
well-paced
*groan* that was painful to watch...
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wrote:
Thoughts on Starfleet Academy's newest commander?
they're
notified) have gone off somewhere as soon as that giant Romulan ship showed up
and started rippling through the time line?
Jes thinkin aloud...
Sin
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Okay it's 4am, I saw the new Trek movie about 8 hours ago and am just
GW,
The Galactica Syndrome... I like that! :)
I should state, I really *like* what was done with the new Galactica. That was
a true rebooting that borrowed elements of the original and came up with
something fresh and new. And I might argue that BSG's changes were appreciated
by people like
Daryle,
Those are some great points! True indeed, how many times has the timeline been
altered already with flagrant offenders like Kirk (old Kirk)? And, one more
time, what about those Temporal Authorities that exist in the far future that
attempt to assure the timeline remains generally
:
In a message dated 5/10/09 4:24:35 AM, sincere1906@ gmail.com writes:
My great fear is that this spawns a whole Trek series that won't have some
universal appeal because they adhere to any dynamic set of principles, but a
Trek universe where things get blow'd up
to Abrams' own
words.
If you're a Star Trek fan, you won't like this movie.
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From : sincere1906 sincere1906
this movie.
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Subject : [scifinoir2] Re: New Trek- My take *SPOILERS*
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Okay. Getting real Trek geek here...
SPOILERS
oops. guilty as charged. i ain't been back on here enuff to know that was yer
thing Keith. apologies. :) good review tho!
Sin
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Someone took my My Take review opening, so I had to change my subject line!
:)
My quick
will
look like a parlor magician with his robotic theories, never be
taken seriously, and no Data/Lor. (by the way, Romulan/Federation
Alliance means no more oppressing the Remans, so Nemesis never
happens)
On May 10, 2009, at 4:32 PM, sincere1906 wrote:
Daryle,
Those are some
The first European: Created from fragments of fossil, the face of our forbears
35,000 years ago.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1177123/The-European-Created-fragments-fossil-face-forbears-35-000-years-ago.html
This story works best with the photos, so click the link. You'll dig
my first thought was, wow...real life Watchmen.
my second thought was, this geek's going to get himself shot...
he's got a cape...has he learned nothing?!?
and there are groups of these people?
my third thought was, so this is some kind of wierd artistic stunt...right?
A photo:
Deadliest Warrior.
SCI FI original movies is where small time sci fi actors (and some has-beens)
go to end their legitimate careers...
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote:
Dare I sink another two hours into a SciFi Originals movie? Or should I just
watch
Did anyone watch Battles BC last year?
They had a good one on Hannibal:
http://au.truveo.com/Battles-BC-Hannibal-The-Annihilator-Part-1/id/216172827972997360
History Channel these days has better effects, not to mention rather
embellished storylines and speculative realities (warriors from
But from all previews, it looks positively *god-awful.* I have nothing against
Beyonce (I can watch that Single Ladies video on mute!) or Idris Elba. I even
could tolerate a good Fatal Attraction type flick, even putting aside all the
inherent sexism involved. But everything about this movie
Keith,
while I agree with you, I think the reason Kirk is not going to be ressurrected
by any Nexus is because everyone is trying to FORGET that whole Nexus
movie...*blech!* or maybe I'm just speaking for myself. :)
this new flick betta be good or i swear i'm joining the Breen...
Sin
--- In
An interesting article. Might be a bit off-topic, but I'm thinking pirates and
comic book analogies might qualify? Just an excerpt posted here; follow link
for the rest. If fantastic pirate-terrorist-islamists are the supervillains, I
guess that would make us the Justice *Lords*...
Sin/BG
So I managed to score an invite to this last night, and it was pretty good.
Besides having the ECOSOC Chamber decked out like a quorum (I took home my own
Gemenon panel), got to hear Whoopi Goldberg, Mary McDonnel (President Roslyn),
Edward James Olmos (Commander Adama) and the writer/creators
SPOILERS!
SPOILERS!
SPOILERS!
TURN BACK NOW ALL YE TIMID!
SPOILERS!
Whether it was shameful exploitation of our current energy crisis or an honest
shot of political activism, I thought it was well woven into the larger
Watchmen storyline. If I recall correctly, wasn't energy no
Yes. Personally I'm tired of all this silliness where a movie is judged
primarily by the money it rakes in. The amount they're talking about is
staggering in itself, but if it doesn't top last years ridiculous over-priced
sales, then it tanked. I understand that's the industry, but let us at
He tasks me! He tasks me! And I shall have him. I'll chase him round
the moons of Nibia and round the Antares malestrom and round
perdition's flames before I give him up! --Khan
Ricardo Montalban dies at 88
By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press
Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became
[This has been a particularly busy year for Smith. Since the 1995
film Bad Boys, he has consistently released one live-action film each
year. In 2008, he had two, this one and the July release, Hancock. He
is planning to take some time off after this. But he does plan to
keep busy on the big
Righteous! Will he get a curly fro' like the 1970s Dr. Who?
And does this mean Martha makes a comeback???
Sin
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OK now that it is official, what do you guys think?
Paterson Joseph to be the first black Doctor Who
The
egads!
Torchwood.
I so wanted to like that show...
But the characters were so friggin annoying... and the man-kissin-man
scenes were so obviously gratituous, I just usually rolled my eyes. I
thought the writing on there was just bad; and more people needed to
die off.
Sin
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Okay. I'm confused. Where is the chatter and talk about this trailer?
True enough, I'm not on this site enough (2 or 3 times a month or so),
which is why I usually do a search thru the archives to get in on any
good convo. About the only thing I could find on the new Trek trailer
released
Okay, I hear you... but I have to disagree somewhat. True Blood is
alot more than the buxom star in love with a vampire cliche. They've
thrown in alot more to go along with the common genre themes.
The buxom star herself is a mystery, as it turns out Sukky (sp) is an
empath. They've thrown in
That's what I'm mfkn' talkin bout...
Obama's a hip N.E.R.D. like Pharrell or Rza.
Cool intellect n creativity...and no pocket protectors.
Sin
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5 Lessons We Hope Obama Learned from Spider-Man
Matt Brady
Newsarama.com Matt Brady
It was great to see. I think Jesse tends to put his foot in his mouth
on more than one occassion, and is too addicted the limelight, but I
think overall people tend to malign him unfairly--throwing out the baby
with the bathwater. I think that shot was worth a million, as the man
who once
Because I live under the brutal dictatorship of Time-Warner and my
cable has been out for FOUR FRACKIN WEEKS, I too was forced into the
online underground to view Heroes. Its interesting, because with
online shows and DVRs (when the cable works) I rarely see
television on-time any longer.
-Greetings, Professor Falken.
-Hello, Joshua..
Sin
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New era dawns at home of the internet
A network of supercomputers called the Grid will allow information
to be downloaded quicker than ever. Tasks that took
McCain Suspends Campaign To Assist in Fight Against Voldemort
dkos.com
Fri Sep 26, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters/Satire) - Just moments after un-suspending his
Presidential campaign and agreeing to participate in Friday night's
debate with Barack Obama, Sen. John McCain (R - AZ) has re-suspended
this is funny.
actually though, there were some students at Howard U doing this some
years back:
Fun Equals Physics Times Hip-Hop Beat:
Show Strives to Spur Love of Science
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2006/09/28/AR2006092800827.html
perhaps she'd also like to take her
Frakin' awesome!
Sin/Black Galactus
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The curse word 'Battlestar Galactica' Created
NEW YORK (AP) -- Lee Goldberg thinks Glen A. Larson is a genius, and
not because the prolific television writer and producer gave
us Knight Rider and B.J. and the
Traveling Faster Than the Speed of Light: Two Baylor Physicists Have
a New Idea That Could Make It Happen
Aug. 11, 2008
by Matt Pene
http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=storystory=52090
Two Baylor University scientists have come up with a new method to
cause a spaceship to effectively
i may be speakin blasphemy here but...
i saw dark knight when it premiered. came away thinking it wasn't the
greatest movie ever made (despite all the hype my friends and peers
have heaped upon it). it wasn't bad either. it was a good flick i'd
agree. okay...admittedly better than good. i
Shaft went from the sex machine to being practically chaste is
pretty
funny.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, sincere1906 sincere1906@
wrote:
So I finally sat down and read *all* of Steven Barnes criticisms
of
Hancock. And all I can say is...wow. Dude, tell me how you really
So I suppose everyone has seen the trailer for this film.
I finally got to view it on the big screen during the X-Files flick.
But here it is again anyway, for those who may not have.
Excited about this film...
Hope its good, because I'm a WW II buff, and this is the kind
of cinematic diversity
I saw the X-Files film over the weekend
and it was exactly what i
expected
the movie ran like a long tv episode. i went to see it cuz i was a
fan of the series, and it appealed to my 90s nostalgia. i didnt' go
in expecting a fascinating thriller...i was jes interested to see
what they
because i see morrison's modern rendition of a slave Medea in
Beloved as a form of speculative fiction, i thought this was
appropriate for the forum.
Sin
Bench of Memory at Slavery's Gateway
By FELICIA R. LEE
i actually got to lecture a few times on black images in the comic
book world, as part of a larger course on media imagery...it was
always very well received...by the students anyway.
Sin
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POW! ZOWIE! Scholars discover the
okay. so i know this is a sci fi/speculative fiction forum.
but i saw this trailer yesterday and it certainly seems surreal
enough to me. submit it here for anyone who may have decided the last
8 yrs were an alternate reality...
Sin
this would make a great excerpt in How Whiteness Works, for Dummies.
Sin
Danny Glover's Touissant Biopic Lacked white heroes, Producers Said
by Rebecca Frasquet
Fri Jul 25, 2:15 AM ET
US actor Danny Glover, who plans an epic next year on Haitian
Janelle Monae has modest sci-fi style
POSTED July 23, 12:40 PM
photo: http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/jmonae(1).jpg
From hip-hop to Broadway to sci-fi, RB artist Janelle Monae's
current project, Metropolis is being released in four separate
suites. Each album will have
I'm glad to see Ebert giving the new X-Files flick 3 1/2 stars.
That's pretty decent for a retro flick. What I want to know is, how
did rapper Xzibit get a key role playing an FBI agent on here!? Good
for him!
Sin
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The X-Files: I Want
Another of those silly Top 10 lists that Yahoo puts out...
I know I shouldn't click on them but I can't help myself.
I think a few of these require a rebuttal...
Sin
Top 10 Scientifically Inaccurate Movies
07/23/08
Summer of the Superhero
photo: http://www.thenation.com/images/media/doc/c5b/1216907270-
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Comment
By Adam Howard
July 23, 2008
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080804/howard
Christian Spiegel, 12, pins on a button while in waiting in line for
an Obama event in Jersey City, NJ.
It's
Agreed. After hearing so much ill of this film from critics and some
viewers, I finally saw it for myself--and enjoyed it. No it wasn't
the greatest flick in the world. And there were some parts I could
have done without...but I liked the concept, and I liked how it
shifted from a comedic
The following is a post from Jul 10th by a black sociologist about
what he sees as racially tinged elements in Will Smith's Hancock.
Now anyone who knows me is aware that I am quite fond of pointing out
racial tropes/symbolisms in popular media. But while Prof. Agozino
brings up some valid
and the problems that one encounters
holding them to such high standards). I do not wish to totally dismiss
your concerns about the film; I do, however, want to suggest that
perhaps you are investing too much importance about race in the film.
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July 6, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Wall-E for President By FRANK RICH
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists\
/frankrich/index.html?inline=nyt-per
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/opinion/06rich.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/opinion/06rich.html
SO much
was in the movies to see Iron Man with my gf when the trailer for
Love Guru came on, following a trailer for Zohan. and we both looked
at each other like, wtf is up with these 'make fun of eastern
cultures' type comedies? and is mike myers really in 'east indian
face?' seriously! it's 2008!
i
word!
why is Joel S_r not run off of movie sets by people with
torches and pitchforks? can't recall a flick by him i liked last since
Lost Boys.
Sin
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Clooney did *not* kill comics movies. Be a man, Sr. Stand
For the record, I have seen black males in book stores.
In fact, I just recently saw several black males in a bookstore (a
BN) in Brooklyn. Some were older men; others were younger. As I am
used to seeing black males in bookstores, coffee shops, etc.--usually
in areas/communities where there
in full disclosure, i haven't seen the latest Indy flick yet. and partly
its because i got bad vibes as i watched the poster and preview. don't
get me wrong, loved the indy flicks as a kid. raiders of the lost ark
remains my fave. but even at a young age, the racial exoticism and
pro-british gunga
Ah. Used to love that show.
Between the kooky Less Nessman and whateva role the voluptuous Loni
Anderson played (ahh... the joys of puberty), WKRP was great. Hate
that I missed this... especially the famed turkeys episode with
Less Nesman channeling Herbert Morrison.
Classic:
don't know why i read these things but...
Sin
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6 Films That Should Be Games
They're so money and they don't even know it.
By Ben Silverman
http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/6-films-that-should-be-
games/1218345
A few weeks ago, we scolded the
looking for non-right wing speculative fiction...?
ouch... the author calls the seeming diversity of Star Trek and Heroes
fake multiculturalism. as fans of both...that stings...but me thinks
it rings with truth. or perhaps instead of fake, we should say attempts
that make you wanna cringe. a
Yes.
After militaristic Iron Man and my avoidance of White Man's Crusade
redux Indiana Jones IV, I'm looking forward to Night's flick as a bit
relief from the other summer blockbusters.
I do not understand the pile-on obsession many critics have had with
denigrating M Night Shyamalan. I
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