[scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good?

2010-02-03 Thread B Smith
CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Fri, 1/29/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 7:28 PM   What I meant

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2010-02-02 Thread C.W. Badie
wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 2:38 PM   Wouldn't surprise me at all, pal. If all the world's a stage and all the people

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2010-02-02 Thread C.W. Badie
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 10:12 PM   I guess that you didn't read the post about them auctioning off the Stargate sets? That is a clear sign that they are moving in that direction. Green

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2010-02-02 Thread C.W. Badie
. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 7:28 PM   What I meant is that they may have had people that assisted them with the fight scenes. It was probably shot for realism

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2010-01-30 Thread Martin Baxter
:23 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Okay, I missed the Michael J. move...But I beg to differ on the use of the green screen...I've noticed SyFy's Sacuary and other like shows have been using g.s

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2010-01-30 Thread Martin Baxter
@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:32:37 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Why consult when you can (gush!)? Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist

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2010-01-30 Thread Martin Baxter
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:55:44 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Conclusion...blood and sand are the main characters of the show... Such music flows

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2010-01-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? ...With a 50% loss on the stab in the back... Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Wed, 1

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2010-01-30 Thread Martin Baxter
??? Not a fan, pal? _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/

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2010-01-29 Thread C.W. Badie
3:58:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good?   Whatever happened to consultants who know what actual combat from that era looks like? We know they're out there, because they were all on The Ultimate Warrior. If all the world's

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2010-01-29 Thread C.W. Badie
...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 3:47 PM   Yeah, I noticed that. Thought my TV was off-tune, then remembered that it is barely five months old. And the consistency

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2010-01-29 Thread C.W. Badie
: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 3:04 PM   More blood indeed... the guy who took that shot to the back of the head lost a pint easy. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players

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2010-01-29 Thread C.W. Badie
] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 2:58 PM   Whatever happened to consultants who know what actual combat from that era looks like? We know they're out there, because they were all on The Ultimate Warrior

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2010-01-29 Thread C.W. Badie
singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Tue, 1/26/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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2010-01-29 Thread Mr. Worf
flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On *Tue, 1/26/10, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? To: scifinoir2

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2010-01-28 Thread Martin Baxter
...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:40:34 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Is that show responsible for the Pirates vs Ninja battle? On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net

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2010-01-28 Thread Keith Johnson
, but Hitchcock did it and it caused quite a stir at the time. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 5:20:21 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good

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2010-01-27 Thread Martin Baxter
@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:56:08 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? It shows the potential what can be done. We have long entered into a new age of movie

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2010-01-27 Thread Martin Baxter
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:53:15 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? You forgot swing thrust kick slice

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2010-01-27 Thread Mr. Worf
-- To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:53:15 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? You forgot swing thrust kick slice and the ever popular jump like Michael Jordan kill move. The arena scene would have been

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2010-01-27 Thread Martin Baxter
: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:22:18 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? All I got out of it was 'swing, thrust, (gush!), slice, block (gush!), with slow motion on the (gush!) part

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2010-01-27 Thread Martin Baxter
@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:01:50 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? I think that they are using one, but after the fights were shot, someone maybe the marketing

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2010-01-27 Thread Martin Baxter
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: truthseeker...@hotmail.com Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:10:16 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? I... uh, already have obtained it through

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2010-01-27 Thread Mr. Worf
:22:18 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? All I got out of it was 'swing, thrust, (gush!), slice, block (gush!), with slow motion on the (gush!) part...That is barely one aspect of 300. There was a bit of a hint that people of that age had more blood

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2010-01-27 Thread Martin Baxter
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:23:52 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? They were also playing around

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2010-01-27 Thread Mr. Worf
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:23:52 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? They were also playing around with the coloring of it as well

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2010-01-27 Thread Martin Baxter
, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:51:03 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good

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2010-01-27 Thread Mr. Worf
...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:51:03 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Some people believe that if you off color the blood it seems less gory. So people will sit through a hack and slash without getting queasy if the blood isn't red. Others use

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2010-01-27 Thread Keith Johnson
L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:53:15 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? You forgot swing thrust kick slice and the ever popular jump like

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good?

2010-01-27 Thread Mr. Worf
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:58:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Whatever happened to consultants who know what actual combat from that era looks like? We know they're out there, because they were all

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2010-01-26 Thread Martin Baxter
Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:49:59 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Glad it's not just me

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2010-01-26 Thread Martin Baxter
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:44:00 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? All hail Spartacus! :) I just watched the first episode and I have to say

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2010-01-26 Thread Mr. Worf
:44:00 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? All hail Spartacus! :) I just watched the first episode and I have to say that the director that shot this must have had 300 on infinite replay when they were making this. The fight scenes although realistic looking

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2010-01-26 Thread C.W. Badie
to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Tue, 1/26/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday

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2010-01-26 Thread Mr. Worf
THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On *Tue, 1/26/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com* wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday

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2010-01-26 Thread Keith Johnson
on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Tue, 1/26/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good

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2010-01-26 Thread Mr. Worf
resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On *Tue, 1/26/10, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com* wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2

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2010-01-25 Thread Martin Baxter
: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Absolutely, I just have an issue with lazy writing on that level unless it's intentional. In Hercules and Xena, for example, the anachronistic language was intentional and sometimes

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2010-01-25 Thread Martin Baxter
, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:26:08 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good

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2010-01-25 Thread jazzynupe_007
And you would probably be correct sir! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:02:17 To: SciFiNoir2scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good

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2010-01-25 Thread Martin Baxter
@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? According to Wikipedia, there is evidence that the word derives, at least in part, from the Latin facere. There's even an attempt to tie in ancient Greek. I'd post the link, but I'm

[scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good?

2010-01-25 Thread Mr Worf
=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@... Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:09:14 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Absolutely, I just have an issue

[scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good?

2010-01-25 Thread Mr Worf
=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@... Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:09:14 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Absolutely, I just have an issue

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2010-01-25 Thread jazzynupe_007
: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? All hail Spartacus! :) I just watched the first episode and I have to say that the director that shot this must have had 300 on infinite replay when they were making this. The fight scenes although realistic looking in action turn to cartoons

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2010-01-25 Thread Keith Johnson
Glad it's not just me... - Original Message - From: Mr Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:44:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? All hail Spartacus! :) I

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2010-01-24 Thread Martin Baxter
? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:37:09 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Looking at part

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2010-01-24 Thread Keith Johnson
, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:37:09 + Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Looking

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2010-01-24 Thread Mr. Worf
- From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 3:17:28 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Again with you all the way, Keith. THe curse words they're using

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2010-01-24 Thread Keith Johnson
... - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 7:01:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good? Nope... they say that it was invented around

[scifinoir2] Re: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Any good?

2010-01-23 Thread Keith Johnson
Looking at part of it again, the fight scenes really do border on kinda funny, the 300-style imitation is so over the top it reminds me more of the hilariously bloody fight scene with the Black Knight in Monty Python and The Holy Grail. I mean, seriously, the blood is spattering and splatering