[scifinoir2] Don't Let Congress Kill PBS
After accusing PBS of liberal bias, Congress is slashing funding for public broadcasting and attempting to bankrupt the system. I just contacted Congress and asked my representative to preserve funding for public broadcasting and I think you should do the same. Go to www.freepress.net/act/savepbs to learn what we can do to save public broadcasting! Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Jeffrey Combs on Sci Fi Channel today
I guess Hammerhead passes for a Father's Day special? Combs saw the shark/human creature as his son... -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Astromancer Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 17:16 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Jeffrey Combs on Sci Fi Channel today AHA! No wonder, NBC couldn't make a decent sci-fi anything is they tried...Well, Not since the seventies...Oh yeah...HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL DADS! Martin Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hope you enjoy your Bat-viewing, Keith. As for Hammerhead, I wasted forty minutes of my life on it, and NBC would sue over the land shark similarity, if they didn't already own Sci-Fi. Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Sci Fi Channel is running another creature feature today. The focus today seems to be water-based killers. I just caught the end of a laughable one about a giant killer croc, and now I'm chuckling at Shark Hunter, with C-movie mainstay Antonio Sabato, Jr. as an Ahab-like scientist trying to destroy a 70-foot giant shark. (Who does more forgettable movies like this, Sabato or Lorenzo Lamas?) But the real treat for this popcorn movie today has got to be the premiere of Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy, starring non other than Jeffrey Combs of Reanimator and Star Trek fame. Combs is back in the role as a creepy little scientist with a decidedly strange bent. This time he's playing with sharks. Here's a bit on the movie: http://www.scifi.com/hammerhead/ When he began fusing shark and human DNA, his colleagues laughed at him. Now his creation is taking his revenge, and they aren't laughing anymore. The plot revolves around a scientist performing illegal stem cell research to find a cure for cancer. After the transfer of shark cells into a human test subject, the ill man gets well again, and it looks like the treatment was a success. But the experiment goes wrong, and the test subject transforms into a mutant beast. A monster half shark half human. The attempt to hush up the experiment and keep the monster in a safe place fails, leading to a series of horrible events. The original title for the movie was Sharkman. I'd stay around and watch it for a laugh, but I I'm more into bats today. Off to the theatre now... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] - Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Excuse me while I whip this out. Cleavon Little , Blazing Saddles - Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] - Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. - Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] _ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Jeffrey Combs on Sci Fi Channel today
Hmm...glad I missed it...Went kite flying with my son and nephew... Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I guess Hammerhead passes for a Father's Day special? Combs saw the shark/human creature as his son... -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Astromancer Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 17:16 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Jeffrey Combs on Sci Fi Channel today AHA! No wonder, NBC couldn't make a decent sci-fi anything is they tried...Well, Not since the seventies...Oh yeah...HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL DADS! Martin Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hope you enjoy your Bat-viewing, Keith. As for Hammerhead, I wasted forty minutes of my life on it, and NBC would sue over the land shark similarity, if they didn't already own Sci-Fi. Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Sci Fi Channel is running another creature feature today. The focus today seems to be water-based killers. I just caught the end of a laughable one about a giant killer croc, and now I'm chuckling at Shark Hunter, with C-movie mainstay Antonio Sabato, Jr. as an Ahab-like scientist trying to destroy a 70-foot giant shark. (Who does more forgettable movies like this, Sabato or Lorenzo Lamas?) But the real treat for this popcorn movie today has got to be the premiere of Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy, starring non other than Jeffrey Combs of Reanimator and Star Trek fame. Combs is back in the role as a creepy little scientist with a decidedly strange bent. This time he's playing with sharks. Here's a bit on the movie: http://www.scifi.com/hammerhead/ When he began fusing shark and human DNA, his colleagues laughed at him. Now his creation is taking his revenge, and they aren't laughing anymore. The plot revolves around a scientist performing illegal stem cell research to find a cure for cancer. After the transfer of shark cells into a human test subject, the ill man gets well again, and it looks like the treatment was a success. But the experiment goes wrong, and the test subject transforms into a mutant beast. A monster half shark half human. The attempt to hush up the experiment and keep the monster in a safe place fails, leading to a series of horrible events. The original title for the movie was Sharkman. I'd stay around and watch it for a laugh, but I I'm more into bats today. Off to the theatre now... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] - Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Excuse me while I whip this out. Cleavon Little , Blazing Saddles - Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] - Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. - Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] _ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] - Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. - Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] 'Batman Begins' leads worldwide box office
'Batman Begins' leads worldwide box office By Dean Goodman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Caped Crusader led the charge at the North American box office as Batman Begins sold an estimated $46.9 million worth of tickets in its first weekend, reigniting a lucrative superhero franchise that burned out eight years ago. According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, the Warner Bros. Pictures release has earned $71.1 million across the United States and Canada since opening on Wednesday. The figures were within expectations, said Dan Fellman, president of distribution at the Time Warner Inc. -owned studio. Batman Begins also earned an estimated $41.7 million from 73 international markets, led by Britain with $7.8 million and France with $3 million, both in three days, while Mexico contributed $4.2 million in five days.But Batman could not prevent overall North American ticket sales from posting their 17th consecutive weekend of year-on-year declines. According to tracking firm Exhibitor Relations, the top 12 films earned $128.5 million, down almost 2 percent from last year. The highest-profile victim of the box office blues has been Russell Crowe's boxing drama Cinderella Man, which has grossed just $43.6 million after three weekends. The Universal Pictures release, currently at No. 8 after a $5.2 million weekend, cost $88 million to make. Industry observers have blamed its failure on timing. Such prestige releases usually come out in the fall as awards season gets underway. Batman Begins, which cost $150 million to make, stars Welsh-born actor Christian Bale (American Psycho) as Gotham City billionaire Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, Batman. It was directed by Christopher Nolan, the English filmmaker behind edgy thrillers like Memento and Insomnia. His dark interpretation of the Batman story thrilled comic-book fans, and generally pleased critics. The five-day haul was the best start among the five films in the Batman franchise, Warner Bros. said. The record of $66 million was held by the third film, 1995's Batman Forever, which starred Val Kilmer. The franchise folded in 1997 with the next film, Batman Robin, starring George Clooney in a batsuit with nipples. Director Joel Schumacher's campy effort bowed to $52 million for the first five days. Warner Bros. is also resurrecting fellow DC Comics superhero Superman, and preparing for the November release of a fourth Harry Potter film. Last weekend's champion, Mr. Mrs. Smith, slipped to No. 2 with $27.3 million, taking its 10-day haul to $98 million. The thriller stars rumored real-life lovers Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as married assassins who must kill each other. Its distributor, 20th Century Fox, predicted it could pass $160 million. DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.'s animal cartoon Madagascar was No. 3 with $11.1 million in its fourth weekend as its total rose to $147.2 million. Fox's Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith was No. 4 with $9.7 million, and a five-weekend tally of $347.8 million. Paramount's Adam Sandler comedy The Longest Yard rounded out the top five with $8 million, and a score of $131.9 million after four weekends. The top 10 contained one other new release, the teen romantic comedy The Perfect Man, starring Hilary Duff and Heather Locklear. The Universal Pictures release opened at No. 7 with just $5.5 million, coming in at the lower end of modest expectations. The studio said the film cost less than $10 million to make. Universal is a unit of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric Co . 20th Century Fox is a unit of News Corp . Paramount Pictures is a unit of Viacom Inc . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
