[scifinoir2] File - Map_of_SciFiNoir_Member_Locations

2007-08-01 Thread scifinoir2
Hi SciFiNoir Family. This is a reminder to add your name to our group map that lets members know in what cities other scifinoir members live. Most of you probably live really close to other memers and do not even know it. This map will hopefully correct that. Please click through to add

[scifinoir2] Re: FW: Race, the final frontier: Black science-fiction writers bring a unique perspective to the genre

2007-08-01 Thread ravenadal
What is sobering to me is that even the most prominent authors mentioned - Durham and Butler - are sparing in their use of black characters. The first black character doesn't show up in Acacia until almost two hundred pages into the narrative. The same can be said for the entrance of the

Re: [scifinoir2]Simpsons Movie

2007-08-01 Thread Daryle
Interesting point you raise. What WAS the best Simpsons ever? I¹ve not seen the movie, but I¹ve heard (today) that the movie suffers from Spider-Man-3-itis, in that it¹s trying to cram too much in. I have to admit I sort of gave up on The Simpsons when Family Guy came back on. I just don¹t have

[scifinoir2]Simpsons Movie

2007-08-01 Thread Bosco Bosco
Saw it today with my kids. There's enough typical Simpsons Potty Humor to interest all the ten year olds in the world. The plot is slighty more complex than the regular TV show but overall the Simpsons simply don't translate to the large screen that well, or at least on this go round. I was

Re: [scifinoir2]Simpsons Movie

2007-08-01 Thread Martin
Daryle, not really. Ebb and flow, mostly toward the ebb end. For me, the pinnacle of the show was when Bart swapped out Nearer, My God, To Thee for In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in all the church hymnals. Classic. Found the bit on YouTube and tucked it away for all eternity. Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[scifinoir2] How Many Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb?

2007-08-01 Thread KeithBJohnson
*How many internet newsgroup subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?**1,331 !!* - 1 to successfully change the light bulb and to post to the newsgroup that the light bulb has been changed. - 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could

Re: [scifinoir2] How Many Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb?

2007-08-01 Thread Daryle
Yet ANOTHER reason why I love this group. On 8/1/07 6:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *How many internet newsgroup subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?**1,331 !!* - 1 to successfully change the light bulb and to post to the newsgroup that the light

Re: [scifinoir2]Simpsons Movie

2007-08-01 Thread Bosco Bosco
I am not entirely sure what the best Simpson's ever is but I have to say that I love the episode where Homer trades his soul to the devil for a donut. There are so many classics in the line up it's probably hard to pick the best. The movie does not approach any of the classic Simpson's episodes.

Re: [scifinoir2]Simpsons Movie

2007-08-01 Thread Martin
Possibly my favorite single line from the show is from one of the Treehouse eps every Hallowe'en. This bit was from Homer^3, when Homer gets sucked into the 3D universe. Bart, who witnessed the fun first-hand, says, Well, we hit a bit of a snag when the universe sort of collapsed on itself. But

Re: [scifinoir2] How Many Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb?

2007-08-01 Thread KeithBJohnson
I didn't create the initial list below, but I would add a few of my own: And I'd add a few: - 22 people to question exactly what *is* a lightbulb, how can we *know* the essence of a lightbulb, and whether the light from the bulb comes from the bulb--or does the bulb simply illuminate the

Re: [scifinoir2] How Many Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb?

2007-08-01 Thread Martin
If I may add one more... -2 to make light of everyone else in the process, to the consternation of all involved. (That's us, Astro!) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't create the initial list below, but I would add a few of my own: And I'd add a few: - 22

Re: [scifinoir2]Simpsons Movie

2007-08-01 Thread Martin
Wasn't the gun control bit in the Treehouse series as well? The ep in which Lisa lobbies to ahve all the guns in Springfield destroyed, only to have the zombies of Billy the Kid, Kaiser Wilhelm II and a couple of other bad guys rise up and cause mayhem? Homer had to use Professor Frink's time

Re: [scifinoir2]Simpsons Movie

2007-08-01 Thread KeithBJohnson
Ditto on the Treehouse episodes. The To Serve Man parody was a classic! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Possibly my favorite single line from the show is from one of the Treehouse eps every Hallowe'en. This bit was from Homer^3, when Homer gets