[scifinoir2] Koenig Says Son May Not Want to Be Found

2010-02-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Well, at least in the last day they've seemed to conclude he's likely still alive... ** http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/vancouver/2010-02-22-actor-koenig-missing_N.htm VANCOUVER — To the hundreds of joggers, bicyclists and strollers

[scifinoir2] Son of Star Trek Star Koenig Missing

2010-02-21 Thread Keith Johnson
Wow, I remember Boner from the sitcom, but had *no* idea he was Koenig's son... http://www.etonline.com/news/2010/02/84253/index.html Star Trek star Walter Koenig and his wife Judy are speaking out to ET about their missing son Andrew Koenig , who has

Re: [scifinoir2] topic: Rewrites

2010-02-21 Thread Keith Johnson
star fleet after so many encounters with new alien species. More of that would have been nice to see in the new movie, instead of her being spock's squeeze and eye candy. On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: what do you mean by rewrite? Do

[scifinoir2] Stereosopic 3D Erotic Movie to be Directed by Tinto Brass

2010-02-21 Thread Keith Johnson
Well, the adult industry has been leading/influencing computer, Internet, and audio-visual tech for years, so no surprise here. This website is pretty good: all things 3D discussed. I used it to determine which theatre near me was using the best 3D tech to show Avatar (turns out both were using

Re: [scifinoir2] topic: Rewrites

2010-02-20 Thread Keith Johnson
what do you mean by rewrite? Do you mean revisit a series and update it in some ways, maybe telling side stories that were never explored, or updating some outdated cultural representations? Or do you mean completing redoing the series? I don't think any of the series needs a full rewrite,

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Mossad assassinates leader of the Hamas

2010-02-19 Thread Keith Johnson
on that. There's a LOT of stuff that would be interesting to read. Have you checked out the declassified papers search engine? There's so much stuff that it can take a life time to read it all. On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: When I

Re: [scifinoir2] Untold African history: Black Russians

2010-02-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Dude, that Black Obama is a watermelon seller? I wonder if the irony of that is lost on a Russian? I remember many stories about blacks in Russia and the pain they suffer. Remember a few short years ago there was violence at a dorm where African students were staying while at university? That

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Intro Tracy, Madison, WI

2010-02-19 Thread Keith Johnson
trapped in the Midwest for a long time. We're just biding our time until the right oppurtunity opens up closer to home. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Quick backstory on such a radical change of locations/environments/cultures? - Original

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?

2010-02-19 Thread Keith Johnson
I love the History Channel show Life After People, which deals with all of this: what happens to power plants, what happens to domesticated pets, fish in fish tanks, cattle, horses. In one show, they dealt with animals. It was cool. They showed how in a hundred years or so, vast herds of

[scifinoir2] Life After People

2010-02-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Here's some info on Life After People. I watch it whenever I can. Really fascinating... ** http://www.history.com/content/life_after_people/about-the-series LIFE AFTER PEOPLE: The Series begins in the moments after people disappear. As each day,

[scifinoir2] Life After People Episode Summary

2010-02-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Here's a summary of the newly airing eps. Fireworks factories exploding, lakes turned into pits of acid, Marine dogs going feral? Cool! http://www.history.com/content/life_after_people/show-schedule Life After People : Wrath of God Airs on Saturday February 20 10:00 AM Structures of God

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Survivors?

2010-02-19 Thread Keith Johnson
to the Plains and Mountain West but without significant help it would be pretty desolate living out there for a while. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: I love the History Channel show Life After People, which deals with all of this: what happens to power

Re: [scifinoir2] Intro Tracy, Madison, WI

2010-02-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Welcome to the group! Glad you stopped lurking! :) I like your movie choices of Event Horizon and Brother From Another Planet. Those are two of my fav movies as well. I'm also a big fan of writer/director John Sayles, who did Brother from Another Planet. Have you seen many of his other

Re: [scifinoir2] Mossad assassinates leader of the Hamas

2010-02-18 Thread Keith Johnson
CNN covered it as well. Rick Sanchez was all over it... - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 3:32:57 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Mossad assassinates leader of the

Re: [scifinoir2] Leverage Season Finale

2010-02-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Yep, most fun stuff on cable. Oh: I forget to mention that Paul Blackthorne of The Dresden Files had a throwaway part as the big bad guy in the Leverage finale. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: How Steampunk Literature Has Changed In The Past Decade

2010-02-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Remember the short lived TV series The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne from 2000? That was a pretty cool show from back when SciFi, Showtime and others were always giving us cool new scifi. Steampunk personified... - Original Message - From: B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com To:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Leverage Season Finale

2010-02-18 Thread Keith Johnson
You mean the evil Wesley Crusher character that Wheaton turned out to be? That could be fun. I think the need to write around the brunette's leaving the show mostly kind of threw the season. You could tell they kind of plugged Jeri Ryan into the role, and had to change a bit of the team dynamic

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: How Steampunk Literature Has Changed In The Past Decade

2010-02-18 Thread Keith Johnson
The Helliconia book for me: Helliconia Spring, I think. Tried three times, can't get past the first chapter. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 6:27:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Mossad assassinates leader of the Hamas

2010-02-18 Thread Keith Johnson
When I was a kid, my mom used to ask me if I wanted to go to Heaven when I died. It was part of the standard upbringing of act right so you don't go to Hell upbringing. I used to say all the time, Yes, i want to go to Heaven, because I want to talk to God. Mom assumed I meant to worship God

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Intro Tracy, Madison, WI

2010-02-18 Thread Keith Johnson
If you ever get another academic opportunity, try to come down here to Atlanta. Much nicer weather. :) As for John Sayles' work, it is worth looking up. the man is one of the few truly indie directors still going... - Original Message - From: Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com To:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Intro Tracy, Madison, WI

2010-02-18 Thread Keith Johnson
@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Welcome to the group! Glad you stopped lurking! :) I like your movie choices of Event Horizon and Brother From Another Planet. Those are two of my fav movies as well. I'm also a big fan of writer/director John Sayles, who did

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Intro Tracy, Madison, WI

2010-02-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Quick backstory on such a radical change of locations/environments/cultures? - Original Message - From: B Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:29:15 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Intro Tracy,

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: How Steampunk Literature Has Changed In The Past Decade

2010-02-18 Thread Keith Johnson
: [scifinoir2] Re: How Steampunk Literature Has Changed In The Past Decade I agree. There has been some cool shows on showtime (Odyssey 5 for example.) There were some other shows such as anime and a scifi detective series set on Mars. On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Keith Johnson

[scifinoir2] OT: More Upsetting than Stack's Actions are those who Understand His Feelings

2010-02-18 Thread Keith Johnson
Most frightening of all? I was watching CNN today ,and Rick Sanchez said they were getting a *lot* of e-mails, Tweets, and Facebook messages from people who said they understood this guy's feelings. They were quick to say they didn't agree with his *actions*, but did understand how he felt so

Re: [scifinoir2] Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-17 Thread Keith Johnson
rt. On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Dude, a thousand bucks for entrails, brains, and the like? Are you kidding? I've had friends, neighbors and relatives all my life who've eaten stuff like that, be it country white and black folk, or frankly,

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box Office

2010-02-17 Thread Keith Johnson
I try very hard to avoid the whole seasonal movie thing that's taken hold since the '70s. I'm a strong believer that good films should be released when they are released. I reject that blockbusters don't just belong in the summer or Thanksgiving/Christmas, that serious fare shouldn't just be

[scifinoir2] OT: Olympic Ice Dancer Learns Weight can be a Good Thing

2010-02-17 Thread Keith Johnson
In keeping with what we were discussing recently about perceptions of self-image. Everyone says this lady is gorgeous, but man was she too bony! I get that athletes need to watch their weight, but in this case she proves how the skewed mainstream perceptions of female body types is dangerous.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box Office

2010-02-17 Thread Keith Johnson
I keep having this chicken or the egg dialog on this. Are studios having to market a certain way to get audiences, or do audiences respond to certain movies because studios are increasingly marketing a certain way? The movie Brothers is a good example. That's the flick with Jake Gyllenhaal and

Re: [scifinoir2] Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-17 Thread Keith Johnson
old ones were hybrid restaurants that offered food that catered to white people. So for example, instead of greens you got a dill salad or some other concoction. The rest try to make it into a $20+ a plate dinner and $15 for a small gumbo. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcas

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box Office

2010-02-17 Thread Keith Johnson
Sorry, i love the Easy Rawlins novels. Great characters, great mysteries. I can see how it might have gotten him pigeonholed, though... - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 5:33:20 PM GMT -05:00

Re: [scifinoir2] Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-17 Thread Keith Johnson
awnoftheseraphs.html On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I always get a chuckle out of stuff like this. Did this dude ever cook cow, chicken, duck, or pig? All are living animals that want to live. Pigs are actually smarter than cats or dogs, but no one crie

Re: [scifinoir2] Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-17 Thread Keith Johnson
://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Frankly, I feel that the only people who could ever have anything

Re: [scifinoir2] Shocking photo of Roger Ebert

2010-02-17 Thread Keith Johnson
He's been battling this for years. He's had several bouts and several surgeries. This most recent one is the most severe, and resulted in his having to leave his long running TV show. Times like this remind us what a great thing the Internet can be: Ebert's not missed a beat in writing reviews

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box Office

2010-02-17 Thread Keith Johnson
His most recent film is Red Cliff, which I posted on just a few weeks back. It comes in a four hour version, which was released in Asia, and a shortened two-plus hour versions, which was released in the States. I'm looking for the longer version now. http://www.redclifffilm.com/ -

Re: [scifinoir2] Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-17 Thread Keith Johnson
as and now there are down to one place about 20 miles from here. Even the black owned burger joints are almost all gone. There is only couple left. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I'm amazed. i've never lived anywhere with a sizable black population in the

[scifinoir2] Leverage Season Finale

2010-02-17 Thread Keith Johnson
Anyone catch the Leverage two-part season finale tonight? Pretty good, took a couple of surprising turns, had a good cliffhanger ending (as all shows like this and Burn Notice do). Good fun show, not too dramatic, just breezy fun. I think I compared a lot of the cable shows like this and Burn

[scifinoir2] Cave in Mexico has World's Largest Crystals

2010-02-16 Thread Keith Johnson
This is freakin' awesome! Who says you need to go to outer space to find alien environments? This reminds me of innumerable scifi films I've seen over the years with similar settings... This is definitely worth taking a look at. Click on the pics for a larger view. *

Re: [scifinoir2] Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box Office

2010-02-16 Thread Keith Johnson
Learn their lesson? Are you kidding?! Man, last night I saw a commercial for a rom-com with Jennifer Anniston and Gerard 300 Butler. This is the second or third movie like this for him, I believe, but even my rom-com-loving wife agreed with my assessment that the movie looks awful. I had the

Re: [scifinoir2] Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box Office

2010-02-16 Thread Keith Johnson
hope alot of sisters didn't see Valentine's Day. Mr. Foxx may get the Wesley Snipes treatment. From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, February 16, 2010 11:08:42 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Hollywood Extinction: Old Dinosaurs die at Box Office

Re: [scifinoir2] Cave in Mexico has World's Largest Crystals

2010-02-16 Thread Keith Johnson
at 8:02 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: This is freakin' awesome! Who says you need to go to outer space to find alien environments? This reminds me of innumerable scifi films I've seen over the years with similar settings... This is definitely worth taking a look

[scifinoir2] OT: Family Guy Ep on Down Syndrome Child Angers Palen

2010-02-16 Thread Keith Johnson
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Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Family Guy Ep on Down Syndrome Child Angers Palen

2010-02-16 Thread Keith Johnson
that they would get some crap for that quote. I think the point that they were trying to make is although we may feel sorry for people with disabilities the Palin's are still assholes. Can you imagine how wacky things would have been by now if they had won? On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Keith Johnson

Re: [scifinoir2] Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-16 Thread Keith Johnson
I always get a chuckle out of stuff like this. Did this dude ever cook cow, chicken, duck, or pig? All are living animals that want to live. Pigs are actually smarter than cats or dogs, but no one cries out that they have rights. Why aren't animal rights groups upset over that? People seem to

Re: [scifinoir2] Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-16 Thread Keith Johnson
ntain oysters" or the brain. People pay up to $1000 to eat stuff that is eaten by black folks and southerners everyday. Does anyone stick up for alligators? They made shoes, luggage, and sausages out of them for years (still do) and they taste just like chicken. On Tue, Feb 16, 2

[scifinoir2] Hottest temperature ever heads science to Big Bang

2010-02-15 Thread Keith Johnson
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100215/sc_nm/us_physics_temperature Hottest temperature ever heads science to Big Bang By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor Maggie Fox, Health And Science Editor – Mon Feb 15, 11:23 am ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have created the hottest

Re: [scifinoir2] Outlook grim for gaming industry

2010-02-14 Thread Keith Johnson
I sometimes have a that's what you get! attitude about EA because they've become the Microsoft of the gaming industry. They've gobbled up a lot of smaller, innovative companies, crushed creativity and originality in many of those they acquired, and have put together exclusive deals (like their

Re: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way

2010-02-14 Thread Keith Johnson
I liked the second, but constantly get disappointed at how it missed its potential. The trailers for that film had Epic written all over them. Some of the concepts are amazing, sweeping: The Necromonger forces, those giant statues they landed on planets, the whole strange holy war thing. Great

Re: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way

2010-02-14 Thread Keith Johnson
Great minds and all...! Yeah, it was a distraction and incredibly cliched. - Original Message - From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:51:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2]

Re: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way

2010-02-14 Thread Keith Johnson
about the prison planet arc being a distraction from the main story. That could have been a separate story From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:48 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re

Re: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way

2010-02-14 Thread Keith Johnson
. Personally, I was riveted by the new elements and feat when they say they are going back to their roots, we will get more prison planet stuff in Riddick three From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 2:15 PM

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Waay OT: Singer Mayer Apologies for Racist, Sexist Comments

2010-02-12 Thread Keith Johnson
that should be furious is Kerry Washington. WTF does break your heart like a white girl mean? Good thing his David Duke kept him from loving a black woman. If he thinks Jessica Simpson is like sexual naplam and a crack addiction...lol. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Waay OT: Singer Mayer Apologies for Racist, Sexist Comments

2010-02-12 Thread Keith Johnson
heart like a white girl mean? Good thing his David Duke kept him from loving a black woman. If he thinks Jessica Simpson is like sexual naplam and a crack addiction...lol. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: yeah, I was curious about the nature

[scifinoir2] Waay OT: Singer Mayer Apologies for Racist, Sexist Comments

2010-02-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Wow, if retarded was offensive, I I wonder if Palin will call for his head? Funnier than the comments (which aren't funny) is how the idiot's trying to backtrack and apologize. Explain to me again how using the term nig**a pass is explaining the evils of racism? Or why a guy who says his member

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Shazam! The movie

2010-02-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Interesting thought! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:08:56 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Shazam! The movie Haven't heard a thing

Re: [scifinoir2] Google's experiment: leapfrogging ISPs to deliver ultra-high-speed Web

2010-02-11 Thread Keith Johnson
I'm waiting for either Verizon FIOS or ATT Uverse, but neither is available in NE Atlanta where I live. it's Comcast for now... :( - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:14:54 PM GMT -05:00

Re: [scifinoir2] Waay OT: Singer Mayer Apologies for Racist, Sexist Comments

2010-02-11 Thread Keith Johnson
I really think Twitter and Facebook, etc., are the death of some people too. This was in a mag, of course, but even then, social networking spreads the news further and faster than ever before in human history. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Waay OT: Singer Mayer Apologies for Racist, Sexist Comments

2010-02-11 Thread Keith Johnson
titillating and the magazine, which used to be a cash cow, is now hemorrhaging money. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Wow, if retarded was offensive, I I wonder if Palin will call for his head? Funnier than the comments (which aren't funny

Re: [scifinoir2] Knowles, Crowe to Star in A Star is Born

2010-02-10 Thread Keith Johnson
pic is all we seen to get these days and we are not talking about any real topics. So I hope Precious allows other blk directors a foot in the door. Cause it seems we have all disappeared. On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: You're right

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: movie review: A bittersweet life

2010-02-10 Thread Keith Johnson
Compare the fight scenes of this and other Asian films you watch with American fight scenes. As discussed ad nauseum, I'm really despairing of so much American action fare, which is horribly choreographed. If you list Transformers, Crank, G.I. Joe, and other stuff, it's beyond ridiculous. I

Re: [scifinoir2] Knowles, Crowe to Star in A Star is Born

2010-02-10 Thread Keith Johnson
, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Why is that? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:33:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re

[scifinoir2] Past Life Premieres on Fox Tonight

2010-02-09 Thread Keith Johnson
I'm recording this show while watching Michelle Obama on Larry King's show (be nice for change to watch *anything* dealing with the Obama's that's not a hatchet job or a dissertation on why he's failing Liberals and Conservatives alike). At any rate, I've heard nothing about it other than the

[scifinoir2] Knowles, Crowe to Star in A Star is Born

2010-02-09 Thread Keith Johnson
Worf, case in point (although i know you weren't arguing against prejudice in H'Wood). With all the people out there who could be cast opposite Knowles, they skip all the potential black men to pair her up with a white dude? I'm already reading some stuff hailing the bold move of the

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

2010-02-09 Thread Keith Johnson
as possible in portrayal of his characters in this fantasy world. Check out this cool link, in which someone has scanned the entire letters page, where you can read it: http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1530066.html ** - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson

Re: [scifinoir2] Knowles, Crowe to Star in A Star is Born

2010-02-09 Thread Keith Johnson
in the roles would equal a BLACK MOVIE. Having one of each equals a cross over. On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Worf, case in point (although i know you weren't arguing against prejudice in H'Wood). With all the people out there who could

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-08 Thread Keith Johnson
. The problem is if you think you do not have it why would you take it unless you were force to. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 11:33 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-08 Thread Keith Johnson
i never watched Friends, but remember being on a plane somewhere and it was shown. When I saw the nerdy Ross and the goofy Joey fighting over Aisha Tyler, I thought, Talk about white male fantasies! That show never reflected any reality of mine or any aspects of the NYC I've visited several

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-08 Thread Keith Johnson
Friends? ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Yeah, I hear you, but I'm focused on brothers today. Besides, with no black *men* around, who do the Sisters hook up with? - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: 7 Inventors You Didn't Know You Wanted To Punch In The Face]

2010-02-08 Thread Keith Johnson
funny stuff! - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 8, 2010 4:03:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Fwd: 7 Inventors You Didn't Know You Wanted To Punch In The Face]

[scifinoir2] Thanks To Hulu, Indie Film 'Strictly Sexual' Hits Big

2010-02-08 Thread Keith Johnson
Welcome to entrepreneurship on the Web. Notice that packaging is everything, as the film has no nudity and no explicit sexual scenes... * http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123499181 Thanks To Hulu, Indie Film

Re: [scifinoir2] Great Action Flicks on TCM Tonight

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
valid than the director's vision. Which I believe is wrong! On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Watching it now. I was just telling my wife jubilantly, they just don't film movies like this anymore! Nowadays director would have twenty thousand

Re: [scifinoir2] Special Unit 12 Marathon on SyFy

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
warp drive. Then pretended that they were friendly then took over their ship and reverse engineered everything. Basically what the US did in WW2. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I'm trying to figure out how Earth *got* to Vulcan based

[scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
Something odd strikes me about the BSG/Caprica worlds: no black men in significant positions. I missed the last couple years of BSG, but I remember noting the curious lack of black men in anything but background roles. I think there was one reporter on that ship were political events were held,

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
. There was also a minor character that had been captured and escaped, but that didn't go anywhere. There were also several that were pilots on the transports. Also there were a couple on the other battlestar. On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote

Re: [scifinoir2] Great Action Flicks on TCM Tonight

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
on special effects and over compensating of movement. A lot of the stuff we see now is after 15 years of overcompensation that no one under 35 know how to shoot a film without it. On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 1:43 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Some of it may have been the time

Re: [scifinoir2] American Gothic Marathon

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
Loved it and watched it from day one. Gary Cole was great and menacing, and Lucas Black was quite a find. I agree with you he hasn't quite reached the potential he showed in American Gothic and Sling Blade. I was really excited to see where he'd go. He has such an intense personality. But

Re: [scifinoir2] American Gothic Marathon

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
Yeah, Cassidy is really talented. He has a gift for working the suspenseful, spooky side of things. Do you recall the shocking murder in the first ep of American Gothic? You *never* see anything like that on American television! There were some genuinely creepy moments in Invasion as well. I

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Sun, 2/7/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, February 7

Re: [scifinoir2] Great Action Flicks on TCM Tonight

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
at 6:20 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Watching it now. I was just telling my wife jubilantly, they just don't film movies like this anymore! Nowadays  director would have twenty thousand camera angles, and you'd never be able to follow the action. This thing is fast

Re: [scifinoir2] Great Action Flicks on TCM Tonight

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
I was just discussing The  Seven-Ups last night, and how much I like that film. Roy Scheider is the connection between it and The French Connection. Great chase scene indeed. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2

Re: [scifinoir2] Great Action Flicks on TCM Tonight

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
Then I wonder if the racism of Popeye Doyle bothered him? I forgot how casually racist people could be in films back in those days. Quite a bit of guinea thrown around at a black man, nig--- applied liberally, and a healthy dose of scornful spi-- to describe some Latino dudes who of course

Re: [scifinoir2] Great Action Flicks on TCM Tonight

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
maker over something more artistic. What I think happens is that they think that if they make a few money makers they can make more artistic smaller films later. The problem is that may backfire and they end up doing it for the rest of their career. On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Keith Johnson

Re: [scifinoir2] Great Action Flicks on TCM Tonight

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
at 6:20 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Watching it now. I was just telling my wife jubilantly, they just don't film movies like this anymore! Nowadays director would have twenty thousand camera angles, and you'd never be able to follow the action. This thing is fast

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At? There probably should have been a major black male, but the series was obviously skewed more towards the power of women. There were several women of color in major roles. On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Keith Johnson

Re: [scifinoir2] Great Action Flicks on TCM Tonight

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
direction from the director. So some of them believe whatever their point of view is, is more valid than the director's vision. Which I believe is wrong! On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Watching it now. I was just telling my wife

Re: [scifinoir2] Great Action Flicks on TCM Tonight

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
Funny! My fav lines come from Shaft. When Shaft is oh-so-coolly addressing the police captain, the captain's lieutenant is sorely ticked that his boss is treating Shaft with respect. He feels Shaft's attitude is one of dismissal. When Shaft decides he wants to leave--having the temerity *not*

Re: [scifinoir2] Great Action Flicks on TCM Tonight

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
boycotted it here because of the negative portrayal of black people. If I remember correctly the trailer talked about him being a bigot. On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Then I wonder if the racism of Popeye Doyle bothered him? I forgot how

Re: [scifinoir2] American Gothic Marathon

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 6:37:53 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] American Gothic Marathon Ironically, FX sticks with stuff for a while From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
have lines From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:02 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At? Ah, but that's my point: none

Re: [scifinoir2] American Gothic Marathon

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] American Gothic Marathon I’m a big fan of Cassidy. If I see his name on it, I’m going to check it out. I wish he did more work From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:25

[scifinoir2] Who Dat Who Said Saints Win!?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
Somewhere in America, a grateful, ecstatic man is about to make love to his wife, 'cause life is good!. Somewhere in America, a giddy man is saying Honey! We're going out to eat tomorrow: Red Lobster!. Somewhere, a relieved guy is putting away money for his kids' college funds, and now realizes

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
an impressive killing if you put your stuff in front of the right eyes...(Think Bill Duke!) Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Sun, 2/7/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Sun, 2/7/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, February 7, 2010

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
A lot of this is *having* to leave your comfort zone. There's a saying in Hollywood, Women and girls will see movies with men and boys, but men and boys won't see movies with women and girls. I have always expanded that to include the H'Wood sentiment, People of color will see films with white

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
That's cool to hear. I think a lot of people are so entrenched in comfort zones of how the world is, they have trouble accepting change. Some see it as a threat, when the real threat to them is simply the *idea* of change, not any horrible results from that change. A couple of years ago, I

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
with us, but believes himself to be enlightened in this regard. The only evidence to the contrary other then Sisco, which I admit is substantial, is the Joe Morton episode of BSG From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
not have the heart to delete the other group, the other group is essentially dead. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:38 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
a midlec lass movent with folks of alll americans I..ll get behind it. And as for sarah palin none has breached the subject ofher alaskan for alskanans so white south african views. On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: A lot

Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At?

2010-02-07 Thread Keith Johnson
view, it was done to help Bruce Davidson storyline. The man does not have a problem with people of color in general, but he does with Blacks, in my view. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 11:07

[scifinoir2] Great Action Flicks on TCM Tonight

2010-02-06 Thread Keith Johnson
http://www.tcm.com/2010/31Days/index.jsp You know what? Forget SyFy Originals. Forget the eleventy-millionth airing of Caprica. Blow off Lifetime Movies. Turner Classic Movies is airing a great block of films tonight. Starting at 8 pm EST, we have Steve McQueen in Bullitt, with the

Re: [scifinoir2] Special Unit 12 Marathon on SyFy

2010-02-06 Thread Keith Johnson
on the losing side. --Lavender If all truths were knowable, then all truths are in fact known. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:29 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2

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